He promised to become a knight, but what the heck is Astartes?

"I understand."

Rorschach simply nodded in response to Taylor's warning.

But deep down, he no longer cared.

After all, in the Spirit Realm above the Spirit World, Luo Xia's identity is that of a super-level powerhouse, 'Dark'!

Moreover, since Luo Xia has no physical body in the Spirit Realm, all his strength comes from his own β-level spiritual energy, so naturally he has no limitations.

If some ignorant spirit beings come, then the darkness in the spirit realm can launch a dimensional reduction attack to kill these blind spirit beings and obtain spiritual resources.

"Later on, I can even use entrapment to ensure that the spiritual resources needed for a breakthrough will be completely depleted!"

Thinking of this, Luo Xia's lips curled into a smile, feeling that the road ahead was incredibly bright.

"Rorschach, the demonic tide has arrived. Now that you have completed your breakthrough, your teacher will also join the battle."

Seeing that Luo Xia had successfully broken through and was still so strong, Taylor naturally lost his intention to protect the Dharma and instead wanted to join the Demon Tide Battlefield.

After all, this battle offers double the merit, an opportunity that only occurs when a deep abyss rift is completely pacified.

This is something that can only be encountered by chance, so even Taylor harbored the idea of ​​gaining more military merits.

Moreover, some of the treasures within the Imperial War Merit Center are so rare that even the War Church doesn't possess them!

"Go ahead, Teacher Taylor. I need to solidify my cultivation level."

Luo Xia stepped out of the blood pool, then slowly sat cross-legged on its edge and closed his eyes.

Having just broken through, he still needs to nurture the spiritual energy and life cycle within his body, as well as...

The second gene-editing surgery is complete!

"it is good."

Taylor nodded, knowing that Rorschach still needed to carefully experience the strength of a formal knight and the extraordinary abilities that it embodied.

So he didn't disturb them, but simply picked up the blood-red battle axe beside him, covered his entire body with life armor, and quickly ran outside.

After all, Taylor didn't know how long this battle would last, so he naturally wanted to enter the battlefield as early as possible to reap more benefits.

Perhaps, with enough military achievements, one can directly access the empire's high-end resources and cultivate an extraordinary heart.

After nurturing his life cycle and spirituality, Luo Xia slowly opened his eyes and opened the system panel with anticipation in his expression.

[Ding ding ding! The Great Emperor witnessed your invincible prowess amidst the warp storm and expressed utmost satisfaction with the warp essence you condensed!]

"Hahaha! What a fine poem! As expected of my most beloved child, you are skilled in both literature and martial arts! This gives me complete hope for the revival of the great Terra! My good child, take this ring and proclaim to the world my love for you, and the might of the Emperor's Fist!"

[Congratulations on completing the hidden quest: Heretic's Nightmare!]

[Mission Evaluation: Perfect! You achieved the highest level of spiritual nourishment during the Knight's Baptism with unparalleled skill, crushing those geniuses and heretics under your feet! Even the great Emperor Hook is proud of you!]

[Quest Rewards: 2000 Imperial Honor Points, 1 Centaur Gold Ring!]

……

[Ding ding ding! Hidden quest completed: Forging Blood into Armor!]

[You truly are a good child, absolutely loyal to the Great Emperor! In less than two months, you've broken through one hundred layers of basic life cycles! Such talent terrifies heretics and makes even the Great Demons tremble. Perhaps the next prelude to igniting the galaxy will be drawn by your own hands!]

[Quest Reward: +0.1 Free Attribute Points, Blood Forged Armor!]

"Not bad, not bad, you've completed two tasks in one go!"

Seeing the golden notification on the task panel, Luo Xia's lips curled into a smile.

Then I directly added the free attribute points to Strength.

Emperor's Holy Fist Rorschach

[Attributes: Strength 22.0, Constitution 32.4, Agility 20.4, Spirit 24.0]

"This breakthrough to become a full-fledged knight has increased my strength by 3 points, my constitution by 6 points, my agility by 2 points, and my spirit by 2 points!"

Seeing that all his attributes had broken through to 20 points and his physique had surged to 32.4 points, Luo Xia grinned.

The condensation of this extraordinary body directly caused his various numerical attributes to surpass the limits of a mid-level knight, approaching those of a high-level knight!

"But even a high-ranking knight wouldn't be a match for me, unless I'm a top-tier knight..."

Luo Xia was confident, even though he had only just broken through to become a formal knight.

However, with the support of his own mechanics and stats, as long as he doesn't encounter a Grand Knight, he dares to claim that he is invincible among his peers!

"However, that's not enough!"

Luo Xia didn't even look at the two rewards he had just received. Instead, he stared intently at the Emperor Honor Points he had accumulated.

[Emperor's Honor Points: 4036!]

"Come on, the second gene modification surgery!"

Rorschach opened the Emperor's Honor Shop directly and purchased 'Astartes Genetic Modification Surgery II' without the slightest hesitation.

[Ding! 3900 Imperial Honor Points deducted, purchase successful]

[Remaining Imperial Honor Points: 116]

[Rorschach, the Emperor Fist expert, has been detected. He has completed the first stage of modification surgery and his physical condition meets the requirements. Should we immediately begin the second stage of implantation?]

"Activate!"

[Phase Two: Bone Strengthening Surgery Implantation Begins!]

boom!

As Luo Xia finished speaking, an even more intense pain than when he had his second heart implanted instantly swept over his entire body.

At that moment, Luo Xia felt as if his bone marrow had been drained, and then someone had forcibly poured a ball of molten iron into him.

At that moment, all the bones in its body made a cracking sound, and then, under the catalysis of some substance, they began to grow wildly!

Most importantly, Rorschach could clearly feel that his ribs were rapidly growing and merging under the influence of this substance!

Then it grew completely and formed an indestructible bulletproof bone plate on its chest!

It protected Rorschach's two hearts and other vital organs in his chest cavity.

Even so, the transformation was not over yet. As hormones began to be secreted in his body, the blood splashing around the blood pool and various energies in the air began to be forcibly absorbed by Rorschach's bones.

Immediately afterwards, the density of the bones increased dramatically, and the color of the bones changed!

It lasted a full two and a half hours.

The intense pain of the transformation caused Rorschach to bite his lips until they bled.

Fortunately, Rorschach pulled through!

"Click-click-click..."

As the transformation ended and the excruciating pain subsided, Luo Xia slowly stood up, and his bones made a crisp cracking sound as they moved.

At this moment, Luo Xia's physique grew even taller, directly breaking through to 2.3 meters!

This makes Rorschach, even standing here, seem like an unshakeable mountain!

"This is the Astartes's skeletal enhancement..."

"That's incredibly strong!"

Chapter 145 The Wrath of the First Prince: Charging into the Beast Tide!

"This power..."

Luo Xia clenched his fist and threw a punch, slamming it into the black rock floor beneath his feet.

Without the support of a life magnetic field or the use of supernatural power, the purest physical strength alone was enough to smash a half-meter deep crater into the black rock floor that was strong enough to withstand a blow from a peak knight!

[Astartes gene modification surgery, part two: bone enhancement surgery and implantation completed, 100% match!]

Your strength and physique have been greatly enhanced!

[Current Strength: 28.0! Current Constitution: 36.4!]

[Gained passive traits: Ceramic Bone, Bulletproof Bone Plate!]

"Hahaha! Cool!"

Luo Xia withdrew his arm, looked at his fist, and his eyes flashed with fanaticism.

This modification surgery resulted in a combined increase of ten points in both strength and physique!

This pure physical enhancement gave Luo Xia the confidence to shatter everything with a single punch.

"Even if I just stand still now and let a mid-level knight with a sword cut me, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to even break my bones!"

Luo Xia was beaming with pride, eager to test his current strength.

"But before that, let's take a look at the mission rewards."

Luo Xia first looked at the reward for breaking through one hundred levels of the life cycle.

【Blood Armor Lv1:】

[Description: In battle, using your own blood as a seed and your life magnetic field as a guide, you forcibly extract the blood of the creatures you kill, then fuse it into a blood armor that perfectly fits you!]

[Note: The defensive power of the Blood Armor depends on the strength and number of creatures killed.]

[Effect 1: Unending slaughter, unbreakable blood armor! When the blood armor reaches its limit of damage, you can actively detonate the blood power within the armor, unleashing a blood explosion! Dealing devastating damage to surrounding enemies!]

[Effect 2: Supreme Blood, Survive Even If It Burns! Burn the blood power within the blood armor to increase speed, allowing for a blood escape and a swift escape from the battlefield.]

"nice one!"

Luo Xia's eyes lit up instantly. This ability to forge blood into armor was simply a divine skill in large-scale battlefields!

Even if you can't win, you can burn your blood armor and use Blood Escape to survive!

"But with bulletproof bone plates, inner armor, battle armor, desolate dragon earth armor, and this blood armor, I'm afraid even a great knight won't be able to break through my defenses!"

Luo Xia was extremely excited. He then took out the centaur gold ring from the system space and began to examine it.

Centaur Gold Ring

[Quality: Gold]