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

Deep underground in the headquarters of the Abyss Order, several archbishops sat around a long black table, their faces grim and their eyes burning with rage.

The news of the disastrous defeat of the million-strong beast tide at the front has been fully confirmed, and they must take action to make up for this huge mistake.

They directly accessed the cult's highest-ranking assassination list.

The cult member in charge of recording operated the crystal panel, and Lin Yuan's name was quickly added to the list.

Lin Yuan's threat level was immediately raised to the maximum, and he was marked as the most dangerous red on the list.

It should be noted that the other people on this list are basically top-tier powerhouses who have been renowned among the human race for a long time.

Lin Yuan's kill priority in the eyes of the Abyss Order quickly rose to an unbelievable level.

His kill ranking even surpassed that of some well-known human level 90 powerhouses.

"No matter the cost, this human must be killed!" The archbishop slammed his hand on the table, issuing the death order.

He would never allow a new human to possess the ability to change the entire defensive rules of the battlefield.

However, considering Lin Yuan's current situation, the assassination operation faces enormous difficulties.

Lin Yuan is currently in the Blood Moon Fortress, which is under tight military protection, surrounded by high-ranking officers.

The Blood Moon Fortress is overseen by Schrödinger, and numerous defensive formations are constantly in operation.

Ordinary Abyss Assassins cannot even get close to Lin Yuan; sending them to the front-line fortress to carry out assassination missions would only be a pointless death.

After a brief discussion, the Abyss leadership decided to utilize a special underground channel.

They offered an exorbitant bounty, intending to hire members of the third-party organization "Assassin's Hall" to carry out the operation.

The Assassin's Guild is a secretive organization that only cares about money and not people.

This organization is not bound by any country or religious order and is completely independent of the major powers.

The Assassin's Hall is home to the most elite professional assassins from various races.

They'll kill anyone for a good reward, and their methods of assassination are endless.

The Abyss's higher-ups are determined to nip Lin Yuan in the bud before he has fully matured.

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At this moment, inside the Blood Moon Fortress.

During the post-war recuperation period, Lin Yuan returned to the dormitory that the military had specially arranged for him.

The dormitory was well-equipped, and Lin Yuan washed away the blood and the fatigue that had accumulated over the past few days.

He sat down at his desk and opened the internal military merit shop interface on his communicator.

Lin Yuan now has one million military merits, which allows him to freely select the strategic resources he needs here.

The shop was filled with a dazzling array of items, and Lin Yuan carefully browsed the categories of skill books and equipment gems.

After careful selection, he spent some of his military merits to exchange for a skill book suitable for the Great Shield Knight.

This skill book is called [Raging Thunder Prison Thrust], and it is a very rare skill book with a very high rating.

The skill book transformed into a streak of light and appeared directly in Lin Yuan's inventory.

Lin Yuan took it out and clicked to learn the new skill, which was activated through his secondary weapon, the Thousand Devouring Demon Dragon's Thorn.

This is a range-based paralysis-type control skill.

Using this skill will inflict a powerful lightning paralysis effect on all enemies within a certain range.

Enemies in a paralyzed state will become completely immobilized and stiff for a short period of time.

The emergence of this skill greatly compensates for Lin Yuan's current lack of crowd control.

It's not that he lacks crowd control skills; gravity pull is one of them.

However, this skill is actually more inclined towards soft control.

Even if the other person is pulled by gravity, their body can still move to a certain extent.

In addition to the skill books, Lin Yuan also exchanged for several top-quality gems.

These top-quality gems are from the military treasury and cannot be bought at auction houses on the market.

As front-line tanks, defensive classes experience the fastest weapon durability depletion of all classes.

Once the durability reaches zero, the equipment will shatter and lose all attribute bonuses.

The first gem Lin Yuan exchanged for was a top-grade, solid gem that emitted an earthy yellow light.

This top-grade, durable gem has incredibly powerful properties, capable of directly increasing the maximum durability of equipment by 300%.

In addition, it can provide an extra 500,000 points of fixed base durability.

Lin Yuan took out his usual heavy shield and embedded the sturdy gem directly into the groove on the front of the shield.

A thick light flashed across the shield's surface, and the durability on the equipment's attribute panel instantly soared.

In this way, the shield will not easily break when facing high-intensity, prolonged monster attacks.

This significantly increases Lin Yuan's margin for error in continuous combat on large battlefields.

The other is a top-grade Wind Spirit Gem that emits a blue light.

This gem's attribute is that it can directly increase the wearer's agility and movement speed.

It provides 1,500 points of Agility and a 20% movement speed bonus.

The massive increase in agility made Lin Yuan feel his legs were full of power and his body became much lighter.

After exchanging for and equipping these supplies, Lin Yuan turned his attention to his beast-taming companion, Xiao Hei.

He opened his storage space and took out the high-level dragon blood crystals that Commander Xue Dingbang had previously rewarded him with.

These crystals are deep red, and inside they seem to have real blood flowing, exuding a pure dragon aura.

As a beast with the bloodline of a five-clawed black dragon, Xiao Hei's evolution process requires a huge amount of energy.

As soon as the crystal was taken out, Xiao Hei couldn't wait to fly out of the Beast Taming Space and hover above Lin Yuan's head.

Lin Yuan tossed all the high-level dragon blood crystals into the air and fed them to Xiao Hei.

Little Black opened its mouth wide and swallowed all the precious crystals in one gulp.

After swallowing the crystal, Xiao Hei's body began to emit a dazzling dark red light.

The light grew stronger and stronger, and before long, Xiao Hei's entire body was enveloped in a thick layer of dark red blood cocoon.

The blood cocoon emitted powerful energy fluctuations, and Xiao Hei immediately fell into a deep slumber of evolution.

Lin Yuan carefully returned the enormous blood cocoon to his beast-taming space, patiently waiting for it to complete its evolution.

For the next few days, Lin Yuan rested quietly in his dormitory, waiting for Xiao Hei to wake up.

A few days later, around noon, a violent energy fluctuation suddenly came from Lin Yuan's beast taming space.

Lin Yuan immediately summoned the blood cocoon, and cracks began to appear on the surface of the dark red blood cocoon, which quickly spread outwards.

With a crisp sound, the blood cocoon shattered completely, and red light scattered in all directions.

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