Wasteland: My items are infinitely upgraded.

Chapter 227 Strength and Concerns, Perfect Second-Order Body
"Can a combat priest who's less than level 19 really win a duel?"

Lin Feng asked in confusion.

Level 19 is the upper limit of the first stage evolution, and its strength is much stronger than levels 17 and 18, which are also in the late stage of the first stage.

Although both sides can burst out ten tons of power, the basic strength of a level seventeen evolver is only seven tons. The ten-ton burst can only be maintained at full strength for a few seconds at most.

A level 19 evolver can continuously output ten tons of power, and some with special strength abilities can even temporarily break through the ten-ton limit.

For example, the power increase of the Berserker ability.

Therefore, a nineteenth-level evolutionary being can often easily deal with three or four seventeenth-level or eighteenth-level evolutionary beings.

In the case of a one-on-one duel, the party that first possesses the upper limit of the first level of power has a very high chance of winning.
With the same equipment, the lower-level side has almost no chance of winning.

Even with the suppression of the wasteland wolf bloodline, he can at most be on par with a level 19 rock horse warrior in terms of combat power, and it is still a long shot to win.

After all, the Rock Horse Warrior inherited the characteristics of the Rock Horned Horse and is best at fighting protracted battles. His physical strength and endurance far exceed those of other evolvers or wild beasts.

Apart from a slightly low burst limit, this alien evolution path is almost flawless, and the technology is very mature. It is rare for rejection and distortion to occur, or for loss of sanity and madness to occur.

After Lin Feng asked back, Bishop Zhang Hui nodded:
"You also know that the most important characteristic of a Rock Horse warrior is endurance, the extraordinary perseverance to continue fighting."

"Because they've sacrificed their original explosive power, most Rock Horse Warriors only have the strength of a normal evolutionary level, but their defense is exceptionally strong."

"This evolutionary choice is a very correct approach, given equal strength. It's very safe. In the wild, steadily consuming the opponent to avoid injury is the only way to have the last laugh..."

"But this time, it's a life-and-death arena competition. Rock Horse Warriors must wear Rock Horse armor to have a chance of winning."

"Otherwise, ordinary armor would not be able to withstand the attack of the church's special armor."

"As for the Rockhorn Armor, it must be made from the body of a second-order Patriarch-level Rockhorn Horse as the basic material for the biological armor..."

"This also means that the Rock Horse Armor cannot have a first-order rank. It starts at level 20 of the second order. It must use second-order flesh and blood cells to support a ton-level heavy shield."

"When a Rock Horse Warrior, who has only evolved to the first level, wears a Level 20 Rock Horse Armor, it's like carrying half a Chieftain-level Rock Horse on his back."

"Biological armor is not like power armor, which has an intelligent central system and adaptive adjustment modes to match the different evolutionary strengths of the driver."

"As biological colonies made of flesh and blood, they may not possess a high degree of intelligence, but they are superior in terms of neural reaction synchronization and increased strength."

"But this also means that the load brought by driving a biological armor will be several times that of mechanical armor."

At this point, Bishop Zhang Hui took out a thick document, which contained research on the Rock Horse Warriors and the response plan for this arena competition.

This information is much more detailed than the one that the great pastor gave to Lin Feng.

While Lin Feng was browsing, the bishop continued:
"So the problem arises. If a level 19 Rock Horse Warrior doesn't wear Rock Horse Armor, then he has no chance of winning against a Battle Priest."

"Once they don the Rock Horse armor and fight, their own evolutionary level and strength level won't be able to withstand the load and consumption brought by the armor. Then, the endurance and sustained combat capabilities that Rock Horse warriors pride themselves on will inevitably be greatly reduced."

"Even with the Rock Horse Armor, which can protect against damage from opponents of the same level, they won't be able to maintain this state for long. Their only chance of victory is to end the battle as quickly as possible."

"But to quickly defeat the opponent, you need an extremely high burst limit..."

"The first stage of the Rockhorn Horse Warrior is only evolving at a faster level, but it is still unable to bring out the true advantages of the Rockhorn Horse bloodline."

"So, there's nothing to fear about tomorrow's battle!"

After reading the information, Lin Feng nodded. He had put himself in the competition with Li Hao, the head of the Li family, in advance, and subconsciously thought that every Yanma warrior was as difficult as Li Hao.

But in fact, if an ordinary first-level rockhorn warrior does not advance to the second level and absorb the life essence of the patriarch-level rockhorn beetle, his strength is not outstanding, and the rockhorn beetle bloodline integrated into his body will not bring obvious physical gains.

Apart from being able to obtain life essence more easily, they don't have many advantages.

Otherwise, if the first-level rockhorn warriors were so strong, the evolution path of the rockhorn horse would definitely not be so easy to obtain and become the mainstream path today.

Even if the mature rock wildebeest breeding industry can provide a stable supply of evolutionary meat and evolutionary agents, the large forces and local clans that control the resources will not leak the important evolutionary paths.

It seems that even if a level 18 combat priest is sent to fight, as long as he can use his speed and agility to outlast the opponent's peak performance...

Once the Rock Horse Armor becomes a burden in the later stages, you will be able to win the competition with ease.

Lin Feng continued flipping through the pages and suddenly discovered that among the four candidates participating in the competition, two of the great priests had not participated in the Steppenwolf's Essence Transformation Plan...

This also means that they have to rely on their own human identities to challenge the fully armed Rock Horse warriors.

Lin Feng frowned slightly and pointed this out.

The bishop smiled and said:
"These two high priests are still very young. With their achievements in defending the oasis, they have great hope in the future and will be promoted to second-level Templar Knights."

"It would be a shame if their time were wasted here, and they themselves have greater ambitions, so I can't force them."

"Although I am the bishop in charge of the Oasis Church, I am ultimately only the acting bishop. Unless you are a true third-tier bishop, you cannot issue mandatory orders to the guard force system."

Lin Feng nodded. He had heard Shen Yue introduce this before. The church was divided into two major systems, one civil and one military. The deacons and priests represented the civil system that preached and spread the faith, while the combat priests and the Knights Templar were the armed forces that maintained the ruling order of the church.

The two sides are basically in a state of non-interference.

Moreover, for priests and Knights Templar, their selection and promotion must follow the instructions of the headquarters in the Holy City.

Even though Bishop Zhang Hui holds a high position in Oasis Town and has the final say, he cannot issue compulsory orders to combat priests.

Although they would obey the Bishop's orders in most cases, injecting the Steppenwolf Essence was equivalent to passively losing their church identity and becoming an ordinary person outside the church, with no hope of advancement in this lifetime...

For many monks, such a huge price is no different from death.

Therefore, it is understandable that the young high priest is unwilling to inject the essence of the steppe wolf and become a steppe wolf warrior.

But what Lin Feng didn't know was that Bishop Zhang Hui had been painstakingly managing the oasis for nearly eight hundred years, and the church leaders stationed there, especially the chief priest who represented the top combat power, had long become the bishop's confidants.

If not, due to various accidents, their souls will unfortunately return to the Holy Lord's Heaven or be transferred back to the Holy City.

In short, there is no way to gain a foothold here and act as an eyeliner for the Holy City.

Oasis Town has been run like an iron barrel. Bishop Zhang Hui made such arrangements naturally because he wanted the two young priests of level 19 to become the right-hand men of Father Su An in the future campaign for the bishop of Oasis.

He cooperated with two second-level priests who had already embarked on the evolution path of the wasteland wolf, one in the open and one in the dark.

"If we don't use the Steppenwolf Essence, how can the High Priest break through the Rock Horse Armor's defenses?"

Lin Feng then asked the question in his mind.

The Wild Wolf Warrior's mutated steel fangs, combined with explosive power, were the only weapon capable of shocking and breaking through the Rock Horse's armor in close combat. Lin Feng felt the Church's sudden change of strategy was too risky, though he understood the Bishop might be doing so to preserve his strength.

Prepare for stabilizing the oasis order in the future.

But if we make mistakes in the four first-level competitions tomorrow and lose one, the church will be in a passive position. If we lose two, then the forces that have already retreated...

I'm afraid they will be instigated by the Li family to start sending reinforcements to the Oasis battleships in case of emergency.

After all, after losing one battle, the rebels have gained a solid foundation. As long as they win the next two second-level battles, they can take the Oasis Key by virtue of the majority of wins in the second-level competitions.

If you lose two games, you can basically be guaranteed to win.

Although they still have to win two second-level competitions in the end, the fact that they were able to tie 2-2 with the Oasis Church shows that the Rock Horse Warriors can compete with the Combat Priests.

There is at least a 50% chance of winning!

This indirectly reflects the emptiness of the Oasis Church's power.

When the Bishop heard Lin Feng's question, he shook his head and said in a calm tone:

"Don't worry, besides these two high priests, the other two level 18 elite combat priests will still undergo surgery to transform into Wild Wolf Warriors."

"I know tomorrow's battle is very important to us, but Chief Lin, don't worry too much. Everything is under control."

Lin Feng was startled, and slowly raised his head, looking at the bishop with his eyes slightly narrowed.

This old man, with a hunched figure under the dim light, now sits on the bow of the Oasis like a mountain, towering and unshakable.

It was at this moment that Lin Feng suddenly remembered the real plan that Father Su An had revealed to him.

The old man in front of him no longer cared about winning or losing in the arena competition. What he wanted was to use his own death to severely injure or directly kill Li Hao, and drag the Li family into the abyss, with no chance of recovery.

In this case, deliberately showing weakness or exposing the church's flaws in the early stages may actually have a better effect.

If you want to destroy someone, first make him crazy.

Only by letting the Li family relax their vigilance can the Bishop's appearance and attack be more effective.

The only influencing factor on the arena at that time would be the president of the Wasteland Hunting Guild, who was also in the middle stage of the second stage. Xu Wanfeng would definitely not interfere in the life-and-death battle between a level 29 evolver and a level 26 rock horse warrior for the sake of so-called fairness and refereeing duties.

Therefore, the Bishop is sure to win this battle.

As long as he can make up his mind and threaten to die.

In this case, the outcome of the subsequent arena competition will not have much impact.

Lin Feng was about to stand up and leave when the Bishop suddenly spoke:

"Tomorrow, the two high priests will participate in the arena battle. The command and control room I'm taking you to in the evening needs someone to take over the guard duty..."

"We also ask Chief Lin to go and station one or two guards there. This will allow him to enter the control room and observe carefully through Oasis remote monitoring."

Lin Feng readily agreed. He had nothing to do anyway, so he could go to the control room to have some fun, see the world, and maybe even get some unexpected gains.

For example, tonight in Oasis Garden, we scanned the structure of the Light Prism Curse and unlocked weapons related to laser technology.

After bidding farewell to the bishop, Lin Feng, led by a monk, came to a bedroom on the edge of the church area.

Although this place is simple, it takes everything into consideration.

The power armor that Lin Feng had taken off earlier was also placed here.

Even if others crack the system program of the branded equipment, they cannot drive it and steal it.

The power of branding is Lin Feng's own special ability, which can form a certain connection with items and equipment, which is equivalent to adding his own will to the branded object...

It has the same function as the Rock Horse Warrior and Rock Horse Armor, although Lin Feng doesn't quite understand it.

There are many different kinds of superpowers that humans can awaken. Lin Feng estimated that the power of his own branding should have been intentionally stimulated by upgrading the system.

Because it is the only one that is most compatible with the upgrade system, achieving the effect of one plus one being greater than two.

Otherwise, the power of the brand alone is too weak. Only the second deep awakening at the second stage can be assembled and synthesized, and it seems to have some effect.

Lin Feng took a shower, set the power armor to low-energy sentry mode, and then fell into a light sleep holding two cannons and the oasis key.

In his dream, Lin Feng vaguely saw a vast ocean, an environment that could not exist in today's wasteland. Only the survivors of the old era vaguely remembered that the earth was called the Blue Planet because of this blue ocean.

Half asleep and half awake, a low sigh could be heard faintly from the sea in Lin Feng’s dream.

At this moment, the Oasis Key in his hand flashed with a faint light, and the remaining energy inside gradually flowed into Lin Feng's body.

"what!"

Lin Feng suddenly woke up and looked at the time. It was already six o'clock in the morning on the fourth day of the countdown.

I actually slept for eight hours.

This was the first time that Lin Feng slept so long and so deeply since he became an evolver.

Moreover, Lin Feng found that he was sweating, as if he had undergone a transformation of leapfrogging evolution.

He stood up and walked to the power armor, checking the camera records of the past eight hours, and found nothing unusual.

Just as Lin Feng was hesitating, a reminder suddenly popped up in front of him:
"The host has been detected to be affected by abnormal energy, undergoing a mental transformation, mental strength +1"

"Lin Feng, lv22/29"

「生命值：300，体质：300，精神：300；lv22各属性上限300」

"Super Power Awakening: The Power of Brand"

"Power of Branding: Exclusive Equipment; Forced Upgrade; Assembly and Synthesis; Accelerated Upgrade"

"Achievement: Perfect Second Stage Body"

"Perfect Second Stage Body: All attributes have reached the upper limit of evolution level, and the upper limit of ultimate explosive power can be increased by 10%."

(End of this chapter)