Chapter 1 The Situation Changes

The battlefield was in constant flux. Manison, with all his strength, quickly gained an absolute advantage with his years of deep pockets, suppressing Black Star on all fronts.

This scene was also seen by the Mechanical Church believers watching from the surface of Yun Ci Star.

"Am I dreaming? To actually witness two Mechanical Gods descend in my lifetime."

"Record it quickly! I don't know how many years ago it was since the Nation of Machinery used its full power. This is valuable first-hand footage!"

"Why are the two of them fighting?"

"It looks like a challenge. Black Star seems to be in a bad situation."

"The Nation of Machinery is the Nation of Machinery after all. It has occupied the position of Main God for hundreds or thousands of years. Black Star is still too young. It's hard to say in the future, but how could he be a match for the Nation of Machinery now?"

"Some time ago, Black Star achieved a historic record, and I thought he was already on the same level as the Nation of Machinery. Now it seems that his accumulation is still lacking."

The onlookers from the Mechanical Church were extremely excited. As fervent fans of top-tier mechanics, they were very familiar with the experiences of various peak Beyond Grade As. Although they didn't know the reason for the fight, it didn't stop them from discussing it with great interest.

The settlement was threatened by the aftermath of the battle of gods, but few believers were willing to leave.

In their opinion, as long as they could witness the battle of gods between Mechanical Gods, what did it matter if they took some risks with their lives… If the ground wasn't high enough, they would have wanted to get even closer.

In the top floor of the Mechanical Church's temple, many priests were watching the remote sensing screen in front of them, which showed the images of Han Xiao and Manison in outer space.

"The two gods have moved the battlefield, but the settlement is still in danger. High Priest, should we organize the believers to evacuate?" a priest asked in a low voice.

The High Priest stared intently at the screen, afraid of missing even a second of the image, watching with rapt attention. Hearing this, he didn't turn his head back and said, "Wait, let me watch a little longer."

Someone next to him said to himself, "Although I don't understand why they are fighting, the result shouldn't be in suspense. Both sides are present with avatars, only competing in mechanical ability. Black Star is a step behind the Nation of Machinery."

"It seems so."

Many priests nodded. After watching the battle for a while, most people thought so.

No one would be disappointed by this, because in the eyes of the Mechanical Church, this was the normal situation, and the result should have been like this.

However, at this moment, the battle suddenly changed, and the energy readings on the edge of the screen suddenly soared.

The High Priest was stunned.

"Black Star's energy fluctuation… suddenly became stronger?!"

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At the same time, the leaders of the three civilizations were also watching the live broadcast of the battle between the two, and the flashing lights on the screen constantly reflected the faces of the three people in various colors.

"Your Excellency, Black Star's situation doesn't seem to be very good," the leader of the Void Spirit turned to look at Ulan Riel.

"As expected." Ulan Riel looked calm. "We have always hoped that Black Star and the Nation of Machinery would not conflict. He has amazing potential and needs more time to accumulate. Even if his growth exceeds expectations time and time again, it is still too early for him to fight the Nation of Machinery head-on."

"However, it was the Imperial Fleet that closed the spacetime stability anchor array first. It seems that you wanted them to go all out and fight." The leader of the Void Spirit said playfully.

"You misunderstood. Now that the virus has been resolved, the blockade should of course be lifted. We can't keep the avatars of this group of mechanics here all the time. Our side opened the blockade, hoping that the Nation of Machinery would leave tactfully, but it seems that he wants to show his fists in front of us." Ulan Riel said in a deep voice.

Her order to close the space blockade was not to add fuel to the fire. Ulan Riel did know that Black Star could ignore the space blockade and teleport away, but in her opinion, Black Star had not done anything wrong. Destroying the core of the virus was a behavior that was beneficial to the peace of the universe. Why should our Imperial allies run away? It should be the Nation of Machinery who left in dismay.

"Understandable. After showing such a stance and being outwitted by Black Star, the Nation of Machinery always has to make some response." The leader of the Void Spirit glanced at Badr.

Badr stared at the screen, indicating that you can talk about whatever you want, just treat me as a background.

Seeing this, the leader of the Void Spirit knew that Badr was not in the mood to talk about the Nation of Machinery for the time being, so he withdrew his gaze and continued, "Black Star is not a match for the Nation of Machinery. He will probably lose."

"We don't want Black Star to have conflicts with the Nation of Machinery now, but since they have confronted each other, the Empire will naturally support Black Star to the end. There is no need to back down." Ulan Riel's tone was firm.

In terms of position, the leaders of the three civilizations were all on Han Xiao's side at this time, but they did not deny the objective fact that the Nation of Machinery was still stronger now.

Moreover, it was only an avatar of Black Star, and losing to the Nation of Machinery was not unacceptable. After all, Black Star's age was only a fraction of that of the Nation of Machinery, and his future potential was promising.

Just as the three of them were thinking this, a sudden change occurred in the arena.

The energy readings of Han Xiao suddenly soared, climbing to an astonishing level.

The three of them were stunned.

"Black Star switched modes? Is he burning his potential again?!" Badr was shocked.

The leader of the Void Spirit was speechless.

"Still too impulsive. Is it necessary to go so hard..."

It was no secret that Black Star had two forms. In the eyes of the three, it was an objective fact that the normal mode could not beat the Nation of Machinery. However, all three knew that Black Star's burst mode was the peak of combat power.

Black Star used the burst mode to achieve a Godly Ascension record that shocked the Star Sea. The three could not judge whether Black Star in this form could match the Nation of Machinery.

Ulan Riel's face was not very good. Black Star's actions once again exceeded her expectations.

It was obvious that he could grow steadily with normal development, but he had to burn his potential and burst out. She could not understand this approach.

Moreover, hadn't he burst out once before? He's bursting out again now? How much potential do you have to waste!

Black Star was at least an Imperial ally she had high hopes for, and the position he displayed met the needs of cosmic peace. In her opinion, Black Star's loss of potential was also a loss to the Empire.

In her rational judgment, this was undoubtedly a huge loss, but emotionally, she admired Black Star's unyielding style.

— Han Xiao's choice did not disappoint her trust. The more she looked at Han Xiao now, the more pleasing he was to her eyes.

...

Clang!!

The trident cut through the shield of the Emperor's Robes and once again struck Han Xiao's mechanical god's abdomen heavily, gouging out a large area of parts. The mechanical god's body was already scarred and full of damage.

The surrounding mechanical troops wanted to come over to repair the wounds, but they were all blocked by the escort troops around the Nation of Machinery. They couldn't break through the blockade of the Undying Mechanical Country troops, the Mechanical Life troops, and dozens of Apostle Weapons. It was difficult for them to even get close to Han Xiao.

The performance of his mechanical troops was almost completely suppressed by the Nation of Machinery. Only the troops whose attack power exceeded that of the Nation of Machinery could at least rely on the true damage of the template specialization [Legendary Combat Technique], but most of the damage was taken by the Undying Mechanical Country troops, who were not afraid of damage and continued to attack without fear of death.

The legend of the Undying Body had already spread throughout the Star Sea. Manison had no idea of destroying Han Xiao's Overlord avatar, and all his attacks were concentrated on the non-critical parts, as if he wanted to cut the mechanical god alive like slow slicing, with the primary goal of maximizing the damage to Han Xiao's mechanical troops.

At this moment, Han Xiao was struggling to resist, and his mind was racing.

"If this continues, my mechanical god will be cut off piece by piece. The Nation of Machinery has taken the lead. If I let him continue to attack so recklessly, it will greatly consume my mechanical troops. I must get rid of the passive situation..."

So many universe treasure-level equipment had further enhanced Manison's combat power.

His own family was not so wealthy, so if he wanted to make up for this gap, he could only try his best to improve his own attributes, especially Intelligence, which was the core attribute that affected mechanical ability.

Han Xiao quickly pulled up the panel and took a look. The three civilizations had prepared this operation for more than a month, and he had also accumulated more than a month of experience.

He originally wanted to hoard it for upgrades, but plans could not keep up with changes, and now he needed to urgently transform it into combat power.

Without hesitation, Han Xiao took out most of his experience and upgraded the blueprints on a large scale to exchange for Awakening Points.

The accumulated experience was not enough to exchange for 100 Awakening Points, which did not meet the conditions for an exclusive specialization, but Han Xiao was not trying to generate a specialization at this time. He exchanged all the Awakening Points he got for free attributes and threw them all into Intelligence. The Intelligence attribute directly soared by more than 8,000 points.

He himself had also accumulated more than 4,000 free attributes. He took out more than 1,000 points and threw them into Endurance, raising Endurance to the threshold of 15,000. The remaining 2,000 points were also added to Intelligence.

Adding the two together, his own Intelligence attribute soared by more than 10,000 points, instantly breaking through the 30,000 mark and approaching 40,000!

This was the most rapid increase in attributes he had ever had!

After completing this comfortable step, Han Xiao did not hesitate and directly activated the Character Cards.

[Nation of Machinery Descent Card - Ancient One]!

Effect: Intelligence +20%, Mystery +10%, All skill levels +2, lasts for 24 hours!

[Nilo Descent Card - Perfect Mechanical Sense]!

Effect: Total Mechanical Affinity Coefficient +1.4x, Quality of mechanical creations enhanced by Mech Energy is temporarily increased by 1-2 tiers (maximum of pink rare quality), All Mechanical skills level +4!

At this time, Han Xiao still did not stop. Then, he activated [Extreme Dao - Blood Qi Berserk], and his health points plummeted.

At the same time, the additional effect of [Advanced Life Fortitude] was activated... For every 40% of health lost, all attributes are temporarily +10%!

— Manison doesn't hit me, so I'll hit myself!

There were also the all attributes +11% [No One Can Stop Me], Intelligence +15% [Battlefield Rationality] and other specializations. Han Xiao activated them all. As much as he had, he used.

Old Man Mai has a thick family background?

What are you afraid of!

You know how to pay to win, I know how to cheat!

We're evenly matched!

This wave of buffs took effect in an instant, and a powerful force surged through his body. The energy fluctuations emitted by Han Xiao suddenly increased.

Manison keenly noticed the change in Han Xiao's aura and was immediately shocked.

"You..."

Before he could finish speaking, Han Xiao suddenly turned from defense to offense, using his elbow to block the trident, and the Star Shattering Blade suddenly slashed diagonally.

A dark, highly compressed psychic energy group wrapped the blade, drawing a blue trajectory.

Swish!

This slash was extremely powerful, exceeding the endurance limit of the damage-to-energy shield, and it broke through the defense and cut in.

The heavy blade pressed against the trident and instantly embedded itself in Manison's universe treasure-level armor.

The next moment, the psychic energy slash wave wrapped around the blade triggered a violent explosion!

Manison's offensive was interrupted, and the huge mechanical god's body was sent flying by the slash. A huge wound was left on the chest of the armor, and the surrounding area was filled with annihilation scars left by the psychic energy explosion. Large pieces of outer armor were torn and corroded, leaving potholes.

This was the first time Manison had been repelled since the start of the battle.

The one-sided battle was instantly corrected by Han Xiao!

"Take a few more slashes from me!"

Han Xiao took advantage of the victory and chased after him, slashing repeatedly to seize the rhythm of the battle.

The combat power of the mechanical god was comprehensively enhanced, and the gap between the combat power of the two sides was instantly narrowed. Han Xiao was no longer suppressed by Manison as he had been before.

The increase in Mech Energy strength was also reflected in the surrounding mechanical warriors. The combat power of the Black Star Mechanical Troops increased greatly, successfully breaking through the blockade of the Nation of Machinery troops, and one after another approached Han Xiao, turning into parts to repair the mechanical god's wounds, while causing greater casualties to the Nation of Machinery troops.

Manison stabilized his body, while waving the trident to fight back and forth with Han Xiao, while speaking in the wide-area channel, his tone with a hint of astonishment:

"You burned your potential again?!"

"Think what you want. How did that slash taste?" Han Xiao smiled.

"...You're wasting your talent!"

Manison's tone became cold.

He originally intended to teach Han Xiao a lesson, but he did not expect Han Xiao to directly burn his potential and explode, being extremely fierce.

Consuming future potential just to fight an avatar battle was an extremely stupid act in Manison's eyes. Even if this battle was related to the right to speak, prestige, and other factors, he still thought it was a losing deal.

He was very puzzled by this. Perhaps the two had different ideas, but he did not think that Black Star was such an impulsive person.

He had no way of knowing Han Xiao's thoughts. Since Black Star was willing to waste his potential, Manison was happy to see it happen. Anyway, they were competitors, and he felt that he was making a steady profit without loss.

However, although he sneered at Han Xiao's approach, he had to admit that Black Star's combat power in burst mode was very amazing, making up for a large part of the strength gap and immediately reversing the disadvantage.

If he didn't deal with it with all his strength, he would definitely suffer!

Moreover, Manison always felt that the increase in combat power of Black Star's burst this time seemed to be even higher than the first time. This discovery surprised him.

What a joke, burning potential also comes with getting more and more skilled?!

Also, is the Extreme Dao Style so powerful? How come I don't know?

What brand is Black Star's burst ability? The effect is so good, why haven't I even heard of it?!

Feeling Han Xiao's soaring aura, Manison was uncertain and suspicious.