With godlike talent from the start, how did he become invincible?

Chapter 528 More Than SSS Level

He knew exactly how much damage his [Unbreakable Barrier] could deal with a full-force attack.

"But did you notice?" Chen Shan lowered his voice, "He didn't use any skills."

Situ Zhen's expression changed.

"He didn't even use a weapon," Chen Shan added. "Just one kick. A normal attack."

Situ Zhen opened her mouth as if to say something, but then swallowed it back.

He recalled the scene—Lin Tian standing on the boss's head, raising his foot, and stomping down.

There was no golden light, no special effects, and no trace of any skill being unleashed. It was like stepping on an ant while walking.

"You suspect—" Situ Zhen's voice was a little tense.

"I suspect that Lin Tian doesn't actually have SSS-grade talent."

When Chen Shan said this, his gaze was calm, but something was churning deep in his eyes. "That is a talent level that is higher than SSS grade."

Situ Zhen suddenly stood up, and the chair slid back half a foot, making a screeching sound.

"Impossible," he said. "SSS rank is the highest, everyone knows that. That's the information the system provided during its analysis."

Chen Shan looked at him without saying a word.

"When we were brought from Earth to this godforsaken place, the system introduction clearly stated—"

Talent levels start from F, then progress to E, D, C, B, A, S, SS, and SSS.

Nine levels, with SSS level being the highest.

Situ Zhen finished speaking in one breath, as if encouraging herself, "This is something written in the rules."

Chen Shan remained silent.

He simply looked at Situ Zhen, his eyes as calm as a stagnant pool.

Situ Zhen slowly sat down.

"But you've seen it too."

Chen Shan finally spoke, "We SSS-level characters, working together, need to use our ultimate moves to finish off a low-health boss. And him? He didn't even use any skills, just one kick."

He stood up and walked to the window.

Moonlight streamed in through the window, and in the distance, players were still cheering in the square. Those sounds drifted over, intermittent and fragmented.

"Moreover," he turned around, "it is common knowledge that Lin Tian is a mage."

Situ Zhen was stunned for a moment.

"A mage," Chen Shan repeated, "a mage, using physical attacks to stomp and kill a level 60 berserk boss. Is that reasonable?"

Situ Zhen opened her mouth.

That's definitely unreasonable.

Magic-based classes rely on intelligence and skill damage.

Their normal attacks—that is, hitting people with their staffs—do pitifully low damage, not even enough to damage monsters of the same level.

Even if Lin Tian is dozens of levels higher than them, it's impossible for it to be this exaggerated.

A mage's normal attack can kill a level 60 boss with a single stomp? This can't be explained by level advantage alone.

"I've inquired about it," Chen Shan said. "During the first overlap period, he also killed a boss in the Western Region. I heard he took it down with just one set of skills."

"A set of skills?" Situ Zhen grasped the key point.

"Yes, a set of skills. Not just one kick," Chen Shan said. "Back then, he probably wasn't as exaggerated as he is now. But now—"

He didn't finish his sentence.

But Situ truly understood what he meant.

During the first overlap, Lin Tian needed to unleash a full set of skills. This time, one kick will suffice.

He is getting stronger.

Moreover, the speed at which he became stronger far exceeded that of everyone else.

"I suspect—" Chen Shan paused, his voice becoming very soft, "that I couldn't even withstand one of his skills."

He himself found it absurd when he said those words.

He has an SSS-level defensive talent. After [Undying Barrier] is activated, the number of people in the entire server who can break his defense can be counted on one hand.

His health bar, his defense, and his damage reduction are all built up to the standard of "tanking bosses".

On the Twin Blade Battlefield, he single-handedly took on ten elite monsters without ever flinching.

But now he's saying he can't keep up with one person's entire skill set.

Situ Zhen looked at him with a complicated expression.

As Chen Shan's partner for many years, he knew Chen Shan's abilities all too well.

The reason why Longyuan Guild has been able to survive until now is because of Chen Shan, who is an insurmountable obstacle.

On the battlefield of Twin Blades, countless teams were scattered, and countless people were chased all over the map, but Longyuan's formation never broke down.

Because Chen Shan was standing in front.

But he's saying this now.

"Are you serious?" Situ Zhen asked.

Chen Shan did not answer.

He walked back to his chair, sat down, and closed his eyes, as if he were doing some accounting.

He didn't speak for a long time.

"I'm thinking about Lin Tian's attributes."

"Um?"

"A player's base attributes depend on their level, equipment, and talent bonuses. I'm level 32, with top-tier equipment and all my talents unlocked, my defense stat has reached 21,000."

Situ Zhen nodded. He had heard of this number; it ranked among the top three in the entire Eastern Territory.

"But even if the boss only had 5% health left, and even with the damage reduction due to level suppression, the damage number from Lin Tian's kick was still definitely abnormal."

He opened his eyes.

"That wasn't skill damage, it wasn't a critical hit, it didn't even seem like it was done using any special methods. It was just a normal attack. A mage's normal attack took away half of the boss's health."

He took a deep breath.

"Do the math. If his basic attacks can deal this much damage, what about his skills? What about his ultimate?"

Situ Zhen remained silent for a long time.

"So you mean—"

"I suspect his talent rank is higher than SSS level," Chen Shan said. "There might be a level above SSS that we don't know about."

"But the system..."

Is the information provided by the system always complete?

Situ Zhen was stunned.

"What the system tells us is only what it wants us to know."

Chen Shan's voice was calm, but every word was heavy: "As for what else is outside the system—you'll have to find out for yourself."

Situ Zhen opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but found that she couldn't find a reason to refute it.

Yes. The system told them that the highest talent level was SSS, but the system never said that there was no higher than SSS.

"And," Chen Shan suddenly changed the subject, "did you notice Sato's reaction?"

Situ Zhen was taken aback: "Sato? The one from the Dark Ravens?"

"Yes. After Lin Tian left, he stood there for a long time. Not out of fear or resentment—but out of excitement."

Situ Zhen frowned: "How did you figure that out?"

"His hands were shaking," Chen Shan said. "A swordsman's hands shaking can only mean two things: fear or excitement. Someone like Sato wouldn't be afraid."

Situ Zhen remained silent.

"And then there's Raj," Chen Shan continued. "That guy laughed from beginning to end, even after he was knocked flying. What do you think he was laughing at?"

"It was awesome," Situ Zhen said. "That guy's a battle maniac."