Chapter 1746: Rebellion 2

Half a minute later.

His brows knotted, Lin An fell silent for a long while, gazing at his half-finger that had already been transmuted, he exhaled a long breath.

He overthought it.

The theory is feasible, but actual execution is not.

He originally thought that although rule consumption was great, even a fingertip-sized conversion would drain his rules.

But what Lin An lacks the most? Points! Unlimited recovery ability!

Moreover, with the conversion core at his heart in hand, he could even afford to be extravagant, directly converting over a hundred rules into an Eternal Body.

Calculating this way, his rule reserve is more than enough.

But.

"First, the speed is too slow; second, the consumption is still too great."

"The biggest problem is that.... after conversion, I would pretty much die..."

Lin An let out a bitter laugh; the finger converted into a stone-door structure was like a mountain, pulling his whole body askew.

The conversion speed was much slower than he imagined.

I don't know if it's because the rule level is too low, but with a simple calculation, converting a palm-sized area would take about one second.

This one-second delay is enough in battle to decide hundreds of life-and-death moments.

Pre-conversion is possible, but after conversion Lin An also discovered that stabilizing the converted structure likewise consumes rule power; although not as much as during conversion, the accumulation is also beyond what he can bear.

As for converting only a part, such as choosing to convert brain matter,

Not seeking full-body protection, only seeking to protect vital points?

After a rough test, Lin An also disappointingly found that this approach likewise doesn't work.

Once his flesh and blood tissue is converted, it essentially becomes 'stone'; truly converting his brain, Lin An would turn into that corpse on the stone door.

"The only effective method, and also the easiest, is probably to convert the skull."

"If during battle the entire skull bone is converted, theoretically one would become immune to all material and energy attacks below Star-Shattering level."

"But to achieve this, I also need at least Fifth Stage rules."

The rule power in his left hand slowly dissipated; Lin An shook his head and could only accept this fact.

His current rule quality and quantity are still too low...

Fifth Stage rule quality might speed up conversion and block vital attacks at critical moments; in quantity, it could also protect more vital spots.

Nowadays, no matter how he seeks alternative paths, it's hard to achieve better results.

Wanting to be invincible against Fifth Stage with Fourth Stage strength, even to match Sixth Stage...?

It's truly too difficult.

Without further thought, Lin An suppressed his distracting thoughts, gave a casual shake, cleared the corpses on the ground a bit, then intended to continue breaking the Black Lock.

By the way, he should practice more with the newly gained ability.

"No matter what, my strength has been significantly strengthened again."

"This ability, once I reach Fifth Stage, will also greatly enhance combat power again!"

"Now the only problem is just one..."

Leaving the exchange point, gazing at the eternal unchanging gloom, Lin An silently raised his head.

Can he survive?

"Chimera, take these Fifth Stage back first."

"There are traces of two Star-Destroying Level battles a thousand kilometers away; I'll go check first. If luck is good, we might catch another batch."

His face was gaunt, even aged.

Above the Star Battlefield, Hei Di, his voice hoarse from fatigue, indicated that Chimera Emperor should bring back another batch of Fifth Stage to the fortress and hand them over to Lin An.

Although the number is not large, there are still over a dozen Fifth Stage and over a hundred Fourth Stage Peak.

However, facing Hei Di's instructions, Chimera Emperor, who usually lives an easy life, remained motionless with an unpleasant expression.

"Hei Di, what exactly do you want to do?"

"You really won't rest!?"

Dragon wings flickered, revealing Chimera Emperor's increasingly agitated heart.

I don't know how many times this is questioning that old fox Hei Di.

The more he saw Hei Di's wholehearted devotion, desperately doing things for Lin An, the deeper his unease grew.

"Rest? Rest what?"

"Not taking advantage of now, while Lin Emperor's deterrence keeps other Star-Destroying Levels wary of each other; if we drag it out until the battlefield shrinks again, you and I won't have it so easy."

He answered off the point, or rather gave no direct reply.

Hei Di smiled slightly and gave a solemn, earnest answer.

The current Star Battlefield still has enough tactical space for the remaining fifteen Star-Destroying Levels to hide without clashing.

But in a few hours, the first round of conflict will inevitably erupt.

"Hei Di!"

Merely listening to Hei Di's flawless words made Chimera Emperor's heart even more agitated.

"Hei Di! You know what I'm saying isn't this at all!"

"Not resting is bad enough, but you're even wasting points to recover your state! How dare you guarantee that person won't strike you!"

"Catch another batch!? You might as well offer our subordinates to that person!"

A low psychic roar transmitted mentally.

Even though the two were speaking face-to-face in private, Chimera Emperor still couldn't suppress his inner anger.

This fury isn't the Black Emperor being angry about what he's doing; it's extreme fear, to the point that one can't even see what the Black Emperor is doing—a counter‑anger!

Unimaginable!

It's fine if they act like dogs, after all they've defected to Lin An and are doing things normally.

But the Black Emperor works without rest, even consuming precious points to do things for Lin An.

This is fucking crazy!

Even a brainless donkey knows to eat first before speaking! Not even fanatics are that loyal!

Moreover, the Black Emperor's performance over this period can simply be described as fighting desperately!

"Offer up our subordinates?"

In the silence, the Black Emperor suddenly gave a low chuckle, quietly repeating that phrase.

As if he had no particular thought, he quickly raised his head and calmly looked at the Chimera Emperor:

"Chimera Emperor, sometimes you have to give to gain."

"Isn't that right?"

The words fell.

The Chimera Emperor blinked slightly, not having time to react, and saw the Black Emperor already leading his subordinates away, heading straight for the next target point.

"Give to gain...?"

"What to give?"

"What to gain?"

In those wavering giant eyes, once again the Chimera Emperor felt somewhat bewildered and uneasy.

At the same time, the other dragon head on the left side of his skull, which had been asleep, suddenly opened its eyes.