The Legendary Mechanic

by <unknown>

  Gaud did not want to wait for death and struggled with all his might. However, he could not move at all under Han Xiao’s restraint. Furthermore, he was already heavily injured and could not stop his Esper Ability from being absorbed by Evans, who was at the same level as him.

  As the cells withered one after another, Gaud’s struggle became weaker and weaker. He did not even have the strength to speak. He could only watch himself weaken step by step, gradually losing his ability to sense Esper abilities. All that was left was hatred in his eyes as he stared at Evans in front of him as if wanting to carve his image in his heart.

  Evans was not moved at all. After absorbing for a while, he suddenly raised his hand and finally turned the ‘Energy Control’ into his own. This also meant that Gaud had completely lost this ability. Gaud’s body suddenly shook, and his breath quickly weakened. He opened his mouth and looked at the two of them weakly. His eyes were empty and dull.

  His plans, his ambitions, everything was destroyed by Black Star…

  At this moment, Gaud had already lost all hope in life, as if he had become a walking corpse that had lost all his dreams.

  Han Xiao looked at him indifferently and released his restraints, allowing him to fall to the ground. He said casually, “Don’t blame me. This is your retribution. You brought this upon yourself. You once took away the abilities of so many people. Today, I am just letting you have a taste of having your Esper Ability stolen.”

  Gaud lay motionless on the ground, staring blankly at the sky. “Black Star, kill me.”

  “That’s going too easy on you. You’re still useful. I still need you as a bargaining chip to negotiate with the dynasty.”

  Han Xiao waved his hand, and mechanical particles shot out, turning back into an imprisonment device and enveloping Gaud. Gaud was unable to resist, and he was immediately locked up.

  After doing all this, he turned to look at Evans, only to see that this guy’s eyes were slightly closed, and he was familiarizing himself with his new Esper Ability.

  Seeing this, Han Xiao smiled and said, “How do you feel? Are you satisfied with this gift?”

  As soon as he finished speaking, Evans slowly opened his eyes and clenched his fist. A ball of flames appeared out of thin air, constantly changing its energy form. Electricity, storm, nuclear energy, dark energy, and so on flashed past, finally turning into a dazzling psionic energy ball that was thrown out by him.

  The dark blue light penetrated deep into the ground, and the group felt the ground swell up rapidly. The ground cracked, and the light from the lava escaped from the cracks, becoming more and more dazzling.

  Boom!

  The psionic energy that penetrated deep into the Earth Core suddenly exploded. Beams of light penetrated the Earth Core from the inside and turned the entire planet into a sieve. The next moment, the planet expanded and exploded into pieces!

  Before the planet exploded, Han Xiao and the others had already flown into space and looked at the formation of a new asteroid belt.

  Evans retracted his hand, turned around, and gave Han Xiao a deep bow.

  “Your Excellency Black Star, this gift is too valuable. I will not let you down!”

  He knew the value of this gift better than anyone else. With this Esper Ability, as long as he could grow, he would be invincible among Beyond Grade As!

  This was a gift from Black Star, and it was also his hope. Evans felt extremely touched and wished he could sacrifice his life for Han Xiao.

  Since you treat me like a state scholar, I’ll be sure to repay this country with my life!

  Chapter 1393: Destroying The Spirit |

  “There’s no need for me to elaborate on the potential of this Esper Ability. Just this ability alone can match up to hundreds or thousands of Esper Abilities. Work hard and develop it.”

  Han Xiao smiled at Evans.

  “Understood.” Evans nodded, feeling the burden on his shoulders become heavier. Hila and the others sighed at how lucky Evans was. Not only was he talented, but he had also received Black Star’s nurturing and protection, so he did not have to grow like EsGod. He would definitely have a place among the Beyond Grade As in the future.

  Everyone could not help but turn to look at Gaud, who was locked up, and pity flashed in their eyes.

  Regardless of whether this guy had anything to do with EsGod or not, just this encounter alone was enough to make him miserable. He had thought that he would be free to do whatever he wanted after advancing to the Beyond Grade A realm, but he had been targeted by Black Star and had his abilities taken away. In the future, he could only watch others use his Esper Ability to soar in the universe and snatch away all the achievements that should have belonged to him… The few of them did not have a deep impression of Gaud. Now that they thought of him, they almost used the word ‘tragic’ to replace his facial features.

  “What do you plan to do with him? Leave him to the dynasty?” Hila suddenly frowned.

  “I’ll hand him over to the dynasty and explain his identity and origin. The dynasty will deal with the rest.” Han Xiao did not mind. Hila shook her head. “I don’t think it’s appropriate. If the dynasty executes Gaud, he might be able to regain his abilities through the Sanctum Revival. Since we’ve already become enemies, it’s better to put an end to future problems.” “Tsk tsk, if we’re talking about being ruthless, you’re the one who’s ruthless…” Han Xiao raised his brows and waved his hands.

  “With the revival mechanism of the Sanctum, Gaud will most likely be able to regain his ability. However, the quota for the revival of the Sanctum is now up to me. Whether he can revive or not is up to me. Even if the three Universal Civilizations master the revival method on their own in the future, it won’t be a problem. Who knows what will happen in the future? If there’s a situation, I can just send him to the Underworld and have another fighter.”

  Fortunately, Gaud was already locked up by the imprisonment device and could not hear anything from the outside. Otherwise, he would be even more hopeless. This time, Han Xiao changed the topic and smiled at everyone.

  “Alright, everyone knows each other now. After some time, I will promote him to the Deputy Army Commander and let him join the association.” “Isn’t it a little too early?” Evans could not help but ask. “My ability is easily feared. Should I continue to hide my identity?”

  “You’re already a Beyond Grade A, so it’s time for you to make a name for yourself. Besides, you’re going to participate in the battle, so practicing your cooperation with others in advance is also useful.” Han Xiao squeezed his shoulder and said, “Furthermore, with me around, you don’t have to worry about the hidden arrows behind your back. Other than enemies, no one can do anything to you.” “Alright.”

  Evans nodded.

  Training in secret for decades was naturally very difficult. Furthermore, he had just advanced to the Beyond Grade A realm, and it was time for him to make a name for himself. Although he felt that continuing to hide his identity was the best choice from Black Star’s perspective, he did not want to continue hiding. Knowing that he could finally debut made him happy.

  The others naturally did not have any objections, but they were muttering in their hearts. With such a powerful person joining them, he would definitely be the strongest Deputy Army Commander in the future. They had to stand aside.

  Even Hila strongly suspected that she would not be able to defeat Evans when he grew up. “This won’t do. If this goes on, my position will be compromised!”

  Hila was alarmed, and a sense of motivation exploded in her heart. It was one thing to be under Black Star in the army, but she did not want to see anyone else standing on her head. If not for the fact that Black Star was looking for her, she would have gone into seclusion in Soul Terminal for a decade.

  Central Galaxy, Arcane Church border. A large official fleet was stationed at the border outpost, welcoming a spaceship with the Black Star Army insignia. The spaceship stopped at the dock. Han Xiao walked d
own with Hila and Evans, only to see Wuornos waiting with a high-ranking official of the church beside him.

  “I didn’t expect you to pick me up. Do they need to trouble you for such a small matter?” Han Xiao raised his brows.

  “After all, the Ten Thousand Deity Scepter is a weapon given to me by the church. Since it is going to be unsealed, I have to be there,” Wuornos nodded slowly.

  Han Xiao glanced at it, clicked his tongue, and joked, “Stop bullsh*tting. I think the church is obviously worried that I might do something to it, so they called you over. How sad. I said that I would fulfill the deal, so I will definitely return the Ten Thousand Deity Scepter to you. Are you so suspicious of me?” Wuornos secretly rolled his eyes, too lazy to reply.

  ‘A few days ago, you exposed the matter of Gaud. How can we not worry?

  Furthermore, your credibility has always been erratic. Who in the entire universe doesn’t know that your personality is unpredictable, sometimes good and sometimes bad? Who would dare to completely believe you before the truth comes to light?’ Wuornos cursed silently, waved his hand, and got the Arcane Church soldiers to bring over a piece of Spacetime Amber. It was the piece that sealed the Ten Thousand Deity Scepter.

  “Your Excellency Black Star, please.” The Arcane Church official coughed and raised his hand in an inviting gesture.

  Han Xiao glanced at him but did not say anything. He took out the Spacetime Amber and poked it lightly. The next moment, the Spacetime Amberwhich the Federation of Light and Arcane Church had been studying for many years but could not break-burst like a bubble. The Ten Thousand Deity Scepter, which was fixed in midair, suddenly fell. Before it even landed, Wuornos grabbed it and quickly checked it. After confirming that there were no problems, he nodded at the Arcane Church official.

  Seeing this, the Arcane Church official’s tensed body finally relaxed. He let out a breath and smiled. “Thank you, Your Excellency Black Star.”

  “What are you thanking me for? It’s just a deal.” Han Xiao did not mind. Instead, he teased, “Why don’t you check for a while more? Don’t forget that I’m the Transcendent now. Who knows, I might have done something that you guys won’t be able to discover in a while?”

  “…Cough, you really know how to joke.” The Arcane Church official’s expression froze. Although he had said that, he was not sure in his heart. He secretly gave Wuornos a look. The corners of Wuornos’ eyes twitched, and he had no choice but to lower his head and examine it carefully again. “There’s no hurry. Take your time to check, we have plenty. You have to be suspicious till the end.” Han Xiao chuckled.

  “You’re exaggerating…”

  The Arcane Church official smiled awkwardly.

  After more than ten seconds, Wuornos raised his head again and glared at the Arcane Church official. “No problem.”

  “That’s good. If there’s nothing else, I’m leaving.”

  Han Xiao nodded and brought Hila and Evans onto the ship. They took off and headed toward the Crimson Dynasty. This trip was just to unseal the Ten Thousand Deity Scepter.

  After watching the spaceship leave, the Arcane Church official finally heaved a sigh of relief. He took the Ten Thousand Deity Scepter from Wuornos and solemnly placed it in a special container, letting the soldiers take it to the main ship to store it and wait to ship it back to their mother planet. Although this item was Wuornos’ weapon in name, it was actually something that belonged to the Arcane Church.

  “After nearly a hundred years, the Ten Thousand Deity Scepter has finally returned to us…”

  The Arcane Church official sighed, but he realized that he was not as excited as he had imagined.

  The Ten Thousand Deity Scepter was a single-target trump card that targeted individual strength. In the past, it would indeed cause people to tremble in fear. However, the times had changed completely. Beyond Grade As had the benefits of the Sanctum Revival, so its effect was greatly weakened.

  Furthermore, Black Star had also opened up a new level of power. The destructive power of the Ten Thousand Deity Scepter would probably not be able to threaten him at all, not to mention that he had the Spacetime Amber as a defensive treasure…

  The situation was so dire that he could not be happy!

  The Arcane Church official had a complicated expression on his face. He turned to look at Wuornos and sighed. “You have to succeed. In terms of individual strength, the Arcane Church will have to rely on you to compete with Black Star.” “Don’t worry, I won’t fail again.”

  Wuornos nodded slightly and replied casually, but his mind was not on that. He was thinking about Evans, who had followed Han Xiao just now.

  He could also sense the aura of a Beyond Grade A from this stranger, and he even felt that this guy was not simple.

  ‘Strange, since when did Black Star have this unfamiliar Beyond Grade A beside him, and he seems to be his subordinate…’

  Crimson Dynasty, a secret military base. This was the dynasty’s prison to imprison EsGod. At this moment, a group of dynasty fleets was gathered here, and the leader was Han Xiao’s old friend, Teny Amenos.

  There was no need to fight in the frontline harassment battle. All they had to do was bombard the World Tree Army. Thus, most of the upper echelons did not have any missions and were all transferred back to the special military training classes that the three Universal Civilizations had opened.

  The course that they were learning was a new type of battle strategy that was specially designed based on the tactical habits that the World Tree Civilization had displayed in the past two years of war. This kind of thing would be summarized as the understanding of the World Tree Civilization deepened, and it would continuously strengthen the tactical abilities of the upper echelons.

  Today was the day to carry out the deal and let Black Star deal with EsGod. Thus, Teny, who had some free time, was pulled over to be in charge of the defense fleet to prevent any accidents.

  “I really didn’t expect Black Star to open a new level of strength in the blink of an eye…” In the command room of the main ship, Teny was browsing through the intelligence data of the past few days. He could not help but let out a soft gasp of surprise as his thoughts drifted away. He recalled the first time he met Black Star. Back then, Black Star had just stepped into the Beyond Grade A realm, and he was only a colonel of the dynasty’s military. They had a good chat, and he had even asked Black Star about technology. When they parted, Black Star had even gifted him a mechanical weapon. At that time, how could he have known that a new Beyond Grade A who had joined the dynasty as usual would become such a bigshot in less than a hundred years? Not only was he a huge obstacle to the three Universal Civilizations, but he was also their reliance in the war.

  In the beginning, the two of them would still occasionally send messages to each other. However, as their positions grew higher and higher, everyone became very busy, and their contact gradually decreased. Although he had now become an important upper echelon of the dynasty’s military and had been promoted many times, almost reaching the top of the dynasty’s system, his position was still worlds apart from Black Star.

  Teny shook his head and pondered. “Strength that exceeds Beyond Grade As… I wonder how many troops it will take to kill a Transcendent individual…” The tactical deduction of using an army to kill an individual strength had always been an important lesson for the dynasty’s officers. Although large fleets could kill Beyond Grade As, they also paid attention to efficiency and success rate. After all, individual strength was extremely flexible, and only by using reasonable targeted tactics could they kill an individual strength at the lowest cost.

  Teny had been studying these strategies all these years, using Beyond Grade As as imaginary enemies. He had created many targeted strategies based on different abilities, perfecting the dynasty’s tactical inventory. Deducing these strategies was almost his instinct. Even the direct descendants of the dynasty were his simulated opponents. This was a matter of position and profess
ion, and it did not involve personal grudges.

  Therefore, although the two of them were friends, other than admiration, the first thing Teny thought about was how to kill Black Star.

  “It’s a pity that I don’t have enough information, so I can’t carry out a new simulation… However, this guy has advanced. He’s stronger than before, and the success rate is probably still zero.” After pondering for a while, Teny gave up on the deduction.

  He had treated Black Star as an imaginary enemy more than once. Even before Han Xiao advanced, his thousands of simulations had all failed. Black Star was one of the few Beyond Grade As that he had a zero chance of killing. Even people as difficult to deal with as Manison and Kasuyi had a chance of death in the simulations.

  I hope I can gather enough information this time… Teny shook his head. Other than to prevent any accidents, he also had the mission of collecting Black Star’s intelligence. Since Black Star wanted to kill EsGod, he would have to take action. This was a good opportunity to observe the strength of a Transcendent.

  Just as he was thinking, the reconnaissance outpost sent a message. The fleet that had gone out to welcome them had already brought Han Xiao and the others in.

  He looked up. At the edge of the military base, a few dynasty battleships were leading the way, followed by a Black Star Army spaceship. The radar showed that there were three powerful Supers. Very soon, the spaceship entered the main ship, and Han Xiao brought Hila and Evans to the command room. “Hello, Your Excellency Black Star. We meet again.” Teny took the initiative to step forward and extended his hand. “We’ve known each other for a long time. There’s no need to be so polite.” Han Xiao did not put on airs and shook hands with him.

  “We have already opened EsGod’s prison. You can unseal him anytime.”

  Teny nodded and glanced at the two people beside Han Xiao with a trace of doubt.

  Black Star’s goal this time was to send EsGod into the Underworld. He could understand him bringing Hila, but who was this other Beyond Grade A?