Chapter 1 A Great Victory

While Han Xiao pondered, the individual powerhouses on both sides had already withdrawn from the battlefield, but the fleets were still exchanging fire. Dense particle beams crisscrossed, shattering the shields and tearing apart the armor of countless warships. Various large-scale war weapons took turns, the border defense circle using extremely strong firepower to resist the World Tree vanguard outside the territory.

After repelling the World Tree powerhouses, many Super-As temporarily retreated to the Siberius Fortress to recuperate, returning to the lounge in high spirits and greeting Han Xiao, who was watching the battle here.

"Well done, everyone has worked hard, this is a great victory!"

Han Xiao nodded, his tone approving.

"Haha, I used to think the World Tree powerhouses were quite difficult, but now they seem just so-so." Sun Hunter jumped onto the table, letting out a heroic laugh.

"Of course, you haven't wasted your time in these ten years. I've seen your progress." Han Xiao smiled.

Everyone couldn't help but smile, obviously in a good mood.

Clashing with the enemy again, everyone found it much easier. The enemy's progress was limited, but their own progress was huge, undoubtedly the result of His Excellency Black Star's ten years of special training.

Many Super-As deeply understood the growth brought about by the special training, and their gratitude to Han Xiao grew deeper. At this time, the eyes of everyone looking at Han Xiao revealed a burst of admiration and respect.

More than ten years ago, the World Tree powerhouses gave them a lot of psychological pressure, and they felt very difficult to deal with in several encounters, but now with Black Star as their backing, everyone no longer has psychological shadows.

After more than ten years of fermentation, Han Xiao has gained more respect. Because there is an essential difference between Beyond Grade A and Super-A, he has subtly improved the attitude of many Super-As towards him. Now the Super-A group's perception of him is a bit like the awe and support of the Calamity Grades for the Super-As. The concept of superior and subordinate has become more deeply rooted in people's hearts, and most Super-As have accepted the changes in their relationship.

"Being able to achieve this great victory is thanks to Aurora." Beoni said, his tone full of admiration.

Hearing this, everyone didn't bother with formalities and immediately started to praise her.

This victory had no casualties, and the World Tree powerhouses were repelled with zero losses, which was naturally Aurora's credit. Her healing power was even stronger and more precise than it was more than ten years ago, and many Super-As were even more eager to cozy up to her.

"It's nothing, I just did my duty."

Aurora habitually showed some humility, saying that she felt uneasy about taking this MVP title, and secretly glanced at Han Xiao, secretly expecting Han Xiao's praise.

Han Xiao didn't see her little expression, smiled, and interjected, "Speaking of merit, this time, Yi Shen killed... cough, forced the Tree King of the Town to his death, which is also a great contribution."

Everyone choked slightly, turned their heads to look at the composed Yi Shen, their expressions varied.

Although he contributed, many people present had grudges against Yi Shen. Now that they were fighting side by side, everyone had complex feelings towards him.

Yi Shen glanced at Han Xiao, "If the Tree King of the Town wasn't afraid of your ambush, he wouldn't have easily self-destructed. The Tree King is indeed well-deserved, and not so easy to deal with."

Hmm... Although you're being modest, when I think of the scene of you playing with the Tree King of the Town, I feel like you're showing off...

Han Xiao secretly complained and waved his hand, "Then you also deserve credit."

Yi Shen smiled faintly and didn't respond.

What's the use of merit? It won't allow him to revive, and he doesn't care about making contributions. It's just a mission from the Netherworld.

At this time, Kesuye touched his chin and pondered, "It's a pity that the Tree King of the Town self-destructed too decisively, which caused the enemy to retreat in time. We didn't cause greater casualties to the enemy. At best, we only killed a dozen enemy Super-As, and only the Tree King of the Town was a significant figure among them."

"This is not a big problem. From another perspective, this may be a good thing." Han Xiao waved his hand and said with a smile, "Think about it, the Tree King of the Town is dead, and someone else will take charge of the overall situation. If we severely damaged their Super-A group in this wave, then even if the Tree King who takes over later wants to go on an expedition, I'm afraid there won't be enough power... Now we have left the World Tree with relatively complete high-level combat power, so the new Tree King will have the bargaining chips to take action again in the short term."

"It can be explained like this?" Kesuye was surprised.

"What's so strange about that? My goal is to seal a Tree King who is worthy. If they shrink back, how can I do it? I wish you hadn't severely damaged the enemy this time. This is called playing the long game. Killing one Tree King of the Town is enough."

Han Xiao nodded.

Hearing this, a Revivor laughed, "Haha, then we're lucky that we held back this time and didn't participate in the war, otherwise we would have ruined your plan."

"Of course, we can't let the enemy test us a little bit and then reveal all our cards. Next time, we'll catch them off guard again."

Han Xiao smiled.

Many Revivors and some new Super-As were a little disappointed that they didn't take action this time, but now they were relieved and focused on the overall situation.

After analyzing the results of the battle together for a while, everyone dispersed in twos and threes and did their own things, occasionally looking up at the war broadcast. At this time, the situation was favorable, and everyone basically didn't need to take action again.

Han Xiao chatted with Ames, and casually browsed the deployment of the Star Cluster Alliance Army. Suddenly, he felt a squeeze beside him. He saw Jodina walking over, sitting next to him, and leaning directly against him.

Han Xiao turned his head to look, and found that Jodina was staring at him intently, her eyes full of heat, as if she couldn't wait to swallow him alive.

"What are you doing again?" Han Xiao raised an eyebrow.

"I want to be by your side." Jodina licked her lips.

"Then sit still and don't lean over."

Han Xiao was helpless.

He knew that Jodina had always been lusting after his body, and he had refused many times, but she was always persistent, sticking to him like a plaster.

In the past, when the gap between the two sides was too large, Jodina would restrain herself a little, but since she advanced to Super-A, she has become more and more unscrupulous, especially during this period when everyone is waiting for orders on the front line, this woman has harassed him a lot.

"No, I just want to lean on you." Jodina didn't hide it at all, unabashedly hugging his arm.

Han Xiao had no choice but to pull out his arm, but Jodina took the opportunity to rest her head on his chest muscles and wrap her arms around his waist.

"Don't you think the occasion is inappropriate? Can you pay attention to your influence?"

Han Xiao's mouth twitched. No matter what, Jodina was willing to stay in the legion, so he couldn't conveniently beat her up here.

"It's okay, you guys continue." Many Super-As glanced here, their faces indifferent, they were already used to it.

"...Are you guys treating me like air?"

Ames looked at the two of them pulling and tugging, and couldn't bear it any longer, opening her mouth in displeasure.

It would have been fine if Jodina had sat on the other side of Han Xiao, but this guy grabbed her seat and squeezed her aside with her butt. Wasn't this a provocation?

She crossed her arms and looked at Han Xiao, snorting softly, "You look very comfortable."

"What are you talking about."

Han Xiao shook his head helplessly, peeled off Jodina, who was on his body, stood up, came to the other side of Ames and sat down, and pulled the bitter-faced Laki to his side, occupying the position next to him.

Seeing this, Jodina snorted, didn't come closer, turned her head and sat aside, staring intently.

Ames raised her hand and hammered Han Xiao's chest, smiling noncommittally, "You are very popular now. How many people want to steal you from me? Are you going to start a new relationship one day?"

Han Xiao touched his chin and pretended to tease, "I think the reason why someone is coveting me is because there are still gaps in our relationship. If we form a family and have offspring, others will sensibly give up."

"...We'll see."

Ames rested her head on Han Xiao's shoulder and replied softly.

The relationship between the two had long been made public, and this was not the first time Black Star had mentioned the matter of offspring, but she simply didn't want to have children, it would be so troublesome... However, over the past ten years, Ames' tone had gradually changed from firm refusal at the beginning to hesitation, and the "threat" from Jodina made her more and more wavering.

Han Xiao didn't force it when he heard the words.

Over the years, he has tried to use life energy and bio-engineering to cultivate a race, but found that the life forms cultivated by this genetic breeding have many defects and cannot inherit the three inheritance talents, failing to achieve the expected results. This plan to quickly expand the race had to be shelved.

Since there was no way to use the mechanic's method to take shortcuts, he had to start with reproduction and inheritance.

"Di Di~"

Just then, the communicator suddenly rang.

Han Xiao took it out and took a look, and it turned out to be a message from the person in charge of the secondary dimension expedition outpost.

The content was very simple, but it made Han Xiao's pupils shrink slightly.

"Respected Your Excellency Black Star, the abnormal creature egg that you told me to pay attention to has changed. Please come quickly."

More than ten years ago, Han Xiao reached a consensus with the King of the Boundless, and he lent out part of the territory, which was transformed by the three major civilizations into an outpost for the secondary dimension expeditionary army, and has been cooperating for a long time.

The so-called abnormal creature egg is the Pivot Snake Egg. Han Xiao specially instructed the person in charge of the expedition outpost to monitor it. There has been no change for more than ten years, and today is the first time there has been a situation.

"I have something to leave for a while. Kesuye will temporarily take my place to issue orders."

Han Xiao got up without hesitation, gave everyone a word, put on the Emperor, and left in a hurry.

...

On the other side, the World Tree's main camp, the Tree King's Palace.

Tree King of Stability sat on the throne, and two rays of light appeared on the other two empty seats, and soon turned into the figures of the Ancestor Tree King and the Secret Tree King.

As soon as he regained his entity, the Secret Tree King impatiently opened his mouth:

"What are you fighting about? Why is the Tree King of the Town dead again!"

"Just a small accident."

Tree King of Stability has always been at odds with him, and replied in a deep voice.

The Secret Tree King snorted coldly: "Accident? Heh, don't make excuses for your incompetence. Look at your record. You participated in two battles, and you lost the Tree King of the Heart and the Tree King of the Town. You are simply disgracing us."

"This time is different. The enemy showed a new trump card. The Tree King of the Town self-destructed so decisively because of the precedent of the Tree King of the Heart." Tree King of Stability retorted.

"As a Tree King, he died so easily. I don't think he deserves to bear the Tree King's crown. It's better to change someone." The Secret Tree King sneered.

"Okay, stop arguing. The Tree King of the Town's choice was not a problem. At least he wasn't sealed by the enemy..."

At this time, the Ancestor Tree King raised his hand to stop the two from arguing.

Although his tone was calm, he was actually just as depressed. The Tree King of the Town died too quickly, almost self-destructing as soon as he left the factory. If it weren't for the trouble of replacing the Tree King, he would really want to cut off the position of the Tree King of the Town.

Hearing this, the Tree King of Stability did not entangle any further, and continued: "The sacrifice of the Tree King of the Town is valuable. He has tested out a new strong enemy for us..."

He shared the battle process with the two of them, and specially emphasized Yi Shen's combat effectiveness.

After reading it, the Ancestor Tree King narrowed his eyes and said:

"The enemy actually has a powerhouse of this level... plus Hyperion, there are already three people who have the combat power of the Tree King level. Among the other superpowers, there are also powerhouses who can compete with the Tree King. Their individual power is too developed. We may not have an advantage."

"The main reason is that the foreign powerhouses cannot take action, otherwise it will be much easier." Tree King of Stability said helplessly.

The existence of Black Star directly abolished a large number of their foreign powerhouses. Not all of the high-level combat power can be put into the battlefield, otherwise how could they be so passive.

The Ancestor Tree King nodded: "Yes, that's true. Our only advantage now is endless resurrection, but the enemy's recovery-type superpower is not simple. Although the trade-off tactic is effective, it is difficult to use... In comparison, their on-the-spot treatment is an immediate combat power, while our means are only after the fact, which is not very helpful for frontal combat, so it is a disadvantage."

"What should we do then?"

"Well, our advantage is that the cost of trial and error is almost zero. Today's test can be done several more times. Don't pay too much attention to casualties. As long as we can get more information about the enemy's powerhouses, it will be worth it."

The Ancestor Tree King pondered.

The Tree King of Stability coughed and said: "But the general test can't make the enemy feel the pressure. I think it's better for us to do it together."

The Ancestor Tree King didn't suspect anything else, thought about it, and said: "You're right. Today, the two Tree Kings suffered losses when they came out. It seems that only the three of us can work together to force out the enemy's details, and it's best to kill that superpower on the spot today."

"I think the Tree God's Advent is more stable..." Tree King of Stability suggested.

The Ancestor Tree King frowned slightly, shook his head and said: "The Tree King's crown of the Tree King of the Heart is gone. Even if we use the Tree God's Advent, it is incomplete, and... I don't like that feeling."

If it wasn't necessary, he wouldn't want to use the Tree God's Advent. It's not a comfortable thing.

Tree King of Stability agreed with this, changed the subject and said:

"By the way, the enemy has established a defense circle on the border, and seems to have destroyed several star clusters, not allowing us to devour them. What are you going to do?"

The Ancestor Tree King didn't take it seriously and said casually:

"It's normal. Since they know our advantages, they will naturally make such a choice... Find a way to steal their network intelligence, confirm the specific territory of the enemy, and it's best to obtain the coordinate points of other star fields, so that our troops can jump over and open up new battle lines, avoiding their border defense circle.

In addition, they seem to be looking for the main body of the Mother Tree. I don't know where this information came from. Anyway, let our troops stationed in the secondary dimension search for their traces. Also, find a way to confirm the entrance of the enemy civilization into the secondary dimension and open up the secondary dimension battle line."

Now is not the time for the interception circle war. Since they are near the enemy's territory, there are more choices for attack. Compared with attacking the defense circle of the Shining World, the Ancestor Tree King prefers to collect information, open up more battle lines, and magnify the advantages of the World Tree.

"Understood."

Tree King of Stability nodded vigorously, secretly delighted in his heart.

He deliberately emphasized the difficulty of the enemy, just to pull the other two Tree Kings into the group, so that he would not have to have a headache alone. Perfect!