I gain permanent defense when attacked; even gods and demons can't hurt me.

In just a few minutes.

That arrogant, near-gold-level boss who left all the geniuses on the field helpless.

Finally, after unleashing his last, feeble sword strike.

It let out a cry of relief.

"Boom!"

The massive body collapsed with a crash.

At that moment, everyone's bracelets vibrated.

[Announcement for all dungeons!]

[Congratulations to Lin Yuan (Tianhai No.1 High School) for successfully defeating the final boss, the Dragon Guardian!]

[Points earned: 10000!]

10,000 points!

It's a whopping 10,000 points!

Everyone held their breath as they watched Lin Yuan's score soar to 42580.

Lin Yuan, meanwhile, happily picked up the crystal that shone with dazzling golden light and the skill book that glowed red from the ground.

【Dragon's Essence Crystal (Gold-grade Material)】

[Description: A crystal imbued with the pure power of the dragon race, it is one of the core materials for crafting gold-grade jewelry!]

"nice one!"

Lin Yuan's eyes lit up.

Jewelry is rare to begin with, let alone gold-grade pieces.

Then, he looked at the skill book.

[Dragon Bloodline (Passive Skill Book)]

[Restriction: Only defensive classes can learn this skill]

"Holy crap?"

Lin Yuan couldn't help but swear.

Isn't this the same passive healing ability that the boss had just had?

Although the constitution bonus isn't as exaggerated as the boss's, this percentage-based health regeneration is an amazing skill!

Combined with his "Fountain of Life" statistic, he's practically invincible!!

Even when facing true damage, can the opponent inflict true damage with every attack?

Even if it's possible, it depends on whether his true damage is faster or his health regeneration is faster.

Without saying a word, Lin Yuan started learning.

Feeling the surge of heat within him, he turned around, looked at Ye Cang who was already dumbfounded, and gave him a kind smile.

"Look."

"I told you it was very enthusiastic, didn't I?"

"Look, they were so enthusiastic that they even sent themselves away."

Ye Cang: "

Enthusiasm my ass!

That's clearly you being shameless!

But he dared not say it, for fear of being beaten.

Furthermore, regarding those materials and skill books, Ye Cang looked at the items in Lin Yuan's hands, his eyes practically spitting fire with jealousy.

Gold-grade jewelry material!

A passive health regeneration skill book!

Each and every one of these is a priceless treasure!

How could such a shameless person have gotten it?

Just as Ye Cang was about to step forward and argue with him, or try to use moral blackmail to get a share of the pie.

An unexpected change has occurred!

A crack suddenly appeared in the once clear sky!

"Snap!!!"

Everyone looked up in horror.

No light shone through the pitch-black crack that stretched across the sky; instead, a thick, nauseatingly dark purple-black liquid poured down like a waterfall!

That's abyssal energy!

It is the purest and most evil aura of depravity!

"Sizzle sizzle"

This energy seemed to have eyes, precisely pouring onto the dragonman guard's corpse in the center of the altar, a corpse that had just fallen and was not yet cold.

next second.

What happened next sent chills down everyone's spines.

The dragon guard, who was already dead, suddenly began to convulse violently as if he had been electrocuted.

"Ughhhhh!!"

'

A piercing scream, unlike any living being, came from the corpse's throat.

Its hard, dark gold dragon scales began to peel off like melted wax under the erosion of the abyss energy.

The bright red, writhing flesh beneath was exposed.

Immediately afterwards, the flesh began to rot and turn black at a visible rate, emitting a suffocating stench.

"Crunch, crunch!!"

The dragon-man, who was originally only five meters tall, expanded wildly to more than ten meters in just a few breaths!

The stark white bone spurs pierced through the rotting flesh, bursting out wildly from its spine, elbows, and knees.

Its back is the most terrifying part.

Two enormous lumps of flesh suddenly exploded, splattering black blood everywhere!

A pair of enormous bone wings made of pale white bones suddenly unfolded with a "whoosh".

A terrifying pressure filled with violence and destruction instantly swept across the entire area!

Standing at the front of the crowd, Lin Yuan, who had just been immersed in the joy of his harvest, suddenly frowned.

Subconsciously, Lin Yuan activated his Omniscience and Omnipotence.

[Level: lv25 (Abyss Demonic State)]

【HP: 8500000】

【Strength: 1800】

[Agility: 900]

Armor: 1500

[Magic Resistance: 1800]

[Skills: Abyss Dragon's Roar, Bone Pierce, Death Charge, Soul Harvest]

[Special Status: Abyssal Corruption (All attacks deal 10 true damage and reduce the target's healing effect by 50)]

[Description: The gaze from the abyss is no longer a tool for assessment, but a reaper reaping lives. A fight to the death!]

Lin Yuan's pupils contracted slightly.

"A Gold-level boss?!" "Level 25?!"

"Eight and a half million HP?!"

Holy crap!

Even the ancient ant king was only a "pseudo-gold" with no more than 150,000 HP.

The thing in front of us, after being demonized, had its health increased dozens of times!

But that's not the worst of it.

Lin Yuan's gaze was fixed on the [Abyssal Corruption] status.

Alarm bells rang in Lin Yuan's mind.

This was practically created to control him!

His core survival ability, besides high defense, relies on the high amount of health regeneration from [Dragon Bloodline] and [Fountain of Life].

Once the healing is halved, plus the true damage...

"This is indeed a bit troublesome."

However, this was only the beginning of the nightmare.

"What is that?"

"What is that?"

Behind him, Xia Chen's trembling voice came, carrying a hint of barely concealed fear.

Lin Yuan looked up.

From the enormous crack in the sky, besides pouring out abyssal energy, countless black dots began to fall.

The black dots fell like dumplings being dropped into a pot.

As the black dot approached the ground, everyone could finally see it clearly.

Those were humanoid monsters, all black in color, wielding bone blades and with fangs!

[Abyss Demon Soldier]

[Level: lv22]

【quantity:???】

Densely packed, thousands upon thousands!

Like a black tide, it instantly enveloped the entire altar plaza!

"ah!!"

Just as everyone was stunned by the boss's sudden change and their minds went blank.

A heart-wrenching scream pierced the deathly silence.

That was a candidate who had awakened the assassin profession, reaching level 14, making him an outstanding candidate among ordinary candidates.

Unfortunately, the first Abyss Soldier fell right on him!