Wasteland: My Items Can Be Infinitely Upgraded-Chapter 523 - 257: Duel Results, the Value of Fine Steel Wolf Fang

Chapter 523: Chapter 257: Duel Results, the Value of Fine Steel Wolf Fang

As the referee for the arena fights, Xu Wanfeng is the most knowledgeable about the situation on the ground, apart from Father Su An and Li Hao.

She is also the third Tier Two Mid-Stage Evolver in Oasis Town.

As the president of the Hunting Wilderness Guild’s Oasis Branch, her strength is undoubtedly formidable.

Even if she cannot compare to the fully armed Patriarch Li of the Li Family, Li Hao, she is still a Tier Two Powerhouse with extremely rich combat experience.

This is far better than the group of ordinary clerical priests in the Holy Spring Sect.

The latter merely represents the church in spreading faith, maintaining stability, and ensuring internal peace, with combat capability not being the primary standard.

Therefore, even though the Oasis Church has four resident priests, it is still suppressed by local powerful families.

Without true protective forces from the Holy See, and without the knights of the Holy Temple Knight Order, the authority of the Oasis Church cannot truly be demonstrated.

However, this situation greatly benefits the Hunting Wilderness Guild, as their presence becomes the best balancing force between the Oasis Church and local families.

As a result, anyone who wants to make a difference needs to win over the Hunting Wilderness Guild.

The status and power of the guild naturally rise accordingly.

Yet this dynamic, which benefits from being in the middle ground, is also built on the guild’s own strength.

And Xu Wanfeng’s abilities have naturally been scrutinized and verified by various parties, qualifying her to be at the table, becoming the third most influential figure in Oasis.

As a Level 25 Evolver among the Tier Two Mid-Stage, the power armor Xu Wanfeng wears is not a standard, universal model, but a custom armor highly tailored through detailed adjustments to fit Xu Wanfeng perfectly.

The boost in power and speed it provides is more than 10% higher than similar-level armor, while the load it causes is far lower than standard armor.

Combined with Xu Wanfeng’s own skills, wearing this custom armor is enough to maneuver against the fully armed Li Hao.

Although unable to defeat the opponent, she can delay the steps of the Rock Horse Armor, thwarting its actions.

And that is sufficient!

Because with Father Su An’s Undying Holy Armor added, even Li Hao cannot guarantee securing a final victory.

Furthermore, the emergence of the formidable firearms superpower user Lin Feng...

Unless absolutely necessary, the Li Family cannot afford to break relations with the Hunting Wilderness Guild and push them towards the inevitably failing Oasis Church.

Therefore, the moment Xu Wanfeng made a move and unleashed her signature Tornado Kick, sending the Rock Horse Armor flying dozens of meters back, it immediately halted its attack.

And raised both hands, indicating a ceasefire.

Li Hao then removed his helmet, revealing his true face, and looked at the custom black armor standing alongside and the church’s Undying Holy Armor, with a grim expression:

"The contest is over; why continue to damage the Li Family’s weapons and equipment?"

Su An in the Undying Holy Armor did not respond. Taking advantage of this pause, he turned to check on the Church Grand Priest’s condition.

The latter, after consuming the evolutionary meat from within the Rock Horse Armor, restored a wave of physical strength and, leveraging the abundant Life Source Material within the meat, gradually completed his own transformation.

This also led to a gradual reduction of the negative impacts of the beastification state.

Having satisfied the Rock Horse Armor’s slaughter and feeding desires, the blood-red eyes of the Desert Wolf Warrior gradually faded, returning to normal.

And the Grand Priest’s rationality regained control of this overextended Tier Two Body with abnormal mutations.

At this moment, he was covered in distorted mutant tissues, resembling a half-human, half-wolf ghostly entity.

If not for the tattered Undying Holy Armor providing some concealment, his identity might have been completely exposed.

Once his rationality returned, he quickly understood the situation at hand and didn’t need Father Su An’s reminder to react.

He ignored the needle-like pain all over his body and began clawing at the mutated tissues across his body, pulling and tearing them apart.

He directly tore and removed the excessively beastified traits of the Desert Wolf that had mutated.

The entire process was performed without making a sound.

The firmness of his will moved even Su An.

And in response to Li Hao’s questioning, Xu Wanfeng calmly pointed to the side at the fallen, shattered Rock Horse Armor:

"According to arena rules, there is no provision for members outside the arena to declare the surrender of a contestant."

"As far as I can see, the contestant sent by your Li Family, Li Mingquan the Village Chief, has shown no signs of surrendering..."

"Both parties remain engaged in combat throughout; neither has fallen incapacitated or left the boundary line."

"Moreover, the church’s attack on the Rock Horse Armor is completely within a reasonable scope."

"Before the contest concludes, any form of attack is consistent with the rules, not to mention that only weaponry armor is being damaged..."

After being retorted by Xu Wanfeng, Li Hao, unable to find a rationale, shifted the discussion to the Desert Wolf Warrior behind them, currently undergoing "plucking and peeling."

Or rather, the Church Grand Priest shedding the beastification state covered in mutant tissues.

Li Hao’s expression was indignant, and he angrily exclaimed:

"Even if what he did to the Rock Horse Armor wasn’t over the line, how could the status he holds as a participant in the contest still not be an issue?"

"Prior to the contest, it was agreed that contestants should be uniformly reported without alteration after registration."