Outside Black Star Palace, Traveler sat cross-legged in the air with his staff placed in front of his knees. He was looking at the heavily guarded Black Star Palace from afar. In front of him was the defensive fleet.
"I came at the right time." Seeing this, Traveler narrowed his eyes.
According to the information provided by the Supercluster Alliance, Black Star was a guy who liked to accept challenges, but he could not reject them at this time. He did not even want to use his Lord's Avatar to fight with him. As expected, Sorokin's information was correct. Hella was already under attack, and Black Star had to maintain his Lord's Avatar to protect her, so he could not split himself up.
The Apostle Weapons and mechanical army could fight on multiple fronts at will, but the Lord's Avatar shared the strength of the main body. Only one avatar could descend at a time.
However, Black Star did not use his Apostle Weapons to fight with me. Looks like Sorokin's guess was right. Black Star has taken his main forces away. He's probably been pretending to be in his base all this time, Traveler thought.
Since the opponent is the Dragon Emperor, I have to get rid of her quickly to force Black Star to make a move. Even if he only sent his mechanical army to fight with me, I've already achieved my strategy and dragged down his energy.
If he wanted to end the battle quickly, he would have to use extreme methods, which would definitely offend Black Star.
However, Traveler did not care. He had a special relationship with some of the Supercluster Civilizations, and it had already exceeded the scope of personal benefits. On the surface, he was accepting a job, but in reality, as long as this matter was helpful to the civilization he belonged to, he would not hesitate.
The Supercluster Alliance hoped that Ethereal or Radiance's operation would succeed. They wanted to see these Beyond Grade As fight among themselves, but they did not want the Beyond Grade As to unite. This seemed to be a headache for the three Universal Civilizations, but it was more beneficial for the Supercluster. However, the effect depended on the timing. For now, the Supercluster did not want to see this.
In the eyes of Supercluster civilizations, Beyond Grade As were important tools that they could make use of. However, this era was still too early, and there were not enough Beyond Grade As. Even if they worked together, their usefulness was limited.
The Supercluster Alliance hoped to find a more suitable time. If there were enough Beyond Grade As in the universe by then, they would even unite the Beyond Grade As. Therefore, they did not want to waste this' opportunity '.
Other than the consideration of balancing their strength, the other reason the Supercluster Alliance thought this way was that they were worried that if the Beyond Grade As united in advance, it would lead to another 'Tragedy of the Pinnacles'. If the three Universal Civilizations started to settle accounts, the first to suffer would definitely be the outsiders. Therefore, their Supercluster Civilizations' allies would be massacred again, and the ones who would suffer the most would be themselves.
Traveler waited silently for a while. Finally, Ames flew out of the base and arrived in front of him. The two looked at each other from afar.
"You want to challenge Black Star? What do you want? "Ames narrowed her eyes.
"Nothing more than admiring the strong and wanting to challenge the peak. What do I want?" Traveler's expression was calm.
"Hella's matter has something to do with you, right?"
"I don't understand what you're talking about." Traveler shook his head.
"Humph, keep pretending."
A green light flashed in Ames' eyes. Her force field surged, and she controlled a few satellite bricks, smashing them toward Traveler.
Traveler did not panic. He held his staff with both hands, and misty magic energy gushed out, turning into rune arrays of various sizes, forming an extremely large rune shield. It looked as intricate and exquisite as a clock, blocking the path of the satellite bricks.
Kacha!
A few satellite bricks slammed into the rune shield, and cracks appeared on the shield, but the attacks were blocked. At the same time, Ames reached out and pulled toward Traveler. A powerful suction force pulled Traveler toward her.
While flying in the air, Traveler's eyes focused. Energy surged out of his body, and he stabilized himself. Then, he turned around and released a series of powerful spells. Multi-dimensional energy turned into colorful spells, rushing toward where Ames was, but they hit nothing.
Space rippled, and she had already used Void Jump to move to a spot not far behind Traveler. She raised her eyebrows and glared at Traveler's back. A circle of energy burst out from between her eyebrows.
The next moment, Traveler's body froze in the air, unable to move.
Force Field — Gaze of the Dragon!
The moment she controlled the enemy, her black dress suddenly rose, and Ames' long leg lashed out like a whip. She threw out a force field, going straight for Traveler's back.
The force field launched from the main body was the most powerful. This force field was highly compressed into a line, turning into a slash. It looked like she threw out a slash with her leg.
Force Field — Sweeping Blade!
Whoosh!
The Chopping Wave Force Field swept across and cut Traveler in half.
However, the next moment, the cut Traveler suddenly shrunk and turned into an alchemy puppet. Further away, a puppet that looked like it was made of clay appeared out of thin air. It quickly transformed into Traveler's appearance.
"Puppet Replacement, a simple trick," Traveler said calmly.
Ames frowned. She was old friends with Austin, so she knew some knowledge about magic.
Puppet Replacement was an unpopular spell in the Alchemy and Curse branch. It had a huge side effect. In terms of the interface, every time Puppet Replacement was used, the user's health and energy would decrease by fifty percent, and all their attributes would temporarily decrease by twenty percent. It was very damaging.
Because of its limited practicality, only low-level Mages would use it to save their lives. High-level Mages had all kinds of shields and many defensive methods, so they basically did not need to use such an unpopular spell.
A Beyond Grade A Mage would have dozens of ways to dodge or block that kind of attack. Even if they took the damage head-on, the damage would not be as good as the side effect of Puppet Replacement. Ames felt that Traveler definitely had a special reason for doing this.
She observed carefully and realized that Traveler's temperament seemed to have changed. The corners of his mouth curled up into a faint, strange smile, and he gave off a filthy, evil aura.
"Tsk tsk, Force Field Control is an Esper Ability that can be found anywhere. It's very rare for you to be able to train it to the Beyond Grade A level. You're very talented in Esper Ability Control. Maybe one day, you'll be able to develop this Esper Ability to the extreme and become the Super High Risk Esper Ability — Force Control. Although it's only a single word, the meaning is completely different. "Traveler's temperament changed, and he suddenly started to talk.
"Something's wrong." Ames raised her guard. She clenched her hand into a claw and crushed a corner of a satellite brick. A large number of fragments shot out like a meteor shower under the control of the force field.
Force Field — Dragon Breath Meteor Punch!
Traveler used spells to block and counterattack while observing a faint purple mark on the back of his hand. His yellow crystal eyes faintly emitted a purple evil light.
"My life force isn't enough. I need to sacrifice more …"
The two of them fought fiercely outside Black Star Palace. Traveler's fighting style was strange, occasionally sacrificing his health, while Ames used many types of Force Field, such as traction, compression, vibration, explosion, slash, and so on. In her hands, the Force Field Esper Ability displayed very strong control.
After bringing Hella out to train, Ames had also improved. Her control of her Esper Ability had reached a new level.
While the two of them were fighting fiercely, Herlous, who was watching from the watchtower in the base, quietly ordered the fleet to split up and leave, forming a huge encirclement.
"Focus," Herlous said in a low voice. Herlous' tone was low. "Preheat the space stabilizing device. Once I give the order, activate the device and trap Traveler."
This was related to the Vice Army Commander, so who cared about morality? They directly attacked together. Even Ames did not plan to fight Traveler one on one.
Regardless of whether it was a misunderstanding or not, it was best to take down Traveler first. Ames went up to fight the opponent, mainly to distract the opponent so that the fleet could secretly set up a trap. She was afraid that the opponent would open a teleportation gate and run away.
…
At the same time, the dynasty received news from Han Xiao and immediately mobilized. The Beyond Grade As in the dynasty's territory all received missions and set off from their territories, heading toward the stargate station.
In Kant's spaceship, the few Beyond Grade As who were urgently gathered this time all used remote projections to gather there. They hurried along while having a meeting.
"Ethereal really doesn't learn his lesson. During the battle on Planet Lighthouse more than twenty years ago, he was taught a lesson by me … and Black Star. Less than thirty years later, he actually came out to cause trouble again." Beyoni curled his lips, and a few sparks flew out from between his teeth.
"The other party's actions are very sudden. Their target is Hella. We're the closest now, so it's best if we go over as soon as possible." Kant also became serious.
Most of the dynasty's allies were assigned to the Flickering World, and many of them were participating in the free competition outside. They were too far away and could not make it in time.
Currently, the Beyond Grade As in the dynasty's territory could reach the frontline battlefield of the Black Star Corps as soon as possible. For now, only Kant's Lord's Avatar, the recuperating Ravenlaude, the slacking Beyoni, and the idle Kohler were there.
"I heard that Kasuyi's avatar is also there. Isn't it a little dangerous …" Kohler whispered.
Kant's Kazilan glared at him. "Useless. With me here, what are you afraid of? I can take down all of Ethereal alone! "
"Really?" Kohler had a doubtful expression.
"Nonsense, of course it's fake. Why are you still asking if you know? Can't you just let me enjoy myself?" Kant rolled his eyes. "If I had that ability, Dark Lord would be my follower."
Ravenlaude did not interrupt. He remained silent with a gloomy expression.
He had just been beaten up by Han Xiao not long ago, so he was actually not very willing to help.
However, every time he helped, the dynasty would provide a sizable reward and Merit …
It was a sponsored partnership.
"Forget it. I heard that the Black Star Corps is in a critical situation this time. If I help him get through this, he'll owe me a favor. By then, I can ask Black Star to get me a Universal Treasure …"
Thinking of this possibility, Ravenlaude's fighting spirit was instantly ignited.
…
At the same time, after the dynasty sent out reinforcements, the upper echelons also paid close attention to this matter.
In the conference room of the dynasty's mother planet, Ruler Uranril looked at the frontline battle footage sent back by the Black Star Corps with a cold expression. The remote projections of the dynasty's upper echelons on both sides also turned to look at the footage. The atmosphere was solemn.
"Ethereal still refuses to give up and wants to harm our ally again." Uranril glanced around coldly. "What do you all think?"
Everyone exchanged glances. After a while, Bekorodi raised his hand and slowly said, "Your Excellency Ruler, according to the intelligence, Ethereal's target is Hella, and Hella is not our Beyond Grade A ally."
"Hella is the Deputy Army Commander of the Black Star Corps, so the Black Star Corps is of course our ally."
"But she has always refused to join the dynasty … Your Excellency Ruler, I suggest that we separate the two matters. Black Star is Black Star, and Hella is Hella. Now that Black Star has asked for reinforcements in his own name, we're helping him out of the agreement. However, this is equivalent to him using the dynasty's strength for nothing and benefiting his own faction. My idea is … we can help our ally, but we can't be used without any cost. Protecting Black Star is what we should do, but protecting a Beyond Grade A who is not our ally? No, I think we have to make a condition. We can't help him for free, "Bekorodi said righteously.
"Then what do you think?" Uranril frowned slightly.
"If Black Star is only able to get through this because of our help, I think we have to make a condition. Hella has to join the dynasty … Of course, she can continue to serve the Black Star Corps, but she has to become the dynasty's ally and sign an agreement."
"Hmm … that makes sense." Uranril pondered for a while. "What if Hella is killed?"
"It's a loss for the dynasty, but there are still other benefits. If Hella dies, Black Star will definitely be on the opposite side of Ethereal. The Meeting of the Gods will basically be nullified, and the Beyond Grade As won't be able to unite, eliminating a threat. At the same time, having an external enemy will be beneficial to pulling the relationship between the dynasty and Black Star closer, and his loyalty will be strengthened. Therefore, whether the rescue is successful or not, the dynasty will definitely benefit, "Bekorodi said.
Many of the senior officials nodded. Logically speaking, they felt that Bekorodi's analysis made sense.
Uranril did not comment. She tapped the table with her finger. Seeing that no one had anything else to say, she said with a deep voice, "No matter what, support the Black Star Corps with all your strength first. We'll talk about the rest later."
"Yes."
The remote projections disappeared one after another.
Uranril left the conference room. Dark Emperor Clottey, who had been waiting outside the door, covered her with the Ruler's coat and followed behind.
After walking for a while, Uranril suddenly said, "Clottey, what do you think is the probability of Hella being safe this time?"
"Very low." Clottey was expressionless.
"Even with the dynasty's help?"
"That's right."
"Why?"
"Radiance will not just stand by and watch."
"How do you know?"
"The Mecha Empire told me."
Uranril was speechless.
Alright, this is a very good reason. I have nothing to say.
"It seems like the Mecha Empire really cares about the Beyond Grade A battlefront."
Uranril stopped and turned to look at Clottey.
"You're also a Beyond Grade A Super. Don't you have any opinion on this?"
Clottey's face was calm. "My first identity is a member of the Red Empire. My second identity is the captain of the personal guards of the Dynasty Ruler. My third identity is a Beyond Grade A."
Uranril shook her head and turned around.
She was silent for a moment before speaking softly.
"You've been my personal guard for too long. Stop your duties after a while. Go out and kill a few Beyond Grade As before coming back. Don't let this universe forget the name of the Dark Emperor."
"Okay."
Clottey calmly replied.
…
At the same time, in Beast Ancestor's stronghold …
"Hahaha, they've indeed made their move!"
In the hall, Gorután laughed loudly. His powerful lungs emitted sound waves that almost materialized, causing the entire base to tremble.
Just a moment ago, he learned from Sorokin that the information he leaked had sent Hella into a desperate situation.
His plan had succeeded, and he had taken his revenge. Gorután could not help but feel very happy.
Sorokin's manifestation stood in front of him with a smile on his face. "Your Excellency Beast Ancestor, your territory is not far from the battlefield. Do you want to join in the fun?"
Hearing this, Gorután stopped laughing. His sharp eyes stared straight at Sorokin, and he said with a hoarse voice, "Are you trying to bewitch me again?"
"I wouldn't dare." Sorokin hurriedly waved his hands.
"Humph." Gorután snorted coldly. He casually picked up the large wine glass beside him and gulped it down. "Anyway, I'm just going to watch the show here and wait for the news of Hella's death. I'm not going anywhere."
"Don't worry, I'm not trying to instigate you to join the battle. The dynasty will definitely send reinforcements at this time, and they're on the way. If the dynasty's reinforcements arrive, Hella might be able to escape this calamity. So, instead of sitting here doing nothing, why don't you secretly help?"
"What idea do you have now?"
"Hehe, according to my calculations, the first step of Ethereal attacking the Black Star stronghold will definitely be to remove the stargate stations and activate the space-stabilizing device to cut off Hella's escape route. Therefore, if the dynasty's reinforcements want to come, they can only go through the nearby stargate … Your Excellency Beast Ancestor, if the nearby stargate stations are closed or removed, the dynasty's reinforcements will have to take a longer route. This way, Hella will be isolated for a longer period of time, and the success rate of the plan will greatly increase. "
Gorután's eyes sparkled. He put down his wine glass and said, "Hmm, what you said makes sense …"
Sorokin smiled.
…
Primeval Star River, Mechanical Race territory …
Manison slowly opened his eyes and opened an encrypted communication channel.
"Mornisa, are you guys on the move?"
"Teacher, the Multi-Dimensional Sky Opening Device has started to activate. We'll set off at any time."
"Got it."
Manison nodded, changed the channel, and spoke to the Apostle Weapons team.
"Keep a close eye on Beast Ancestor. He might make a move. No matter what he wants to do, stop him."
"Understood."
After giving a few orders, Manison closed his eyes again and softly muttered to himself.
"Black Star, this is all I can do for you today. Don't disappoint me."
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