Perfect Fit, Fire Line Passive!

Startled awake by birdsong, Xu Kun instantly went on guard!

Following the sound, he looked up and saw a flock of fiery red birds spreading their wings and flying out from the tall trees!

Circling overhead, these red birds constantly emitted sharp cries towards Xu Kun, as if trying to drive him away!

Xu Kun summoned the Myriad Races Bestiary in his palm and shone it towards the sky.

This action seemed to enrage the flock of red birds circling above!

A dozen or so birds lowered themselves and swooped towards Xu Kun!

Immediately afterward, long streams of fire shot out from their sharp beaks!

Taken aback, Xu Kun quickly dodged the descending fire attacks, and in the next moment, unleashed Shadow Step!

His figure gradually faded away. Losing their target, the dozen or so birds circled around in confusion before returning to their flock.

After 3 seconds of invisibility, Xu Kun was already hidden in a tall tree. The flock of birds circling in the sky didn't seem to give up searching for him, splitting up to find the Xu Kun who had suddenly disappeared.

Xu Kun looked at the Myriad Races Bestiary; a brand new page had been completed.

[Flamingo Bird]

Talent: F-grade Fire Spirit (+5% Fire Attribute Attack)

Level: 9

Health Points: 300-330

Physical Defense: 22-25

Magical Defense: 22-25

Fire Attribute Attack: 100

Fire Attribute Resistance: 20

Evasion: Unable to evade "Kun's" attacks

Movement Speed: 10M/S

Skill: [Fire Line]: Spews flames from its beak, attack range of 3M, dealing area damage of 1*1M at the end point of the attack, normal attacks deal 100% fire attribute damage!

Introduction: A low-level spirit bird born from flames. It is weak, but its mastery of fire control, combined with the advantage of being a flying race, makes it difficult for others of the same level to deal with!

As a gregarious bird, it hates all enemies who invade its territory or kill its kind, and once encountered, it will fight to the death!

Flying race! Fire attribute race!

If you only looked at its stats, the Flamingo Bird, as a level 9 monster, was even weaker than a level 5 Wild Bull!

But you can't underestimate this race because of that!

Attribute monsters are a special existence. No matter what level their talent is, the terror of these races is something you definitely don't want to encounter!

100 fire attribute attack means that 99% of the newbies who haven't changed jobs yet will take true damage!

The Flamingo Bird's skill is more like a passive skill, but what's terrifying is that this skill, combined with its original flying characteristics, allows it to attack from above, dealing small-scale area damage!

Imagine, if two hundred Flamingo Birds launched Fire Line attacks at the same time, even if there was overlap, it could cover at least half the area, which is 100 square meters!

Enough to leave the enemy with nowhere to hide!

As for escaping… a major characteristic of flying races is that they are not as slow as land beasts due to their large size. Their movement speed of 10M/S means that even Xu Kun's movement speed is only half of theirs!

Normally, even an SSS-grade talent holder, when facing this race, can only adopt hit-and-run tactics, using limited means to kill one or two, and retreat to the low-level monster area in the rear before the opponent's group attack arrives, in order to protect themselves!

You have to grind to slowly kill the Flamingo Bird race!

But Xu Kun laughed, the kind of laugh that showed all his teeth!

Even though he was discovered by a few Flamingo Birds above him, he was still laughing wildly and triumphantly.

It was simply heaven helping him!

The Flamingo Birds above didn't attack immediately. Looking at Xu Kun below, who seemed to have lost his mind, it chirped repeatedly, calling for its friends!

"Noisy!"

Xu Kun didn't stand on ceremony and shot it down with an Explosive Fireball!

"Chirp chirp chirp!"

The Flamingo Bird flock that was rushing over saw this and all let out angry cries!

Soon, the sky above Xu Kun was filled with a dense mass of birds. The flock of hundreds of Flamingo Birds looked like a burning cloud from a distance!

"Come on, attack me!" Xu Kun beckoned.

Enraged, the Flamingo Birds didn't stand on ceremony and flew down in droves. As they approached, streams of fire shot towards the position where Xu Kun was standing!

Boom boom boom!

Xu Kun spread his arms, accepting the baptism of flames. The scorching flames poured down from his head, but instead of making him feel uncomfortable, it felt warm and cozy, making him couldn't help but let out a comfortable moan!

The Flamingo Bird flock's successive attacks couldn't even deal a mandatory -1 damage to Xu Kun!

Their full-force attacks felt as if they were hitting air!

Xu Kun didn't even bother to activate the Fire Dragon Barrier!

Xu Kun's audacity wasn't due to arrogance, but rather his absolute confidence!

Zenith Blazing Spirit Armor

Fire Resistance: +30

Trait: Dragon Body - Negates 20% of Physical/Magical/Fire Elemental Attacks

Set Bonus (2 Pieces): 50% Fire Attribute Attack Immunity; +20% Health

The Dragon Body trait and the set bonus's 50% fire attribute attack immunity stack, reducing the Flamingo Bird's attacks by 70%!

The remaining 30%, considering the Flamingo Bird's 100 points of fire attribute attack, is exactly 30, no more, no less!

With 30 points of fire resistance and 30 points of fire attribute attack, there's no question of an unstoppable force meeting an immovable object; instead, they negate each other. Your attack is ineffective, and my defense is ineffective!

Attribute attacks aren't like physical/magical attacks, which might still inflict a mandatory -1 damage or a Miss even if they don't penetrate the defense. Attribute attack calculations are more direct: Attack - Resistance = Damage!

30 - 30 = 0!

Not to mention the 100% fire resistance bonus after using the Blazing God's Heart item!

Xu Kun's fire resistance stat had reached 60, enough to withstand all of the Flamingo Bird's fire attribute attacks!

The Flamingo Birds couldn't comprehend it. Since their race was forcibly absorbed into the Haotian Pagoda and settled on Mist Island for hundreds of years, they had encountered many races, but none like the one below, who completely ignored their entire race's damage...

With their underdeveloped brains, they couldn't think and calculate the conversion between attack and defense like the Human Race.

They only knew to follow the rules branded into their bodies by the Haotian Pagoda: kill, kill, kill!

Annihilate all enemies!

If one wave wasn't enough, they'd send another. Seeing Xu Kun not resisting, these Flamingo Birds became even more emboldened, lowering their bodies and spitting out streams of fire, incinerating all the vegetation around Xu Kun!

The ground beneath his feet showed signs of cracking!

"Had your fun spitting? Now it's my turn!"

With such a massive attribute advantage, these Flamingo Birds that would send others fleeing in terror were no different from a flock of chattering sparrows in Xu Kun's eyes!

To ensure their attack range, these Flamingo Birds had to descend to within three meters above Xu Kun's head, which greatly facilitated Xu Kun's actions!

He tossed out a handful of seeds with his left hand, scattering them indiscriminately, not caring how many birds they landed on!

Empowered by the energy of the fire streams, Blue Silver Grass quickly grew!

The delicate Flamingo Birds never expected grass to grow above their heads. In a short time, their bodies were weighed down by the Blue Silver Grass, which was even larger than their own bodies!

Seeing this, Xu Kun swung his sword!

As the sword tip sliced through, these thin-skinned Flamingo Birds were no match for him. While they were still dealing with the Blue Silver Grass crushing their bodies, they were being killed one by one by Xu Kun's sword!

"You guys can breathe fire, and so can I!"

Seeing that these birds were planning to ascend to avoid his blade, Xu Kun immediately reached out, and fire rain descended from the sky!

The Flamingo Bird was the only race Xu Kun had seen so far that could withstand some of the Wildfire damage, but unfortunately, 20 points of fire resistance wasn't even enough to support them in the Wildfire for a second!

Huddling together to launch a group attack now made things easier for Xu Kun!

After one Wildfire, bird corpses fell densely, and the urgent notification sounds seemed to be taking credit for Wildfire!

The volatile Flamingo Birds were startled by this. Having just dealt with the grass on their backs, they didn't hesitate and quickly ascended!

But how could Xu Kun let them have their way? He locked on with his eyes and used the Charge skill!

Using the charred tree trunk beside him, Xu Kun burst out with a speed surpassing the Flamingo Bird's flight, leaping into the air, stunning the locked-on Flamingo Bird. He played a trick of celestial beings descending to earth, slashing the bird in mid-air until feathers flew everywhere!

Bang!

Xu Kun fell from a height of more than ten meters, losing half of his health!

"Heh, only I can kill myself, not you guys!"

Getting up from the ground, Xu Kun didn't hesitate and quickly ran a distance before looking back!

He saw a black mist gradually enveloping the flames in the originally fire-lit sky, and the Flamingo Birds let out mournful cries!

Xu Kun had just spent half his health bar to rush into the air, not just to kill a few birds, but to deliver 10 Viper Snake Glands to them!

By the time he landed, the glands had ruptured, and as he ran away, the poisonous mist had spread!

In the Flamingo Birds' constant fire streams, the poisonous mist evaporated extremely quickly. Soon, the fire clouds turned into a dark cloud!

Ding, you have killed 171 Flamingo Birds, gaining 68.5% experience, congratulations on leveling up to level 8, current experience level 8 0%!

Ding, the God of Strength's pity...

Ding, you have killed 29 Flamingo Birds, gaining 5.8% experience, current experience level 8 5.8%!

Ding, your novice trial completion +6%, current: 54%!

Ding, congratulations on completing the kill of 100 F-grade race Flamingo Birds, the Myriad Races Bestiary takes effect, congratulations on obtaining the F-grade skill Fire Line!

Fire Line

Tier: F-grade Passive

Effect: Normal attacks are accompanied by 5% of the user's Fire Attribute attack, forming a 3-meter Fire Line!

Skill Requirement: User must possess Fire Attribute attack power!

Note: Passive can be toggled off!

Whoosh!

Just as he obtained the [Fire Line] skill, Xu Kun felt a heat in his palm. The flames on the Flame Spirit Sword surged, extending into a three-meter-long line of fire!

"Gulp!"

Xu Kun swallowed hard, his eyes shining as he looked at the Flame Spirit Sword's new form!

The Flame Spirit Sword's design leaned towards a style called "Han Sword" in ancient texts, with a length of about 1.2 meters, meaning Xu Kun's attack range was within a 1.2-meter radius around him!

But now, with the [Fire Line] passive skill, his attack distance had nearly tripled, reaching a terrifying length of 4.2 meters!

I ask you, if I'm wielding a 4.2-meter-long fire sword, are you scared or not?

This kind of improvement was enormous. Assuming a target's attack range was 3 meters, Xu Kun could stand 4 meters away, where the opponent couldn't touch him, while he could easily deal with them, cutting them down from afar!

Even if he later changed to a melee class, Xu Kun's attack would still be a semi-ranged form!

This was just the superficial boost. Another point that was favorable to the current Xu Kun was that normal attacks were imbued with Fire Attribute damage!

Ah, this...

His Fire Attribute attack, with the Flame Spirit Set's boost, had reached 80, which, with the bonus, was actually 160!

5% of that was 9 points!

Although it wasn't much of an increase, remember that this was still Xu Kun's current Fire Attribute, and the Fire Line skill was only F-grade!

Before this, the Fire Attribute attack could only be utilized through the three Fire Attribute skills granted by the [Blazing God's Heart Shard]!

But now, he could do what the previous Wind Wolves and the current Flamingo Birds could do: have attribute bonuses with every basic attack!

If the level of the [Myriad Races Bestiary] was raised...

Because he was a melee class wielding a sword, basic attacks calculated physical damage, but with [Fire Line], his basic attacks would be physical attack + Fire Attribute attack!

Thinking of this, Xu Kun trembled with excitement.

"Wait, my normal attacks, with the bonus of maxed-out Luck, are critical hits every time!"

"Then the damage added by Fire Line should also count as a critical hit!"

"If that's the case, then the Blazing God's Heart's 2.5x critical damage..."

The more he thought about it, the more excited he became. The [Fire Line] passive skill was perfect for him!

Xu Kun was eager to find a monster to test it out on, but unfortunately, all two hundred Flamingo Birds had perished, and the ground was covered in bird corpses!

"Forget it, looting the corpses is the priority. I'll test it out later!"

Turning off the exaggerated passive effect, Xu Kun went to the bushes to loot the corpses with great enthusiasm.

"Level 10 monster... it should be that one..."

While looting the corpses, Xu Kun thought about the information about level 10 monsters in the metal bracelet.