New Skill: Iron Will

Iron Will

Level: 1 (0/100)

Effect: Active skill. Upon use, your will becomes as strong as steel. Increases Defense by 100, increases Defense by 10%, lasts 1 minute. While using this skill, you can become immune to one control effect. Cooldown: 1 minute. This effect cannot stack!

It increased fixed Defense by 100 points and percentage-based Defense by another 10%. Most importantly, it could negate one control effect!

This was practically a Divine Skill!

What did any professional fear most?

It was neither insufficient damage nor low Defense, but being caught in an enemy's chain of control skills and controlled to death!

With this skill, it was equivalent to having an extra life!

"Let's try it!"

Without hesitation, Yang Yu activated Iron Will with a thought.

A layer of faint golden light instantly covered the skin of his entire body, as though he had put on an invisible suit of armor.

It immediately filled him with a sense of security.

Congratulations! Your skill Iron Will has leveled up to LV2!

Iron Will

Level: 2 (100/200)

Effect: Active skill. Upon use, your will becomes as strong as steel. Increases Defense by 150, increases Defense by 15%, lasts 1 minute and 5 seconds. While using this skill, you can become immune to one control effect. Cooldown: 55 seconds. This effect cannot stack!

"Holy shit!"

Yang Yu was utterly dumbfounded.

The fixed Defense bonus had shot straight from 100 points to 150!

The percentage-based Defense had also risen from 10% to 15%!

The duration had increased by 5 seconds, while the Cooldown had decreased by 5 seconds!

The bonuses from each level were this terrifying. Once it reached level 10, combined with its two special effects, just how terrifying would this skill become?

Yang Yu hardly dared to imagine it.

Unfortunately, the Cooldown was still too long—an entire 55 seconds.

It seemed he could not rush things if he wanted to farm Proficiency with this skill.

He could only slowly improve it through battle.

Suppressing the excitement in his heart, he turned his gaze toward The Mask of the Wild Boar King inside the Panel Space.

Now that he had reached level 10, he could finally equip this rare helmet.

With a thought, he took out the mask.

The savage Wild Boar Mask settled over his head, instantly fitting his face perfectly.

A cool, heavy sensation washed over him.

The next second, Yang Yu's entire aura underwent a drastic transformation.

His head seemed to have truly turned into that of a berserk wild boar. Two tusks glinting with cold metallic light extended from both sides of the mask, leaving only a pair of scarlet eyes visible.

Combined with the Black Iron Bulwark on his body, he looked overwhelmingly intimidating.

The Mask of the Wild Boar King

Quality: Rare

Defense: +50

Constitution: +10

Special Effect: Wild Charge. The first attack you launch while in Charge State deals an additional 30% damage.

His Defense had increased by another 50 points.

His total Constitution had already reached a terrifying 94 points!

And this time, there was even an additional special effect that increased damage!

"Awesome!"

Feeling the surging power and solid Defense within his body, Yang Yu was filled with bold ambition.

He did not continue lingering in the Wild Boar Forest.

After grinding monsters for so long, it was time to test his true strength.

Now that he had reached level 10, it was also time to challenge that legendary Elite Grade Dungeon!

He opened the Personal Terminal on his arm and checked the map.

The entrance to the Wild Boar Cave Dungeon was not far from his current location, only about one or two kilometers away.

Thus, he put away his weapon, strode forward, and ran toward the Dungeon.

At the same time, two figures quietly appeared along the route where Yang Yu had been grinding monsters.

They were Leng Yuan and her young partner from the Professioner Association patrol team.

"My god..."

Lu Fei stared at the wild boar corpses covering the ground, his eyes nearly popping out of their sockets.

There were no fewer than a hundred wild boar corpses along the way. Their blood had nearly dyed the entire woodland dark red.

The air was saturated with a thick, inescapable stench of blood.

"Th-this... who the hell did this? Isn't this way too brutal?" the young man could not help exclaiming.

Leng Yuan said nothing. She merely crouched down silently and examined a wild boar corpse.

There was a long, narrow wound on its neck, smooth as a mirror.

It had been killed in one strike.

And it was Sword Qi.

The top expert who had instantly killed the Wild Boar King appeared in her mind without her realizing it!

This was Sword Qi Projection again!

The fanaticism in Leng Yuan's eyes remained as intense as ever.

But as she continued examining the traces left on the corpses, that fanaticism began turning into shock.

"These wild boars did not die far apart in time, and they were spread over an extremely wide area... How did he gather so many monsters together and then kill them all in such a short time?"

Lu Fei could not figure it out either.

Leng Yuan seemed to have thought of something.

She said in disbelief.

"War Cry!"

"Could it be... that he has also trained a warrior's War Cry skill to an extremely high level?"

The moment that guess came to mind, even she was startled.

The fact that this person was grinding monsters here proved that his level was not high.

Yet despite being low-level, he had trained two skills to such a terrifying degree at the same time?

What kind of perseverance did that require?

This person was no human. He was a monster!

When they finally reached the place where Yang Yu had last cleared out all the monsters, they looked at the thirty-plus wild boar corpses packed so densely they nearly covered the entire clearing, and both fell completely silent.

The signs of battle here were the most brutal and concentrated.

"This is simply too strong!"

"To kill so many monsters in such a short time..."

Lu Fei was so shocked that he could not speak for a moment.

After examining the scene once more, Leng Yuan became even more certain of her guess.

This expert had definitely trained the War Cry skill to an extremely advanced level as well.

"Judging from these tracks... that big shot should have gone in that direction." The young man pointed toward the distant direction of the Dungeon and guessed.

"That's the entrance to the Wild Boar Cave Dungeon. He should have gone to run the Dungeon."

Lu Fei turned to look at his Captain. A rare trace of conflicted emotion appeared on the usually icy face of Sister Leng Yuan, and he asked tentatively, "Sister Leng Yuan, should we... go take a look?"

Leng Yuan's delicate body trembled slightly, and an unnatural blush unexpectedly appeared on her cheeks.

She immediately put on a stern expression and snapped coldly, "Look at what? What's there to look at!"

"Our duty is to patrol, not chase celebrities!"

With that, she turned and headed toward the Dungeon without looking back.

Her hurried footsteps exposed the unrest in her heart.

Lu Fei watched his Captain's retreating back, scratched his head, and muttered softly, "Saying one thing and meaning another..."