Chapter 119 W-58 Base

On the battlefield, Hela released dark red energy, fighting Manudo and the others. Facing three Calamity Grade powerhouses simultaneously, Hela felt the pressure, gritting her teeth and persevering. Relying on the unique nature of her death abilities, she barely managed to hold them off.

Han Xiao observed for a while, understanding Hela's actual combat strength.

"These three enemies are ordinary Calamity Grades around level 180. Hela's current strength is in the middle to upper range of that level. She still lacks some Calamity Grade combat experience, but her abilities are special. Dealing with two at the same time is her limit; three is too much."

Han Xiao nodded secretly. Although Hela was now qualified to participate in the level of struggle he was involved in, there was still a gap before she could become the capable assistant he wanted.

However, with her growth potential, that gap could be closed quickly.

As he pondered, Hela gradually fell into a disadvantage, and the situation became increasingly passive.

Han Xiao wasn't worried about Hela's life at all. Not only did she have a template specialization that locked her health, but she also had Aurora, the healer, by her side. It would be difficult for her to die even if she wanted to.

At the same time, on the battlefield where the two fleets were engaged, a small episode occurred that Han Xiao was unaware of.

A War Realm small assault ship was scurrying around the battlefield, pursued by dozens of Black Star Army vessels.

"Hurry up and run, they're coming again!"

The shields were constantly bombarded by light cannons, causing the ship to shake violently. Red alerts flashed like thick blood. On board, Xia Ye Fan Hua and his group were sweating profusely, panicking.

They were being chased by a large group of Black Star Army players. Phillip had sent their coordinates to all army members.

Many participating players took a look and thought, "Oh ho, there's some easy money." So they excitedly chased after them, and Xia Ye Fan Hua and his group's nightmare began. No matter how they changed their position, it was all displayed on the army players' detectors.

Normally, it would be quite normal for players from opposing camps to fight. However, the problem was that in this battle, the number of Black Star Army players participating was more than a hundred times that of Xia Ye Fan Hua's side, resulting in a one-sided result. Xia Ye Fan Hua and his group were chased around like dogs by the army players.

Xia Ye Fan Hua was in an extremely bad mood, regretting coming to the W-58 base. He knew he should have applied to be transferred to other bases where he wouldn't encounter the Black Star Army!

The Black Star Army were all bad people, ruthless and sinister. He was afraid.

As a player in the opposing camp, he decided to walk around the Black Star Army in the future, even if he had to go to other remote bases and play in single-player mode. The game experience was much better than being chased and spawn camped.

He now felt like a virtuous woman trapped in a den of wolves, being taken advantage of again and again by the vicious, cunning, and ferocious Black Star Army players. His mood was extremely humiliated.

While Xia Ye Fan Hua and his group were being killed to the point of collapse by the army players, Hela's battle with Manudo and the others was becoming increasingly heated.

The group constantly shifted the battlefield, traversing various areas of the fleet engagement. Explosions occurred frequently, causing constant casualties. Streaks of gray souls entered Hela's body, replenishing her strength.

"So this is my current limit." While fighting, various thoughts flashed through Hela's mind.

This was the first time she had engaged in a life-and-death battle with a Calamity Grade powerhouse. She was rapidly absorbing combat experience and had a clear assessment of her own combat power.

Her sparring partners had always been powerhouses like Ames and Han Xiao, who completely overwhelmed her. Now, fighting against normal Calamity Grades, Hela, although at a disadvantage, felt invigorated. The back-and-forth allowed her to unleash her full strength.

She seemed quite powerful, but Hela wasn't satisfied with that.

"Dealing with three enemies is so difficult… Han Xiao can fight ten at once. There's still a big gap between me and him…" Hela gritted her teeth.

She regarded Han Xiao as a target to chase. Feeling strained while facing three opponents made her have a deeper understanding of Han Xiao's combat power.

"If he were to take action, the battle would probably be over by now."

Hela felt the gap between them, bit her lip, and increased the energy output again.

Dark red energy filled the sky like colorful clouds, and even the surrounding ship detectors' graphical data showed rainbow-like energy fluctuations.

On the other side, Manudo and the others were also communicating in the communication channel.

"This woman's abilities are very strange, giving me the feeling of a necromancer, but not quite."

"Her energy can cause both physical and mental effects at the same time. After being hit, cell activity is suppressed, weakening the efficiency of cells in generating strength. It's like… it's like my vitality is being suppressed."

"Advisor Jude, what do you think?" Manudo asked.

Jude, who was watching remotely, slowly nodded, his tone serious. "I've already stored her combat footage in the database. Although her abilities are strong, she's not the focus this time. Black Star is the target you're testing."

"But he's not taking action. Can we retreat?" Manudo asked impatiently. He didn't want to linger near Black Star for a second longer.

"He's not taking action. Perhaps he's training his subordinates, or perhaps there are other reasons." Jude said in a deep voice, "Increase your offensive. As long as you put this woman in mortal danger, Black Star will definitely do something."

"Aren't you urging us to die!"

Manudo complained incessantly.

The group rolled and fought for a while, and Hela finally revealed a flaw under the pressure of the three. Manudo's gunner teammate seized the opportunity and fired an Annihilation Particle Cannon that had stacked countless burst skills, directly breaking through Hela's hasty defenses and shattering her armor, sending her flying.

"Ugh—"

Hela grunted, barely managing to stabilize her tumbling body in the universe. Her body was covered in necrotic black wounds, and half of her left shoulder and half of her neck were gone. For a normal person, such injuries would have been fatal long ago. Even for a Calamity Grade powerhouse with strong vitality, it was a serious injury.

Just as Manudo's two teammates were about to press their advantage, Manudo's heart suddenly sounded an alarm, slowing down his flight speed and falling behind.

Hela exhaled, and suddenly her eyes burst out with a rich platinum light. Her wounds wriggled on their own, and her cells rapidly proliferated, repairing themselves.

The missing flesh on her neck and left shoulder grew back in the blink of an eye, restoring her to her original state. Her damaged armor exposed her fair skin. Her whole body was filled with energy, almost returning to her prime.

In the flagship, Aurora's eyes also lit up at the same time. After Hela recovered, the light in Aurora's eyes slowly disappeared. She panted quickly, as if she had consumed a lot of energy.

Hela and Aurora's abilities had a special complementary reaction. Through their blood relationship, Aurora constructed a vitality link between the two of them. As long as Hela's injuries were too severe, Aurora would transfer vitality to provide remote treatment.

As long as Aurora had the stamina, Hela could share the terrifying recovery power. The effect was similar to Han Xiao's Aurora character card.

Hela fought, Aurora healed. The number of treatments depended on Aurora's stamina, only slightly inferior to Han Xiao's blood-mana exchange in terms of endurance. The two sisters, working together, almost had his style, nearly invincible.

Jude was suddenly stunned, his expression slightly changed. This scene reminded him of Black Star.

Black Star also had such terrifying recovery power!

Could it be that this red-haired woman had a special relationship with Black Star?!

Perhaps his… daughter?

Originally, Jude hadn't paid too much attention to Hela, but now he felt that he had to collect her information.

Manudo and the others were also stunned for a moment, hesitating to move forward.

Feeling the abundant energy, Hela was angry rather than happy, full of regret.

She had always avoided harming Aurora. Now, because of her carelessness, Aurora had to consume vitality to heal her. She felt that it was her dereliction of duty… Although Aurora's vitality was now endless and could be quickly replenished even if she lost a little, Hela was still very taboo about this because of her past experiences in Germinal.

Just as Hela was about to attack in anger, a large hand suddenly rested on her shoulder. Turning her head, she saw that it was none other than Han Xiao.

"Alright, continuing the fight will become a war of attrition. There's no value in training anymore."

Han Xiao gently tapped Hela's cheek with his finger, the touch smooth and delicate. Nanoparticles spread from his fingertips, forming a helmet to replace Hela's damaged facial shield, allowing her to enter the communication channel.

Hearing this, Hela bit her lip. "I understand."

"Leave this to me."

Han Xiao turned his head and looked at the three Calamity Grades in the distance who were extremely nervous.

Manudo's mind was in chaos. Black Star had finally taken action.

At this moment, Han Xiao's eyes flickered, and he suddenly thought of something.

The enemy knew his record, but they used clumsy provocation against him, which should be to force him to take action. The reason for doing so was definitely not to kindly send him heads.

Combining Manudo's nervous expression when provoking him, after a little thought, Han Xiao suddenly understood. This must be at Jude's instruction. That bastard used Sisko's psychic weapon to plot against him two months ago, and he hadn't participated in the battle for a month and a half while going back and forth to the Arcane Church, which made the enemy uneasy. Jude wanted to take this opportunity to test his current state.

Thinking of this, Han Xiao had an idea. Instead of immediately taking action, he connected to Manudo and the others' communication channel and slowly said, "Are you sure you want to fight me? I don't know if this is your intention or if someone is instructing you, but you have to think clearly. People can die, you know."

Manudo swallowed, and the other two didn't speak. Jude didn't want to be discovered by Han Xiao, so he only listened and didn't speak.

"Now I'll give you a chance. As long as you surrender and announce your withdrawal from the War Realm, I won't attack you. How about it?" Han Xiao said.

"Want me to betray the War Realm? Dream on!" The A Grade Gunner in the group retorted and immediately opened fire.

Han Xiao didn't move. More than three hundred Watcher's Oath floating sentries appeared, their array like a blooming lotus, weaving psionic shields that easily blocked the attack.

Han Xiao shook his head and deliberately said, "What's so good about Heber? Is he worth being so loyal to?"

"Only he is worthy of my following. How can you compare to His Excellency the Overlord?!"

The Gunner coldly smiled. He was a direct descendant of the War Realm, and his loyalty was basically full.

Han Xiao narrowed his eyes and stopped talking. He summoned his mechanical army and attacked fiercely, washing over the entire battlefield like a tide, smashing the enemy fleet into disarray.

Facing the overwhelming mechanical army, Manudo felt suffocated and secretly cursed. He wished he could delay longer, but now he had to bite the bullet and go on.

Han Xiao activated Apostle Form, his whole body flowing with mysterious blue psionic energy, and personally joined the battle. He secretly changed the rhythm of the battle, increasing the attack frequency of all mechanical soldiers, even at the cost of weakening their accuracy, deliberately revealing a hasty fighting style.

Ordinary people wouldn't notice these details, but he believed that with the War Realm's virtual intelligence analysis capabilities, they would definitely be able to discover these subtle changes.

Sometimes, it was easier to use smart people than idiots. As long as he used details to mislead them into drawing the conclusion he wanted them to know, they would easily fall for it. If they weren't careful enough, Han Xiao's disguise would be a waste of effort.

A clever lie was nine parts truth and one part lie. What Han Xiao wanted was for Jude to guess on his own that he couldn't move freely, showing weakness to the enemy.

As for the reason, it was to take the opportunity to withdraw from the secret war and concentrate on nurturing his leeks. This was the most important thing at the moment. Whether it was upgrading to Beyond Grade A or using the upgrade method to suppress the soul seed, it required a huge amount of experience.

He had no interest in waiting for his alternate personality to be born. The best way was to keep it from forming.

After Han Xiao took action, the battle became one-sided. Under the True Damage effect of [Legendary Combat Techniques], the Gunner was quickly torn apart by mechanical soldiers. Manudo's other teammate was also blown away by Han Xiao, leaving only Manudo himself struggling to survive.

Manudo panicked and quickly sent a message, "Wait, I surrender!"

Hearing this, Han Xiao stopped the mechanical army and waved his hand, using the mechanical armor's tractor beam to grab Manudo from afar.

Manudo didn't dare to resist, allowing the mechanical soldiers to control him.

"You've made the right choice," Han Xiao smiled.

Manudo nodded repeatedly. He had thought it through. Jude obviously didn't care about his life or death. Staying in the War Realm would lead to death sooner or later, so he might as well surrender. Moreover, if he wanted to live, he had no other choice.

Escape from Black Star's hands?

"I'm not Hadaway, I can't do it!"

With the enemy's high-level combat power wiped out, the subsequent battle was no surprise. An excited Rexon led his team to destroy the W-58 base and seize the spoils.

After absorbing the remaining gray souls on the battlefield, Hela locked herself in her room to digest her experience of fighting a Calamity Grade powerhouse for the first time.

Jude, on the other hand, was at headquarters, analyzing the recording of Han Xiao's action.

Losing a base didn't bother him. What he was concerned about was Han Xiao's current state.

Soon, he discovered something strange.

"Two months ago, Black Star never persuaded anyone to surrender. When he met our people, he would kill them all, even if he was only facing one Calamity Grade. Why is he persuading them to surrender now…"

Jude frowned and watched the recording several times, discovering a clue.

In the past, the fighting of Black Star's mechanical army was based on precise calculations, giving people a sense of seamless tactics. But today, the attack frequency of the mechanical army was obviously increased. It seemed that in order to speed up the offensive, he didn't hesitate to waste energy and abandon some precise calculations, resulting in many ineffective attacks.

This change made him feel like… impatience?

"First, he persuaded them to surrender, and then he wanted to end the battle quickly, eager to end the battle…" Jude thought for a while, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

Black Star's performance was to reduce the combat time, or rather, Black Star didn't want to take action?

These two details made Jude feel that he had vaguely guessed Han Xiao's current state.

Sisko's psychic weapon may have caused some kind of continuous trauma to Black Star, causing the trauma to worsen if he fought, so Black Star was acting abnormally.

"My guess should be right!"

Black Star's threat has decreased!

Confirming that Black Star's actions were restricted, Jude was in a good mood. Although he didn't know the specifics of Han Xiao's injuries, with this discovery, he could boldly adjust his subsequent tactics.