Chapter 1 Supernova Eruption

Bang! Five-colored rays of light erupted and spread around the point of collision, like a supernova explosion.

The energy tsunami unleashed by the combined efforts of more than two hundred Super-As instantly devoured large swaths of the surrounding fleets. The off-the-charts energy reaction alarmed countless warship radars in the battlefield, instantly making this area the most eye-catching in the entire war zone.

Beams of light originating from the mechanical deity's body continuously bombarded a verdant meteor, but they couldn't penetrate the defense of the protective aura. Instead, they all exploded into glittering dust on the shield.

Wrapped in a green aura, the Town Tree King channeled energy and punched out, the fist shimmering with dazzling light striking the edge of the Star Shattering Blade that was heavily chopping down. The point of impact instantly exploded with a violent shockwave, emitting a grand and majestic buzzing sound, like a bell, resonating deep within the souls of living beings.

"Outlander, it really is you." The Town Tree King, holding up the Star Shattering Blade, released a chilling mental wave.

Han Xiao didn't bother to guess the other party's thoughts. His body surged with mechanical force. He channeled the Getter Wave Fist. The Star Shattering Blade maintained its position, and the You-energy gushed out along the blade on its own. The majestic azure slash wave sent the Town Tree King flying.

But the next moment, the Town Tree King braked, spinning in an arc and launching another charge, continuing to directly confront the mechanical deity's offensive.

Fists and feet brought afterimages, endlessly spewing out a verdant, externalized aura that condensed to near-substance, like luminous spears stabbing into the mechanical deity's You-energy shield. The Town Tree King, blessed by the World Tree, had a protective aura as indestructible as vajra, constantly exploding with countless arcs of electricity and energy sparks in the frontal collisions. His fighting style exuded a domineering style of suppressing with force.

The blade of the Star Shattering Blade rolled with deep blue You-energy like waves. Each strike was faster than the last. In the blink of an eye, it had collided with the Town Tree King thousands of times. The figures of the two constantly separated and merged at high speed. The superposition of various force fields caused subtle distortions and dislocations in the surrounding space.

"If it weren't unsuitable to use a chat-style tactic, I would have given you a few lines…"

Han Xiao pursed his lips, suppressing the urge to send messages and shout out move names.

While fighting, he also kept an eye on everything, observing the situation.

On this kind of battlefield, there was no tacit understanding that armies wouldn't attack high-level combatants. Countless warships around hadn't stopped attacking this area. Large amounts of troops were thrown into this war zone, and the formations were jagged and crisscrossed.

However, both sides' fleets wanted to kill the enemy's high-level combatants while also protecting their own experts. Thus, they formed a mutual restraint, indirectly leaving room for both sides' Super-As to maneuver.

Also because of this reason, many mechanics, including Han Xiao, didn't summon too many mechanical troops. Otherwise, the target would be too big, and they would have to withstand the concentrated fire from the surrounding fleets, resulting in a lot of extra losses, reducing the force for nothing. It wouldn't be cost-effective to not use the best steel on the blade.

Swoosh!

While analyzing the situation, the Town Tree King suddenly shone brightly, using a martial arts technique. The charging speed suddenly skyrocketed, heading straight for the mechanical deity's torso, as if the whole person had suddenly become indestructible. He actually crashed through the You-energy shield with his head, the green meteor bombarding the mechanical deity's abdominal armor, smashing out a huge dent and shaking out large cracks.

Then, the Town Tree King, with his head against the center of the dent, suddenly started spinning, as if he wanted to turn into a drill and bore through the mechanical deity. Clearly, his head wasn't ordinary iron.

But at that moment, large amounts of dark, black nano-particles suddenly seeped out from the dent in the mechanical deity's abdominal armor. They quickly condensed and deformed, turning into countless mechanical tentacles that lashed out at the Town Tree King. Each section of the bearing performed mechanical transmission, and the power reached the tip. The tentacles suddenly tightened, changing from whips into spears in an instant. A neat round of thrusts poked at the Town Tree King's protective aura, instantly knocking him out.

Then, Han Xiao turned the hilt of his blade, freeing a hand, and slapped the other party like swatting a fly. The Town Tree King tumbled and flew out, knocking over three or four Super-As fighting along the way.

"Still want to drill into my body? Dream on." Han Xiao patted the mechanical deity's abdomen, and the dent quickly recovered completely.

Martial artists basically target the main body or the Overlord clone when dealing with mechanics. This was the most efficient conventional operation. The Town Tree King wanted to drill into the mechanical deity's body and attack his main body.

Although he had stirred up trouble in the World Tree territory last time, lasting about ten minutes under the siege of hundreds of Super-As, it still hadn't allowed the World Tree experts to completely accept his toughness. They would still try to raid his main body.

After all, the Three Great Civilizations accepted the name Undying Body after witnessing Han Xiao's achievements over the years, which was deeply rooted in their hearts. But this information wasn't circulated in the World Tree. Han Xiao only showed his toughness once in the other party's territory, and finally retreated with serious injuries, so most World Tree experts still didn't know enough about Han Xiao and wouldn't easily give up the tactic of raiding the main body.

"The strength of a Tree King-level is indeed extraordinary. I can't take him down in a short time."

Han Xiao's mind raced.

Last time's hasty fight didn't allow him to experience all of the Town Tree King's abilities. Now, it could be seen that the other party was indeed not simple. Before Garrot fully formed, the Town Tree King was undoubtedly above all the martial artists he had encountered so far. What Beast Ancestor Gorutan, what Stars Shatterer Sierraon, were all younger brothers in front of him, definitely not opponents. If they fought, it was estimated that they wouldn't live for more than a day in the Town Tree King's hands.

However, even if the Town Tree King was a tough guy, his hard power still rode on the other person's head.

At the same time, the Town Tree King also perfectly met the standard of "an elderly, hostile, peak Super-A from the World Tree camp." At this time, the four specialties of [World Tree Bane], [Civilization Leader Assassin], [Old Man Killer], and [Fearless Heart] all lit up together, all present...

"Steady and steady, let's **** him over." Han Xiao's eyes flashed.

He had advantages in combat power and profession, but the Town Tree King wasn't a pushover either, and could still exchange a few moves with him. He couldn't take the other party down in a short time.

The two tumbled and fought fiercely, turning the world upside down and shooting out light waves. The other Super-As were also in a melee.

The energy erupted by so many Super-As constantly pushed away others, causing each person's battlefield to gradually move away from each other. Although most people didn't intend to duel, both sides wanted to defeat each other one by one, but they could all support each other, so they naturally formed small groups to fight, fiercely killing each other.

...

Bang!

The Mechanical Emperor's trident pierced out, but it was blocked by a broad-bladed giant sword on the side of the blade. The You-energy entwined with mechanical force collided with each other, exploding into spherical, light blue shock energy clusters.

The two mechanical deities fought back and forth evenly matched, like two blurred afterimages constantly colliding, frequently bursting out shockwaves. One was silver, and the other was gold and red, with green energy wrapped around its body. The color scheme was extremely ugly.

"What a sharp guy…"

Maneyson shook open his opponent with a halberd and couldn't help but narrow his eyes.

He had already learned from Black Star that the individual power of the World Tree was very developed, but only after actually fighting did he personally experience the other party's strength.

Although he had suffered a series of blows from Black Star, his strength was no longer at its peak, but he was still firmly in the first echelon, and ordinary peak Super-As were still not his opponents. But now this enemy was fighting him evenly, and even made him feel a lot of pressure. Even though Maneyson realized that his strength slightly exceeded the other party's, it wasn't enough to produce an overwhelming advantage.

Moreover, this person wasn't in the data of the hundred World Tree experts provided by Han Xiao. He was a powerful enemy whose details were unknown.

Just as Maneyson was thinking, the other party suddenly sent out a mental wave, echoing in his heart.

"You're very powerful. What's your name?"

Hearing this, Maneyson was unmoved and didn't respond.

Not getting an answer, the other party didn't stop and continued to send mental messages:

"It doesn't matter if you don't say it. I've got my eye on you. You're qualified to be my trophy. World Tree Third Leaf Executor Lynn Karen, remember this name, your life is destined to be mine."

"Too talkative."

Maneyson's mood was calm and unwavering. These provocative words couldn't affect him.

After being influenced by Black Star, he was no longer afraid of chat-style battles.

However, he did remember the other party's name. According to Black Star, the ten Executors were the top combatants of the World Tree, and the higher the ranking, the more powerful they were. The Third Leaf was in the first echelon of World Tree experts, and was bound to have a seat in the top fifteen.

"Looks like a big fish…"

Maneyson's eyes flashed, and he silently increased his output. The offensive was more and more ruthless with each round, and the killing intent overflowed.

...

On a certain local battlefield, two streams of energy, one black and one white, collided with a bang, splashing countless light dust, like water droplets.

Dark Emperor Klotti was controlling the surging dark energy, fighting against a slender and thin World Tree member.

The other party was also an Esper, controlling a dazzling white energy, like flowing platinum. The texture was as light as gauze, like rolling mist, but the power was extremely corrosive.

"What kind of ability is this? It's on par with mine."

Klotti frowned slightly.

An Esper's strength depended partly on their tier and partly on the effect of their own ability. If the tiers were equal, then the higher the level of the ability, the more stable the advantage. For example, Godora's energy control was one of the highest-level abilities. If he grew to the same energy level, Klotti basically had no chance of winning.

Klotti's dark energy control was already a super-high-risk ability, but the other party's ability could compete equally, which was also not simple.

Although the other party hadn't hit his body, he found that his cells had become weak, and his energy consumption was far higher than usual, as if the opponent was using energy as a medium to apply some kind of attack to his body from afar.

At this time, the person suddenly sent a mental message, saying lightly:

"Your ability is very good. If you're offered to the Mother Tree, the Mother Tree will definitely be very happy."

"The World Tree also likes to collect abilities?" Klotti's thoughts turned, trying to ask for information.

But the other party didn't speak at this time and didn't respond.

Klotti thought that the opponent didn't want to answer, so he dispelled the intention of probing and continued to fight silently.

But after fighting for a while, the other party suddenly spoke again:

"I am World Tree Fourth Leaf Executor, Anruin Salo."

Klotti was stunned, thinking that the other party was going to say something, and immediately perked up to wait.

However, after saying these words, the opponent was silent for a long time and fell silent again.

Klotti frowned, only feeling confused… This sudden self-introduction, but then said nothing, what did that mean?

After a while, Anruin spoke again:

"When you join the embrace of the World Tree, we can become colleagues."

After saying these words, he fell silent again, no longer speaking, as if he was talking to himself, not expecting the other party to answer.

Klotti's eyelids twitched.

—Confirmed, he's a self-centered weirdo.

...

On the other side, Hela, wearing the Crimson Serpent mech, was dealing with a four-person siege. The scarlet death energy spewed out like a flood, making the battle extremely fierce.

Compared to other local battlefields, Hela's side had a significant difference, which was that when she was being besieged, no other Super-As came to support her, as if everyone was letting her face the siege of multiple enemies alone.

Bang!

A martial artist World Tree expert passed through the ocean of death energy, caught Hela and beat her up, and finally, when she was about to break free, swept her heavily in the abdomen with one leg, kicking her out.

While Hela was flying backwards, another World Tree expert blocked her midway, unleashing a series of spells, bombarding Hela's back, and knocking her in another direction, causing secondary damage.

Hela tried her best to stabilize her body and suddenly performed a Death Sneak, instantly flickering to another location, gaining a short respite.

She was covered in blood, looking like a hideous ghost, seriously injured and weak.

Kshuye, who was closest, glanced at this side, quickly retracted his gaze, and didn't intend to come to support, even taking his opponent further and further away.

Seeing this, one of the four besiegers, a Sacred Tree Envoy, said playfully:

"You're about to be beaten to death, but your companions are still turning a blind eye, no one is coming to help you… I didn't expect that when facing our invasion, you still have the mood to fight among yourselves, interesting."

Hela reached out and wiped the blood off her face, as if she had no pain at all, her expression still indifferent.

"No one's coming to help me… that's because I don't need help."

As soon as the words fell, a golden light suddenly burst out from her body, and all the injuries disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Hela straightened her back, the chaotic energy fluctuations returned to their peak, refined death energy continuously overflowed, her expression was stern, and her aura soared.

"This is nothing, just this level of skill, it's still a thousand years too early to kill me!"