Wasteland: My Items Can Be Infinitely Upgraded-Chapter 489 - 243: Desolate Wolf Warrior vs. Rock Horse Warrior

The battle between Tier One Evolvers is different; Tier Two Evolvers are extremely cautious when clashing.

They don’t easily launch attacks.

Because doing so is too risky.

Like the previous arena combat between the Late-Stage Tier One Combat Priest and the Rock Horse Warrior, it almost always breaks into intense clashes the moment Judge Xu Wanfeng announces the start.

This is mainly because the combat power of Late-Stage Tier One Evolvers, even in extreme conditions, maxes out at only ten tons of power.

And the Tier Two Power Armor, whether it’s the Undying Holy Armor or Rock Horse Armor, both have a base defense of over ten tons.

Thus, both sides can strike freely, striving to push their armor to the limit to breach each other’s armor, thereby ending the match.

But this mindset in battles can’t be applied among Tier Two Evolvers.

The reason is that Tier Two Evolvers themselves are so powerful, starting from a ten-ton level, easily reaching twenty or thirty tons, even up to sixty or seventy tons of tremendous force...

The resulting destructive power has already far exceeded most armor’s defensive capability.

In other words, during the First Stage, defense could barely match attack, but after evolving to the Second Stage, defense can hardly remain effective.

Even strong armor can at most withstand one or two attacks.

This was well demonstrated in the sparring between Lin Feng and Li Hao.

The real exchanges didn’t exceed five rounds before Lin Feng’s branded armor with Level 26 alloy wolf bone was directly wasted by the opponent on one arm.

And the Rock Horse Armor, known for defense, at Level 25, was still breached by Lin Feng, successfully injuring Li Hao inside.

So when life evolves to the Second Stage, they are generally in a high-attack low-defense state and won’t act rashly without total certainty.

Yet, like the Rock-Horned Horse, which begins frantically stacking armor in the First Stage of evolution, once evolved to a Tier Two Clan Leader Level Rock Horse Giant Beast, draped in ten tons or more of one-meter thick ceramic steel armor, it virtually has no enemies on the wasteland.

Even its predator, the Desert Wolf, would need at least three Clan Leader Level Desert Giant Wolves to successfully hunt a Rock-Horned Horse of the same level.

This successful evolutionary strategy has led the Rock-Horned Horse to become the largest desolate beast clan in the wasteland.

Having survived multiple mass extinctions during the dark turbulence of the Old Calendar Era, it continues to thrive to this day.

But it’s precisely this profound environmental adaptability that means the Rock-Horned Horse race doesn’t need a Tier Three Horse King to proliferate in the wasteland.

Lacking internal needs and external threats, the Rock Horse clan still hasn’t produced a Tier Three King Beast.

However, their success in the First and Second Stages of evolution is undeniable.

This has led Rock Horse Warriors, who pursue the alien evolution path of the Rock-Horned Horse, to become one of the few all-rounded warriors.

Thus, at this much-anticipated first Tier Two arena combat, the Rock Horse Warrior in Rock Horse Armor was the one to successfully strike first.

The Undying Holy Armor, while having remarkable recovery abilities, is inferior to Rock Horse Armor in defense, able to withstand only three or four attacks from the same-level existence at most.

And without encountering Armor-Piercing Mastery, like the Desert Wolf’s mutated metal wolf fang or claws, Rock Horse Armor can basically endure forces of the same level indefinitely.

Lin Feng’s armor-piercing cannon, which had power comparable to a 120mm grenade cannon back in the day, could only cause minor damage to a Level 25 Rock Horse Armor if not a direct hit.

And most melee weapons do not have a higher ceramic steel hardness than the armor exterior.

Fortunately, Rock Horse Armor is not invincible; its explosiveness and speed disadvantages make it hard to land hits on same-level opponents.

Lin Feng and the Great Assistant Priest behind the control room screen couldn’t confirm the defense level of Rock Horse Armor, nor the evolution level of the Rock Horse Warrior inside...

But spectators around the arena, especially Priests and Clan Leaders who are also Tier Two, could clearly perceive the contestants’ strength on the field.

At this moment, Father Su An appeared among the Church’s Cultivators, stationed here to prevent any incidents.

And one kilometer away, among the residents of the Three Major Villages, the patriarch of the Li Family, Li Hao, personally attended to watch.

Beside him was the Tier Two Leader from Mechanical Village, yet the Dawn Village leader from the same faction didn’t come, remaining in Oasis Town to avoid any surprises.

Father Su An then transmitted his perceptions and judgments back to Oasis Town via radio:

"The Li Family sent a contestant at the early Tier Two stage, whose strength is not very strong, not reaching Level 23."

"As for the Rock Horse Armor, it’s still the Level 20 set used during the Tier One combat, but it has evolved through battles with the Grand Priest and Late-Stage Tier One Desert Wolf Warrior."

"It’s estimated to have reached the strength of Level 21 or 22 Rock Horse Armor now, evolving rapidly."

"If there’s an opportunity, it’s best to directly destroy the core part inside the armor to prevent these Demon Armors from continuing to accumulate evolution, cultivating a second Mid-Stage Battle Armor for the Li Family."

After saying this, the intelligence information was also relayed back to the Oasis Battleship, received by the Church District at the ship’s bow, and then sent to the Command Control Room.

Upon hearing this information, Lin Feng roughly determined that the first contestant was Li Mingquan.

Knowing his nature, upon returning, he must have informed his grandfather Li Hao about the intimidation Lin Feng gave him.