Chapter 2053: Impact

The implication of doubt is self-evident.

Seeing that Klein didn't believe it at all, Lin An also couldn't help but be stunned, and he began to wonder in his heart.

He wouldn't feel uncomfortable just because Klein doubted him; rather, in Lin An's eyes, he had always thought Klein was extremely mysterious, with an exceptionally high vision.

Lin An remembers clearly that when he first broke into the Black Tower, looking at the data and specimens in the lab, the shock in his heart remains unforgettable.

Cross-rank battles might be difficult for a small civilization, but in a super civilization like the mage civilization, it should be commonplace, right?

"After exchanging blows, the difference in combat power between the fourth stage and fifth stage is indeed huge."

"Speaking of it, it's also luck."

"At first I hardly had any strength to resist; later I also managed to kill some by luckily ambushing."

Lin An thought for a moment and answered sincerely; he still can't forget the humiliation of being easily restrained by that fifth-stage Human-Insect.

Although he later kicked the opponent to death with one foot, recalling that time, the difference in strength was truly too great..

"Fluke? Ambush?"

After his words fell, Klein suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that it had been a false alarm.

Also, as a Body System cultivator, Lin An is much stronger than an average fourth stage. If he encounters an isolated war star that happens to be a type he counters, killing a war star is not impossible.

However, even if he kills a war star by ambush, that's already abnormal enough.

He squeezed out a relieved smile on his face; Klein could see that the lingering fear in Lin An's eyes was genuine.

Putting himself in Lin An's shoes, if he were Lin An, he would be even more frightened...

He patted Lin An on the shoulder, and Klein straightforwardly encouraged Lin An:

"I can understand you, Lin An. Being able to come out alive, you're already remarkable."

"No matter what means you use to cross ranks and fight war stars, that's an achievement worth bragging about! Such performance is extremely rare even in our civilization!"

"However, Lin An.."

Saying this, Klein hesitated slightly, as if thinking of something, and also feared hurting Lin An.

He hesitated for a moment, but still cautiously spoke:

"Lin An, the difference between star-destroying level and war star level is actually huge; without unexpected circumstances, with your strength, the missions you enter would at most be early fifth stage, and moreover the easiest kind."

"It's not that killing a few war stars makes you comparable to a star-destroyer. I understand what you mean; you think you're stronger than a war star, so it doesn't count as a war star. Especially since you've gotten quite a few rewards, right?"

"After strengthening, your strength improves another level, which naturally equates to a star-destroyer."

As if seeing through Lin An's thoughts, Klein shook his head:

"It's not that simple! Lin An!"

"You've never seen a star-destroyer! Star-destroyers and war stars already belong to two different worlds! If war star level is still fighting with rifles, relying on rules to exchange blows, then star-destroyer level is like a barrage of heavy cannons—one person can match hundreds of war stars!"

"This isn't addition, it's multiplication! Don't say you're stronger than an average war star; even if you, Lin An, are invincible among war stars, you still couldn't defeat any star-destroyer!"

With a solemn expression, Klein warned, word by word:

"Lin An, absolutely do not be careless! Hear my advice: if you ever encounter a star-destroyer, run as far as you can! At this level, cross-rank combat is already impossible!"

"The path must be taken step by step; you must never be arrogant—I've seen too many.."

"Hmm.. I might have also killed a star-destroyer."

"Some."

Without waiting for Klein to finish his earnest words, Lin An's face turned strange, and he gave a light cough.

He could see that Klein meant well, but he also noticed that Klein initially seemed very concerned about his true combat strength, so after thinking, Lin An still told the truth.

Being humble and cautious is correct, but in front of his own people, Lin An doesn't think he needs to show weakness by deliberately hiding his strength.

The stronger he is, the stronger everyone's confidence becomes, avoiding mistaken judgments of strength that would lead to pointless sacrifices for him.

However, Lin An once again underestimated the impact of these words on Klein.

Only after he interjected and interrupted did Klein seem not to have reacted; he still subconsciously nodded his head, and a few seconds later he suddenly shuddered, like a bolt from the blue, his eyes widening.

"You've encountered a star-destroyer!? No!? You said you killed a star-destroyer!? Or some!?"

Hearing those few words from Lin An that didn't quite fit together, Klein momentarily lost composure, his eyes full of shock.

"What a joke! A fourth stage killing a star-destroyer!? Either Lin An is crazy, or he is!"

However, before Klein could say anything else, the next second he saw Lin An lower his head and rummage through his ring.

Only see a flash of white light, a messy pile of corpse fragments bearing the aura of a star-destroyer appeared in his hand:

"It's also luck."

"At first I ambushed and killed some war stars, gaining some points; relying on on-the-spot strengthening, I also secretly killed a star-destroyer."

"Later, relying on the rewards from the star-destroyer, I fortuitously strengthened a bit more."

"Later, there was something usable on that battlefield, so I also triggered an explosion, blowing them all up."

While speaking, Lin An handed the corpse fragments in his hand to Klein, letting out a light sigh:

"It's very difficult; those star-destroyers are really hard to kill."

"Klein, you're right; back then, to fight to the death against a star-destroyer, I truly expended the strength of nearly a hundred war stars just to barely kill it."

"Even with my current strength facing a star-destroyer, I estimate I can at most handle one or two at once; if there are... double-digit numbers or more surrounding me, then I would surely die without doubt!"

Lin An looked seriously at Klein, but when he got to the end, he still spoke a bit more cautiously.

With the Shen Yuan remains in hand, actually facing seventy or eighty star-destroyers would be no pressure. But seeing Klein unable to stand steady, his eyes terrified as if seeing a ghost, Lin An still chose to keep this point.

Strictly speaking, he didn't hide anything either. The Shen Yuan remains only appear when he is about to die, so it's not considered a mistake.

"How many..!? You say how many!?"

"No..!? This damn is what you killed!? No, how could you possibly encounter a star-destroyer!?"

"Trigger the battlefield!? You blew them all up!? Star-destroyer.. I fuck, you really killed a star-destroyer!!!"

「&*&**……&……（*……！）」

His words were incoherent; Klein couldn't help but burst out cursing, and in an instant his whole persona broke down.

The former gentleman's image now resembled a black cat whose tail had been stepped on, his whole self bristling.

Unlike Zhang Tie and the others, who remain clueless and have no idea how strong the Star Destroyer truly is, he, who knows the true combat power of each rank, feels he must have gone mad.

Fourth Stage slaying Star Destroyers, and even a whole batch! Such a feat he has never even heard of!

No matter how clever or lucky, that alone would be enough to shake the entire starry expanse! Indeed, the fact has already shaken it; if Klein knew how many Overseers died because of Lin An's action, he would probably faint.

Seriously speaking, Lin An is also because he came into contact with Number 77 too early, which caused him to lack an accurate assessment of his own performance.

In Lin An's mind, the opponents he regards as strong have always been at the tier of Number 77 and the Breaker.

His chest heaved rapidly, Klein stared fixedly at the corpse Lin An handed to him.

With his eyesight, he could naturally tell at a glance that this lump of corpse remains truly came from a Star Destroyer! And the death was extremely gruesome, truly horrendous.