Chapter 284 Ambush

At that moment, the World Tree experts in the command room suddenly paused. In their high-dimensional information vision, the intruder's trajectory suddenly split into seven, fleeing in different directions.

"The outsider is using bait to split his forces, confusing our tracking targets. He wants to disperse our forces. It seems he intends to counterattack."

Seeing this, Tyderion narrowed his eyes, his tone heavy.

Roxilian, one of the thirteen ancestral spirits beside him, habitually pinched the cluster of small tentacles resembling a beard on his chin and slowly said, "In that case, we have to split up. We can't afford to miss any trace."

Although high-dimensional information vision can see through "information closure" and trace the footprints, it cannot, like the information-state projector, rewind to the specific content.

The World Tree still has its limits, so they cannot immediately discern which of the seven trajectories belongs to Han Xiao. They need to collect enough information samples to distinguish the differences in the traces. This takes time, following the trajectories, collecting samples, to lock onto the main body of the outsider.

If the outsider's goal was to escape, scattering thousands or tens of thousands of trajectories like flower petals would be a good way to confuse the senses and buy more time. But now that he only split into seven, Tyderion guessed that the outsider was not resigned to simply running away and wanted to fight back.

Even if the other six trajectories were just bait, they had to deal with them to prevent the outsider from leaving troops or other dangerous things within the civilization's territory.

"Then let's mobilize more manpower. Our support speed is very fast anyway."

High-ranking Sacred Tree Envoy Oferman nodded in agreement.

Everyone else agreed. Within the World Tree civilization's territory, they could travel quickly along the roots of the World Tree. As long as someone discovered a target and shared the location via the psychic network, others could quickly descend.

"Leave some people as a mobile support force, and the rest split up."

Tyderion nodded.

They were not only chasing from behind but also sending some troops directly to the front along the trajectories' extensions to encircle and intercept, confirming the changes in the trajectories and constantly narrowing the scope.

The World Tree's forces were mobilized endlessly, gradually forming a large encirclement.

...

A fleet tracked one of the trajectories for quite a distance, the Sacred Tree Envoy on board concentrating on maintaining high-dimensional information vision.

Just then, a message came from the psychic network, sent by the forward intercepting force on this pursuit path.

"We have not found any subsequent information trajectory ahead. We are turning back to meet you and narrow the search area. Be careful."

Hearing this, the Sacred Tree Envoy immediately perked up.

They were separated from the forward intercepting force by a certain distance. Since the trajectory ended ahead, it meant the target was suspected to be within that distance, and it was very likely that they would encounter him.

"Everyone, be careful. The enemy may appear at any time."

The Sacred Tree Envoy instructed the crew, cautiously sensing the surrounding environment, feeling a little annoyed.

Unfortunately, the information-state projector was useless this time. Otherwise, everything the enemy had done would be revealed, and they wouldn't have to be so careful.

After traveling a short distance further, suddenly, the ship's radar sounded an alarm.

"High-energy strike detected en route. Shields have been automatically activated. Please be aware of evasion!"

At the same time, beams of light shot from afar, penetrating the formation of this fleet and quickly destroying several warships.

"Enemy attack!"

The Sacred Tree Envoy shuddered, immediately calling for support on the psychic network, then immediately deployed an energy shield to protect himself.

A small mechanical unit entwined with golden mechanical force suddenly burst in from outside visual range, rapidly approaching and constantly firing.

In the high-dimensional information vision, the source of this trajectory was precisely this unit, but it did not seem to contain the outsider's main body.

"It seems the path I was chasing was a decoy." The Sacred Tree Envoy looked frustrated, seemingly regretting not chasing the outsider's main body.

At this moment, spatial rifts appeared all around, numerous roots probing out, and batches of support troops quickly arrived. In an instant, six or seven Beyond A Grades descended here.

Seeing this mechanical squad engaged with the fleet, everyone knew that this path was not where the outsider's main body was located.

"One false path removed, six left."

"First, eliminate this mechanical squad. Let the Sacred Tree devour them and analyze the information."

Without another word, everyone immediately pounced, intending to make a quick decision.

However, at this moment, one of the battle soldiers in the mechanical squad suddenly self-destructed, and blue psionic light suddenly bloomed, instantly engulfing the surrounding mechanical squad, and the light ball rapidly expanded, like an unstoppable expansion.

"Damn it, it's original psionic energy!"

The expressions of several World Tree experts present changed drastically, hurriedly stopping and retreating quickly.

The fleet that had surrounded them also dispersed, quickly turning around and moving away, but some ships were caught off guard and swallowed by the original psionic energy.

The larger the light ball, the faster the expansion speed, and everything it touched, matter and energy, was assimilated, constantly undergoing psionic expansion reactions.

But at this moment, spatial rifts reappeared around, and World Tree roots probed into the psionic light ball, rapidly absorbing energy like sucking jelly, and the psionic energy团 stopped expanding, slowly shrinking until it disappeared.

And everything that had been swallowed by the psionic energy earlier was completely annihilated, not even leaving any dregs.

The several World Tree experts who had run far away finally stopped, looking disheveled.

This was not stable secondary psionic energy but violent original psionic energy, and the equivalent was not small. Although they were Beyond A Grade experts, they did not want to test the power of original psionic energy with their bodies.

The Sacred Tree Envoy was still feeling lingering fear, and he said angrily, "That outsider must have placed original psionic energy on all the decoys, wanting to blow up the pursuers. Tell everyone else to be careful!"

The message quickly spread from the psychic network to the minds of his companions, and every pursuit team immediately became alert, moving much more cautiously.

...

"One team has already detonated..."

Han Xiao was speeding through the universe when he suddenly sensed the feedback of mechanical force, and his eyes flashed slightly.

He had sent out six mechanical squads not long ago, partly to disperse the pursuers' forces and partly to act as observation points to see the scale of the pursuers.

Mechanical units themselves do not enjoy the protection of the Mark of the Son of Destiny, meaning that all actions will be seen through by the information-state projector, but with the mechanical force connection, the mechanical units can share the camouflage of the Mark of the Son of Destiny and act as decoys.

Han Xiao left some means on these decoys. Original psionic energy was one of them. He didn't mind spreading psionic pollution in the World Tree civilization's territory, planting mushrooms in the enemy's home, which could not only damage the pursuers but also destroy his own troops, so they wouldn't be devoured by the World Tree and create risks.

However, he did not intend to rely on original psionic energy to cause too much damage to the other side. Having experienced the war in his previous life, Han Xiao knew very well that the World Tree's ability to devour energy was just as effective on original psionic energy, and the method of treating psionic pollution was much more convenient than the three great civilizations.

At this moment, Han Xiao's perception suddenly moved, and he turned his head to look, only to see a spatial rift suddenly appearing not far ahead, from which a World Tree fleet sailed out.

"Found him!"

Another Sacred Tree Envoy, commanding this intercepting fleet, was both surprised and delighted and immediately sent the location through the psychic network.

Seeing this, Han Xiao did not hesitate, turned around and charged over, golden mechanical force blooming, and a huge mechanical army emerged from it, launching an unreserved barrage of firepower on the fleet.

With his current energy level, the mechanical army's lethality was already extremely astonishing, and it almost instantly wiped out this small intercepting fleet.

The Sacred Tree Envoy hurriedly dodged and defended, but he could not resist the mechanical army's firepower and was injured in one face-to-face encounter, frightening him.

At this moment, spatial rifts appeared one after another around him, and the first batch of reinforcements from the World Tree civilization quickly arrived. Han Xiao scanned and discovered five Beyond A Grade energy sources.

However, he ignored them, and in the process of charging, his blood energy bloomed. Some of the mechanical battle soldiers quickly gathered and transformed into a small mechanical deity, which almost instantly killed the injured Sacred Tree Envoy.

Streams of disintegrating rays released from the mechanical deity's fingertips instantly tore through the Sacred Tree Envoy's defensive measures. Han Xiao activated the accessory device on his palm, and a spatial shockwave struck out, briefly fixing the target in mid-air, and then he punched the Sacred Tree Envoy, who was showing a horrified expression.

Bang!!

The shockwave burst out, and the lethality accumulated by [Charge - Endless Accumulation] was unreservedly poured into the Sacred Tree Envoy's body. The tyrannical power crushed muscles and bones, and cells died instantly.

Green blood blossoms exploded in mid-air, and the Sacred Tree Envoy's body disappeared, leaving only a pool of blood stuck to the mechanical fist.

One punch, health bar cleared!

"Daring to block me with less than a Super S+ level, did you think I flew this far for nothing? I'll kill one to start things off!"

Han Xiao grinned. Now that he was fighting the enemy, he showed no restraint and immediately killed with his full power.

The battle information showed that this Sacred Tree Envoy's energy level was less than 50,000, weaker than Babani. He had accumulated a lot of steps, and the power of [Charge - Endless Accumulation] was very high, and in cooperation with the concentrated fire of the mechanical unit, he directly killed this Sacred Tree Envoy.

He did not delay, immediately shifted his target, and led the mechanical unit to rush towards the five World Tree experts who had just arrived to support them. The enhanced Star Destroyer Blade unfolded in his hand, and he slashed out with a whoosh, the surging psionic energy turned into a sharp blade of light.

"Quick, dodge!"

Seeing Han Xiao's bravery in instantly killing his companions just now, the expressions of these five World Tree experts changed drastically. They dared not face him head-on and hurriedly abandoned the fleet and scattered to dodge.

Rumble rumble rumble——

The fleet could not dodge in time, and the warships along the way were crushed by the Star Destroyer Blade and instantly exploded into fireworks all over the sky. Fragments of the hull were swept up by the blade and turned into a hot molten flow, which was splashed on the surrounding undamaged ships, burning the shields until they flickered.

Han Xiao raised his hand and released a virtual purification, quickly scanning the five people, but the five people only swayed slightly and returned to normal, without the kind of dazed expression that Babani had.

"Did the World Tree take precautions? They didn't send outsiders to chase me. Their reaction is quite fast."

Han Xiao's eyes narrowed, and he was not surprised. He turned the blade and locked on the weakest of the five, according to the battle information, and charged over, frightening the other party into turning around and fleeing.

The other four hurriedly roamed around and launched ranged attacks, trying to contain Han Xiao, but it was like scratching an itch. The four people's concentrated fire could not even penetrate the mechanical deity's shield. Han Xiao was even too lazy to resist.

At this moment, more and more troops came to support them. One World Tree expert after another saw this scene and immediately joined the battle. The number of people besieging Han Xiao increased rapidly, quickly reaching double digits, and was still rising.

However, to the horror of the many World Tree experts, even though the number of besiegers reached double digits, this outsider was still like he was in no man's land. He actually ignored the damage and only attacked, stubbornly enduring so many people's concentrated fire and actually beat to death one of the ancestral spirits that he had locked on and was chasing after, adding a second casualty!

However, as more people came to support them, everyone finally managed to work together to hold back this outsider, and the battle was difficult to separate, so that the other party could not continue to kill and show off his power.

Before long, Tyderion and others also arrived at the battlefield on the World Tree Express and saw the mechanical deity, protected by a large number of mechanical battle soldiers, like an unmoving mountain, fighting with dozens of World Tree experts, and it was not being crushed, and was not at a disadvantage.

"This outsider's combat power is too exaggerated!" Tyderion's expression changed slightly.

"Could it be that he comes from a civilization where individual power is extremely developed?" Oferman looked horrified.

"It seems that I was too conservative before. He must be at the level of a Tree King!" Roxilian was horrified as he watched the chaotic battlefield.

The three of them had previously judged Han Xiao's combat power from Babani's experience, but at this time they realized that this outsider's level seemed a bit scary, far exceeding their expectations.

"The situation is not right. I have to call the Tree King."

Tyderion decisively called his superior through the psychic network.

At this moment, the mechanical deity in the arena suddenly opened fire at full power, briefly forcing back the surrounding crowd.

The next moment, the mechanical deity disintegrated, revealing Han Xiao's figure. The surrounding mechanical units quickly shrank, being taken away by mechanical force and integrated into his body.

Han Xiao glanced at the situation in the field. More than 30 Super A Grade experts had arrived to support them, and there were several peak Super A Grades. In this situation, there was basically no chance to continue killing people, and the World Tree was still continuously investing reinforcements. If he stayed here, he would definitely be treated as a ball to be kicked in the end. Besides, the World Tree was not short of top individual power, and the five Tree Kings were more powerful than each other.

He turned his head and glanced at Tyderion and others, narrowing his eyes.

"Tyderion, Roxilian, Oferman... hey, they're all acquaintances."

During the war in his previous life, the explored universe and the World Tree civilization's experts suffered casualties, and their reputations were well-known. Han Xiao naturally knew some of the powerful figures of the World Tree.

If he remembered correctly, these three guys all had the lives of Super A Grades in their hands in his previous life. One owner of the Time Amber had his head smashed by Tyderion, causing this cosmic treasure to fall into the hands of the World Tree civilization, and later he was killed by Carote.

Just as Han Xiao was quickly recalling, a change occurred in the arena. Another World Tree root appeared, and a powerful pressure far exceeding that of others suddenly spread.

The next second, a tall figure exuding a dignified aura descended, with long white hair scattered, cold eyes, and surrounded by blue-green light, mixed with dark red arcs.

This person had a light green mark on his forehead, shaped like a burning flame, which was now staring indifferently at Han Xiao.

"Oh, a hunk has arrived."

Han Xiao's eyebrows twitched.

One of the five Tree Kings, the "Town Tree King" Saint Grace Berlando, a martial arts Esper, caused huge casualties to the explored universe in his previous life. The "Dragon King" Milizaus and the "Beast Ancestor" Gorutan both died at his fists. In the end, Carote and his "beloved car" Silver Shadow merged together and barely killed him, almost perishing together.

In the war in his previous life, he had personally witnessed the Town Tree King take action many times, and he had been killed by the aftermath no less than twenty times, leaving a deep impression.

"If I could kill you, the resurrection time must be quite long..."

Han Xiao had this thought, but after glancing at the dozens of World Tree experts around him, he immediately dismissed the idea.

If it was a one-on-one fight, he would not be afraid of the other party, but in the enemy's base camp, he was basically impossible to do this.

At this moment, the many World Tree experts who had just been forced back were about to surround him again.

However, in full view of everyone, Han Xiao's figure suddenly disappeared, leaving everyone dumbfounded.

"How did he disappear? Did the spatial anchor fail?!"

Tyderion was shocked.

In order to prevent the outsider from teleporting away, they had anchored this space when they fought, and in theory, except for the World Tree Express, which was unique to the civilization's territory, there were basically no other teleportation methods that could take effect.

But soon he received a reply from others on the psychic network, saying that the spatial blockade was all normal.

"It's almost impossible to fail, but he escaped?" Roxilian was immediately dissatisfied.

"It seems that he has some kind of special teleportation method that can ignore the spatial blockade... Then there's nothing we can do." Oferman frowned.

Everyone was immediately discouraged. They had finally surrounded their prey, and even the Tree King had personally descended, but at the critical moment, they had failed. The cooked duck had flown away.

Tyderion was helpless and had to step forward and salute the Town Tree King, "Your Excellency the Tree King, we have failed to do our job and let this outsider escape."

The Town Tree King glanced at him and said indifferently, "He escaped quickly, and he saved his life, otherwise I would have sent him to the Mother Tree to devour him, and I would have been able to master the location of this outsider's civilization."

"Sorry, I ruined your plan. It's my... Hmm?!"

Tyderion was about to continue his self-criticism when he suddenly stopped, and his face instantly became wonderful.

At the same time, everyone present learned the same message through the psychic network.

The pursuit team that had gone to track another "decoy" had suddenly encountered the outsider's main body and had been completely annihilated. The Sacred Tree Envoy leading the team had only had time to send out a distress signal, and then his voice had disappeared. He had apparently sacrificed himself.

Tyderion's expression instantly turned gloomy, and he was furious.

"This outsider didn't leave! He ate another unit!"

...

At the same time, at the location of a "decoy" mechanical unit.

Han Xiao grabbed a Sacred Tree Envoy who was on his last breath and casually twisted his head off.

Then, he took back a set of thrones carried by this mechanical unit and hooked the corner of his mouth.

The means he had left in these "decoy" units were not limited to original psionic energy. He had even equipped each team with a throne, not counting the losses, and had invested enough money.

This time when he came to the World Tree civilization's territory, he did not bring many other equipment, only the Emperor brought a lot.

Over the years, he had used his money-burning power and had already stockpiled a large number of Emperors, so he was not worried about using them at all.

Discarding the corpse in his hand, Han Xiao licked his lips.

"Sure enough, you have to fight a guerrilla war in other people's homes."