Chosen Evolution: I can load the protagonist template

Chapter 218 Phase Two - Gem Allen

It was evident from Cheng Tian's previous assimilation and fusion of the gem fragments that the Sun God Gem fragments were not harmless innate treasures, but rather parasitic gems with inherent erosion and assimilation capabilities.

There are two reasons why Cheng Tian was able to successfully assimilate the fragment that blew his head off.

Firstly, Cheng Tian learned the Ten Commandments, which caused organ mutations in his prefrontal cortex, greatly enhancing his resistance to assimilation.

Secondly, the fragment that shattered his head was small enough, only accounting for 5% of the total weight, so Cheng Tiancai ultimately gained the upper hand and swallowed up the gem fragment.

If the amount of fragments had been the same as Eren's, the situation might have been quite different.

On Allen's side, thanks to his high spirit and high strength attributes, and the fact that he was wearing a high-level crown, he was able to obtain the 10% gem fragments of the Dominator with relative ease.

However, the pressure Cheng Tian brought him made him choose to abandon the crown as a buffer and directly use his flesh to undergo deep fusion. The erosion pressure that the crown had originally slowed down was now entirely applied to his flesh.

Of course, at this point, he still couldn't perceive the changes.

But when Allen conceived the idea of ​​shattering the gem and acted on it, the gem interfered.

The fragments of the Sun God Gem were scattered across different instances, but their ultimate goal was undoubtedly the same: to reassemble and become whole again. Allen's attempt to further shatter the already 10% fragments was driven by a self-defense instinct, and the gem was thus destroyed.

It made Allen's fist, which should have been held back to merely shatter the gem without harming himself, less restrained, and then he demonstrated to Cheng Tian what it meant to kill oneself.

However, just as Cheng Tian saw a large damage number appear above Allen's head, the gem fragment that had been driven into his brain began to exert its power.

With the skull protecting him and while he was still conscious, it would have taken some time for the gem to erode Allen. But now that it's directly in contact with his brain, what will happen is self-evident.

"Phase Two!?"

When Cheng Skull, whose flames briefly turned blue, saw Allen's stats and physical changes, he couldn't help but say something.

That's such a fresh way to put it!
It's normal for a boss to have two phases, but it's really abnormal for a player to have two phases.

The description on Allen's panel mentions "mutation of the Sun God Gem fragment," which has now become "host of the Sun God Gem fragment." Similar to Cheng Tian's transformation by Hellfire, Allen's eyeballs were first melted by the high temperature bursting from within, and then his eyes began to glow continuously.

...Well, in Cheng Tian's opinion, Allen now looks a bit like that Sun God's flashlight.

Helios, the sun god who was forcibly dragged down by Kratos in God of War 3 and could only continue to exist in the form of a flashlight.

When he raised his head again, the center of his forehead, where there should have been a bloody hole, had been replaced by a sun-like burn mark that seemed to have been there from birth.

Allen's consciousness had been completely suppressed, and the 10% of the Sun God Gem had taken over.

However, just as Gem Allen looked up, a metal skull encased in hellfire rapidly enlarged in his field of vision. Just as it was about to strike his face, a sudden attack redirected and slammed into his chest, knocking his heavy and massive body back with an even stronger force.

The forced target redirection effect of the Silver Armor still applies. "Tsk!"

Lacking any martial ethics, Cheng Tian, ​​who was invincible, used the force of the chain retraction to quickly approach the spot where the hammer landed, and the three Hellfire mounts that were in sync with Cheng Tian immediately followed.

As he landed, the Hellfire Chain Hammer, which served as the template weapon, disappeared, replaced by the previously unusable Type C tracking missile launcher.

It's worth mentioning that Cheng Tian isn't equipped with any weapons right now. His two swords, which have already left their silvered state, are still stuck in the ground, and his weapon slot is empty. This allows him to bypass the 6-second weapon swap cooldown and switch to his gun directly.

After the unusable C-gun fell into Cheng Tian's hands, it was immediately covered in Hellfire. The gun body instantly transformed into a hellish shape assembled from elements such as chains, skulls, spikes, and bones, and immediately became usable.

Cheng Tian decisively pulled the trigger, and one bullet after another was replaced with Hellfire homing bullets from the Grinning Skull, which began to mercilessly bombard Gem Allen.

However, Allen, whose body had already been invaded by the gem, immediately took countermeasures.

The sanction arrows, which were originally only able to generate one per second, suddenly multiplied to more than twenty, swirling around Allen, whose feet were not touching the ground, like a halo around the sun, and then shooting towards Cheng Tian like a rain of swords.

Some intercepted the Hellfire tracking missiles, while others targeted Cheng Tian himself.

At this point, the characteristic of the sanction arrows being difficult to neutralize comes into play.

Cheng Tian's Hellfire tracking missiles were almost completely destroyed, and several piercing marks appeared on his arms, thighs, and other parts of his body.

It's clear that Gem Allen's Judgment Arrow deals over 18 damage per shot, exceeding the damage threshold that the Primal Shell cannot negate.
The blows that hit the dragon scale breastplate were blocked by the dragon scales themselves. The arms and thighs had no extra protection and could only be pierced through. Even after being pierced, the inside was still burning bone, not flesh.

Cheng Tian was silent for a moment, then opened his mouth and spat out a ball of fire representing his displeasure. The next moment, a crystal eye in the shape of a demonic jewel, just like the one worn by Amakusa Shiro Tokisada, appeared on his shoulder.

However, since its pupils were already hellish in appearance, they didn't change much when covered by Hellfire. It was only after Cheng Tian made a gesture of bringing his index fingers together and then separating them that they split into two eyeballs, and then two crystal Hellfire C gun barrels suddenly extended from the center of the pupils.

Three Hellfire C-guns, six Hellfire machine guns, and a continuous barrage of Flame Stones were aimed at Gem Allen, who was floating in the air, and they opened fire with all their might!
Meanwhile, Allen was also forming circles inside and outside the circle, condensing more and more punitive arrows, and raining arrows down on the ground!
The two sides entered a gunfight mode, and it seems that Gem Allen, who is only one person, has the advantage!
This was clearly due to the effect of the "difficult to be neutralized by other projectiles" attached to the Judgment Arrow, which allowed it to continue flying towards Cheng Tian and his group while shattering the Hellfire Bullets.

Strangely, despite having the same ability, Cheng Tian did not choose to expend his mana to summon the Punishment Arrow. Instead, he continued to consume his own and his vehicle's bullets. Some people even noticed that Cheng Tian, ​​who was clearly at a disadvantage in the gunfight, seemed to be smiling.

Having maintained the upper hand and pinning Cheng Tian and his three mounts to the ground, Gem Allen tried to create more energy arrows, but found that the quantity was wrong. He intended to condense 100 arrows, but only managed to condense 37.

Only then did he notice something extremely fatal—

My blue bar is empty.

"My turn!"

At that moment, Cheng Tian's hellish voice came from below, along with three hammers that rapidly enlarged in the field of vision and were also enveloped in hellfire!
This time, with his blue bar completely depleted, Gem Allen was unable to shift his attack target again and was struck squarely by the Hellfire Hammer!

(End of this chapter)