A few minutes ago, a battlefield was taking place high above Lighthouse Star.
Seven Beyond Grade A beings were locked in a chaotic battle, fire and water clashing, telekinesis and magic intertwining, machinery and flesh clashing, and beams of Psionic Energy intertwining, leaving countless scorching and twisted energy trails in the air.
With the situation now three against four, the enemy's offensive had to slow down, greatly reducing Han Xiao's pressure. Relying on his powerful recovery speed, he gradually stabilized his position and began to maneuver against the enemy.
Han Xiao's mechanical army, Austin's Palace of Hidden Spells, Taylor's summons, Sisko's telekinesis, Dilun's water control, Beoni's ignition... the battlefield was filled with area-of-effect damage.
Among them, the mechanical legion had the strongest AOE power, with a scale of over ten million. Its Psionic Energy cannons almost covered every inch of the sky. [Perfect Mechanical Sense] greatly increased the legion's combat power. In addition, the true damage brought by [Legendary Combat Technique] caused Sisko four of them to not dare to relax their vigilance and to maintain their defensive capabilities at all times.
Even Beyond Grade A could not emerge unscathed in such an environment, and the mechanical troops and summoned creatures employing human wave tactics suffered massive losses.
Mechanical units can be repaired, and summoned units are constantly being generated, giving both sides an advantage.
In a one-on-one fight, Han Xiao, even without activating [Perfect Mechanical Sense], would likely be able to defeat Taylor, who wasn't carrying a mage tower. But now that [Perfect Mechanical Sense] is activated, he's even more certain to win.
However, Taylor had teammates who restrained Han Xiao's mechanical army, making it easier for him to cast spells and summon a continuous stream of helpers.
The field now contains various forms of summoned creatures, including demon bats, lapis lazuli statues, plasma hydras, phantom hunters, ghost hermits, and more. Their fighting styles All Kinds of Oddities. All of them are monsters that have been contracted and trained by Taylor. A powerful summoner's summoned creatures must be diverse.
Han Xiao dispatched two to three million mechanical warriors, commanded by combat intelligence, specifically to fight against these summoned creatures.
The scene of the mechanical battle against the beast horde resembles a clash between two legions. The mechanical units coordinate perfectly and use precise tactics to continuously shoot down waves of summoned creatures, resulting in a casualty rate far lower than that of the summoned creature army.
Amidst the chaos of the battlefield, a mechanical life form combat team led by Dark Emperor is moving at high speed through crisscrossing artillery fire.
The combat intelligence Sparta did not take over the bodies of the mechanical lifeforms, but only issued them tactical instructions. The mechanical lifeforms were allowed to exercise their subjective initiative in specific actions, so that they could exert 100% of their combat power.
The powerful data processing and battlefield analysis modules operated at high power, displaying gaps in the hail of bullets and planning evasive routes. The Dark Emperor's flight posture was agile and nimble, and the entire combat team followed behind him, avoiding the coming and going energy beams. When they could not avoid them, they used Psionic Energy shields to block them in advance, and the team moved at a rapid speed.
The direction this combat team was heading was precisely the battlefield where a group of elite summoned creatures were located.
The target is a squad of powerful Commander-level Demon Batmen, guarding a hundreds-of-meters-tall lapis lazuli statue that continuously fires laser beams. All of them are buffed by the Summoner's status aura, their attributes have skyrocketed, and they have already taken down many ordinary mechanical soldiers and floating turrets.
"Attention all units, our mission is to eliminate the enemy's elite units."
Within the communication network of mechanical lifeforms, the emotionless mechanical voice of the Dark Emperor resounded.
The demonic bat-men spotted the rapidly approaching squad of mechanical lifeforms and immediately turned to meet them.
"The distance is closing, prepare for battle!"
"Target locked, fire!"
The mechanical lifeforms belonging to the long-range attack squadron reverted to their original forms, including models such as dark energy turrets, Psionic Energy cluster jet cannons, fire fortresses, and high-energy short-range missile launchers, unleashing a series of long-range attacks towards their targets.
Bang bang bang!
The group of commander-level demon bats raised their red magic shields and charged forward despite the attacks. Every now and then, someone's shield was broken, penetrated and shattered by the mechanical squad's ranged attacks, resulting in continuous casualties.
Upon being attacked, the massive lapis lazuli statue turned around, its eyes gathering white energy. The next moment, a thick beam of concentrated magical energy shot out, blasting apart the cannon fodder mechanical soldiers and summoned creatures blocking its path. The remaining magical energy beam shot towards Dark Emperor's mechanical squad.
"Giant King Kong, attack!"
Behind Dark Emperor, a huge shadow descended, and countless mechanical components merged together to form a giant soldier-type mechanical life form hundreds of meters tall, named Giant King Kong.
He erected a massive Psionic Energy barrier to protect all his team members, forcefully blocking the onslaught of magical energy beams.
Bang!
The light expanded, triggering a thunderous explosion; he himself only suffered minor damage to his outer armor.
The Giant King Kong's thrusters were pushed to their maximum power, propelling its massive body forward. It leaped into the air, smashing away any summoned creatures that tried to block its way, and landed on the lapis lazuli statue after traversing a large distance across the battlefield. The two behemoths collided with a deafening roar!
Boom!!
It was like the earth shaking!
The lapis lazuli statue was pinned down and brutally beaten by the Giant King Kong, with lapis lazuli fragments raining down. As the two colossal creatures clashed, the smaller units below also engaged in fierce combat.
These mechanical lifeforms are mostly elite units that have been developing for some time. Among them are individuals with mini-boss templates. As the vanguard, their combat power is outstanding, making them the strongest small elite combat force under Han Xiao's command.
Armed Steel Cavalry, Oathkeeper, Beast Warriors, and other types of mechanical lifeforms launched a charge, engaging the elite demon batmen in close combat. It was a one-sided crushing defeat, with commander-level demon batmen being shredded by various advanced melee mechanical weapons.
The enemy's teleporting phantom hunter joined the battle, only to be captured and controlled by the mechanical lifeform's restraint device, making him an easy kill.
The Dark Emperor constantly split and reassembled, his dazzling attacks easily shredding the Demon Batman Captain into a pile of minced meat. After recombining, he turned around and looked around. His teammates had basically finished their battles, annihilating an elite enemy summon squad.
"Hmph, easy." Silver Flash released the corpse of an elite demon bat-man, letting it fall to the ground, and said, "It's a pity it was a planetary defense war. If it were an attack, I could have unleashed my full firepower, and the battle would have been over long ago."
"Bullshit! Bullshit!" The Red Fire Group rolled in the air.
Silver Flash ignored him, turning to look at the battlefield of the seven Beyond Grade A warriors in the distance, and said in a frustrated tone, "It's a pity we're not strong enough. I really wish we could get closer to that battlefield and help Father."
Upon hearing this, the Giant King Kong discarded the shattered lapis lazuli statue and replied, "Father was protecting us."
"We are clearly weapons created by our father, yet he is protecting us. Is this what those creatures call fatherly love?" Silver Flash wondered.
Just as Dark Emperor was about to speak, a sharp whistling sound came from the sky, resounding through the clouds and attracting the attention of many people.
call out--
Numerous mechanical lifeforms looked up.
In the distance, a giant dragon spun and plummeted from outer space, leaving behind a Rainstorm of dragon blood. Its body was engulfed in flames like a meteorite, crashing into a large group of mechanical soldiers and summoned creatures in the distance. In an instant, it passed through the height of the high-altitude battlefield and crashed to the ground, rapidly shrinking to a tiny red dot the size of a grain of rice in the view of the crowd looking down.
Boom!!
The falling dragon was like a space-based kinetic weapon striking the earth, unleashing a massive shockwave that kicked up a mushroom cloud of dust, causing large areas of buildings to collapse!
"Was that Milizaus who just fell? He was seriously injured?!"
Han Xiao, Beoni, and Austin were all startled when they saw this scene.
This shouldn't be happening. Milizaus is strong enough to hold off Sagman and Ninja, so how could he be so quickly and severely injured, suffering such a swift defeat?!
The three were filled with doubt and surprise, but they tacitly swooped down towards Milizaus's position, dragging the battlefield to the ground. Sisko four companions followed closely behind. The distance from the sky to the ground was nothing more than a blink of an eye for them.
The next moment, Han Xiao and Beoni landed beside the giant pit. Austin manipulated the Palace of Hidden Spells to float in mid-air. After seeing Milizaus's current state, the three of them changed their expressions drastically.
Milizaus's enormous dragon body was in a terrible state, with a gaping hole in its chest, revealing shattered bones and internal organs. Dragon blood gushed out, and broken dragon scales clung to the edges of the wound.
The horrific wound appeared to be caused by an attack. Beoni was shocked; it was hard to imagine what kind of terrifying attack could have inflicted such a wound on Milizaus's resilient body.
The injuries didn't stop there; new cracks kept appearing on Milizaus's body, as if some energy was causing continuous damage within him, constantly destroying his cells.
Seeing this, Han Xiao's mecha fingertip once again ejected a syringe, inserting it into the flesh to inject Milizaus with an Aurora Life Potion. However, this only slowed down the deterioration of the injury and showed no signs of recovery.
Because the needle had struck a wound, triggering combat information, Han Xiao glanced at the panel and his heart skipped a beat.
The panel showed Milizaus's current status: his health was only around 63% and was still decreasing. Several negative statuses appeared on the status bar, two of which were the most alarming:
[[Cell Activity Suppression - High]: Reduces the effectiveness of any treatment by 70%, duration unknown -- from Ninja]
[Dual Erosion]: Receives 12,582 physical damage and 15,733 mental damage per second, duration unknown -- from Ninja]
"Ugh..." Milizaus groaned, raising his dragon head to look at Han Xiao and the other two, weakly saying, "Be careful, they brought the Scepter of All Gods..."
Before he could finish speaking, Sagman and Ninja landed, and the six enemy Beyond Grade A soldiers joined him!
Han Xiao and the other two looked up and immediately saw the weapon that had injured Milizaus — the Scepter of All Gods, which was hovering beside Sagman.
It was actually this famous Universal Treasure... Han Xiao's expression darkened.
The Arcane Church has really gone all out!
"They even brought out West Capital?" Austin's expression changed drastically, and he immediately considered backing down.
He felt he had done his duty by fulfilling his promise to help, and he didn't want to die for it. Relying on the defensive capabilities and mobility of the Palace of Hidden Spells, he had the confidence to intervene in this battle where the enemy's strength was vastly unequal to his own. However, the attack nature of the Scepter of All Gods was strange; it could ignore most physical or energy shields, and could basically only be dodged but not blocked. This meant that the Palace of Hidden Spells could not help him block the attack of the Scepter of All Gods.
Austin had thought it through clearly. The Arcane Church's target was Black Star and the Empire, not him. If he was determined to retreat, the enemy wouldn't waste their Beyond Grade A combat power to pursue him, and he could definitely escape.
He had no desire to experience what it was like to use a weapon that posed a lethal threat to Beyond Grade A enemies.
"That old geezer is trying to run away..."
Although he didn't know how to read minds, Han Xiao could tell what Austin was up to just by looking at his hesitant expression, and he felt helpless.
The appearance of the Scepter of All Gods was unexpected. If he had known that the enemy had this trump card, he would never have let Milizaus be separated from him.
Han Xiao looked grave and gave Milizaus a few more acupuncture needles before his injuries stopped worsening and he gradually recovered.
[Cell Activity Suppression - High] Although it weakens the effect of Aurora Life Agent, Han Xiao has a large stockpile of the agent, so injecting it several more times will have the same effect, only requiring a longer recovery time.
However, the enemy has six Beyond Grade A enemies, so they obviously won't have much time.
Sa--
The six men surrounded and looked down at Han Xiao, Milizaus, and Beoni in mid-air, creating an astonishing sense of oppression comparable to the falling sky. As for Austin, who was in the air to the side, he was isolated from them.
"Stop interfering. This is the final warning." Sisko looked at Austin.
"..."
Austin glanced at Han Xiao, pursed his lips, and dared not make any further moves.
The Scepter of All Gods floated in front of Sagman, tilted downwards, and pointed its tip at the immobile Milizaus.
Despair flashed in Milizaus's dragon eyes. He knew his own situation. Although Han Xiao had used some kind of miraculous potion to start healing his injuries, if he were hit again, he would most likely be on the verge of death and at the mercy of others.
Just as Sagman was about to activate the Scepter of All Gods, Han Xiao suddenly took a deep breath and shouted:
"Didn't you want to Evolution Cube?!"
Sagman paused, narrowed his eyes, and did not immediately activate the Scepter of All Gods.
"You want to hand it over in exchange for a chance to live?"
"That's right." Han Xiao exhaled, took out the Evolution Cube, and secretly released the sealing effect of the Space-Time Amber as he did so, then held it up.
All six people's eyes were focused on the small silver cube in Han Xiao's hand.
Sisko's expression shifted, and in that instant, he regained his telekinetic connection to the Evolution Cube. His eyes lit up, and he said with certainty, "This is genuine."
Upon hearing this, Sagman nodded, glanced at Han Xiao indifferently, and then changed the subject.
"But do you have any bargaining power now? We can still get the Evolution Cube by killing you. Why should we agree to your demands? Whether we capture you as prisoners or kill you, the decision is in our hands. Do you think you have the right to choose?"
"No, you're wrong." Han Xiao's fingers tightened slightly, and he said in a deep voice, "If I were to destroy the portable outer shell of the Evolution Cube here and release its massive body... heh, could you take this thing away before the Empire's reinforcements arrive?"
Sagman narrowed his eyes, but he wasn't surprised at all.
Before the operation, the Arcane Church had speculated that Black Star might destroy the Evolution Cube portable device when he was at his wit's end, so they had made preparations in advance.
The Sorokin used the data on the Evolutionary Civilization in their cooperation, and in advance, he provided the Arcane Church with a special device to transport the Evolution Cube itself. This device is currently in the fleet. However, the Sorokin has a backup plan: he will only provide the data on how to transform the Evolution Cube into a portable mode once the transaction is completed.
Therefore, if Black Star were willing to hand over the portable Evolution Cube, it would save a lot of trouble.
"Alright, as long as you surrender and hand over the Evolution Cube, we can spare your lives. The higher-ups would be happy to see the Empire pay a price in exchange for you prisoners."
Sagman agreed to the request, and the power of life and death over Han Xiao and the other two was now in his hands. He wore an air of superiority and indifference.
As the representative of the six, he could make impromptu decisions. Capturing them was better than killing them, even though both would anger the Empire, but the former offered more leverage in dealing with the Empire.
Although Milizaus was annoyed by the crisis Han Xiao had brought, he couldn't help but feel sad when he saw Han Xiao hand over the Evolution Cube and beg everyone to live.
At that moment, he suddenly noticed Han Xiao secretly stepping on his foot. A thought struck him, and he knew Han Xiao had a plan. So he used magic to link the three of their consciousnesses and communicate with each other.
Han Xiao showed no sign of distress, seemingly relieved, and said, "As a token of my surrender, I will tell you the password to Evolution Cube."
Without waiting for Sagman's reaction, he began typing the activation code at lightning speed.
The information provided by the Sorokin indicates that activating the Evolution Cube does indeed require a special method. Han Xiao's statement is fine; verifying it on the spot might prevent the Sorokin's information from deceiving them.
"Hmm? Once you're a prisoner, we'll have plenty of time to demonstrate..." Sagman initially didn't realize the problem, merely frowning and casually remarking. But the next moment, he suddenly understood, his expression changing, and he shouted sharply:
"No! Stop right there!"
Han Xiao ignored him and completed the activation process.
call--
The next moment, without saying a word, he activated the Evolution Energy within, which surged overwhelmingly towards the six people in mid-air.
The six people's expressions changed, and they hurriedly released their respective shields. If they were hit by the Evolution Energy, they would turn into a black cocoon and enter the evolutionary process. Although they could forcibly interrupt the evolutionary process to resume their actions, they would also be subject to a certain period of control.
Sagman's killing intent toward Han Xiao instantly surged to its peak.
--We gave you a chance to live, but you didn't cherish it. Instead, you stubbornly resisted and plotted against us. You're just asking for death!
"Court death!"
Without a word, Sagman immediately used the Scepter of All Gods and shot it at Milizaus —first cut off his Wings, then there would be plenty of time to slowly torture Black Star!
Buzzing--
The Scepter of All Gods, suspended in the air, trembled once more and suddenly launched an attack. The phantom of the gods converged into a pillar of energy, which poured out with a roar!
Milizaus, recalling Han Xiao's words, had no choice but to believe him. He secretly hardened his resolve, ignoring the attack of the Scepter of All Gods, and instead unleashed offensive magic, attacking Sagman and the other six simultaneously.
Beoni also took the same action, launching an attack to tie down six people.
The surrounding mechanized units were also ordered to open fire simultaneously!
Meanwhile, Han Xiao spread his arms and released mechanical spheres that floated in the path of the Scepter of All Gods's energy pillar, forming two layers of sky-covering barriers. Because they were all spheres, the second layer blocked the gaps in the first, filling in the gaps.
Immediately afterwards, these mechanical spheres rapidly underwent Nano Transformation, retracting their outer shells to reveal translucent amber spheres inside.
Having spent more than half a month on Lighthouse Star, Han Xiao has already created a large number of amber spheres using the Space-Time Amber!
The six members of the Arcane Church retreated to avoid the Evolution Energy, deflecting the attacks from Han Xiao and his companions while keeping an eye on the outcome of this attack.
Seeing this, Sagman revealed a mocking smile.
"A shield? A shield is useless against the Scepter of All Gods... What?!"
Before he could finish speaking, the next scene left all six of them, including Sagman, wide-eyed and utterly astonished!
Contrary to their expectations, the energy beams shot from the Scepter of All Gods did not pass through the translucent spherical "shields." Instead, they slid across the barrier and shot in all directions, like water hitting a lotus leaf, without penetrating even a fraction of it!
Milizaus and Beoni stared wide-eyed in disbelief. Han Xiao had just said he could block the attack of the Scepter of All Gods, and they could only believe it. But now that it had actually succeeded, the two of them were stunned.
Han Xiao's certainty did not stem from blind faith in the effects of the Space-Time Amber. Rather, it was because in the later versions of the World Tree Civilization War in his previous life, the Arcane Church had used the Scepter of All Gods, only to suffer a crushing defeat at the hands of the Space-Time Amber!
Bang!
In the instant that both sides were stunned, Han Xiao, who already knew that the Space-Time Amber could block the Scepter of All Gods, seized the brief opportunity and made the amber sphere barrier spread out in all directions with a bang, bouncing towards the enemy and turning into a mobile shield.
The six members of the Sagman had already come to their senses and hurriedly used ranged attacks to try to retrieve the Scepter of All Gods.
However, propelled by miniature thrusters, the amber spheres that had scattered in mid-air moved in front of these ranged attacks, deflecting all the enemy's psychic, magical, and light energy impacts and causing them to deviate from their targets!
The six were shocked to find that this semi-transparent spherical "shield" could block all their energy attacks without them suffering any damage.
"What kind of bizarre thing is this? How can it block all attacks?!"
By the time they discovered that physical attacks were ineffective, but kinetic energy could be used to knock the amber spheres away, it was too late!
Han Xiao used a Void Leap to create some distance before being interrupted, directly grabbing the Scepter of All Gods, and then soaring into the sky!
With the Scepter of All Gods stolen, the six members of the Sagman abandoned the others without hesitation and Pursuit Han Xiao, determined to retrieve the Scepter of All Gods.
In a chase, all six used their skills, and Han Xiao was caught by them in less than a minute.
He was completely overwhelmed by the combined fire of six Beyond Grade A beings and was blasted away without any chance to fight back.
His health plummeted instantly. Han Xiao gritted his teeth, threw away the Scepter of All Gods, and tossed it aside.
Upon seeing this, Sagman immediately used his energy tentacles to grab the Scepter of All Gods and snatch it back.
However, before he could even breathe a sigh of relief, he was shocked to discover that the Scepter of All Gods had been sealed inside a semi-transparent spherical substance at some point.
No energy can penetrate it! It's made of the same material as the spherical "shield" that blocked the Scepter of All Gods!
Sagman's expression changed drastically!
"What... what did you do?!"