Chapter 177 – A Mere Level Seven

Yashan’s Evolve was very smooth. When Yashan woke up again, he had already become a Level Six Evolved Human, the [Earth Monarch].

After testing his newly acquired abilities, he found that he had gained three new skills.

The first is that Steel Armor has become ‘Black Crystal’. The strength of this black crystal structure is about 1.8 times that of Steel Armor. It can only be said to be passable, not as strong as imagined, and Su Hao estimates that this strength will soon reach its limit. Evolving into a Level Seven Evolved Human, the [Life-Seed], won’t increase it much.

The second ability is ‘Blood Qi Resistance’. As long as Blood Qi is actively called upon to resist, over eighty percent of the damage can be transferred to the Blood Qi and offset by it. It is difficult to truly die before the Blood Qi is depleted. Possessing this ability signifies that the survival capability of the [Earth Monarch] has reached a new height; it’s not easy to die.

Of course, if you are ambushed and don’t have time to react, ‘Blood Qi Resistance’ won’t activate automatically.

The third ability is ‘Flesh Transfer’. In the transformed state, you can transfer parts of your body to another location, which can be used to avoid critical attacks.

I can only say that the [Earth Monarch] is truly Invincible!

Thinking about it now, his ability to kill such a powerful [Earth Monarch] is quite something.

Su Hao had a flash of inspiration and curiously asked Yashan, “Yashan, when I was fighting the [Earth Monarch], I cut off his head, but it grew back and he was fine, jumping around. Do you want to try it?”

Yashan immediately jumped away from Su Hao several steps and said, “Boss Wei, absolutely not! I can handle losing a hand or a foot, but I wouldn’t dare to try cutting off my head! Maybe another time, maybe another time!”

Since Yashan was unwilling to try, Su Hao didn’t force the issue.

Next, they needed to test the feasibility of the Rune operation.

The Rune operated smoothly, no problem!

He then recorded the ‘Level Two’ Rune for Yashan again. After recording his genetic information, he temporarily wrote a small booklet and gave it to Yashan, saying, “Yashan, for the next month, follow the diagrams in here to train. Don’t worry, this time I’m not writing for you, I’m drawing pictures. You’ll get it as soon as you see it.”

Yashan chuckled awkwardly and said, “Thanks, Boss Wei.”

…

After Yashan left, Su Hao began to adjust his state, preparing to evolve into the [Earth Monarch]. He didn’t plan to wait for Yashan to complete the second stage of his evolution. He needed to race against time, gain more power as soon as possible, and increase his resilience against risks.

As night fell, Su Hao lay quietly in bed, waiting for the evolution to complete.

As the ‘Converter’ suddenly contracted, a wave of sleepiness washed over Su Hao, and he fell into a deep slumber.

When he woke up again, he immediately knew that his evolution into the [Earth Monarch] had been successful!

Su Hao controlled his transformation, and his body immediately grew taller, inflating like a balloon into a small giant nearly four meters tall.

The overall appearance was similar to the [Steel Armor King], but the original gray Steel Armor was replaced by black crystals that gleamed with a faint luster.

His aura had transformed from that of a loser to a rich and handsome man!

He was completely a walking visual aphrodisiac.

Not only was it strong, but it was also shiny. If you chipped off a piece and polished it, it would probably sell for a lot of money!

He had become a complete gem knight, unable to keep a low profile from now on.

Even after returning to his normal state, Su Hao felt different, as if every cell was incredibly valuable.

Su Hao looked at his gleaming black gemstone armor with satisfaction, couldn’t help but clench his fists and strike a few perfect poses.

Next, I’ll start trying to engrave Runes.

Starting from the chest, beautiful Runes climbed up the Black Crystal Armor in circles.

“Cool!” Su Hao couldn’t help but exclaim.

But it wasn’t enough, it could be even cooler!

The black crystal had a certain translucency, and Su Hao’s eyes gradually lit up: “What if the patterns were buried beneath the surface, creating that faint, ethereal feel…”

No sooner said than done, Su Hao entered the Pinball Space and started designing in his current transformed state.

“If it’s too deep, you can’t see it. Shallower, shallower, so the beauty of the Rune patterns can be clearly seen, without losing the luster of the Black Crystal… Hmm, let’s add a weakened ‘Strong Light’ Rune. It’ll light myself up when I transform, gotta maximize the entrance effects! Hahaha!”

Su Hao’s design was quickly completed. Later, because it was too flashy, he even went back to modify it, reducing the special effects slightly to appear a bit more low-key.

Su Hao exited the Pinball Space and began his magnificent transformation.
“Kaka kaka~”

Black crystal continued to generate, shoulder pads spread like a bird’s wings, and the flowing lines on the chest plate extended to the abdomen, forming a perfect arc that disappeared on the sides.

Thick layers of Black Crystal scales arranged down the legs, making the overall appearance incredibly fluid and well-proportioned.

Su Hao slowly clenched his fists.

“Engrave Runes.”

A fist-sized ring began to form on his chest, hidden beneath the surface of the Black Crystal, clearly visible.

Following that, starting from the chest, the patterns spread out in rings all over his body, adding a mysterious aura.

‘Weakened-Strong Light’!

A faint light began to glow from his chest, spreading along the elegant curves to his entire body, finally illuminating the entire Black Crystal Armor!

For a moment, it was dazzlingly brilliant.

After playing around for a while, Su Hao slowly calmed down and exited the [Earth Monarch] state.

After thinking about it, he decided to cancel the lighting effect after all!

Most battles take place at night. While it’s cool to have lights on, it’s also a sure way to attract attention. Su Hao, who wasn’t tired of living, figured that being ostentatious by himself was one thing, but it was better not to court death by showing off.

However, even without the lighting effect, Su Hao’s Black Crystal Armor was absolutely eye-popping.

For the next hour, Su Hao continuously tried to activate new abilities, but he could only become more proficient with his existing ones; no new abilities were activated.

Of the three new abilities added to [Earth Monarch] – ‘Black Crystal Armor’, ‘Blood Qi Resistance’, and ‘Flesh Transfer’ – the one that would be most useful to Su Hao was ‘Blood Qi Resistance’.

Through the analysis of this one Moon, Su Hao discovered the operational mode of ‘Blood Qi Resistance’.

After evolving into [Earth Monarch], Su Hao automatically controlled a special arrangement method unique to Blood Qi energy. This special arrangement method could create a Barrier-like Force Field on the surface of his body, generating a cushioning structure detached from the physical body.

The moment an attack approached, it absorbed most of the impact force, protecting the physical body from harm.

Moreover, this structure is very stable. As long as there is a continuous supply of Blood Qi, it can theoretically be kept active continuously to absorb damage.

Furthermore, the ‘Blood Qi Resistance’ structure does not conflict with his Rune.

This was good news for Su Hao.

This meant he had gained another powerful defensive skill. Moreover, as long as he understood the principles of the ‘Blood Qi Resistance’ structure, even without corresponding gene assistance, he could control Blood Qi to generate the corresponding structure himself, achieving ‘Blood Qi Resistance’.

As for the ‘Black Crystal Armor’, its purpose was to look cool, and ‘Flesh Transfer’ was dispensable to him.

Because he was confident that no one could cut off his head, forcing him to use ‘Flesh Transfer’ to dodge the damage.

Firstly, regarding martial skills, after arriving in this world, Su Hao found that Evolved Humans fought purely on instinct, with no martial skills that could be passed down. This was because the way martial power was acquired in this world was through plunder, not inheritance. Even if martial skills existed, they could not be inherited or passed down.

Su Hao, who had mastered numerous combat techniques, had a significant advantage over the Evolved Humans.

Secondly, he had mastered various Runes, capable of handling most situations.

Moreover, with his formidable Black Crystal Armor, combined with ‘Hardness’, ‘Barrier’, ‘Deflection’, and the newly acquired ‘Blood Qi Resistance’, who could break through his defense?

Finally, he possessed Radar Perception spanning nearly ten thousand meters and could fly at extremely high speeds, giving him exceptional mobility and the ability to come and go as he pleased. Unless he was testing the abilities of an Evolved Human from the [Shen Armor] sequence, he generally wouldn’t engage in direct combat. He would either snipe from thousands of meters away with his Great Gun or generate cannons to launch artillery shells from a distance.

It was extremely difficult for enemies to even get close to him. So, how could anyone cut off Su Hao’s head?

Su Hao himself didn’t know the answer!

So, if he were to die, how could he die?

Su Hao didn’t believe that a mere Level Seven Evolved Human could deal with him, not even the rumored and incredibly ferocious [Calamity Child] Lu!

This was Su Hao’s confidence.

“However, it’s better to be safe than sorry. I can’t be as reckless as before. I’ll put aside the Rune gene experiments for now and go to Huiyang City to get the [Life-Seed] flesh and blood first.”

(End of Chapter)