Chapter 1 A Sudden Turn of Events

Sisko was frightened away by Black Star, the Secret Master was held back by the Overlord's Avatar, and Ravenlaude teleported to pursue the mechanical army. The situation changed several times in a short period, a complete battle of the gods, and the other forces' fleets present were completely reduced to bystanders.

After watching until now, the remaining forces present were clear that they had no share in the Chaos Secret Energy.

Everyone was a little frustrated, but not surprised. As early as a few days ago, when they discovered the involvement of the Empire and the Void Spirit, everyone knew that their hopes were slim.

However, being able to confirm the birth of the Chaos Secret Energy in the Emerald Star Cluster on the spot and seeing several Super-A Grades fighting each other, most people felt it was worth the trip.

So, although the Chaos Secret Energy was taken away by Black Star, everyone did not immediately disperse, but took out snacks and watched Black Star and the Secret Master wrestling here with gusto, just short of shouting "Pull their hair and tear their clothes".

Only a few unwilling forces wanted to chase in the direction of the Chaos Secret Energy's departure, but were stopped by the mechanical legion. Looking at the dense psionic energy cannons, these people could only stay unwillingly. There was no way, you can't twist your arm against your thigh, Black Star was too strong.

While the Overlord's Avatar led the mechanical legion in a fierce battle with the Secret Master, the Imperial Fleet also reacted, and quickly reported the situation that Black Star had also intervened in the battle, immediately alarming the highest person in charge of this operation, the hard-line Imperial high-ranking official, Beicrodi.

"Black Star is also there? And he succeeded?!"

In the remote command post far away in the Empire's territory, Beicrodi's eyeballs almost flew out, both shocked and angry.

"Lord Ravenlaude has already caught up, and it is estimated that there will be a head-on conflict with Black Star... What should we do?" the fleet commander asked cautiously.

Hearing this, Beicrodi frowned, indecisive.

He felt that things were troublesome. Black Star was an important ally of the Empire, and in principle, the two sides should try to avoid conflict.

But before that, the Empire didn't know that Black Star was involved, and this situation made Beicrodi a little wary.

--With the Empire's control over the Shattered Star Ring, it didn't even discover that Black Star had sent a troop here, which shows that the Black Star Army has secretly managed a lot of things in the Shattered Star Ring with the support of the Empire.

Beicrodi believed that in this case, Black Star should take the initiative to avoid it, but Black Star clearly saw the Empire here, but still participated in the competition. In his personal opinion, this was not giving the Empire face, and there was no intention of making up for the relationship between the two sides, which made him, a hard-line high-ranking official, quite dissatisfied.

Undoubtedly, he believed that his current situation was all Black Star's fault, and he couldn't help but fall into a dilemma.

Should he continue the operation at the risk of antagonizing Black Star, or take the initiative to retreat and abandon the plan?

"...Sir? Do you want to contact His Excellency the Head of State?"

While he was thinking, his subordinate's voice sounded in his ear, and Beicrodi immediately came back to his senses from his thoughts. After a pause, he said in a deep voice:

"Don't notify the Head of State, contact Black Star first. I'll negotiate with him."

He knew that Ulan Rier favored Black Star, so he didn't want to notify the Head of State. Only by handling it himself could he control the leadership of the operation.

The command post dialed Black Star's number. After three rings, the other party answered the call, and Han Xiao's face popped up on the screen, with a meaningful smile.

"Not bad, not bad, contacted me thirty-seven seconds earlier than expected."

Beicrodi's veins twitched, and he resisted his anger, barely squeezing out a smile, and said, "Black Star, do you remember me? I'm Beicrodi."

"Hello, we meet again. Have you eaten yet?"

"I just had dinner."

"I see you look good. Have you been sleeping well recently? You're getting old, so don't work so hard. Get more rest."

"I'm used to being busy. I can't stand being idle. I've been used to working every day for so many years, but I've been sleeping well recently. I..."

Halfway through speaking, Beicrodi suddenly stopped.

He realized that he had been unconsciously led astray by Han Xiao, and he had actually started chatting unconsciously, almost forgetting what he wanted to say when he called.

Besides, we're not that familiar. You cunning Black Star, are you trying to delay time?

Beicrodi coughed heavily to hide his embarrassment, and quickly regained control, taking the initiative to launch an attack: "You know why I'm here, right? I didn't expect you to be eyeing the Chaos Secret Energy too. This information came from the Godoran legacy. You should have notified the Empire. At least you should have reported your actions. If you had done that, today's accident could have been completely avoided. Why didn't you say anything?"

Han Xiao looked strange, with a surprised expression as if he was saying what kind of stupid question this was.

"Not notifying you means I want it myself... It seems I have no obligation to hand over all the information to the Empire, let alone report private actions. We're allies, not superiors and subordinates."

Beicrodi's face darkened, making his facial lines harden, revealing the aura of a domineering CEO. He said decisively: "In short, this matter is not up for discussion. Listen to me. The Empire does not want the outside world to see us and our allies in conflict. This matter needs a solution."

"That's simple. You give up the fight and just give me the Chaos Secret Energy." Han Xiao smiled.

"Impossible." Beicrodi blurted out subconsciously, but then felt that his tone was not good, softened it a little, and said in a deep voice: "The Empire also needs the Chaos Secret Energy very much, and will not let go so easily."

"What do you want the Chaos Secret Energy for?" Han Xiao asked curiously.

Beicrodi immediately shut up.

It's impossible to tell Black Star the truth, that we plan to target your Evolutionary Cube.

The role of the Chaos Secret Energy is to allow Gothe to grow rapidly and step into the Super-A Grade field as soon as possible, and the goal of doing so is to analyze the Evolutionary Cube. Only the Super-A Grade Gothe has the ability to analyze the evolutionary energy with his ability.

After holding it back for a long time, Beicrodi stiffly blurted out "It's classified."

"If you don't want to say it, forget it." Han Xiao shook his head. "Anyway, I won't give in so easily. It's true that we're allies, but there's no reason why I have to give you everything just because you show your nameplate. I even have to earn those ultimate class knowledges through merit. You can't expect me to be selfless."

Beicrodi nodded. "Okay, then let's make a deal. We're willing to offer chips in exchange for the Chaos Secret Energy. What do you want? Intelligence? Knowledge? Resources? Or a cosmic treasure? I see you're eyeing the Chaos Secret Energy, probably to turn it into a cosmic treasure. Why don't you just exchange it from us? You can choose a cosmic treasure from the list last time. I can make the decision to agree to this transaction."

Originally, hiring Ravenlaude would cost a cosmic treasure. Now that the Chaos Secret Energy is in Black Star's hands, Beicrodi simply transferred the transaction to Black Star.

The agreement with Ravenlaude will naturally not be fulfilled. He will be kicked out of the game and will only get some resources as compensation...

Ravenlaude, who was chasing the mechanical army, didn't know that the employer no longer expected him, and the cosmic treasure he was thinking about was basically gone.

Han Xiao raised his eyebrows. "What if you go back on your word?"

"If you agree, I'll let Ravenlaude withdraw. Put the Chaos Secret Energy in your place first, then you'll issue a public statement to eliminate the public opinion impact of this conflict, and then use it to exchange for a cosmic treasure with us. So don't worry about us not fulfilling the transaction."

Beicrodi didn't plan to play tricks in this regard. As a high-ranking official of the Empire, he still had this amount of magnanimity.

Unfortunately, Han Xiao didn't plan to agree immediately...

--If my teammate leaves, who am I going to beat?

"Let's talk about this later. I haven't decided whether to give it to you or not. I have to think about it, so let's compete fairly now... Since you don't want the outside world to know, let's find a place where no one is around to fight." Han Xiao's tone was calm, leaving a line in his words, and he didn't completely reject the transaction.

Beicrodi's face stiffened, secretly annoyed.

He's really hopeless! He doesn't appreciate a good turn!

Having said that, he didn't want to waste any more words. He simply responded and hung up the communication, turning to let his subordinates notify Ravenlaude and tell him to be sure to seize the Chaos Secret Energy.

In his impression, Han Xiao's main body was still in the Black Star Palace. This time, only an Overlord's Avatar and a batch of mechanical troops came. At this time, the Secret Master restrained the Overlord's Avatar, so Ravenlaude should still have a chance to succeed.

...

In the dazzling nebula, Ravenlaude and the mechanical army chased and fled, constantly moving away from the battlefield where the Overlord's Avatar was located, out of everyone's sight.

Without the restriction of the space stabilizer, Ravenlaude's teleportation was faster. Even if the mechanical army ran faster, he could catch up in an instant. However, the reason why he obediently followed behind was to get as far away from the Overlord's Avatar as possible, so that the Overlord's Avatar could not interfere in his battle.

After all, whether the Overlord's Avatar is present or not makes a big difference to the combat power of the mechanical army. He doesn't want to meet the Overlord's Avatar's devastation with his own body like the Secret Master. After all...

I'm a serious mage! Very fragile!

Long-range turrets are the elegance of our generation. Rolling up your sleeves and fighting in close combat? How dare you call yourself a mage?!

The Secret Master, who paints himself in colorful colors, has a good close combat ability, but Ravenlaude is an old-fashioned mage who plays purely with arcane magic. Letting him fight in close combat is like letting a mechanic counter-charge a martial artist, which would be a faster death... Well, not counting Black Star.

"It's far enough."

Ravenlaude was determined. With a teleportation, he directly blocked in front of the mechanical army. With a wave of his hand, the top-level staff popped out, suspended above his head, and the gem at the end of the staff lit up with a dazzling magical light.

The next moment, thick magic books materialized from mana appeared around Ravenlaude, slowly rotating around him like a star ring, emitting surging arcane fluctuations.

Swish swish swish--the magic books opened, and as the pages turned rapidly, a thick purple magical glow suddenly spread, turning into a domain, like a deep purple spherical energy罩, enveloping all the mechanical troops in front of him, with a super large area.

Observed from the inside, the inner wall of the domain has a deep purple background, and bright blue and white-hot magic streamers flow on it, like arcane comets. The whole is like a purple curtain dotted with blue stripes.

"Teragaal's Wall · Deep Purple Duel Field, this is a new magic forbidden technique created by my magic research and development team."

Releasing this spell, Ravenlaude showed a confident smile, as if the Chaos Secret Energy was already in his hands.

The mechanical force on the mechanical force suddenly dimmed a lot, and fired towards the surroundings, and the psionic cannon disappeared into the inner wall of the field, as if a clay ox entered the sea, as if it was absorbed. Some of the mechanical warriors flew towards the edge, and at the moment of touching the deep purple inner wall, the inner wall suddenly exploded into a dazzling arcane energy explosion, bouncing the mechanical warriors away.

Ravenlaude was sure that the mechanical troops could not escape. In this situation, his rebellious soul hidden in his body couldn't help but stir, and he began to perform traditional skills - commentary!

"This is a forbidden-level enchantment domain magic. It can transfer the internal energy attack to the outside, and at the same time prevent material entities from passing through the barrier of the domain. Your mechanical force can't escape, and this field can also weaken the spatial connection and energy transmission efficiency from the outside world. Have you found out, the mechanical force bonus on this force has become weaker."

He said happily, but the mechanical troops ignored him, constantly physically attacking the inner wall of the domain, and were constantly bounced away.

Seeing this, Ravenlaude shook his head and smiled, and said slowly: "Don't bother, Black Star, I know you can hear my magic sound transmission, let's discuss it."

After the voice fell, after a few seconds, the mechanical force gave up trying, turned back to look at him, opened the wide-area communication channel, and sent out Han Xiao's information:

"What do you want to discuss?"

"Black Star, I respect your strength, but your Overlord's Avatar is not here. Fighting me will only waste this force in vain. Why don't you take the initiative to hand over the Chaos Secret Energy to me? I will remember your favor and give you enough compensation. You know, we are allies. There is no need to solve the problem with force."

Ravenlaude smiled lightly, feeling that he had already given Black Star a lot of face.

However, only young people would give up their interests because others said a few good words. Han Xiao is only a pink and tender baby among the Super-A Grades. In terms of absolute age, he is a handsome uncle, and he is indifferent to this. He started to act without saying a word.

Tu tu tu tu!!

The mechanical force immediately surrounded him and focused its fire on Ravenlaude, but he had already prepared, and layers of arcane shields protected him. At the same time, he moved at high speed to avoid attacks, and arcane spells were released from his hands, bombarding the mechanical force wildly.

The area of ​​this field is very large, giving Ravenlaude enough kiting space. In addition, with the flexibility of his teleportation, he can maintain the battle in a mid-range combat mode, using artillery fire and magic to bombard each other.

"Annihilating the mechanical force is not the goal. It's best to grab the Chaos Secret Energy and leave." While exchanging fire with the mechanical force, Ravenlaude paid attention to the location of the mechanical warrior escorting the Chaos Secret Energy.

Suddenly, a flaw appeared in the mechanical force's formation, and a gap appeared in the protection of the Chaos Secret Energy, which he noticed at a glance.

"Opportunity!"

Ravenlaude released a spell that he had already prepared. Invisible shock waves shot out, separating the mechanical force. Then, he threw out a teleportation spell that he had prepared for a long time and instantly walked out of the side of the Chaos Secret Energy escort, and the purple mage's hand shaped by the arcane energy grabbed the Chaos Secret Energy seal container that was close at hand.

At this moment, Ravenlaude's remaining light suddenly lit up with a dark blue cold light, and the sharp aura made his body hairs stand on end.

In an instant, Ravenlaude hurriedly retracted his abdomen and dodged. A white-bottomed gold-patterned spear entwined with dark blue energy easily tore through his body's magic shield, brushing past the key area of ​​his lower abdomen, scaring him into a cold sweat.

--How dangerous, I almost died.

Youzu, who had been ambushing in the force for a long time, suddenly twisted the spear, bursting out a vibrating energy wave, and directly slapped Ravenlaude horizontally!

The Youzu Spear is a "companion weapon" that appeared with him when he transformed into an Apostle Weapon. It is of silver-orange quality, and its power will grow with the Apostle Weapon.

Until now, the Youzu Spear has many more new characteristics than the initial one, multiple sharpness enhancement, super penetration, magic breaking, energy breaking, shield breaking, bleeding, cell regeneration inhibition, etc. When used by Youzu himself, these characteristics are also additionally enhanced. In his hands, it is a very terrifying mid-range weapon, which can easily penetrate most shields. Ravenlaude's body shield is almost like paper in front of the Youzu Spear.

Youzu shook his spear, and the streamlined body fearlessly chased up, grasped the opportunity gained from the sneak attack, and started a set of smooth mechanical martial artist combos, not giving Ravenlaude a chance to breathe.

Ravenlaude hadn't dealt with a few attacks when a strong sense of crisis came from behind again. Several other hidden Apostle Weapons rushed up to entangle him. They were all Kuangtianlie, Zhentianqi, Zitianling, and other guys who were good at close combat, tightly entangling Ravenlaude, making it impossible for him to teleport and distance himself.

Except for the special-sized Apostle Weapons such as the Giant King Kong, the others are basically here. They are all ambushing in the mechanical force, and now they are finally all出手. Youzu leads some people to engage in close combat, and Yinguang leads the other part to output from a distance. The division of labor is clear and the cooperation is tacit.

Due to the successful surprise attack, Ravenlaude immediately fell into a passive position.

With so many Apostle Weapons, under Han Xiao's mechanical force bonus, each one has the combat power of a Super-A Grade. Now that Han Xiao has advanced, his mechanical ability has been strengthened again, and the combat power of the Apostle Weapons has also risen, even if you take out one alone, it is enough to fight a general Super-A Grade for a longer time... It's needless to repeat who I am talking about, everyone knows.

Fighting "one-on-one" with a dozen Apostle Weapons of this combat power at the same time... Ravenlaude couldn't hold on anymore.

There was no trickery at all, it was a complete crushing in terms of hard power, and the scene quickly turned into a one-sided beatdown.

"I can't even beat a medium-sized mechanical force without an Overlord's Avatar? Has his strength progressed to this point?!"

Ravenlaude gritted his teeth and endured the fierce attack of a dozen people. The mana in his body flowed out like a flood, and his heart was filled with unbelievable absurdity and deep-seated powerlessness.

Feeling his own flustered state, Ravenlaude was extremely sure of one thing - Black Star, this guy, has become stronger again!

At this moment, he suddenly remembered the experience of facing the Mechanic Empire many years ago...

It's this feeling!

So powerful that even he, a Super-A Grade, is afraid!