The thought, once conceived, could not be stopped.
Lin Feng got up quietly.
Qingfeng and Mingyue only felt a gust of wind blow past.
When they looked towards the ginseng fruit tree in surprise, they found that Lin Feng, who had been meditating, had vanished.
In less than ten minutes, Lin Feng arrived near the quest location.
Although the "Lost Guardian" quest was mysterious, activating all five rings at once had its benefits. The explicit marking of the quest location allowed Lin Feng to directly find a mythical Heavenly Immortal level Boss, the strongest in the Chinese server's Earth Immortal Realm.
After Lin Feng instantly killed it with one move, he stepped through the materialized teleportation array and entered. Along the way, he encountered various Bosses in action. Whether they were Golden Immortals, Taiyi Golden Immortals, or even Great Golden Immortals, considered powerful in this realm, none could withstand Lin Feng for even a single round.
Lin Feng smoothly reached the quest's destination: the ruins of Biyou Palace!
It wasn't that China's quasi-saint level experts were fewer than those in Japan or India. It was simply that China had always been vast, and this was even more so in the game. Although Lin Feng moved as if with the wind, with a single flash covering hundreds or even thousands of meters, he had traversed less than one percent of the Immortal Realm in ten minutes of walking.
It was a beautiful island, with the faint silhouette of a magnificent palace visible. Gloomy clouds condensed into auspicious mist, and the sun and moon emitted auspicious light. Ancient cypresses were emerald green, and the mountains were azure, like a clear autumn sky. Wildflowers bloomed like colorful clouds, resembling green peaches and apricots. Hues swirled, filled with moral glory and purple mist. The incense was ethereal, emanating from an infinite innate fragrance.
Even though Lin Feng had anticipated it, he was momentarily stunned, his heart filled with shock. Was this truly the ruins of Biyou Palace? His emotions surged, and he walked in with a single step.
Upon entering, the breathtaking scenery he had just witnessed began to change. The light of the sun and moon dimmed, the green of the plants faded, and the vibrant mist grew fainter. Even the alluring fragrance gradually became imperceptible. Lin Feng was shocked by the instantaneous transformation.
Simultaneously, he received a quest prompt: "You have entered the exclusive quest instance [Ruins of Biyou Palace]. Please find clues to the four hidden Bosses within half an hour. Once all clues are collected, you can summon the Four Great Bosses. After completing their trials, you can simultaneously finish the third through seventh rings of the [Lost Guardian] quest and receive rewards."
Half an hour? After reading the quest prompt, he had a clear understanding. With his methods, it wouldn't take much time. He decided to enter the Tongtian Tower first. It wasn't safe outside the ruins of Biyou Palace. Now, entering such an exclusive instance, he should be undisturbed. He could continue pushing forward in the Tongtian Tower.
Ever since leaving Wuzhuang Guan, Lin Feng had activated the Law of Time Flow. The fragments of over twenty medium-sized laws and two large laws had pushed his law point cap beyond 10,000. He even had a usable 8,500 law points, enough to try and activate [Flash of Inspiration].
Just as Lin Feng entered the Tongtian Tower and reached the first stage, preparing to challenge the first level of deification, a system notification appeared: "Your Law of [Time Flow] has fortunately triggered the exclusive characteristic of [Flash of Inspiration], granting you an 8x critical strike bonus for 5 minutes."
Instantly, Lin Feng's Chaos Immortal Power began to grow at an astonishing rate. His base conversion rate for various immortal powers was already high. Due to the refined cultivation technique Lin Feng had strengthened, it was ten times that of ordinary players. Ordinary immortal power converted 1,000 points per hour; 5x was 5,000 points, and 8x was even higher. The highest, 10x, reached a staggering 10,000 points. With the additional 320% bonus from achievements, the cumulative increase was already significant. Now, with [Flash of Inspiration] activated, an additional 800x multiplier was applied!
Forget the conversion rate per hour; now, over 1,000 points of Chaos Immortal Power were generated every second. Lin Feng watched the numbers soar, feeling a profound sense of accomplishment, almost becoming lost in it. It wasn't until the system announced that the Tongtian Tower's cumulative progress would be interrupted in one minute that he leisurely entered the first deified level.
As Lin Feng expected, this stage was a Mythic quasi-saint Boss, whose attributes were terrifyingly powerful.
[Deified Beiji Xianweng]
Level: Quasi-Saint
Tier: Mythic Boss
Damage: 53,281,200x2 (+2,000,000,000x2)
Health: 15 Trillionx2 (+100 Trillionx2)
Defense: 17,256,320x2 (+2,000,000,000x2)
Skills: Ice Seal (Innate Divine Ability), Primordial Ice Spirit (Innate Divine Ability), Profound Ice Nine Dragons Annihilation (Innate Divine Ability)
Laws: Law of Wind, Law of Ice
Domain: Cold Wind Ultimate Cold Domain (Strength: 102,000)
Immortal Power: 1,000,000 (Chaos Immortal Power)
Damage Increase: 85% (+75%)
Damage Reduction: 80% (+70%)
Combat Power: 10.23128 Trillion
Not only were the Boss's base attributes frighteningly high, but its already impressive attributes also had a 2x multiplier. The despair-inducing health and 4 billion true damage output made Lin Feng's heart pound. Furthermore, the domain's range was incredibly vast. As soon as Lin Feng entered the stage, before he could even steady himself, he received a system notification: "You have entered the domain range of [Deified Beiji Xianweng]. The opponent has launched a domain suppression attack against you, inflicting 28 billion ice damage per second, reducing movement speed by 75%, attack speed by 50%, and increasing the opponent's defense by 50%."
Although the Boss's core domain range enveloped Lin Feng, after absorbing countless small and medium domain fragments, his Sword Domain had become impossibly strong. "Your domain strength is 10 times higher than the opponent's. The opponent's domain effect is nullified, and your own domain effect is increased by 100%." The Boss's domain, seemingly comprehensive and powerful, was unfortunately useless against Lin Feng. Not only that, but his own domain's effects had doubled, doubling the original 4000% sword qi damage and 800% attack speed bonus! Lin Feng rejoiced and accelerated, charging forward in a straight line!
In just a few seconds, he saw a white-bearded old man amidst the swirling snow and ice. They were still quite far apart, and Lin Feng estimated that the range of the Innate Five-Colored Divine Light wasn't sufficient. He intended to move closer. Unexpectedly, the opponent directly waved his staff, and a chilling, heaven-penetrating aura instantly spread out. The ultimate cold aura enveloped Lin Feng.
"You have been afflicted by [Deified Beiji Xianweng]'s [Ice Seal], reducing movement speed by 90% and attack speed by 90%." The opponent, seizing this opportunity, flashed his body and rapidly closed the distance between them. A seemingly living ice dragon roared forward, about to strike Lin Feng. However, facing such a formidable attack, Lin Feng's face showed no panic. Just as the ice dragon was about to engulf him, his figure suddenly vanished from the spot.
Beiji Xianweng's expression stiffened. His sure-to-hit attack had missed? He caught a glimpse of Lin Feng not far from his side, unharmed. Neither of his two innate divine abilities had landed? A storm of shock raged within him, his eyes filled with horror. In the instant his thoughts were diverted, he felt a tremor in his heart and his footing waver. In alarm, he was about to activate his escape technique to flee from Lin Feng. Unexpectedly, after his immortal power fluctuated, he appeared in front of Lin Feng with a flash.
At this moment, Lin Feng had also made his move. He felt a surge of relief. He hadn't expected his luck to be so good. The 30% chance of [Sun Moon Qiankun Sleeve] to immunize against innate divine abilities had activated at a critical moment. Otherwise, given the incredibly potent effect of the opponent's Ice Seal and the astonishing momentum of the subsequent Profound Ice Nine Dragons Annihilation, even with his Chaos Immortal Power constantly increasing, the added immortal power of only over 600 billion might have meant his demise under such an attack.
Since he had survived this ordeal, and even more fortunately, although the opponent's Profound Ice Nine Dragons Annihilation had missed him, the action of launching the attack had triggered the [Ultimate Curse] on the Innate Five-Colored Divine Light, affecting the opponent's escape technique and causing its movement direction to deviate.
[Ultimate Curse]: All targets that attack you will undergo an Ultimate Curse judgment. Targets with combat power lower than yours have a 75% chance of encountering a random curse. Targets with combat power higher than yours have a gradually decreasing chance. Targets with combat power more than twice yours are immune to this effect.
The opponent dared to enter his attack range. Although the opponent's combat power was higher than his, the chance of being cursed was not high. The fact that he was hit could only be attributed to Beiji Xianweng's terrible luck today. Even so, Lin Feng would not be polite. He decisively launched his own attack.
The Innate Five-Colored Divine Light was unleashed! Black and white light descended from the heavens, directly hitting Beiji Xianweng. These were the effects of [Stun Blindness] and [Damage Imprisonment].
Beiji Xianweng sadly realized that his initial two divine abilities had missed, yet with a casual wave of the opponent's hand, he was struck. And the power of this peculiar divine ability was too exaggerated! Not only could he see nothing but a blur, but he also couldn't use his own treasures. He tried to use the sound to discern his position and cast Ice Seal again, but Lin Feng's barrage of sword qi attacks rained down upon him like a tempest. He was like a dilapidated boat in a surging wave, utterly defenseless.
Before long, he fell to the ground in hatred. His profound immortal power and astonishing health had failed to save his life. Lin Feng, however, did not feel relaxed. Instead, he secretly felt he had been lucky. If he hadn't luckily dodged the first control divine ability, and if the duration of control-type spells hadn't been doubled after upgrading to the Innate Five-Colored Divine Light, and if it had just happened to be before the Stun Blindness expired in 2 minutes, his own Chaos Immortal Power conversion rate would not have been fast enough to push the cap past 1 million, creating a slight immortal power gap against the enemy. That's why his sword strikes had frequently been critical hits. Otherwise, he truly wasn't sure if he could have killed the enemy before he could move again.
Fortunately, the outcome was excellent. The first stage of Deified Enhancement was successfully cleared!
"Ding, you have killed a Mythic Quasi-Saint Boss. You have ultimately gained 95,000 Immortal Power (Chaos Immortal Power)."
"You have obtained 9,500,000 Immortal Crystals."
"You have ultimately gained 160 Law Points."
"You have obtained 1 Large Law Fragment."
"You have obtained 1 Medium Domain Fragment."
"You have cleared the first layer of Deified Enhancement."
"You have obtained the challenge right for the first strengthened difficulty stage of Deified Enhancement."
Setting aside other extra rewards, the basic drops alone, turning tenfold refined immortal power into Chaos Immortal Power, made Lin Feng feel it was well worth it. Not to mention the considerable bounty from the over-level bonus. However, despite clearing the stage, Lin Feng still saw the gap. Bosses of this level were difficult to deal with.
After quickly digesting his gains, he first retreated from the Tongtian Tower. Nearly ten minutes had passed. He should complete the quest first. He aimed to finish the quest quickly within 30 minutes, see if there were any good rewards, and then continue challenging.