Everyone's playing as a roguelike, starting with an extra Mythical Relic.

The cooldown of "Shield Blast+" is 16 seconds, and it can only be cast four times per minute.

After four snaps, the wooden dummy on difficulty level seven lost over 180 million HP, while Chu Yang's shield value reached over 70.

After a minute, Chu Yang's name appeared on the [Domain Limit Ranking].

First Place – Name: Chu Yang, Class: Shield Guard, Challenge Score: Difficulty 7, Total Output in One Minute: 1.8 Million+

This score is more than ten times that of the second place.

Even Chu Yang himself wasn't confident that he could achieve even better results when he entered the first-tier domain again.

After all, even among the red mythical relics, the [Final Barrier] should be among the top tier.

Upon completing the challenge, Chu Yang received a pink rune as a reward.

This time, the rune reward is still a choice of one of three.

One [Secondary Charge Charm - Pink] - Increases the maximum number of charge-type skill stacks by 2.

2. [Void Anchor Point - Powder] - Changes the form of your skills, allowing them to be cast anywhere within a ten-meter radius.

3. [Chain Rune - Powder] - Single-target damage skills gain a chain effect, which can deal damage to the next target within a 10-meter radius of the target. Each time a chain occurs, the damage is reduced by 10%.

First, we can rule out the third rune, as it's for single-target damage skills.

Chu Yang's current core damage skill, "Shield Blast Technique," is an area-of-effect damage skill.

The first rune is a very useful general-purpose rune.

The term "charge-type skill" refers to skills like the "dodge" skill, which grants one use every certain period of time.

If the [Dodge] skill is equipped with this rune, then the number of [Dodge] times can reach four in a short period of time.

Only the second rune, [Void Anchor Point - Pink], allows [Shield Blast +] to be used, and this was Chu Yang's choice.

Currently, the [Shield Blast+] skill has three runes: [Pain Echo - Purple], [Swift Spell - Blue], and [Expansion Rune - Blue].

After a moment's thought, Chu Yang replaced the [Expansion Symbol] with [Void Anchor Point - Powder].

Because [Void Anchor Point Powder] allows skills to be released at any location within a 10-meter range, this is equivalent to increasing the damage range of [Shield Blast+] by 10 meters.

"Snapped!"

Chu Yang tentatively snapped his fingers.

Originally, the [Shield Blast] technique would only affect a three-meter radius around him, but now, the space ten meters away has been distorted, instantly forming a spherical vacuum area with a three-meter radius!

"Hmm! The effect is great! This makes my [Shield Blast+] much more flexible!"

With checkpoint number nine closed, Chu Yang was teleported to the safe zone.

At this moment, there is only one door in the safe zone, and the icon on the door is a huge, bloody skull shrouded in black mist.

Even without the small door's explanation, Chu Yang knew that this must be the final BOSS door.

Chu Yang didn't rush into the level, but first went through his character panel.

After closing his eyes and calming his mind for a few minutes, he slowly walked into the [BOSS door].

Chu Yang opened his eyes, then opened his mouth in surprise.

Because around him, there were hundreds of people pushing the door open!

The place they were in was somewhat like a university auditorium. In front of them, the group of people who pushed open the door, was a stage, on which stood nine indigenous people dressed as scholars.

After the nine people chatted for a while, one of them, a scholar in a blue robe, stepped forward.

There was no microphone or anything like that the person used, but as soon as he spoke, his voice was clearly transmitted to everyone's ears.

"Gentlemen...the ones who opened the door? Is it correct to address you all this way?"

"I am Li Xinming from the Jade Emperor Academy."

"Thank you all very much for accepting this mission with its perilous stakes. On behalf of the Nine Academies of the Primordial Human Race, I would like to express my highest respect to you all."

Five years ago, the orcs secretly sabotaged our Jixia Fire Society. Although they failed, it is only right to retaliate.

"Tomorrow is the Beastman race's [Beast God Mountain Trial], at which time the essence of the Beast God will descend upon the world. Once the Beastman general fuses with the essence of the Beast God and completes the bloodline evolution, a new Beast King will be born."

"Your mission is to sabotage this trial and prevent the emergence of a new Beast King."

"Originally, only orcs could enter Beast God Mountain, but recently, the Qingwu Academy has come up with some interesting things."

"Junior Brother Liu, you go and talk to them."

Chu Yang had met this Junior Brother Liu before; he was Liu Yuanliang from Qingwu Academy, whom he had met at the Eighth Gate.

Liu Yuanliang addressed the crowd, saying, "Many of you here have participated in the operation to capture orcs."

"To put it simply, our academy has developed a kind of elixir using these orcs."

"This item is called the Beast-Shaping Pill. After consuming it, you will become exactly like a beastman within seven days."

"Some people in the academy have already tested it and found that taking this pill will not cause the user to be rejected by the domain of Beast God Mountain."

"Therefore, this mission is for you all to participate in the [Beast God Mountain Trial] as orcs."

"If we can obtain the essence blood of the Beast God, that would be ideal. If we can't, we must prevent the orcs from fusing the essence blood to complete their bloodline evolution."

"Nine of you have captured orc generals. This mission will be centered around you, with the rest assisting you."

"Now, the people I called can come up and collect their Beast Form Pills and other auxiliary items."

"..."

Those who were called up first were all people who had captured orc generals, and Chu Yang had encountered two of them before.

They are Zhao Baining and Jiang Yun, respectively.

Zhao Baining had also changed into a new outfit, a dark red robe that suited her fire mage class quite well.

The two exchanged glances, both conveying the idea of ​​discussing the matter in more detail later.

As for Jiang Yun, he remained as cold as ever. He nodded to Chu Yang, and the two did not exchange any further words.

Chu Yang obtained three items from Liu Yuanliang, one of which was even a permanent item.

Moreover, this permanent item is very practical, and in Chu Yang's opinion, its value even exceeds that of his spirit pet, Wan Tong.

That was a rune technology creation called "Universal Communication"—a permanent item that allows one to communicate seamlessly with all the races of the primordial world after wearing it.

Chu Yang discovered that only the nine people ahead of him had been assigned the [Wanyutong] skill.

Chu Yang secretly speculated: [Perhaps this is an extra reward for capturing the orc general...]

As for the other two items, one is naturally the [Beast Form Pill], and the other is a small box.

This small box was only available to the nine of them. According to Liu Yuanliang, if one of the nine of them obtained the qualification to fuse with the essence of the Beast God, they would definitely be unable to fuse because they were not true beastmen.

Then they can use this small box to capture the essence of the Beast God.

If we could bring the essence blood of the Beast God out of Beast God Mountain, that would be the best outcome.

Chu Yang put the items into his backpack and walked off the stage.

Suddenly, he frowned and immediately opened the mini-map.

There was a red dot moving on the minimap!

Just now, he heard the notification sound from the small door:

[Warning! Human Level 2 Sinner detected! Sinner's location has been marked on the map.]

Defeating a red-named player will grant 100 Human Contribution Points and drop a treasure chest.