23: With a 10x return, there's simply too much to go around!

-2547!

A skill attack with double the power is indeed impressive. If not for these Fifty-Year Old Turtles having the Hard Shell passive, which reduces damage by 30%, the output could have reached 3500+.

Furthermore, Bai Tian's Intelligence attribute was higher than these Fifty-Year Old Turtles. Upon the skill hitting, it instantly caused a freezing effect, followed by an explosion on the spot, dealing secondary area-of-effect magic damage.

Damage: -5096, -5096, -5096, -5096!

The secondary AoE magic explosion damage sent several other nearby Fifty-Year Old Turtles flying several meters away.

So cool!

Bai Tian's eyes shone with excitement.

Conversion was simply a god-tier skill. Once his mana reached an unbelievable level, he could easily kill monsters, or even bosses, levels above him without even relying on Rebound.

Because there was no upper limit to the power increase gained from burning mana through Conversion.

The higher the mana, the more powerful the skill!

But for now, Bai Tian still needed to consume his mana reasonably when using skills; otherwise, his sustain would fall seriously behind.

As soon as Bai Tian made his move, the commotion immediately alerted all the surrounding Fifty-Year Old Turtles.

Even the truck-sized BOSS in the very center opened its eyes from its slumber.

In an instant, at least 17 elite-grade Fifty-Year Old Turtles charged toward Bai Tian together like a rushing current.

Bai Tian consumed an intermediate mana potion while simultaneously activating an amplified version of the Cold Abyss Shield.

The initial mana cost for the Cold Abyss Shield skill was 100 points.

This time, Bai Tian directly burned 1600 mana points, causing the shield value of the skill to sublimate to 80,000 points.

—"Thud, thud, thud..."

The 17 elite-grade Fifty-Year Old Turtles were incredibly ferocious, bouncing Bai Tian around the riverbed like a ball.

Damage: -493, -494, Critical: -988, -492... The first wave of fierce attacks from the 17 ferocious Fifty-Year Old Turtles instantly depleted 10,274 points of Bai Tian's shield.

This was because three of the Fifty-Year Old Turtles had landed critical hits.

But because of this, these three Fifty-Year Old Turtles were the first to be shocked to death by the 40x Rebound damage.

Four other Fifty-Year Old Turtles that had just taken one of Bai Tian's skill attacks were also killed by the Rebound, as their health was already below 20,000.

However, 10 Fifty-Year Old Turtles survived. After having over 17,000 damage rebounded onto them, they all remained at just over 5,000 health.

It seemed their Hard Shell effect couldn't affect Rebound damage.

Just as Bai Tian was about to happily harvest these 10 Fifty-Year Old Turtles, his expression suddenly twitched.

Holy crap!

These ten Fifty-Year Old Turtles didn't even look back. With a speed even more decisive than when they attacked Bai Tian, they turned around and fled.

Don't be fooled by their massive and seemingly clumsy bodies; their swimming speed underwater was not slow at all. In two seconds, they had all f*cking vanished.

(#‵′) Damn!

That's too shameless!

Bai Tian was dumbfounded.

—"Roar!"

But at that moment, the truck-sized elite-grade BOSS, the Adult Softshell Turtle, stood up and let out a roar that shook the currents.

As soon as this roar sounded, the 10 Fifty-Year Old Turtles that had almost vanished swam back, showing fear.

However, they only dared to stay more than 50 meters away from Bai Tian, not daring to attack him anymore.

As monsters in a game, they were actually afraid of death; this was truly beyond ridiculous.

After seeing the 10 fleeing lackeys return, the BOSS snorted heavily underwater, stirring up the waves.

Then, its massive turtle head emerged from beneath its truck-sized stone shell, glinting with a ferocious light as it locked onto Bai Tian's position.

Bai Tian didn't dare waste time; he had a limit on how long he could hold his breath underwater.

Additionally, although the shield value of the Cold Abyss Shield had increased, its duration remained unchanged, still only lasting for 10 seconds.

Therefore, Bai Tian proactively swam quickly toward the BOSS, throwing out a basic attack at the same time.

With the BOSS's truck-sized body, Bai Tian didn't have to worry about missing at all.

This hit dealt damage to the BOSS: -481.

It had to be said, the defense of this Transformed Softshell Turtle BOSS was truly thick. Even with Bai Tian's current magic attack of 1268, he only took off this much health.

The BOSS revealed its ferocity and immediately counterattacked. With a "boom," the river stones cracked, and like an underwater behemoth cloaked in elemental light, it slammed into Bai Tian in an instant.

Bai Tian felt his world spin as he was knocked into several 360-degree rotations.

Damage: -4809!

—"(Ding-dong!)"

"(You have been hit by the Transformed Softshell Turtle's skill, Crushing Impact. Your movement speed is reduced by 50%, and you are taking continuous damage.)"

Continuous Damage: -489, -489... After the BOSS sent Bai Tian flying like an underwater projectile, it also cried out repeatedly in pain, blood constantly seeping from under its giant shell.

40x Rebound: -192360!

Continuous 40x Rebound: -19560, -19560... The BOSS's long health bar, with a massive 380,000 HP, was suddenly left with only 148,520.

Moreover, its health continued to drop rapidly because the BOSS's Crushing Impact dealt continuous damage to Bai Tian, causing him to lose 489 health per second.

Under the 40x Rebound, it rebounded 19,560 health per second back to the BOSS.

The ten Fifty-Year Old Turtles, who had been forced back by their leader's intimidation, immediately turned and fled the moment they saw their boss suddenly heavily injured, vanishing in an instant.

After stabilizing himself, Bai Tian quickly launched the Cold Abyss Burst skill, which had finished its cooldown, at the BOSS.

Furthermore, to increase its power and fearing the BOSS might escape, Bai Tian took a swig of an intermediate mana potion and decisively burned all his mana to fuel the skill.

As soon as the skill was released, the frigid currents formed by Cold Abyss Burst were instantly amplified until they seemed to transform into an underwater azure dragon.

As it turned out, Bai Tian's concern was not without reason. After being hurt and frightened by the Rebound, this BOSS, just like its pathetic lackeys, tried to bolt.

Fortunately, Bai Tian's reaction was fast and timely enough, and the multi-fold amplified Cold Abyss Burst hit its mark.

Damage: -22016!

—"Awoo"!

This massive damage caused the BOSS to scream in heart-wrenching pain.

But this wasn't the end.

The BOSS was instantly frozen solid, and then the ice warped, creating an explosion effect.

—"Boom!"

Damage: -44032!

If an outsider were to see this incredibly shocking scene right now, their eyes would surely pop out in surprise.

Even Bai Tian himself was dumbstruck with shock, not expecting that he could deal such insane damage after burning all his mana.

The BOSS's health, which was originally over 140,000, was suddenly left with only 82,000. It was also severely slowed and bleeding all over.

Furthermore, the effect of the BOSS's previous Crushing Impact was still dealing continuous damage to Bai Tian, making him lose 489 health per second.

Bai Tian glanced at the continuous damage; it would last for another 4 seconds before ending.

That meant it could still Rebound 78,240 health from the BOSS.

But that alone wasn't enough. The BOSS would still have a sliver of health left, and combined with its automatic rapid health regeneration, he wouldn't be able to keep it there.

Bai Tian grew anxious and quickly tried to follow up with basic attacks.

But the BOSS was completely terrified and dazed by Bai Tian's assault. Dragging its heavily injured body, it fled forward rapidly, not even caring about the treasure chest in its nest, only wanting to escape with its life.

Bai Tian only managed to hit the BOSS with two basic attacks, dealing a total of 962 damage, before the BOSS fled out of his attack range.

This was even with the BOSS being severely slowed; otherwise, it would have vanished long ago.

(#‵′) Damn!

I paid such a huge price, and the BOSS is escaping with just a sliver of health?

Bai Tian was so angry he felt like spitting blood, but since his mana was completely empty and his potions were on cooldown, he could only watch helplessly as it escaped.

Just as Bai Tian was stomping his feet in anger, a notification suddenly popped up:

—"(Ding-dong!)"

"(Player Flowers in Full Bloom has applied to join your party. Do you accept?)"

Then, a graceful figure like a mermaid appeared beside Bai Tian with a mischievous smirk.

"I guess someone needs me to return a favor."

Bai Tian was startled at first, then overjoyed. He quickly accepted Flowers in Full Bloom's party application.

"Hold onto me."

Seeing Bai Tian agree, the suddenly appearing Flowers in Full Bloom stopped being playful and told Bai Tian to hold her.

Bai Tian knew Flowers in Full Bloom had a terrifying speed skill. At this moment, he didn't care about the boundaries between men and women and wrapped his arms around her slender waist.

In the next moment, Flowers in Full Bloom activated a skill from her hidden class. Her whole body burst with a faint glow, and like a flying fish underwater, she carried Bai Tian through the currents, chasing after the BOSS.

In just 5 seconds, she caught up to the low-health BOSS with Bai Tian.

"The favor I owed you is paid back. Bye-bye!"

After bringing Bai Tian to the front of the low-health BOSS, Flowers in Full Bloom gave a sly smile, pushed Bai Tian away, and left the party.

This woman?

She had helped him so much but chose not to stay and share the experience points. This left Bai Tian quite bewildered, giving him a different perspective on Flowers in Full Bloom's personality.

Fearing the low-health BOSS might escape again, Bai Tian didn't dare dawdle. He quickly drank an intermediate mana potion, decisively threw out a luck scroll, and simultaneously released a double-power Cold Abyss Burst, finally successfully emptying the health bar of the BOSS that was trying to flee again.

—"(Ding-dong!)"

"(Congratulations on defeating the elite-grade BOSS, Transformed Softshell Turtle. Due to the luck scroll bonus, you have received 10x experience and drop rate rewards.)"

"(You have gained Experience Points: +600,000, Bonus Experience: +120,000, Attribute Points: +6, Reputation: +40!)"

From beneath the fallen BOSS's corpse, a large pile of Brilliant and eye-catching items immediately drifted out. There were thousands of silver coins alone, interspersed with several glittering gold coins. This was the rhythm of getting rich!

Bai Tian laughed with excitement like a squealing pig and couldn't wait to start picking up the treasures.

No, to be more precise, it was more like a treasure grab!

Too many to pick up, simply too many to pick up!