Full health is the kill threshold, no matter if you're a god or a demon!

Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately invested his skill points.

Skill 4, Endless Fury (Level 1, 100 CD, No Cost): You will refuse to die for 7 seconds and your health will not drop below 1. After the effect ends, you will recover a certain percentage of your health based on the total damage you took during the effect (up to 20% of your maximum health).

"Finally... we have a real trump card to save our lives!"

With up to 7 seconds of invulnerability, combined with a deliberate punch, it's entirely possible to turn the tables and kill your enemy!

Liu Nian hadn't forgotten that he still had a golden skill stone on him!

He used it immediately.

[Golden Skill Stone Activated]

[Effect 1: Endless Fury gains passive ability: For every 1% decrease in your health, your armor penetration increases by 1%.]

[Effect 2: The duration of Endless Fury is extended to 10 seconds.]

[Effect 1: Endless Fury gains a passive ability: For each enemy you kill, you restore 5% of your maximum health and mana. While Endless Fury is active, this restoration effect will be stored at double the amount and will take effect immediately after Endless Fury ends.]

All three effects are quite good, especially one and three, which are both high-value percentages.

One ability is to give him extremely high armor penetration, even 100% armor penetration, and he can also deal true damage with every punch!

However, he had already deliberately thrown a punch, so he wasn't lacking in real injuries.

As for the third effect, it greatly increases the survivability of Endless Fury.

Once activated, you gain 10% of your maximum health and mana for each enemy you kill. Simply kill 10 enemies during this period to instantly restore your full health and mana upon the event's end! It's like having two lives!

With his deliberate, unstoppable punches, killing multiple enemies at once wouldn't be difficult for him!

Therefore, it's safer to secure the third spot!

In comparison, the tolerance and numerical value of one are still too small.

While Liu Nian was researching skills, the dwarves had already swiftly collected the spoils scattered on the battlefield, especially the items dropped by the ratmen that Liu Nian had killed. They respectfully piled them at Liu Nian's feet, not daring to hide them in the slightest.

Wu Zhan winked at Liu Nian, signaling him to put it away.

Liu Nian nodded and began to count the pile of spoils that shimmered with various colors.

First, there were coins. The foreman unearthed quite a few, totaling 12 gold coins, 87 silver coins, and a number of copper coins. This was quite a fortune.

Next came the equipment, the most conspicuous of which was the whip used by the ratman overseer:

【Name: Pain-Sucking Whip】

[Type: Weapon (Long Whip)]

[Quality: Epic]

Equipment Requirements: Level 15, Agility 32

[Attributes: Attack +135, Agility +12]

[Special Effect: Pain Feedback] - Your attacks have a chance to inflict the "Severe Pain" status on the target, lasting 3 seconds. During this time, the target takes 10% more damage and deals 15% less damage to you.

The attributes are average, and the special effects are also good, but it is not suitable for Liu Nian's fist-based playstyle.

This item is classified as a speed-based combat equipment.

Other items include ratman-style leather armor and poisoned daggers, most of which are of good or common quality with average attributes and are considered store-bought.

After much searching, Liu Nian only managed to pick out a leather armor that added 20 to his constitution, and a belt that added 15 to his block and 30 to his armor.

Then there are some consumables and materials:

[Powerful Antidote] x5: Relieves and provides temporary immunity to poisoning.

【Ratman Plague Sac】x3 (Materials): Can be used to refine poisons or certain special medicines.

【Rough Shock Ore】x15 (Materials): Ore lost by the gnomes, shimmering with unstable energy.

【Cheese】×22 (Food): Food that rats love to eat, providing a pleasant mood.

……

In addition, several blueprints and a skill book are also quite important!

[Blueprint: Automatic Poisoning Device (High-Quality)]

[Type: Engineering]

[Effect: Learn to create an "Automatic Poisoning Device," which automatically coats the blades of melee weapons placed within it with a potent poison for 30 minutes.]

[Blueprint: Plague Bomb (Excellent)]

[Type: Bioalchemy]

[Effect: Learns to create "Plague Bombs," which, when thrown, create a cloud of poison that deals continuous poison damage to enemies within the area and inflicts the "Disease" effect, reducing their attributes.]

[Blueprint: Stealth Potion (Fine)]

[Type: Biological Drawings]

[Effect: Learn to craft "Stealth Potion". Drinking it grants 15 seconds of stealth, reducing movement speed by 30%.]

That skill book that emitted a dim light:

[Skill Book: Shadow Strike]

[Type: Active Skill]

[Quality: Epic]

[Learning Requirements: Level 10, Melee Class]

[Effect (12-second cooldown, 50 mana cost): You anchor to an enemy within a 15-meter radius, instantly teleporting to their side and dealing (80% of your attack damage) physical damage, while reducing their movement speed by 50% for 1.5 seconds.]

This skill caught Liu Nian's eye.

Although he already has an Unstoppable Force that can be used as a movement skill, who would complain about having too few movement skills?

Moreover, the cooldown of Unstoppable Force is too long, a full 50 seconds, and this skill perfectly makes up for the shortcoming of Liu Nian's current skill system - mobility.

Liu Nian used the skill book without hesitation.

A faint light merged into his body, and a new icon appeared in his skill bar.

Finally, he discovered that the kill had not yielded any skill stones, which left him slightly disappointed.

He also wanted to see if he could enhance this skill with skill stones.

I guess I'll just have to wait until I have a chance to find it later.

He glanced at Jinli, who was squatting down with his arm around Wuzhan's shoulder, enthusiastically discussing how to strengthen defenses and deal with the ratmen like old friends, and knew that Wuzhan's diplomatic tactics had worked.

"...So, Brother Jinli," Wu Zhan patted the short engineer on the shoulder, "we can definitely establish a joint surveillance zone and share information on the ratmen's movements. We'll provide combat support, and you can offer some... well, technical guidance, like how to fortify camps and manufacture some practical defensive equipment. It's a win-win situation!"

"No problem! Absolutely no problem!" Jinli patted his chest, his eyes gleaming behind his goggles. "Brother Wuzhan, we, the Gnomeregan exiled clan, will never forget your kindness today! We can discuss the specific details of the cooperation later! First, please come back to Toothnail City with us, so we can properly entertain our most esteemed big friend and powerful benefactor!"

"This way, please! We must treat you to the finest ale and the crispiest gear cookies!" Gingli said excitedly, leading the way.