The two fought fiercely, leaving the mercenaries in the monitoring room dumbfounded.
Black Star was actually able to fight a Calamity Grade superhuman to a standstill?!
Their first thought was that their opponent might not be as strong as they seemed. Although they had never personally witnessed the power of Calamity Grade before, they had heard too many rumors about how terrifying Calamity Grade was, how it could kill Grade B superhuman with ease, and so on.
But seeing Han Xiao and Ashes's back-and-forth battle, perhaps the Calamity Grade combat power isn't as exaggerated as rumored?
The mercenaries gained a little confidence.
"I'm going down to help." A bearded mercenary suddenly stood up and drew his gun.
The others looked surprised. Although the enemy wasn't as powerful as they had imagined, wouldn't it be better to stay here quietly? Why go down and take the risk?
The bearded mercenary glanced at the group, secretly disdainful, but he saw this as an opportunity.
Since it's not that dangerous, going down to help is a good opportunity to impress Black Star and leave a lasting impression. He's a lone mercenary, and there might even be a chance to be recruited into Black Star Mercenary Group.
This person hurriedly left the monitoring room, and the others dared not follow his example, so they could only watch the monitoring screen.
The bearded mercenary arrived at the battlefield. The scale of the battle made him nervous and somewhat regretful. He took a deep breath and secretly told himself that fortune favors the bold.
Then, he burst through the door with a bang, raised his pistol, and fired at Ashes's back, deliberately shouting, "Black Star, I'm here to support you! Quickly..."
Smack
In the blink of an eye, before the bearded mercenary could finish speaking, his body collapsed, and dust seeped out from his clothes.
"He... he just died like that?"
The mercenary in the monitoring room stared wide-eyed, fear creeping onto his face.
What a load of rubbish!
That was terrifying!
Calamity Grade this is too terrifying. Let's just stay here and watch the show!
The mercenaries' newly acquired courage vanished instantly, and they cowered in fear.
Only then did the group realize that Black Star, who could fight on par with Calamity Grade enemy, was not as weak as the other mercenaries had privately speculated. They suspected that even if all the Grade B mercenaries who secretly thought highly of themselves and looked down on Black Star Black Star were combined, they still wouldn't be able to defeat him.
Indeed, a great reputation is well-deserved.
On the battlefield, Han Xiao felt utterly bewildered. Why wasn't this bearded mercenary hiding properly? Was Iso possessing him, deliberately coming down to his death?
At this moment, Ashes resorted to his old tricks, trying to paralyze the machines again, as he didn't believe Han Xiao could keep restoring them indefinitely.
He guessed correctly; Han Xiao indeed couldn't use [Scrap Modification] Infinite. Besides the limited number of uses, it also consumed a lot of energy.
But Han Xiao understood something even more clearly: these carbon particles were to Ashes what machinery was to him; without them, their combat effectiveness would be greatly reduced.
Han Xiao had already made preparations for this.
With a snap of his fingers, the trap mechanism, which had been dormant, lit up.
Within the black tide, spherical light shields appeared, capturing clusters of carbon particles, causing the black clouds to thin out considerably.
These machines weren't anything special; they were just ordinary shield generators, not traps in the traditional sense. But in Han Xiao's eyes, all machines could be traps. These shields covered a large number of carbon particles, essentially trapping them inside, turning them into inverted prisons.
Even though Ashes can still manipulate these carbon particles, he has to break the shield, which wastes time and distracts him.
This move immediately weakened the Ashes ' actual combat power!
The base is made of an alloy that does not contain carbon, and Han Xiao's machinery does not use carbon steel. Apart from the mercenaries who just came down to their deaths, Ashes has nowhere to replenish carbon particles. His ability range is not small, but even if he can extract carbon from outside the base, it will take time unless he extracts carbon from his own body.
The remaining carbon particles suddenly began to swirl around the Ashes, transforming into a cutting tornado that tried to drill through the ceiling. The Ashes had realized that this terrain was disadvantageous to him, and he needed to change the battlefield; outside, he could unleash several times his current fighting power.
He and the Tu Shu Ashes failed to notice that his attitude towards Han Xiao had changed. From initially looking down on him, he had now even begun to seriously consider the impact of the terrain on the battle. He felt pressure from Han Xiao, from a Grade B superhuman, and regarded him as an opponent who could threaten him!
At that moment, instead of retreating, Han Xiao charged forward towards the dangerous cutting tornado, shouting loudly.
"Fry!"
Boom!!
The mercenaries in the monitoring room hurriedly detonated the bomb, causing the stronghold to collapse and countless steel fragments to fall.
Han Xiao greatly respected the Calamity Grade powerhouse, so he planted an exceptionally large amount of explosives. The explosion was an art form; the entire building where the stronghold was located began to collapse, the floorboards collapsed, and the two of them lost their footing and entered a state of weightlessness and falling.
Rumble rumble--
All around were falling debris with a clattering sound, and acrid dust obscured the view, making it seem as if the earth was shaking violently.
Ashes hurriedly formed a diamond foothold beneath his feet to balance himself, trying to fly out of the collapsed building while using the remaining carbon particles to smash the falling debris.
Call!
The dust in the distance emitted a whistling sound as it slashed. After fighting for so long, Ashes recognized it as the sound of High-Frequency Slash Cannon. Knowing that Han Xiao was chasing after him like a mad dog again, Ashes had no choice but to react, even though he didn't want to fight in the complex falling environment.
Suddenly, a dark shadow appeared abruptly in front of me, obscuring my view.
Ashes was shocked. He could see nothing at all. No matter what he did, he couldn't escape the shadow's shadow. Moreover, he couldn't touch it. He didn't know what it was. At the same time, the sound of wind breaking was getting closer and closer, mixed with the rumbling of the collapse, making it difficult to distinguish its location.
The Ashes could only redeploy a comprehensive diamond sphere defense.
Clang!
A hard object was inserted into the ball shield. Ashes immediately made a micro-management move, and the ball shield opened up at the moment of contact, clamping the hard object. The feel was clearly that of a slashing cannon.
Although invisible, Ashes immediately disintegrated the other unknown diamond shields, transforming them into piercing spears that shot towards the hard object, intending to hit Han Xiao, who was wielding a weapon.
However, it hit nothing.
"Not good!"
Ashes reacted immediately, but it was too late. A mecha hand grabbed the back of his head from behind and, without a word, unleashed a full-power Void Jet.
At the same time, Han Xiao also used the leader's character card [Armor-Piercing Combo], which would give his attacks a certain armor-breaking effect for the next five seconds and reduce the target's defense by 24%.
Thump!
Ashes as if struck by lightning; his brain buzzed, stars flashed before his eyes, and his superpowers momentarily froze.
In that instant, the foothold beneath his feet collapsed, and the two of them plummeted downwards along with the collapsing building!
Splash...
Smoke and dust filled the air, and the sounds of collapse and howling echoed in my ears.
Previously, taking advantage of the noisy and chaotic environment, Han Xiao quickly launched a feint, using [Void Projection] to block Ashes's vision, throwing out melee weapons, while activating [Void Travel] to silently appear behind Ashes, creating a situation of attacking from behind.
This was a rare opportunity, and Han Xiao was determined not to let go. He didn't conserve any energy and unleashed a barrage of Void Jet. This was an attack skill inherent to the Void Dragon Mechanical Suit, with no cooldown, but its energy consumption would increase by 30% if used again within ten seconds.
"Energy remaining 42%... Buzz... Energy remaining 26%... Buzz... Energy is about to run out..."
The mech's energy was draining away like water, and Phillip's notification echoed inside the mech's helmet.
Ashes hurriedly gathered his strength within his body. Regardless of profession, strength has a universal function: to temporarily increase resistance.
Having suffered a series of Heavy Strike, Ashes had to focus on protecting himself, resulting in a 70-80% decrease in his control over his powers.
Han Xiao had already seen some of Ashes's attributes through the panel. It was also a guy with a BOSS template, with high resistance and health. Moreover, it was Grade A, with an extremely high stamina conversion rate and health that was no less than his own. Therefore, he dared not hold back at this moment. Various burst skills such as [Gene Liberation] and [Overload] were used in turn, along with the mental attack from Hila's character card. Mental damage could weaken the target's concentration to a certain extent.
This series of explosions happened extremely quickly; the collapse was only a little over halfway complete, and the two were still falling weightlessly.
Ashes was forced to the ground, and the humiliation and excruciating pain drove him into a rage.
Although he couldn't see behind him, he could sense that Han Xiao's energy fluctuations were weakening, indicating that his strength and mecha energy were running low. This meant that Han Xiao's burst of power was almost over.
Although he suffered some losses, at least he achieved his goal. Once he gets to the outside world and lands, this will be his home turf!
The final Void Jet drained the mech's energy. Ashes, sensing this, endured his headache and hoarsely said, "You're out of energy... Just wait until I drag you out of this shell and grind you into mincemeat!"
Upon hearing this, Han Xiao gritted his teeth and shouted, "Aroshia!"
Unaffected by gravity, Aroshia continued to chase after the two falling figures. Her golden body passed through pieces of building debris, and upon hearing this, she transformed into a streak of light, suddenly accelerating and pressing herself against Han Xiao's back, opening her arms as if to embrace him from behind.
Buzz--
The energy body, like melting liquid, surged into the mecha's energy core.
At that moment, the Void Dragon Mechanical Suit's energy level instantly reached its maximum!
"Energy remaining 327%... Circuit overload... Please release excess energy as soon as possible..."
Aroshia's abilities were like a large reserve battery to him.
Han Xiao tightened his grip, clamping Ashes's head like an iron hoop, the wind ripping apart his voice.
"Energy? I've got plenty! Are you prepared for a severe concussion?!"
Boom boom boom--
Sensing the renewed surge of energy behind him, Ashes's eyes widened in shock and anger. He finally realized that things were going badly and the situation was out of control.
This feeling... made him involuntarily recall his past experiences fighting Han Xiao, and he gritted his teeth.
Every single time!
That bastard has all sorts of tricks up his sleeve!
The series of explosions overwhelmed his thoughts. The two of them fell from the sky to the ground. The huge impact left them dizzy and in excruciating pain, as if their bones were about to break. They couldn't get up for a while.
At this moment, the shadow on the ground rapidly expanded.
The next second, the collapsing building crashed down.
Boom!!
Smoke and dust billowed!
A massive earthquake struck!