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

Xue Dingbang drew his greatsword directly, its dark red blade gleaming with intense iron-blooded battle aura.

He shouted, "Give me Baal!"

Among the top melee fighters of level 90 and above, only Schrödinger was able to withstand Baal's annihilation attack head-on.

Then, Xue Dingbang looked at the other fortress powerhouses and the leaders of large guilds, and quickly issued combat orders.

"All of you, join forces immediately and make sure you hold off Cardinal Bloodlust at all costs."

"Remember, don't fight him to the death. Just restrict his spellcasting and movement range, and don't let him leave the battlefield."

"No matter the cost, we absolutely cannot let those two get even a step closer to Lin Yuan!" Xue Dingbang said in a deep voice.

The fortress's warriors responded in unison, each gripping their weapons tightly.

At this moment, Xue Li and Baal had also walked up to them, looking at them with icy eyes.

Baal spread his wings and looked down at the crowd, letting out a disdainful snort.

"You think you can stop us with your bunch of defeated soldiers? You're being far too naive."

The moment the words were spoken, a fierce battle erupted.

Xue Dingbang's battle aura surged, and he directly activated the strongest state of [Iron-Blooded Military Lord]: [Military Lord's Descent].

His figure grew much taller, like an ancient war god, and he charged directly into the air with a giant sword in hand.

Baal, the Lord of the Abyss, roared and swung his claws, which were covered in the laws of annihilation, as he charged forward.

The two sides engaged in a devastating melee in mid-air, with each collision triggering a series of sonic booms.

Baal unleashed his skill [Annihilation Claw], the dark claw shadow tearing through the surrounding space with devastating true damage.

Xue Dingbang neither dodged nor evaded, his greatsword imbued with golden battle aura, as he unleashed the [Iron Blood Sky-Piercing Slash] to directly clash with his opponent.

Even with the defensive sharing provided by Lin Yuan, Baal's "Annihilation Law" could still continuously erode Schrödinger's defenses.

Under the black annihilation power, visible cracks began to appear on Xue Dingbang's dark red armor.

As a member of the Destroyer Winged Demon Clan, Baal possesses terrifying physical strength, making it impossible for ordinary skills to inflict fatal damage on him.

Schrödinger could only rely on his rich combat experience accumulated from countless life-and-death battles to constantly defuse the opponent's fierce attacks.

"Iron-Blooded Killing Domain, activate!"

Schrödinger immediately activated his domain, within which his power and speed were greatly enhanced, and the surrounding area was filled with chilling phantom images of weapons.

He constantly used the phantoms within the domain to launch feint attacks, while his main body sought opportunities to engage Baal in direct combat.

On the other side, several powerful fortress warriors above level 80 launched a siege against Xue Li.

Zhao Mingyuan's blazing greatsword, Sun Tieshan's berserk twin axes, and Li Qingfeng's storm magic all poured down on Xue Li at the same time.

However, Cardinal Bloodlust's methods were extremely strange; his figure flickered constantly amidst magic and weapons.

He used the skill [Blood Shadow Transformation], transforming himself into countless blood shadows that scattered across the sky, causing everyone's attacks to miss.

Xue Li skillfully dealt with the attacks from the human powerhouses within this encirclement, and even launched counterattacks from time to time.

Fortunately, they had Lin Yuan's exaggerated defensive sharing buff, so they managed to block Xue Li's normal attacks that included shadow damage and corrosion.

However, as a bishop proficient in curse-based killing techniques, Xue Li naturally possesses soul-based mental attacks capable of ignoring defenses. "Permanent Defense Increased When Hit, Gods and Demons Can't Damage Me" - Stunning writing, gripping plot!

He unleashed the [Crimson Shock] technique, and invisible mental ripples instantly swept over all the human powerhouses who were besieging him.

Originally, with the strength of these human experts, if they had directly taken a soul attack from Xue Li, they would have been seriously injured and coughed up blood.

However, Lin Yuan's shared defense includes the enhancement of mental resistance.

Therefore, although these human powerhouses still felt excruciating headaches and even suffered internal injuries after experiencing a soul shock, they were still affected.

However, none of them would say that they had completely lost their ability to fight. They could catch their breath and then rejoin the battle, which allowed them to barely hold on to the situation.

The key reason for this is that Lin Yuan had already activated his omniscience and omnipotence when he heard Xue Dingbang talking about Xue Li's information.

Upon learning that Xue Li was skilled in the art of curse killing, a type of attack specifically designed to target the soul.

Lin Yuan decisively used his defense points to increase his mental resistance.

He didn't hold back, spending a full 100,000 defense points directly on the mental resistance column.

Mental resistance: 70 -> 170

Lin Yuan's purpose in significantly increasing his mental resistance was not actually to completely resist the opponent's curse.

Because he knew very well that even if he used up all his defensive points, he still couldn't withstand Xue Li's full-force curse attack.

The level difference between the two sides is stark; a fifty-level gap cannot be bridged simply by increasing resistance stats.

As you progress through the levels, the increase in attribute points grows exponentially.

Lin Yuan's current skill point allocation has two main purposes.

The first objective was to resist the opponent's all-pervasive mental pressure and protect the others.

At this moment, Schrödinger was engaged in a life-or-death battle with Baal in mid-air, so he naturally couldn't spare the attention to help them resist the oppressive force.

Therefore, the remaining people in this defense zone will have to rely on the mental resistance buff provided by Lin Yuan himself.

This mental resistance of 1.7 million offset most of the soul pressure emanating from Xue Li.

The second purpose was to ensure that he would not be instantly killed by Xue Li's curse skill when he was caught off guard.

He needs this extremely high mental resistance so that when he suffers a fatal soul attack, he can be slightly buffered and not die instantly.

As long as this immense mental resistance can buy him even a fraction of a second of reaction time.

Lin Yuan can immediately activate the Invincible Barrier.

Once the invincible barrier is activated, he can enter an absolutely invincible state, completely resisting all subsequent attacks from the opponent.

Of course, Lin Yuan was just adding a double layer of insurance for himself by doing this.

After all, he still had the Celestial Master's Token that Chen Qingxuan had given him on his person.

The battle lasted for a while.

Xue Li re-formed amidst the blood-red shadows filling the sky. He looked at these ants and found them utterly uninteresting.

"A bunch of ants clinging to life in their tortoise shells dare to block my way," Xue Li sneered.

He no longer held back, and suddenly flipped open the crimson codex in his hand, unleashing a massive repulsive force.

Xue Li immediately activated [Blood Wave Soaring], forcibly repelling the "ants" surrounding him.

Zhao Mingyuan and the others were all shaken by this enormous force, spitting out blood and turning extremely pale, making it impossible for them to get close for a moment.

After repelling the annoying flies, Xue Li turned her gaze to Lin Yuan, who was standing in the center of the battlefield.

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