At the same time, in the remote command room of the Bloodshed Land headquarters on Planet Heber.
Chief Staff Officer Joad and a group of deputies were watching the situation through a remote video call.
"It seems like we have a chance to succeed this time." One of the deputies swallowed.
"Don't relax. Black Star has too many tricks up his sleeve. Before he enters the stargate, no one can let down their guard."
Joad's tone was grave.
This kidnapping operation was his idea. In the past three years, Black Star had fought with the frontline troops of the Bloodshed Land hundreds of times. He had thought of many methods, but all of them had been resolved by Han Xiao. This strong enemy was both strong and difficult to kill. He was almost invincible at the Calamity Grade level, which gave him a headache. However, Joad was not discouraged. Instead, he followed the Tyrant's instructions and treated dealing with Black Star as a test.
Coincidentally, Black Star had been leading a team to eliminate the logistics transit stations in the desolate universe belt for the past half a year. Joad had an idea and decided to set up this trap to try and kidnap Black Star to the Sol Cluster.
As long as they succeeded, even if they could not kill Black Star, they would be able to control him. The Seoul Star Cluster was their headquarters, and Black Star did not have any helpers. He was alone and had nowhere to run.
Once Black Star fell into their hands, Klent would be more than happy to use all kinds of methods to control Black Star. Purple Crystal would lose a Beyond Grade A seed with a bright future, and the potential stock they had invested in would become Klent's people. It did not matter who came first.
This way, he would not need His Excellency Tyrant's help to get rid of a rising star of the Shattered Star Ring. He would feel a sense of accomplishment, and His Excellency Tyrant would definitely value him more.
Of course, all of this was based on the premise that he could kidnap Black Star. Joad stared at Han Xiao on the screen, ready to give orders to the Calamity Grades present at any time.
In his eyes, Han Xiao was already a Boss-like existence. His current attitude coincidentally coincided with the attitude of the players when they were fighting Boss-like. He was prepared to deal with Han Xiao's' next stage 'state at any time.
…
In the battlefield near the stargate, from the thirty Calamity Grade Supers brazenly attacking to Han Xiao being carried by Hardaway to the stargate, only a few seconds had passed.
The attacks of Wrothers and the other thirty Calamity Grades attacked Hardaway's back time and time again, increasing his speed. He was getting closer and closer to the stargate.
Han Xiao circulated his energy throughout his body. Every cell in his body was like a reactor operating at full power, spewing out surging energy that turned into icy cold void energy that quickly spread throughout his limbs and bones. It was as if his body was immersed in icy water. The void energy burned fiercely on the surface of his body, turning into a silver-gray flame.
Inside the mechanical suit helmet, the whites of Han Xiao's eyes were dyed into the color of obsidian, and his pupils became the size of rice grains. He instantly entered the [Void Molt] state, and his attributes increased by a large margin. The [Void] attribute of his energy was also amplified.
Hardaway's hands suddenly hugged nothing, and Han Xiao disappeared without a trace.
"Everyone, stay alert. Black Star might appear nearby at any time. Secret Mages who have mastered space magic, immediately sense his dimension and route. The moment he appears, restrict his movements!"
Joad immediately ordered in the remote command channel. He was already prepared.
After being together for more than three years, both sides knew each other very well. When Joad was setting up the plan, he had already considered the various methods of Black Star. Although he did not know that Han Xiao's teleportation ability was [Advanced Void Travel], he had seen it many times. After asking various Supers, he roughly understood the theory behind it and understood how to restrict some of Han Xiao's abilities.
Among the thirty Calamity Grade Supers lying in ambush, Joad had specially arranged a few Secret Mages who practiced space magic. These people had already prepared spell models, and the staff, orbs, spell books, and other casting tools in their hands were emitting magic Radiance. They could sense the slight fluctuations of Han Xiao's teleportation between the Void Dimension and the real dimension.
The magic light tracked this energy fluctuation, and the traces of Han Xiao's movement in the Void Dimension were immediately outlined in the minds of the few Secret Mages. It was like a conspicuous mark. The few of them turned to an empty spot at the same time, and without hesitation, they threw all the high-level Space Imprisonment spells they had prepared before the battle toward the empty spot. All kinds of magic Radiance shot out.
The next moment, Han Xiao's figure left the Void Dimension and appeared in this position. All kinds of high-level Space Imprisonment spells immediately came at him, and there was almost no time to react.
However, Han Xiao did not need to react. Before using Advanced Void Travel, he knew that he would definitely be ambushed. This was not the first time.
As the saying went, a man was afraid of being famous while a pig was afraid of being fat. His fame had skyrocketed, and every battle would let the various organizations know of his abilities.
The moment he appeared, Han Xiao did not say anything. His hands formed into claws, and as if space was a canvas, he pulled fiercely. Without any hesitation, he directly used [Void Distortion].
Visible distortions and folds appeared in the cosmic space around him like a magnifying glass. The space-time coordinates of a small area around Han Xiao deviated by more than ten decimal points. Some of the long-range spells went along the curve of the space folds and missed completely.
Some of the domain-type spells, due to the change in space-time coordinates, caused a chain reaction. The structure of the spells clashed and shattered, and the Space Imprisonment Domain canceled itself out.
After resolving the ambush of the Mages with a single attack, the danger was instantly eliminated. Han Xiao directly added Mechanical Force to the Mech Legion through the (Void) attribute.
The Mech Legion was filled with electricity, and it was as if they had eaten the little blue pill of the Mechanical brand.
Two-thirds of the Calamity Grade Supers had no choice but to give up on the idea of restraining Han Xiao and hurriedly dodged. Other than Hardaway, no one present dared to be targeted by Han Xiao's Mech Legion.
"Star Shaking Fist!" Wrothers did not give up. Before he was surrounded by the Mech Legion, the muscles on his arms suddenly bulged, and a thick scarlet wave blasted out, heading straight for Han Xiao.
"This move again. Don't you Vanguard Officials have any other trump cards?"
Han Xiao curled his lips, deactivated the Void Distortion, and drew a circle in front of him with his hands. The mechanical parts followed the trajectory of his palms and formed a mechanical ring-shaped device, facing the red beam of light from the Star Shaking Fist head-on.
The mechanical ring-shaped device was hollow, and the Star Shaking Fist should have been able to pass through it easily. However, when it entered the hollow part of the device, the red beam of light seemed to have lost its momentum and was sucked in by the mechanical ring. It turned into a red stream of light, spinning at high speed along the inner circle of the ring as if it could not escape the strange force field of the mechanical ring.
This was a new device that Han Xiao had created using the new Cutting-Edge Knowledge of the Control class, (Advanced Space Application) — Curvature Force Field Distorter!
The hollow part of the mechanical ring was actually covered with a special force field that had changed the curvature of space. It was set into a closed cycle. As long as most of the energy was sucked in, it would be trapped in this closed force field space.
In fact, the Star Shaking Punch was still "moving forward", but it was rotating according to the distorted curvature. It was like a small meteorite that was captured by the gravity of a planet and was orbiting the planet. The speed (power) of this meteorite did not reach the limit of gravity, just like it did not reach the concept of the Nth cosmic speed.
On the other side, Hardaway also braked and charged toward Han Xiao again, opening his arms as if asking for a hug.
Han Xiao felt a chill run down his spine. He used his Mechanical Force to control the Curvature Force Field Distorter and aimed it at Hardaway. He released the captured Star Shaking Fist, and the red beam of light blasted Hardaway far away like a wild dragon that had just broken free.
Han Xiao turned around and looked at the few Mages. In his eyes, Mages were much more difficult to deal with than other muscular Mages. Seeing that these Mages were about to cast spells again, Han Xiao did not say anything and flicked out a compressed orb, which expanded into a rectangular mechanical device.
The appearance of this device was like a trapezoidal pyramid, and it was as black as ink. From top to bottom, light dots lit up one after another, forming mysterious magic inscriptions.
Hum!
There was clearly no sound in the vacuum of space, but the Mages felt as if they were in the middle of an ocean. The roaring sound of the waves was deafening.
This was the vibration of magic energy!
In the senses of the Mages, the magic energy around them became violent and difficult to control. The magic energy that they could control like their own arms also showed signs of being blocked. Their expressions changed.
"Humph, this thing is enough to make you Mages suffer." Han Xiao chuckled.
This mechanical device was called the Magic Tide Generator. It could interfere with the magic elements in a certain area, causing them to become chaotic and violent. It was a mechanical device specially made to deal with Mages.
According to the terminology, all Mages within the range of the Magic Tide would have their casting speed reduced and the power of their spells weakened. Lagi even added magic inscriptions on it, making the effect of this device far better than the original.
Mechanical equipment had a wide range of applications. In the past three years, Han Xiao had used Cutting-Edge Knowledge, High-End Knowledge, and Intermediate Knowledge to create many powerful new equipment.
Now, Han Xiao had a large number of new machines in his hands as trump cards, and he easily escaped from the enemy's encirclement. On the other hand, Hardaway and the others were in a passive position.
Seeing that Han Xiao had escaped from his control, Joad unwillingly punched the screen. He knew that this mission was basically a failure. He took a deep breath and immediately changed the order.
"The mission has failed. Everyone, give up the mission and evacuate through the stargate immediately!"
Hearing this, Wrothers let out a low roar unwillingly.
Hardaway felt rather regretful. He immediately stopped, turned around, and rushed toward the stargate. He was the one with the most stubborn head, and the one who ran the fastest.
Han Xiao had already distanced himself from Hardaway and watched as Hardaway disappeared into the stargate. He had no intention of stopping him. With such a short distance, he would not be able to kill Hardaway before he escaped. This guy was too tough.
Han Xiao could not be bothered to waste energy on Hardaway. His target was the other thirty Calamity Grade Supers.
He controlled the Mech Legion to surround them. Looking at the thirty Calamity Grade Supers trying to break through, Han Xiao narrowed his eyes.
"Since you're already here, leave me a few souvenirs."
This time, a teleportation gate opened beside Han Xiao. Lagi walked out and observed the situation.
Compared to three years ago, Lagi had not changed much. After all, a dispirited person looked old.
"Heh, you came at the right time. Help me stall these Calamity Grade Supers. Leave as many as you can."
Han Xiao patted his shoulder, then pointed at the thirty Calamity Grade Supers who were trying their best to get rid of the Mech Legion and rush toward the stargate. His meaning was obvious.
Lagi sighed, took out his staff, and floated toward the chaotic battlefield.
"Remember to help me collect the corpses."
…
As the high-level combatants retreated, the Bloodshed Land also stopped sending reinforcements through the stargate and completely gave up on resisting. The resources in the logistics transit station were also abandoned, and the fleet covered the high-level combatants as they retreated through the stargate one after another. Every single one of them that could escape was still alive.
Joad had been remotely commanding the entire time. Only when the stargate was seized by Han Xiao's fleet did his tensed body soften, and he collapsed onto the chair as though he had turned into a salted fish. He said weakly, "Count the losses. How many people did not manage to withdraw? How many high-level combatants did we lose?"
"Re — report, thirty-seven percent of the reinforcements sent out this time did not manage to withdraw in time. Of the high-level combatants sent out, Hardaway successfully withdrew, and so did the eight Vanguard Officials. Of the remaining twenty-two Grade A Supers, only seventeen managed to withdraw. Black Star left behind five high-level combatants to reinforce, and we also lost contact with the two Calamity Grade Supers who were originally guarding the logistics hub."
"In other words, we lost seven high-level combatants this time?" Joad could not help but facepalm. Although most of the Grade A Supers that died were new members that Klent had helped them take over the private organizations of the entire Star Cluster, they were still high-level combatants.
Losing seven high-level combatants in one go, Jorde felt extremely pained. He had tried to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it. At least forty to fifty Calamity Grades had died in Black Star's hands. He was practically a Calamity Grade harvester.
Just thinking about Black Star's battle record made Joad shiver.
If not for the fact that many large organizations had secretly allied with the Bloodshed Land in the past three years and brought in many high-level combatants, he felt that the Bloodshed Land would have to avoid Black Star.
While Joad was doubting his life, the battle in the desolate universe belt had basically ended.
The enemies that did not manage to retreat in time lost their escape route. Han Xiao ordered his fleet to chase after them, and without any suspense, they easily annihilated the remnants of the Bloodshed Land. At the same time, they dismantled the stargates into parts and transported them away as spoils of war. A Star Cluster level teleportation stargate could be sold for a lot of money, and it was not a bad choice to bring it back for research.
Lagi's spacetime secret technique helped the Mech Legion restrain a few Grade A Supers. In Han Xiao's eyes, Lagi's fighting style made him feel nostalgic. Lagi's style was like a certain monkey with the surname Sun. When Lagi used 'Newarudo' to restrain the enemy, Han Xiao could not help but say 'freeze' in his mind!
It had to be said that Lagi was still very strong. Han Xiao was very satisfied with this vice captain. Although the morale of the troops led by Lagi was basically constant at zero, there was a saying in the art of war that a desperate army would definitely win …
The Calamity Grade Supers that did not retreat were surrounded, and their resistance was futile. They were all captured by Han Xiao and prepared to be thrown into the Happy Hut to be squeezed for juice in the future.
After the battle ended, the fleet cleaned up the battlefield and looted the spoils of war. Han Xiao did not need to deal with such trivial matters.
He retrieved the Mech Legion and returned to the machinery modification room in the flagship. He let the automated mechanical arms repair the damage of the various mechanical soldiers. He then took off the Mountain Ape mechanical suit to repair it as a leisure activity after the battle.
Beep beep!
This time, his communicator rang. Han Xiao picked it up, and Ralph's projection appeared in front of him.
"Your adjutant has submitted the report. You guys did very well this time. It's another great victory worth celebrating." Ralph had a smile on his face. He was in a good mood.
Han Xiao took a look, then turned around to repair his mechanical suit. He casually replied, "Bloodshed Land ambushed me again. This time, in order to kidnap me, they mobilized quite a number of senior Calamity Grade Supers in West Wind, Kaya, and Chaida. Their strongholds should be quite empty now. You guys can take the opportunity to sneak in."
"We will consider this suggestion."
"Is there anything else? If there's nothing else, I'm hanging up. Don't disturb me while I'm repairing things. "Han Xiao did not even turn around.
After three years of contact, Ralph had already been added to the list of high-quality contacts by Han Xiao. The two of them were very familiar with each other, and their attitude was much more casual when communicating in private.
Furthermore, Ralph was no longer his superior. He had become a long-term partner of the Amethyst Civilization a year ago. Although he was still a member of Section Zero, he was actually an independent partner.
"Ahem, have you forgotten? This is the last logistics transit station. You have already been fighting outside for half a year. The mission is complete, so you can come back. Coincidentally, there are no other important missions for you to take part in at the moment. I plan to give you a long vacation," Ralph said.
Han Xiao paused, and his eyes sparkled.
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