Chapter 1265: Forced Link
In truth, Xiao Ran had been holding back throughout his battle with Alphimi. Although he had treated the fight with utmost seriousness, he had not truly unleashed all his strength to directly destroy Alphimi's Soul Throne. Even if Alphimi had reached A-rank, there was still an enormous gap between one A-rank and another.
Perhaps it was also his faint but persistent collector's urge at work. Xiao Ran hoped that every single member of the Steel Dragon Squad from the original storyline could join them, after which he could continuously strengthen the Steel Dragon Squad and bring out the immense power of this protagonist team.
One or two protagonists' halos might not be enough to bring the Steel Dragon Squad's combat power to some terrifying height, but the effect of groups upon groups of protagonists activating their halos together made Xiao Ran shudder just thinking about it. They would be the kind of force that slaughtered gods when they met gods and killed ghosts when they met ghosts. By then, a single Steel Dragon Squad stationed in this world could deal with any threat completely. Dark Brain, the Native Species, Ruin—none of them would be anything worth worrying about.
Darkness Sky suddenly changed direction and launched an attack at the Soul Throne, but the Soul Throne merely used Space Transfer once more to evade all of Darkness Sky's attacks. Even Xiao Ran felt somewhat envious of that ability to perform Space Transfer so freely. He just did not know what conditions and costs were required to sustain such continuous transfers.
The cost of quantization was not small either, which meant Xiao Ran would not use it at every moment during a battle. He would only employ quantization when necessary to achieve his goals. It seemed the Soul