"My current combat style is very complete. I'm tanky, have high damage output, and have a lot of control-type mechanical devices. The scale of my mechanical army is huge, and I can coordinate with hundreds to thousands of tactics. There's also the Lord's Avatar and Apostle Weapons. My mental resistance is also high enough, and I also have a skill like [Virtual Paramount]. My Void bloodline also gives me powerful mobility and special control skills … "
Han Xiao analyzed his current combat style. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that he was very strong.
Of the five Super systems, Espers were formed the earliest and had the highest combat strength in the early stages. In the later stages, it was Mechanics and Mages that shone brightly. Compared to the other three systems, Mechanics and Mages, which used knowledge as the source of power, were very comprehensive in all aspects and had very few weaknesses. To Mechanics, being brittle and having low mental resistance were more obvious weaknesses.
However, in Han Xiao's dictionary, there was no such word as' brittle '. His weakness in mental resistance had also been mostly made up for, and he did not have any obvious weaknesses. He was very strong in all aspects, almost like a hexagonal warrior.
Now that he had obtained [Charge — Endless Potential], this super high explosive single target damage ability, his combat style had become even more perfect. This was because when the army was fighting, Han Xiao's main body or Lord's Avatar would usually be roaming around and would not immediately engage in close combat. Now that he had this ability, the distance he roamed around could be converted into damage, which gave his main body or Lord's Avatar an additional layer of tactical effect.
After admiring this shiny ability for a while, Han Xiao closed the interface.
Returning to his room, he suppressed his joy, took out his communicator, pondered for a while, and called the dynasty ruler's private line.
After a few rings, Uranril's exquisite and majestic face appeared on the screen. It was as if she had expected Han Xiao to call her.
"Black Star, you're here."
"Your Excellency Ruler." Han Xiao nodded and went straight to the point. "Do you know about Bekorodi's matter?"
"Hmm." Uranril nodded.
Looking at her calm expression, Han Xiao confirmed that the dynasty's decision makers did indeed want him to hand it over, and the ruler was also on his side.
Han Xiao paused and asked, "Do you have any suggestions?"
"I hope you can hand over the Evolution Cube. This concerns the dynasty's important strategy."
"Do you mean that you're finally planning to sell totems publicly? If I give you the cube, I'll lose a lot of benefits," Han Xiao probed.
Uranril shook her head.
"For the time being, the Empire does not intend to sell totems publicly. This decision is based on the consideration of risk. For you, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. Radiance's and Ethereal's suppression was getting stronger and stronger. Although the dynasty had withstood most of the pressure, if he continued to hold onto the Evolution Cube, it was hard to guarantee that Radiance and Ethereal would not take the risk and launch a new sneak attack …
I believe you also understand that the Evolution Cube will always be a risk in your hands. Dealing with you is much easier than forcing the dynasty to compromise. If the Evolution Cube is handed over to the dynasty, the enemy will have no chance at all. "
"You don't seem to have much confidence in me?" Han Xiao raised his eyebrows. "I thought you had high hopes for me."
"I do have high hopes for you, but you're just one person, after all." Uranril explained. "After the previous lesson, if Radiance and Ethereal were to take action, they would definitely send out peak Beyond Grade As like Manison and Kasuyi. You're not a match for the Mecha Empire now. Adding in other peak Beyond Grade As, the risk is too high."
"What you said makes sense, but they haven't taken action in the past few years. It's hard to say what will happen in the future." Han Xiao did not comment.
"The situation is different now. Beyond Grade As are usually scattered in different Star Fields. Once they're mobilized, we'll be able to receive news and take precautions in advance. "However, the opening of the Flickering World is a great opportunity for Radiance and Ethereal. Most of the Beyond Grade As in the universe are rushing to the Shattered Star Ring. With so many people gathered, Radiance and Ethereal can easily gather their high-level combatants and quickly attack your base. Because the other party has a reasonable reason to gather, it'll be difficult for us to guard against a sudden attack like last time."
Han Xiao stroked his chin. Indeed, due to the news that the Flickering World was about to open, many large organizations had gathered in the Shattered Star Ring, including many Beyond Grade As from other Star Fields.
In the past, those Beyond Grade As were scattered in other Star Fields and were very far away, so it was very difficult for them to deal with him. Now, taking advantage of the opening, the Beyond Grade As of the other organizations were swarming in. The closer they got, the more dangerous his situation became.
It could be predicted that before the official opening of the Flickering World, the originally chaotic Shattered Star Ring would become even more chaotic. There would be people everywhere, and it was really hard to say if he, as the local tyrant, would be able to hold them all down.
Seeing that Han Xiao did not speak, Uranril advised, "Black Star, although the Evolution Cube will be very profitable in the future, it's still better than losing it."
"I'll think about it." Han Xiao shook his head and did not give a definite answer.
"There's no need to rush to give me an answer." Uranril did not force him and changed the topic. "By the way, there's something I need you to do."
"What is it?"
"The dynasty is currently building a Star Field Stargate from the Shattered Star Ring to the Flickering World on a large scale. Before it officially opens, a large number of organizations in the universe will be stationed in the Shattered Star Ring, causing an impact to this Star Field. Therefore, I need you to maintain law and order and suppress all the foreign organizations and Beyond Grade As. Don't let them mess around in the Shattered Star Ring."
Han Xiao was interested. "I remember that the Shattered Star Ring is nominally the territory of the Radiance, right?"
"Hmm, but the dynasty's forces there are stronger. Maintaining stability is also beneficial to us. Furthermore, I don't want any accidents to affect the opening of the Flickering World."
"You can look for Heber for this job."
"The Tyrant doesn't have your deterrence. Only you have the qualifications to suppress all the foreign Beyond Grade As."
Hearing this, Han Xiao could not help but laugh.
He did not expect the high and mighty Dynasty Ruler to know how to bootlick.
At the same time, the interface showed an additional faction mission for the Flickering World Main Storyline. The requirement was to maintain the stability of the Shattered Star Ring before it opened. The reward was normal, giving him experience and contribution points, as well as some money and resources promised by the dynasty.
"Alright, I'll go and oversee the Shattered Star Ring. I hope the other Beyond Grade As will give me some face."
Han Xiao agreed.
Even without this mission, he would have done so. The Shattered Star Ring was the headquarters of the army, and stabilizing the rear was equally important to him. He would not allow outsiders to gallop in his vegetable fields.
This was especially so for those new Beyond Grade As. At this stage, they needed to make a name for themselves and loved to cause trouble.
After hanging up, Han Xiao exhaled, activated [Lord's Descent], and sent his consciousness to the mechanical civilization's planet.
Since he was going back to oversee the situation, the troops left in the Shattered Star Ring headquarters were not enough. He needed to mobilize a new wave of troops.
Coincidentally, the mechanical civilization had been developing steadily for twenty years and was on the right track. He planned to bring a group of Apostle Weapons back.
The scene before his eyes changed. He was inside a mechanical palace, and his Lord's Avatar was sitting on the throne.
Han Xiao had left a long-term doppelganger in the mechanical civilization, and he would occasionally descend to inspect the place. Thus, Psionic Prime and the others had built a Tong Tian Tower palace thousands of meters tall and enshrined his Lord's Avatar there.
Han Xiao controlled his Lord's Avatar to stand up, walk out of the towering palace, and look down. In his eyes was a continuous mechanical city with countless mechanical lives flying across the sky.
This was the main planet of the mechanical civilization — Planet Apostle. It was even more complete than ten years ago.
After more than twenty years of development, the mechanical civilization had completely transformed this planet. They had built countless facilities on the surface and underground, obtained a strong productivity, and started to develop other planets around it.
At the same time, their population increased exponentially. This was the source of soldiers for the Mech Legion.
From the perspective of a civilization, the speed of development of the mechanical civilization was like sitting on a hyperdrive spaceship, unbelievably fast. In comparison, the Black Spirit Race's development was not slow either.
After many years of learning, groups of scholars appeared in the Black Spirit Race, and they began to integrate the knowledge taught by the army. Due to the characteristics of the Black Spirit Race, as long as someone learned a piece of knowledge, it could be quickly spread.
Furthermore, with the resources and equipment generously provided by the army, the Black Spirit Race did not need to slowly accumulate productivity. As long as they learned the knowledge, they would be able to use it. Thus, in a short twenty years, they went from the tribal era to the electrical era, completing a three-level jump. The terrifying talents of their race began to appear.
The way he saw it, if the Black Spirit Race, Radiance, and Ethereal had started on the same starting line, the ones ruling the universe might have been four Universal Civilizations.
The talents of the Black Spirit Race were almost all focused on learning and education. To exaggerate, this was a race that had the qualifications to reach the golden age of 'everyone is a dragon'.
As for the Kunde Race, they were still undergoing cultural changes, but Han Xiao had also gotten people to stuff some good stuff in.
Currently, the Kunde Race had already started to worship the Machinery Faith. Although they had not officially converted into believers due to the fact that it had only been ten years since their defeat, the trend was already there.
Han Xiao looked at the scenery of the planet for a while, and not long later, more than ten black dots flew over from afar. They rapidly grew larger in his vision, revealing the figures of the Apostle Weapons.
Behind these black dots, a mountain-sized shadow slowly approached. It was Giant King Kong, and its head was parallel to the gate of Tong Tian Tower that Han Xiao was in.
"Greetings, Lord."
Psionic Prime led the Apostle Weapons into the gate and stopped in front of Han Xiao to greet him.
Over the years, Han Xiao had used up all the slots for the Apostle Weapons to expand his Apostle Weapon team. Due to the fact that he had [Perfect Mechanical Sense] and a series of talents that increased the upper limit of his mechanical abilities, he had far more than twelve Apostle Weapons.
Han Xiao sized them up. The weapons and armor of these Apostle Weapons were much better than twenty years ago. At the same time, he could sense that the tinder energy source of these Apostle Weapons had also become much stronger.
Mechanical life forms all had the ability to grow and knew how to strengthen themselves. This was especially so for the first-generation mechanical life forms, which contained the purest Mechanical Force tinder energy and had excellent growth potential.
With his current Machinery Affinity, these Apostle Weapons were all existences that could hold their own against ordinary Beyond Grade As (referring to Kohler and Beyoni).
"Psionic Prime, Silver Flash, Mad Sky Hunt, Crimson Flame, Gold Sovereign, Formless Ghost, Heaven-Suppressing Flag, Purple Sky Spirit … Bring a group of troops and return to the headquarters of the Shattered Star Ring. I might need you to fight," Han Xiao ordered.
"Understood," Psionic Prime replied. To him, Han Xiao's words were divine, and he could only obey.
…
At the stargate at the border of the Shattered Star Ring, a fleet with the insignia of the Arcane Church slowly sailed out of the stargate.
Currently, Beyond Grade As from all over the world were flocking to the Shattered Star Ring. This fleet was specially escorting a new Beyond Grade A who had joined the Arcane Church a few years ago to this Star Field.
'Red Devil' Tolaen, a Beyond Grade A who was born in Silver Spiral Arm a few years ago. He had been a wanted criminal for a very long time and had been recruited by the Arcane Church. Now, with the support of the Arcane Church, he had a place in Silver Spiral Arm.
In the conference room of the flagship, a portion of the Arcane Church's Beyond Grade As were present. Among them, only Tolaen was in his original body.
"Haha, looks like I'm the first to arrive. When are you guys going to arrive?" Tolaen looked around and said casually.
"Soon. Wait for us obediently at Sisko's place." Sun Hunter's body was small, but his voice was like a cannon.
"Humph, what's the point of just waiting?" Tolaen's eyes flashed. "Since I have nothing else to do, I might as well find someone to spar with."
He had been recruited by the Arcane Church not long after entering the Beyond Grade A realm. As a newcomer, he had never had any achievements to show. Now that he was in the Shattered Star Ring, he could not help but have some thoughts.
"Don't cause trouble in the Shattered Star Ring," Kasuyi said calmly. "That's Black Star's territory. Give him some face."
In the past, the Shattered Star Ring only had four Beyond Grade As, Heber, Ames, Austin, and Sisko. It was very remote and weak, and a pinnacle Beyond Grade A like him would not pay attention to it.
However, it was different now. Black Star had risen and become the representative of the Shattered Star Ring, representing the dynasty.
The name of a pinnacle Beyond Grade A still had some influence. Ordinary Beyond Grade As were willing to give face to Black Star and not cause trouble in the Shattered Star Ring. Even pinnacle Beyond Grade As did not want to provoke Han Xiao casually.
As soon as they heard Black Star's name, the expressions of several Beyond Grade As present became unnatural. They were all members who had participated in the battle of Planet Lighthouse, and they had all suffered losses at the hands of Han Xiao. They had come aggressively but retreated in disgrace.
The taste of the Spacetime Amber was not good, especially for Dylan. Now that he heard Han Xiao's name, he could not help but recall that feeling, and he could not help but shiver.
"Haha, after being defeated once, you're already so scared? Your Excellency Kasuyi, don't tell me even you are afraid of Black Star? "
Tolaen also knew about this and could not help but mock. As a former fugitive, he was not someone who would hold back.
As soon as this was said, many Beyond Grade As were embarrassed and snorted.
"I'm not afraid of him," Kasuyi said calmly. "It's just that it's not time for me to meet him yet. I advise you not to provoke him."
"Humph, I'm not stupid." Tolaen waved his hands nonchalantly. "Don't worry, I'm not arrogant enough to choose Black Star as my target."
"Then, who do you want to spar with?"
"Heh, I can't beat Black Star, and Heber is from the dynasty, so he's not to be trifled with. Although Sisko is weak, he's one of us. Therefore, the only ones left for me are those two neutral guys."
Tolaen's eyes flashed with excitement.
"Austin is hiding in the Palace of Hidden Spells, so I shouldn't be his match. However, Ames … Heh, she's easy to deal with. I'll use her as my stepping stone and make her my first Beyond Grade A achievement!"
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