Chapter 169 Counter

Every profession has its nemesis.

The Esper ability system is the most unique. It can be countered by the other four systems, or it can counter them. It all depends on the randomness of Esper awakenings.

Among the five major superpower systems, Esper abilities have obvious advantages and disadvantages. Combat effectiveness depends on the individual's different abilities. The profession's knowledge tree is also a jack-of-all-trades structure, increasing Esper strength, control, ability range, usage, and so on.

The advantages are obvious. Esper abilities can shine in a single area, but the weaknesses are equally obvious. They lack abilities in other areas, and each ability has its own limitations.

For example, teleportation's weakness is naturally defense. High-speed regeneration or even immortality obviously has little combat power. As for precognition... let's not beat a dead horse.

Of course, these are more extreme Esper abilities, but they also illustrate the strengths and weaknesses of Esper abilities. For players, getting a special Esper ability greatly increases the fun of the game. There are countless whales (players who spend a lot of money) who purchase Esper gene awakening agents.

Aside from the lucky few, some African warlord whales keep switching to new accounts and using gene awakening agents to get the Esper ability they want until they succeed.

In professional league team battles, strategically deploying personnel to target the opponent's Espers is also a key tactic.

An Esper who controls magnetic fields and metals will naturally not be brave against martial arts or magic users, but they happen to be the nemesis of mechanics. It's impossible for Han Xiao not to feel a headache.

Although as a Mechanic, he also possesses magnetic-attribute Qi Strength, compared to an enemy who has awakened the Esper gene, the strength of his magnetic field control is worlds apart.

The purpose of Mechanical Force is more to enhance machinery. Magnetic field control is just an ancillary ability, at most hindering the opponent's Esper ability. To completely neutralize the opponent's magnetic field, he must rely on special machinery.

In the instant of the exchange just now, Han Xiao looked at the battle information and knew that the other party was called Sarena. Her level was a question mark. Considering that he was already level 170, even if Sarena wasn't A+, she wasn't far off. It would be difficult to make up for such a huge difference in ability strength.

"Risda, get away from the battlefield!"

Han Xiao dodged the impact of the metal fragments and ordered Risda. If the BlackLight Stealth was torn apart, he would lose a lot.

The BlackLight Stealth quickly ascended, about to accelerate away from the battlefield. Sarena didn't care. She stretched out her hand and aimed at the BlackLight Stealth, about to clench her fist, preparing to deal with Han Xiao's vehicle as she had with the other spaceships.

Bang!

In the next instant, a white figure crashed into her like a meteor, dragging a lightning-like trail and breaking the sound barrier, creating a shockwave. It slammed into Sarena's magnetic field shield.

The invisible magnetic field shield caved in, as if it were elastic, and bounced the white figure away. Sarena was not injured, but she was bounced back a short distance by the reaction force. She quickly manipulated the metal on her body to stabilize herself in the air, and stared down at the white figure with an expressionless face.

Han Xiao had donned a bone-white mechanical suit, the retired Void Dragon Suit.

"This person's Esper ability counters me. I can only use non-metallic weapons to fight..." Han Xiao thought to himself.

The Void Dragon Suit has a small metal content. Although its attributes can no longer keep up with Calamity Grade battles, at least it isn't as countered as the Mad Ape Suit, and it can barely be used.

Most of his machinery uses alloy materials. Non-metallic machinery probably only accounts for about ten percent of the total.

Many machines have strict requirements for the properties of materials. High-density non-metallic materials that can replace various alloys are relatively difficult to synthesize. The properties of the machine will also fluctuate depending on the material. Before encountering an enemy who controls metal, the cost performance of alloys is naturally the highest.

If he didn't use interstellar-grade alloy materials, carbon nanotubes would be a good choice, but his last opponent was Ashes...

Even if he wanted to create targeted machinery, that would be after the battle. At this time, Han Xiao's Mechanical Army and a large number of main battle machines naturally couldn't be used unless he disregarded the losses.

In his opinion, the situation hadn't reached that point yet.

"First test her limits."

Han Xiao narrowed his eyes.

Taking advantage of the gap where Sarena was being entangled, Risda accelerated and successfully withdrew from the battlefield, avoiding the fate of being torn into scrap metal.

All the remaining spaceships were crushed into pieces by Sarena, forming a metal storm that swept over.

Except for Han Xiao and the three Calamity Grades, everyone else died without being able to retaliate. Some C-grade warriors wearing metal combat suits directly enjoyed the treatment of being buried by a sandstorm.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh—

Han Xiao shuttled through the metal storm, dodging nimbly. The palm cannons fired continuously at Sarena. Beams of Void Sprays couldn't penetrate Sarena's magnetic field shield. The defense was amazing.

At this moment, Jane gritted his teeth and roared.

"Ha!!"

His upper garment shattered, revealing his muscular body, which was vibrating slightly at a high frequency. The surrounding air vibrated, and the vibration force transmitted to the ground beneath his feet, rapidly expanding the area of ​​ground that was cracking.

Then, Jane slapped Sarena in the mid-air with his palm from a distance.

Dong—

A huge, invisible shockwave went straight to Sarena. Wherever it passed, the air twisted and fluctuated, outlining an oval shape. The momentum was astonishing.

Sarena frowned slightly, moved horizontally in the air, and quickly dodged.

Only Jane was not countered in the entire field. Han Xiao looked over and saw Jane bare-chested, his chest hair fluttering in the wind.

What magnificent chest hair!

At this moment, the interface suddenly popped up with a sudden mission.

[You have triggered a hidden A-grade chain mission, [Prey]!]

[Mission introduction: You have been regarded as prey by a terrifying organization. They will hunt you down time and time again until they succeed. Don't hold onto the hope of running away. Their background is beyond your imagination. You have no choice. Struggle as much as you can. Fighting war with war may be your only hope...]

[First Ring: Defeat Sarena]

[Reward: 37 million experience, extract one of Sarena's skills or talents]

"A terrifying organization? Interesting."

Han Xiao's heart stirred when he saw the mission introduction.

He remembered the plot in his previous life, but Sarena didn't seem to fit into any of the forces in his memory. It seemed that it was possible that this was a secret force that players hadn't come into contact with in his previous life. Their hunting targets were all famous A-grades, so it was indeed difficult for them to interact with players.

The thought flashed through his mind. They were still in battle, and the three of them were besieging Sarena.

Jane and Gadrich were both Calamity Grades. They could cooperate with Han Xiao tacitly without words.

Since he had helpers, Han Xiao naturally wouldn't let them go to waste. He took on the responsibility of frontal combat, attacking Sarena's magnetic field shield again and again while enduring the metal storm. Jane served as the main attacker on the side, and his vibration attacks were threatening, forcing Sarena to dodge repeatedly. As for Gadrich, he didn't get close after being knocked away. He ran dozens of kilometers away. The strength of a Gunslinger was in long-range attacks, and he was outputting crazily from a distance.

A range of dozens of kilometers was nothing to an A-grade Gunslinger. The accuracy was still precise, and as long as the power didn't decrease, he could shoot even further. His nickname "Hundred Turns Cannon" showed his attack frequency. The continuous long-range attacks made Sarena quite uncomfortable. She wanted to target Gadrich, but was held back by Han Xiao.

Boom boom boom—

The few of them fought into a团, and the power of the Calamity Grade attacks was so strong that the earth cracked and explosions occurred one after another.

The two sides were at a stalemate, and Sarena was a little annoyed.

Brett, who was blown up by Han Xiao and the others, was actually a member of an intelligence organization attached to the war domain and had Krent's authorization to reconnoiter Colton's intelligence. Coincidentally, Sarena's force had a special relationship with Krent. After capturing Kerlodd, she happened to be in this area. After Brett was attacked, the intelligence organization he was in notified Sarena nearby, actually to ask for help.

However, Sarena was late, but she discovered Black Star's trail. Thus, she switched her target and directly attacked Black Star. In her opinion, Black Star had delivered himself to her, saving her the trouble of running to the Garton Star System to deal with him.

Sarena came to deal with Black Star with confidence, but she didn't expect to be caught in a bitter battle.

Brett's intelligence did not contain the information of Jane and Gadrich, because Han Xiao had quickly solved the fleet by controlling the third generation ship destroyers. Under desperation, the two of them did not make a move, but now they had become unexpected reinforcements.

"The game is over."

Sarena didn't want to waste any more time. She coldly roared and suddenly faced her hands towards the surface, fully activating her Esper ability.

Rumble rumble rumble—

The earth shook violently.

The next moment, a shocking scene happened!

Within a radius of dozens of kilometers, holes suddenly collapsed in the ground. Nearly a hundred giant snakes made of metal particles broke through the ground. They were more than ten meters thick, and their length was endless.

The earth was instantly riddled with holes!

Earth Dragon Turns Over!

The next second, hundreds of metal giant snakes rose into the air and slammed into the three of them.

"Activating the planet's magnetic field and using the metal elements from the ground… This is a truly terrifying ability strength."

Han Xiao immediately felt a headache. A magnetic field metal control Esper definitely needed metal to exert their strength. If there were only those spaceship fragments, Sarena's threat wouldn't be high. However, her ability strength was enough to activate the planet's magnetic field, equivalent to the entire planet being Sarena's arsenal.

This was a true calamity!

Gadrich's eyes widened, and he hurriedly wanted to distance himself, but two metal giant snakes caught up with him. The metal giant snakes swallowed Gadrich in one bite. Then, the two giant snakes fused together, turning into a metal ball hundreds of meters in diameter and smashing heavily on the ground.

Ka ka ka—

The ball continued to squeeze the interior, increasing its density and trapping Gadrich inside. This was a move that Sarena never tired of using.

Jane was greatly alarmed when he saw this. He slammed his fists on the ground, obviously using some skill, and a shockwave of vibration spread out.

Boom!!

The vibration frequency triggered a chain reaction of stress, and the ground's vibration suddenly soared, and a terrifying earthquake swept through the area, like the heavens collapsing and the earth splitting. Countless metal giant snakes were directly shattered into iron sand that filled the sky.

The momentum of this strike was extremely great. Further away, huge rifts appeared on the ground, as if the planet had opened its mouth.

Peng!

The shockwave hit the metal ball trapping Gadrich. The next moment, the ball was shattered into pieces, and Gadrich hurriedly escaped, covered in dust.

Han Xiao looked at him in surprise. Jane's destructive power surprised him. The nickname "Sea Quake" was well-deserved. Almost no A-grade Esper was weak. One had to know, if the Esper potential did not reach A-grade, one's personal strength would definitely not reach A-grade.

Peng peng peng—

Sarena and Jane completely unleashed their firepower, and the battlefield continued to shift. An area of ​​hundreds of kilometers became a mess, with countless collapses and giant snakes traveling through it, like a disaster. Han Xiao and Gadrich were on the flanks.

However, although the commotion was astonishing, Sarena was floating in the air after all, and the earthquake had almost no effect on her. She occupied an absolute advantage.

Glancing at Han Xiao, who was dodging everywhere, Sarena's eyes flashed with disdain, and she shook her head.

Although Black Star was the target on the list, he was almost non-existent, and his performance was far worse than Jane. On the contrary, Jane was more qualified to become a hunting target.

Sarena was a little disappointed. Rumor had it that Black Star was very powerful, but she felt that he was nothing more than that, not living up to his name.

On second thought, she countered Black Star, and it was normal for Black Star to have no power to fight back.

"If it weren't for these two reinforcements, it wouldn't be so troublesome."

Sarena frowned. As long as she dealt with Jane and Gadrich, Black Star would be captured easily.

However, she had a new idea. Jane's strength was very good, and he would be on the list sooner or later. She might as well capture Black Star and Jane together.

As for that Gunslinger, she felt that his strength was average and not worth capturing.

At this moment, Jane's defense exposed a trace of a gap. Sarena keenly seized the opportunity, and a metal giant snake directly wrapped around Jane and turned into a ball. Jane was constantly vibrating inside, wanting to shatter the cage. However, Sarena put most of her energy on him, and controlled dozens of metal giant snakes to overlap on the ball.

The huge ball continued to shrink, the density continued to increase, the seismic resistance soared, and the vibration inside became smaller and smaller. Jane couldn't struggle anymore.

Solved! Sarena's eyes lit up. With Jane under control, in her opinion, the battle was over. Without a strong aid, Black Star could be caught with a wave of her hand.

Sarena turned her head, her gaze passed through the dust and stared at Han Xiao, and said lightly, "Your helper is gone. Next, it's your turn."

Han Xiao suddenly stopped and stood opposite Sarena from afar.

Just as Sarena thought Han Xiao had given up resisting, Han Xiao suddenly laughed.

"You're right, it's my turn."

Buzz—

The next second, a continuous roar came from high altitude!

Sarena suddenly looked up.

Fifty 'stars' were falling from above her head at an incredible speed.

These 'stars' were all the orbital strike cannons of the God's Might Eyes! The diameter of an energy cannon beam was almost seven or eight meters!

Sarena's pupils shrank.

She only had time to condense her magnetic field shield. The next instant, fifty satellite energy cannons fell!

Boom!!

A deafening explosion swept across the world!

The continuous gale shockwave blew everything around away. Gadrich was blown away, and the metal ball wrapped around Jane was directly shot into a mountain range more than ten kilometers away.

A dazzling mushroom cloud rose into the sky, and the vision was white, and almost nothing could be seen.

Countless stones turned to ashes, and the metal giant snake directly melted into molten iron.

This scene was like the destruction of the world!

Even in outer space, one could see a blazing red mushroom rising from the surface of the planet!

Han Xiao seemed to have been paddling all the time, but in reality, he was directing Risda, who had withdrawn from the battle, to deploy fifty 'God's Might Eyes' space-based satellite cannons in the warehouse in outer space. A round of orbital strikes was enough to destroy a city!

The enemy showed off their powerful control skills. It would be difficult to defeat them even if he could only withstand their attacks. Strong firepower could determine the victory.

Han Xiao put his hands on his waist and smiled.

"You really think I can't do anything to you? Let me introduce you to the strategic support style. I am the spokesperson for hooligans."