However, the amount of injuries he obtained made Heber feel a lot more pressure than last time. The psionic cannon rays that hit his body gave him tremendous pain each time.
Heber was secretly startled at Han Xiao’s growth rate and gritted his teeth as he calculated in his mind.
While I can fight a prolonged battle, the longer I take, the more unfavorable it is to me. I need to improve my killing efficiency.
As he thought so, he increased the frequency and intensity of attacks.
On the other side, Han Xiao controlled the mechanical host to observe the combat, reading the combat information on the interface.
What a tough HP cow.
In his last battle, Heber’s combat information was filled with question marks. Now, with his level higher than Heber’s, it revealed his information completely.
Heber’s was at level 296, with some of them made up by his subclasses. Han Xiao was an anomaly, as comparing levels, there was not much difference between the two of them.
That being said, Heber’s Grade was still at S, without even the ‘+’ on it. This was the gap brought about by various bonuses.
Heber’s total HP was around 800,000, and his Endurance was more than 12,000, along with tons of explosive abilities adding a huge chunk of Strength, Dexterity, and Endurance. As for his pugilist skills, it went without saying that he had plenty of those.
The number of resistance talents on him was frightening, such as True Damage Immunity, Weak Injury Immunity, Fixed Injury Reduction, and Super Toughness. They were all talents that Han Xiao had seen during the last battle, making his defense extremely troublesome to overcome.
The last battle had ended in a draw due to the intervention of the dynasty. There was no winner among the two, so Han Xiao got the record of a tie. However, the fact was that he did not cause any serious damage to Heber at that time.
To deal with Heber, he could only slowly grind him down. It was fortunate that his Mechanical Force bonus and mechanical army had been strengthened many times, significantly raising his damage.
Thus, Han Xiao did not activate his [Perfect Mechanical Sense] Character Summon Card, nor did he need to.
Under such circumstances, the Tyrant was long not his opponent!
The moment the battle began, an S ranked mission popped up on his interface, named [‘Tyrant’ Heber], which was the same mission as the previous time. Based on the scenario of challenging a Beyond Grade A, this sort of Boss Mission would appear.
“I only have this mechanical host, which carries some of my attributes and abilities, but it’s enough to fight with Heber directly, preventing him from killing the soldiers too quickly.”
With a single thought of Han Xiao, the Lord’s Avatar shot out, passing through the heavily sieged front line and directly smashing into Heber. Its heavy metal fist was shrouded in Mechanical Force and sent out.
With a cold snort, Heber’s muscles swelled, as though pythons were wriggling under his muscles. The fresh muscle fibers twisted into a strand, displaying its strong elastic force. Heber’s terrifying strength from his whole body converged on his arm, and he drew back his arm before thrusting it forward to meet Han Xiao.
A red-gold fist and blue-gold metal fist collided violently, bursting out as a fierce energy shockwave and quickly spreading out!
Boom!
The violent aftermath pushed the surrounding mechanical soldiers quite a way away, tumbling around, and the atmospheric layer above them was also swept out, leaving a blank space.
With the addition of growth talents such as [Heroic Wrists] and [Divine Void Power], Han Xiao’s current Strength had reached more than 6,000, and the melee attack power was quite impressive.
The supporters of the two revolved around them, and the eyes of the galactic residents watching from a distance also followed the battle group firmly.
On one of the Federation of Light spaceships, one of the officials was recording the entire fighting process.
The federation and church both attached great importance to this battle, and both had sent spies to gather intelligence.
Black Star’s current strength would greatly affect their plans for the Evolution Cube, so they had to pay attention.
At this moment, a virtual projection of Manison stood at the corner of the cabin, watching the entire battle through the viewing window. He lightly said, “The chance of Heber winning is very slim.”
“Is that so? Although the Tyrant seems to be surrounded, his body is extremely tough, and he should be able to hold on until the mechanical army is destroyed.” The captain who was next to him carefully gave his opinion.
Manison shook his head. “I can feel that Black Star has become far stronger than he was before. Heber will probably not be able to last for long. His condition is getting worse… Furthermore, Black Star still has many of his trump cards that he has yet to pull out, such as the Void ability he used in the battle of Planet Lighthouse.”
Hearing this, the captain nodded to express understanding.
“I just do not know…” Manison paused and thoughtfully spoke. “With Black Star’s growth, has he already touched my current level? It should not be that quick…”
At this moment, part of the space above them fluctuated, and the magnificent Palace of Hidden Spells jumped out.
“Oh, they’re already fighting. It seems like I’m late.”
Seated at the top of his Palace of Hidden Spells, Austin overlooked the battle of the two with an expression of interest.
Most of the spectators were focused on the fight, and while a few of them noticed that Austin had arrived, they only spared him a glance before impatiently turning back to the scene.
Han Xiao also noticed Austin and could not resist curling up his mouth.
Why do you come as a referee every time we fight?
However, he had no time to dispose of his old man. Han Xiao withdrew his attention and continued to control his avatar.
Boom!
As the battle progressed, the ground of Planet Black Tyrant shattered, pitted with holes, and seemed to have turned into an onion, being peeled off layer by layer. The entire planet began to deform, as though Han Xiao and the Tyrant’s battle was a knife, slicing into the planet-sized onion with their skills.
Alone within the Human Wave Tactic, with the damage of the Mechanical army exceeding his expectations, Heber quickly fell into a disadvantage, becoming very passive. The heart of everyone in the Bloodshed Land started to tremble.
Faced with an army, the Tyrant was clearly disadvantaged against Black Star, and the battle had not even gone on for long. Could it be that the strength gap between the two was greater than they thought?
In the past battle, the Tyrant was clearly suppressing Black Star from start to end. In just a few years, their positions had swapped…
Looking at the disheveled Tyrant on the planet, Fosters clenched his fists, his expression indeterminate.
…
Boom!
Suffering from such a storm-like weapon barrage for so long, it was lucky that Heber had thick skin, or else he would not have lasted. He felt as though he was a sandbag being beaten up, and his entire body hurt like hell. His chances to retaliate were getting fewer; he could only focus on defending himself.
Bang!
After being beaten up several times in a row, Heber fell straight to the ground, creating a human shaped pit!
“Cough cough, Star Shaking Fist!”
Enduring the pain, Heber rallied his strength, blasting out a brilliantly thick golden pugilist strike toward the mechanical army swooping down from the sky, and it exploded to form a huge chain reaction, devouring a large number of mechanical soldiers.
However, after the energy dissipated, it was found that most of the mechanical soldiers had endured it with their psionic shields. While the damage was serious, they could still fight, and even the [Waste Modification] skill could not be forced out.
The gap… was so wide‽
Heb
er was not only envious; he was also furious. He was quite confident before the battle, thinking that it would be an easy victory when dealing with only one of Black Star’s platoons.
But after fighting for so long, he had done his best, but he had found out that he likely could not even defeat this platoon of Black Star’s!
How could this be‽
At the beginning, Heber was able to resist the siege of the mechanical army, but as his injuries and energy consumption increased, his state got worse.
Han Xiao was different; he grew fiercer the more he fought. Just the talent of converting his energy to HP would ensure that he had sufficient strength to go on. Furthermore, with talents such as [Advanced Strengthened Life], [Battlefield Wisdom], and [One Against The World], the longer he fought, the higher his strength became. With this, the current Heber was being embarrassed more and more, much like a beaten king.
If this continues, I’ll lose for sure!
With this in mind, Heber’s eyes turned red. He did not like to fail at anything, especially losing to Black Star in such a manner.
Boom!
The next instant, the high-energy response from Heber started to soar in an abnormal manner, and the waves of pugilist flames ripped all the nearby mechanical soldiers into scrap metal.
“Oh, what ability did he use?”
Han Xiao gazed at the interface and found a new state appearing in the status bar of Heber: [Polar Channel Flow—Cellular Overdrive].
He was no stranger to this move. This was a pugilist skill, and some players had learned it in their previous lives. It would force the activation of one’s cellular potential, to maximize the overclocking of all attributes such as HP and strength and temporarily obtain an advanced combat power for a period of several hours to several days.
However, the sequelae were serious. The moment one used this ability, every upgrade in the future would be permanently seven percent more expensive, and this would stack continuously with each usage without limit!
This was equivalent to squeezing out one’s future potential in exchange for temporary explosive power!
Generally speaking, no one would use this trick unless it was a last resort.
Han Xiao was a little stunned. Is it so difficult to accept losing to me? To even pull out this sort of self-destructive trick…
But upon seeing Heber’s expression, Han Xiao understood.
There was only stubbornness and self-esteem of the strong.
While the Tyrant’s usual style was pretentious and made many criticize him, at this moment, Han Xiao admitted that he was a qualified fighter.
Indeed, those who can become Beyond Grade As are not easy to deal with. Han Xiao pursed his lips.
The high energy response of Heber was also discovered by the radars, and everyone began excitedly discussing.
“What’s this? Did Heber pull out a killing move?”
“I thought that he could take it no longer. Seems like there’s still a counterattack!”
Heber burst into flames, directly crossing the 52,000 energy rank limit, and his grade rose to S+. The wounds on his body also rapidly healed.
As he stared at Han Xiao in anger, his hands clasped together, and a dazzling golden light began to shine in his palm, getting brighter and brighter.
Seeing this, Han Xiao’s avatar paused in midair.
“Since you’re so serious, I should stop playing as well.”
The moment he spoke, the Mechanical Force arced out like a spider’s web, connecting every individual mechanical soldier.
The next moment, the mechanical soldiers returned like birds to their nests, shooting toward the avatar and reassembling themselves. A huge mechanical structure gradually unfolded.
The Mechanical Force was akin to the nerves, blood vessels, and veins of this huge body!
Buzz!
“This… this is…”
Under the shocked eyes of the spectators, a huge machine assembled itself above Planet Black Tyrant.
A heavy pressure emanated from this machine, giving everyone the feeling that this was not individual soldiers gathered together but rather… a new, independent individual!
Heber’s eyes were wide, and under his shock, the pugilist waves undulated like a flickering lightbulb.
At the same time, Manison, who was viewing on the Federation of Light’s spaceship, looked as though he had been hammered. His eyes wide open, he exclaimed, “This is… a Mechanical Deity‽”
Chapter 952 - Crazy Beating
Manison was too familiar with the Mechanical Deity skill. This was also his ultimate skill, and for many years, there was no opponent who could force him to utilize it. Seeing that Han Xiao now also possessed this power, his emotions were set aflare.
If Manison was still in doubt before, he was now finally certain… Black Star had reached his current realm!
Incredible… this sort of growth rate…
Manison’s eyes were full of surprise.
In terms of age for a Beyond Grade A, Black Star was just too young, to the point of being immature, but how could he break through all common sense, raising his strength in just a few years to complete the accumulation that took other Beyond Grade As hundreds of years?
Could it really be because of talent?
Even if one looked from the ancient times till now, there was no one who had such terrible potential. Manison clearly remembered that the last time he sparred with Black Star, the mechanical talent he had displayed was very shameful, even making people doubt if he was a fake Beyond Grade A.
If it was not talent, then what was the actual reason?
Manison’s eyes flashed.
Could it be that… other than the Evolution Cube and Spacetime Amber, Black Star still possessed other Universal Treasures?
No matter what, this sort of growth rate is too weird. Black Star must have a great secret…
Thinking about this, Manison suddenly had a strong desire.
The desire to dissect Black Star and find out the truth.
Suppressing his impulsive thoughts, Manison eyes flickered as he thought about an important question.
Since Black Star has grasped the strength of the Mechanical Deity, then… has he discovered the secret of Adeptus Mechanicus?
The NPC Beyond Grade As did not possess an interface and were unable to understand their own skills, so they had to rely on trial and error instead. As such, not all Divine Throne Mechanics could discover the special effect of [Key of Adeptus Mechanicus].
If not for the inherited knowledge from the Mechanical Legacy, Manison could not be sure that he would have found out about the bonuses by having Mechanic believers.
The question now was, had Black Star also discovered this ability?
If Black Star had discovered this point, he would inevitably become a competitor and an obstacle on his road to a higher realm!
At this moment, the attention he paid to Black Star in his heart had been raised to the highest level!
“I need to pay more attention to him…” Manison narrowed his eyes.
…
“My God! It’s so big!”
“I, I actually have the urge to worship it. Is that natural?”
The image painted by the assembly of the mechanical army was majestic, and it inspired awe in the faces of the countless galactic residents on scene.
The Mechanical Deity comprised of two million soldiers was naturally huge, and compared to the Tyrant, it was like the gap between an ant and an elephant.
Not only was it huge, it also exuded a strong pressure, causing those who looked at it to have an impulse to submit.
Its shape could be melded based on Han Xiao’s consciousness, and the current Mechanical Deity took the shape of a huge silvery-black mechanical sphere, like an egg.
Under Han Xiao’s control, a head, arms, and legs protruded from the ‘egg’, and the Mechanical Deity slowly turned into a humanoid structure. Even his facial features were formed on the head, turning it i
nto a gigantic version of Black Star.
The Composite Mechanical Deity possessed the functions of every single mechanical soldier assembled into it, and they could be used in every corner of its body through the nanoparticles. Furthermore, their effects would reinforce each other.
For example, if there were a hundred thousand shield generator mechanical soldiers integrated within, then the Mechanical Deity would be able to summon a hundred thousand psionic shields to protect all corners of its body, or it could fuse and overlap them to form a super-durable shield.
Han Xiao’s physical senses extended to every corner of the Mechanical Deity’s body, and everything could be controlled with a thought, as though this was his original body.
This feeling isn’t bad at all.
This was also Han Xiao’s first time utilizing this skill, and the feeling was quite miraculous.
The Mechanical Deity lowered its head from high above, overlooking the planet and locking onto the extremely tiny Tyrant below.
Its huge palm rose up before slapping down suddenly like a mountain descending from the heavens.
The palm broke through the atmosphere of the planet, its edges catching on fire, and its shadow covered a huge area, occupying Heber’s entire version.
Boom!
The speed of the palm resulted in a sonic boom, deafening the ears of all who heard it!
Heber’s expression was grim. He gritted his teeth to ease the shock in his heart. His palms pushed violently into the sky, and the waves of the highly condensed pugilist flames burst out.
“Star Shattering Mortar!”
Weng!
From Heber’s palms as the center, a halo of reddish gold spread out horizontally, and the pugilist flames expanded, turning into a huge beam tens of meters in diameter, moving rapidly toward the palm of the mechanical deity!
While the strong pugilist flames were akin to atomizing rays, vaporizing everything within their path, compared to the palm, it was like using a toothpick to hit one’s hand.
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