Wasteland: My Items Can Be Infinitely Upgraded-Chapter 423 - 212: Severely Wounding Li Hao’s Left Arm, Salvation Army Requests Audience

Chapter 423: Chapter 212: Severely Wounding Li Hao’s Left Arm, Salvation Army Requests Audience

At this moment, Lin Feng was already dizzy and disoriented from the fall, his external power armor continuously impacted and severely damaged, with durability plummeting.

However, the core control hub of the power armor, including the newly equipped combat data module, remained undamaged.

It now used electrical stimulation to awaken the semi-conscious Lin Feng.

Instantly reviving him, while injecting a large amount of adrenaline into his body, reactivating his nerves and muscles, making his brain oblivious to the pain of his shattered left arm.

Now awake, Lin Feng glanced at his attribute status data. Having taken a full-force strike from a Level 26 Rock Horse Warrior, despite the protection of his Branded Armor with 500 points of defense value, he still lost over 60 points of life value.

Originally at a peak of 300 points, this now left him with 230 points of life, and falling below 200 points would put him in a weakened state.

But at this moment, Lin Feng had no choice; to escape the deadly intent of Li Hao and survive, he had to show the resolve of going down together!

So Lin Feng, disregarding his current perilous state, painfully consumed ten points of life value, quickly synthesizing his two Level 22 weapons, the Armor-Piercing Cannon and the High-Explosive Rapid-Fire Cannon, according to the pre-set assembly synthesis route.

Simultaneously, he expended five points of life value to restore some of the power armor’s lost durability, with its aid, he arduously stood and swiftly distanced himself from the Rock Horse Warrior.

Meanwhile, inside the Rock Horse Armor, Li Hao was surprisingly momentarily distracted, not continuing the assault.

Because he felt excruciating pain.

It wasn’t from the small puncture wound on his left shoulder, merely a tear wound less than five centimeters long and one centimeter deep...

The real source of agony came from the Rock Horse Armor enveloping his body.

Unlike the power armor that used digital screens for information transfer, the Rock Horse Armor, as biological armor, communicated with the wearer not through screens but via neural sensory elements, sprouting countless small tendrils inside that pierced the wearer’s skin.

Connecting with the wearer’s nerve endings.

To enhance transmission efficiency, most neural synapses linked to the pituitary gland in the cervical spine and the facial senses, thereby strengthening the wearer’s perception and response to the external environment.

In a way, the Rock Horse Armor is an extension of the Rock Horse Warrior’s body.

Biological armor more closely resembles proliferated bio-wear.

As opposed to a mechanical exoskeleton.

This tight integration grants the biological armor more biological characteristics and a stronger bond with the wearer.

Thus, when the biological armor is damaged, the pain from shattered cells transmits through the nervous system into the wearer’s brain.

The intense pain stimulus makes the wearer feel as if it were their own flesh.

Of course, the wearer can sever the connection.

But at this moment, Li Hao was unleashing the high-performance burst mode of the Rock Horse Armor, fully focused and merged as one with it.

So when the tremor and numbness from the cannonball strike on his left arm transformed into tearing pain, the pain sensory neural stimulation struck directly into Li Hao’s brain.

Bringing an unexpected moment of voicelessness, less than half a second.

In a duel between Tier Two powerhouses, half a second could drastically alter the final outcome.

So by the time Li Hao reacted...

The target he should have been pursuing, Lin Feng, piloting the gradually repaired power armor, had already escaped over two hundred meters away from the Rock Horse Armor.

And Xu Wanfeng, acting as the referee, had also activated his own mid-tier two power armor, rushing to the battlefield to prevent the escalation of combat intensity.

At this point, Li Hao found it difficult to take further action.

But he knew that Lin Feng was also significantly injured, and as long as he managed to deliver one more punch, even if he couldn’t kill him, he could severely incapacitate him.

Moreover, this Lin Feng not only possessed extremely potent long-range firepower, but was also capable of breaking through the defense of the Rock Horse Armor in close combat and wounding him... 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

If he was not eradicated now, letting him go would only bring endless trouble for himself and the Li family in the future.

Thinking of this, Li Hao regained a profoundly serious expression, the sinister look in his eyes only increasing.

He immediately set off, bypassing the Guild President who came to intercept, and pursued Lin Feng.

Fortunately, Xu Wanfeng’s interference bought Lin Feng precious time, and the Level 27 Thermite Annihilation Cannon on his right hand finally completed synthesis.

At this point, Lin Feng was too exhausted to wield it with both hands, his shattered left hand swinging limply like a broken string in the wind.

He could only lean against a rock, half-reclined, holding the Thermite Annihilation Cannon with one hand, posing a do-or-die stance, waiting for the Rock Horse Armor to arrive.

Realizing he could not intercept the rampaging Rock Horse Armor, Xu Wanfeng took advantage of his speed to arrive ahead of Lin Feng.

Facing the already charged cannon muzzle of the Thermite Annihilation Cannon and the Guild President, the Rock Horse Warrior finally halted from a hundred meters away.

From the scorching black cannon mouth, Li Hao sensed a life-threatening danger and gradually calmed down.

His goal was to seize Oasis Town, not perish in mutual destruction with Lin Feng.

Though the opponent indeed had the power to harm him, in a life-and-death battle, the disparity in hard power was still significant, and Lin Feng’s chances of victory were less than twenty percent.

Realizing this, Li Hao decided to conserve his strength and temporarily spared Lin Feng.

Even if he had to negotiate later to obtain the Oasis Battleship’s key, he could use other methods.

Perhaps trading the Rock Horse Armor, then personally leading Tier Two Evolvers to pursue later.

After halting, Li Hao slowly raised his right arm, as the armor’s left hand had lost sensation, then opened the facial armor, revealing a plume of steaming hot vapor:

"It’s over, Leader Lin’s strength, I acknowledge, sufficient to safeguard the Oasis Key."

Though Lin Feng’s strength was inferior to his, at least it could make him invincible among Early Tier Two competitors, even challenging ordinary Mid-Tier Two Evolvers.

As Li Hao spoke, the gathered crowds outside the arena entered the scene, most were high-ranking rebels from the Li family and the other two villages.

Lin Feng’s combat squad, Ah Lian and Ma Chenfeng, also approached in their power armor.

At this moment, Lin Feng also removed his helmet, revealing a cold expression, his eyes locked intensely on the departing Li Hao.

Inwardly debating whether to pull the trigger.

However, doing so would offend all the oasis factions, and the other Tier Two Evolvers within the rebel forces would surely rise in rebellion due to panic.

Among them were still worthwhile alliances, such as the Mechanical Engineer from Dawn Village.

And the arena fight was proposed by the Church...

If he killed these people, it would surely disrupt subsequent plans, with this in mind, Lin Feng promptly stowed away the Level 27 Thermite Annihilation Cannon.

Li Hao had to die, but not now.

Unless all other Tier Two Evolvers among the rebels were controlled, killing a leader wouldn’t have much significance.

Moreover, Lin Feng didn’t have the absolute certainty of killing.

The Thermite Annihilation Cannon, though boasting a massive seven hundred damage, had to hit directly, and the Rock Horse Armor, unlike a true Clan Leader Level Rock-Horned Horse, was too small in size and too fast...

Without Xu Wanfeng’s constraint and obstruction, hitting it directly would require an ambush.

"Are you okay!?"

"Sorry, I didn’t expect Li Hao to be this treacherous."

Xu Wanfeng removed his helmet and spoke slowly.

Lin Feng, snapping back to reality, shook his head:

"Nothing major, just a broken arm, eating some evolutionary meat will quickly restore it."

For Tier Two Evolvers, bone fractures were not considered severe injuries, as long as it wasn’t visceral fragmentation or spinal nerve damage, they could heal quickly.

The prerequisite is consuming enough evolutionary meat to stimulate Tier Two cell proliferation and division.

Xu Wanfeng nodded at this:

"Later I’ll have Wanshuang send over ten kilograms of evolutionary meat as compensation for my oversight, to express my apology."

Lin Feng acknowledged with a hum, said no more, and allowed Ah Lian to assist him onto the battle vehicle, returning to Oasis Town.

The opening ceremony exhibition ended, next up was the formal arena competition...

It was already the tenth day, with only four days left until the Holy Spring Day at the next fork in the road.

Thus time was exceptionally tight, and matches for Late Tier One would be scheduled for tomorrow.

The results of the sparring between Li Hao, the Patriarch of the Li Family, and the newly promoted Tier Two Evolver had already spread among the high ranks of Oasis Town.

Upon Lin Feng’s return to the Oasis camp, however, an unexpected person awaited.

Duncan Squad arrived with Lisa to seek audience.

She brought news concerning the Leader of the Salvation Army, Bai Ye.

The other party was eager to know why explosions were frequently heard near Oasis Town, yet no action was taken by the top echelons of the Oasis?