Wasteland: My items are infinitely upgraded.

Chapter 292 Settling Grudges, Spatial Nodes, and Paths

Father Su An's few words made Lin Feng instantly realize that behind the arena was the entire Oasis warship, playing the role of the unseen predator.

Anyone who appears here could become prey.

If the wolf clan leader, Lang Ao, doesn't come, then the initial target, Li Hao, will still die as planned under the bombardment of the battleship's heavy artillery.

It seems that the church only wanted to make a preliminary attempt. If they could really lure Lang Ao out, they could kill two birds with one stone.

If that doesn't work, we can at least kill Li Hao on the spot and use the power of the battleship's heavy artillery to deter the potential Wasteland Wolves, thus buying more time for Oasis Town to prepare for battle.

Upon realizing this, Bai Ye breathed a sigh of relief.

Because as long as Lang Ao chooses to continue to endure and wait for the best time to strike, the Salvation Army will still have room to maneuver and will not have to reveal its intentions too quickly. Bai Ye himself will not have to face the giant wolf directly.

At this moment, Father Suan was talking with everyone while drinking the holy spring water handed to him by the other combat priests, ensuring that he could recover to a certain state before the final arena match.

Prepare for a possible major war to come.

Not long after, a cultivator wearing mid-stage second-tier Undying Holy Armor emerged from the church's chariot. Apart from being slightly smaller than Father Su An, he was virtually indistinguishable in appearance.

But Lin Feng and Bai Ye dared not be careless in the slightest, even though the wearer of the Undying Saint Armor in front of them only exuded the aura of the mid-stage of the second tier...

The newcomer was none other than Zhang Hui, the strongest person in Oasis Town and the most powerful and influential figure in the Oasis, the acting bishop of the Oasis Church, who had evolved to level 29.

At present, he does not look like the famous Oasis Bishop at all. Moreover, under Zhang Hui's deliberate control, the aura he exudes is weaker than that of Father Su An.

Based on the two recent martial arts matches, it is highly likely that Li Hao will believe that it is Father Su An who has undergone rest and recuperation.

In this situation, whether launching a surprise attack or slowly wearing down Li Hao's strength, one can gain the upper hand in the duel.

There is even a certain chance that, without consuming too much of his energy or overdrawing his remaining life force, he can force Li Hao into a life-or-death situation.

It seems that the church's plan is quite sound as long as it doesn't involve Lang Ao.

Unfortunately, even with Bai Ye's help, the anomaly of Lang Ao could not be stably controlled.

As the bishop appeared, everyone stopped what they were doing and awaited his command.

Bishop Zhang Hui touched the Undying Armor on his body and said with a touch of emotion:
"It's been several hundred years. The last time I used this armor was four hundred years ago when Oasis Town was facing the crisis of a roaming attack. I put it on and rushed to the battlefield to fight alongside Li Hao and others."

"If I have to end this final battle myself, then I am the young man I personally invited to come to the Oasis to help with its development."

“Li Hao was young and impetuous back then, and he offended a lot of forces in the Holy City. He offended countless second-tier evolvers. If it weren’t for my intervention to help him resolve the crisis, he would definitely have been driven out and become a wanderer in the wasteland.”

"Who knew that after hundreds of years, he would still be an ungrateful wolf cub..."

"Very well, let's wipe the slate clean of all past grievances and entanglements today!"

After speaking, Bishop Zhang Hui looked at Father Su An:
"Once the competition begins, be ready to lead everyone back to Oasis Town and take over the highest command position on the Oasis warship."

"In the upcoming battles, it will be difficult for mid-stage Tier 2 Evolvers to participate, unless they are special Evolvers like Lin Feng who possess long-range firepower capabilities."

Father Suan nodded, understanding the gravity of the situation. The safety of Oasis Town had to be the top priority; everything else, even the safety of the bishop, was secondary.

At present, one of the two leaders of the Oasis Church must return to the Oasis as soon as possible in order to stabilize the precarious situation.

After explaining this, the bishop looked at the three people on the outermost edge of the camp: Lin Feng, Chen Shanshan, and the newly arrived Salvation Army leader, Bai Ye:
"Based on my understanding of Li Hao, since he was willing to take the risk of making a move at the last moment before he grew old after a hundred years of forbearance, he must have something to rely on."

"They must have at least the trump card to fight to the death with a peak second-tier evolver, otherwise they would not have dared to challenge the Oasis Church."

"This trump card was specially left for me by Li Hao, but he bowed his head at the Supreme Council and compromised on the way the arena battle was judged, which means that this trump card is not solid, at least it cannot guarantee a victory."

"Therefore, he needs to use a gradual, insidious approach to force the church to voluntarily relinquish the Oasis warship, rather than engaging in a fierce battle with me that leaves him severely weakened."

At this point, Lin Feng hadn't yet reacted, but the experienced Bai Ye immediately understood the bishop's intention in setting up this scheme and asked:

"Therefore, it is best to leave this card to the wolf clan leader, Wolf Ao, so that it becomes a three-against-one situation. With three people whose combat power reaches the second-tier limit and level 29, it will be enough to restrain Wolf Ao."

"With the added threat of the battleships' massive cannons in the rear, if we can land a single blow, we can at least severely injure Wolf Ao."

The bishop glanced at Bai Ye with a hint of appreciation.

Bishop Zhang Hui had heard of this woman, who was already famous far and wide, even in the remote and impoverished town of Oasis.

Knowing that the opponent's special spatial ability is not only extremely rare, but also one of the few superpowers that combines offensive and defensive functions, although it is more inclined to support and defense in the early stages, once it touches the third level and moves from ordinary ability to the power of origin, after gaining a deep mastery of space, its destructive power will have a qualitative leap.

Therefore, with Bai Ye's help, the upcoming battles will undoubtedly go much more smoothly.

The bishop nodded, then drew a long spear from behind him, lifted the outer layer of oilcloth to reveal the sharp, gleaming spearhead.

This is one of two level 24 wolf-tooth spears crafted by Father Suan, and it will be the ultimate weapon to deal with Li Hao and the Rock Horse Armor.

Just by appearing on the scene, it exuded a dangerous aura. Everyone could feel that the temperature of the special high-quality steel wolf fangs at the spearhead was far lower than the forty or fifty degrees under the blazing sun.

If placed indoors, you would probably feel a sudden drop in the surrounding temperature.

Along with the chilling aura, there was also a sense of awe emanating from the gun barrel, sending a shiver down one's spine.

Having encountered the wolf Ao and faced its intimidating presence, Bai Ye's hair stood on end as he recalled the unpleasant experience.

A layer of spatial energy immediately appeared on his body, isolating him from the effects of the armor-piercing wolf spear.

The bishop raised an eyebrow and looked at Bai Ye:

"This is a mid-stage second-tier biological material donated by young friend Lin Feng. It is an armor-piercing wolf spear made of refined steel wolf fangs. Its grade has reached the mid-stage second-tier level, which is enough to break through any mid-stage second-tier armor, especially the outer defense of the Rock Horse Armor."

"It also has an additional effect, namely the intimidating aura emanating from the second-tier giant wolf, which can make evolved life forms with a lower evolution level feel the approach of death."

"As the natural enemy of the Rockhorse in nature, this effect can have a surprise effect in battle, and can even cause Rockhorse warriors and Rockhorse armor to fall into a state of instinctive stiffness due to excessive fear on the spot."

"But the only problem is that its aura is too strong. Even if it is wrapped in layers of oilcloth, it will still leak out unintentionally and arouse the enemy's vigilance."

"Especially in this operation against Li Hao, whether the level 24 armor-piercing wolf spear can achieve its maximum effect has largely determined the smooth execution of the final plan."

Bai Ye quickly realized:

"Does Your Excellency mean I need to use my spatial abilities to envelop this divine weapon, thereby preventing the leakage of its deterrent energy?" Bishop Zhang Hui nodded.
"That's right, only in this way can we severely injure Li Hao by taking him by surprise."

Bai Ye glanced at the spear in the bishop's hand, then turned to look at the arena, and frowned slightly as he said:

"With my current level of ability, the distance I can manipulate in space is within two hundred meters of myself."

"Once this range is exceeded, the ability to control space will rapidly diminish until it becomes ineffective."

After saying this, everyone looked at the arena in front of them.

This is a circle with a diameter of one kilometer and a maximum distance of one kilometer, and the battle mainly broke out within a 500-meter radius of the center.

After all, if you get too close to the boundary, there is a risk of accidentally going out of bounds and being eliminated.

Bai Ye's maximum control distance is only about 200 meters, which is completely useless.

However, after Bai Ye finished speaking, he immediately took out an extra metal box from the side of the modified power armor.

Once opened, dozens of silver-white cubes, each the size of a fingernail, were neatly arranged inside, their surfaces like dice with many small, round, recessed holes.

As he showed the items in his hand to everyone, Bai Ye continued:

"Therefore, in order to overcome the limitation of the range of influence of my superpowers before advancing to the third tier, I specially created this batch of special spatial metal blocks, which I call spatial nodes."

"By placing them within a certain area, they can create a connection and responsive effect, just like setting up a local area network, thereby expanding the scope of influence."

"This box contains one hundred pills. Each pill can affect an area within a radius of five meters on average. Fifty pills, calculated over a straight-line distance, can extend the effect to a distance of up to one kilometer..."

"However, I would have to be there in person, as that would be too extreme. So it would be best to place one every five meters to ensure a very secure connection between each spatial node."

"Adding to the original 200-meter range, when I'm at the edge of the arena, the furthest distance I can influence is probably within 700 meters."

"And it has to be in a straight line, otherwise the spatial energy surrounding the wolf-tooth spear will rapidly decay in less than thirty seconds."

After hearing Bai Ye's introduction, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment.

Lin Feng narrowed his eyes, because he discovered that the small metal cube in Bai Ye's hand was actually emitting a faint high-level energy fluctuation, similar to the energy radiation inside a third-tier king.

In other words, these inconspicuous little things, like the Oasis Key, are special items that touch the threshold of the third tier, with a grade between the second and third tiers.

This is probably Bai Ye's trump card.

According to her description, with these things in existence, she could break through the limitations of her abilities in the second stage and then unleash third-tier techniques.

For example, by manipulating these spatial nodes, one can extend their spatial abilities to a distance of thousands of meters.

Alternatively, within the areas covered by these spatial nodes, unrestricted spatial manipulation can be achieved, enabling actions such as stepping on the void or flying on flat ground.

In this area filled with unique abilities, just like the terrifying energy radiation released by the king, one can gain extremely high bonuses within the area.

Lin Feng suspected that Bai Ye could even perform spatial teleportation in this area, that is, the effect of instantaneous teleportation.

Its speed directly breaks the supersonic barrier.

It can avoid any damage and find the best attack position to launch an effective counterattack.

These seemingly insignificant gadgets brought a much greater boost to strength than the Wolf Fang Spear. Father Su An, standing nearby, also sensed this and his gaze towards Bai Ye became more cautious.

Only the most experienced and knowledgeable bishop immediately understood just how terrifying the effects of the spatial nodes in Bai Ye's hands were.

Because among those present, besides Bai Ye, he was the only one who truly understood the power of the next stage.

Even though Su An was once a renowned priest, he still knew very little about the mysterious third stage above the second level.

After Bai Ye finished his introduction, he immediately presented the square box filled with spatial nodes with both hands.

After receiving it, the bishop couldn't help but remark:
"I never imagined that Chief Bai would achieve so much at such a young age. Not only did he comprehend the mysteries of spatial intent before advancing to the third rank, but he also comprehended the power of origin and imitated the mysteries of the domain in the mid-to-late stages of the third rank."

"The spatial node contains some of the evolved cells in your body, which are rich in spatial source matter and can release spatial energy, essentially creating an artificial spatial field."

"Such a brilliant idea is truly worthy of researchers who survived the old era. Without a rich and solid theoretical foundation, how could they have come up with this idea?"

Bai Ye coughed lightly and said humbly:

"It's mainly due to my unique ability. After all, space itself is everywhere, and compared to other evolved beings, I can train almost every moment."

"The more you use it, the faster you'll figure out the tricks and make the most of it."

His Holiness the bishop nodded, then looked at Father Su An and Lin Feng, and introduced them to each other in a somewhat persuasive tone:

"The ultimate goal of evolution is to go from adapting to the environment to transcending the environment, and finally to becoming the environment itself."

"During the dark ages of the old calendar, the Lord of the Holy Spring was able to stand out from the other gods because of his ability to counteract the effects of the environment and even change the harsh wasteland shrouded by the scorching sun, creating one oasis of life after another with his infinite vitality."

"Life can only continue under the radiance of the sacred spring; this is the influence of the divine realm."

"And a third-tier king can also influence the surrounding environment as he continues to evolve."

"Although this is called radiation pollution, if it is a positive change, it is also a benefit to the field."

"This point will determine your future path of evolution. Pioneers like Chief White, who establish their own schools of thought, will have an extremely difficult journey and will have to figure things out on their own."

"As for the Path of the Holy Spring, as long as one comprehends the evolutionary path left behind by the Lord of the Holy Spring, advancing to the third-tier bishop is just around the corner."

"As for young friend Lin, the gun-related ability you have awakened is the strongest path of destruction, far surpassing the power of other paths. You have the opportunity to access the legacy of the Gun King's original essence, so you must make the most of it."

Choose a path that is only suitable for you.

After he finished speaking, exactly half an hour had passed.

As referee Xu Wanfeng entered the arena, he began to offer his advice.

The final arena battle is about to begin.

(End of this chapter)