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

The damage from the Deliberate Punch is already excessive, so it's highly likely that future upgrades won't provide more damage, but rather some other mechanism similar to the previous Black Hole effect.

As for Soul Drain Strike, its growth rate has probably peaked, and it's unlikely to see further damage increases. It'll probably only get something like increased attack range, armor penetration, or shield breaking...

Therefore, by comparison, the Hell Curse, which has slightly weaker growth potential, should yield greater benefits.

Liu Nian no longer hesitated and immediately used the golden skill stone:

[Golden Skill Stone Activated]

[Effect 1: When you receive fatal damage, automatically consume 200 souls to mitigate the damage.]

[Effect 2: Souls picked up by Hell Curse now grant you a shield equal to 20 times the number of souls. The shield refreshes 10 seconds after you leave combat.]

[Effect 1: Souls picked up by Hell Curse also contribute to magic resistance enhancement. Each soul increases magic resistance by 1, and is compensated according to the current number of souls.]

Without a doubt, we should choose number three.

The first effect is terrible; it can only block one fatal attack and permanently consumes 200 souls.

That's equivalent to deducting 200 armor and spell power from him at once.

He has endless rage; compared to this, who can withstand a fatal blow, it's obvious which is superior.

Of course, the advantage of this effect is that you don't need to actively release it; you can defend passively.

Even so, consuming 200 souls each time is just too much of a rip-off!

In the city of the Gearheart of the Dwarfs, there are scrolls of immunity to death and crosses of rebirth; those are much more effective than this!

As for the second one... it seems pretty impressive, but Liu Nian calculated that he currently only has 158 souls. Even if it's multiplied by 20, it's only 3160 shield points... Of course, some people might mention growth, but with the same growth, wouldn't it be better to choose effect three magic resistance growth?

What's more, this third effect also compensates based on the current number of souls, which means it instantly compensates him with 158 magic resistance!

This boost is not much stronger than 3160 points of shield!

After Liu Nian finished selecting the results, Wu Zhan called everyone over to see how to distribute the spoils of war.

The BOSS dropped quite a few items. The first was a token forged from an unknown metal, with a strange luster flowing across it. The pattern was of a city under construction, which was naturally the main purpose of this trip—the [City Building Token].

Wu Zhan was happiest to get this, even happier than when he got his S-rank job advancement!

In addition, the most important items are several mythical equipment pieces:

First item:

【Title: Rational Response】

[Type: Protective Gear (Breastplate)]

[Quality: Myth]

Equipment Requirement: Level 20

【property

Armor +150

Magic Resistance +80

Constitution +70

Strength +40

All types of damage reduction +10%

【特效一、[精密计算]：当你单次受到的伤害超过你最大生命值的15％时，会立即触发一次奥术反馈，对攻击者及其周围5米内的所有敌人造成（你最大生命值5％ + 失去生命值10％）的奥术伤害。此效果每8秒最多触发一次。】

【Special Effect 2, [Barrier of Rationality]: When your health is below 50%, gain the Rationality effect, restoring 1.5% of your maximum health per second and increasing your tenacity by 20%. When your health is below 25%, the Rationality effect upgrades to Absolute Rationality, increasing the health restoration to 3% of your maximum health per second and granting immunity to all movement-impairing effects.】

The second item:

【Name: Chaos Weaver】

[Type: Jewelry (Necklace)]

[Quality: Myth]

Equipment Requirements: Level 20, Intelligence 80 or Strength 80

【property

Strength +35

Agility +35

Intelligence +35

Attack speed +15%

Skill Haste +12%

[Special Effect 1, [Gear Counterattack]: Your basic attacks and abilities have a 15% chance to summon a shattered gear that orbits around you, up to a maximum of 5 at a time. When you are attacked, a gear will automatically launch itself to counterattack the attacker, dealing mixed damage of (50% Attack Damage + 30% Ability Power) and reducing their armor and magic resistance by 5% for 3 seconds. This effect can stack up to 3 times.]

【Special Effect 2 - [Arcane Harmony]: Active effect. Consumes all surrounding Shattered Gears. For each Shattered Gear consumed, immediately restores 5% of your maximum mana and increases your ability cooldowns by 4% for the next 6 seconds. (Cooldown: 90 seconds)】

The third item:

【Title: The Paradoxical Ring】

Type: Jewelry (Ring)

[Quality: Myth]

Equipment Requirements: Level 20, Constitution 120

【property

Constitution +60

Armor +75

Magic Resistance +75

[Special Effect, [Predetermined Death]: Passive effect. When you receive fatal damage, this effect automatically triggers, granting immunity to the death and locking your health at 1. Afterwards, a [Time Paradox Shield] lasting 3 seconds will envelop you, during which you are immune to all damage and crowd control. Cooldown: 24h.]

Whenever the [Preordained Death] effect triggers, you must pay the following price:

Life Cost: After the shield ends, 30% of your maximum health will be temporarily deducted for 60 seconds, after which it will be restored.

Economic cost: After the shield ends, you immediately lose 30% of your current gold and 30% of random materials in your inventory.

Efficiency Cost: After the shield ends, the cooldown of all your abilities is increased by 200% for 60 seconds, after which it resets.

Description: You did escape death, but you'll have to pay the price.

The fourth item:

【Title: Eugene's Logical Crown】

[Type: Protective Gear (Head)]

[Quality: Myth]

Equipment Requirements: Level 20, Intelligence 70 or Strength 100

【property

Armor +110

Magic Resistance +70

Strength +50

Constitution +55

Skill Haste +20%

【特效一、[伤害量化]：你每次受到伤害，都会获得1层 【数据流】 效果（每0.5秒内最多触发2次），持续6秒。每层【数据流】使你获得1％的伤害减免。此效果最多叠加15层。】

【Special Effect 2, [Overload Protocol]: When the [Data Stream] stacks to 10 layers, they will instantly overload and be cleared, increasing the damage of your next skill by 150% and restoring 15% of your lost health. This effect can only trigger once every 100 seconds, and Special Effect 1 cannot be triggered during this period.】

Note: This equipment is one of the pieces in a set. Collecting the entire set will activate the [Eugene's Ambition] set effect.

【Name: Eugene's Fantasy Cloak】

[Type: Protective Gear (Back)]

[Quality: Myth]

Equipment Requirement: Level 20

【property

Armor +160

Magic Resistance +160

Strength +35

Agility +35

Attack speed +15%

【Special Effect 1, [Storm Summons]: Your basic attacks have a 30% chance to summon a [Gear Wind Blade] that orbits around the target, dealing (40% Attack Power) Physical damage for 3 seconds.】

【Special Effect 2 - [Arcane Shield]: Active effect. Upon activation, immediately gain a shield equal to 20% of your maximum health, lasting 5 seconds. During the shield's duration, each time you use a skill, 3 [Rhapsody Gears] will be launched simultaneously, randomly bouncing towards surrounding enemies. (Cooldown: 90 seconds)】

Note: This equipment is one of the pieces in a set. Collecting the entire set will activate the [Eugene's Ambition] set effect.

Eugene's Ambition Set Bonus (2/2):

Set Bonus 1: Logical Fantasy

The maximum number of stacks for the [Data Flow] of the [Crown of Logic] has been increased to 25. The damage of [Overload Protocol] has been increased to 250%, and its healing effect has been increased to 25% of maximum health.

Set Bonus 2: Chaos Symphony

Now, every [Rhapsody Gear] summoned by [Rhapsody Cloak] that hits an enemy has a 100% chance to stack 1 layer of [Data Stream] on you.

When the Overload Protocol of the Crown of Logic is triggered, the Data Stream layers will no longer be cleared; instead, all layers will be consumed. For each Data Stream layer consumed, you will increase the number of Fantasy Gears summoned by the Cloak of Fantasy by 2 for 8 seconds, and the damage of the Fantasy Gears will be increased by 500%.