Chapter 140 Playing Cards and Exercising Qi

After joining the mercenary group, the players demonstrated their subjective initiative, pestering the cadres for interaction. Mercenaries were also a kind of resource. Figures like Aroshia, Fording, and Sylvia attracted many admirers, unlike Han Xiao, who was used to the players' enthusiasm.

However, the mercenaries weren't necessarily annoyed by these "new companions."

Meanwhile, some players were introduced to Vane's card game by Melos and quickly became addicted. Vane's card game was all the rage in the universe, full of charm. The cards had simple enchantments, displaying various light and shadow effects during gameplay. Not only were they fun, but each card represented a faction or figure in the interstellar world, making players very interested in the structure of the galaxy.

Playing cards could actually increase knowledge!

Thanks to the forums, new things quickly caught the players' attention. Posts explaining various Vane's card game strategies and deck introductions popped up, drawing curious onlookers from players of different nations.

Playing a mini-game within the game, two happy things combined, it was double the happiness.

In his previous life, Vane's card game was already popular among players. Now, players were getting acquainted with Vane's card game much earlier than in his previous life, prematurely stirring up this trend.

Melos showing off his Shattered Star Ring deck to the players was also photographed and posted. The cards were all Shattered Star Ring characters. Most players didn't recognize them, only a few knew characters like Dragon Emperor Ames. Many still remembered those long, white legs on full display.

Players also discovered Black Star Mercenary Group cards, and were immediately surprised, not expecting Han Xiao to be a member of the deck.

Being made into a card should be a symbol of status, which meant Black Star had quite a position in the Shattered Star Ring.

The players couldn't help but feel pleasantly surprised. The more powerful the faction, the happier the players were to join.

But Han Xiao was helpless. Players could create value every minute, and wasting their limited energy on endless card games was indirectly lowering his income.

Diligence leads to success, play is useless, you footmen!

A certain great man once said, there is nothing that playing cards cannot solve, if there is, then play another round. The players were enjoying themselves, and Han Xiao couldn't force them. He watched with pain in his heart, because the players were the targets he recruited, so the players' strength was to some extent equal to the strength of the force.

After struggling for a long time, Han Xiao had a new idea.

"Since the players like playing cards, why not find an opportunity to hold a card game competition in the name of the faction, set up an award or something. A large-scale collective leisure activity can enhance the sense of belonging to the faction..."

Han Xiao felt that this plan was reliable. From this point of view, letting players like playing cards early may not necessarily be a bad thing.

But even if he was going to hold an event, it naturally wouldn't be now, at least after leading the players into interstellar space. Then he could also sell a wave of card packs along the way...

...

Version 2.0 had been open for more than ten days, and the players gradually adapted, got on the right track. The level limit of the previous version was level 60, just stuck at the advanced watershed of the first race sublimation. Now that the level cap has been increased, players completed their advancement one after another, amazed.

This topic quickly swept the forums, firmly occupying the highest popularity of all planet sections.

The players analyzed race sublimation. This was similar to his previous life. Han Xiao didn't pay attention to it. He approached his cadres and expressed his intention to learn the Qi Strength Training Method.

The Qi Strength Training Method wasn't anything rare, most of them were common skills, not restricted by profession. Han Xiao asked around, and Melos' favorability was high enough, without additional conditions, he directly gave a new method.

[Sunil Energy Gathering Method: The basic method for Sunil people to practice Qi strength, overall effect: Qi Strength +20, current exercise times 0/100, the effect of each exercise depends on strength, agility or endurance (select the highest attribute), each exercise consumes 50,000 experience, 1500 Stamina]

Han Xiao didn't lack experience now, and his Stamina recovery rate was also very high. He finished this skill in two or three days. The effect of each exercise was Qi Strength +3, and the total effect became +320 Qi Strength. There were still hundreds of points short of the 9,000 Qi Strength standard, and he needed new skills.

The more you learn this kind of Qi Strength Training Skill, the more experience will be consumed each time, but Han Xiao didn't need to worry about this problem with his current experience reserves.

Hamon also agreed to share the Qi Strength Training Method, but there was a request, that was to have a hearty fight, and he had to win to get it. This guy was a protagonist-type character, and at the same time, a battle maniac. In order to form a war alliance and hone himself, he didn't let go of any fighting opportunities.

Han Xiao naturally had no objection. He had fought once when he recruited Hamon. His strength was among the best at the B-grade level, and he was not afraid of anyone in the same level.

The two came to the spaceship combat training room, facing each other from a distance.

This battle was deliberately avoided by the players. Han Xiao didn't want to show his strength so quickly, and the arena was too fragile for their level. If it was damaged, it would be too troublesome to repair.

However, he still made the best use of everything and asked the mercenaries to bring the prisoners over, so that they could feel the combat power of the interstellar mercenaries, and train them along the way.

Hannis was not included in the prisoners. Han Xiao gave him freedom and let him stay in the shelter. Bennett was really surprised to see his missing old friend. After learning of Hannis' guess, he was also in a heavy mood, but Han Xiao didn't care.

"Come on when you're ready."

Han Xiao nodded and said to Hamon.

Bang!

Nonsense was not Hamon's style. His muscles suddenly swelled, his body was several times larger than Han Xiao's. His legs stomped down, and he charged straight like a cannonball, swinging his battle axe and smashing down, splitting towards Han Xiao's head.

Kaka kaka—

Two mechanical giant hands quickly unfolded above Han Xiao's head, working together to grab the axe. The propulsion flame increased sharply, grappling with Hamon, power colliding with power, a ring of air waves burst open, and the prisoners watching in the corner were directly blown away, turning into tumbling gourds one by one.

This group of prisoners couldn't even stand firm in the aftermath of the two people's collision. They scrambled up in a mess, with horrified expressions.

They had seen Han Xiao take action, but at that time their level was not high enough to appreciate Han Xiao's exact combat power. Now, witnessing the head-on battle, they realized that they were about the same as ordinary people in front of this group of interstellar mercenaries.

Han Xiao shook his hands, and two more mechanical giant hands unfolded on his side, double fists combined.

Dong! Dong!

Two heavy blows, Hamon flew out spinning. His legs landed, making a loud bang, and the metal floor was dented by him.

Four mechanical giant hands chased after the victory, continuous heavy blows, appearing powerful and heavy under the amplification of machinery. Hamon hardly dodged, swinging the battle axe to meet them head-on. The axe kept colliding with the metal giant hands, the sound was like thunder, and sparks flew everywhere.

Dang dang dang—

The sound of collisions echoed in the room.

Han Xiao stood still, not even wearing a mecha. Over the past year, he had improved his combat mode, adding some elite mechanical systems, and no longer used the low-profile legion flow of the worker's three-piece set. He now had more means to deal with opponents of the same level.

For example, this set of enhanced melee flow, from the high-end knowledge [Giant Complex Mechanical Technology] and advanced knowledge [Heavy Mechanical Modification], with mechanical giant hand-type tools as the core system, in addition to melee, other weapons can also be configured inside, integrating offense and defense.

The material used for the [G75 Mech Claw] was the hardest alloy that Han Xiao could currently synthesize—his material technology at this time was still the advanced-level [Advanced Material Synthesis], and he had not learned the high-end knowledge of materials science.

The four giant hands suddenly disintegrated, the parts were like butterflies flying through flowers, leaving Hamon to chop at nothing, a stumble revealed a flaw. At this time, the parts reassembled into giant hands, four palms closed from front, back, left, and right, trapping Hamon in the center, only his head was exposed.

The components of the mechanical fingers tightened and fixed, grabbing Hamon's body, instantly controlling him.

Buzz—

The next moment, shockwaves erupted from the four palms at the same time. The ground shook violently, and the air twisted with a visible amplitude. The shockwaves shot out, sweeping across the limited space of the training room, whistling.

The prisoners who retreated as far as possible were still hit. The wind pressure pressed them tightly against the wall, like hanging paintings. Everyone's faces trembled incessantly, like layers upon layers of ripples. Their expressions were more distorted than diving.

A series of damage numbers jumped out from above Hamon's head. The shock damage penetrated directly into his body, and Hamon's tense body was immediately softened, entering a brief [Weakened] state.

Taking this opportunity, Han Xiao rose into the air and kicked Hamon's head. Countless mechanical components instantly unfolded on his leg, attaching themselves section by section. In the blink of an eye, a black mechanical foot the size of several meters was attached to his calf, kicking Hamon's face hard, making a muffled bang.

This kick hit solidly. The huge force caused the floor under Hamon's feet to dent, bend, and twist.

Before Hamon could break free from the control, the mechanical foot made a clattering mechanical activity sound. The alloy shell on the sole of the foot unfolded, revealing a large-caliber gun barrel, point-blank against Hamon's face. Light particles gathered, and dazzling light lit up in the gun barrel.

Boom!

The light cannon gave Hamon a passionate face explosion!

The two of them bounced away violently. The burly body emitting black smoke rolled out, while Han Xiao landed lightly. The mechanical giant hands and feet disintegrated at the same time, turning into mechanical components one by one, quickly folding up, turning back into compressed balls, and automatically retracting.

This set of combos was a commonly used combat technique.

Whoosh—

Suddenly, Hamon threw the battle axe during the rolling process. The axe rotated and shot out, bringing a sharp whistling sound.

Han Xiao didn't move. The light ring array appeared behind him, and the floating turrets sprayed light, instantly weaving a golden shield in front of him. The axe embedded into the shield with a clang, leaving a large area of mirror-like cracks. The axe blade was ten centimeters away from touching Han Xiao's forehead.

Pushing away the axe, Han Xiao looked over. Hamon stood up. After suffering a series of heavy blows, except for a large area of scorched black on his body, he was still full of energy and vigor, and took out a war hammer.

"Hey, that's really exciting!" Hamon wiped the corner of his mouth, his tone was rough, panting with heat, full of fighting spirit.

"Really resistant to beating." Han Xiao was helpless. Hamon was single-minded, liked to solve everything with his fists. Unlike Melos who would admit defeat, he could only knock him unconscious to end the battle.

Although they were both melee combatants, Melos was both an output and a meat shield, while Hamon was a pure mt, very tanky.

He could see Hamon's attribute panel, which had two very strong specialties: [Tenacity of the God of War], the effect was that every time his health was reduced to below 20%, there was a certain chance to recover to half health; [Body of Desperation], for every 1% of health lost, gain a Buff of Strength, Agility, and Endurance +2, in a battle, the amplification effect was not capped.

Theoretically speaking, if Hamon was lucky, his strength could be improved indefinitely—and he had the protagonist halo, he was a favorite who could casually look under the lucky goddess' skirt, the two specialties were like a locked health cheat + unlimited bloodthirsty rage... so this "theory" was easy to become a reality.

This was a talent in combat!

And Hamon's only shortcoming was that his attack methods were single, without ranged attacks. He was not a martial artist, unable to use detached energy. He was a pure warrior.