Mecha Battle: Why Do You Use Body to Destroy Stars?

[Number of people who cleared: one]

[Overlord Strength: 8th Rank (99 billion)]

[Now calculating rewards based on known information…]

[You have obtained…]

[You have obtained a special item: Light of Wonders (Bound).]

[Settlement complete, detaching from the abyss in one minute.]

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Under Vitaz’s diligent slumber of a hundred million a day,

Jiang Chen’s base attributes had already piled up to 1.2 billion.

Combining many special traits and burst enhancements, killing a legendary overlord at the peak of the 8th Rank was a breeze.

It took just over two hours to clear Legendary Shadow eleven times.

And it produced another Light of Wonders.

Once Planet Blue Star finishes constructing the Shining Star Torch, he can seamlessly transition to constructing the next wonder.

“It’s just a pity that overlords in different levels of Legendary Shadow are not the same,”

“In the third level of Legendary Shadow, there is no existence of Purgatory Asura.”

Jiang Chen was very regretful that he could not witness Master Luo at the 8th Rank.

Awakening a Legendary Trait is just the beginning of the path of legend, not the end.

Given Master Luo’s temperament, He would not stop growing stronger. Going from the 7th Rank to the 8th Rank must have made significant progress.

Unfortunately, Jiang Chen had no way to progress alongside Master Luo.

He could only wait until he became strong enough to qualify to enter the Infinite Purgatory and go directly to fight His real body.

That was also his promise with Master Luo.

“Speaking of which, my shortcomings have been becoming more and more apparent lately…”

Jiang Chen turned his thoughts back to the recent battle—

In the previous Legendary Shadow, the enemy he defeated was a water attribute overlord of the element series, possessing high resistance against physical damage, even to spatial slicing.

Moreover, He could draw moisture from the surrounding environment, providing Himself with an extremely exaggerated recovery speed.

Even if Jiang Chen made the planet’s water evaporate, or used lightning weapons to electrolyze water into hydrogen and oxygen,

This legendary overlord could still absorb these two elements and directly convert them into water for use, with only a slightly slower efficiency.

If it wasn’t for Jiang Chen’s power of Void Obliteration, and his ability to tear through space, permanently banishing surrounding water molecules,

Combining with sophisticated techniques to create a temporary absolute vacuum environment, he would hardly have been able to restrain His recovery ability…

Defeating this legendary overlord would not have been an easy task.

This battle process

also exposed Jiang Chen’s shortcomings.

[Abilities]

Before the rank-up trial, Jiang Chen’s attributes mainly came from Zero, Yun, and Yuu.

The abilities he used were also essentially modules carried by them.

These modules could be flexibly varied by switching the equipped modules.

Even a brand-new ability could become effective with a little accumulation of time.

The situation has now changed.

Zero, Yun, and Yuu’s mechas are currently cultivating mecha souls, preparing for the awakening of talents.

Most of the time, they are in [Mecha Soul Fusion], using this method to train and slowly enhance the soul’s strength.

As a result, the primary source of attributes and growth has become Vitaz.

As a legendary mecha, Vitaz has extremely high attributes, powerful talents, and an absorption rate far exceeding other mechas.

Even with only one mecha, the growth rate is not inferior.

But…

She is in a sealed state, unable to equip temporary ability modules.

She can only provide Jiang Chen with a few inherent abilities.

Moreover, once she provides too much attribute growth to Jiang Chen, the other mechas’ ability to absorb and stack modules will gradually fall behind, unable to keep up with the times.

In the end, a situation will arise—

Jiang Chen will become a replica of Vitaz.

If he encounters an enemy that counters Vitaz, then Jiang Chen will also be countered.

“The [Undying Barehand] talent, apart from its strong growth potential,”

“The rich layering of various mecha modules, enough to cope with any situation, is also an indispensable link.”

“I cannot abandon my own advantages.”

“However…”

“Even if I change methods and absorb from all four mechas at once, turning the growth process back into one ‘cycle’…”

“It’s just a temporary solution rather than a cure.”

It’s quite simple.

If Jiang Chen owns ten mechas, all of the same quality,

Then after absorbing from one cycle of mechas, his attribute growth is [tenfold].

But, as each mecha is equipped with different modules, the module growth strength is only [onefold].

Therefore, the growth rate of abilities will never keep up with the growth rate of attributes!

The more mechas there are, the greater the disparity in strength between abilities and attributes.

In the end…

Having many abilities is not as effective as a flat punch.

If he fights against an enemy with equal attributes, it’s like being a super soldier.

Having decent attributes can’t be fully utilized, creating a frustrating situation where he is easily overwhelmed by various abilities.

This is the dilemma Jiang Chen currently faces.

At the same time, it is his biggest weakness.

“There are solutions to this problem though…”

“For example, the [Extreme Battle Soul] trait can enhance all abilities, making them perform four times more effectively…”

“I can continue to strengthen my own abilities through similar traits.”

“So as to achieve a balance between [attributes] and [abilities].”

After reaching the 3rd Rank, Jiang Chen unlocked another mecha pilot trait slot.

He could use a suitable trait to make up for his shortcomings a bit.

“As an ancient civilization, Rebirth Civilization has traded with numerous abyss civilizations, acquiring unique resources…”