The Broken Star Ring is closely related to the power of flesh and blood.

“When the epoch turns, the blood tide will surge, and the stone shell shall break through the earth like a seed…”

The Star Map’s prophecy revealed the bond between the Star Ring and the power of flesh and blood.

What Su Chen hadn’t expected was that in this age where Magic flourished, the Broken Star Ring still retained an ancient pressure, forcibly suppressing all stray Elemental fluctuations in the environment.

And this was just from not being fully near it. It was hard to say what terrifying level of Elemental Suppression it would unleash once it was directly overhead.

‘Is this some kind of trump card left behind for future generations by the Eight-armed Divine Emperor?’

Su Chen had no way of knowing for now.

“The Broken Star Ring is coming from the Northern Territory’s Snowfield. I hope that city in the snowy mountains isn’t the first to meet with disaster,” Captain Zhang Shihao said with a sigh.

After he reported the important information from the man ranked first beside him to the Safety Committee, it quickly garnered the attention of the higher-ups.

Regardless of whether the city in the mountains was part of Dongfu City, being the first to make contact with another city and gather intelligence would be to their advantage.

To that end, an investigation team had already packed rations and supplies and set out for the northern snowy mountains yesterday afternoon.

“We also need to pay attention to those cave dwellers sealed within the fissure lands,” Su Chen added, a flicker of concern in his mind.

According to his personal to-do list, another visit to the Underground City was also a must.

After all, the God of Magic had still not forgiven the “rats” hiding underground. The only remaining quests in the Mission Hall still pointed toward the cave dwellers, not to mention the many sacrificial altars convenient for offerings that still existed in the wilderness.

This could be seen as a divine war to the death, a war between civilizations that had spanned countless epochs.

‘The Elemental fluctuations are being suppressed?’

At this moment, not far away, the Golden Radiance Ruler, Shang Xu, muttered to himself. He hadn’t noticed it at first.

Now that it was pointed out, he did seem to feel that his connection to the surrounding metals—the various swords, guns, and cannon barrels—had weakened slightly.

Because the effect was so faint, those who weren’t perceptive enough, or rather, those with a low Perception Attribute, would find it difficult to gain any Insight into the change.

‘He actually knew…’

‘It must be because of the advantage he has with All Elements.’

As the saying goes, a jack of all trades is a master of none.

‘According to those cultivation novels, a Single Spirit Root is a true genius, while a Five Spirit Root is completely useless,’ Shang Xu thought. As an eighteen-year-old high school senior, he was hot-blooded and at an age full of wild fantasies, with a deeply competitive spirit.

From his own assessment of their strengths, the other guy was indeed well-rounded, seemingly proficient in everything, which had somewhat stolen his thunder.

But he was no slouch either. At least, by his own assessment, he was invincible in a modern city.

A metropolis teeming with metal structures was his personal home turf.

The reason he’d lost out and failed to take first place was largely due to the disadvantage of fighting in a forest.

Not to mention…

If it came down to a one-on-one PK, he was confident he had the absolute advantage. After all, his opponents’ weapons, armor, and even their Mechanical Armor were all made with metal components.

Furthermore, a Golden Radiance Ruler could even manipulate the iron ions naturally present in the human body. Hard control aside, it was enough to make someone bleed from all five orifices and die.

As for the Rock Phase Ruler, ranked fourth on the contribution list, he was a bit tricky but still manageable.

‘My “Danger Prediction” will give me the answer.’

Shang Xu wielded this special Rune and even possessed a Gold-quality set of Mechanical Armor, the “Golden Radiance Sacred Law,” making his strength truly extraordinary.

In his eyes, the “Three Titans of Dongfu City” everyone was buzzing about today were just a classic case of a hyped-up rivalry.

Let the bullets fly for a while; time would provide the answer.

However…

What the eighteen-year-old Shang Xu probably didn’t expect was that the Rock Phase Ruler, Feng Jialun, whom he looked down upon, didn’t think much of the young punk either.

This wasn’t just bragging.

It was the result of pure, rational deduction.

‘I have a 72.5% chance of winning against that hot-headed high school punk, but if I really have to face that “Elemental Lord” who’s proficient in All Elements… I barely stand a chance.’

8.7%!

Just a single-digit chance of victory.

The man, who was in his thirties, frowned.

He himself possessed the Gold-quality Magic Blessing talent, “Spiritual Prophet.”

This talent allowed him to gain Insight into an opponent’s killing intent three seconds before they attacked, precisely predict the type of their next Skill, and simultaneously generate an optimal counter-strategy.

Outside of combat, he could use its “Ghost Brain Deduction” mode to run high-fidelity combat simulations based on enemy intelligence.

Because of this, he considered himself to be naturally unbeatable.

Foreseeing killing intent three seconds in advance was more than enough time to easily slip away and teleport to safety.

But if he were forced into a confrontation with the man ranked first…

Every simulated path led to his own defeat and death.

And that was with incomplete intelligence. If he had more information, he might not have even a sliver of a chance.

‘What the hell?’

He wasn’t a “glass cannon” Mage in the traditional sense. His Rock Phase Ruler Authority allowed him to devour any inorganic matter and convert it into a strengthening substrate for his own flesh and bone.

This wasn’t a temporary transformation, but a permanent, constant restructuring of his Physique.

He was undoubtedly leagues ahead of those who had to rely on transformations for enhanced effects.

Even so…

It wasn’t enough.

Against that enigmatic, All-Elements-proficient number one, it still wasn’t nearly enough.

‘What is this monster?’

Feng Jialun temporarily suppressed the questions in his mind. As another top-tier independent powerhouse who had rejected the official faction’s overtures, he was different from Su Chen, who seemed like a carefree wanderer. Feng Jialun himself was a third-generation heir and had seized the opportunity in these chaotic times to amass a vast business empire.

At the very least, he held shares in most of the trading organizations on the north side of Dongfu City. The “taxes” he patiently collected each day allowed him to accumulate a fortune an ordinary person couldn’t earn in eight lifetimes.

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