Wasteland: My Items Can Be Infinitely Upgraded-Chapter 457 - 227: Strength and Misgivings, Perfect Tier Two Body

Chapter 457: Chapter 227: Strength and Misgivings, Perfect Tier Two Body

Lin Feng frowned slightly, pointing out this point.

Lord Bishop smiled:

"These two Grand Priests are still very young, and with their achievements in defending the Oasis this time, they have great hope of being promoted to Tier Two Temple Knights in the future."

"It would be a great pity to waste them here, moreover, they have their own greater ambitions, so I cannot force them."

"Even though I am the Bishop and in charge of the Oasis Church, I am ultimately only a Deputy Bishop. Unless it is a true Tier Three level bishop, no one can impose compulsory commands on the defense system."

Lin Feng nodded. He had heard from Shen Yue that the Church is divided into two major systems: civil and military. Assistant Priests and Priests represent the civil administration system that spreads faith, while Combat Priests and Temple Knights are the armed forces that maintain church order.

Both parties generally do not interfere with each other.

Moreover, the selection and promotion of Priests and Temple Knights must follow the instructions from the headquarters in the Holy City.

Even though Bishop Zhang Hui has a high status in Oasis Town and his words carry weight, he cannot issue compulsory orders to Combat Priests.

In most cases, they follow the Bishop’s orders, but injecting Desert Wolf Source Material essentially means losing one’s church identity and becoming an ordinary person outside the church, with no hope of advancement in this life...

Such a great cost is no different from death for many cultivators.

So it’s understandable that young Grand Priests do not want to inject Desert Wolf Source Material and become Desert Wolf Warriors.

What Lin Feng didn’t know is that Bishop Zhang Hui has painstakingly managed the Oasis for nearly eight hundred years, and the high-level church members stationed here, especially the Grand Priests who represent top-tier combat power, have long been the confidants of the Lord Bishop.

If anyone wasn’t, they would have unfortunately perished under accidental circumstances, or been transferred back to the Holy City.

Overall, they couldn’t establish themselves here to act as agents for the Holy City.

The Oasis Town has been managed like an iron barrel, and Bishop Zhang Hui has arranged it this way to naturally make the two young Level 19 Grand Priests the key supporters in Father Su An’s future campaign for the position of Oasis Bishop.

Working together openly and secretly with two Tier Two Priests who have already embarked on the Desert Wolf evolution path.

"If the Desert Wolf Source Material is not utilized, how can the Grand Priests break through the Rock Horse Armor’s defense?"

Lin Feng immediately asked the question in his heart.

The Fine Steel Fangs mutated from Desert Wolf Warriors, combined with their explosive power, are the only means that can intimidate and break the Rock Horse Armor’s defense in close combat.

The church’s temporary change of its original strategy made Lin Feng think it was too risky, although he also understood that the Lord Bishop might do this to preserve strength.

Preparing for the future stabilization of the Oasis order.

But if there is a mistake in tomorrow’s four Tier One battles, losing even one would put the church at a disadvantage. If they lose two, then the forces that had already somewhat retreated...

Will probably be rallied by the Li family to begin reinforcing the Oasis Battleship, to prepare for any eventuality.

After all, losing one battle gives the rebel army a solid foundation, and if they can win the subsequent two Tier Two battles, they will be able to secure the Oasis Key by having the majority wins in Tier Two matches.

Losing two matches pretty much guarantees victory.

Although they would ultimately still need to win two Tier Two matches, having a 2-2 tie with the Oasis Church shows that Rock Horse Warriors can stand their ground against Combat Priests.

At least a fifty percent win rate!

This indirectly reflects the emptiness in the Oasis Church’s strength.

Lord Bishop shook his head lightly upon hearing Lin Feng’s question, his tone calm and composed:

"Rest assured, besides those two Grand Priests, the other two Level 18 Elite Combat Priests will still undergo surgery to become Desert Wolf Warriors."

"I know tomorrow’s battle is very important to us, but Leader Lin needn’t worry too much. Everything is under control."

Lin Feng was startled, slowly raised his head, and narrowed his eyes at the Lord Bishop.

In the dim light, the old man with a stoop seemed like a vast mountain, sitting firmly atop the Oasis Ship, unwavering.

It was precisely at that moment that Lin Feng recalled the real plan that Father Su An had disclosed to him.

The old man in front of him no longer cared about winning or losing the arena matches. What he wanted was to use his own death to severely injure or directly kill Li Hao, dragging the Li family into the abyss, never to rise again.

Under these circumstances, deliberately showing weakness or exposing the church’s flaws in the early stages might have better results.

To destroy someone, first drive them mad.

Letting the Li family lower their guard would make the Bishop’s appearance and attack more effective.

The only influential factor on the platform would be the President of the Hunting Wilderness Guild, who, like himself, is Mid-Tier Two, and Xu Wanfeng would certainly not intervene in a life-and-death battle between a Level 29 Evolver and a Level 26 Rock Horse Warrior for the sake of fairness and referee duties.

So for the Bishop, this battle was surely a victory in the bag.

As long as he can make up his mind to threaten with death.

Since that’s the case, the platform match results afterward do not have much impact.

As Lin Feng was about to rise and take his leave, the Lord Bishop suddenly spoke:

"Tomorrow, the two Grand Priests need to participate in the arena battle. In the evening, the command control room I took you to will need someone to take over the guarding..."

"Please, Leader Lin, go and guard there for a while. You can also enter the control room to observe closely via the Oasis remote monitoring."

Lin Feng gladly agreed, since he had nothing else to do. Going to the control room might allow him to explore, broaden his experience, and possibly even have unexpected gains.

For instance, tonight in Oasis Garden, he scanned the structure of the Curse of the Light Blade and unlocked laser technology-related weapons.

After bidding farewell to the Lord Bishop, Lin Feng, led by a cultivator, arrived at a bedroom on the edge of the Church District.

Though simple, it was comprehensive.

The Power Armor that Lin Feng had previously taken off was also placed here.

With branded equipment, others couldn’t drive it away, even if they cracked the system program inside.

The Power of Branding was Lin Feng’s own superpower, able to form some kind of connection with objects and equipment, equivalent to attaching his will onto the branded items...

It’s akin to Rock Horse Warriors and Rock Horse Armor, though Lin Feng didn’t quite understand it either.

Human superpowers come in a diverse range, and Lin Feng surmised that his Power of Branding was likely intentionally activated by the Upgrade System.

Because it fit best with the Upgrade System, achieving an effect where one plus one is greater than two.

If not, the mere Power of Branding was far too weak, only showing some effect during the Tier Two second deep awakening, enabling assembly synthesis.

Lin Feng took a shower, set his Power Armor to low-energy sentinel mode, then fell into a light sleep holding two firearms and the Oasis Key.

In his dreams, Lin Feng vaguely saw a vast ocean, an environment impossible in the current Wasteland, which only survivors of the old era vaguely remembered as the reason Earth was called the Blue Star, due to this azure ocean.

Half asleep, half awake, Lin Feng heard a deep sigh from the ocean in his dream.

At that moment, the Oasis Key in his hand emitted a faint light, and the residual energy inside gradually flowed into Lin Feng’s body.

"Ha!"

Lin Feng suddenly awakened, glanced at the time, and found it was already 6 AM on the fourth day of the countdown.

He had actually slept a full eight hours.

This was the first time since becoming an Evolver that Lin Feng had slept so long and so deeply.

Moreover, he realized he was drenched in sweat, as if he’d undergone a transformational evolution.

Getting up and approaching the Power Armor, he checked the camera records of the past eight hours, finding nothing unusual.

Just as Lin Feng hesitated, a notification suddenly popped up before him:

"Detected host under the influence of abnormal energy, undergoing a spiritual transformation, Spirit +1"

"Lin Feng, lv22/29"

"Life Value: 300, Physique: 300, Spirit: 300; lv22 attribute cap 300"

"Superpower Awakening: Power of Branding"

"Power of Branding: Exclusive Equipment; Forced Upgrade; Assembly Synthesis; Accelerated Upgrade"

"Achievement Unlocked: Perfect Tier Two Body"

"Perfect Tier Two Body: All attributes reach evolution level cap, can increase extreme explosive power limit by 10%"