"I really don't know how you became a Dao Immortal..."
Li Xingkong found it somewhat amusing to look at Liu Shinian's anxious and fearful demeanor.
Who would have thought that the concepts this guy grasped were Lies?
"What are you doing! Can you please stop judging people based on their appearance!"
Liu Shinian was so angry he was about to jump up and down. Did the person who possessed the Lies have to be a villain? Couldn't it just be a good-for-nothing?
Li Xingkong laughed when he saw her like this.
"Take the contribution; it's nothing considering how much time it took you."
"That's more like it. I won't take your money for nothing. If you need anything later, just come find me."
"Wrap it up!"
After chatting for a while, Li Xingkong went into the laboratory and released the three beads, which then suspended in the air.
Li Xingkong first removed the first Damage Reduction spell, and then swallowed the ghostly thought in one gulp.
This concept of Damage Reduction is quite interesting; its function is to reduce the damage received each time an injury occurs.
After Li Xingkong refined it into a talisman, he obtained its specific function.
In simple terms, attacks that deal less than 100 damage will be completely ignored.
This is a very versatile defensive skill. Li Xingkong has only just finished refining it and has only grasped the basics, yet he already possesses such formidable defensive power. Once he has studied this skill further, he might even be able to block attacks from immortals.
Moreover, its interception is based on the number of attacks, not on the accumulation of its own defense. Even if the opponent can attack 10,000 times per second, this Damage Reduction can reduce the damage of every single attack.
This is a concept specifically designed for high-frequency, low-damage warriors. As long as their attack strength is not as high as this Damage Reduction, they cannot harm them.
After testing the Damage Reduction ability, Li Xingkong turned his attention to the HP Lock.
Both are defensive concepts, so this is the next one.
Having swallowed the concept of HP Lock in one gulp, Li Xingkong closed his eyes.
Although the concept of Damage Reduction has become a fruit hanging on the branch formed by Dao Evolution, the changes it brought to Li Xingkong's body are undeniable.
Li Xingkong felt that his defense had become much stronger. If he went to the Blade Flower Sea in his current form, the mere gale would naturally be no match for him.
The concept of "HP Lock" followed the predetermined path and landed in Li Xingkong's conceptual state, and Li Xingkong also gained an understanding of this concept.
This "HP Lock -HP Lock" effect is different from the kind of invincibility Li Xingkong imagined. Its effect is that when Li Xingkong receives an attack exceeding 20% of his body's damage tolerance, the damage value will be locked at 20%.
In other words, it added a lock to Li Xingkong's health bar.
Even the most powerful cultivator would have to break this lock first if they wanted to take Li Xingkong's life.
It's easy to use, really easy to use.
If these two defensive techniques are used together, the result is definitely not as simple as one plus one equals two.
One counters high attack speed and low attack, while the other HP Lock in health with a powerful strike; their synergy is perfect.
"Unfortunately, despite these Dao Immortal grasping such concepts, they ultimately met their demise, their Dao vanished, and their concepts were sealed away."
Li Xingkong couldn't imagine which senior could take down such a human shield, nor did he know how they were defeated. He could only say that there are always people more capable than you, and that's just how it is.
However, the concept ultimately ended up in Li Xingkong's hands, which can be considered a stroke of luck.
It took Li Xingkong quite some time to refine these two defensive concepts, and two more fruits appeared on his Tree of Dao Evolution.
However, he did not immediately refine the last of the Seven Emotions, but instead began to study the two defensive concepts.
Turning concepts into talismans only shows that Li Xingkong has entered the realm of using these concepts. If he wants to truly master these concepts, he needs to put in the effort of studying them, just like those Dao Immortal immortals.
Whether it was the previous Traversal or the Severance, Li Xingkong had only just entered the door; he could only say that it was usable, but its development was limited.
If one were to describe Li Xingkong in this state, it would be "a jack of all trades, master of none."
If Li Xingkong wants to go further down this path, he needs to break free from this state and advance his mastery of at least one or more concepts.
After some deliberation, Li Xingkong decided to start with the defense.
The ability to escape by Traversal is first-rate and sufficient for now. Further research would lead to a shift from ordinary spatial crossings to time travel. However, with all the conflicts of the past and future locked in the Era of Chaos, this ability to escape by Traversal time is obviously no longer useful.
Faced with a choice between attacking and staying alive, Li Xingkong obediently chose to stay alive.
After all, this is reality. Glass cannons are only suitable for desperate criminals. Proper cultivators always prioritize their own safety before considering other methods.
Having determined the direction for improvement, Li Xingkong first focused on the concept of Damage Reduction and began to study it in detail.
The main direction for Damage Reduction is to increase the damage reduction threshold. When you first start, you can only reduce damage from attacks below the Nascent Soul, but after Li Xingkong pondered for a while, he raised it to the point that attacks below the Immortal stage are completely negligible.
The improvement at this stage is actually quite simple, because the immortal's conceptual state is not affected by physical or spiritual damage. He simply verified his conceptual state with this Damage Reduction, and easily raised it to this level.
Then came the concept of mild immunity attack, which Li Xingkong had been researching for nearly a thousand years and had finally made some progress on.
The attacks of the conceptual state are varied and unpredictable. The fact that the Damage Reduction concept could be improved to this extent in such a short time is largely thanks to another concept— HP Lock.
Both are defensive concepts, and there are many things in them that can be corroborated by each other. In the process of referencing and comparing them, Li Xingkong's understanding of the two concepts is also improving rapidly.
Isn't this a different kind of discourse?
For immortals who wish to improve their mastery of concepts, visiting friends and discussing the Dao is indispensable. Discussing the Dao is the most direct and convenient way to improve.
Li Xingkong, by mastering two paths and refining them together, achieved a level of communication far more efficient than that between other immortals.
The understanding of Damage Reduction is improving, and the understanding of the concept of HP Lock is also progressing.
Originally, there was a lock at 20% health, but now there is a lock at 1% health. No matter how strong the attack, if you want to kill Li Xingkong, you have to break through these 99 locks first.
With the added Damage Reduction effect, breaking through Li Xingkong's defenses would be virtually impossible.
"If that were followed by a healing spell, wouldn't that make us invincible!"
Even Li Xingkong himself was secretly pondering how he could break through the opponent's defenses if the opponent grasped these two concepts.
With current methods, it's difficult.