Wasteland's Only King

Chapter 170: Chapter 149: Stellar Duel? You’re Surrounded by Me!

Above the celestial vault.

Yu Jin’s punch ripped open the sky above the entire A337 Area.

Wherever the force of his fist swept, space shattered inch by inch.

The ’Destruction’ attribute enfolded in the punch kept space from healing, leaving deep, black cracks behind.

The whole battlefield fell utterly silent because of that single punch.

Hundreds of millions of people looked up in confusion, utterly unable to understand what had just happened…

The previous second, wasn’t Yu Jin surrounded by fifty high-tier Evolvers, spatial barrier smashed, annihilated into nothingness?

How come in the next second—

Ghost King City instantly became a wasteland.

The mysterious powerhouse in special uniform got a hole punched through his chest, life or death unknown?

“Commander!”

“Holland!”

“Damned bed bug!”

“…”

The dead silence was broken by one howl after another.

The shouts came from the fifty Evolvers who’d been surrounding Yu Jin’s avatar.

And…

The eight new faces appearing in front of Yu Jin.

Their tiers were all unmistakably Tier Fourteen.

They stared at the corpse hanging from Yu Jin’s hand, Holland’s chest pierced, not a trace of life left. Shock and rage!

Their commander, always working behind the scenes, their esteemed Tier Fifteen Holland, was one-punched to death!

“Huh?”

Yu Jin let out a hmm of surprise.

He lowered his gaze to the Holland dangling from his hand.

Yu Jin willed it, squeezing just a bit.

Bang—!

Holland’s body exploded into a mist of blood.

But…

No system notification, no Strongman’s Spoils, nothing popped up.

“Not dead?”

Yu Jin lifted a brow—unexpected.

His punch had been so sudden, not only did Holland not expect it, Yu Jin didn’t even have time to check his info with Eye of Insight.

The scene made it clear—Holland had some kind of escape or death replacement talent.

Bzzz—!

In front of Yu Jin.

The space rippled.

Holland Benitez’s silhouette materialized.

Compared to the previous calm and calculated demeanor, his face was now ashen, dark as water!

“You…”

“Damn you!”

This commander, famed for composure and steadiness, now had a storm of emotions roaring beneath the surface.

“Oh?”

Yu Jin grinned at the words.

He willed it—Eye of Insight Level 9 activated.

[Holland Benitez]

[Civilization: Level II]

[Mother Star: Celsa Star]

[Tier: ??]

[Attribute: ??]

[Talent: ??]

[Ability: ??]

[Evaluation: ??]

Staring at a screen full of question marks, Yu Jin blinked.

Only now did he realize…

Eye of Insight at max level can only check info for tiers at or beneath his own.

And this Holland—with Tier Fourteen minions, is at least starting at Tier Fifteen.

Yu Jin, meanwhile, had used avatars to stall, munched on crystals to restore his energy, but hadn’t broken through to Tier Fifteen yet—he was still Tier Fourteen.

“No big deal.”

“I’ll just break through to Tier Fifteen.”

Crunch—!

Yu Jin lifted a hand.

Down went a Tier Fifteen Energy Crystal.

In front of him.

Holland and the Selsa fleet stood, dumbstruck.

“That, that’s…”

Even Holland was speechless.

What did he just witness?

The player from a low-level civilization just casually pulled out a Tier Fifteen Energy Crystal and munched it?

This… so natural?

That’s a Tier Fifteen Energy Crystal!

No way Holland could mistake it.

As a Tier Fifteen Evolver himself, even he couldn’t easily get one!

As the high-level fleet commander of Selsa, he worked hard all year—his “salary” was just one Tier Fifteen crystal per year!

Crunch—!

Another crisp sound.

Yu Jin ate another right in front of them.

“Ah—”

“Mine, that’s my trophy!”

Holland’s composure finally snapped!

Never expected…

This bug-type player’s bug would be so insane!

One punch took a life, fine, but getting Tier Fifteen Crystals on A3 Planet?

“Stellar Duel!”

Holland wasted no time, shouting lightly.

Bzzz—

In just an instant.

A strange rules fluctuation descended, enveloping Holland, his men, and Yu Jin, every one of them.

“What’s…”

Yu Jin frowned slightly.

This fluctuation felt like A3’s rule, but clearly higher-level.

“Star System Wasteland server rules?”

Yu Jin didn’t ponder long.

The next moment—

Whoosh—

His figure vanished from the spot.

Gone along with him—Holland and his ten subordinates.

…

…

Endless deep space, the stars glittering.

Yu Jin’s silhouette appeared.

In front of him, not far, Holland and his crew showed up in sequence.

“Hmm?”

“So this is the Stellar Duel?”

Yu Jin blinked, scanning the area.

The first thing he saw—a pitch black planet, its whole body gleaming dark.

It orbited a giant sun, endlessly circling its path.

“A3 Planet?”

Yu Jin guessed, activating the Perception ability.

Even in the starry sky, he could feel…

Yin Yao and the others were right there, on the planet ahead.

Yu Jin turned, looking at the sun in the center of the star system, extremely distant.

That sun…

Clearly glowing and heating, yet strangely dim.

Moreover…

Besides light and heat, Yu Jin faintly sensed the sun sending out some special fluctuation.

The wave matched A3’s rule extremely closely.

“Game server?”

“Planet game server?”

Yu Jin thought instinctively.

Worth mentioning—

The ’sun’ wasn’t just orbited by A3.

Looking out, he saw planet after planet, all moving at set speeds, orbiting the sun.

Their orbits staggered, distances vast.

The cosmic starry sky—for any individual life, the scale is endlessly vast.

Even as a Tier Fourteen Evolver, Yu Jin felt tiny in this instant.

Boom—!

Rumble—!

Strong waves of energy blasted ahead, pulling Yu Jin back to reality.

This aura…

True Tier Fourteen Evolvers.

Obviously.

With the battlefield moved to space, A3 Planet’s Tier Nine Limit rule was lifted.

Yu Jin could feel it…

Boundless power swirling in his body, never felt before.

His Value, too, was fully unleashed.

When he just broke Tier Fourteen, his Value was thirty million.

Moments ago, after munching a few Tier Fifteen crystals, his Value hit forty million, but was still short of Tier Fifteen.

Evidently.

The gap from Tier Fourteen to Fifteen isn’t like Tier Twelve or Thirteen—just a ten million difference.

“Maybe fifty million.”

“And as the tiers climb, the Value gap must get wider.”

Yu Jin mused.

Crunch—!

Down goes a Tier Fifteen crystal.

Vast energy flooded his body.

Yu Jin felt every pore in his body celebrating.

“You—”

“Damn you!”

Holland watched Yu Jin eat another—his fury maxed out.

“Haha.”

Yu Jin laughed at the sight.

Proof right here.

There’s no such thing as an absolutely calm and steady mastermind.

“Calm” and “steady” just mean you haven’t met the right temptation yet.

And now?

Evidently, Tier Fifteen crystals are Holland’s trigger.

Crunch—!

Yu Jin ate another.

“…”

Holland fell silent.

Extreme anger didn’t bring shouting anymore—only a gaze looking at Yu Jin as if he were a corpse.

Boom—!

The Tier Fifteen commander’s aura erupted in terror.

Whoosh whoosh—

From all directions, figures surrounded Yu Jin layer by layer.

“You really are a lucky player.”

“Before I met you, I wouldn’t have believed the ’Wasteland’ game had bugs.”

In the outer ring, Holland stared at Yu Jin, speaking grimly.

“So?”

Yu Jin lifted a brow.

In the starry sky, these eleven were genuinely oppressive.

Ten of them were, just like him, Tier Fourteen.

But…

No big deal.

“So…”

“Hand over your bug, or tell me how it works, how to use it.”

“I’ll give you a quick death.”

“And, maybe afterwards, give your civilization a bit of shelter.”

Holland locked onto Yu Jin’s gaze, word by word.

Now in space, he could sense Yu Jin’s True Tier.

Fourteen—an impossible tier on A3 Planet.

So…

The bug Yu Jin controlled was absolutely essential for him.

Plus, he’d just witnessed Yu Jin munch three priceless Tier Fifteen crystals in mere moments.

Crunch—!

Holland’s expression immediately soured.

Now that’s four!

“Maybe a little lesson will teach you to behave.”

Holland spat out each syllable through clenched teeth.

Whoosh—

He retreated, leaving the battlefield to his ten subordinates.

These ten, and the fifty left on A3—they were doomed from the start.

Just a matter of who does the dirty work.

Holland wouldn’t allow anyone else—even knowing about Yu Jin’s bug—never mind actually having a shot at it.

Meanwhile—

As Holland backed out…

In front of Yu Jin, ten Tier Fourteen Evolvers, all ready to strike.

10vs1, all Tier Fourteen.

Yu Jin’s odds? Pretty damn slim.

“You’re surrounded.”

“Hand over what you know, and maybe Holland will grant you the mercy of death!”

From the very front—

The Tier Fourteen Evolver in black mechanical battle armor spoke mildly.

Yu Jin glanced at him.

Forty million Value—the strongest of the group.

The other Tier Fourteen Evolvers were just over thirty million.

As for Holland in the distance…

Yu Jin couldn’t read him yet—his tier was higher, but from his aura, maybe just past fifty million.

So…

“Advantage’s mine!”

Yu Jin grinned.

Bzzz—!

His figure began to blur.

“Why’d I waste so much time chatting and not fighting?”

“For right now!”

Yu Jin’s voice echoed from all directions.

The lead Tier Fourteen Evolver’s face changed instantly.

Not just him—

Even Holland, well away from the circle, froze up.

Whoosh—

Whoosh whoosh—

In endless space—

Figure after figure appeared.

In a matter of seconds—

A circle bigger than the Selsa fleet’s formed!

“Impossible!”

Holland’s expression completely changed.

He saw—

Fifteen Yu Jins!

He sensed—

Each Yu Jin’s aura was no weaker than a Tier Fourteen Evolver!

[Tier Two Growth Attribute Ability: Splitting Level 9]

[Active Effect: Create one physical avatar lasting one minute (inherits 30% attribute of the original)]

[Full-Level Effect: Increased avatar number, max equal to current Evolver tier (14)]

[Awakening Effect: Avatar attribute inheritance increased from 30% to 50%]

[Talent ’Enhancement’ activated]

[Enhancement Effect—]

[Avatar inheritance raised from 50% to 70%]

“Told you…”

“You’re the ones surrounded!”

Next moment—

Fifteen Yu Jins spoke as one.

Fifteen Yu Jins started double-handed seals.

Boom—

Terrifying waves of aura surged.

Light, Thunder, Space, Multiplication, Metal, Cause and Effect, Card, Wind, Earth Surge, Destruction…

“A little taste of various Tier Nine abilities!”

“Please accept them as a souvenir!”