King's Protection

His gaze turned to the remaining two pieces of equipment: one resembled an hourglass, while the other looked like an exaggeratedly large hat. Zhonya's Hourglass provided 700 energy damage and 450 armor. Once activated, it rendered its user invincible for three seconds, though they could neither attack nor move during that time. Its cooldown was twenty-four hours.

Rabadon's Deathcap increased energy damage by 1,200 and additionally boosted energy damage output by 40%. Although these two items could not compare to the overall attributes of the "Kingdom: Millennium War" set, their unique passive effects—brief invincibility and massive damage amplification—were both exceptional.

The only drawback was that they were standalone items and could not trigger set bonuses. "You can have these two, Li," Li Chen said, tossing over the hourglass and wizard hat.

Considering that Yan Lingji cultivated both magic and martial arts, equipment with purely magical bonuses would be put to better use by Li, who specialized in spells. "Huh? Are you really giving such valuable equipment to me, President?"

"Take them. I can't use them anyway." Li Chen waved dismissively. Li held the hourglass in her left hand and pressed the wizard hat tightly to her chest with her right, her fingertips trembling slightly.

She had practically coasted through the entire battle, yet she had suddenly received such generous rewards. It made her feel deeply uneasy. The moment she grasped the two divine artifacts, surging energy flooded into her body, directly raising her strength to the peak of B-Class.

"Let's go to the next map. I'll handle this one myself." Li Chen brushed nonexistent dust from his hands and led the three women into the second tomb. He repeated the same trick—when a pebble struck the knight statue, the slumbering guardian awakened with a thunderous roar.

Dragon-Level Disaster: Myra the Guardian!

The massive figure clad in bronze armor held a shield in his left hand and a hammer in his right. A hoarse question seeped from the gaps in his armor: "Who dares disturb my slumber?" Though his warhammer was not as swift as Vortex of Wind's, his confidence as the Immortal Knights' foremost defender was no empty boast.

A dangerous red glow now flickered around him—physical damage reflection mode had been activated. But everything had two sides. In this state, his magic resistance was practically nonexistent. Once one understood the mechanism, this tin can became much easier to handle.

"Awakening Skill—Shore of Redemption: Holy Spear of Punishment!"

With the breakthrough power bestowed by Grandis, the "Gospel Messenger," Li Chen had gained might comparable to a "Seraph."

Dazzling holy light erupted and gathered in his hand, forming a radiant spear suffused with the aura of judgment. Its tip pointed directly at Myra the Guardian as it crashed down with world-destroying force—

The power of this strike was enough to overturn an entire continent!

"So... my weakness has been seen through..."

Myra the Guardian seemed to accept his fate and abandoned all resistance, dissolving into starlight beneath the blinding holy radiance.

Instant kill! Absolute domination!

Yan Lingji and the others only saw a flash of intense light before the formidable enemy had already become a pile of loot.

"Gather the loot."

Li Chen looked at the additional ten thousand energy points, his gaze stopping on the orb containing the power of laws.

[King's Protection]

Defense increased by 1000% (including physical resistance/magic resistance/elemental resistance)

Law of Protection +666

Passive: Damage Reflection

Absorbing the second law orb made him look forward even more to the law powers of the later bosses.

"Another 'Millennium Chronicle' set component?"

Li Chen handed the two exclusive pieces of equipment to Yatogami Tohka. When the final piece of armor fell into place, the set effect activated abruptly:

Attack increased by 35%

Defense increased by 100%

Tohka's defense was now sufficient to withstand Thor's axe head-on. Unless she encountered a mid-level Super-Dragon-Level powerhouse, no one could possibly break through this legendary armor.

"The last item is..."

A crimson drop of blood floated above Yan Lingji's palm. Its terrifying heat distorted the surrounding air.

An ordinary person would be incinerated to ash merely by approaching it.

The final piece of loot was not equipment, but a drop of blood containing mysterious power—Incomplete Vermilion Bird Blood.

Only when the president personally conquered a dungeon was it possible to obtain such an item.

Effect: Fire affinity increased by 100%, fire resistance increased by 500%; upon consumption, there is a chance to randomly awaken an Incomplete Vermilion Bird Bloodline.

"Who wants this?"

"No. My instincts reject it." Yatogami Tohka shook her head and stepped back, her tone resolute.

The source of her power was "Kingdom." If she forcibly fused with the Vermilion Bird's power, the two forces would inevitably clash.

If "Kingdom" prevailed, the Vermilion Bird Blood would become ineffective; if the Vermilion Bird Blood suppressed "Kingdom," Tohka's very existence would be erased.

Neither outcome would be good for her.

"I'm not interested either." Li refused as well, a trace of resistance in her eyes.

Her attributes were incompatible with fire, and Vermilion Bird Blood was not the best choice for her.

With the two of them withdrawing, this drop of Vermilion Bird Blood found its most suitable destination.

"Yan Lingji, you take it."

"Me? This... isn't it too valuable?" She hesitated slightly, uncertainty in her voice.

If it had been equipment, it would have been easier for her to accept, since a single item's enhancements were limited.

But an item capable of awakening the bloodline of an ancient divine beast, even if incomplete, was worth far more than ordinary treasures.

"There may be risks during fusion. Take it after we leave."

"Okay."

Li Chen formed a container with telekinesis and sealed the Vermilion Bird Blood inside.

Bloodlines obtained through the lottery could fuse directly, but this was also his first attempt at inheriting power by directly swallowing a drop of blood. The dangers were unknown, so he decided to help Yan Lingji complete the fusion after the dungeon was over.

Once she successfully awakened the Incomplete Vermilion Bird Bloodline, Li Chen himself would also obtain a higher-grade power—the complete Vermilion Bird Bloodline.

Though it was inferior to the ancient divine beast Phoenix, it would still greatly enhance his strength.

"Let's go. Next tomb."

After gathering the loot, the four entered the third level.

The guardian here was a Dragon-Level Calamity—Eston of Ice!

He wore heavy ice-blue armor, held a shield in his left hand, and wielded an icy crystal sword in his right. His bone-chilling aura made their blood freeze.

Li Chen and Yatogami Tohka had yet to notice anything unusual, but Li had already wrapped herself into a fur ball with her snow-white fluffy tail, while Yan Lingji suffered unprecedented attribute suppression.

Ice and fire had always opposed one another.

When frost raged, blazing flames would eventually solidify; where infernos soared to the heavens, profound ice would become drifting mist.

Eston of Ice, who possessed Dragon-Level Calamity strength, utterly suppressed Yan Lingji. Even with her advanced Fire Charm Art, she could not gather even the most basic spark.

The gap in strength was as unquestionable as Uchiha Madara toying with the Five Kage.

"Intruders—"

"Your end will be unimaginably miserable."

"Rot away slowly in eternal winter!"

Just like the previous trash guard, Myra, Eston of Ice gave his usual villainous speech.

Yet before three seconds had passed, he had become a pile of icy crystal fragments—Li Chen had dismantled him into parts with his bare hands.

The [Mercy: Extreme Cold Freeze] set that dropped naturally went to Yoshino. But the true loot was the pale blue orb wreathed in cold mist:

[King's Protection: Ice]

Ice attribute amplification +1000%

Ice law comprehension +666

Passive Domain: Enemies within a hundred-meter radius have their attack speed and movement speed forcibly reduced by 30%

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As the third law orb was absorbed, Li Chen's understanding of the power of rules rose to another level. The guardians of the next two tombs—"Gurad of Flame" and "Vordos of Light"—could not even last three seconds before him, contributing the [Severity: Furious Flame] and [Crown: Light of Fantasy] sets respectively.

He had intended to give the fire set to Yan Lingji, but she firmly refused after fusing with the incomplete Vermilion Bird Blood. The two divine sets could only be stored away for now, waiting for future destined owners.

"Final boss. Time to wrap this up."

Li Chen rolled his wrists. As the final act of a Super-Dragon-Level Calamity dungeon, this ultimate guardian was fundamentally on a different level from those previous trash mobs.

The youth, having gathered the power of five elemental laws, stepped into the final royal mausoleum. The ground began to tremble.

When Li Chen arrived at his destination, what stood before him was not a slumbering member of the Immortal Knights.

A five-meter-tall giant sat upon a throne, holding a massive warhammer carved with runes as he pondered in silence. He had once suffered an unprecedented defeat, and his glorious civilization had fallen with it.

Unlike the knights who had fallen into slumber, this king had always contemplated the source of his defeat. Only when the intruders broke the silence did he awaken from his thoughts. "Interesting. Someone can actually meet the living me? That means you defeated my Immortal Knights."

"But that is meaningless. I am not on the same level as them!" The final boss revealed his title—Super-Dragon-Level Threat: Hammer King Borodin.

Borodin slowly rose to his feet, and terrifying pressure swept outward like a prehistoric beast. Without question, his heavy hammer was enough to shatter the earth's surface. "Kneel before me, and I may grant you glory."

"Those who defy me shall only face death!" he declared word by word. "I am the Immortal King—Borodin!" Defeating the knights proved that the intruders possessed strength, and if they were willing to pledge allegiance, perhaps he would forgive them.

"How laughable! Someone defeated by Jig dares to boast so shamelessly?" This pierced Borodin's deepest humiliation—the very defeat that had ended his hegemony.

"You seek death!"

The runic warhammer let out a mountain-shaking roar as its king moved. This divine weapon had been forged from the continent's rarest metal, fused with a god's blood and divinity. It was comparable to the legendary weapons in the Marvel Universe forged from Uru metal and imbued with Odin's divine power.

"This pressure..."

"It's terrifying." Li murmured, fidgeting with her snow-white fluffy tail.

Yan Lingji understood that feeling all too well.

When facing S-Class Heroes, aside from King's intimidating enhanced "King Engine," they could barely feel any pressure, since they were comrades who fought side by side.

Yet when they faced Hammer King Borodin directly, Yan Lingji and Li truly realized that those S-Class Heroes were beings capable of contending with monsters like this.

"You think you can defeat me?"

"Arrogant! You dare look down on this king's majesty!"

"Even Jig lost to me. You're nothing but his defeated subordinate, so obediently become dust of history." Li Chen's demonic crimson eyes stared directly at Hammer King Borodin, radiating a soul-stirring pressure.

That power, which surpassed the ghost god Jig, even made Hammer King Borodin subconsciously avert his gaze.

The Hammer King Borodin of the past would never have shown such weakness.

But ever since his crushing defeat at Jig's hands, cracks had appeared in his heart as a powerhouse.

Realizing that he had backed away, Hammer King Borodin flew into a rage from shame. He raised his giant hammer high, as if he intended to smash the entire world apart.

"You!"

"Get down!"

"Kneel!"

The runes on the giant hammer lit up one after another, like the awakening power of a god revived through blood sacrifice. A heavy aura of earth swept outward.

"Rumble—"

Amid the roar of mountains collapsing and earth splitting, the giant hammer crashed down. The aftershock of this strike was enough to cover the entire dungeon. There was nowhere to evade.

"Then let me show you the pinnacle of science—God's Domain."

Endless data flashed through Li Chen's eyes as his brain operated at high speed.

Accelerator, the South American branch minister, had raised his "Vector Manipulation" to Level 5, ranking among the top heroes.

But Li Chen's ability had advanced a step further, entering God's Domain and becoming a Level 6 that stood above absolute espers.

He raised one hand and directly faced Hammer King Borodin's devastating strike.