Fourth Tier
Boom!
A faint gray-white Taiji Halo emanated from beneath his feet, completely enveloping the entire bedroom. The air stopped flowing, and even the howling wind and radiation dust from the outside were completely blocked out.
On the stone table, the high-pressure condenser box sat quietly.
Chen Fan entered the password, and with a crisp click of the mechanism, the lid of the box opened to both sides.
A chilling mist surged forth, and the deep purple Thunder Dragon Lizard Core Crystal floated in mid-air, its surface covered with pale golden lightning bolts that moved wildly like a spider web.
A destructive pressure emanating from Fourth Tier Wasteland overlord filled the Void, crushing the surrounding blue bricks into fine cracks.
For an ordinary Peak Third Tier Esper to absorb this Core Crystal, they would need to use dozens of diluents and spend several months carefully extracting the Thunder Factors.
Otherwise, the raging Beast Soul and lightning power would instantly tear apart the meridians, detonating the Genes Lock and causing self-destruction.
Chen Fan looked at the crystal core that pulsated like a heart, his gaze as calm as if he were looking at a wild fruit.
He stretched out his right hand, his five fingers like steel clamps, and grabbed at the Core Crystal.
Crack!
A violent arc of lightning instantly exploded from his palm, scorching the skin on his fingertips black.
Chen Fan remained expressionless, not even frowning.
He opened his mouth and, in a frenzy unimaginable to ordinary people, stuffed the fist-sized, hard crystal core containing the destructive power of a peak Fourth Tier cultivator into his mouth!
Snap!
The crystal core shell, harder than high-purity Alloy, was crushed by Chen Fan's sharp teeth.
The deep purple lightning slurry, mixed with the raging fragments of Beast Souls, surged down his throat and into his stomach!
Boom!
A muffled, rolling thunderous sound suddenly erupted from Chen Fan's chest, and he was instantly engulfed by a dazzling net of purple-gold lightning.
The remaining violent will of the Fourth Tier overlord roared wildly within his internal organs, and tens of thousands of Thunder Factors transformed into all-pervasive sharp blades, attempting to dismember this frail Mortal Body inch by inch.
"You wretched soul of a mere beast, how dare you be so insolent before me?"
Chen Fan snorted coldly, his eyes flashing with a cold, chaotic light.
Rumble!!
Deep within the Qi Sea, the black and white Life-and-Death Millstone in the Miniature Divine Kingdom roared against the tide!
The supreme will of the Martial God True Spirit descended from the sky like an ultimate seal that suppressed the universe.
The hundred-foot-tall dragon lizard phantom, formed from lightning magma, didn't even have time to utter a mournful cry before it was forcibly pressed under the giant millstone and ground into the most primordial and pure energy Origin Source.
The violence dissipated, leaving only Pure Yang thunder!
The raging golden lightning transformed into a waterfall cascading from the Qi Sea, violently washing over the limbs and bones.
A wave of excruciating pain washed over me.
Every muscle fiber was torn apart by lightning, and then reorganized and reconstructed under the life-giving force of the Guixu Void. The bones, under the high temperature, shone with a dense luster like jade. The trace impurities that had settled deep in the bone marrow were forcibly forced to the surface of the body, turning into black scabs.
Click!
At the moment when the Qi and Blood in the body reached their peak, the Fourth Gene Chasm, which lay at the deepest core of life, let out a crisp sound as it could no longer bear the weight.
Countless spiderweb-like cracks spread wildly across what was once a clear barrier.
40,000 jin!
50,000 jin!
A violent power was accumulating wildly within his body, like a live volcano that had been suppressed.
Chen Fan's tongue thundered, and his internal Qi and Blood surged like a raging river, crashing fiercely against that final constraint.
"Break!"
Bang!!
A muffled sound, like the first explosion of heaven and earth, resounded from within his skull.
The Fourth Genes Lock has completely collapsed!
An indescribable aura of wild dominance suddenly spread from Chen Fan's body.
The remaining Thunder Factors was instantly devoured by the thirsty cells, and the physical strength surged unstoppably, breaking through the 60,000-jin limit and firmly establishing itself at the Fourth Tier Low Rank!
Inside the bedroom, the violent arcs of electricity gradually subsided.
Chen Fan sat cross-legged on the spot, his breathing long and deep, his body covered with a layer of black charred crust as thick as half a finger.
Three days passed in the blink of an eye.
In the early morning, the wind in the Wasteland grew even more biting.
Click.
With a soft sound, Chen Fan's charred skin crumbled and slid off like rust, revealing a bronze-colored body that looked like it had been carved from divine jade. Faintly visible on the surface of his skin were extremely subtle purple-gold lightning patterns, which then disappeared without a trace.
He exhaled a scalding breath, the white vapor piercing through the blue brick ground several meters ahead like an arrow.
He stood up, his bones cracking like thunder.
Chen Fan changed into a faded, coarse cloth robe and slung the unremarkable, rusty Broken Saber across his waist. At his wrist, the rough knotted rope woven by Chen Xi swayed gently in the wind.
As he pushed open the door, the morning mist outside the courtyard receded several feet away the instant he stepped out.
The Third Base City the city, at the Far East Chamber of Commerce's military underground Spaceport.
The air was filled with the pungent smell of heavy oil and ozone.
The "Worldbreaker" Land Cruiser Ship, which is over 300 meters long and covered with 80 centimeters of heavy-duty composite armor, lies quietly at the end of the magnetic track like a slumbering steel behemoth.
The massive twin-mounted electromagnetic railgun's dark muzzle points upwards, flanked by thirty heavy tracked infantry fighting vehicles.
On the Spaceport platform, hundreds of Third Tier assassins, clad in full-body exoskeleton Battle Armor, stood in a menacing formation.
Step, step.
The sound of crisp, even footsteps came from the end of the passage.
Under the watchful, cold gazes of countless people, Chen Fan walked out with one hand in his coarse cloth pocket, his bare feet stepping on the cold Alloy floor, his expression indifferent.
There was no Esper, and they were not wearing any protective gear.
But as he walked past those battle-hardened escort warriors, the biodetectors attached to everyone's Battle Armor simultaneously lit up with a blinding blood-red alarm!
The feeling wasn't like a human walking by, but rather like an ancient ferocious beast wearing human skin, casually strolling through its territory.
"Mr. Chen, please."
Standing at the bow of the ship, Elder Song's eyelids twitched suddenly, and he quickly stepped forward to meet them.
After only three days apart, he was horrified to find that he could no longer see through the boy in front of him.
The subtle, oppressive feeling even caused the flow of his Third Tier superior True Essence to become slightly stagnant.
He really swallowed that lightning core?! And he actually survived?!
A storm raged in Elder Song's heart, and his expression of awe deepened as he stepped aside to lead the way.
Chen Fan stepped onto the heavy-duty elevator and entered the Land Cruiser Ship.
Boom!
The massive, triple-layered explosion-proof airtight gate slammed shut, completely cutting off the noise from the outside world.
The Heavy-Nucleus Fusion Engine at the rear of the Land Cruiser Ship emitted a deafening roar, causing the entire Spaceport ground to tremble slightly.
Deep in the dimly lit corridor, behind the one-way window of the core VIP Cabin.
A figure dressed in a full-body radiation protection suit, whose face was obscured by Alloy breathing valve, was quietly watching Chen Fan walk past the door, his fingers unconsciously gripping a silvery-white Metal Secret Casket in his arms.