Time Lock Talent

"Why did the difficulty jump so drastically?"

It was like skipping grades and suddenly increasing the difficulty. This was only the seventh checkpoint, and there were still twenty-nine more ahead.

Lin Xiao, who had been brimming with confidence, felt a little uncertain. It seemed unlikely that he could clear all thirty-six checkpoints in a row.

The moment the ten elite Minotaurs appeared, they roared and swarmed him. Their axes came chopping down in a completely shameless flurry, while the Minotaur Warrior occasionally pulled out a hand axe for sneak attacks. In less than a few seconds, Lin Xiao had already been struck several times.

Although the remaining damage was low thanks to his Damage Absorption Talent, there were simply too many enemies and their attacks were too ferocious. More importantly, the Minotaur Warrior could command the other Minotaurs, so their attacks were not a chaotic mess. This made things extremely difficult for him.

After holding out for only around ten seconds, Lin Xiao decided he could not wait any longer. He activated Time Acceleration, increasing his thought reaction and speed by 100%. His speed instantly surged.

Since all injuries would be healed after clearing a checkpoint anyway, Lin Xiao endured the attacks of the other Minotaurs and forcibly slashed the legs of seven Minotaurs. None died, but their mobility was impaired and their combat strength plummeted. He then used an injury-for-injury tactic to forcibly kill the three unharmed Minotaurs before using the Kite Tactic to slowly drag the remaining seven Minotaurs to death.

Once the battle ended, the corpses scattered across the ground slowly dissolved in the radiance, while Lin Xiao's injuries rapidly healed.

Suddenly, his eyes widened, and he quickly broke into an ecstatic grin. "No wonder the difficulty was so high. So that's how it is."

He discovered