Brute Force

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Wang Daqiang entered Titan: Genesis as a Divine Guard. Years of heavy manual labor gave him an unusually practical grasp of balance and body mechanics; in the opening defense, he used those instincts to seize a locust by the neck and physically block a passage for the other players 3.

He rapidly became one of the first beta's most visible frontliners. On the Crimson Star Path, he used his Divine Guard durability to ignite himself in flammable gas and grapple Slime Monsters while burning, helping the players break through the amber barrier 4. By the opening of the second beta, he was an equipped veteran selling High-Energy Amber Essence and directing new players toward safe targets in the Sighing Corridor 6.

After joining Vanguard Across the Realm's elite progression party, Brute Force served as its dedicated puller and tank through the Storm Abyss. Reaching LV.10 after the party cleared the regional roadblock, he accepted Watcher Zero's hidden Flame Prison Guard trial and endured a magma pool long enough to transform his class 12.

After the advancement, he purchased Titan Blood and experienced its effects in reality. His back healed, and his newfound strength let him snap a 50-kilogram grip trainer shut. These changes convinced him that killing monsters and growing stronger had consequences beyond the game 12.

As Dawn's principal fire-resistant tank, he continued investing heavily in the Flesh Sequence. His selection of Keratinized Skin made his body a viable substitute for conventional armor, while Titan's Favored Body elevated him into one of the server's first users of a Tier Three talent 30 66. Following the Calamity Abomination battle, he selected Flesh Domination, beginning to treat his own body as a weapon, shield, and tool rather than merely a source of durability 86.

His survival in the Magma Sea later changed his approach to growth. By using extreme heat, regeneration, Flesh Domination, and Psychic Power to temper newly formed cells, he created the Molten Breathing Technique without relying on conventional leveling or talent allocation 187 188. He publicly shared the technique with the Dragon Kingdom Legion, allowing others to investigate Breathing Techniques and their wider applications 189.

He subsequently demonstrated that the technique could be practiced on Blue Star. Working with Ci Beili at the Titan Engineering Bureau, he found that heated water was insufficient to stimulate his already resilient body, but a roughly 400°C molten-salt bath allowed him to absorb ambient psionic particles and strengthen his flesh 189.

During the Right Lung Lobe campaign, Brute Force refined the technique over months of combat and physical tempering. He reached LV.60 by absorbing the self-destruction of a Giant Flame Demon, becoming a Tier Three Flame Prison Commander and proving that his cultivated body could convert otherwise lethal flame energy into combat power 314.

His later development combined cultivation with crafted biological equipment. By embedding protective materials and energy-channeling circuits into his flesh, he turned his body into an integrated weapon; research into his breathing method also contributed to the Flesh Artisans' self-circulating mecha 327 328 329.

Appearance

Brute Force is a large, heavily built man whose physique becomes increasingly inhuman as his Flesh talents develop. His combat style favors imposing heavy armor, oversized shields, and direct impact over agility.

• Early Divine Guard equipment included white Chitin Plate Armor, a Chitin Shield, and a Bone Hammer 3 6.
• After becoming a Flame Prison Guard, his armor changed into charcoal-black obsidian with firelight flowing through its seams; his hands became Lava Gauntlets that left scorched tracks behind him 12.
• Titan's Favored Body expands him to over three meters tall, with rock-like muscles and dark-gold metallic skin; during his Void Devouring Insect defense test, he reached approximately three and a half meters 66 68.
• Prolonged Magma Sea tempering left his healed skin with a dark-red, crystalline luster 187.
• By the Right Lung Lobe campaign, he had fused protective materials, bone shells, and psionic circuits directly into his flesh, particularly around his forearms and fists 327 328.
• During the Tier Three breakthrough, flame energy circulated through his entire body, repeatedly charring and regenerating his dark-red crystalline flesh until it stabilized 314.
• When his integrated arm circuits channel concentrated power, dark-red lines illuminate his guards, knuckles, and palms, and the crystals beneath his skin glow with the circulating energy 327 328.
• He later uses flight wings to approach elevated targets and dive into attacks 338.

Personality

Brute Force is boisterous, blunt, and thrives on direct physical challenges. He routinely treats lethal trials as entertainment, from calling magma immersion “a real man” taking a bath to deliberately testing whether high-level bosses can break his defense 12 68.

His apparent recklessness is paired with strong battlefield instincts and loyalty. He readily accepts the burden of drawing aggro, holding chokepoints, or sacrificing himself to buy teammates time. During the assault on the Dark Spirit altar, he and Dragon Fighting in the Wild used their bodies to obstruct a fatal spell despite their armor and flesh being destroyed 270.

He is also unusually generous with discoveries. After creating the Molten Breathing Technique, he freely shared its method and description with the Dragon Kingdom Legion rather than keeping it as an exclusive advantage 189.

Although he eagerly experiments on himself, Brute Force understands that other people cannot safely replicate his methods. When Thunder King considered developing a Lightning Breathing Technique, Brute Force cautioned him that different physiques and energy types required different approaches 312.

Despite his limited formal education, he is observant and inventive. He noticed bodily changes that were not reflected in his game attributes and independently reasoned that environmental tempering could strengthen him without leveling 187. He also adjusts implanted equipment to match his own methods of exerting force rather than treating crafted items as fixed tools 327.

Abilities & Skills

Divine Guard Tanking

Brute Force specializes in aggro control, damage absorption, and close-range disruption.

• Uses his body, shield, and positioning to block narrow passages and protect backline allies 3 6.
• Can endure attacks that would kill ordinary players, including the Crystallized Centurion's greatsword, which only left a mark on his keratinized shoulder 31.
• Uses Savage Collision to break enemy formations; at H-124 Fortress, he rammed through Crystallized Executioners with his Tower Shield to open a firing lane 34.
• His normal mobility is comparatively poor; his initial Agility was only 3 3.
• Can coordinate other tanks under pressure: after being knocked back by Meat Mountain, he urged the frontline to lure it into restrictive terrain rather than meet its attacks head-on 36.
• Continues serving as a formation anchor after reaching Tier Three, spreading Lava Shield into an iron-wall-like barrier while holding a flank with Dragon Fighting in the Wild 360.

Flame Prison Guard / Commander

His hidden advancement turns a conventional tank into a fire-resistant offensive defender.

• Lava Gauntlets can strike with bursting magma and ignite enemy armor 12 66.
• His fire resistance lets him operate in heat zones that ordinary tanks cannot endure, making him indispensable against flame-based enemies 70 181.
• Flame Shield helped him withstand the Sludge Butchers' assault in the Liver, while his heat evaporated their slime 18.
• Flame Prison Shield was among the defensive skills he activated when testing himself against the Void Devouring Insect 68.
• Lava Shield, gained as Flame Prison Commander, protects him against hostile attacks and extreme terrain 158 181.
• Even his advanced resistance has limits: the deeper layers of the Magma Sea depleted his Lava Shield and charred his Keratinized Skin 182.
• He can activate the Molten Breathing Technique alongside Lava Shield, Keratinized Skin, and Indomitable Skeleton to endure powerful shadow and fire attacks while holding a critical position 267.
• As a Tier Three Flame Prison Commander, he can absorb and circulate vast quantities of destructive flame energy rather than merely resisting it 314.
• His hidden class follows a fixed advancement line: at LV.40, the system required him to continue from Flame Prison Guard to Flame Prison Commander rather than choose an alternative class 158.

Titan's Favored Body

A Tier Three Flesh Sequence talent that greatly magnifies his body.

• Enlarges him beyond three meters and coats his skin in dark-gold metallic luster 66.
• Can be activated and dismissed, increasing all his attributes while enlarged 66.
• Provides the raw strength to suplex the several-thousand-ton Insect Emperor by one front leg 70.
• Enhances his ability to function in high-heat environments when paired with Flame Prison Guard skills 70.
• Does not erase overwhelming level gaps; a LV.52 Void Devouring Insect could still defeat him in two hits despite his active buffs 68.

Flesh Domination and Cellular Regeneration

Brute Force can reshape his own tissue into specialized combat forms and rapidly replace damaged flesh.

• Reshapes limbs into shields, bone shovels, fleshy oars, and other tools suited to immediate needs 86 112 181.
• Can turn his arms into sharp bone hooks resembling climbing pickaxes, allowing him to climb a Lord monster's enormous leg while enduring the flames beneath it 149.
• Used Flesh Domination and Cellular Regeneration together to continuously move intact tissue toward his burning surface while diving through the Magma Sea 182.
• Can endure catastrophic heat damage by allowing flesh to burn away and regrow, though this consumes his reserves and cannot indefinitely sustain him against a Lord-class enemy 183.
• Can streamline his body to reduce resistance while swimming through magma 183.
• Can use Flesh Domination to remove damaged fused materials and preserve the function of his body-integrated psionic circuits after suffering heavy injuries 328.
• His body can be rebuilt around implanted protective materials and Flow-Guiding Armguards, making his limbs function as living armored weapons 327.
• Regenerating flesh does not automatically repair broken implanted circuitry; damaged channeling materials may need to be removed, replaced, and reconnected by artisans 328 329.

Molten Breathing Technique

A D-rank self-created Psionic Body Tempering technique discovered through Magma Sea exposure.

• Draws and guides Psychic Power through the body while enduring extreme heat 187 188.
• Brands Psychic Power into newly regenerated cells, strengthening his physical body beyond normal level-based growth 187.
• Increases mana capacity and physical strength 188.
• He taught the technique to Dragon Fighting in the Wild and Cloud Pomelo, who used it to improve physical strength, fire resistance, and Psychic Power reserves 199.
• The method is dangerous and unsuitable for incompatible energy types; Vanguard Across the Realm's attempt to use Void Psychic Power for tempering harmed the entire party 199.
• Its original magma-based practice conditions require exceptional durability: more than a hundred Divine Guards died almost immediately after attempting to imitate him in the Magma Sea 189.
• Can function in reality when sufficient heat stimulates his body. Tests in 80°C water and pressurized 200°C water produced no effect, but a roughly 400°C molten-salt bath enabled absorption and circulation of ambient psionic particles 189.
• Can draw free fire-element energy from the surrounding air during battle, supporting his defensive and physical abilities 267.
• After months of refinement, he extended its circulation from his arms through his chest, back, and legs, allowing him to absorb the Giant Flame Demon's self-destructive energy and complete his Tier Three advancement 314.
• A simplified version of its energy-circulation principles was later adapted into the Flesh Artisans' Fruit Mecha, allowing cultivated muscles to absorb and circulate ambient fire-element psionic energy 328 329.

Integrated Flesh Armament

Brute Force combines biological modification, crafted materials, and psionic circuitry into a single fighting body.

• Fuses bone-shell guards and other high-grade materials into his body through Flesh Domination, greatly reinforcing his forearms, fists, and general durability 327.
• Uses Flow-Guiding Armguards containing psionic circuits to direct internally circulating flame energy into his palms and fists at close range 327.
• Bypassed the Energy-Devouring Armored Beast's spell absorption by driving compressed flame energy directly through an existing wound rather than releasing it externally 327.
• Continued fighting after a bone spike damaged the circuit in his left arm, isolating the damaged channel and relying on his still-functional right arm until repairs could be made 328 329.
• Repeated the internal-strike method against a parasite threatening a transport unloading area, tearing open its mouthparts and detonating scorching psionic energy inside its head 335.
• Can use the integrated channeling structure to sustain powerful grapples. During the tower operation, he caught a barbed whip and circulated power into his shoulder and arm strongly enough to make a hundred-ton beast stumble forward 356.

Real-World Abilities

Wang Daqiang's physical development extends beyond his player avatar.

• Titan Blood healed his back and granted extraordinary strength early in his progression 12.
• Flesh Domination's Reality Projection allows him to alter his appearance through control of his own flesh; he demonstrated this at the Titan Engineering Bureau 86.
• His real-world skin became tough enough that the laboratory's initial heated-water tests did not visibly redden it 189.
• He can practice the Molten Breathing Technique on Blue Star, drawing sparse ambient psionic particles through a heated medium into his body to reinforce his flesh 189.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Fine Bone Hammer +3 — strengthened weapon used during the defense of Dawn Fortress; its durability reached zero after the battle 8.
• Chitin Shield / Tower Shield — used both defensively and as a battering ram in charges 6 34.
• Lava Gauntlets / Obsidian Lava Gauntlets — magma-infused gauntlets gained through his Flame Prison Guard advancement 12 66.
• Lava Shield — Flame Prison Commander defensive ability used against hostile energy and magma terrain 158 181.
• Heavy Power Hammer — Wall Breaker biomecha specialization 42.
• Flow-Guiding Armguards — Flesh Ascension and Scientific Research Team-crafted armguards whose embedded psionic circuits focus Brute Force's internally circulating flame energy into close-range strikes; he later fused them into his body 327.
• Integrated Bone Guards — body-fused protective shells and materials that reinforce his arms but can be damaged by sufficiently powerful attacks and require replacement or repair 327 329.
• Flight Wings — used for aerial movement and diving attacks, including his assault on an acid sac in the parasitic blockage 338.
• Titan Blood — purchased after his first class advancement; its real-world effects healed his back and greatly increased his strength 12.

Relationships

• Vanguard Across the Realm — Party leader and frequent battlefield commander. Brute Force follows his tactical calls, serves as his frontline shield, and works with him in Dawn's Core Five-Man Squad 6 31. Vanguard later requested his Breathing Technique records while investigating a safer way to cultivate using Void life and processed Void Shards 294.
• Cloud Pomelo — Trusted healer and advancement partner. She supported his Flame Prison Guard trial, repeatedly sustains him during high-heat battles, and remotely healed him in the Magma Sea 12 70 182. She also treated the severe waist injury he suffered against the Energy-Devouring Armored Beast 328 329.
• Dragon Fighting in the Wild — Fellow Flesh-focused frontline fighter. They coordinate as a pair during major assaults and jointly sacrificed themselves to block the Dark Spirit priest's casting path 71 270. They continue operating together after reaching Tier Three, including holding a flank during the interception of retreating enemies 360.
• Thunder King / Dharma King — Longtime teammate whose lightning support complements Brute Force's close-range tanking; Thunder King later tested his ally-buffing lightning on him 6 159. They remain friendly rivals in Breathing Technique and Mecha development, with Brute Force helping him secure materials while openly mocking his failed Lightning Breathing Technique experiments 337. Thunder King's Thunder Therapy later accelerated Brute Force's movements while he restrained a whip-wielding beast 356.
• Tian Ce and Data Maniac — Strategic support partners. Their combined psychic attack saved Brute Force from Living Flame: Red Fish after he held the Lord in place underwater 183. Tian Ce later coordinates Brute Force's role in major operations through the Mind Network, while Data Maniac identifies enemy weak points and battlefield openings 296 312.
• Hannibal and Old Liang — Flesh Artisan and engineering collaborators who adapted the principles of Brute Force's Molten Breathing Technique into the Fruit Mecha's biological energy-circulation system. Brute Force assists in testing the resulting technology and evaluates its combat value 328 329. He also helped confirm the Neural-Linked Mecha's sense of touch by lightly touching its back, which Hannibal immediately perceived through its new sensory connection 329.
• Ci Beili — Research collaborator at the Titan Engineering Bureau. Ci Beili supervised the escalating heat tests that established a working real-world cultivation environment for Brute Force's Molten Breathing Technique 189.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Early Titan: Genesis Campaigns

Brute Force established himself as a frontline leader during the initial monster defense, then became a veteran guide and elite-team tank in the Storm Abyss 3 6. He was central to Dawn Fortress's defense and the party's advance through the regional roadblock 8 12.

His first class advancement also marked an important change in his real-world life. After taking Titan Blood, he discovered that his back had healed and his strength had increased dramatically, giving him a direct personal reason to continue progressing 12.

Dawn Guild Operations

As Flame Prison Guard, he became Dawn's key breakthrough tank. He opened formations at H-124 Fortress, held the Crystallized Centurion in place for the Core Five-Man Squad, and fought alongside Vanguard Across the Realm and Frost Sword against the Corrupt Mother Nest 22 31 34.

He also participated in Dawn's engineering response to gastric acid reflux at the cardia, working with Lei Zhen and the Flesh Artisan Corps to construct a giant calcium-and-tendon net 25.

Void Hive and Insect Emperor Battle

After gaining Titan's Favored Body, Brute Force tested his limits against the Void Devouring Insect, then became the Insect Emperor raid's main tank. His ability to resist the boss's fire damage allowed the team to keep it restrained long enough for Vanguard Across the Realm to attack its weak points 68 70.

The earlier defense test ended in a decisive defeat: the Devouring Insect's first automatic cannon blast destroyed his shield and arms and nearly killed him, while the second finished him off. After respawning at Lymph Node G5, he acknowledged that his Tier Three talent could not overcome the enemy's overwhelming power 68.

Magma Sea Discovery

Brute Force entered the Magma Sea to retrieve amber containing a sealed Thunder Messenger. He endured the environment, delayed Living Flame: Red Fish in close combat, and later returned alone to investigate the bodily changes caused by magma tempering 182 183 187. This led directly to his creation of the Molten Breathing Technique 188.

He could not move the amber despite repeated attempts, making an engineering solution necessary rather than a solo retrieval 182 186. His contribution instead became the discovery of a new cultivation method, which he shared with the legion and successfully reproduced in reality through molten-salt experiments 189.

Dark Spirit Infiltration

During operations against the Dark Spirit Race, Brute Force remained a direct-assault specialist. He held a Warlord's casting angle under Lava Shield and later joined Dragon Fighting in the Wild in a deliberate self-sacrifice that opened time for the team to destroy an enemy altar 267 270.

Before the altar assault, he and Dragon Fighting in the Wild helped break the Well-Sealing Squad's attack while Tian Ce's team protected refugees and secured the ritual well. The enemy priest's final activation exposed the Ash Prayer Corridor, creating an underground route farther into enemy territory 266.

Right Lung Lobe Campaign

Brute Force served among the seven elite players who repeatedly broke through monster tides in the Right Lung Lobe Bronchus. He and Dragon Fighting in the Wild smashed open routes through Flame Demons and Proliferative Lesions, dragged an Armed Assault Striker Lord away from a threatened Biological Beacon, and helped secure the players' forward position 296 297.

During the campaign's prolonged Flame Demon battles, he continued operating at the front despite exhausted defenses and broken equipment. He used Lava Shield to force apart Flame Poison Golems and create openings for Dragon Fighting in the Wild, Thunder King, Data Maniac, and Vanguard Across the Realm to destroy their cores 303.

When the group encountered fused alveoli, his inability to damage the healthy tissue helped establish that the obstruction required repair rather than further destruction. After Gu Yuan awakened the Divine Body Weaver, Brute Force joined the defense and helped expose the lesion connections sustaining the attacking monsters 307.

Tier Three Advancement

When a LV.59 Giant Flame Demon tried to self-destruct, Brute Force deliberately dispelled the Lava Shield around his arms and used the explosion as the final tempering condition for his Molten Breathing Technique. Repeated destruction and regeneration spread the flame circulation through his whole body, enabling him to reach LV.60 and become a Tier Three Flame Prison Commander 314.

He drew most of the flames threatening the player formation onto himself during the breakthrough. The server announcement recognized him as its fourth Tier Three player 314.

He immediately demonstrated the result by destroying the Giant Flame Demon's chest armor and core with a single punch, then joined Dragon Fighting in the Wild in tearing through the remaining horde from opposite directions 314.

Energy-Devouring Armored Beast and Flesh Mecha Development

Against the Tier Three Energy-Devouring Armored Beast, Brute Force adapted after discovering that external spells and flames were absorbed by the monster's armor. Using body-fused Flow-Guiding Armguards, he injected compressed internal flame energy into wounds opened by Dragon Fighting in the Wild and Vanguard Across the Realm 327.

He ultimately punched through the tissue surrounding the Armor Beast's core, creating the opening for Vanguard's finishing strike despite severe injuries to his waist and left-arm circuit 328. The battle's biological circuitry and Brute Force's breathing method subsequently helped inspire the Flesh Artisans' self-circulating Fruit Mecha 328 329.

Afterward, artisans replaced the damaged material in his left arm and reconnected its circuits, while Cloud Pomelo healed his waist. He then assisted in testing the mecha's new sensory organs, confirming that Hannibal could feel a light touch on its back through the Somatosensory Ganglion 329.

Breeding Zone and Parasitic Blockage Operations

During the advance into a breeding zone, Brute Force intercepted a black-armored giant insect that had broken through the players' bone wall. He directed the lower-level force to handle weaker enemies while the Tier Three players dealt with their counterparts. At the core, he pried apart a crack in its armor so Vanguard Across the Realm could enter and destroy the active tissue inside 331.

He later protected a transport unloading area from parasites, tearing open one attacker's mouthparts and detonating internal flame energy inside its head while Cloud Pomelo shielded the hatch 335.

Alongside Thunder King, he defeated a LV.61 Tier Three lightning-producing parasite while preserving its horns and Lightning Sacs for Thunder King's proposed mecha. The encounter also let him observe Thunder King's newly developed Lightning Breathing Technique in action 337.

At an acid-mist blockage threatening the repair operation, Brute Force used his flight wings to dive onto and destroy an acid sac. The remaining sacs immediately increased their output, revealing that the target was only one outlet of an interconnected system; the mist corroded the living tissue around his armguards before he withdrew 338.

Molten Tyrant Battle

Brute Force was one of the principal close-range attackers during the campaign against the Molten Tyrant. He fought through severe burns to damage its shoulder structure alongside Dragon Fighting in the Wild and Vanguard Across the Realm, while Cloud Pomelo sustained the frontline and Tian Ce coordinated the wider force 339 340.

When Tyrant prepared a final breath attack, Brute Force entered an exposed wound and repeatedly struck the neural tissues controlling its chest-mouthparts. Together with Dragon Fighting's restraint, Cloud Pomelo's protection, and Vanguard's precise severing of the neural bundles, this caused Tyrant's own charged breath to explode internally and kill it 341.

Tower Dismantling and Enemy Interception

During the tower operation, Brute Force endured a barbed whip strike that gouged his shield and drove him backward across a crystal shell. With Thunder King's Thunder Therapy accelerating his movements, he caught the whip before it could retract. His Molten Breathing Technique and integrated arm circuits supplied enough force to wrench the hundred-ton beast forward, exposing it to the team's attacks 356.

In a later interception, Tian Ce assigned Brute Force and Dragon Fighting in the Wild to hold the left flank while repair crews and wounded war beasts withdrew to safer positions. Brute Force advanced and expanded his blazing Lava Shield into a defensive wall as the team blocked the enemies' retreat 360.

Notable Quotes

“My body is the strongest weapon there is!” 86

“You can't kill me! I'll wear you down instead!” 183

“You can swallow spells, but can you swallow fists?” 327

Trivia

• Brute Force's hidden Flame Prison Guard path required him to carry High-Energy Amber Essence, which resonated with Watcher Zero before the trial was issued 12.
• He referred to the group of players recruited from his construction site as the “Brick-Moving Assault Team” 33.
• His magma-tempering discovery was recognized by the system despite not requiring experience, talent points, or a predetermined class path 188.
• The Flesh Artisans' Fruit Mecha uses a simplified form of Brute Force's Molten Breathing Technique to circulate fire-element psionic energy through cultivated muscles 329.
• Researchers recorded his lava-training attempts in extensive detail, including cramps and failed attempts. He was embarrassed to learn that Old Liang still possessed footage of him rolling around during training 329.
• Although he could not choose a different class at his second advancement, the system showed him the standard Steel Bastion advancement descriptions for Immortal Boundary Stele and Punishment Guard. His explanation drew immediate interest from Ci Beili and the scientific advisory team 158.