Chapter 1298: Dark Elf Leader (Part Two)
Although this dark leader had the style of a bug and was a wanted criminal across civilizations, its lightspeed sword strike was grand and upright. Space vanished, time stagnated, and black gravitational tides surged forth.
Under this sword strike, High Engineer's thoughts froze as well. However, the "Legendary Skill" he had comprehended earlier was activated almost instinctively.
He extended two fingers. Like a crescent halberd tip hooking the horns of a fleeing antelope, it was impossible to trace, yet it seemed to pluck at the strings of different times. In an instant, it hooked the tip of the opponent's sword.
[Your ??? skill has reached 42% progress.]
"What a pity."
High Engineer looked at the other party's somewhat shocked gaze and muttered to himself. The next moment, every part of his body except those two fingers began spurting blood.
His health was instantly emptied.
If this had been his true body, he could not have been injured.
A Legendary Skill—even an incomplete one—was a means of breaking through the skill limit.
"You're not Chuck?" The Dark Elf Leader seemed very familiar with High Engineer's alternate account. Clearly, its intelligence work was highly effective.
"Would you be interested in working with me?"
High Engineer spoke with interest while his "connection" had yet to be severed completely.
"I don't mean working with the Black Gear Alliance, nor with that Zerg Queen. I mean a partnership between you and me."
"The great struggle between civilizations is unavoidable in this star system. Aside from the Zerg, you also need some non-civilization-level allies, don't you?"
"Who are you?" the Dark Elf Leader asked in a deep voice.
"Ask around. Whoever has had a worse reputation than you lately—that's me."
"Distant allies and close enemies. No one is more