bigabreads Chapter 425 Sequence 4 - Templar Knights
Chapter 425 Sequence 4 - Templar Knights
The cabin was much quieter than the usual campsite.
The engine of Nirvana emitted a deep hum, like a giant beast breathing steadily and rhythmically in the clouds.
Outside the porthole, the clouds rolled into a dark red ocean under the blood-red sun, with occasional cracks revealing the gray-brown earth below.
Those former cities, roads, and fields have all shrunk into blurry blocks of color, like an old, historical map.
It's quieter at high altitudes than on the ground, but also more dangerous.
Those eerie creatures wandering the wasteland rarely reach this level, but they are by no means nonexistent.
And once you encounter one, it's definitely the kind that's extremely difficult to deal with.
Fortunately, Nirvana's stealth capabilities are absolutely top-notch.
With a ranking of 97 for rare items, the previous investment has definitely been recouped.
Aside from not being as fast as Xu Si's sword flight, the overall experience was fantastic.
If it weren't for the fear of the eeriness of the 'Black Dragon,' Nirvana could have continued to roam the sky.
Of course, apart from being a bit boring, there don't seem to be any other drawbacks.
Lin Zhennan sat cross-legged in the spacious back of the SUV. He had already removed all the seats in the back, making it very spacious for him to rest.
At this moment, he looked like a cooked crab, his skin red and his breathing heavy, like a wild beast trapped in a cage, exhausted.
Each breath was accompanied by a scorching heat.
The familiar, powerful energy of the enhancement drug was rampaging through his body.
The transition from sequence 3 to sequence 4, and from the low-order sequence to the median sequence, is not a simple accumulation of quantitative changes, but rather a threshold for qualitative change.
If you cross that threshold, you'll find yourself in a whole new world; if you fail, you may suffer a severe blow.
Although the team has discussed the details of the sequence promotion multiple times.
However, when he finally broke through, he still felt that there were many difficulties.
Veins bulged on Lin Zhennan's forehead, and beads of sweat rolled down his cheeks.
He closed his eyes, his consciousness sinking into his body.
The rampant energy was like countless tiny snakes, roaming his entire body, weaving between his fascia, and climbing through his bones.
He meticulously combed through the details, capturing every nuance with precision.
Then, allowing them to function within the body is about rebuilding, not destroying.
The cabin was quiet, and everyone's gaze was subtly drawn to the SUV where Lin Zhennan was.
The promotion to Sequence 4 naturally caused quite a stir, especially in such a relatively enclosed space, where it was even more impossible to remain undetected.
Jiao Jiao stood not far away, her healing abilities ready to be activated at any moment.
But after seeing her teammates promoted several times, she became much more composed.
I will not intervene unless absolutely necessary.
This is Fu Xiaojian's advice, and also her own experience.
The path to promotion must be walked by oneself; external intervention will only destabilize the foundation.
Inside the cockpit, Xu Si opened his eyes.
The star veins spread silently, penetrating the armor of Nirvana, penetrating the metal shell of the off-road vehicle, and taking in every flow of energy within Lin Zhennan's body.
Those energies are being tamed.
Xu Si nodded slightly, withdrew his star vein, and stopped paying attention.
The 'Stardust Core' in his palm had been mostly worn away by the star core, and pure star power was continuously flowing into the star core, propelling the sequence process to climb slowly but steadily.
Level 6, 1.37%.
2.45%.
4.58%.
It's not fast, but it's consistent.
At this rate, once the Stardust Core is fully absorbed, the sequence process will advance to at least 6%.
Although it's not a lot.
However, based on this effect, a strange drop of a Sequence 6 item could advance his Sequence by at least a quarter.
Of course, it's also possible that this strange fall is somewhat in line with his own personality.
However, being able to directly obliterate the strange drops and use them for his own benefit made him feel much more at ease.
Although all of it was used to upgrade the star core, it did temporarily make up for the lack of potion supply.
Inside the SUV, Lin Zhennan's breathing finally calmed down.
He had subdued all that rampaging energy, just as a horse tamer finally made a wild horse lower its head.
A pale golden aura seeped from his body, no longer the chaotic, uncontrollable surge of before, but a stable, rhythmic pulse.
With each pulse, a trace of energy flows from the dantian to the limbs, and then flows back from the limbs to the dantian, forming a complete and self-consistent cycle.
He opened his eyes.
Those eyes have changed.
No longer ordinary pupils, but with a faint golden hue, like two polished bronze mirrors.
Deep within his pupils, the phantom of a sword flashed by.
Sequence 4 - Templar Knights.
Lin Zhennan looked down at his hands, turning them over and over.
A very faint golden line on the skin's surface is slowly fading, like watermarks left on a beach after the tide has receded.
He clenched his fist, and his bones made a cracking sound. It wasn't the friction of the joints, but a qualitative change in the density of the bones themselves.
In the cabin, Fu Xiaojian glanced at Jiang Li, but Jiang Li didn't care at all; it was just a vial of medicine.
Wang Hu also stopped forging and looked in the direction of Lin Zhennan.
He has already forged two of the remaining four artifacts, and the remaining two will be completed before today.
Sequence 3 craftsmen provide very little boost to their own combat power; they primarily enhance their skills.
Therefore, he was confident in all four of these extraordinary items.
Fu Xiaojian also slyly checked Lin Zhennan's latest acquired traits, since these were all part of his resource pool.
"Holy Light Protection" - an invisible shield formed by condensing sequential energy, which can not only resist physical attacks, but also weaken the erosion of the body by spiritual energy.
"Battlecry Blessing" - A brief roar that grants a Holy Light buff to friendly units, has a restraining effect on undead and evil-type monsters, and increases Spirit and Constitution recovery.
"Sanctuary Decree" - Applies an "Evil Mark" to enemy targets. Marked targets will be exposed to the vision of friendly units, cannot be hidden, and cannot enjoy healing properties for a period of time.
"These are all good stuff!" Fu Xiaojian exclaimed.
He has so many good teammates that he's having trouble choosing.
Lin Zhennan rolled out of the back of the SUV, and the sound of his feet landing was a bit heavier than before.
He exudes a calm and collected aura from the inside out, like a long sword that has been reforged, its sharpness restrained, yet making people dare not look directly at him.
"What a pity, I'm missing a suit of armor and a warhorse!" He reached out and looked himself over.
"Not bad, you've been promoted!" Tashan was a little envious. He had fought tooth and nail to get promoted to Sequence 4 back then.
Hinata Aoi was also a little envious, as they were both in the same team that joined at Sequence 3.
Lin Zhennan is now a Sequence 4, while she is still a Sequence 3.
Fang Bo, Qian Dafu, and the others from the original Jingzhe car team had somewhat complicated expressions. They wanted to go up and make friends, but they didn't know what reason to give.
Perhaps before this, he could still hold onto old feelings.
However, after his promotion, he had already been deeply marked by the salary train team.
Any past relationship would be extremely impolite and unwise to him.
Fang Bo and the others naturally understood.
Perhaps this is good enough; at least they still have a chance to awaken.
What if it were the same car convoy that participated in the Jingzhe Festival?
Thinking of this, they couldn't help but look at Fu Xiaojian.
Although Fu Xiaojian did nothing and said nothing, it was enough to dispel many of their thoughts.