502: Chapter 550 Anke is the strongest Sigma man!

As soon as Ghostly finished speaking, the communicator completely lost its signal due to the seawater.

Even the 'zzzt zzzt' sound of static was gone.

Completely wrecked!

"What? Not going to turn into the Bose-Einstein Condensate State?"

An Ke had already arrived in front of Ghostly. He raised his hand lightly.

The silt on the seabed immediately responded to his call, slowly lifting Ghostly up from the ocean floor.

Ghostly and An Ke were face to face.

Looking at An Ke suspended before him, gazing down from above, Ghostly felt a complex mix of emotions.

It seems the initial wariness wasn't misplaced.

This Human Player before him truly possessed extraordinary strength.

If only I had just left after stopping the capture of the Golden Peregrine Falcon...

But there's no such thing as a pill for regret in this world.

Knowing his own fate, Ghostly actually felt a sense of relief.

His voice hoarse, he asked, "You smashed all the equipment with one punch. How am I supposed to enter the Bose-Einstein Condensate State?"

"I really want to know, have you already entered the Mid-Sequence?" Ghostly voiced the doubt in his heart.

"Mid-Sequence?" An Ke frowned.

Little Roman came over to join the excitement: "When your biological level reaches 30, you enter the Mid-Sequence."

An Ke suddenly understood. He grinned, "Why don't you guess?"

Ghostly's heart twitched. At a time like this, he's still asking me to guess?

"You must have entered the Mid-Sequence. Otherwise, you couldn't possibly have detected me in the Bose-Einstein Condensate State."

"But then...

I can't understand why the [Game] rates your human race's overall combat strength as F-rank..."

If it weren't for the [Game] rating Blue Star Civilization's players' overall strength as F-rank, would he have been so dismissive?

Based on An Ke's strength alone, his overall rating should be at least C-rank, if not B-rank.

F-rank... what a damn joke.

An Ke shrugged. Truthfully, he himself wasn't clear on how this all worked either.

"Enough, enough! Outmatched in skill, I deserve to be taken out..." Ghostly's voice grew fainter.

"But this doesn't mean our Savage Clan is weaker than you.

After learning your true situation, they won't underestimate you again. They will hunt you down with the mindset of hunting a powerful adversary..."

Ghostly stared at An Ke.

But soon, his voice grew softer and softer until it disappeared.

Savage Ghostly has died!

Blown apart by a single punch from An Ke.

Wait, no! Old Crocodile deserves some credit too.

His [Linguistic Attack] drove Savage Ghostly into a state of self-isolation, which is why he took An Ke's full-force punch head-on without any resistance.

From Ghostly's body, [transcendent gene core]s began to be extracted.

...

"Did something happen to Ghostly?"

The remaining six Savage Players communicated via their communicators.

"It shouldn't be..."

"Just now, I sensed the breakdown in Ghostly's words. I don't know what happened."

"I think he was most likely affected by some ability from the opponent."

"Anyway, let's hurry over. At the very least, we can lend a hand."

"The opponent is just a player from an F-rank civilization. Probably nothing too major will happen."

But just as the Savage Players were communicating, the [Death Announcement] sounded.

[Savage Player Ghostly has died!]

The [Death Announcement] repeated three times in a row, leaving the Savage Players stunned.

"Wh-what kind of joke is this?!"

"Ghostly is dead?"

"This..."

All the Savage Players were shocked.

Only about ten minutes had passed from the sudden incident with Ghostly until now.

Just like that... dead?

"Why so fast?"

"He could only last a little over ten minutes?"

"Isn't Blue Star Civilization's overall combat strength rating only F-rank?"

"..."

The Savage Players were all bewildered, feeling as if they were in a dream.

A moment later, one Savage Player was the first to speak in the communicator:

"We've been completely screwed over by the [Game]'s rating.

Who would have thought that human named An Ke would be so powerful."

"Should we still go over now?"

"Ghostly is already dead. What's the point of going over?"

"Exactly! There's no need to go anymore. For now, let's regroup and discuss our next steps."

"What's there to discuss? The next step is obviously to take down that human, An Ke."

"With Ghostly dead, our Savage Civilization only has the six of us left..."

"..."

The Savage Players began to gather and discuss their plan for revenge against An Ke.

...

Meanwhile, on An Ke's side.

All of Savage Ghostly's [transcendent gene core]s had been extracted.

There were 11 in total.

Among them, 1 was SS-rank, 1 was A-rank, and the rest were C-rank.

Meaning there were 9 C-rank ones.

The SS-rank transcendent gene core was called — [Absolute Negation].

It could negate all physical attacks.

If Old Crocodile hadn't berated Ghostly into self-isolation earlier, and Ghostly had activated this ability, An Ke's attack would have had no effect whatsoever.

He wouldn't even have been able to leave the slightest mark on the barrier.

"A very powerful defensive ability. Pity its flaws are just as obvious..." An Ke sighed.

To use this ability, one must adopt a blocking posture with both hands, similar to a 'window-cleaning' gesture.

This would generate [Absolute Negation] in front of the user.

In other words, once in a defensive state, the user cannot attack and can only endure the opponent's assaults.

This leads to a rather awkward predicament.

And there's an even bigger drawback.

When defending, it only protects the front.

If an enemy attacks from behind, the user will be hit.

An Ke finally understood why an ability that could negate all physical attacks was only rated SS-rank.

Because its drawbacks were too significant.

If the generated defense was a protective dome, and the user could still attack while defending, it would undoubtedly be a god-tier skill.

You'd never have to fear physical attacks again. Even planet-destroying physical attacks would cause no harm.

"This ability is more suited for team battles."

After some thought, An Ke decided to give [Absolute Negation] to the Blazing Fire Bear.

Because the size of the barrier generated when using the ability is related to the user's own physique.

The larger the physique, the greater the defensive area.

Therefore, the Blazing Fire Bear has an absolute size advantage and can utilize this ability more effectively.

An Ke wasn't interested in any of the other [transcendent gene core]s.

He simply tossed them all into his [quantum backpack] to serve as material for Fusion cores.

An Ke planned to wait until he could fuse an SSS-rank [transcendent gene core] before proceeding with the Fusion.

He was still far from having enough at the moment.

After collecting the [transcendent gene core]s, An Ke began searching Savage Ghostly's body for equipment.

At that moment, Little Roman's voice rang out: "Master, can you give me the [bose converter]?"

"You can consider it this month's salary..."

The [bose converter] was the black-tech device that allowed Savage Ghostly to transform into the Bose-Einstein Condensate State.

It was an SS-rank piece of black-tech.

"You want an SS-rank piece of black-tech as one month's salary? Are you out of your mind?"

Ignoring Little Roman's wide, watery eyes, An Ke stated bluntly,

Although the [bose converter] was damaged, it could be repaired using [blue energy particle]s.

It's just that the required quantity was a bit frightening.

It would take 20 to repair it.

Outside, in the live broadcast room.

"Good grief! Boss An is the ultimate Sigma Male!"

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