Innate Ward

*Unbreakable Flesh.*

## Summary

Innate Ward is one of the fourteen "top-quality" E-Grade skills available on the second floor of the Towers of Myriad Dao, and one of the six related to one of the base attributes. It is an Endurance based skill suitable to many classes that creates a second layer of protection under one's skin when activated.

## Skill Fractal Location

**Right Bicep**

Losing his only real defensive skill was a bit of a shame, but **[Nature’s Barrier]** had long lost its ability to protect him. Besides, the reason he dared to complete this fusion was thanks to creating **[Arcadia’s Judgment]**. It had freed up the Skill Slot where **[Deforestation]** formerly was, which allowed him to learn the defensive skill he had waiting for him in the Dao Repository. **Book 7, Page 683**

## Skill Window

[E] Innate Ward - Proficiency: Middle. Unbreakable flesh. Upgradeable **Discord**

## Early Proficiency

* Only a shallow wound was left on his back even if the stab contained enough power to easily pierce through his body. It was all thanks to his new skill, **[Innate Ward]**. Just like the other skills from **Brazla’s depository**, it was a simple skill but with a strong direct effect. It formed a second layer of protection right beneath the skin, its power based on one’s Endurance. **Book 7, Page 690**
* It was simple and unadorned, but that also meant that the skill fractal fit with most classes. It was the same with **Zac**, who had no problem using the skill to over 85% of its full potential even when his human side was a Strength-Vitality class. **Book 7, Page 691**

## Middle/Late/Peak Proficiency

* Skill shown as middle proficiency in **Discord** posting by author on 10 September 2021 when chapters set in the Twilight Ascent were being posted on Patreon.
* By this point, almost all of his skills were already pushed to E-grade Peak Mastery, **Chapter 978**
* No other textual information.

## Commentary

* Six of the fourteen skills were heavily related to the six base attributes, without possessing a connection to a specific Dao. They also seemed to follow the concept of greatness from simplicity, which not only made them powerful but also easy to fuse with other skills down the line. **Book 6, Page 891**
* It was like he’d gained a new layer of protection with his body alone [*from evolving to D-Grade Draugr*], without the aid of skills like **[Innate Ward]**. **Book 8, Page 68**
* The pain was blinding, and Zac fell over with a groan. His defensive skill was no match for the final blast of a dying warrior [*a Havarok Captain*]. **Book 8, Page 229**
* Zac had already activated **[Innate Ward]**, but it was no use now that the stinger had pierced his skin. It did, however, block out the blood that spread around him, which by itself seemed highly toxic. **Book 8, Page 314**
* It released a sea of lightning, though Zac’s Endurance and **[Innate Ward]** was enough to mollify the effect until the beast died. **Book 8, Page 323**
* Zac really missed **[Profane Exponents]**, his three loyal followers whose defensive properties were leagues beyond **[Innate Ward]**, which he’d gotten from his Dao Repository. **Book 8, Page 622**
* He [*Zac in Human Fo**rm*] cursed the fact that he didn't have any defensive skills to help out at the moment, and without any better options he simply took out some of the D-grade rubble he had swiped on the way out of the castle, forming a final layer of protection. **Chapter 786**
* The storm pelted against his skin, but his **[Innate Ward]** empowered by the Fragment of the Bodhi and improved durability from **[Adamance of Eoz]** was enough to withstand the brunt of it. **Chapter 808**
* Some spatial energies still made it through after being eroded, but channeling **[Innate Ward]** with Void Energy was barely enough to withstand the weakened spatial storm. **Chapter 878**