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Chapter 153: Values ​​Exceed 100 Million, Instant Kill! A Giant Hand That Pierces Dimensions! (4k, 22)

boom--!
Boundless starry sky, a dazzling punch.

Holland's chest was once again completely pierced.

In the starry sky, the blood of a fifteenth-tier evolved being gushed out from his chest.

His face was still frozen in bewilderment and horror.

Bang-!
Yu Jin's right hand trembled slightly.

The corpse of Holland hanging in his hand turned into a cloud of blood mist and slowly dissipated.

Holland's shot was very strong.

But coincidentally, one of Ember's abilities perfectly counters it.

Even the locked skills of a level 15 evolved being can only be used in vain.

[Fourth-Order Spatial Attribute Ability: Subspace lv9]

[Active Effect: Briefly enters subspace, during which time the user cannot be targeted and is immune to all damage]

[Max level effect: Cooldown is greatly reduced, and the time spent in subspace is extended]

In fact.

From the moment Ember appeared, it has been in the subspace.

Even a lion uses its full strength to hunt a rabbit, let alone Holland, who is a level 15 evolved being just like himself.

hum-

not far away.

Holland's figure appeared from the void.

Yu Jin watched this scene, his eyes narrowing slightly.

Although he saw Holland's 'half' after his substitution talent, he guessed that Holland had another life.

but……

Even with all his perception, Ember still couldn't understand how Holland had 'died in his place'.

Even though Ember possessed the 'space' attribute, he was unable to detect Holland's presence before Holland appeared.

"talent……"

The embers murmured softly.

From this perspective, 'talent' should be a power that transcends 'attributes', or rather, it is higher than the rules of 'attributes', which is why it can disregard attributes.

Just like Eureka's talent of 60% magic immunity, it is completely inexplicable from an energy perspective.

But ironically, it actually exists.

"game……"

"Ultimately, it's a world governed by the rules of the game..."

Yu Jin sighed softly.

distance.

Holland's expression was extremely grave at this moment.

He never imagined...

Not only did Ember dodge his full-force attack, but he also punched himself in the face!
That punch just now completely exceeded his defensive limits.

He did indeed lose another life as a result.

His ability to take the fall has also changed from 0/2 to 2/2.

This means that his survival talent will become completely ineffective before the 30-day cooldown ends.

"Damn it!"

Facing the embers, this starfleet commander had lost his composure for what seemed like the umpteenth time.

He was no longer calm or composed.

All he wanted to do was kill this low-level player in front of him and take away the game bug he possessed!

to this end……

He's willing to pay any price!
Bang-!
Under the watchful gaze of the embers.

Holland suddenly raised his hands, which moved continuously in the air.

Invisible threads, one by one, break at this moment.

In the void, streams of energy surged into his body.

It was just a fleeting moment.

Holland's aura was also visibly increasing rapidly!
5500, 5600, 5700 million...

Om-!
Ember flashed and appeared directly behind him.

joke!

He's not going to be stupid enough to wait for the opponent to stack up their buffs before making his move!
Take advantage of his illness and kill him!
"Humph--"

Holland snorted coldly, and his figure vanished from the spot.

After being killed twice by Ember, he was clearly on guard.

"pity."

Yu Jin stood in the void, shaking his head and sighing softly.

And not far away.

Holland's aura was still surging.

A short time.

It has already surpassed 6000 million!
Ember wasn't sure what ability he was using; he only knew...

Snap!
Seventeenth-order crystal swallowed!
This is the second 17th-tier crystal that Yu Jin has obtained.

"Um……"

Yu Jin frowned slightly.

After many days, he once again felt the long-lost drowsiness and exhaustion from the deepest part of his soul.

The energy of the seventeenth-tier crystal was far too vast for him at this moment.

"Hold on!"

With a wave of his hand, Yu Jin opened another crystal entrance.

Snap!
boom--!
The aura of the embers also began to surge.

5000, 6000, 7000 million...

Time passes slowly.

Among the stars.

Two figures stood facing each other from a distance.

Both of them were stacking buffs on themselves.

The number of embers has reached a staggering 9000 million!

This is more than double what it was before!
And Holland?
His stats increased from 5500 million to 7000 million, which is an absolutely enormous improvement, but in the face of Ember...

Like a green recruit.

"Unstable!"

"Still unstable!"

Ember was not satisfied with this.

9000 million and 7000 million are still too close.

Snap!
This time, Yu Jin devoured three 17th-tier crystals in a row.

The intense drowsiness even made Yu Jin stagger and feel dizzy.

"Fuck!"

Holland is numb!
He did his best, he really did his best...

He has consumed all the puppets, turning their flesh and blood energy into his own.

This is his ninth-tier 'puppet' attribute ability, which is absolutely a forbidden ability even in the wasteland of the star system.

But why!
Facing the embers, he felt utterly alone!

"Can't wait any longer!"

"We can't let him get promoted any further!"

Holland felt the embers' energy surging again and became extremely anxious.

boom--!
He flashed away, heading towards the starry sky far from the embers.

He had to create distance to avoid being killed by Ember's punch again.

Om-!
Holland raised his hand, and the elemental energy within his body surged forth.

The light of stars appeared behind him.

As before, star projections appeared one by one.

But the difference is...

"go with!"

Suddenly, a wooden figure appeared in front of him.

The wooden figure looks exactly like Holland.

It roared and continued to expand.

It was just a fleeting moment.

The wooden figure grew to a height of ten thousand meters.

"Players from low-level civilizations..."

Even if you possess game bugs, even if you have more than a dozen attributes, you still don't understand the true power of an evolved being!

Holland sneered, and the stars behind him burst forth with endless brilliance.

The light did not attack the embers, but instead surged towards the wooden figure.

Om-!
Holland's figure also disappeared from the spot and reappeared inside the wooden figure.

Tier 8 Puppet Attribute Ability: War Puppet!
Eighth-tier Star Attribute Ability: Starlight Protection!

Holland wanted to make Ember understand a principle: the ninth rank does not represent the strongest; 8+8>9!

The truly powerful evolved beings are never just a collection of attributes and abilities, but rather a fusion and synergy!
In the vast wasteland of the galaxy, for those of higher evolutionary levels...

They are no longer limited to the only first to ninth-tier abilities, but have instead explored their respective attributes and abilities to their limits, and created synergies with each other, resulting in an effect where 1+1 is far greater than 2!
boom--!
Holland's spell ended.

War puppets stand tall in the starry sky.

His aura, based on its original foundation, has once again achieved a breakthrough.

If you check the values ​​of the embers, you will find...

The value of this war puppet has unscientifically broken through Holland's original upper limit of 7000 million, reaching a terrifying level of 8000 million.

This value is not far from that of the embers.

"die!"

The war puppet strode across the starry sky and appeared before Ember in an instant.

Holland's face was contorted with rage.

The puppet slammed its hands down on the embers.

Starlight shimmered on his two large hands, and countless illusory star shadows could be faintly seen!
but……

"too slow."

Suddenly, Yu Jin's voice rang out.

The war puppet's movements were frozen in mid-air.

Swish—Ember opened his eyes.

His aura, no longer turbulent or surging, calmed down.

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

[Energy surplus, automatic advancement!]

[You have become a sixteenth-tier evolver!]

now.

From Ember's perspective, his stats have officially surpassed the 100 million mark.

It was at this moment, when the number surpassed 100 million, that he could clearly feel...

The distant 'sun' at the center of the galaxy is trembling and emitting mournful cries.

One hundred million is the current limit of the server.

It's not that Ember can't continue to improve, but rather that if he continues to improve, that 'sun,' which is the planet's server, will collapse...

And after the number exceeded 100 million.

The world that the embers saw had also completely changed.

He can see...

Countless 'energy' and 'rules' wander in the starry sky.

The transition from the fifteenth to the sixteenth rank may seem like just a single rank increase, but it feels like two completely different dimensions.

Just like now.

Ember looked at the war puppets confined in their space as if they were looking at a poorly made wooden puppet.

Even with a value of 9999 million, he couldn't have so easily imprisoned Holland and the war puppets in an instant.

but……

He can see the trajectory of energy and the fluctuations of rules.

In a sense.

Having reached the maximum value limit of the planet's server, he was now no different from a true god.

This is good news, but it's also bad news.

Fortunately, he can now crush all life on the planet's server as easily as crushing an ant.

The problem is that even though he still has the seventeenth-tier energy crystal, he cannot truly break through to a higher tier in the short term. He might be able to break through, but he will most likely be sealed and restricted, unable to exert his power on the current server.

Yu Jin shook his head and withdrew his gaze from the sun.

He stretched out his finger and pointed it at the war puppet from a distance.

In this attack, the 'spatial black hole,' the amount of energy used by Ember was exactly one hundred million.

And the result is...

The distant sun began to flash brightly.

The surrounding starry sky was constantly collapsing.

The entire planet's servers wailed.

Bo——!
A crisp sound.

The towering war puppet, empowered by the power of the stars, Holland's ultimate trump card, which combined two types of energy, dissipated.

Along with Holland and everything else inside the puppet.

Just for a moment.

They were swallowed by the black hole, leaving no trace of their existence.

Om-!
The black hole disappeared.

Everything returned to calm.

The sun, the starry sky, and the server itself all stabilized as a result.

[You, a mere ant, have outmaneuvered and killed 'Holland Benitez, an 18th-tier evolved being of the Level II Celsa Civilization'!]

[Civilization Origin Points +100!]

[You have obtained the following resource: Tier 18 Energy Crystal *1]

[Resources you have acquired: Medium-sized interstellar refuge fortress *1]

……

[You have defeated 'Tier 15 Evolver - Holland Benitez'!]

['The Spoils of the Strong' activated...]

You have acquired one of his talents!

[You've awakened a new talent: Substitute Death!]

[Substitute Death: Passive talent, no activation required, grants immunity to death!]

[Number of times: 0/2]

[Cooldown: 30 days]

"Ok?"

"I really got a great deal."

Yu Jin raised an eyebrow slightly.

Before killing Holland, he did not use the spoils of war from the strong, reserving them specifically for this strongest 15th-tier commander.

"A talent for taking the fall?"

"That's a bit too incredible..."

After carefully reading the instructions, Yu Jin was astonished to find that 'immunity to death' did not have any prerequisites.

but……

next second.

boom--!
The entire starry sky suddenly trembled!
"Ants--"

A detached and authoritative voice echoed from the void.

A giant hand appeared out of thin air and roared toward the embers!

Just for a moment.

Yu Jin's entire body was covered in bristling hairs.

This hand made him truly feel the threat of death for the first time!

Om-!
Ember activated his spatial ability, but his body remained in the same spot.

The space around him, no, the entire starry sky, was completely frozen at this moment.

Time, space, energy...

Everything was frozen in time.

Even the thoughts and ideas of the embers remained frozen in that one second.

And right before his eyes.

Swah——

The system panel pops up automatically.

【warn!warn! 】

You have encountered a higher-dimensional life form of unknown rank!

[Being confined to a lower dimension, your ant-like body is powerless to resist!]

Run! Run!

The embers could not see these lines of text.

Bang-!
His body completely disintegrated the moment the giant hand fell.

just.

Om-!
The 'Substitute Death' talent is activated.

The figure of Yu Jin reappeared in the same spot.

"Ok?"

A soft exclamation echoed from the void.

"It can actually plunder that insect's talent..."

hum-

The special rules of fluctuation spread.

Bang-!
The terrifying giant hand then shattered with a deafening roar.

The previously stagnant space and time began to flow again.

……

……

Above the endless starry sky.

In a room.

The young man took off his helmet.

He turned his head and looked out the window—

A bustling city, people walking around, and a starry sky overhead.

Everything seemed exactly as described in science fiction movies.

the difference is……

The young man exuded a unique aura.

His right hand was slowly bleeding pale red blood.

"Does the Wasteland game even have looting abilities?"

"Or is it just a coincidence?"

The young man frowned and muttered to himself.

just now.

The insects he was raising died.

Those were insects he specifically invested in, which could earn him a decent amount of source points.

to this end--

He even spent a huge amount of Source Points to buy the 'Substitute Death' talent for that bug.

original……

He only needs to wait for the Derek server upgrade to finish and for a new batch of players to ascend to higher dimensions, then he can use the identity of the 'bug' to obtain welfare benefits from the federal government.

But now?
Everything is in vain!
This led him, even in a fit of anger, to make the reckless move of interfering with the low-dimensional server.

Bang-!
The dull thud interrupted the young man's thoughts.

His room door was kicked open.

"Third-class citizen—Padding Miles!"

"You have interfered with the low-dimensional server without authorization, affecting the operation of the Wasteland game!"

"This behavior is a serious violation of Federal Convention No. 007!"

You will be placed under investigation!

"You have the right to remain silent during this time, but everything you say can be used as evidence in federal court!"

"Now, please come with us..."

(End of this chapter)