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

Chapter 370 Iron Turtle

The battle lasted less than twenty seconds from start to finish. Clean and efficient.

"Collect valuable materials and quickly check supplies." Chen Shan didn't even glance at the corpses on the ground; his gaze was already fixed on the two o'clock position, where the sounds of fighting seemed to have subsided. "Situ, what's the situation over there?"

Situ Zhen frowned slightly, extending his mental energy again: "The five-person team is still alive, but in a sorry state. That 'big guy' should be a level 54 Wind-Eroded Stone Giant, and it's already down. The player team has lost one member, and the remaining four are in very poor condition, with their mana and stamina almost depleted, and are... fighting over the loot?"

"A good opportunity." Chen Shan grinned. "Let's go! Maintain formation and push forward!"

The team set off again, carrying the lingering aura of having just slain monsters. When they emerged from the sandstorm and appeared before the exhausted player squad, the four opponents were visibly startled. They immediately huddled back-to-back in a defensive stance, their faces still showing the excitement and wariness of their ongoing loot fight. These four were a mixed bag: a warrior, a rogue, an archer, and a seemingly mana-depleted priest. Their equipment was inconsistent, clearly indicating a hastily assembled, random group.

Chen Shan stopped and raised his hand. The team behind him halted in unison, their movements creating an invisible pressure. His gaze swept over them, landing on a core gleaming with an earthy yellow light, tightly clutched in the warrior's hand—it must be the elemental core of the stone giant, incredibly valuable.

"Fight them!" A fierce glint flashed in the thief's eyes, and his figure suddenly blurred as he went into stealth mode.

"Sun Qian," Chen Shan said, only two words.

"Whoosh!" Almost the instant the thief vanished, an arrow shot from a tricky angle from the side, precisely striking the shadow of a rock the thief was about to step into. The arrow's tail vibrated violently, emitting a buzzing sound. The thief's figure was forced to stagger and reappear, his face filled with horror.

"Heal!" the enemy warrior roared, and the remaining priest hurriedly raised his staff.

"Silence." This time it was Situ Zhen. He tapped his staff lightly, and an invisible ripple swept across the area. The faint holy light that the priest had just gathered instantly dissipated, and he opened his mouth wide but could not utter any healing prayers.

"Stubborn to the end." Chen Shan sighed, as if he was very disappointed.

The next moment, he moved. He didn't charge, but strode forward with a speed unlike that of a heavily armored warrior. The enemy warrior gritted his teeth and swung his sword, but Chen Shan neither parried nor blocked; his left shoulder dipped slightly.

"Clang!" The longsword struck Chen Shan's shoulder armor, sparks flying, but Chen Shan didn't even flinch. The warrior, however, felt a tremendous force of recoil from the sword, his hand going numb. Chen Shan's right hand had already gripped the warrior's sword-wielding wrist like an iron clamp, and with a swift pull, his left knee thrust upwards!

"Ugh!" The soldier screamed and bent over. Chen Shan released his grip and delivered a swift chop to the back of the soldier's neck. The soldier collapsed to the ground.

At the same time, Li Xiang's shield charge knocked the archer away. Wang Li's fireball exploded at the thief's feet, knocking him over. Zhang Wei's Frost Nova slowed everyone's movements. The battle ended completely within thirty seconds. The remaining two who had fallen were also "sent off" by Sun Qian's finishing arrows.

"Clean up the battlefield, only take high-value items and supplies, and be quick!"

Just as Situ Zhen was quickly processing the materials and Chen Shan was on guard, Sun Qian leaned over and whispered, "President, people on the competition channel have started mentioning us. They said there's a team of 'Iron Turtles' in the Northeast Rocky Beach area. They're ridiculously tough and can wipe out anyone they encounter."

Chen Shan chuckled, "Iron Turtle? That's a fitting description. But we're not just here to take the beating." He looked at Situ Zhen, who had already completed a simple enchantment and smeared a wisp of earthy yellow light onto his shield, "So, where to next?"

Situ Zhen spread his mental energy out again, and after a moment, pointed in a direction: "Over there, slightly north, about 600 meters away. There are two groups facing off, six on one side and four on the other. Behind the group of four, there seems to be a small nest of the Howling Harpy; they've been alerted. Chaos, opportunity."

"Then let's add fuel to the fire and help them make a decision faster." Chen Shan shouldered his shield, a warlike glint in his eyes. "Attention everyone, from now on, we're the biggest troublemakers in Gale Canyon... no, we're the warhammers! Let's go!"

The team once again disappeared into the raging winds and sandstorms, like a silent and efficient shark patrolling the blood-red waters.

For the next hour or so, they thoroughly implemented Chen Shan's strategy of "spiral mopping-up operations and using war to sustain war."

There is no fixed route, only a general trend toward the center of the map.

They hunted hordes of "Wind Howling Harpies," monsters around level 55 that were swift fliers with sharp wind blades. However, thanks to Chen Shan drawing fire, Situ Zhen's wide-area [Gravity Swamp] restriction, and their teammates' precise focus fire, they still became points and materials.

They ambushed other guild squads that attempted to raid them, and also decisively defeated the independent alliance that relied on its superior numbers to try and annihilate them.

Chen Shan's "Unbreakable Barrier" is too powerful, with an explosive defense value.

He is not only a shield, but also the strongest spearhead.

He was often the first to charge into the enemy ranks, taking the brunt of the first wave of attacks with his own body. Then, the aura of the [Barrier Counterattack] would injure the surrounding enemies, creating an excellent opportunity for Li Xiang, who was following closely behind, and Sun Qian and Qian Cheng, who were flanking.

Situ Zhen is like his most tacit shadow, always able to provide the most needed control or area-of-effect damage at crucial moments—[Arcane Chains] restricts key targets and disrupts the enemy formation, while [Energy Backlash] targets magic burst damage.

The team's points rose rapidly, and everyone's teamwork became increasingly refined.

They barely rested, only quickly treating their wounds and replenishing their water and mana between battles.

Discussions about them on the regional channels have increased, changing from "Iron Turtles" to "That Team of Heavy Armor Madmen," and then to "Mobile Fortresses," subtly revealing an aura that makes people unwilling to provoke them easily.

Until the piercing system notification sounded in the minds of all survivors, and at the same time a huge virtual arrow and countdown appeared in the sky:

[The safe zone has shrunk for the first time! The area has been marked! All survivors must enter the new safe zone before the countdown ends!]

The map shows that the new safe zone is centered on the "Eye of the Ancient Wind" ruins at the very center of the canyon, and its area is nearly half the size of the initial area.

"The direction is clear"

"Chen Shan looked at the map and decisively gave the order,"

"Adjust strategy, abandon the spiral clearing, and advance straight towards the 'Eye of the Ancient Wind'! Clear a direct path as quickly as possible! Treat all obstacles along the way, whether monsters or players, as obstacles that must be cleared!"

"yes!"

The change in the approach actually increased the team's speed of movement because the objective was clearer.