The drifting dust resembled a yellow mist, wisps and strands, as if veiling the heavens and earth with a gauze. Only after the dust settled on the ground did visibility become clear.
In the fierce wind, a figure struggled to his feet and knelt on the ground.
Tick-tock, tick-tock...
Blood trickled from the corner of his mouth. The leader covered his face and slowly stood up.
At that moment, the air seemed to freeze, and the battlefield fell into an eerie silence. Everyone, friend or foe, turned their gaze involuntarily toward the scene.
The leader of the Germinal Organization always wears a black metal mask, his identity is extremely mysterious, and almost no one has ever seen his true face.
To lead such a vast force, one must be a prominent figure with a name and identity. Intelligence agencies from various countries have various speculations about his identity. The Germinal originated during the Old Era War, and the most likely guess is that the leader is a powerful figure from the old era who has changed his appearance.
Han Xiao couldn't help but hold his breath and look over. In his previous life, until the Germinal disappeared into the river of history, the players never discovered the leader's identity, so he didn't know the leader's true origin.
The leader lowered his hand, revealing to everyone a hideous face crisscrossed with scars, like centipedes crawling under his skin. These scars were irregularly shaped, as if they had been torn apart by wild beasts.
This is a completely unfamiliar face.
Although his appearance was horribly unsightly, his features were still barely recognizable. Han Xiao assured him that he had never seen this face in the files and intelligence accumulated on the Dark Net. He looked at the powerful figures from the Six Nations and Bennett and the others, all of whom looked completely bewildered.
Nobody knew the leader.
Bennett frowned. He was a legend from the old era, and he remembered all the powerful figures of that time, even those who died in battle or of old age. But he had no recollection of the leader's face. There were only three possibilities.
First, the leader also wore a mask back then; second, he had plastic surgery to conceal his identity; and third, he was not a powerful figure active in the old era and had always kept a low profile.
With their true colors revealed, the leader remained expressionless, seemingly unconcerned.
"Nobody recognizes him? Is he wearing a mask because he's afraid his appearance will affect morale?" Han Xiao frowned. The leader's appearance was so ugly it could make people cry. If he didn't wear a mask, he would probably have a "friendly morale -20" debuff aura.
The battle was not over yet. Putting his doubts aside, with thirty seconds left before Viper -Changed breathed its last, Han Xiao didn't waste any time. He dragged his warhammer and ran wildly, using the momentum to swing the power warhammer horizontally.
Bang bang bang!!
Fists wreathed in dark purple flames clashed wildly with the warhammer, producing a series of muffled thuds like metal being struck.
The leader had a keen eye and judged that Han Xiao's mecha was on the verge of collapse and could not last long. A mechanic without a mecha and equipment is like a tiger without teeth and claws.
drag.
He switched to a defensive stance, letting Han Xiao wield his warhammer with great force, remaining as steadfast as a rock under the Warning of the storm.
The physique, forged through countless trials, clashed repeatedly with the hard metal warhammer, whipping up waves of dust and sand!
Crackle!
Thirty seconds later, Viper Modified emitted an ominous sound, and pieces of its components fell to the ground one after another like withered petals.
The entire mech collapsed.
Han Xiao revealed his true form.
"Hah!!" the leader roared, instantly switching from defense to a frenzied attack. He unleashed his accumulated power, striking Han Xiao's abdomen with a full-force palm strike. He had already used an armor-piercing skill, and the force could penetrate straight into his internal organs.
Bang! Boom--
The strike produced two sounds. The first sound was a muffled thud as the palm struck Han Xiao's body. Then, the force passed through Han Xiao's body and burst out in a shockwave behind him, sounding like a cannonball exploding. The sound was so loud that it made people's eardrums buzz, and the decibel level was more than ten times louder than the first sound. The aftershock plowed out a large, inverted triangular, spreading crater in the sand behind Han Xiao, from deep to shallow.
Despite the overwhelming momentum, Han Xiao merely swayed slightly and didn't retreat even half a step, managing to hold his ground.
"What?!" The leader was startled and greatly surprised.
How could a mechanic possibly withstand his fist with his bare body?
As the shadow loomed, the warhammer slammed down again. The leader raised his arm to block, but a sharp pain shot through his arm bone, and he sank into the sand, his legs sinking to his knees, as if he had been driven into the ground like a pile.
His pupils reflected a figure radiating intense power, so powerful that it even surpassed his own as a martial artist!
"This... why..." The leader gritted his teeth, then suddenly realized something, his expression changing drastically. "You broke through that barrier?!"
For NPCs without a character panel, advancing every twenty levels is a huge bottleneck. They cannot easily break through the limits through quests and can only rely on hard work and luck.
Within the circle of top-tier superhumans on Planet Aquamarine, no one has yet broken through the limits; higher levels seem as unattainable as an insurmountable chasm.
However, the breakthrough he craved most suddenly appeared in the person he least wanted to see, and at the most inopportune time.
Is this... fate?
These two words kept playing uncontrollably in his mind.
"Eat my Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer Technique!" Han Xiao casually shouted out the name of a move, and his warhammer came crashing down on him.
With the Viper Modified Destruction gone, Han Xiao lost the high attribute boost from his mech and ran out of Sniping rifle ammo. He only had a borrowed power hammer left, and the situation seemed dire. However, this was not the case. His strength, agility, and endurance attributes, which had reached level 70, were comparable to those of a level 60 BOSS martial artist like the Boss. At this moment, the Boss was not at its peak, and its health had been reduced to only 37%.
Once health points are too low, various negative statuses will follow, and combat power will also decline due to injuries. The gap between the two has not narrowed much due to the destruction of Viper Mod. Han Xiao can still fight the BOSS with one hand, save the world with basic attacks, and destroy the current leader.
The leader's fighting spirit was severely dampened, and coupled with his poor condition, he was powerless to turn the tide and was beaten back step by step, coughing up blood.
On the other side, the experts from the Six Nations were all dumbfounded.
In their minds, if anyone could defeat the leader, it would definitely be Bennett. No one expected that the person would be Han Xiao.
Bennett was their undisputed strongest fighter, but he could only hold his own against the leader. Han Xiao, however, defeated the leader, and not only did they not suffer mutual injuries, but he also lost a combat suit and armor, and had almost no injuries.
They witnessed Han Xiao defeat the leader; it wasn't a sneak attack or Assassination, but a fair and square confrontation. This meant that Han Xiao was stronger than Bennett, and by a whole level.
And who is Bennett? He is recognized as one of the most powerful figures in the world.
Han Xiao's performance was so good that the word "one of" and the book could be removed.
He is the strongest fighter here... no, he is even the strongest superhuman in the world!
The stalemate was broken, and Han Xiao dominated the entire arena!
Dannina's temper was as straightforward as her Explosive Flame fire ability. She was so startled she almost accidentally threw a fireball at Bennett, exclaiming in disbelief, "He... he's that strong? Then what's the point of us being there to help him?"
"This feeling... there's no mistake, he's broken through that barrier!" Tang Tang exclaimed, her eyes shining.
Shock and envy were evident on everyone's faces.
Seeing their leader get beaten up, the morale of the Germinal unit plummeted, and their coordination gradually became chaotic.
Bang!
Another hammer blow struck his chest, and the leader coughed up blood from between his teeth, splattering it all over Han Xiao. He suddenly opened his mouth, revealing his bloodied teeth, and let out a furious roar.
The waning, dark purple aura regained its strength and became as fiery as ever.
Han Xiao thought he was about to unleash a powerful attack, so he held his warhammer horizontally, ready to block and parry.
But the next second, the leader suddenly turned around, and the barely gathered aura shot backward, turning into a booster, and he fled like a cannonball, running more than two hundred meters away and entering a position of the troops. Then the aura dissipated completely, and he lost all strength and fell into the desert, blood flowing uncontrollably from his mouth and nose.
Severely injured and unable to withstand Han Xiao's fierce, Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer Technique, the leader, no matter how furious, could only temporarily avoid the attack.
"His escape is tantamount to admitting defeat!"
Han Xiao's spirits lifted, and he hurriedly checked the battle information.
The boss has 14% health remaining and is in a severely injured and weakened state.
A 60% output rate is sufficient.