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

[Experience Armor (lv1) triggered, experience points +1]

[Armor Proficiency +1]

at the same time.

Red numbers indicating true damage appeared simultaneously above the heads of the three horned rabbits.

【-twenty four】

Their health points dropped from 50 to 48.

Become!

Lin Yuan was overjoyed!

Three seconds later, the horned rabbits' aggro disappeared, and they were knocked back a few steps by the reflected damage, somewhat dazed.

They looked at Lin Yuan, then at the grass on the ground, seemingly hesitant.

"Hey, don't go!"

Lin Yuan grew anxious.

"Come and hit me!"

Lin Yuan decided to activate his max-level passive divine skill—Talk-no-Talk!

"Hey! You three!"

Lin Yuan pointed at the rabbit with a look of disdain.

"Are you out of strength? Try harder!"

"I don't feel any pain at all."

"Hurry up and use all your strength—no, I mean, all the strength you have to eat grass!"

"Faster! Yes! You! Hit me!"

These monsters are low-level and not very intelligent; they only act on instinct.

Now, being mocked to his face by Lin Yuan, a mere two-legged creature, his eyes turned even redder, and he couldn't hold back any longer.

The three rabbits launched another mindless attack!

boom! boom! boom!

[Defense Points +3] [Experience Points +3] [-2]

boom! boom! boom!

[Defense Points +3] [Experience Points +3] [-2]

……

Inside the instance, Lin Yuan stood leisurely, bathed in a sea of ​​"+1".

This process lasted for about five minutes.

The horned rabbit bounces off after impact and launches another attack, but there are gaps in its attack.

If Lin Yuan hadn't been constantly mocking them from the sidelines, they would have been even slower.

Finally, after each of the three rabbits launched its 25th "suicide" attack, their health points reached their limit.

"Moo..."

The three rabbits let out a mournful cry, collapsed to the ground, and turned into three streaks of white light.

"call……"

Lin Yuan breathed a long sigh of relief.

"That felt great."

He opened the properties panel and began to tally his gains.

five minutes.

Three rabbits bumped into him a total of 75 times.

[Defense Point]: 0 -> 75

Experience points: 0/100 -> 78/100

Of these, 75 points are provided by [Experience Armor], and 3 points are experience points gained from kills.

You only get 1 experience point for killing someone, and you also get 1 experience point for being attacked.

Lin Yuan instantly understood the core of his profession.

Killing monsters is the least efficient way to level up!

The Sharp-Horned Rabbit is the weakest monster in the beginner dungeon, providing a guaranteed minimum experience point; it's specifically designed for ordinary classes.

Therefore, the experience points are guaranteed to be a minimum of 1 point.

But killing them is quite troublesome. Rabbits are small, fast, and have attack power.

That's how it is; you need to kill a hundred to level up.

He glanced at the 75 defense points, allocating 40 points to armor and 45 points to magic resistance.

Instantly, his base armor and base magic resistance changed.

Armor: 30 -> 110

Magic Resistance: 10 -> 100

With a double bonus to absolute defense, Lin Yuan's base defense both exceeded 100 within just five minutes of entering the dungeon!

This doesn't even include the bonuses from equipment!

He felt as if he didn't need to equip himself with a giant shield; he himself was a human shield!

"good."

Lin Yuan stretched his body.

"That's the efficiency..."

"Only three were cleared in five minutes, that's still too slow."

"The Sharp-Horned Rabbit's attack intervals are too long."

"I need more monsters."

"Even denser monsters!"

Lin Yuan was not afraid at all. Instead, he walked deeper into the [Newbie Dungeon], where the monsters were more concentrated.

With his current defensive capabilities, he should be able to roam freely as long as he doesn't encounter a boss.

It's a bit of a pity that his agility is too low right now, only level 1, so he walks at a snail's pace!

……

Two hours later.

As Lin Yuan ventured deeper and searched for monsters, he finally discovered a dark cave ahead.

Unfortunately, during those two hours, he only encountered level 1 horned rabbits along the way; the monster density was too sparse.

Both [Eternal Indestructibility] and [Experience Armor] have the same limitation—they can only be triggered if the user is attacked by monsters of the same or higher level.

In those two hours, he walked and stopped intermittently, and only managed to level up to level 2, gaining an extra 25 defense points.

He immediately added all 25 points of defense to his armor, since the monsters in the beginner dungeons mostly use physical attacks, and his current magic resistance was sufficient.

Armor: 110 -> 160

As his level increased, his attributes also changed.

Name: Lin Yuan

[Class: Unbreakable Bulwark (Giant Shield Knight)]

[Talent: Undying]

[Level: 2 (0/200)]

[Life: 200 (+100)]

[Mana: 50 (+10)]

Strength: 5 (+5)

Agility: 1 (+1)

Armor: 160 (+10+20)

Magic Resistance: 100 (+10)

Constitution: 20 (+5)

[Mental Strength: 20 (+2)]

[Active Skills: Shield Bash (lv2), Taunt (lv2)]

Passive Skill: Absolute Defense (lv1)

[Equipped: Beginner's Great Shield]

[Defense Point: 0]

(Note: The values ​​in parentheses are the attributes gained after leveling up and equipment upgrades.)

Lin Yuan glanced at the panel.

The class has very clear characteristics; the attribute points gained from leveling up are automatically allocated to constitution, spirit, armor, and magic resistance.

His two active skills, [Shield Bash] and [Taunt], were automatically upgraded to level 2.

[Shield Bash (lv2): Active skill, consumes 10 mana, raises shield and slams down on the target, dealing (10 + Strength * 1) physical damage, with a 55% chance to stun the target. Cooldown: 30 seconds]

[Taunt (lv2): Active skill, consumes 20 mana, taunts all enemies within a 12-meter radius, forcing all hit targets to immediately switch their attack to you for the next 4 seconds. Cooldown: 1 minute]

The only thing that hasn't changed is [Absolute Defense], which is still level 1.

Lin Yuan knew very well that passive skills were the most difficult to improve.

There are currently only two ways to improve:

The first type grants a valuable skill point every 5 levels, which can be used to manually upgrade any skill.

Most people will use it on their core passive ability.

Because passive skills generally provide a percentage boost to a certain attribute of one's own class, the improvement after leveling up is enormous.

The second option is to purchase the [Skill Upgrade Scroll].

This is an extremely rare strategic resource, with only a small chance of being dropped by bosses, and the drop rate is even lower than that of accessories!

Then, Lin Yuan saw a gray wolf lying in the cave.

【Swift Wolf】

[Level: lv3]

【HP: 150】

【Strength: 15】

[Agility: 10]

[Skills: Bite, Claws]

Lin Yuan looked at the Gale Wolf, too lazy to even use [Taunt], and just swaggered over.

"Huh?"

That Gale Wolf had clearly never seen such an arrogant two-legged beast before.

It stood up and bared its sharp fangs at Lin Yuan.

But instead of pouncing immediately, it raised its head.

"Awooo—!!"

A loud wolf howl echoed through the cave.

Lin Yuan paused, but instead of retreating, he revealed an expression of ecstatic joy.

"Call someone? Sure!"

"Shout them! The more the better!"

The next second, a series of responses came from deep within the cave.

"Awoo!"

"Awoo!"

The sound of rustling footsteps came from inside the cave.

In the darkness, one pair, two pairs, three pairs, four pairs of eerie green eyes lit up one after another.

Lin Yuan nodded in satisfaction after seeing five level 3 Gale Wolves in total.

But just then, a completely different roar came from behind the wolf pack.

"roar--!!"

The four Gale Wolves voluntarily made way for them.

A giant wolf, a full size larger than a regular Gale Wolf, with silver-gray fur and a hideous scar on its forehead, slowly emerged.

Its oppressive presence far surpasses that of those level 3 grunts.

【Swift Wolf King (Elite)】

[Level: lv7]

【HP: 500】

【Strength: 60】

[Agility: 40]

[Skills: Bite, Claws, Ferocious Pounce, Wolf King's Roar]

"Elite monster! Level 7!"

Lin Yuan's breathing became rapid instantly.

This is fucking a huge windfall!

After two frustrating hours of exploration, he was finally about to reap the rewards!

This was clearly a small wolf pack, a discovery that delighted Lin Yuan.

After two hours of exploration, he's finally about to make a fortune!

After this wave, he couldn't even imagine how many levels he could advance!

After this wave of attacks, he couldn't even imagine how high his level and defense would soar!

Given this group's current situation, any student in the school, including those with rare professions like Xia Chen and Wang Hao, would only have one option: turn around and run away.

But the question is, can they escape?

A level 3 Gale Wolf with 10 Agility.

The level 7 Gale Wolf King boasts an agility of 40 points!

Apart from assassins with stealth abilities who might have a chance to escape, no one present could outrun them!

……

P.S.: I'll start testing the waters tomorrow, please stay tuned!