Chapter 835: Promote to three Fourth Rank

First layer of the Death Battle Battlefield.

Amidst the gazes of countless people, or rather a crowd full of envy and awe, Lin An, with his back to them, initiated the promotion procedure.

Unlike ordinary Awakened Ones, for whom promoting to third rank merely means suddenly disappearing and then suddenly appearing.

This time, under what the system called a special promotion, everyone felt a huge difference.

「Hum—hum—hum—hum... 」

Four beams of light appeared one after another, simultaneously emerging from the surroundings of the ancient, simple altar covering nearly a thousand square meters, and finally, like gathering together, they firmly locked onto the center of the altar.

Spiritual energy surged forth; under the intense spiritual energy interference, everyone felt that the figure floating alone above the altar's center began to gradually distort.

Breathing suppressed, the body sank.

Within just a few seconds, the large amount of overflowing energy almost filled the entire altar.

Feeling the overflowing spiritual energy, all the Awakened Ones present felt their pores as if opening up, and many even unconsciously opened their mouths, trying to 'siphon off' a bit.

This feeling was simply like being immersed in a spiritual energy node.

The pressure was overwhelming.

Perhaps because he alone had obtained four special promotion qualifications, floating in midair, Lin An even felt that he needed to expend nothing, as he was lifted up by one after another of pure energy.

Refined, containing power of various attributes, it frantically drilled into his body.

The air twisted.

Standing beneath the altar, everyone could only numb ly watch Lin An's silhouette gradually being wrapped by the rich spiritual energy into a sphere of light.

If gazes had temperature, Lin An would probably have been reduced to ashes by now.

It's hard to imagine just how high the energy concentration at the core is.

「He's already this strong... 」

「Why does the system still give him preferential treatment... 」

They hated him so much they wished to take his place.

Below the stage, many Awakened Ones unconsciously spoke with a hint of bitterness.

Even thinking with one's toes could figure it out.

The reward should have been four slots evenly divided, but Lin An monopolized them all by himself.

How powerful would Lin An become after promoting to third rank?

After the whole trial, they were like mere bystanders, watching Lin An sweep through victorious, crushing the entire field.

「Winner takes all. 」

「This might... be what the system wants to express... 」

「It doesn't care at all whether humanity will perish; it only cares whether a powerful individual can appear. 」

The voice was low and muffled; among the European War Alliance, some Awakened Ones who had escaped looked at Lin An, who was continuously receiving enhancements, with complex gazes.

To say they don't resent him is false.

Lin An's move almost destroyed their hope; if they hadn't fled quickly enough, their final points would have been snatched away.

Acting this way, he was practically a bloody executioner! The greediest robber in the world!

Furthermore, with Lin An taking first place, the remaining slots for disaster mitigation were also arbitrarily allocated by him to a few 'obedient' war zones.

As for them, they could only face the disaster at full difficulty.

North America might still be alright; the honor points they had earned earlier helped them obtain partial exemption.

There was no way; the honor scores of other war zones were simply too low, causing North America to barely scrape by with a slim advantage and snag the last slot.

A long sigh.

The Awakened One who replied flashed a hint of confusion in his eyes.

Every Awakened One eligible to participate in the trial—who, before entering, does not consider themselves an elite of humanity?

At least in each war zone, they are the objects of everyone's admiration.

Many even felt that they, like the protagonists of disaster movies, would cut through thorns, achieve final victory, and shine brilliantly.

But now... they are merely nameless background figures, souls awaiting death beneath that fierce sword light.

This emotion was especially strong among several particular Awakened Ones.

Standing at the edge, Jiang Haochen stared blankly at the light pillars in midair, his heart filled with mixed feelings.

He actually performed quite excellently.

After emerging from the physical trial, many forces and the military extended olive branches to him.

He also had plenty of points; promoting to third rank was no problem at all.

After returning to reality, with his strength he could occupy a war zone, also qualifying as a local overlord.

But he knows what the idea he has long held in his heart actually is.

He gave a bitter smile.

No wonder Lin An has looked down on him from start to finish; now, looking back, his own remarks seem ridiculous to the other party.

Turning his body, he also had no intention of looking again.

Lin An, undergoing promotion, probably never imagined that his performance in the death battle would shatter the confidence of one of the ultimate experts from his past life to pieces.

But even if he knew, he wouldn't care.

At this moment, he was somewhat surprised to see his attributes changing rapidly.

System notifications came one after another, nearly overturning his understanding of the third rank.

「Awakened One Lin An, promotion to third rank successful. 」

「Current strength rating: Third rank intermediate. 」

「Cancel mental power and vitality settings, change to formal system: spiritual energy points. 」

Each point of spiritual energy can be used for a single full-power burst attack, or to block damage.

The damage calculation is changed to attribute * 0.5 times the spiritual energy points consumed. For example, if a single attack consumes four spiritual energy points, then this attack's strength is increased to twice the original strength!

This effect will be calculated before all buffs!

Current spiritual energy reserve: 20/80 points! (Third Level Initial: 10 points, each level up adds 10 points)

Next level upgrade: Third Level Advanced.

Minimum requirement for promotion: Third Level Spiritual Energy Core Initial *30, or Intermediate *10, or Advanced *1

Note 1: Spiritual Energy Cores contain Spiritual Energy Nodes, which can be obtained by killing corresponding-level Third Level Mutants.

Note 2: After Third Level, to increase attributes, one must consume Spiritual Energy Cores of the same attribute and same level, or system rewards and special products.

Note 3: Third Level Awakened Ones automatically recover 1 spiritual energy point every 24 hours; recovery efficiency is increased when in a Safe Zone or when absorbing spiritual energy.

Remark: Player Lin An's promotion method is four special promotions, gaining a spiritual energy limit doubled *4 (80 points) bonus! And also gaining 4x spiritual energy recovery effect!

The information isn't much; after a little thought, Lin An realized that his previous understanding of Third Level was truly too little.

In short:

Starting from Third Level, every move of an Awakened One is not just each strike being a full-power burst.

In the later stages, one will also gain multipliers, even dozens of times the bonus compared to the Second Level stage!

Consuming four spiritual energy points allows double damage; combined with a critical hit, it becomes four times!

Taking my current spiritual energy reserve as an example, if I expend all points at once, the maximum damage could be 20 times!

If raised to the 80-point limit, that would be an 80-times damage difference! This does not include the bonus from basic attributes.

No wonder the Savior System has always urged me to maximize basic attributes before promotion...

Under the baptism of these four special promotions, his strength has been explosively pushed to a new peak!

In theory, he could even deal a hundred times current damage at Third Level Intermediate!

Just thinking about that scene, even if his mind is as calm and composed as ever...

For a moment, Lin An couldn't help but feel a bit dazed.

Is his power perhaps too overpowered...

All along, he has been jokingly saying he 'activated cheats' to explain his strength to Zhang Tie and the others.

But now..

The system seems to have really given him cheats.