Chapter 158 The Spoils of War

[Character Summon Card - "Void Sovereign" K’Suye: [Artificial Mindstream – Surge] - Unleashes a wide-area psionic mental attack, forming a persistent offensive mindstream that can be manipulated simply. It deals multi-stage damage to all living targets within the affected area, with damage assessed 3 times per second. The base damage for each assessment is (Intelligence + Mystery) x 1.8, and it possesses 170% mental resistance penetration, with a random chance to inflict negative mental states upon targets. Usage limit: 0/2]

[Character Summon Card - "Star Shatterer" Seraron: [Sixteen Arms - Crushing Fist] - A single-target melee skill that uses rapid strikes to inject highly concentrated martial aura into the target's body in a special way, shattering molecular structures in an instant, causing the target's body to be annihilated. The effect is an instant-death check, with the success rate depending on the difference in level, health, Qi power, Strength, Stamina, and Luck attributes between the two sides. If the check fails, it deals 500,000 to 800,000 points of true damage to the target. Usage limit: 0/2]

[Character Summon Card - "Beast Ancestor" Gorutan: [Beast Ancestor Body] - For 30 minutes, Strength +20%, Agility +20%, Stamina +40%, Martial Aura damage +300%, and gains a buff that restores 2.5% of maximum health per second. This effect is not affected by combat status. Usage limit: 0/2]

[Character Summon Card - "Death Goddess" Hela: [Death Resistance – Resurrection] - When health reaches zero, you are immune to this death and immediately recover 25%~50% of your health, while also refreshing your status. This ability can be granted to other living beings, but it can only be effective once on the same target. Usage limit: 0/6]

"Whoa, this batch of drops is pretty good!"

After reviewing the effects of each character card, Han Xiao couldn't help but be overjoyed.

As expected of a Peak Super-A Grade and the possessor of highly dangerous alien abilities, the quality is high.

K’Suye’s character card is a pure attack skill, with decent base attack power. Han Xiao's Intelligence and Mystery attributes combined are nearly 30,000 at this time, multiplied by 1.8, which is more than 50,000 base damage. Assessed three times per second, that's about 150,000 theoretical damage. The 170% mental penetration can greatly weaken the target's mental defenses. Against weaker opponents, it can even deal damage similar to true damage.

If it were just a one-time psionic attack, that wouldn't be anything. The powerful thing about this character card is that it forms a deadly mindstream, which will not easily dissipate. As long as it is well controlled, it is like having a mobile, large-area poison circle on the battlefield, causing continuous mental damage. Calculating it this way, the damage is very explosive.

Seraron's character card is also an attack skill. Unlike K'Suye's AoE, this is a single-target attack. The instant-death check goes without saying, it's wild as hell, but the conditions are too harsh. However, the true damage after a failed check is also very high. If he deals the maximum 800,000 true damage every time, he can send Sisko to meet King Yama in a few hits.

However, this move doesn't work well against targets immune to true damage. If Seraron uses this ability on me, it's like scratching an itch...

"The single-target lethality of a Peak Martial Artist is still very fierce for a proper Super-A Grade," Han Xiao nodded secretly.

Gorutan's character card is an all-around buff, very powerful and suitable for the martial arts system. It is also useful to Han Xiao, the base attribute bonus and recovery bonus can provide some help.

Finally, what greatly surprised Han Xiao was Hela's character card. This is the effect after upgrading the [Immunity to Instant Death] feat, equivalent to a chance to be reborn. Even though he is very tanky now, this character card still adds a layer of insurance to his life.

And the surprising thing is that he can give the chance to resist death to others, allowing others to be immune to death once.

Character cards are a manifestation of the character's own abilities, meaning Hela herself has such an ability. However, Han Xiao had seen her panel before, and she clearly did not have the ability to grant immunity to instant death to others.

"Could it be that this battle forced out her potential, allowing her to awaken a new use for her abilities?"

Han Xiao secretly guessed, combined with the actual situation, the possibility seemed not small.

In this battle, Hela and Aurora established a zero-distance connection, perhaps the emergence of this ability is related to this. This would explain why the Hela of his previous life did not have this ability.

Outsiders can only receive one resurrection and cannot be endlessly resurrected by Hela, but at least it's an extra life, which is a great thing for the cadres of the Black Star Army.

"I used a lot of character cards this time, including Sisko, Ames, the Mechanical God, and Silver Shadow, which still have uses left. What I spent were only Perfect Mechanical Sense and the Limitless Style, and the blank character card rewarded by this mission just happens to replenish Dual Perfect Mechanical Sense, so what I actually lost was only one Tyrant character card. Now that I have obtained these four character cards, it can be considered a return on investment."

Han Xiao looked delighted.

The character cards are just appetizers, but they have already allowed him to recover the cost of the outburst. The ability extraction opportunities rewarded by the extra requirements are the real deal, it's pure profit.

Suppressing his excitement and apprehension, he looked at the panel prompt.

[Extra mission requirements have been completed]

[You have received an extra reward: Randomly extract an ability (skill/feat) from each Super-A Grade prisoner]

This time, he captured five people, namely Tolain, Wormhole, Jack Gonitz, Hedyus, and Gorutan, covering the four systems of magic, mechanics, martial arts, and psionics, all of whom were objects of extraction.

Although their average strength is not as good as the four old friends from the character cards, extracting abilities is, after all, permanent in nature.

There are two weaklings among these five objects, but they are still Super-A Grades, and there is still a chance to extract good abilities.

"You have to eat one bite at a time, you have to walk one step at a time, and the best things have to be saved for last."

Han Xiao hesitated for a moment and decided to start with the weakest.

He hesitated for a while between Tolain and Hedyus, and finally chose Hedyus.

[Prompt: Hedyus is a psionicist, some extractable abilities have been automatically adjusted according to your class]

[Randomly extracting... extraction completed]

[Please choose one of the following five abilities as a reward:]

[1. [Resistance of Will] - Skill: Abnormal mental state resistance +35%, no cost, cooldown 160s]

[2. [Composure] - Feat: Intelligence +200, Mystery +200]

[3. [Energy Manipulation Mastery] - Feat: Qi Consumption -25%]

[4. [Strengthened Mental Barrier] - Feat: Mental damage resistance +120%, abnormal mental state resistance +50%]

[5. [Exploitative Qi Return] - Skill: Consume 20,000~50,000 health points, restore an equal amount of Qi, and temporarily reduce Qi consumption by 15%, cooldown 330s]

Hedyus is a psionicist, and most of the extracted abilities are common mental feats, which was within Han Xiao's expectations.

He didn't get a powerful feat with his first try, but Han Xiao was not discouraged and regarded it as a warm-up.

Picking the best of a bad bunch, he directly chose [Strengthened Mental Barrier]. From the effect alone, this ability is not bad, and it can be regarded as an advanced mental feat.

Over the years, Han Xiao has consciously made up for his shortcomings in the mental aspect and has accumulated a lot of resistance. But when he saw K'Suye's character card just now, he knew that his current mental resistance was still not enough in front of characters of K'Suye's level.

Now that he has obtained a new mental resistance feat with good effects, it can be regarded as making up for the gap.

Steadying his mind, Han Xiao continued to extract the ability of the next brother.

[Prompt: Tolain is a mage, some extractable abilities have been automatically adjusted according to your class]

[Randomly extracting... extraction completed]

[Please choose one of the following five abilities as a reward:]

[1. [Advanced Energy Perception] - Feat: Greatly improves the perception of various energies, you can see more details that others cannot discover]

[2. [Magic Resistance] - Skill: When receiving magic attacks, the actual damage you receive is reduced by 22%, and the duration of magic control skills on you is reduced by 17%]

[3. [Overload] - Feat: Your body can withstand stronger loads, the effects of some buff-type skills are prolonged on you, and Stamina +1500, maximum health +15%]

[4. [Proficient Melee Technique] - Feat: You have mastered a large number of melee techniques, your attacks can occasionally cause cleaving effects, melee damage +34%, critical hit rate +20%, block rate +28%, dodge rate +23%, Agility +300]

[5. [Lightning Mastery] - Skill: Greatly improves affinity for lightning and electromagnetism]

"...Sure enough, demons who don't focus on melee are not proper mages."

The corner of Han Xiao's mouth twitched.

Among these five options, [Advanced Energy Perception] is basically a must-have ability for Super-A Grade mages, and no abnormal energy fluctuations can escape their eyes. [Magic Resistance] and [Overload] are the abilities of amplification-type mages like Tolain. His body has to withstand a large number of enchantment loads in order to maintain the effect of amplification spells.

Without much hesitation, Han Xiao directly chose [Overload]. Only this one is the most suitable for him, and the amplification range is also quite considerable.

These 1500 points of Stamina make up for the gap. As long as he takes out a part of his free attribute points and throws them into Stamina, he can exceed the 15,000 mark. In the future, he can get an extra divinity transformation point every time he advances.

After this battle, Han Xiao discovered that the important factor in widening the gap in strength between Peak Super-A Grades is the degree of divinity transformation. Although his upgrade method is different from others, the number of divinity transformation points is still the more, the better.

Han Xiao chose to extract Wormhole as the third option, and this time, he got good stuff.

[[Cellular Activity Expansion] - Feat: You have strengthened your own cellular activity through long-term hard work, improved the cell's capacity for Qi and the efficiency of conversion. As your total character level increases, your Qi will gradually increase - Lv1~Lv100, maximum Qi +0.5% every 10 levels, Qi consumption -1%, stamina conversion to Qi efficiency +2%; Lv100~Lv200, maximum Qi +0.8% every 10 levels, Qi consumption -1.5%, stamina conversion to Qi efficiency +4%; Lv200 and above, maximum Qi +1.2% every 10 levels, Qi consumption -2%, stamina conversion to Qi efficiency +6%]

[Current total bonus at level 320: maximum Qi +27.4%, Qi consumption -49%, stamina conversion to Qi efficiency +132%]

Han Xiao fell in love with this ability at a glance, mainly because of the effect of increasing the maximum Qi.

His current Qi is about 180,000. With this increase, he can immediately increase tens of thousands of Qi, which is one of the very scarce abilities.

It not only improves the limit of health and mana conversion, but also raises his Qi level by at least one level, obtaining a new layer of Qi bonus, equivalent to thousands of attribute points.

This feat is a percentage increase, the better the foundation, the better the effect. It is a growth feat. In his opinion, the bonus to himself is comparable to half a template feat.

Moreover, cellular activity is related to lifespan, maybe this feat also has a hidden effect of +1s.

The fourth object was Jack Gonitz. The class matched, and there were more extractable abilities.

As a fellow mechanic, a Mechanical Pugilist tends to use machinery to fight, and is proficient in the skills of using "tools", and has many exclusive feats.

The average quality of the five feats extracted this time has improved a lot, most of which increase mechanical affinity. Han Xiao hesitated for a while and chose another feat.

[[Mechanical Control Master]: The machinery that receives your mechanical power bonus will have melee damage +120%, ranged damage +24%, and the performance efficiency of mecha equipment +35%]

Although this feat is a mechanical class ability, under normal circumstances, only Mechanical Pugilists can awaken it. This time, because it belongs to the same mechanical feat, Han Xiao extracted it.

Many of the Mechanical Pugilist's abilities directly improve their utilization rate of machinery. Obtaining this ability will greatly increase his own strength, directly skyrocketing the melee damage of the mechanical legion.

Moreover, Han Xiao once tested that the Mechanical Deity is a special combined machine, but because the core of the combination must be the main body or the Overlord Avatar, it belongs to the nature of mecha equipment on the panel, which means that it can share the bonus of mecha equipment.

In this way, the actual combat power of the Mechanical Deity will receive a terrifying bonus, and the power will comprehensively skyrocket, improving by a level. In the normal state, the Mechanical Deity will have combat power similar to the dual mechanical sense mode!

"Good stuff, if I can get the unique specialized feats of the Mechanical Pugilist and Gunner, my mechanical legion's combat power will probably skyrocket several levels." Han Xiao rubbed his hands together, his heart itching.

Sorting out his emotions, he took a deep breath and solemnly selected the last object to extract.

[Prompt: Gorutan is a martial artist, some extractable abilities have been automatically adjusted according to your class]

[Randomly extracting... extraction completed]

[Please choose one of the following five abilities as a reward:]

[1. [Qi Vibration] - Skill: Use Qi to shock the opponent, causing them to fall into a brief state of stiffness]

[2. [Microscopic Molting] - Skill: Refresh yourself, dispel all negative states, cooldown 400s]

[3. [Qi Backflow] - Feat: Every time you hit a target in melee combat, while dealing normal damage, you can recover 40% of the Qi consumed by this attack]

[4. [Block Penetration] - Feat: Even if the target blocks your melee attack, they will still take 30%~80% damage]

[5. [Limitless Style - Blood Qi Berserk] - Skill: Burn health points and turn it into special blood Qi energy to increase base attributes, attack power, critical hit rate, and ability intensity. The specific range depends on the amount of health burned in each check. The duration of the state is equal to the burning duration. After ending the skill, you will fall into a weakened state, and the weakened state will be 3 times the duration of the berserk state]