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

Upon hearing that Lin Yuan was about to head to the Northwest Abyss Battlefield, Gu Zhi's expression immediately turned serious.

He was well aware of the dangers of the battlefield in the Northwest Abyss.

The monsters there, in terms of both level and danger, are far superior to those in the ordinary dungeons near the school.

Gu Zhi stroked his stubble-covered chin, looking at Lin Yuan as he fell into thought for a moment.

"Since you're going to such a dangerous combat zone, the stats of your current equipment probably aren't good enough."

He pointed to the [Ten Thousand Devouring Ants] set that Lin Yuan was wearing.

"Take off that [Emperor of Ten Thousand Ants] set you're wearing and leave it with me."

"I won't be taking any other jobs for the next couple of days. I'll focus on finishing up this equipment and upgrading it a bit more."

"I plan to combine some of the Abyss Dragon materials you brought back to give your [Devouring Ant King] set a complete second forging and refinement."

Gu Zhi patted his chest and guaranteed, "As long as nothing unexpected happens, I can transform this gold-grade equipment into a complete platinum set."

Platinum Set!

Upon hearing these four words, Lin Yuan's eyes immediately lit up.

In the equipment system for job changers, equipment grades are divided into many levels such as Iron, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, and Diamond.

Currently, the [Eating Ant King] set he is wearing is a gold-level equipment, and it also comes with very good set attributes and aura effects.

However, as he completed his second job advancement and faced increasingly higher-level enemies, the base stats of this equipment set were quickly becoming insufficient to meet his needs.

After all, the higher the equipment grade, the more attribute values ​​are increased, and the higher the equipment's durability limit is.

Durability is especially important to Lin Yuan, as his current fighting style mostly involves standing still and enduring monster attacks.

By taking hits, you can trigger passive stacking of defense points, while using counter-damage to kill enemies.

This high frequency of being hit causes a tremendous rate of wear and tear on equipment durability.

If the equipment's durability runs out, its defense bonus will be lost, or it may even be destroyed.

If you can upgrade your equipment to Platinum level, its durability will increase significantly, allowing it to support you in continuous combat for a longer period of time.

Moreover, platinum-level equipment can significantly increase the four main attributes, and the bonuses to armor and magic resistance will also see a qualitative leap.

More importantly, by incorporating materials from the Abyss Dragon Clan, the set might even gain new attributes.

Upon hearing this, Lin Yuan nodded in agreement without the slightest hesitation.

"Then thank you very much, Old Gu."

He immediately unbound all the [Eagle King] armor sets he was wearing.

In a flash of light, Lin Yuan, now free of his equipment, changed into ordinary casual clothes.

He neatly placed the Ant King armor pieces, which shimmered with a dark golden light, on Gu Zhi's forging table.

"I'll stay at the academy for the next couple of days to prepare some high-level recovery potions and other consumables in the trading area."

"I'll come back to collect it once the equipment is forged," Lin Yuan said politely.

Gu Zhi waved his hand casually, his gaze already fixed on the dragon materials and the Ant King set.

He was already conceiving in his mind how to extract the energy from the dragon scales to strengthen the defensive layer of the Ant King Armor.

"Alright, go do what you're supposed to do, don't stand here and disturb me while I'm thinking about the forging blueprints," Koji urged impatiently.

Seeing this, Lin Yuan didn't linger and turned to walk out of the scorching forging workshop.

With this soon-to-be-released platinum set as his trump card, he was even more excited for his upcoming journey into the Northwest Abyss.

Once he reaches the Northwest Abyss battlefield, facing a massive number of high-level monsters, he believes his defensive strength will experience an explosive increase.

……

After leaving the Divine Weapon Pavilion, Lin Yuan did not immediately return to his apartment.

He turned the bracelet on his wrist and walked directly towards the trading area of ​​the War Academy.

Since the decision has been made to go to the Northwest Abyss battlefield for training, necessary pre-battle preparations are essential.

The Abyss Battlefield is different from the dungeons in the school. The environment there is complex and varied, and supplies can only be obtained in the major cities.

Moreover, once you get there, you can probably only use military merits, and the points from the academy will be useless.

Before long, Lin Yuan arrived at the bustling academic trading area.

There are all sorts of shops and vending machines here, allowing students to redeem supplies using points.

Lin Yuan walked straight into the consumables section and began preparing to use his academy points to exchange for some useful items.

The first thing he needed to exchange for was a high-level stamina recovery potion.

This is also one of the consumables he needs most right now.

After all, if he were to fight in the Abyss Battlefield for an extended period of time, his situation would be somewhat different from that of other professionals.

Thanks to the enhancements from equipment and talent attributes, his health and mana regenerate rapidly and continuously.

However, physical strength will not recover automatically.

Even though his current level has been raised to level 40, he has a very high physical attribute as a foundation.

However, in high-intensity continuous combat, the depletion of physical strength remains a problem that cannot be ignored.

It's obviously not a bad thing to have extra of this kind of medicine, which is specifically used to restore physical strength.

Lin Yuan walked to the counter and directly deducted 3,000 academy points.

He exchanged for three hundred bottles of high-grade stamina recovery potions and other potions in one go.

Besides exchanging for various regular potions, Lin Yuan strolled around the trading area and discovered something good.

It's a special item called "Portable Equipment Repair Fluid".

Simply apply this repair fluid to the damaged parts of your equipment to quickly and rapidly restore its durability when you are out of combat in the field.

Upon seeing this, Lin Yuan couldn't help but slap his thigh, secretly lamenting the loss.

He's been so busy running dungeons, he should have spent more time browsing the trading area.

If he had known that the academy had such a useful item that speeds up equipment repair, he could have bought some to keep on hand when he was doing his second job advancement quest.

However, after reading the instructions for using the repair solution, he knew that even if he had bought it, he probably wouldn't have been able to use it.

Without hesitation, Lin Yuan spent some more points to buy fifty bottles of portable equipment repair fluid.

With these supplies as a safety net, Lin Yuan felt much more at ease.

After finishing his shopping, Lin Yuan walked to a quiet corner of the trading area and sat down on a bench.

He tapped the bracelet, used the sergeant rank privileges he had previously accumulated to log in directly to the military's exclusive network inside the bracelet, and opened the military merit shop system.

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