Han Xiao only felt his body become stiff and heavy, and in the blink of an eye, he was stacked with a large number of negative buffs.

"It really hasn't changed." Han Xiao's lips twitched, not surprised at all.

He had farmed Stephan's dungeon hundreds of times, and had long memorized the patterns. Even though the Stephan in the dungeon was weakened, her abilities hadn't changed. Han Xiao knew her fighting style like the back of his hand. She always started by stacking buffs on her enemies; it was exactly the same.

Without saying a word, Han Xiao used a Void Shuttle to distance himself. Stephan was more powerful in close combat and had extra damage against metal, and he didn't want his mecha to be scrapped early.

"Fortunately, I took out that psychic named Zigelin first, otherwise it would be even more troublesome now."

With a thought, Han Xiao didn't stop moving. He controlled the mechanical legion to execute the entanglement tactics from Phillip's data, delaying Stephan's group from rushing toward him. He himself relied on the Mountain Ape Mecha, using the legion as a shield, wandering among them, occasionally approaching the mages and two mechanical enemies, trying to close in for a close-range assault.

With nine Senior Beyond Grade As present, the mechanical legion was under tremendous pressure and quickly fell into a bitter fight. One after another, scrapped mechanical creations fell to the earth, only to be pulled back into the battlefield by Han Xiao using [Discarded Modification].

His vision was filled with the chaotic battlefield, and the built-in tactical screen displayed various parameters. Han Xiao calmly analyzed the situation.

Stephan used her ability to interfere with the electromagnetic wavebands in a large surrounding area, preventing Han Xiao from communicating with Wilton and the others. The Phillip subprogram that he had cautiously left for Wilton immediately came into play. Although he couldn't receive the location of the reinforcements, he could confirm that they were rushing over at high speed. His task now was not to fight head-on, but to delay time until the reinforcements arrived.

…

Rumble—

The commotion of ten Beyond Grade As fighting was earth-shattering. The mountains had long been leveled, the ice plains cracked, and ravines hundreds of miles long stretched out, like the earth opening its mouth.

The wind and clouds changed color as well. Originally, there were white clouds and a clear sky, but now there was lightning and thunder, and dark clouds pressed down.

Han Xiao constantly shifted the battlefield, away from the populated areas of North Continent, heading straight for the uninhabited glacial tundra. Wherever they passed, the millennia-old permafrost shattered, the mountains shook, avalanches rolled, and the earth was a mess.

The aftermath of the Beyond Grade A battle was causing natural disasters on this planet. With the battlefield as the center, seismic waves spread across the entire North Continent shelf. In the near-sea areas far from the battlefield, the sky had already darkened, the sea was turbulent, and tsunamis and hurricanes battered the coastal cities.

"The tsunami is coming, run!"

"W-What's going on?!"

The civilians in the coastal cities of North Continent were terrified by the sudden natural disasters and ran away in panic.

…

Han Xiao naturally couldn't see the reactions of these people, but he knew without thinking that the aftermath of their Beyond Grade A battle was already causing disasters on Aquamarine.

"Deliberately choosing this place as the battlefield, that's the idea, isn't it." Han Xiao's face was grim as he dodged another whirlwind-like invisible wave launched by Stephan, and the mechanical war machines behind him were torn to pieces.

The two sides had already shifted the battlefield several times, and the battle had become extremely intense, with the mushroom cloud already blooming several times.

The blue starlight in the sky burned again, another round of psionic sky-based cannon strike autonomously controlled by Phillip!

Rumble!!

The mechanical legion quickly avoided the bombing area, and Stephan and the others also dodged. Only the enemy mechanist's war fortress moved slowly and failed to escape the range of the strike. The shield shattered, and the scarred fortress exploded into a sky full of debris.

This was already the enemy's second war fortress to be blown up.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Han Xiao led the mechanical legion, fighting and retreating. At this time, he was already at the edge of the far north, and he began to move toward the sea.

"Troublesome sky-based cannon." Stephan frowned, looked up, and pointed to a martial artist. "Go up and destroy Black Star's sky-based weapon."

The martial artist nodded, and flames sprayed from under his feet, rising into the air like a rocket, and in the blink of an eye, he turned into a star on the horizon, heading straight for outer space.

"Don't waste time. Black Star is good at protracted battles. Subdue him quickly."

Stephan said impatiently, leading the other team members to chase after him again.

She knew that Black Star was difficult to kill, and this trip was not to eliminate Han Xiao, but to capture him. It was just that Han Xiao was too slippery, running faster than a war correspondent, and she had not been able to get close to Han Xiao. Close combat would maximize the power of her abilities.

After chasing for a while, the two sides fought again in the sky above the sea, and the aftermath set off monstrous waves. One after another, energy beams bombarded the sea, forming huge whirlpools on the surface.

The sky was dark!

As the number of casualties in the mechanical legion continued to rise, Han Xiao gradually showed signs of decline, revealing a flaw. Stephan's eyes lit up, seized the opportunity, and the whole person turned into a black shadow, appearing abruptly behind Han Xiao like a flash, pressing a palm toward Han Xiao's back.

This ability was the first time she had used it since the start of the battle, and she was prepared to catch Black Star off guard. As long as she hit him, Black Star's strength would be temporarily weakened by at least another ten percent!

But in the next moment, her palm landed on empty air. Han Xiao seemed to have expected it, avoiding her palm with a strange posture, and a ball of psionic energy ejected from his hands, slapping her chest in reverse.

Bang!

A pale blue psionic shockwave exploded, and Stephan flew out for thousands of meters. She rubbed her aching chest, frowned, and was secretly surprised by Han Xiao's reaction speed.

She knew that this surprise attack was unannounced, leaving Black Star with only microseconds to react.

On the other side, Han Xiao secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Stephan was also a Boss-level figure, and like him, possessed many skills beyond his abilities. If he didn't know, he would easily be tricked, but he knew Stephan's abilities too well and couldn't be tricked at all. He didn't farm the dungeon hundreds of times for nothing.

"His strength is even greater than rumored." Stephan narrowed her eyes, and was about to attack again when she suddenly noticed several high-energy individuals approaching rapidly. Her expression changed, and she stopped in place, not acting rashly.

Han Xiao's eyes lit up, and he immediately looked up, only to see six meteors falling from the sky and hovering above everyone.

The flames faded, revealing the figures of Wilton and the others. Meeting the doubtful eyes of Stephan and her group, Wilton snorted coldly, and raised his hand. Only then did everyone realize that he was holding a person in his hand.

Stephan took a closer look, and her expression suddenly changed.

The person in Wilton's hand was the martial artist she had ordered to destroy the sky-based cannon. At this time, he had no vital signs, and had obviously been beaten to death.

These six people were enemies, not friends… Stephan and the remaining seven Beyond Grade As all looked grim.

Wilton let go, and the corpse fell into the sea, causing a wave, and was swept away by the vortex, disappearing without a trace.

"Black Star, we're late." Wilton nodded in greeting.

The corners of Han Xiao's mouth hooked up.

The reinforcements are here!

He looked at Stephan, spread his hands, and smiled slyly.

"Surprise, surprise?"

Seeing Black Star's expected performance, Stephan couldn't remain calm, and a strong look of astonishment flashed in her eyes.

He had already found helpers?

And six Beyond Grade As?!

How could he call so many experts to deal with the civil strife of a surface civilization!

Unless…

Stephan's heart suddenly skipped a beat.

Black Star already knew we were ambushing him?

How is that possible!!