Wasteland's Only King - Chapter 169 - 148: Behind-the-Scenes Villains Should Be Punched to Bits!
Chapter 169: Chapter 148: Behind-the-Scenes Villains Should Be Punched to Bits!
Ghost King City.
City Lord’s Mansion, Core Area.
Holland Benitez watched the dazzling fireworks blooming over the battlefield, a trace of astonishment flickering across his face.
“Heh—”
“Not too bad.”
The astonishment lasted only a moment—Holland quickly regained his composure.
Back when he first crossed into and descended upon this planet, the rules of A3 Planet had made one thing clear—
This bug-class player was very dangerous, very powerful.
The last two waves of high-end players sent before, a total of 15, had all failed and died.
It’s worth mentioning—
Holland got the identities of those 15 from the rules of A3 Planet.
That Eureka at the start—he wasn’t too familiar.
But…
Allen Spencer, Hewen Vick—these two names, he did know.
They were the two captains of the vanguard squads under the X-87 Fleet.
For two Tier Twelve Evolvers and their underlings to be killed on a planet with a max tier cap of Tier Nine, that was more than enough to catch Holland’s attention and…interest.
As a high-level Fleet Commander of the Selza Civilization, he naturally would never settle for the mere five hundred billion Wasteland Points reward offered by the A3 Planet rules.
Much like Eureka before him, what he coveted was the ’bug’ in Yu Jin’s possession.
His instincts told him—
The power of this bug might reach an unimaginable level, enough to change the rules of the game Wasteland itself.
Even—
Holland suspected the downfall of the X-87 Fleet might not have been caused by the Larnaka Star People at all, but rather, by a bug that Yu Jin held.
This was just a suspicion—
But in all these years, his hunches had always been right.
That’s exactly why he didn’t just want to kill this bug-class player—the real prize was learning the correct way to unlock the bug from him.
For this purpose—
Holland struck a deal with the rules of A3 Planet.
He gave up the five hundred billion Wasteland Points reward and instead requested access to all game logs and coordinates related to Yu Jin since his entry into Wasteland.
Holland was confident he could trace the bug in those logs.
And if he mastered it…
His future self might well end up in command of an entire Selza Interstellar Refuge Fortress.
Maybe even become an equal of those true bigwigs in the Company Alliance.
Because of this—
He put so much time and effort into weaving this grand web for the Naiya City Showdown.
As long as he was dealing with sentient beings—they’d have attachments, have weaknesses.
Holland didn’t know what Yu Jin’s attachments were, so he simply caged all the players inside the web.
And now?
Before reeling them in, he needed to test Yu Jin’s abilities.
He really wanted to see—to what extent this bug-class player could break the limits of the game’s rules.
To that end, he sat back and watched his own fleet members turn into spectacular fireworks one punch at a time under Yu Jin’s assault.
“Come on.”
“Looking forward to your performance.”
Holland chuckled softly; his fingers flicked gently through the air in front of him once again.
He’d prepared more than a few ’tests’ for this bug-class player.
…
…
High above the battlefield.
Yu Jin’s ultimate display of violent aesthetics left countless people dazed.
But very soon—
Whoosh—
Whoosh whoosh—
Dozens more figures clad in Mechanical Battle Armor manifested in the void.
Their tier was all cleanly Tier Twelve Evolvers.
“That’s it?”
Yu Jin scanned the area around, frowning slightly.
Whoosh—
Almost as if in answer—
More figures emerged from the void.
Their tier reached Tier Thirteen!
Granted, both Tier Twelve and Tier Thirteen Values were suppressed by the A3 Planet rules down to Tier Nine Limit—nine hundred ninety-nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine.
But compared to Tier Twelve, Tier Thirteen Awakened more Attribute Abilities—making them far more powerful in combat.
Compared to the last batch of high-end players—
This group kept their distance from Yu Jin the moment they appeared.
And then…
Vast, boundless Attribute Energy erupted from them.
BOOM—
RUMBLE—!
In a split second—
All sorts of dazzling Energy Attacks came roaring toward Yu Jin!
In that instant—
The entire battlefield lost its color.
Even Naiya’s movements paused for a moment.
She could clearly feel—
Every one of these dozens of Energy Attacks surpassed Tier Nine Value!
If she got hit…
Buzz—!
Overhead in the Celestial Vault.
The space around Yu Jin rippled.
[Second-tier Spatial Attribute Ability: Spatial Barrier Lv9]
[Active Effect: Creates a Spatial Shield, absorbing physical/energy attacks]
Each Energy Attack crashed into the barrier.
The shield wavered, but never shattered.
A defense coefficient topping ten million showed its worth at this very moment.
“Interesting!”
Deep in Ghost King City—
Holland’s eyes glinted with even more interest as he watched.
“Keep going.”
He murmured quietly, flicking his fingers.
Whoosh—
Above the battlefield—
Even more figures appeared.
They seemed to have been lurking in the void all along, just waiting for this moment.
Now—
Yu Jin found himself surrounded—fifty figures in all.
Thirty Tier Twelve Evolvers; twenty Tier Thirteen Evolvers.
With such a formation, never mind clearing A3 Planet at speed—even in the Star System Wasteland, this would be a force not to be trifled with.
BOOM—!
Fifty High-tier Evolvers, no words wasted; they attacked instantly.
Tier One Awakening Ability, Tier Two Awakening Ability, Tier Three Awakening Ability…
Tier Seven Attribute Ability, Tier Eight Attribute Ability, Tier Nine Attribute Ability…
Attack after attack poured down on Yu Jin like a torrential downpour.
Buzz—!
Spatial Barriers formed around Yu Jin one after another.
But…
As time ticked on—
Under the ceaseless assault, fine cracks began to appear in the barriers around Yu Jin.
“Mm?”
Deep in Ghost King City—
Holland watched, frowning slightly.
This was…weaker than he had expected.
And that, obviously, was not what he wanted to see.
He had hoped Yu Jin could take on, by himself, the siege from fifty High-tier Evolvers—not only withstand it, but kill them all in retaliation.
Only then could the true power of his ’bug’ be shown.
If that happened, Holland’s payout would be massive.
“A bit underwhelming.”
“And…”
“Just defending, no counterattacking?”
“This doesn’t look like something a ’dangerous bug-class player’ would do.”
Holland murmured as he flicked his fingertips again.
He was ready to administer one final test—if Yu Jin couldn’t pass, this game was over.
Whoosh—
Above the Celestial Vault—
Two more figures appeared.
Unlike any of the high-end players before, their Mechanical Battle Armor wasn’t pale gold—but a profound, deep black.
Their Level—an absurd Tier Fourteen.
The two took position left and right, both attacking at once.
Tier Four Awakening Ability; Tier Nine Attribute Ability!
The two Tier Fourteen Evolvers held nothing back—leading with their ultimates!
BOOM—!
The sheer destructiveness shook heaven and earth.
Even the rules of A3 Planet groaned faintly, feeling they could barely take it.
At the same time—
The other fifty High-tier Evolvers didn’t let up for a second, either.
RUMBLE—!
Energy pillars of every color engulfed Yu Jin’s lone figure completely!
In this instant—
The vast battlefield fell deathly still.
Everyone looked up to the sky.
The tens of millions of Evolvers from Dawn City and Naiya City all wore anxiety and worry on their faces.
In Ghost King City’s army, Nasha and Aili, who had been slacking and fake-fighting, tensed up instantly.
“Master…”
Nasha bit her lip hard.
Aili held her breath.
CRACK—!
High above the Celestial Vault—
There was a crisp shattering sound—
It was…
The Spatial Barrier breaking!
CRACK CRACK—!
Once it started, it couldn’t be stopped—like dominos toppling, or water spilled.
In barely a breath—
Everyone saw—
Layer after layer of invisible Spatial Barriers around Yu Jin shattered like mirrors into countless fragments.
Yu Jin, caught in the center, was engulfed by dozens of apocalyptic attacks!
But…
Strangely—
Everyone saw, at the very moment Yu Jin was swallowed by the dazzling energy beams—a faint smile appeared on his lips.
BANG—!
No time for thought—
The next second—
Yu Jin’s body exploded in the sky—a spray of blood mist!
The blood mist lasted but a moment; the surrounding energy attacks obliterated it into true nothingness!
“How could this…”
Over two million Blue Star players in Dawn City wore looks of confusion.
“Master!”
Nasha couldn’t help but cry out.
On the deathly silent battlefield, that shout was so piercing that—
The tens of millions of Evolvers from Ghost King City all turned to look at Nasha in unison.
Even Austin Zorn, locked in struggle with Naiya and enduring tremendous pressure, felt a flash of shock in his usually numb eyes.
Yet—
Most of the others kept their eyes glued on that patch of void in the sky above.
The Dawn City Lord, Naiya City’s pillar, Blue Star players’ faith…
Did that man really fail to withstand the blow?
At that same moment—
Inside the nearly empty Dawn City—
Tower of the Sky, summit.
CRUNCH—!
Yu Jin swallowed another Tier Fifteen Energy Crystal, opened his eyes—electricity arcing in both pupils.
His right arm, previously gone at the root, had now completely regenerated.
He had also fully recovered his once-depleted energy—and regained the ’Card, Peace’ Attribute, as well as memories relating to ’Oumuamua 2’, lost to the Cause and Effect Cost.
And before his eyes—
Messages from his Attribute Abilities hovered into existence.
…
[The ’Physical Avatar’ produced by your Tier Two Growth Attribute Ability has died]
…
[Tier One Cause and Effect Attribute Ability ’Causal Perception Lv9’ has activated]
[Analyzing and detecting target’s Causal Chain…]
[Targets include: Level II Selza Civilization Fourteenth-tier Evolver—Lauren Sheffield, Level 8 Ghost King City Lord Austin Zorn…]
[Causal Chain lock acquired!]
[Shared Causal Link: Holland Benitez!]
[Specific Location: Ghost King City, City Lord’s Mansion, Core Area!]
…
Whoosh—!
Yu Jin’s figure vanished from the summit of the Tower of the Sky.
The next instant—
He was already above Ghost King City.
“Masterminds and such…”
“Are more fun when you punch them to pieces, right?”
Yu Jin grinned, right arm swinging a punch.
This punch was nothing like a ’Physical Avatar’s’ mere ten million Value.
This punch—based on his nearly twenty million physical Value—carried a new Attribute: the special might of ’Destruction’!
BOOM—!
As the punch landed—
The whole Ghost King City was all but obliterated!
The once palace-like City Lord’s Mansion vanished, replaced by an enormous pit a kilometer wide!
“Huh?”
“He dodged?”
Yu Jin let out a mild sound of surprise, and then vanished again on the spot.
Whoosh—
He reappeared on a higher level of the sky.
In front of him—Holland Benitez, covered in dust, his face aghast.
“You didn’t dodge after all.”
BANG—!
A punch with twenty million Value blasted clean through Holland’s chest…
