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

Chapter 260, the Mysterious Fragment of the Scroll (Please Read Further!), has been updated! Read now:

Some of them even had one or two pieces of platinum-level equipment.

Take this experience in the East China Sea Secret Realm as an example.

Without the high base stats and damage reduction provided by their equipment, they would have had a difficult time facing the black-robed cultists and monsters.

Although they have high defense bonuses, their equipment can give them higher attack attributes, allowing them to better close the level gap with their opponents.

Good equipment is an absolute boon to professionals.

Of course, this applies to a numerical monster like Lin Yuan who relies on "stacking defense points" to develop.

The defense stat bonuses from regular equipment aren't very appealing to him; he can just add a few points to it.

When choosing equipment, he pays more attention to the equipment's maximum durability and those rare special effects!

Then, the most important point is...

His requirements for the attributes of [Agility] and [Spirit] have now become extremely high.

These two attributes are his only remaining weaknesses.

Compared to other main combat classes, his movement speed is indeed about the same as a turtle's.

Besides the equipment, the first floor of this War God's Treasury also contains a large number of skill book archives.

You can find all kinds of advanced skill books, both exclusive to various professions and passive skill books applicable to all professions.

In Lin Yuan's view, his need for top-tier skills far outweighs his need for equipment.

I spent about ten minutes quickly browsing through the first floor, using my omniscient abilities to review everything.

Lin Yuan did not stop, but went straight up the stairs to the second floor of the treasure vault, which was more heavily guarded.

Chu Tianxing and the others were left to browse through a dazzling array of choices on the first floor.

After looking around, the first floor did indeed have quite a few good things that were suitable for him to make up for his shortcomings at this stage.

However, Lin Yuan believed more in the principle of "you get what you pay for," and the quality of the second-tier items was generally a level higher than that of the first-tier items.

After successfully passing the access verification, I entered the second level of the treasure vault.

The space here is noticeably smaller, but the items on display exude an even more chilling and terrifying aura.

A quick glance reveals that many pieces of equipment have already reached the pseudo-diamond level.

This level of equipment has already broken through the limits of the Platinum level.

Through the analysis of the entry, Lin Yuan learned that some of these so-called "fake diamonds" were defective products resulting from top blacksmiths failing to achieve diamond-grade equipment due to a slight difference in skill.

Some are extreme equipment deliberately crafted by blacksmiths in pursuit of a certain extreme lethality or attribute.

In any case, if these items were put in an outside auction house, they would definitely cause a stir.

However, after wandering around the second floor for a while, Lin Yuan's brows furrowed slightly.

The equipment here is powerful, but it's not what he needs.

As he passed a dusty crystal display case, his gaze suddenly became fixed on an inconspicuous object.

It was a skill book lying quietly in the corner.

But it can't even be considered a complete book, because it looks like a fragment.

The edges were still covered with dried, blackened bloodstains, making it look like it had been picked up from a garbage dump.

However, the moment Lin Yuan activated the [Omniscient and Omnipotent] golden attribute and scanned it.

His breath hitched, and his heart began to pound wildly!

【Item Name: Fragmented Ancient Scroll of an Unknown Deity】

[Complete Rank: Mythical?]

[Learning Requirements: LV40 (Completed second job advancement)]

[Condition: Extremely damaged (80% defective)]

Through in-depth analysis of the entry, Lin Yuan learned a piece of information.

This tattered skill book, if it were in its complete state...

Its quality is definitely above legendary level; it is a mythical skill that truly touches upon the laws of the gods!

It is precisely because it is an extremely precious, incomplete divine object that, even in its current state of decay, it still contains faint fluctuations of the laws of nature.

That's why the academy placed it on the second level of its treasure vault.

However, Lin Yuan also had a question in his mind: Could there really be gods in this world?

And this damaged skill book, although theoretically it can be forcibly learned.

However, because it lacks the core principles and patterns, its probability of successfully learning is extremely low.

Moreover, even if you were incredibly lucky and actually succeeded in learning it, because it's an incomplete skill, its power would be greatly reduced.

Whether a way can be found to complete the skill and improve its level in the future remains to be seen!

This thing is a double-edged sword for anyone—tasteless to eat but a pity to throw away.

Who would waste a precious spot on the second level of the treasure vault to choose a flawed skill book that they could never learn?

He is currently only level 33, which is below the learning threshold for the second job advancement.

There's no way to repair this mythological fragment, but that doesn't mean there's no way in the future!

Don't forget that he can awaken an incredible golden attribute every five levels!

He even suspected that as long as he survived and developed, he might be able to awaken that completion law or the heaven-defying attribute of 100% skill comprehension in the future!

"I've chosen you!"

Without hesitation, Lin Yuan reached out and tightly gripped the tattered scroll in his hand.

Soon, the allotted half-hour selection time inside the treasure vault was up.

Chu Tianxing, Ye Cang, and the others each clutched a top-quality piece of equipment or material tightly in their hands, and walked out with excited expressions.

Lin Yuan was the last one to come out.

Sitting on the stone steps, Old Sun smiled as he looked at the items that Chu Tianxing and his team members had selected, and nodded in satisfaction.

"Not bad, not bad. Although it's only one layer of stuff, you kids have pretty good taste. You've picked the best items that best suit your professions."

However, when Elder Sun's gaze swept past everyone and landed on Lin Yuan, the last person to step out, it fell upon him.

His originally cloudy eyes suddenly narrowed in a very subtle way, and a very complex light flashed deep in his eyes.

But Old Sun was, after all, an old monster who had lived for countless years, and he quickly regained his cheerful demeanor.

He pointed to the tattered scroll in Lin Yuan's hand, a hint of feigned surprise in his voice: "Little guy, are you sure you want to take this junk?"

Old Master Sun, feigning regret, advised, "If there were simply too many treasures on the second floor, and you were overwhelmed by the limited time to choose, resulting in you randomly picking this defective item..."

"I'm in a good mood today, so I can make an exception and let you go in and choose again for another half hour, how about that?"

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