Chapter 1667: Cognitive Reconstruction

The effect is kinda overpowered...

Unlike Hei Di's fantasies, Lin An was plotting some conspiracy.

At this moment, Lin An just wore a bitter smile, even feeling a bit heartbroken as he looked at his pitiful points.

After quickly scanning the War Star equipment, Lin An felt that every piece of equipment was desirable, and each piece's effect could be called overpowered.

Not to mention Star-Destroying level equipment, even War Star level equipment gave him a huge boost to his current combat power.

Take the Dragon Sword, the highest-priced War Star level equipment, as an example.

One piece of equipment has seventeen skills, three rules, and additionally provides at least a 10% attribute boost.

Lin An looked on with drooling envy.

Just the combat power provided by this two-handed sword alone is enough to match all of his equipment combined.

Of course, perhaps it's not that easy to use, and it doesn't quite suit him.

But Lin An believes that if he could assemble a set of War Star level equipment, he could walk sideways on the Star Battlefield, and only that batch of Star-Destroying level equipment could threaten him.

His attack power isn't low; in terms of physical strength, Lin An also believes those Star-Destroying level beings aren't much stronger than him.

What he lacks is not strength, nor destructive power.

What he lacks is the ability to do nothing against rule suppression, lacking mobility, unable even to touch those Fifth Stage beings.

Faced with various weird rule effects, he has strength but can only be a target, constantly getting beaten under heavy suppression.

Especially, Lin An discovered something quite interesting.

"The rules attached to equipment are necessarily comparable to those of Fifth Stage beings of the same level, even stronger!"

"War Star level equipment is equivalent to having half a Fifth Stage helper, while Star-Destroying level adds a full set of rules. This is almost the same as the equipment effect at Third Stage!"

"Otherwise, equipment would have no meaning to exist."

"But the problem is, the rules I see aren't anything special...."

Constantly absorbing, reconstructing his understanding of Fifth Stage.

In a very short time, after Lin An finished looking at a large amount of Fifth Stage equipment, he immediately realized his previous understanding of Fifth Stage had a significant deviation.

In a sense, these equipment are a microcosm of Fifth Stage power.

However, in War Star level equipment, he only saw a large number of elemental or basic rules.

Although the description is simple, upon careful comparison, Lin An keenly realized these rules are too similar to the equipment skills.

The Blink skill is merely an application of the spatial rule.

Zero Degree Freeze is an enhanced version of ice-cold power.

Material Cut is an upgraded version of the Sharp Piercing Armor skill.

Truly, as he had previously guessed, rules possessing the nature of 'rules' are actually rare, even less than some Legendary level equipment's inherent special effects.

Legendary level equipment's attached abilities are weak, but their effects are somewhat special.

Equipment after Fifth Stage is powerful, but the rule effects become simple instead.

Back and forth, there are only a few kinds!

At least, in the massive amount of equipment, he basically saw nothing with special properties!

"I once guessed that the rules mastered by Fifth Stage beings would largely be overpowered rule-based abilities."

"For example, Mirror Reflection reflects any ray-type attack."

"For example, you cannot turn your head; turning your head results in instant death, similar to a compulsive rule like a meme or supernatural incident."

Comparing memories.

Lin An's eyes flickered, a strange color flashing in his pupils.

He actually felt something was off as early as when he came into contact with the Fugitives.

He killed so many Fugitives of Fourth Stage, and the rules mastered by those Fourth Stage beings were almost all cast from the same mold.

Either it's a rule of energy aggregation, or it's a higher-intensity elemental power.

He hasn't seen any with special effects.

At first he thought the rules mastered within the Fugitives were relatively simple, or that the Fugitives' Fourth Stage beings were all inherited from the original strong ones.

After all, the rule system is much like science and technology; if one knows it, others can gradually learn it.

However, after seeing so many Fifth Stage beings in the Star Battlefield, Lin An still hasn't discovered anything special.

This is quite interesting.

Take the Flame Ghost as an example.

It seems the rules it masters are powerful, able to burn even space.

But upon reflection, isn't this rule just an upgraded version of the scorching effect?

And on other Fifth Stage beings, Lin An also hasn't seen any special abilities.

Compared to his electromagnetic rule, Lin An can feel that the rules mastered by these Fifth Stage beings are actually extremely singular in effect, with little variation.

"The more complex the rule, the higher the level, the greater the difficulty to advance to Fifth Stage..."

"Conversely, most of the rules mastered by Fifth Stage beings are actually quite basic..."

Because... it's too hard!

Recalling the number of Fifth Stage peak beings he had seen before.

Somehow, Lin An unexpectedly discovered a not-so-secret secret, which was also his biggest misconception all along.

The Fifth Stage peak beings are so few, indicating that advancing after Fifth Stage is truly difficult.

Therefore, those who can become Fifth Stage, including the Fifth Stage beings he can currently see, are almost all upgraded from simple rules! Because only the simplest path can produce so many Fifth Stage beings!

He is actually not weak; awakened ones like him who master the Three Great Power Rules are extremely rare!

Seems like nonsense, but for Lin An it's of great significance!

This means he actually doesn't need to highly regard those Fifth Stage!

"I didn't really understand this before... but now it seems..."

"Actually, the so-called Fifth Stage and Fourth Stage are just a higher level of power, but essentially there isn't much improvement..."

"The Rule System and the third rank stage's casting system are not really different."

By controlling higher-level rules, one erupts with combat power stronger than skills.

"Really, a single sword strike to the head, even a Fifth Stage would die!"

He took a deep breath.

Although realizing this doesn't help much with his current situation.

But at this moment, the pressure Lin An had been holding in his chest suddenly eased considerably.

He is really too weak.

Under the unfamiliar power of Fifth Stage, he always felt that each Fifth Stage was too strong, to the point where he felt they were from two different worlds, to the point where he thought each of these Fifth Stage were monsters!

But actually...

The unknown is the most frightening.

Fifth Stage isn't that mysterious, nor is it that strong.

The Fifth Stage power he previously experienced is actually very different from those Fifth Stage outside.

The Fifth Stage power of faith-based godhood, he finds hard to understand, but the Rule System, essentially, is a group of high-rank Awakened Ones who master enhanced skills!

"Generally speaking, Fifth Stage, I actually just need to find a way to counter their rules... no, a method not so restricted."

"Actually, I won't be weaker than them!"

"A 1000-point limit attribute won't be worse than Fifth Stage!"

"My rules are stronger than theirs! Once I reach Fifth Stage, I'll still be strong!"

Confidence returns.

Lin An clenched his fists silently; he didn't expect that, while he was hard at work looking for a solution, he didn't find the solution, but instead he first regained a bit of confidence.

Before, when facing those Fifth Stage, he always felt like a primitive man charging at a tank.

But after his cognition was reshaped.

Lin An suddenly realized that he might just be a low-level mage tapping a tank with a staff.

He is not an ant; he simply has too little power and doesn't know how to use it yet.