Qi Pei jia
Chapter 1367 Martial Artists Never Disappoint
"What do you want to do?" K’Su-yeh asked, astonished.
"Just sparring, what's with that expression? Don't make such a fuss."
Seeing everyone's expressions, Han Xiao felt rather helpless.
The contemporary Super-As knew his abilities inside and out. Even if he asked someone to spar, not many would bother with him. Each one was extremely shrewd, hiding their wool tightly and not letting him shear it.
Moreover, his current status was special, and his every move was being watched, which easily made people overthink things, making it inconvenient to find his own people to fight.
However, the newly awakened Resurrected didn't have a deep impression of him yet and might agree. There might be an opportunity to trigger a Super-A challenge mission, which was worth a try.
The expressions of many Resurrected shifted, and they immediately thought of other things.
Black Star, as the president of a Super-A Association, was actually taking the initiative to invite them to battle. Was he perhaps trying to establish his prestige among them? Could it be that he was afraid they would be unwilling to be placed under house arrest and have ulterior motives, so he wanted to knock them down a peg to make them more obedient?
The group thought more and more, and the originally lively communication channel fell silent for a moment, instantly turning cold.
Seeing that no one was speaking, Han Xiao coughed and asked, "Why are you all so restrained? Does no one want to play with me?"
Restrained my ass, you definitely have ulterior motives...
Many Super-As secretly rolled their eyes.
They had already witnessed the tip of Black Star's iceberg-like strength when he killed Igonaz. Although they had just resurrected, they still had their pride. Why would they want to be beaten up for no reason and seek suffering when they had nothing else to do?
If they could defeat Black Star, it would increase their prestige, but they had not yet recovered to their peak state, and they knew their limits. Not many were confident that they could defeat the most outstanding representative of the contemporary Super-As in this state.
Although Ni Fugeidi had arranged a sparring session for later, he hadn't even gathered a mechanical army yet at this time, and he had no intention of taking the lead.
After waiting for more than ten seconds, no one still expressed their intentions, all ignoring Han Xiao and not responding.
Seeing that no one was speaking, Aurora spoke, breaking the silence in the channel, and said in a low voice, "Um... don't worry about getting hurt, I will heal you."
Hela snorted and took a few steps forward, "If you're itching for a fight, I'll spar with you, why look for others?"
Hearing this, Han Xiao turned his head and glanced at the two sisters.
Finally, someone saved the day, you two are the only ones who care about me...
K’Su-yeh laughed twice and also spoke to smooth things over, "Alright, alright, Black Star doesn't have any malicious intentions, no need to be so wary, if everyone is unwilling, then forget it."
"Tsk, it's as if I'm taking advantage of others, forget it, let's talk when you've recovered to your peak state."
Seeing that no one was responding to his invitation, Han Xiao had no choice but to find an excuse to step down, secretly sighing in his heart that it was getting harder and harder to shear wool these days.
He was just about to drop the topic and let everyone disperse, but at this moment, a deep voice rang out in the channel.
"No need to wait for later, I'll be your opponent!"
Han Xiao's eyes suddenly lit up, and he quickly turned his head to look, immediately seeing a burly creature clenching his fists and eager to try.
Martial Artist!
He's here, he's here, he's walking over with an iron head!
The surrounding Resurrected all turned their heads in unison, staring at this guy in astonishment.
"Kuer, you don't really think you're his opponent, do you?" someone couldn't help but ask.
"Hmph, I still have that much self-awareness, but, facing difficulties head-on is my martial path! If there's no danger to my life, I wouldn't dare to face the challenge, it would only damage my martial beliefs. Meeting a master is just right for me to temper myself!"
Kuer glared coldly, with a firm and unyielding tough guy demeanor, his fighting spirit rising.
Han Xiao was moved to tears.
As expected of a Martial Artist, he never lets him down!
Seeing this scene, many Resurrected were speechless... Knowing that Black Star might want to establish his prestige, but still rushing up happily, only a fool from the Martial Arts school could do such a thing.
Everyone silently distanced themselves from Kuer, for fear of being infected with his iron-headed disease.
"Since you responded, then let's exchange a few blows."
Han Xiao couldn't wait to fly out of the cabin, for fear that this kid would go back on his word.
This Kuer was just an ordinary neutral Super-A, although not a master, he was still a Super-A. Even if the wool was small, it could still be sheared. Anyway, he wasn't picky, and ordinary Super-As didn't mean they didn't have good abilities. After all, he had extracted many template specialties from ordinary Supers.
"Wait a minute, what's the prize for our sparring session?" Kuer asked again.
"What do you want?"
"If I can win even half a move against you, release me from house arrest and give me freedom," Kuer said in a muffled voice.
Even Han Xiao, who knew the habits of Martial Artists well, was a little surprised, and everyone else was stunned on the spot.
No way, you don't really think you can gain an advantage against a peak Super-A, do you?!
If you want to face the challenge head-on, we can still accept your statement about using a strong enemy to temper yourself, even if we criticize you, but you can't possibly really think you have a chance to win, that would be overestimating yourself!
As if seeing the confusion on Han Xiao and his companions' faces, Kuer said in a deep voice:
"Although the chance is small, setting a goal can stimulate my potential and unleash even stronger power! The gap between my strength and yours is too great, I need to use all external factors to strengthen my combat power!"
"You're really... pure."
Han Xiao didn't know what to say, and after a long time, he squeezed out a sentence.
The crowd returned to the spaceship to watch the battle, leaving the battlefield to the two of them.
In the arena, Kuer's aura surged, and he took a fighting stance, confronting Han Xiao from afar, his aura locking onto Han Xiao, ready for battle.
The Martial Arts aura was quite good, but the difference in strength was too great. Han Xiao had tried very hard to feel it, but he really couldn't feel any sense of danger. In his eyes, it was like a kitten baring its fangs at him, not fierce at all, but rather a little cute.
Han Xiao glanced at the panel. The relevant Super-A challenge mission had successfully popped up. With so many Super-As watching, the influence naturally reached the standard for triggering the mission.
The mission format was still to persist for enough time. The reward for extracting abilities from the highest level required him to persist for a total of twenty minutes. This requirement was of course no difficulty for him. On the contrary, he strongly suspected that Kuer could persist for that long in his hands...
"So the difficulty this time lies in how I can throw the fight for twenty minutes... Ke Kezi is good at this, I have to refer to him."
Han Xiao's face twitched slightly.
Is this me doing a challenge mission, or is Kuer doing a challenge mission?
"I'm coming!"
Kuer's aura reached its peak, and he suddenly roared, his aura swelling, and his palms pushed out continuously. The endless detached force undulations were like a yellow chain of light, slinging over.
Han Xiao didn't move his body, and a ring of floating cannons suddenly unfolded behind him, like a halo behind his head, shooting out dense beams of light that blasted all the incoming detached force undulations in mid-air.
Seeing this, Kuer's body swayed, and suddenly split into dozens of afterimages with auras, rushing towards Han Xiao from all directions, while he himself did not approach, but clasped his palms together, accumulating power.
Han Xiao clenched his fists and hammered them to both sides. The tyrannical force field stimulated by the mechanical suit swept past, instantly shattering all the rapidly approaching afterimages.
At this time, Kuer had completed his rapid accumulation of power, and a dazzling Martial Arts aura lit up between his hands. He suddenly pushed forward, directly firing a wave.
The bright yellow Martial Arts light wave was entwined with a sharp aura, like a rapidly extending light blade, quickly shooting towards Han Xiao, accompanied by the surging energy and Kuer's loud shout that resounded through the communication channel.
"Ha! Galaxy Severing Fist - Third Style!"
Listening to the name that was bursting with embarrassment, Han Xiao only felt that the incoming Martial Arts light wave had become even more powerful.
It's confirmed! Shouting the name of the move when firing a wave does indeed have a bonus, the more chuuni, the more points!
Han Xiao's mouth twitched, and he forcibly suppressed the desire to complain that was burning in his heart, and slightly raised his hand to summon a psionic shield to block in front of him.
The next moment, the bright yellow Martial Arts light wave bombarded the water-like shimmering blue psionic shield, suddenly exploding with a dazzling halo, and the shockwave spread out with a bang!
When the aftershocks dissipated, Han Xiao was still standing still. The psionic shield flickered a few times, and then stabilized again.
Kuer's face changed, and he said with extreme seriousness and gravity:
"To actually bring out such a tight defense, as expected, this move can't break your defense, not simple!"
Han Xiao: "..."
I just touched a basic shield, when did it become a tight defense, don't add drama to me on your own!
Seeing that Kuer was about to continue firing waves, Han Xiao's face twitched, and he simply raised his hand to open the secondary dimension armory, not wanting to summon a large army to bully him, but just pulled out an Apostle Weapon with weapons all over its body.
"Zhen Tianqi, you go deal with him."
Zhen Tianqi nodded, picked up his accompanying battle shield and heavy axe, and started up with a burst, dragging the tail flame of the thruster straight to Kuer. The man and machine immediately entangled together, fighting at close range.
Han Xiao didn't intervene, but just watched Zhen Tianqi fight Kuer alone, silently counting the time.
With his mechanical force bonus, the current Apostle Weapon can already exchange blows with high-level Super-As, and fighting ordinary Super-As alone is even less of a problem.
The two sides fought inextricably, and Han Xiao finally waited until the twenty minutes were over. Seeing that the highest level of mission rewards showed that it could be settled, he couldn't wait to deal with his opponent, and slapped Kuer to the ground in two or three strokes. With such a large gap in strength, this battle had no suspense.
"Alright, it's enough to have your fill, you should practice more... Is there anyone else who wants to spar with me?"
Han Xiao didn't use heavy hands, using control methods to suppress Kuer so that he couldn't move, and turned his head to look at the spaceship watching the battle.
The channel was silent, and many Resurrected curled their lips and didn't respond.
They thought that Black Star would defeat Kuer with lightning speed, but they fought for twenty minutes. However, everyone could tell at a glance that Black Star deliberately gave Kuer the opportunity to perform. For him, it wasn't even a warm-up.
Many Resurrected thought about it and felt that they understood. Black Star probably felt that the gap between Kuer and him was too large, and defeating him all at once would not have any prestige effect, and it would also seem like he was overdoing it and bullying the weak. So he simply changed his method of establishing prestige, letting others see that even one of his Apostle Weapons could fight an ordinary Super-A inextricably, indirectly revealing his strength.
Some people felt that they had seen through the truth, and although they felt that they had seen through other people's schemes, they had to admit that Black Star's performance did deepen the impression of unfathomable... A single Apostle Weapon can fight against ordinary Super-As, so wouldn't Black Star have dozens of Apostle Weapons, which is equivalent to dozens of Super-A combat power? Truly terrifying!
"...Since no one is interested in fighting again, then let's go back."
Han Xiao waited for a while, and seeing that no one spoke, he knew that he wouldn't be able to wait for the next fool. He released his control over Kuer and returned to the spaceship.
Kuer rubbed his sore shoulders, but he wasn't discouraged. Instead, he felt that after this wave of ravaging, his endurance had improved, and his Martial Arts beliefs had become more solid. His brain circuits were indeed different from ordinary people.
With this interlude, everyone was silent along the way, and took the spaceship back to the main base, and then dispersed, returning to their respective stationed areas.
Han Xiao put on the Emperor, teleported back to the legion base in the Shattered Star Ring, and rubbed some of Fording and Nero's luck, then rubbed his palms and returned to his room, preparing to settle the mission.
Potential cadres like Fording, Nero, and Carote who were not yet Super-As were not sent to the front line for the time being, and were still being cultivated. He naturally still had some selfish motives. If the Super-A seeds were to suffer large-scale casualties on the front line, it would be more than the losses, and the current situation had not yet reached the point of filling it with everyone's lives.
"I hope I can draw something suitable this time. Although Kuer is a bit of a blockhead, he still has some good abilities..."
Han Xiao had looked at Kuer's attributes beforehand, and to him, he was like a prize pool. He rubbed his hands and chose to settle the mission.
The next moment, the panel showed that the mission was completed. Han Xiao skipped the basic rewards and looked directly at the prompt at the bottom:
[You have received a reward: Extract one of Kuer's abilities (skill/talent)]
[Hint: Kuer is a Martial Artist, some extractable abilities have been automatically adjusted according to your class]
[Randomly extracting... extraction complete!]
[Please choose one of the following five abilities as a reward:]
[1. 【Steel Headbutt · Style 1】 - Skill: Headbutt the target with a hard head, this attack power +25%, head defense temporarily +250%, has a chance to cause negative states such as 【Concussion】 and 【Dizziness】 to yourself or the enemy, cooldown 14s]
[2. 【Crow Barrage】 - Skill: For the next 5 seconds, ranged attack rate of fire +120%, attack power -30%, and each ranged attack has a 3~5% chance to gain the 【Tracking】 characteristic, cooldown 35s]
[3. 【Unyielding Challenger】 - Talent: When facing enemies with a higher level than yourself, your all attributes increase by 3%~15%, depending on the level difference between the two sides]
[4. 【Combo Amplification】 - Talent: Damage increases with the number of combos, with a maximum increase of 12%]
[5. 【Azure Dragon Binding】 - Skill: Restricts the enemy's actions at close range, forcibly putting both sides in a state of inability to act at the same time, the target's break-free time depends on the difference in strength and endurance, the control time lasts for at least 2s]