Chapter 484 Main Cannon

The main cannon was extremely fast, and he was already locked on. Hiding on the surface was pointless. From the moment the cannon fired to the moment it hit, it would only take milliseconds. Even Degulish and the others had to dodge before it fired.

Unable to board the Blacklight Stealth, and relying on his own speed, Han Xiao didn't expect to dodge the main cannon's attack. Void Travel might be able to dodge one shot, but if the DarkStar mothership activated the main cannon and saw him dodge, it definitely wouldn't fire just once.

Rather than that, he might as well use the limited time to stack as many defensive measures as possible. Using [Anti-Shock Thorns] as a safeguard, he'd try to withstand a shot first to understand the damage of the main cannon, so he'd have a clue. With so many measures, the chances of surviving were still high. If he could withstand it, he could bluff and scare the enemy.

In a flash of thought, a terrifying energy reaction suddenly descended. He had barely noticed it when the attack arrived.

He was inside the fortress and couldn't see the outside perspective of the main cannon's descent. He only felt the layers of shields collapsing and countless mechanical soldiers shattering from the feedback of his machinery. The defensive fortress above him quickly deformed, and then, a dazzling light filled his vision, and terrifying heat covered his entire body.

Boom boom boom—

The enormous force felt like a mountain pressing down on him. Han Xiao was instantly slammed to the ground, wrapped in the energy beam of the main cannon. His vision was a white blur, and the continuous energy was like a rushing waterfall, heavily pressing down on him and sinking him into the earth.

His health plummeted. Even with the additional 30% damage reduction, the first wave directly knocked off a third of his health. The subsequent high temperature and energy impact caused continuous damage, and his health bled rapidly. Han Xiao couldn't move, feeling like all the flesh on his body was melting and evaporating, and various negative statuses appeared one after another.

If it were an ordinary person, one shot would have turned them into ashes, leaving nothing behind.

He gritted his teeth and used [Intermediate Cell Proliferation Mastery] to regenerate his health at the highest rate, recovering 28% per second, barely keeping up with the rate at which he was losing health. He was only slightly slower, and his health bar was constantly jumping, making his heart pound, ready to use the Aurora character card at any moment.

Recovering more than 10,000 health per second was equivalent to consuming 2,000-3,000 points of energy per second. Fortunately, while the main cannon was dealing damage, it was also constantly replenishing his energy, maintaining his ability to regenerate health.

The interface frantically popped up damage notifications. The mothership's main cannon originally had a high amount of true damage, but it was blocked by the [Tough Body] talent, which was crucial and greatly slowed down the rate at which he was losing health. Han Xiao only suffered regular damage.

…

A few seconds earlier.

After shooting down another assault ship, Nagokin, surrounded by flames, briefly hovered in the air, looking at Han Xiao's battlefield from afar. The shock in his eyes was impossible to hide.

Black Star really withstood the siege of three Beyond Grade A powerhouses. How did he do it?!

Nagokin was very astonished. He didn't think he could do it.

At this moment, he noticed that something seemed to be happening on Han Xiao's side. He saw Black Star rapidly stacking defenses, while the three DarkStar Beyond Grades were running far away, as if dodging something dangerous.

"Why aren't they fighting? What is Black Star guarding against?"

Nagokin was puzzled. Before he could think, the sudden change told him the answer.

Whoosh—

A thick beam of light descended from the sky, reaching from the heavens to the earth, and slammed into Han Xiao's position. To say "slammed" wasn't accurate. The wide-caliber beam of light directly covered the hundreds of meters where Han Xiao was!

The time it took for the beam of light to break through the clouds and hit the ground was less than a blink of an eye, incredibly fast. Even with Nagokin's reaction speed, he didn't have time to react, only able to squint instinctively to resist the glare.

Bang!!

This shot instantly created a crater!

The beam of light was like the spear of a god, directly inserted into the earth, giving people the illusion that it would penetrate the planet. The sense of impact was extremely strong!

The light was blinding, and Nagokin could barely open his eyes. His expression changed drastically.

This is the DarkStar mothership's main cannon?

Have the DarkStar people gone crazy, actually using the main cannon to deal with one person!

How did Black Star offend them?!

Rumble—

The next moment, a violent explosion soared into the sky, and a gust of wind suddenly rose up. Countless amounts of mud and debris were thrown in all directions by the spreading shock wave.

The DarkStar mothership's main cannon uses a separate energy furnace, and its power is many times higher than the assault ship's ship-borne light cannon. It focuses on penetrating power, concentrating power on one point. Relatively speaking, the mothership's main cannon is considered "single target" damage in interstellar combat... of course, if you use the main cannon to hit an individual, the effect is no different from AoE.

The main cannon continued to output energy continuously. The terrifying high temperature distorted the air, and rings of shock waves burst out, and waves of earth rolled. The area covered by the beam of light had become a circular crater landscape, and the area was still expanding rapidly.

Inside the protective shield, the faces of countless players were illuminated by the white light, their expressions dull, with only the beam of light in their vision.

This, this is… divine retribution?!

Whoosh—

The main cannon came to an abrupt halt, and the last bit of light fell on the center of the crater, flickering once.

Bang!!

Suddenly, the accumulated energy exploded, with even greater momentum than before. Fire and smoke spread rapidly, like an ever-expanding cover, and howling hot winds swept out!

The ground shook and the mountains swayed!

Everyone hiding in the protective shield also experienced a violent tremor, swaying from side to side.

After a long while, the energy burst finished, and the sky was filled with smoke, obscuring the view. All that could be seen outside the shelter was a huge crater, as if it had been hit by a meteorite.

"What... is this?"

Countless players were shaken.

Bennet was speechless with shock.

Hela lunged at the protective shield, her pupils contracting.

Nagokin stood on the top of the base's protective shield, looking anxious, looking at Han Xiao's original position, which was the center of the crater, surrounded by smoke.

Degulish, Ash, and Tarro stood up, all covered in dust. They had run a little further before the cannon fired and were only hit by the shock wave, falling in different locations. After standing up, they all looked at the center of the crater, eager to determine the outcome.

And the DarkStar assault ships and Godora spaceships all stopped firing and hovered in the sky, watching the situation.

The smoke gradually dissipated, and a crater could be seen in the center of the circular mountain, sinking down an unknown number of meters. The slope was very steep, and the lower it went, the more the soil appeared fiery red. Many places were burned into crystalline substances by the high temperature, and some rocks melted into magma at thousands of degrees, emitting a white light and flowing down the slope.

Countless mechanical fragments were scattered around, some of which had been melted into molten iron, which was also red-hot from the high-temperature burning.

In the center of the pit, a figure slowly crawled up, his whole body charred, smoking, blacker than a black man. He shook a few times, and the charcoal fell from his body, revealing normal-colored skin. He raised his hand and shot out a Mechanical Force lightning, pulling a few pieces of mechanical debris to transform and cover his lower body, like pants.

Han Xiao bared his strong upper body, supported his neck with one hand, twisted his neck, and grinned.

"Hoo... that's more like it. I feel like my body has stretched out."

All eyes were focused on Han Xiao, the center of attention.

He's, he's not dead?!

The vigorous Black Star formed a strong contrast with the huge crater beside him.

This scene gave Degulish, Ash, Tarro, Nagokin, Hela, and many players an unparalleled shock, and they all widened their eyes, looking horrified.

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(There will be another chapter later)