The main gun is extremely fast, and since I'm already locked on, there's no point in hiding on the ground. From the moment it fires to the moment it hits me, it only takes milliseconds. Even Degulish and his two companions had to take cover before it fired.
Unable to board the Blacklight Stealth, Han Xiao didn't expect to dodge the main cannon's attack with his own speed. Void Travel might be able to dodge one shot, but once the DarkStar Mothership activated its main cannon, it would definitely fire more than just one shot if it saw him dodge.
Instead of doing that, it's better to use the limited time to build up as many defensive measures as possible, using [Counter-Shock - Thorns] as a safeguard, and try to withstand one shot first to figure out the main gun's damage. This way, you'll have a better understanding of the situation. With so many measures in place, the chances of surviving are quite high. If you manage to withstand the shot, you can even bluff and scare the enemy.
In the blink of an eye, a terrifying energy reaction suddenly descended; almost as soon as the attack was noticed, it had already struck.
He remained inside the fortress, unable to see the outside world where the main cannon was approaching. He only felt the layers of shields shattering and countless mechanical soldiers breaking apart from the feedback of the Mechanical Force. The defensive fortress above his head rapidly deformed, and then, a blinding light suddenly filled his vision, and terrifying heat enveloped his entire body.
Boom boom boom--
The immense force felt like a mountain pressing down, and Han Xiao was instantly slammed to the ground, enveloped in the energy column of the main cannon. His vision was completely obscured by white light, and the continuous flow of energy, like a raging waterfall, pressed heavily on his body, causing him to sink into the earth.
His health plummeted. Even with the ability to reduce damage by an additional 30%, the first wave still took away a third of his health. The subsequent high temperature and energy impact caused continuous damage, causing his health to drop rapidly. Han Xiao was unable to move and felt as if his flesh and blood were melting and evaporating. Various negative status effects appeared one after another.
For an ordinary person, one shot would have reduced them to ashes, leaving not even ashes.
He gritted his teeth and used [Intermediate Cell Proliferation Control] to recover health at the highest rate, restoring 28% per second, just barely keeping up with the rate of health loss. He was only slightly slower than the others, and his health bar kept jumping around, making him nervous and ready to use the Aurora character card at any moment.
He recovers over 10,000 health points per second, which is equivalent to consuming 2,000-3,000 stamina points per second. Fortunately, while the main cannon deals damage, it also continuously replenishes his stamina, maintaining his ability to regenerate health.
Damage indicators kept popping up on the panel. The mothership's main cannons were originally dealing a significant amount of true damage, but it was negated by the [Tough Body] perk, which was crucial. It greatly slowed down the rate of damage taken, Han Xiao only suffered regular damage.
A few seconds ago.
Another assault ship was shot down. Nagokin, enveloped in aura, briefly hovered in the air, gazing at Han Xiao's battlefield from afar, his eyes filled with undisguised astonishment.
Black Star actually withstood the combined attack of three Calamity Grade combatants! How did he do that?!
Nagokin was astonished; he knew he couldn't do it.
At this moment, he noticed a strange change on Han Xiao's side. He saw Black Star rapidly stacking up defenses, while the three Calamity Grade of DarkStar ran far away, as if they were avoiding something dangerous.
"Why have they stopped fighting? What is Black Star guarding against?"
Nagokin looked puzzled, but before he could think about it, the sudden change told him the answer.
brush--
A thick beam of light descended from the sky, reaching the heavens and the earth, and struck Han Xiao's location with a bang. To say it "struck" was not accurate, as the thick beam of light directly covered an area of several hundred meters where Han Xiao was!
The beam of light traveled from piercing the clouds to striking the ground in less than the blink of an eye, incredibly fast. Even with Nagokin's reaction speed, he didn't have time to react further and could only subconsciously squint to resist the intense light.
Bang!!
This single shot created a crater in the blink of an eye!
The beam of light, like a divine spear, pierced straight into the earth, giving the illusion that it would pierce through the planet, creating an extremely powerful impact!
The blinding light made it almost impossible for Nagokin to open his eyes, and his expression changed drastically.
Is this the main cannon of the DarkStar mothership?
Have the people of DarkStar gone mad? They're using their main cannon against just one person!
What did Black Star do to offend them?!
Rumble--
The next moment, a violent explosion shot into the sky, a sudden gust of wind arose, and countless pieces of dirt and debris were thrown in all directions by the shockwave.
The DarkStar mothership's main cannon uses a separate energy reactor, making it many times more powerful than the assault ship's shipborne light cannon. Primarily focused on penetration, it concentrates its power on a single point, making the mothership's main cannon a "single-target" damage dealer in interstellar warfare. Of course, if you use the main cannon to attack an individual, the effect is no different from an area-of-effect (AOE) attack.
The main cannon continued to fire, its energy inexhaustible. The terrifying heat distorted the air, and shockwaves erupted in bursts, sending up waves of earth. The area covered by the beam of light had already become a ring-shaped mountain landscape, and its area was still expanding rapidly.
Inside the protective shield, countless players' faces were illuminated by white light, their expressions blank, their vision limited to only the beam of light.
This... this is... justice from heaven?!
call out--
The main gun came to an abrupt halt, and the last glimmer of light fell on the center of the crater, flashing briefly.
BOOM!!
Suddenly, the accumulated energy exploded, with a greater impact than before. Flames and smoke spread rapidly, like an ever-expanding dome, and howling hot winds swept out!
The earth shook violently!
Those hiding inside the protective shield also felt the intense tremors and were thrown about.
After a long while, the energy burst out, and the smoke and dust obscured the view. All that could be seen was a huge crater on the outer edge of the Sanctuary, as if it had been hit by a meteorite.
"What's this?"
Countless players were captivated.
Bennett was shocked and speechless, and the book was a huge disappointment.
Hila lunged at the protective shield, her pupils contracting sharply.
Nagokin stood atop the base's protective shield, his face filled with anxiety, gazing at Han Xiao's original location, which was in the center of the crater, shrouded in smoke and dust.
Degulish, Ashes, Terry stood up, all covered in dust and dirt. They had run a little further away before firing, only to be knocked away by the shockwave and landed in different places. After getting up, they all looked towards the center of the crater, eager to confirm the results of the battle.
Meanwhile, the DarkStar assault ships and Goddora spaceships all ceased fire and hovered in the sky, observing the situation.
As the smoke and dust gradually dissipated, it was revealed that the center of the crater had sunk by an unknown number of meters, with an extremely steep slope. The further down one went, the more the soil turned a fiery red, and in many places it had been scorched into crystals by the high temperature. Some rocks had melted into magma at temperatures of over a thousand degrees, emitting an incandescent light as it flowed down the slope.
Countless mechanical fragments were scattered around, some of which had already melted into molten iron and were also red-hot from the high temperature.
In the center of the pit, a figure slowly crawled up, his whole body charred and emitting blue smoke, even blacker than a black person. He shook himself a few times, and the charred remains fell off, revealing normal-colored skin. He raised his hand and unleashed a bolt of Mechanical Force lightning, which drew several pieces of mechanical fragments to change shape and cover his lower body, like pants.
Han Xiao, his muscular upper body bare, rested one hand on the back of his neck, twisted his neck with the book, and grinned.
"Phew... that's more like it! I feel so much better now."
All eyes were on Han Xiao; he was the center of attention.
He's not... not dead?!
The vibrant Black Star stands in stark contrast to the surrounding crater-like crater.
This scene had an unparalleled impact on Degulish, Ashes, Terry, Nagokin, Hila, and many other players, who stared wide-eyed in horror.