Gao Tian

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Gao Tian (高天)
Alias(es)	Demon Hunter
Species/Race	Human
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Savior Squad; Dragon An
Occupation/Role	Awakener; long-range archer and sniper; Dragon An field leader
Status	Active 2168
First Appearance	99

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Level 0, Zero Order	104	Initial recorded attributes: 10 Strength, 13 Agility, 10 Constitution, and 13 Willpower. His combat value was limited outside prepared ranged engagements.
First Order Peak	419	Entered the Amoeba dungeon at this stage; prepared critical shots against the Corpse Tide while Lin An was unavailable to provide direct support.
Second Order	474	Led a forceful arrest operation against Awakeners selling Lin An's information, using his bow to lock down multiple targets.
Second Order Peak	662	Was judged by the System to have reached Second Order Peak; Lin An urged him to raise his attributes to their Limit Values before advancing.
Mid Third Order	1537	Used Annihilation to kill a Fourth Order Deserter while cooperating with Zhang Tie, though the targets were unable to fully exert Fourth Order strength.
Fourth Order	1550	Fought alongside other Fourth Orders against the Deserters and warned the group of possible Fourth Order Mid-Rank enemies.
Fourth Order High-Rank	1972	Retained immense strength even in the Ghost Skull mission, though Zhang Tie's physical performance still surpassed him under the mission's restrictions.

Background / History

Lin An sought Gao Tian out because, in his previous life, Gao Tian had been one of the Four Kings: the Third Order Demon Hunter who commanded millions of troops. Lin An considered his ranged combat potential particularly valuable for defending against powerful Mutants. 99 104

When found at the Physical Education Institute, Gao Tian was dying from severe injuries and covered in pus while a friend cared for him in an abandoned utility room. Lin An healed him with a Bloodstone and recruited him into the Savior Squad, completing the team required to activate the Doomsday Base Vehicle. 99

Gao Tian initially considered himself weak and burdensome, especially because his talent required preparation and protection from allies. Lin An instead treated him as a future right-hand man, explicitly encouraging him to question decisions and offer his own judgment. 104 155

Appearance

Gao Tian was initially described as short and thin, wearing glasses. 99

• Later wore a dark-purple hunting suit while moving covertly through ruins. 1534
• Carries a distinctive longbow suited to his long-range assassination style. 1255 1534
• His Annihilation Rule can surround him with black fire and dark radiance while charging a decisive shot. 1846

Personality

Gao Tian begins as nervous, self-effacing, and intimidated by Lin An's reputation. He hesitates to voice his opinions because he believes he has not earned the right to do so, but Lin An's trust gradually gives him the confidence to speak frankly. 104 155

He is analytical under pressure. He identifies the Amoeba's High Tower as a trap fueled by human emotions, develops the Hell Paratrooper plan to locate Lin An in North America, and coordinates a plan with Mo Ling to break a Deserter encirclement in Weihai City. 370 1511 1844

Despite fear and self-doubt, Gao Tian is fiercely loyal to Lin An and Dragon An. He repeatedly chooses to confront enemies far above his level, volunteers to risk his life for his team, and refuses to abandon trapped allies. 1293 1534 1996

He has little personal ambition beyond eliminating threats to humanity and eventually living an ordinary life; if powerful enough, he says he would kill the monsters, let people live peacefully, and perhaps become a part-time superhero. 1907

Abilities & Skills

Hunting Lock and Fatal Point

Gao Tian's core talent allows him to lock onto a target and identify its weaknesses, eventually locating a fatal point for a killing strike. Lin An compares his role to a concealed rear-line sniper capable of eliminating exceptionally dangerous targets. 104

• Initially requires roughly nine seconds of observation without support before locating a Mutant's fatal point. 104
• Lin An's Eye of Judgment can provide preliminary weakness information, allowing Gao Tian to bypass the initial observation phase and search directly for the Fatal Point. 105
• His effective coordination range with Lin An's perception was approximately 100 meters during the Corpse Tide defense, despite Hunting Lock having a maximum range of 200 meters. 419
• Wen Ya's mental-energy sharing can help sustain the skill at First Order. 104
• He is comparatively weak in sudden close-range combat and performs best when allies create time and space for him. 104

Annihilation

A Fatal Point kill can trigger the Annihilation Effect, erasing the target's body without leaving a corpse behind. 108

• Annihilated a First Order Mutant Marrow-Sucking Spider with a single Fatal Point attack. 108
• The effect destroys the corpse but does not necessarily erase equipment or crafting-material drops. 108
• The loss of intact corpses can be strategically wasteful when a team needs biological materials or resources. 108
• As his strength rose, this ability developed into the Annihilation Rule. 1846

Annihilation Rule

Gao Tian's evolved Rule transforms his focused killing intent into an overwhelming, high-damage arrow attack. He eventually develops a method of treating himself as the arrow rather than relying solely on conventional mental lock-on. 1846

• While charging, he suppresses his presence and concentrates his will into a single attack. 1846
• His activation can plunge the battlefield into instantaneous darkness, occupy observers' vision, and lock their attention onto his arrow. 1847
• Killed the Female Corpse, a powerful Paranormal Entity that was producing and directing surrounding entities, with one shot. 1847
• The Female Corpse's death unintentionally enabled the controlled Japan War Zone survivors to fuse into the Fish Mouth Thousand Faces Monster. 1848
• The technique causes extreme consumption; after major shots, Gao Tian is left pale and weakened. 1537 1847

Mystic Eyes of Death Perception

Gao Tian later combines Annihilation with the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception. 2091

• As a Fourth Order, killed two Fifth Order enemies, Lu Shan and Kui Shan, with one arrow. 2091
• The feat greatly raised his allies' morale while drawing the attention of the opposing War Star Peak leader. 2091

Tactical Analysis and Command

Gao Tian is not solely a sniper; he repeatedly contributes operational analysis and battlefield plans. 370 1511

• Deduced that the High Tower mission was designed to feed an Amoeba through intensified human emotion. 370
• Proposed deploying Dragon An's forces through a high-altitude Hell Paratrooper operation to search North America and reinforce Lin An immediately once located. 1511 1512
• Planned to use Mo Ling's domain as cover to snipe the Female Corpse and free Dragon An's Fourth Orders from a Paranormal Entity siege. 1844
• Helped plan Earth's reconstruction around Soul's Peace Base, Dragon An Base, and the Thousand Island Forbidden Zone. 1941

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Longbow / Dimensional Magic Bow — His primary weapon; used to channel Hunting Lock and Annihilation attacks. 1534
• Specially made arrows — Used for high-priority shots during the Corpse Tide defense. 419
• Dark-purple hunting suit — Worn during the North America rescue operation for covert movement through the ruins. 1534
• Combat potions — Lin An entrusted him with attribute-enhancing potions as emergency trump cards. 108

Relationships

• Lin An — Savior and team leader. Lin An recruited Gao Tian while he was near death, cultivated his potential, and regards him as a future right-hand man. 99 155
• Zhang Tie — Closest combat partner. Zhang Tie protects and distracts enemies while Gao Tian prepares fatal shots; their abilities proved especially complementary against Fourth Orders. 1534 1537
• Mo Ling — Strategic ally. She helped explain Gao Tian's Hell Paratrooper plan and later coordinated with him to create an opening against the Female Corpse. 1512 1844
• Wen Ya — Team support whose mental-energy sharing can sustain Gao Tian's Fatal Point searches at lower Orders. 104
• An JingTian — Fellow Dragon An combatant and participant in the North America rescue deployment; the two shared responsibility for protecting Lin An's position. 1534
• Chu An — Senior strategist whose interpretations Gao Tian respects and relays to others during the Ghost Skull mission. 1954
• Unnamed friend — Cared for Gao Tian while he lay dying before Lin An found and healed him. 99

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Recruitment into the Savior Squad — Lin An rescues Gao Tian, recruits him for his potential as the Demon Hunter, and completes the initial Savior Squad lineup. 99
• Early Dragon An operations — Learns to coordinate Hunting Lock with Lin An's Eye of Judgment and fills the role of a prepared rear-line sniper against high-value Mutants. 104 105
• Amoeba Sub-World Instance — Helps expose the High Tower's emotional-harvesting trap and takes responsibility as one of the few high-level defenders during the Corpse Tide. 370 419
• Dragon An expansion — Leads operations, gathers intelligence, assists in recruitment judgments, and becomes a recognizable Dragon An figure among the base's soldiers and believers. 155 372 474
• North America rescue — Deduces the meaning behind Lin An's message, proposes the Hell Paratrooper plan, and joins Zhang Tie in intercepting Deserter Fourth Orders near Lin An. 1511 1512 1534
• Weihai City battle — Leads the effort to kill the Female Corpse, evolving his Annihilation Rule and opening an escape route for Dragon An forces; the victory inadvertently creates the Fish Mouth Thousand Faces Monster. 1844 1846 1847 1848
• Ghost Skull mission — Investigates the mission's hidden logic, supports Zhang Tie's group during their escape, and volunteers to rush the Light Gate before being devoured by the Ghost Skull. 1954 1972 1996
• Star Glory Battlefield — Refocuses his development on attack and killing, gains a new Rule through exchanged Points, and proves capable of killing Fifth Order opponents. 2030 2091 2092
• Team combat reassessment — Seeks Lin An's guidance after realizing that his fixation on one-hit kills limits his contribution in unstable battles. 2096

Notable Quotes

“As long as you give me time, I dare to kill even a Fourth Order!” 1293

“I don't need to pursue having no weaknesses anymore. My strength lies in attack and kill!” 2030

Trivia

• In Lin An's previous life, Gao Tian was known as one of the Four Kings and commanded millions as the Third Order Demon Hunter. 104
• Lin An considers Gao Tian's talent so dangerous that, without its restrictions, a Zero Order user capable of killing a Fourth Order after nine seconds would be closer to a “God Hunter” than a Demon Hunter. 258
• Lin An later notes that the final Annihilation attack of his own Death God-related abilities closely resembles Gao Tian's power. 1324