mijobooks Chapter 13, Blood Mage with Thousands of Blood Shields, Achieved
Chapter 13, Blood Mage with Thousands of Blood Shields, Achieved
Lu Yan exited the global weapons ranking page and swept his palm across the holographic projection panel.
The screen switches to the map showing the distribution of secret realms in the China war zone.
He tapped three times in quick succession to zoom in on a red-highlighted coordinate point to the center of the screen.
Mystic Warehouse, Level 40.
"Let's start here." Lu Yan tapped his fingers twice on the table.
"The primary objective is to replace Lin Chuxue's weapon."
Zhao Leiguang stood up from the supply box, his tall figure casting a dark shadow that covered the area where Lu Yan was located.
"The mage's material loss rate has always been the highest among all professions." Zhao Leiguang pulled out a chair and sat down, placing his hands on his knees.
"Our funding application has just been approved, and we're immediately investing in the most expensive professions. If the failure rate of our application materials can't keep up with the progress, our funding chain will break down."
Lu Yan did not retract his hand from the screen.
"The mage is the only super-large area-of-effect spell turret." Lu Yan brought up the damage statistics bar chart of the Corrupted Hive.
"As long as we max out her stats, our clearing speed in low-to-mid-tier dungeons will increase by more than three times. The more we invest upfront, the faster we'll recoup our investment later."
Lu Yan didn't mention that this same argument was the root cause of countless players becoming easy prey in his previous life.
"The Arcane Mage Outpost produces all the high-level mana imprints and casting speed base materials we need."
Zhao Lei glanced at the statistical charts but did not utter a word of rebuttal.
Wen Yue stepped forward and placed two bottles of stamina potions on the table.
"Then let's proceed according to your plan. Our Dragon Guard First Squad will fully guarantee your needs."
Lin Chuxue sat on the far edge of the tactical sofa, holding a staff in her hand.
She turned her head and her gaze fell on Lu Yan's hand movements as he operated the projector.
Lu Yan's fingers quickly swept across rows of complex data charts, the light illuminating the right side of his face.
Lin Chuxue's breathing slowed down, and she rubbed her fingers twice on the surface of the crystal core of the staff.
Instead of prioritizing resources on the front-line tanks protecting him, the support player chose to allocate them to himself, which secretly pleased him.
"Come here and let me see your panel data." Lu Yan turned towards the direction where Lin Chuxue was.
Lin Chuxue stood up, walked over and stopped beside Lu Yan.
Lu Yan pushed a tactical tablet with pre-set parameters to her side.
"Reset your existing stat allocation. For armor, don't keep the maximum health stat; replace all base materials with those that increase shield capacity, shield resistance, and out-of-combat shield regeneration speed. I just picked out a replacement set from the base warehouse's inventory list, and the logistics department delivered it to the lobby."
Lin Chuxue took the tablet and swiped the screen to view the talent tree path drawn by Lu Yan.
This completely deviates from the conventional skill point allocation framework for mages.
Without asking any questions, she directly brought up her own control panel.
Press the reset button with your thumb.
All attribute points are returned to the skill pool.
She walked to the metal locker and opened the door.
The seven shield-oriented equipment pieces sent by the logistics department are displayed in the compartment.
Shedding the original robes that boosted health, and donning a new set.
Following the path on the tablet, she allocated her talent points to specific branches in sequence.
The last two nodes are suspended at the very top of the entire tree.
[Soul Body]: Maximum health becomes 1, and all health is converted into shield value.
[Blood Mage]: All skills consume a percentage of health, and skill cooldowns are removed.
Lin Chuxue tapped the confirmation button on the screen.
A system notification tone sounded in the conference room.
Lin Chuxue's life bar instantly dropped from 8,000 points, and the bottom line turned bright red, indicating extreme danger.
The value is fixed at the number 1.
Lin Chuxue gasped sharply, her right hand gripping the staff tightening abruptly, her knuckles turning white.
She took a half step back, her back slamming against the edge of the metal tactical table behind her.
A dull thud was heard.
When the life points are reduced to one, it means that any environmental damage could trigger the death determination of the machine.
This forced reduction in numerical values causes extreme physiological stress.
Lu Yan stepped forward, stretched out his arm, and swiped it across the virtual screen in front of Lin Chuxue.
"Let's look at your secondary attribute bar."
Lin Chuxue lowered her gaze.
Above the red single-point health bar, there was an extremely thick white band of light.
Current shield value: 10000
[Shield natural regeneration rate: 3000 points per second]
Lu Yan tapped his finger on the edge of the screen.
"Your health is currently 1 point. The system determines the percentage of health that needs to be deducted to cast a large-area spell, and this percentage cannot be deducted from your current 1 point of health. The skill will forcibly reduce your spell cost to zero."
"At the same time, the Blood Mage removed all skill cooldowns."
"Shield-based damage absorption replaces the physical damage absorption rule. As long as a single instance of physical or magical damage does not exceed the threshold of 10,000 points, you do not need to take evasive action while standing on the front line."
Lin Chuxue raised her right arm, holding her staff and aiming it at the energy testing dummy in the corner of the conference hall.
She did not recite the chanting lyrics.
The red and blue energy at the tip of the staff flashed continuously, creating a dazzling display of light and shadow.
Five lava fireballs, each three meters in diameter, flew out in a row and struck the center of the energy dummy's torso with pinpoint accuracy.
When the test dummy slides backward, damage data frames exceeding the upper limit are flipped up on its surface.
Lin Chuxue looked down and checked the scale on the crystal core of the magic staff.
Mana cost is zero.
Spell cooldown is zero.
Su Yunqing closed the book in her hand and walked to Lin Chuxue's left.
"My skills can seamlessly fill the gaps in your shield. In actual combat, you can unleash a barrage of fire without interruption."
Xiao Qianyu pushed open the alloy door of the conference room and stepped inside.
"Alright, let's not delay any longer and set off now."
Everyone took stock of their weapons and accessories.
Lu Yan slung his faded backpack over his shoulder and followed behind the group.
Half an hour later, the outer perimeter of the defense zone in the southeast of Jiangzhou.
The tactical armored convoy came to a stop on the median strip at the edge of the defensive line.
The ground in front was a uniform grayish-white color.
The air was filled with a strong smell of metallic residue.
A spatial rift emitting a pale blue halo hangs in mid-air, its lower end touching the ground, forming a passage area four meters high and three meters wide.
Arcane Mage Outpost Teleportation Portal.
The team members stepped out of the carriage one by one and took their positions in a diamond formation.
Zhao Leiguang was positioned at the front of the group, holding up two tower shields with both hands.
Wen Yue took off her recurve bow and stepped back to Lin Chuxue's right rear side.
Shen Xinglin gripped the spear upside down and positioned himself on the left flank of the squad.
Su Yunqing unfolded the healing manual. The pages emitted a faint white light.
Lu Yan stopped at the end of the central axis of the group.
"100x Drop Rate Lv1 - Activated".
"The Blessing of the God of War - Activated".
A pale golden light emanated from the soles of Lu Yan's boots and spread outwards. A halo of light appeared on the armor of the four team members within a fifty-meter radius.
Movement speed and defense stats are increased accordingly.
Xiao Qianyu, holding the gun in one hand, stepped into the shadowy area below the crack.
"Enter."
The team passed through the blue light curtain.
The feeling of weightlessness dissipated, and the interior environment of the secret realm was refreshed on my retina.
This is a massive stone-paved corridor.
The walls on both sides are carved with glowing runes.
The light source at the top comes from a suspended crystal ball.
Thirty meters ahead in the corridor, rows of human-shaped units are arranged.
The Corrupted Novice Arcane Mage (Level 40)
【Guardian Golem (Level 40)】
The monsters, wielding long-handled staffs or broadswords, filled the passageway.
A blue aura gathered at the tip of the arcane monster's staff.
The front-row puppets raised their shields, lowered their bodies, and ran towards them, their leather boots stomping on the stone slabs.
Lin Chuxue did not wait for Zhao Leiguang's shield to meet the enemy.
She took three steps forward, breaking away from the squad's defensive matrix.
A white shield bar of 10,000 points fully covered the entire body.
If we disregard special factors, she's even tankier than Zhao Leiguang, the Shield Guard.
Lin Chuxue raised her arm and pointed her staff to the center coordinates of the dense monsters fifty meters away.
The light from the tip of the staff was brighter than the suspended crystal at the top.
An icy storm and scorching lava descended simultaneously above the monster's head.
There are no cast time restrictions or cooldown pauses.
Lin Chuxue rotated her wrists continuously at a rate of three times per second.
Ice pillars and walls of fire poured continuously into the monster formation.
The golden light continued to burst forth, but the crowd was no longer as shocked as they had been the first time they had seen it.
"According to the equipment filtering rules, only take the useful equipment, and discard all other junk equipment."