Chapter 1 The Battle Rank

The battle rank refers to the Colonizers and Awakeners, realms that are extremely difficult to climb. Each level's advancement represents a sudden increase in strength.

However, the last casual remark from Noah Space C immediately caused a huge uproar! Fang Senyan also clearly felt at this time: the power of the potion was slowly dissipating, and he was beginning to slide from the temporary battle rank of Executor back to the peak of Forgemaster. Furthermore, the thought tentacles that he had just been able to skillfully control were beginning to slowly dissipate like wisps of smoke.

However, when he heard this voice, he immediately felt an indescribable force surge into his limbs. Not only did the thought tentacles, which were about to dissipate and annihilate, become active again, but they were also frantically proliferating and spreading, climbing towards a higher level!

Fang Senyan was originally temporarily stepping into the Executor rank with the power of props. However, now that Noah Space C assessed his strength, he was a full-fledged Executor. Therefore, rewarding him with an increase of one battle rank was actually based on the standard of the Executor, which he had temporarily reached.

It cannot be said that Fang Senyan hit the jackpot and found a bug. Rather, it should be regarded as an extra reward from Noah Space C to him. If the merit of destroying Space E were to be discussed, Fang Senyan would not be ranked first, but the top three would be guaranteed. It really wouldn't be too much for Noah Space C to give him an extra boost of one combat level.

Countless starlight gathered under the will of Nightmare Space C, scattering into the bodies of those surviving contractors scattered in space. As for those guys who had originally defected from Noah Space E, they could only witness all of this happening with envious eyes.

While many people were being promoted to Executors, Fang Senyan fell into a hazy and trance-like feeling. At first, he felt so painful that he was about to be burst open. It seemed that every strand of hair could not contain any energy. However, then he felt as if he was so empty that he was like a speck of dust in the ocean, with emptiness everywhere.

This was the disadvantage of forcibly elevating oneself when one's realm was insufficient. It was almost impossible to gain something for nothing in the space. If you didn't put in effort and experience, then you would have to go through the most painful test when you comprehended.

Just as he was being tormented by this crazy pain, Fang Senyan didn't know why, in a mess in his mind, he suddenly recalled one thing. That was the feeling when he faced the terrifying bomb explosion that Eve had transformed into, and every cell in his body was torn apart!

That feeling had originally been shielded by Fang Senyan into the depths of his sea of consciousness. The indescribable and intense fear made Fang Senyan feel extremely small. Therefore, if he could discard some of his memories, Fang Senyan would decisively throw them ten thousand miles away.

But that memory suddenly resurfaced under this torment! That terrifying and fatal feeling suddenly descended, incomparably overbearing. All the negative emotions that had been tormenting Fang Senyan to death suddenly disappeared completely, as if Yama had arrived, and all the monsters and ghosts would immediately run away as fast as they could.

Humans have resistance to everything, especially since it was just a recollection at this time. At the beginning, the subconscious would keep telling the body: you are very safe now, what you are doing now is just recalling. Therefore, the pain caused by repeated recollections was like a knife repeatedly chopping on a cutting board. With each drop, the blade would become blunt by one point until it could not chop anything.

After being forced to recall countless times, that fear finally dropped to a level that Fang Senyan could tolerate. His mind could finally turn. When Fang Senyan could completely restrain that fear, he felt that he suddenly became obsessed with the feeling of every cell in his body being decomposed, as if he could transform into thousands of beings and assimilate with the universe and the heavens. It was a kind of joy that seemed to be able to live as long as the heavens and the earth!

After the extreme fear was slowly peeled away, what Fang Senyan realized from the final core was happiness. Wasn't this feeling very strange and wonderful?

In fact, things in the world are like this. Too much sugar makes it bitter. Pain torments and fears people, but the pain created by massage therapists can be addictive and enjoyable, even worth paying for. Behind extreme darkness, a glimmer of light will eventually be born. This is a world full of contradictions, but behind the contradictions is vitality and prosperity!

At the moment of experiencing that trace of joy, Fang Senyan suddenly collapsed. It seemed that all the strength in his body had been completely emptied, but precisely because of this emptying, the feeling of continuous power pouring in earlier, almost bursting him, suddenly disappeared.

Soon, he received a prompt:

"You have successfully advanced your battle rank level."

"When combat requires higher-level power, warriors with only executive power are no longer sufficient to meet the needs of war. On the battlefield, opponents must be resolved faster! Therefore, at this time, the power to make a final decision is needed!"

"The power of Arbitration is needed!!"

"Your survival awakening skill: Survival Mark has been upgraded!"

"You have obtained the survival arbitration skill: Arbitration Mark. At the cost of being unable to move/attack, the arbitrator can mark a target within a range of 300 meters, greatly strengthening its survivability and combat ability. In the next ten seconds, any damage received by the target will be shared 75% to the arbitrator, and any movement-restricting effects received by the target will also be transferred to the arbitrator. At the same time, the movement speed, attack speed, casting speed, and attack power of the person receiving the mark will be comprehensively improved, with the improvement range being 50% of the caster's attributes."

"Your offensive awakening skill: Eye of Predation has been upgraded!"

"You have obtained the offensive arbitration skill: Eye of Predation (True). It is difficult for the prey you are staring at to escape. The supernatural power in your eyes will continue to act on the target's body. During this period, the enemy will not be able to use awakening skills/arbitration skills."

"Every time the enemy is continuously watched for one second, one of the three attributes of critical hit rate/hit rate/evasion rate will be randomly reduced by 1 and then added to the caster, lasting for 300 seconds."

"The initial cooldown time of Eye of Predation (True) is 10 seconds. Each use increases the cooldown time by 30 seconds, up to a maximum cooldown time of 300 seconds. The cooldown time of Eye of Predation (True) is reset every 24 hours."

"This ability will be interrupted when the enemy leaves 100 meters away from the Eye of Predation."

"It's so powerful, is this the power of arbitration?" Fang Senyan felt the surging power in his body and couldn't help but feel his muscles and bones itching. He wanted to find someone to fight with. Not only that, but he also felt that the extension range of his thought tentacles had reached beyond three kilometers. Although the basic attributes didn't change much compared to an Awakener, Fang Senyan was very clear that even if five Awakeners faced the current Arbitrator Fang Senyan, they wouldn't have the slightest chance of winning! The precise calculation ability that Executors can have with the help of thought tentacles, plus the Arbitrator's strong dominance, has greatly improved the long-lasting combat power.

Fang Senyan's promotion process took a full seven hours. If it weren't for the protection of the flesh and blood armor of Noah Space C outside his body, he would have turned to ashes in space long ago. However, he wasn't the one who spent the longest time. Most of the people who were promoted were forced to grow. Fang Senyan's foundation was good, but some people were even more unlucky than him and were directly trapped in illusions!

Not to mention others, just Aziz actually temporarily released the restraints of the flesh and blood armor in order to successfully improve his realm, placing himself in space and forcing himself to succeed with the threat of death. However, the vast majority of people succeeded in the promotion. Even if there were promotion failures, there had not yet been a single casualty.

Fang Senyan was not interested in waiting in space. He waved his hand to send out a signal, and the imperial spacecraft that had been patrolling in the distance immediately flew over, respectfully took him in, and then flew to the steel behemoth in the distance. At this time, Fang Senyan was an authentic Imperial Lieutenant General, a veritable high-ranking official! His contractor status was daunting, and his military rank was even more respectful to others. Even the captain of this space behemoth was only a Commodore. In the strict hierarchy of the empire, how dare he commit the crime of great disrespect? Therefore, he had been waiting at the connection port to welcome them.

Fang Senyan nodded slightly and declined the banquets and various cumbersome welcoming ceremonies. Everyone else also breathed a sigh of relief. These things are very important to the nobles of the empire, and the Commodore did not dare to be unconventional, because if Fang Senyan, his superior, cared about it, it would be enough to end his career.

After entering the battleship, at Fang Senyan's request, the entire Ace Team quickly gathered here. Of course, they could only get the treatment of officers, which was very different from the cold and symbolic polite reception that others received.

Not long after the group settled down, the Commodore, who was supposed to be on duty in the captain's room, appeared in front of him again with a very serious expression. He said in a deep voice:

"Lieutenant General, His Highness Prince Pombalu has heard of the drastic changes that have taken place here. This is the first time that space has swallowed each other, so he has expressed great interest..."

Fang Senyan said in a deep voice:

"And then?"

"The prince hopes to know all the details, and you can also gain his friendship." The Commodore said respectfully, and he glanced at Fang Senyan: "More importantly, the prince emphasized that this is not only his meaning, but also the meaning of the entire Big Ben Research Institute."