The Rule-Breaker of the Doomsday Game

Chapter 224: Chapter 224: Protection of Kindling, King, Majesty

Qi Suian’s actions quickly caused a massive uproar in the north.

In just one month, a total of 235 Level 3, 4, and 5 Sanctuaries were destroyed by Qi Suian.

Furthermore, he even destroyed their Fire Seeds through some unknown means.

This act directly enraged the two Level 1 Sanctuaries in the north.

They were the third-ranked Holy Spirit Monarch’s Sanctuary and the fourth-ranked Immortal Emperor’s Sanctuary.

The other four Sanctuaries were located in the south.

With these two Level 1 Sanctuaries taking the lead, the forces of all Level 2, 3, 4, and 5 Sanctuaries were gathered within three days.

Then, they locked onto Qi Suian’s position with the utmost speed and began to encircle and annihilate him.

However, Qi Suian could fly, and this was his greatest advantage.

Neither battle armor nor bionic armor possessed this function; at best, they could only run quickly on the ground.

As for Fire Seed Armor, it could fly, but only within the confines of a Sanctuary.

Therefore, they had no way of catching Qi Suian at all.

Qi Suian was also genuinely busy; he was occupied with harvesting Fire Seeds to use as resources.

He had thought a hundred or so Fire Seeds would be enough, but he hadn’t expected the Sun Beast Fire Seed’s appetite and growth to be far greater than he had imagined.

Thus, it took a whole month for the Sun Beast to fully mature, and even its name changed.

[Pseudo Fire Seed Source · Sun King]

[Quality: A~S]

[Trait 1: Fire Seed Protection]

[Trait 2: Companion Spirit (Incomplete)]

Qi Suian truly hadn’t expected that an original Level 1 Fire Seed would turn into a Pseudo Fire Seed Source.

He figured it was because Trait 2 was incomplete and it was missing the third trait, Key of Triumph. Otherwise, the "Pseudo" prefix would have been removed.

The quality would also likely be at least S-rank, not the current A~S-rank.

’It doesn’t matter, though.’ For Qi Suian, what was suitable was what was best; he wasn’t solely focused on pursuing quality.

He directly activated the Pseudo Fire Seed Source, and its two traits began to take effect.

With swift eyes and quick hands, Qi Suian installed it as a module directly into the Tai Sui God’s module slot.

Not long ago, the Tai Sui God’s armor value had reached 62 points, and it had undergone two evolutions. Qi Suian had left the two new module slots empty, waiting for him to complete his experiment.

Two brand-new modules appeared in the module slots.

[SSS·Aegis of the Flame]

[SSS·King of Fire]

[SSS·Majesty of the Flame (Combo Module)]

Just as Qi Suian had thought, although splitting the source into two traits occupied two module slots, he gained a combo module due to the set effect.

So he could now confirm that as long as modules had the same prefix, they could be classified as a set. Once the set was complete, he would receive an additional combo module.

It was basically like getting a free module slot.

The Aegis module was the shield module Qi Suian had envisioned, similar to a Sanctuary-style comprehensive shield.

With this module, as long as the shield wasn’t broken, the Tai Sui God wouldn’t have to worry about its safety. He would also be able to farm armor with the "Tenacity of a New Player" module without any worries.

The shield’s strength and maximum capacity were both equal to armor value × 100.

After all, it was a comprehensive shield that also had to ensure filtration, life support, environmental factors, and so on. That’s why the ratio was relatively low, but as it was enhanced further, the ratio would also increase.

The increase wouldn’t be too significant, though, as other functions also needed to be upgraded.

As for recovery, there was no need to worry. As long as the energy supply was sufficient, the shield could be restored in an instant even if it was shattered.

Therefore, as long as an enemy didn’t deal damage exceeding the shield’s maximum capacity, the energy supplied by the Supernova Strong Nuclear Reactor basically made it an infinite shield.

There was no cooldown time at all. After all, it was an Energy Shield; as long as it had power, it was fine.

The King module, on the other hand, was a material module.

That’s right. It provided the Tai Sui God with powerful vitality and life force, granting it the ability to self-regenerate by consuming energy. It also increased its armor value by an additional 500%.

In terms of hardness and toughness, it far surpassed the artificial crystal-vein alloy, which was why the armor value increase was so significant.

Unfortunately, the artificial crystal-vein alloy and the King of Fire couldn’t be calculated multiplicatively. They could only be calculated separately. Otherwise, if the King of Fire was applied first, the armor value would reach 310. Then, applying the artificial crystal-vein alloy would turn its defense into 620.

This would have resulted in a direct 400% extra armor value.

However, since they were calculated separately, their boosts could only be applied individually.

As for the special ability Qi Suian needed, it was in the final module, Majesty.

It allowed the Tai Sui God to possess an ability similar to a pressure aura and to condense a vividly-colored, ferocious tiger for its attacks.

Although it couldn’t cause physical damage, it could directly attack more ethereal existences like Spirit and soul.

With this module, the three systems on the Tai Sui God—ancient martial arts, frost energy, and Fire Seed—merged together.

The vividly-colored, ferocious tiger from the pressure aura also underwent a metamorphosis, becoming an Evil Tiger that complemented the Evil Dragon from the Taiyin Red Blood Dragon.

At the same time, the forms of the Evil Dragon and Evil Tiger on the Tai Sui God solidified, becoming tangible existences.

’It’s still not quite right. It needs balance.’

Simultaneously, Qi Suian fully perceived the changes in the Tai Sui God’s strength through the "Virus Bloodline Colonization" module.

Although his two primary stats were still at 7 points and hadn’t increased, his actual power had been greatly amplified. It was analogous to gaining a large number of passive skills and innate abilities.

’That’s right. All these abilities are passive effects. They can also be actively controlled, which would make them more powerful but also increase their consumption.’

’The Evil Dragon is a veteran, so it’s inherently stronger.’

’The Evil Tiger’s awakening is insufficient. It needs to reach the Fire Seed Source stage.’

Fire Seed Armor could be divided into six levels. Apart from the Levels 1 through 5 that he knew of, there was also a final stage: Fire Seed Awakening.

Because Qi Suian’s Sun King Fire Seed was incomplete to begin with—forcefully ripened and prematurely born—it had then been elevated to SSS-rank quality by the module slot.

It was not yet fully awakened. It needed to be completed through acquired means to raise its awakening level. Only by reaching the Fire Seed Awakening stage could the Evil Dragon and Evil Tiger achieve a balance.

Only then would it be in a complete state.

What is lacking at birth can be compensated for later.

As for how to complete it, there were two methods.

The first was to use one Fire Seed from each of the five levels—1, 2, 3, 4, and 5—to complete five awakenings. Then, by infusing it with a massive amount of energy from the Supernova Strong Nuclear Reactor, it could reach the final Fire Seed Awakening stage.

That’s right, there was no need to go on a cliché hunt for Fire Seed Source Fragments.

This was because the Sun King was a Fire Seed Source itself, even if it had the "Pseudo" prefix.

’Now I can be sure that "Strong Luck" really does have a synergistic effect with high-speed growth.’

’Why else would the Northern Sanctuaries have banded together to hunt me down? Wasn’t it all just to let me complete the development of this Extraordinary system at the fastest speed possible?’

’This also happens to be an equipment-based Extraordinary system. If it had been a cultivation-type Extraordinary system, the efficiency of reaching max level would probably have been even faster.’

Because the various Sanctuaries were busy trying to encircle him, their own bases were left empty, which made it convenient for Qi Suian to raid their homes.

Once he gathered Fire Seeds of all five levels, the Tai Sui God would have the power of a Level 1 Fire Seed Armor... not including the base armor value.

The Tai Sui God’s base armor value was tied to its evolution level and the number of evolutions, so it wouldn’t skyrocket just because of modules. Even if there were increases, they were extra armor values that couldn’t be factored into the stacking calculations.

However, because it had too many SSS-rank modules, a Level 1 Fire Seed Armor was no match for it at all.

The Tai Sui God was really taking off this time, but he would have to wait until the three Flame modules completed the Evil Tiger’s metamorphosis.

It had gotten stronger, but it hadn’t yet reached a qualitative transformation.

After all, the Aegis shield module and the King material module had both compensated for the Tai Sui God’s "squishy" weakness.

’First, I’ll raid their bases. Then, I’ll wipe out all the Level 1, 2, and 3 Sanctuaries in the north.’

’Then, once I reach the final stage of Fire Seed Awakening, I’ll kill the Wasteland King.’

Qi Suian’s thinking was simple. Since he had maxed out the current Extraordinary system, it was time to enter the subsequent phases: collecting fuel and destroying the planet.

The former was to prepare for the next Doomsday World, while the latter was to ensure this batch of survivors was completely wiped out, allowing a new Extraordinary system to appear in the next Doomsday World.

’I’ll also investigate Triumph’s Eden and scavenge some other benefits while I’m at it.’

’I hope nothing goes wrong before then,’ Qi Suian muttered to himself.

Compared to the south, which was embroiled in world-shaking battles, the north seemed much calmer due to the dominance of pure-blooded humans.

Therefore, not as many messy affairs had been dug up.

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"As expected of someone who managed to come out of Triumph’s Eden alive."

"A Fire Seed Source Fragment is truly formidable. To think it could grant a mutant power far surpassing that of a Level 1 Fire Seed Armor." Fos, the Sanctuary Grand Elder of the Frost Queen’s Sanctuary and the Corpse Eater Pope, struggled to his feet.

This was the fifth time this month he had clashed with the leader of the Steel Brotherhood.

His opponent was incredibly powerful. Even though Fos was within the Frost Queen’s Sanctuary, relying on the Sanctuary and his Level 1 Fire Seed Armor, the Ice Queen, he was at a disadvantage in every fight.

Fortunately, although there was a gap between them, he was no pushover. His opponent couldn’t kill him in any of their battles, only managing to severely injure him at most.

However, as a Corpse Eater, he possessed the powerful regenerative and self-healing abilities of a mutant, so he would recover from such injuries in less than half an hour.

As for why his opponent retreated, it was naturally because he had managed to injure him as well, forcing him to leave.

"It seems I’ll have to make a trip into Triumph’s Eden myself. Otherwise, he’s really going to kill me."

"But, to go inside..." A troubled look appeared on Fos’s face.

The leader of the Steel Brotherhood was growing stronger at an incredible rate, becoming more powerful with each confrontation.

But when he thought about the situation inside Triumph’s Eden, he hesitated.

The number of people who knew the truth was rather limited: only the Grand Elders of the six great Sanctuaries, plus the leader of the Steel Brotherhood, who had come out of Triumph’s Eden alive with a Fire Seed Source Fragment.

The Sanctuaries’ resource crisis was indeed because something had gone wrong in Triumph’s Eden.

But not only did they lack the ability to solve the problem, they weren’t even confident they could make it back alive if they entered.

The Triumph Eden of today could rightly be called a Purgatory, not the Sanctuary it once was.