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Chapter 152 Evenly Matched? I Want Absolute Domination!

Chapter 152 Evenly Matched? I Want Absolute Domination! (5k, 12)

The boundless starry sky.

The terrifying fluctuations of energy, far exceeding the level of a planetary server, shattered the void inch by inch.

boom--

Boom——!
Between Yu Jin's hands, the power and aura of a fourteenth-tier evolved being surged wildly.

And such embers...

There are fifteen in total!

Since awakening, Ember has consumed six 6th-tier crystals. As his internal energy recovers, all his stats have increased to 4500 million.

With the Split Lv9+ enhanced talent, it's doubly empowered.

Each of Ember's clones inherits all of Ember's attributes and up to 70% of his stats.

4500 million * 70% = 3150 million!
This completely exceeds the standard of 3000 million for the fourteenth order!

Although these clones exist for an extremely short time, lasting at most only one minute.

but……

enough!

Fourteen fourteenth-tier evolvers, plus the nearly fifteenth-tier Ember itself.

Such a terrifying lineup instantly reversed the situation.

The original 10 Tier 14 Evolvers of the Celsa Fleet, along with their commander Holland Benitez, were surrounded by Ember alone!

Om-!
now.

The embers, along with their fourteen clones, were all developing ninth-tier attribute abilities!
After reaching the fourteenth rank, abilities from the first to the fourth rank will be awakened, and their power will be enhanced.

but……

Even if a ninth-tier ability has not been awakened, it is still the strongest among all attributes.

The clone of Ember does not possess much energy; its short duration of one minute is only enough to sustain one attack.

Therefore, without hesitation, all of them activated their ninth-tier abilities!
……

"how is this possible?"

The center of the encirclement.

Holland sensed powerful auras of ninth-tier abilities, and his expression changed once again.

The 14 clones of the embers had already astonished this level 15 commander.

but……

Now, sensing the different elemental energies emanating from these clones, the commander felt momentarily disoriented!
He saw—

The dazzling light illuminated almost the entire dark deep space.

That is……

Light attribute? Pure light attribute!
He saw—

The exploding lightning pierced through the void time and time again.

Lightning attribute, pure lightning attribute!
He saw—

Space, proliferation, metal, cards, wind, underground surge...

He couldn't even discern many of the attributes!

Is this really a quality that a person can possess?
Even in the vast wastelands of a star system teeming with thousands of advanced civilizations, Holland had never heard of any evolved being possessing so many attributes!
"bug..."

"Is this the real bug?"

Following the fifteenth-order energy crystallization, Holland gained a deeper understanding of bugs.

but……

Ember didn't care how he perceived it.

He didn't care at all; Holland and the other 11 people had already mobilized all their energy for defense.

What he wanted to do was to give these guys a little bit of ninth-tier ability baptism!

"I said, let there be light!"

Southeast direction.

The ember clone murmured.

The clones do not possess the ability to think, but they can obey Ember's commands.

This clone poured all of its energy into this attack.

[Ninth-Tier Light Attribute Ability: Starburst of Light!]

[Passive Effect: Converts all matter within the area into photons]

[Active Effect: Detonates photons, transforming them into a supernova explosion!]

……

"Thunder comes!"

Due north.

The embers, crackling with lightning, whispered a soft murmur.

[Ninth-Tier Lightning Attribute Ability: Cosmic Tribulation Lightning Domain!]

[Active Effect: Generates a thunderstorm starfield, instantly unleashing ten thousand pillars of annihilating lightning!]

……

"exile!"

Due east.

The embers, half-hidden in the void, pointed out, appearing and disappearing intermittently.

[Ninth-Tier Spatial Attribute Ability: Dimensional Cage!]

[Active Effect: Locates and banishes all enemies within the area to a lower-dimensional prison, where they are subjected to eternal spatial strangulation!]

……

"Grow freely!"

Due west.

Ember's body disappeared little by little.

He transformed into billions of cells, each one wriggling, rushing towards the fourteenth-tier evolved being in the encirclement.

[Ninth-Tier Proliferation Attribute Ability: Ultimate Proliferation!]

[Active Effect: Transforms into billions of cells, which absorb energy from the enemy's body, multiply and grow infinitely, and then self-destruct!]

……

"In the name of cards."

Due south.

Ember slowly drew nine cards from the thousands of cards before him.

[Card Draw Lv9: Draw 9 cards from a randomly refreshed deck. Each card has a different one-time effect.]

Specifically, this includes: attack cards, defense cards, healing cards, trap cards, field cards, teleportation cards, and rule cards.

Ember raised his hand, and nine cards whistled out.

The clone inherits the attributes of the embers and possesses the Eye of Insight, allowing it to cheat and see through card effects.

This differs from the original strategy of the city lord of Da Luo City to "spread the rain and dew equally".

The choice that Ember has now is...

Only attack, no defense!

Nine identical rule cards!
"Rule Card: Both sides take 100% more damage in this area!"

……

"Wind, scatter them."

Southwest.

Yu Jin reached out and waved his hand gently.

A gentle breeze stirs in space.

[Ninth-Tier Wind Attribute Ability: Wind of Annihilation]

[Active Effect: Summons a chaotic wind with the 'annihilation' property, annihilating everything in its path!]

……

"Explosions are art!"

Northwest direction.

Yu Jin clasped his hands together and muttered incantations.

Behind him, the faint outline of a planet could be seen.

In the void, fragments of stone emerged and pieced together.

At the center of the encirclement, beneath Holland and the others, the earth appeared.

[Ninth-tier Earth Surge Attribute Ability: Earth Explosion Star!]

[Active Effect: Unleash the power of the planet to detonate the Earth's core lava, causing devastating damage!]

……

"Entropy silence".

Southeast direction.

The void surrounding Yu Jin continued to collapse and vanish.

He slowly pointed a finger forward.

[Ninth-Tier Destruction Ability: Entropy's End!]

[Active Effects: Entropy Silence, Ruins, End, Destruction]

……

"The power of metal!"

Northeast direction.

The embers reflected a bright metallic luster all over their bodies.

boom--

Boom——!
A huge void appeared out of thin air behind him.

Within the void, countless irregularly shaped metal constructs roared out.

[Ninth-Tier Metal Attribute Ability: Starry Forge!]

[Active Effect: Melts all metal elements within the area, forging millions of weapons, instantly unleashing a torrent of metal!]

……

"Let's surpass them!"

Below the crowd.

Ember stood in the void, a faint pink mist emanating from his body.

Just for a moment.

Holland and the others, who were inside the encirclement, were completely enveloped by a light pink mist.

Their breathing became inexplicably rapid.

[Ninth-Tier Peacemaking Attribute Ability: Forced Peacemaking!]

[Active Effect: Condenses highly pure Mist of Union. Targets affected by the mist will uncontrollably engage in union with each other if they are lower in rank than the target. Targets of the same or higher rank must consume a huge amount of energy to resist this negative status. Once the energy is exhausted, the target will uncontrollably engage in union.]

……

"Death sentence!"

Everyone's heads.

Countless invisible threads of cause and effect entangled around the embers.

[Ninth-Order Causality Ability: Reversing Effect into Cause]

[Active Effect: Anchors the outcome of an event, increasing its probability of occurrence. This ability is not affected by the user's own rank.]

[Anchoring Result: 10 Tier 14 Evolvers Died]

[Activation Ability: Reversing Cause and Effect]

【…】

[Frey Shaw, a fourteenth-tier evolved being with the attribute of 'Shadow', was hit by 'Lightfall Galaxies'...]

[The fourteenth-tier evolved being 'Minos Love' lacks the ability to defend against cellular invasion and is locked onto by 'Extreme Proliferation'...]

[The fourteenth-tier evolved being 'Tamia Field' has a stronger reproductive desire than ordinary people and is affected by 'forced mating'...]

[The fourteenth-tier evolved being 'Sel Clark' has an attribute related to 'stability' and is countered by 'Entropy Silence'...]

【…】

[Ten Tier 10 Evolvers fought with all their might, but were severely injured due to the 'Rule Card's 100% damage increase for both sides...]

[The embers themselves activate their 'Cause and Effect Reincarnation' ability to correct the situation...]

[Seventh-tier causal attribute ability: Causal Reincarnation lv1]

[Active Effect: Creates a causal loop, causing enemies in the area to repeatedly suffer or enjoy negative/positive status effects.]

[Ten Tier 10 Evolvers suffered double, triple, and quadruple cycles of damage...]

[The Ember itself used 20 Tier 14 Energy Crystals...]

[Ember's true form still needs to bear the 'cause and effect cost': losing its left arm]

[Ember's main body used 20 Tier 15 Energy Crystals, and its left arm recovered.]

【…】

The boundless starry sky.

Holland's ten subordinates, the squad leader of the Celsa Advanced Fleet, a fourteenth-tier evolved being.

They had clearly given their all to withstand the onslaught from the Ember clones.

and……

Even though they were severely restrained, they managed to hold off the attack at the cost of injuries.

But why!
The next second, before they could even breathe a sigh of relief...

boom--!
Boom boom——!
The second time, the third time, the fourth time!
The exact same attack, the exact same damage, the exact same negative status!
Almost instantly.

It worked on them again!
This effect completely ignores time, space, and energy defenses...

It's as if it's the result of some kind of rule!
"what--!"

"don't want--!"

"Tamia, what are you doing?!"

"..."

The center of the encirclement.

Screams, wails, cries for help...

Ultimately, they were all completely swallowed up by the utterly collapsing void.

The outermost edge of the encirclement.

Holland stared blankly at the scene.

He wanted to do something, but he couldn't do anything...

Just as the Ember clones launched their attack, Holland instinctively mobilized all his elemental energies to defend himself.

but……

There were more than a dozen attacks, but none of them were aimed at him.

He defended against nothing!
When he finally came to his senses, this was the scene before him.

Although, in his plan, these men were all destined to die anyway.

But he shouldn't have, and it's impossible, for him to have died like this!

The deaths of ten Tier 10 evolved beings should have at least severely injured Yu Jin, if not killed him!

But now?
Holland looked up and gazed into the distance.

The true form of the embers appeared from the void.

He's wonderful, as wonderful as could be...

In fact, his aura was even stronger and more stable than before, not far from that of his own fifteenth-level self.

"Could it be that he..."

Holland's thoughts came to an abrupt halt.

Snap!
With a grin, Yu Jin ate the last fifteenth-tier energy crystal right in front of him.

boom--!
The aura of the embers surged once more.

At this moment, his value is 4900 million, which is very close to the fifteenth level!
but……

This final million cannot be obtained simply by consuming crystals as before.

But...

You need to consume more crystals!

At this moment, Holland and Ember were exchanging glances across the distance.

Om-!
The center of the encirclement.

The spatial fluctuations spread, and everything returned to calm.

However, the figures of the 10 fourteenth-tier evolved beings had completely disappeared.

They died, killed by 15 embers, killed by 'karma and reincarnation'.

They probably shouldn't have died so easily and hastily, if Holland, at level fifteen, had intervened to save them.

Unfortunately, the commander-in-chief was busy defending against air at the time.

Bang-!
Bang bang——!
Outside the encirclement, the fourteen clones of Ember collapsed one after another.

They actually had more than ten seconds left to last, but the clones had already exhausted all their energy.

and.

These 14 clones only attacked and did not defend, and they also encountered the full-force counterattack of the 10 fourteenth-level evolved beings in their dying moments.

The combination of these two factors resulted in the premature dissipation of these 14 clones.

Swish-

Before the embers, lines of text appeared one by one.

[You, a mere ant, have outmaneuvered and killed 'Frey Shaw, a Tier II Celsa Civilization Tier 17 Evolver'!]

[Civilization Origin Points +50!]

[You have obtained the following resource: 1th-tier Energy Crystal]

[Resources you have obtained: Small interstellar refuge fortress *1]

……

[Your cumulative rewards—]

[Civilization Origin: 500 Million]

[10 Seventeenth-Tier Energy Crystals]

[Small interstellar refuge fortresses: 10]

[Your total number of Civilization Source Points has exceeded 500 million. The Star Duel has ended. After returning to Planet A3, you will receive the Wasteland game rewards!]

……

After reading this information, Yu Jin smiled.

He was just worried about running out of fifteenth-tier energy crystals, and then...

Seventeenth-order energy crystals have arrived!

It stands to reason.

Normally, evolved beings cannot consume crystals beyond their level, especially since Ember is currently only at level fourteen.

but……

Snap!
Yu Jin raised his hand, and a crystal entered his mouth.

"What!?"

Holland, who witnessed this scene firsthand, was completely stunned!
What did he see?
That dazzling crystal, like the core of a star...

"A seventeenth-order energy crystal?"

"You actually have a level 17 energy crystal!"

Holland's tone became high-pitched at this moment.

Each time, he thought he had seen through Ember's trump card.

But each time, the embers immediately brought him new shocks...

boom--!
The seventeenth-order crystal was swallowed.

The aura of the embers surged instantly.

A terrifying surge swept across millions of miles of starry sky.

[You have used a 'Seventeenth-Order Energy Crystal'!]

[Energy surplus, automatic advancement...]

[You have become a Tier 15 Evolver!]

"Hey--"

Ember looked at Holland and grinned.

"Now, I'm also at level fifteen."

hum-

Yu Jin had a sudden thought.

With the Eye of Insight level 9 activated, Holland's information was laid bare.

He was curious about how Holland had survived his surprise punch on planet A3.

Holland Benitez

[Civilization: Tier II]

Home planet: Celsa

[Rank: 15]

[Attributes: Perception, Stars, Puppet]

[Talent: Substitute Death (1/2)]

[Abilities: Weakness Perception Lv10, Star Projection Lv10, Puppet Control Lv10...]

【evaluate--】

[Commander-in-Chief of the T-9 Advanced Starfleet, subordinate to the Ninth Star Fortress of the Level II Civilization Celsa Fleet...]

The puppeteer is also a puppet...

[More information is not available at your current rank...]

"Ok?"

Ember's attention was drawn to the last two lines of text.

The puppeteer is also a puppet?
Is there more information that someone at level 15 cannot access?

meaning is……

Does it also involve evolvers of a higher rank than 15?
Besides.

Ember also discovered that this guy's ability level had actually broken through 'lv9' and reached the level of lv10.

This is also the first evolved being with a level 10 ability that Ember has encountered so far.

Obviously.

The extraordinary system in the galactic wasteland is not just a simple stacking of evolutionary ranks; it also involves other levels of advancement, such as the ability awakening after the eleventh rank.

"We must not be careless, nor underestimate our opponent!"

With a thought, Yu Jin checked Holland's stats.

"5500?"

"It's close to what I expected; it's not much more than fifteen levels higher."

Yu Jin nodded slightly.

The moment he broke through, he had already grasped his own numerical values.

$5600 million, $100 million more than Holland.

For a level 15 evolver, this mere one million is obviously of negligible impact.

and so……

"Unstable!"

Yu Jin had a sudden thought.

Swah——

Another dazzling crystal appeared in his hand.

"you--!"

Although Yu Jin had many thoughts, they all happened in an instant.

From Holland's perspective, what he saw was...

As soon as Yu Jin finished eating a level 17 crystal, he immediately took out another one!
Snap!
Yu Jin remained silent, only consuming crystals.

He doesn't want an evenly matched contest, he wants an absolute crushing victory!

Is the 15th order unstable?
Then I'll break through to the sixteenth level!

Is the sixteenth order unstable?
Then it'll be the seventeenth level!
This duel in the starry sky is also an excellent opportunity for Ember to break through.

To break through on Planet A3, you'll also need the system and a high level as cover.

In the boundless starry sky, there is no limit to the highest level of nine, so Ember can break through to his heart's content!

boom--!
After consuming the seventeenth-tier crystal, the aura of the embers began to surge at a visible speed!
"You deserve to die!"

Holland was cursing angrily and had already raised his hand.

As the commander-in-chief, he was not a fool.

What seemed like a verbal sparring match with Ember just now was actually...

Om-!
Behind Holland, a massive projection of stars emerged from the void!
And there's more than one!
Buzz—!
Stars rose behind him!

Holland's ninth-tier star attribute ability consumes more energy and becomes more powerful the longer it is charged!

and……

This is a lock-on move!

He saw that Ember wanted to continue breaking through, although Holland couldn't understand why Ember, who was only at the fourteenth level and had just broken through to the fifteenth level, not only possessed a seventeenth-level crystal, but also didn't explode and die on the spot after taking it.

But he knew very well that he had to stop the embers!

Boom boom——!
Between the lightning and flint.

The star projection behind Holland roared out!

The attack came so quickly.

Almost there, the figure of the embers was instantly swallowed up by the falling stars...

"Ok?"

But Holland's expression changed drastically at that moment.

His all-out attack missed!
"how is this possible?"

Holland couldn't understand it.

hum-

Suddenly, spatial fluctuations rippled behind him.

And a faint, soft laugh.