The fleet was the absolute main force of every civilization. The destructive efficiency of a Beyond Grade A was naturally not comparable to a military fleet of millions. However, the strength of an individual was different from the strength of a group. An individual with great strength had an irreplaceable role on the battlefield, just like the difference between a piece of titanium alloy and a rock.
Compared to the entire fleet, a Beyond Grade A had strong individual combat strength, small size, and high agility. They could fight the fleet head-on and easily break through the fleet's defensive formation, cutting into the enemy's formation and executing a series of actions such as decapitation.
During the battle, Han Xiao had analyzed the direction of the situation. As long as the dynasty stabilized and lasted until the stargate was assembled, the Arcane Church would definitely launch a surprise attack on the stargate in order to cut off the reinforcements' path.
At this time, the six Beyond Grade As on the enemy side would very likely change their strategy, leaving most of them to stall the four from the dynasty while sending a few to attack the stargate.
This was the opportunity he had been waiting for!
Battle was the best catalyst. After fighting for so long, the pain of the Promotion had gradually subsided, and Han Xiao had gradually adapted to the changes in his body.
The Race Evolution method for a Beyond Grade A was to give him five options and let him choose two of them. Then, all the talents of these two races would be listed, and he would be allowed to choose one talent from each of the two to merge into the talent column of the Black Star Race.
Compared to the previous Race Evolution, the Race Evolution after Beyond Grade A was less random and had more choices. It allowed for a better combination.
The two races Han Xiao had chosen this time were [Void Saint] and [Void Magician]. Apart from the + 45 END bonus, these two also gave him the attributes of the Promotion.
STR + 266, DEX + 310, END + 454, INT + 537, MYS + 372, CHA + 177, and Energy + 6,400!
With the bonuses of Grade S, [Advanced Strengthened Life], [Eternal Body], and [Extraordinary Physique], Han Xiao's HP had already exceeded the three million mark!
Apart from the help of his three teammates, [Advanced Strengthened Life] also provided a temporary 10% increase to all attributes every time he lost 40% of his HP.
In the beginning, it was the most dangerous. He had to use the Aurora Character Summon Card twice in order to get through the most dangerous period. When his attributes were stacked up, he was finally able to hold on.
In terms of the mechanical army, his main class had changed from [Emperor Mechanic] to [Lord Mechanic], and his Machinery Affinity had increased once again. With the buff from the [Perfect Mechanical Sense] Character Summon Card, the combat strength of his mechanical army had a significant increase, and they were the greatest hindrance to the enemy.
Among the many talents of [Void Saint] and [Void Magician], Han Xiao purposely chose two talents that would be helpful to the current situation. The way he saw it, as long as he used them well and grasped the opportunity, these two talents would be enough to turn the situation around. The so-called 'opportunity' was when the enemy Beyond Grade As split up.
Dylan and Mercer were like two drill bits, charging into the formation of the dynasty's fleet and heading straight for the few stargates that were being constructed. Sagman and the other three stayed behind to hold back Han Xiao and the others.
Milizaus could only watch as the enemy split up. He tried to provide reinforcements but was stopped by Sagman and the others.
Only Han Xiao split out a portion of his mechanical army to chase after Dylan and Mercer.
The size of the Mech Legion was too large, and Sagman and the others were not able to intercept all of them. However, they were not too concerned. Dylan had two Beyond Grade As, and they would not be unable to deal with such a small group of Beyond Grade As.
When Tarrokov saw Dylan and Mercer cutting in, he immediately adjusted the formation and ordered the fleet to block their path.
Although the speed of their advance was slowed down, it could not stop them from shortening the distance between them and the stargate. Compared to a large fleet, the Beyond Grade As were too agile on the battlefield.
"Black Star, we can't go on like this. Austin and I have less and less magic, and we can't hold on forever. We can't let the Arcane Church interrupt our reinforcements." Milizaus was extremely anxious.
"The enemy has the advantage of numbers and has the initiative, forcing us to defend," Han Xiao said with a deep voice. "If we can make them lose a Beyond Grade A combatant, the pressure on us will be reduced to the greatest extent and cut off their hope."
"The enemy has been maintaining a situation where they have the advantage in numbers. We have no chance."
"No, I have an idea that can deal with those two. Maybe we can take the risk." Han Xiao's tone was solemn. "However, EsGod is only chasing after me. His ability can stop me, and he's a greater threat than the others."
"How high is the success rate?"
"If EsGod interferes, there might only be a twenty percent chance of success. However, if we're willing to invest, the success rate can be over seventy percent!"
"What kind of investment?"
"EsGod's goal is to evolve. His alliance with the Arcane Church definitely involves an exchange of benefits. I know what he wants. If we give him what he wants …"
"I understand. Let's do that. Now is not the time to be calculative. It's better than dying a slow death." Milizaus agreed.
"Alright!"
Han Xiao gritted his teeth and made up his mind. He glanced at EsGod and suddenly opened his arms, activating one of his new talents.
"Void Prison!"
The four Mages present felt a large amount of Void Dimension energy being released from Han Xiao's body and quickly enveloped the battlefield.
The next moment, everyone realized that the space around them had become viscous, and their movements had become sluggish.
After sensing for a while, the four Mages realized that this was not a simple sluggish ability. The Void Dimension had descended and overlapped with this space, causing the space attribute of this area to be temporarily changed, forming a strange domain. The distance between them seemed to have shrunk, and they could not get close to each other no matter what.
"He used the power of the Void Dimension to rewrite this space?" Ninjia frowned and tried to cast a spell to get rid of the Void Prison domain, but he realized that the circulation of his magic had also become sluggish.
Spatial freezing type of skills weren't considered rare, but due to the differences in the cause, the difficulty of dispelling them was different. As for the [Void Realm Prison] that came from the [Void Saint], it borrowed the power of the Void Dimension to form a special domain that could be maintained for quite a long period of time. It was extremely effective against the Abrupt Face Doll.
Beyond Grade A Mages who could control multi-dimensional energy could get rid of this domain, but it was extremely troublesome to get rid of the overlapping dimensions. Even if Ninjia and Taylor worked together, it would still take some time to get rid of it.
This ability did not differentiate between friend and foe, and even the movements of Milizaus and the Mech Legion around them were affected. Only two people could move freely. One was Han Xiao, who had the Void Dimension Esper Ability, and the other was EsGod, who had the Esper Ability of Dimension Crevice.
EsGod teleported again and appeared behind Han Xiao. He gathered his Esper Ability and punched toward Han Xiao's back with a playful smile on his face.
"This is not the first time we've fought. You don't think that such an ability will work on me, do you?"
"Is that so? How about this?" Han Xiao narrowed his eyes.
The fist was approaching his back, but Han Xiao did not even turn his head. Instead, he looked at the fleet battlefield in the distance and locked his eyes on Mercer.
EsGod felt a subtle space fluctuation coming from Han Xiao's body. The next moment, a light flashed in front of him, and Han Xiao turned into Mercer.
Before Mercer could react to his sudden appearance, he was sent flying by EsGod's punch.
EsGod was stunned for a moment before he realized what had happened. He looked at the fleet battlefield in the distance and saw that Mercer had turned into Han Xiao.
[Void Swap] was the talent of the [Void Magician]. It consumed fifteen percent of one's health and energy to forcefully swap places with a target. It had a cooldown of three hundred and twenty seconds.
[Void Prison] and [Void Swap] were new talents that Han Xiao had purposely combined to create this situation.
"A space-swapping ability …" EsGod was a little surprised. It was not that he had not seen such an ability before; he even had one himself. However, his Esper Ability could only swap objects and was not effective on himself or others of the same level.
Sagman and the others were also shocked. Since when did Black Star have such an ability? This was not recorded in any intelligence!
Everyone looked into the distance and saw the situation clearly. Their expressions changed slightly. Mercer had been swapped, which meant that Dylan was alone. Han Xiao had created a one-on-one situation!
The two of them were deep in the dynasty's fleet formation and were very far away from everyone else. Coupled with the control of the Void Prison, they could not provide reinforcements immediately.
"Black Star actually hid such an ability." Ninjia was surprised.
"Break this domain as soon as possible and send people to support Dylan," Sagman said with a deep voice.
If Dylan was held back, the dynasty would be able to successfully assemble the stargate. In everyone's eyes, this was Han Xiao's goal.
However, no one would have guessed that Han Xiao's real goal was to reduce the number of people in the Arcane Church.
In the hearts of Sagman and the others, Black Star did not have the strength to defeat Dylan quickly. Therefore, no one thought that Han Xiao wanted to defeat Dylan by creating a one-on-one situation. If it was Milizaus, it would be more likely. Even if they guessed it, they did not think that Han Xiao could do it. After all, Dylan was a Beyond Grade A who specialized in defense and crowd control. He would not be defeated so easily.
…
Han Xiao's vision blurred, and he had already swapped places with Mercer and appeared not far away from Dylan. The long-range troops that were sent to chase him earlier gathered together. There were about four hundred thousand mechanical soldiers, and they opened fire at Dylan. Psionic cannons bombarded the barrier he created with his Esper Ability, creating holes in it.
Although Dylan was shocked by Han Xiao's sudden appearance, he did not panic at all. He could continuously convert the seawater he stored to form an energy barrier, so his defense was very strong. The way he saw it, Black Star alone would not be able to do anything to him in a short period of time.
However, he did not know how terrifying Han Xiao was when he did not hold back at all.
"This is my only chance!" Han Xiao's eyes narrowed. In a situation where his opponent was alone, there were no other enemies to disturb him. This was the only environment where he could attack with all his might.
The next moment, Han Xiao aimed at Dylan, who was surrounded by the seawater barrier, and activated the Ames Character Summon Card that he had been saving for a long time.
A powerful force field erupted, and under the heavy pressure that had no blind spots, the seawater that formed the energy barrier shattered. Dylan was shocked to find that he was actually bound by the force field.
Ames Character Summon Card — Gaze of the Dragon!
Back when he was at the Calamity Grade, Han Xiao had used Ames' Character Summon Card. After that, he obtained a new blank Character Summon Card and went to record Ames' ability. He had never encountered a situation where he needed to use it and had kept it until now.
This powerful control ability could not bind an expert of the same level for too long. Dylan was currently using his Esper Ability to resist the force field and could escape at any time.
Han Xiao was about to continue, but at this moment, EsGod teleported over again.
His Dimension Crevice and teleportation Esper Ability could ignore the Void Prison and was the only one who could destroy Han Xiao's plan. However, he did not come over to protect Dylan. He only had Han Xiao's Evolution Cube in his eyes.
"This guy is indeed difficult to deal with." Han Xiao had long predicted EsGod's actions and made up his mind. He activated the Evolution Cube that he had prepared and shot a beam of Evolution Energy toward EsGod.
"Hmm?" EsGod's expression changed, and he suddenly stopped in midair.
However, his next reaction was completely different from Sagman and the others.
Not only did EsGod not dodge, he even took the initiative to face the Evolution Energy that Han Xiao shot out. The pitch-black Evolution Energy surged into his body, and a black cocoon spread across his body.
The condition of his cooperation with the Arcane Church was to help the Arcane Church obtain the Evolution Cube in exchange for the right to use the Evolution Cube once. At this moment, Han Xiao directly shot a beam of Evolution Energy at him. This was EsGod's dream target. He did not care about anything else and directly received it with his face.
This was Han Xiao's scheme. Since your target is my Evolution Energy, I'll give it to you. Do you want to continue attacking me or get the target first?
EsGod was directly controlled by Han Xiao, and no one came to stop Han Xiao's actions.
While Dylan was controlled by Ames' Character Summon Card, Han Xiao directly used Void Hyperdrive to get close and threw a Luck Curse on Dylan. He then grabbed Dylan's shoulder and activated the EsGod Character Summon Card!
Esper Silence!
At this moment, the force field that Ames controlled disappeared. Dylan was about to use his Esper Ability to push Han Xiao away when he suddenly realized that he could no longer feel the existence of his Esper Ability. His expression changed drastically.
"You …"
"Open fire!"
Han Xiao activated all of his explosive abilities, including [Gene Liberation], and roared in the quantum network.
The next moment, the mechanical army surrounding them opened fire at the two of them. Psionic beams focused on the two of them.
Dylan was an Esper. Without his Esper Ability, he was a defenseless target.
Furthermore, he did not have True Damage Immunity!
The blue ball of light suddenly expanded and exploded!
When the light dissipated, Dylan was covered in blood and on the verge of death. The mechanical soldiers around him extended a nanoparticle tentacle and merged into a few huge chain-like mechanical restraints, wrapping around Dylan's limbs and pulling them straight, firmly restraining his body.
All kinds of mechanical traps surrounded Dylan, releasing all kinds of gravitational and electromagnetic energy to restrict Dylan's movements. All of the mechanical soldiers' cannons were aimed at Dylan, ready to fire at any moment.
Han Xiao was right behind Dylan, his arm tightly around Dylan's neck, and he stared coldly in Sagman's direction. His intention was clear — he was using Dylan's life as a threat!
The expressions of Sagman, Sisko, and the others changed drastically!
This change was beyond everyone's expectations!
Dylan was captured by Black Star right after they started fighting?
How could Black Star have such combat strength?
"How … how is this possible!" Sisko's eyes widened, and his heart was in turmoil.
Sagman's face was filled with shock. He finally understood that Black Star was not going to hold Dylan back but to kill him directly! To reduce their numbers!
This time, the two Mages from the Arcane Church finally broke free from the Void Prison. Regardless of friend or foe, they all looked at Han Xiao in shock.
How did he capture a Beyond Grade A in such a short period of time?
Sagman and the others did not dare continue attacking Milizaus and the others, afraid that Han Xiao would kill Dylan directly.
Milizaus and the other two were still in shock and did not move.
"This is troublesome …" Sagman felt troubled. Dylan was obviously heavily injured, and his life was in Black Star's hands. If they continued to fight, Dylan would definitely die, not to mention whether they could complete the mission without losing a Beyond Grade A combatant.
If it was an ordinary person, they could just abandon him, but Dylan was a Beyond Grade A combatant.
Both sides did not make a move, and the situation seemed to be in a stalemate.
Sagman clenched his teeth and secretly gave Ninjia a look. Ninjia understood and secretly sent a telepathic message to EsGod.
"EsGod, continue to move. Use your teleportation to destroy the dynasty's stargate!"
It was not that Sagman did not want to save Dylan, but Dylan had already been captured. If they did not resolve this, they would not be able to advance or retreat. If they wanted to break the stalemate, they could only abandon Dylan and continue the mission.
However, he did not want to abandon his teammates, so it was best to let EsGod take action. EsGod was not from the Arcane Church. If Black Star killed Dylan because of this, it would have nothing to do with them. Only then could they break the stalemate.
However, EsGod ignored him and directly teleported away from the battlefield, returning to the main ship of the Fallen Ark fleet where Haakisen was.
Hearing the noise, Haakisen turned around and was shocked by EsGod's current appearance. Black patterns were swimming around EsGod's body like small black snakes under his skin. It looked a little scary.
"Your Excellency EsGod, you're injured?"
"Injured? No, no … I feel great now! "
EsGod smiled. The evolution energy had entered his body and was temporarily suppressed by him, which was why he did not form a cocoon on the spot.
"Order the fleet to retreat immediately and leave the battlefield!"
Haakisen was stunned. "Ah, aren't we going to continue attacking?"
"The goal has been achieved. Let the Arcane Church restrain the dynasty's fleet. We'll retreat!"
EsGod had achieved his goal after obtaining the evolution energy, so there was no need to continue working together.
He could not wait to find a safe place to enter his evolution state. How would he have the time to fight with the Arcane Church?
EsGod knew that this was Han Xiao's scheme, but as long as his goal was achieved, he did not mind falling for it.
Suppressing the evolution energy would affect his own combat strength. The way he saw it, completing his evolution was more important than dealing with Black Star.
As for credibility … since when did we have such a thing?
The Fallen Ark fleet immediately ceased fire. No matter how the Arcane Church's commander roared, it could not change their behavior of retreating from the battlefield.
Seeing this, Han Xiao's mouth twitched.
EsGod's integrity really did not disappoint …
Satisfying EsGod's request was a last resort. He was the strongest person present, and as long as EsGod was around, the situation would always be dangerous. His teleportation ability was too big of a threat to the stargate, so they had to think of a way to make him leave the battlefield.
"Let's get through this crisis first, then think of a way to deal with EsGod in the future … He cooperated with the Arcane Church, so the dynasty will not let him go so easily." Han Xiaoxin was certain and did not hesitate.
On the other side, EsGod's escape also shocked the people of the Arcane Church.
"EsGod!" Sagman was furious, and his expression was extremely ugly.
In just a short while, the situation that they had the upper hand suddenly changed. One was captured, and the other escaped. Of the seven Beyond Grade As, only five were left in the blink of an eye!
And the one who caused the situation to change was Han Xiao!
Sagman gritted his teeth so hard that they almost broke.
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