A God-tier Counter-damage Priest, I am the Master!

22: Elite BOSS: The Spiritual Turtle—— ”(Ding-dong!)”

”(You have submerged into the water. Movement speed decreased by 30%. Breath-holding duration is 1 minute 56 seconds. If this limit is exceeded, you will drown.)”

(#‵′) Holy crap!

Does it have to be this realistic?

Bai Tian was speechless, yet simultaneously shocked by the 100% realism of [Nine Heavens].

After jumping into the water, there was no difference from jumping into a river in reality.

The temperature of the current and the sensation of pressure were exactly the same.

Fortunately, the Xi Liang River wasn’t too deep, only about ten meters or so. A breath-holding time of 1 minute 56 seconds per dive was sufficient.

Bai Tian surfaced, took a deep breath, and then dove down forcefully.

The information from the live map in his mind was quite accurate, indicating that level 15 underwater monsters—[Black-Scaled Frenzy]—would be found within a depth of 5 meters in the Xi Liang River.

Instantly, a swarm of basin-sized, black-scaled fish with fangs and wide mouths came charging frantically toward the living human, Bai Tian.

—— [Black-Scaled Frenzy]!

(Underwater Common Monster)

Level: 15

HP: 10,800

Attack: 522

Physical Defense: 261

Magic Defense: 248

Skill: Bleeding Bite

Black-Scaled Frenzies were social monsters that traveled in schools of at least a hundred. They swarmed together, attacking Bai Tian like countless water arrows.

But Bai Tian was prepared. He activated his greatly amplified skill underwater—[Cold Abyss Shield].

Damage Absorbed: -436, -437, -435... Over a hundred Black-Scaled Frenzies frantically closed in to bite. At any given moment, at least a dozen were biting the Cold Abyss Shield.

In an instant, they dealt nearly 8,000+ damage.

However, Bai Tian himself didn’t lose a single drop of health, and even the aura of the Cold Abyss Shield didn’t loosen in the slightest.

Normally, the Cold Abyss Shield could only absorb up to 5,000 damage before shattering.

But this time, Bai Tian had burned 1,600 Mana Points to cast this single skill.

The Cold Abyss Great Shaman’s divine conversion technique allowed the effects of a skill to be amplified several-fold when several times the mana cost was burned to cast it.

Therefore, this Cold Abyss Shield could absorb up to 80,000 damage.

This was the broken aspect of the Cold Abyss Great Shaman Class: as long as there was enough mana, there was no upper limit to the strength of Bai Tian’s skills.

At this moment, Bai Tian was like a lonely warrior standing in the depths of the Xi Liang River.

Under the protection of the incredibly strong shield, he emitted a cold aura, as if he had merged with the surrounding water elements.

Around Bai Tian, over a hundred Black-Scaled Frenzies gathered like demons, their teeth glinting with a cold light as if they wanted to tear him to pieces.

But with an 80,000-point shield active, they couldn’t do anything to him at all.

The dozen or so Black-Scaled Frenzies that bit Bai Tian first were all ruthlessly killed in one shot by the 40x Rebound, turning into experience points.

However, these monsters were numerous and fearless. They swarmed and pounced continuously, desperately delivering experience and stacking mana for Bai Tian.

When all hundred-plus Black-Scaled Frenzies had been reflected to death, Bai Tian’s Cold Abyss Shield still had over 10,000 points remaining.

He instantly harvested a large amount of experience and increased his maximum mana by another hundred-plus points.

This made Bai Tian regret that the number of Black-Scaled Frenzies was a bit low. If there were thousands or even tens of thousands, wouldn’t he be able to accumulate ten thousand mana points very quickly?

[Nine Heavens] was extremely realistic; although the hundred-plus Black-Scaled Frenzies were reflected to death, the copper coins they dropped all sank to the bottom of the water.

Bai Tian didn’t bother to pick them up. He seized the time and continued to dive deeper.

After dealing with another wave of Black-Scaled Frenzies, Bai Tian successfully reached the bottom of the Xi Liang River.

The water pressure here was immense, making it difficult for him to move. His ears ached, and his chest felt tight.

However, he did not give up. He knew that only by persevering could he find what he was looking for.

Suddenly, Bai Tian saw a figure under the sand and stones at the riverbed. It was a river stone the size of a tricycle, moving rapidly and charging toward him.

—— [Riverbed Old Turtle]!

(Underwater Common Monster)

Level: 16

HP: 13,000

Attack: 511

Physical Defense: 299

Magic Defense: 288

Skill: Hard Shell

It turned out to be a Riverbed Old Turtle, but unfortunately, it wasn’t fifty years old yet, so Bai Tian couldn’t use it to complete the quest.

This old turtle’s attack was even lower than the Black-Scaled Frenzy’s, and since there was only one, Bai Tian had no fear at all.

Bai Tian raised his hand and swept out a basic attack, hitting the Riverbed Old Turtle’s stony shell.

Damage: -425!

The defense of this Riverbed Old Turtle, combined with its Hard Shell passive, was like a bronze wall or iron barrier, greatly reducing Bai Tian’s damage.

Not only that, it also unleashed a thunderous blow, a heavy headbutt that slammed into Bai Tian’s chest, sending him flying back over 4 meters like a cannonball.

Damage: -425!

40x Rebound: -17,000!

The Riverbed Old Turtle’s health instantly hit zero. Its belly turned upward, its pupils went white, and it died at the bottom of the river.

After consuming an intermediate mana potion, Bai Tian was pleasantly surprised to find that this Riverbed Old Turtle had actually dropped a piece of equipment.

He walked closer to take a look. It was a heavy shield densely covered in turtle patterns.

—— [Turtle Shell Heavy Shield]!

(Plate Armor Equipment)

Quality: Black

HP: +200

Dual Defense: +15

Durability: 100/100

Requirement: Tank classes.

The HP and dual defense bonuses for Tank equipment are really high!

A piece of Black equipment had stats significantly higher than his own Green equipment.

Bai Tian clicked his tongue in secret and put the shield away to sell for money later.

A moment later, Bai Tian finished off a few more Riverbed Old Turtles, but his breath-holding time was reaching its limit, so he had to swim up to get air.

Because of the environmental constraints of the river water and the need to surface for air periodically, it took Bai Tian quite a while to reach the center of the riverbed, despite knowing the layout of the Xi Liang River.

Ahead of him, in the center of the riverbed, was a naturally formed giant river stone as large as a plaza.

In the middle of the stone lay a terrifying creature the size of a large truck, sleeping soundly.

That was exactly the Elite Boss Bai Tian was looking for.

Near where the BOSS was sleeping, in a hollowed-out rock, was a treasure chest covered in algae, glowing like a pearl.

Around the BOSS and the treasure chest, there were many other exceptionally sturdy Riverbed Old Turtles patrolling back and forth.

Bai Tian immediately checked the basic information of these monsters and the BOSS.

—— [Fifty-Year Old Turtle]!

(Underwater Elite Monster)

Level: 17

HP: 25,000

Attack: 613

Dual Defense: 380

Skills: Hard Shell, Water Ripple Impact

—— [Spiritually Grown Giant Turtle]!

(Underwater Elite Boss)

Level: 19

HP: 380,000

Mana: 6,000

Attack: 1,494

Dual Defense: 580

Skills: Hard Shell, Devour, Crushing Collision.

Holy mother of...!

The stats of this boss are way too powerful!

He currently only had 1,107 HP, 7,047 Mana, and a base Attack of 906. It would take some time to take them down.

Furthermore, Bai Tian was a bit worried that the BOSS might run away later.

After entering the Vast Heaven Realm, even an ordinary monster would flee if it saw things going south.

Not to mention a boss!

If the BOSS chose to flee later, he might not be able to catch it underwater.

Whatever, I’ll play it by ear.

Bai Tian didn’t think too much. He first floated to the surface to finish catching his breath, then dove back down.

Bai Tian immediately burned 240 Mana Points to cast [Cold Abyss Blessing] on himself with a double-effect amplification.

Attack, Defense, Attack Speed, and Movement Speed increased by 40%.

His Attack power instantly reached 1,268. He then targeted the 4 Fifty-Year Old Turtles in the most concentrated position, burned 200 Mana Points, and unleashed a double-power [Cold Abyss Burst].