Chapter 461 The Situation Changes

Tong tong tong—

“Try not hiding!”

Xie Man looked ferocious, holding the giant gun in both hands, spewing out thick beams of light, penetrating the walls of the buildings, chasing Melos's rabbit-like figure, strafing him.

“Try stopping your fire!”

Melos roared, dragging his ship-splitting blade, using the buildings as cover, dodging Xie Man's shots, maneuvering in the complex terrain, circling around Xie Man.

After the outbreak of direct combat, Xie Man immediately sought out Melos as his opponent, still remembering the mercenary who injured him, bearing a grudge.

DarkStar and the mercenaries engaged in a melee, forming small battle groups scattered throughout the area. In the distance, shouts of battle, gunfire, and explosions continued to ring out. The aftermath of the superpower battles constantly increased the level of destruction in this district, with flames crackling everywhere.

Melos was hit by several shots from Xie Man. The dwarf gunner's attacks were very powerful, making him feel uncomfortable. His Shattered Light Armor was covered in scorch marks, so he fought and retreated, gradually moving away from the main battlefield.

His opponent was an elite DarkStar warrior, also a B-grade. Melos had to concentrate on dealing with him, unable to take care of other things. He only remembered that everyone else had encountered strong enemies as well. Veshawn and Forsatude were fighting fiercely, also moving away from the battlefield. The Volga three brothers joined forces, relying on their tacit understanding to deal with DarkStar warriors on the main battlefield.

Fording should be hiding to one side with Seivyre, but the battle had affected such a large area, Melos couldn't help but worry that the two of them would have nowhere to hide and would also be targeted by the enemy.

Whoosh!

A beam of laser light grazed his shoulder and went wide, hitting a building in the distance and causing an explosion. Melos cursed inwardly, hurriedly focused his attention, and dodged again.

At this moment, a hurricane swept in from the distance. Melos couldn't resist and was thrown up, smashing into the ground dozens of meters away. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a figure hundreds of meters away also blown into the sky—it was Xie Man, who was also indiscriminately attacked by this gale.

Looking up, he saw the Wind Demon Anulie maneuvering at high speed in the sky, dragging a small hurricane covering an area of one square kilometer behind him. Wherever it passed, buildings and streets were like being plowed over, the wind pressure scraping them every which way.

The tall buildings that had originally obscured the view were almost all leveled, leaving a scene of ruins, and the field of vision became much wider as a result. He could clearly see Naggokin and BlackStar fighting with Anulie in the sky, and because Anulie's speed was too fast, the two of them were struggling.

Bang!

A gust of wind pressure blasted BlackStar far away, slamming him into a building with a loud crash.

Melos suddenly gripped his weapon tightly, flipped over, and bounced up, rushing towards Xie Man. He wanted to support Han Xiao, but first, he had to quickly deal with his current opponent, Xie Man.

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“Hisss! My old back!”

Han Xiao flew out of the hole in the building, secretly sucking in cold air.

The armor in Assault Form was covered in scars, and the tactical screen displayed the overall battle situation observed by Phillip. It was now very chaotic, but his attention was mainly focused on Anulie. Looking at the Wind Demon freely maneuvering and toying with Naggokin, he felt a burst of trouble.

“This guy is worthy of being an old, high-level combatant of DarkStar. His ability is too difficult to deal with. We can't keep up with his speed, and we're very passive.”

Han Xiao looked solemn. The grade A mission \[Godora's Alliance] had dozens of mission objectives, most of which were to kill or capture various types of DarkStar members or warships, requiring the completion of a certain number. Some of the higher-rewarding goals were specific people, to kill DarkStar's unique and important personnel. Anulie was one of these mission objectives.

The amount of the reward symbolized the difficulty of the target, and the reward for Anulie's mission ranked sixth among the dozens of goals in \[Godora's Alliance], placing it near the top, indirectly implying Anulie's strength.

“Most of my conventional combat methods are ineffective against him. His speed is very fast, and he can also become invisible. My weapons have difficulty hitting him. He doesn't even need to make contact with us. As long as he sweeps past us, the wind pressure he creates can attack us, and he can also manipulate the wind pressure to form a shield, so his defense isn't bad. Naggokin's agility in the sky can't compare to his. Even if his fists, feet, and detached shockwaves are powerful, it's useless if they can't hit him. He's almost completely at the mercy of the other party.”

Han Xiao fired his gun while calmly pondering. Anulie's ability was very comprehensive. Among his skills, only a few could deal with Anulie, and the most effective one was naturally Ames's Character Summon Card, which could imprison Anulie for more than ten seconds, and was very effective against this type of speed-based enemy, but it could only be used once, making it very precious. Even if he were to use it, Han Xiao would have to wait for a good opportunity.

Perhaps Morningstar's Character Summon Card could also come in handy? Seduce the enemy with a charming smile…

While he was observing the other party, Anulie was also observing Han Xiao.

“Is he BlackStar…”

Anulie's eyes were scrutinizing. This was actually the first time he had personally seen Han Xiao. In the past, he had learned about BlackStar from intelligence reports and Ashes's descriptions. He was still somewhat curious about this guy who had repeatedly caused Ashes to suffer setbacks.

He didn't understand why Ashes was always losing to BlackStar, like a stumbling block.

The organization cultivated Ashes in order to let him play a more important role. Ashes's ability could precisely, quickly, and on a large scale, slaughter living beings without destroying other objects—this was an important weapon to kill all the pure-blooded Godorans, and a weapon couldn't have malfunctions.

When DarkStar discovered the talent Ashes showed in his youth, they decided to turn him into a strategic great weapon belonging to DarkStar!

Letting Han Xiao live would affect Ashes's mentality, and it was already hindering DarkStar's interests. Anulie felt that this was a good opportunity to get rid of BlackStar, saving Ashes from always thinking about this mercenary.

“My incompetent student couldn't do it, so let me take care of you…” Anulie thought to himself.

Rumble rumble rumble—

Just then, the earth suddenly shook.

Within a radius of dozens of kilometers, the ground in the city cracked open with a large number of fissures, revealing the underground mechanical foundations. The still-intact buildings sank underground, being protected, and at the edge of this area, mechanical pillars twenty meters high extended from the ground, forming a huge circle.

Buzz—

These mechanical pillars lit up at the same time, and a huge sky-blue spherical shield quickly formed, like an inverted bowl, covering the circular area with a diameter of more than twenty kilometers, isolating everyone fighting inside from the other areas of the city.

Every city had a large number of devices installed underground. This was an isolation shield. The Norios Consortium had taken loss-reduction measures, restricting the battle to this area that was no longer worth saving, preventing the battlefield from shifting and protecting other parts of the city.

This was equivalent to abandoning this area, but compared to a city with an area of thousands of square kilometers, this was a trade-off of sacrificing a pawn to protect the chariot.

If they were dealing with ordinary troublemakers, they would definitely arrest them, but it wasn't so easy to stop Calamity Grade powerhouses from fighting each other. Norios only had one A-grade guardian, and they had hired him at a sky-high salary. One person might not necessarily be able to stop this battle.

Forcibly intervening would increase the losses, and this group of people had quite the backgrounds.

Help Godora? Although the Norios Consortium wasn't afraid of DarkStar, they were merchants and didn't want to be targeted by such a terrorist organization.

Help DarkStar? They would have to be sleepwalking to do that!

So, the senior executives of the consortium were also very helpless. They weren't a political power, but simply the managers of this planet, and profit was the only goal. If the cost of maintaining security was too high, appropriately observing from the sidelines was a choice to consider. It had been many years since A-grade Supers had fought in Norios, and the commotion caused by DarkStar was the biggest disturbance in more than a decade.

The consortium executives felt that, under these circumstances, staying out of it could avoid risks.

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