Qi Pei jia

Chapter 559 One Knows They're a Veteran Just by Their Posturing

“What a coincidence. Let me introduce you, this red-haired emotionless beauty is Hela, and next to her is her sister, Aurora." Han Xiao nodded to the two sisters, then introduced them to Ames.

Hela walked up to the two of them and stared straight at Ames, ignoring Han Xiao.

The atmosphere is a bit subtle.

Han Xiao twitched the corner of his mouth and continued to introduce, "Ahem, this is a top powerhouse in the universe, the Lord of Longtan, the Land Splitter, Absolute Might, Dragon Seat Ames. I'm temporarily working for her."

"A top powerhouse in the universe?" Hela narrowed her eyes, this term stimulating a nerve of hers. "How strong?"

Ames tilted her head, her gaze indifferent, a trace of pressure overflowing from her crystal-like eyes. "What do you think?"

Han Xiao coughed dryly, inserted himself between the two, bent down and touched Aurora's head, forcibly changing the subject, "Where's your little bear?"

Aurora glanced timidly at Ames, then knowingly said, "It's sleeping at home. Han Xiao, this big sister is so pretty, is she a big shot?"

This was a knowing question, deliberately changing the subject. Her ability had long sensed Ames' life intensity. This kind of power was unprecedented. She was like a frightened fawn, afraid to approach Ames.

Aurora understood Hela's competitive personality. Her sister was never afraid of any powerhouse. The word 'awe' did not exist in her dictionary. Seeing her sister's bad attitude, she couldn't help but feel anxious, fearing that this big shot in the universe would be angry. She hurriedly cooperated with Han Xiao to change the subject, interrupting the increasingly tense atmosphere.

Hearing this, Ames shifted her gaze from Hela to Aurora on the side. The girl's cute face wore a timid expression. Ames' eyes softened, and she showed a faint smile to Aurora. "Your body is full of lively, vigorous aura. I like it very much."

The pervading pressure dissipated, and Aurora felt relieved, smiling. "I also like the smell on big sister."

"Big sister..." Ames' eyes curved, her smile mixed with kindness, "It's been many years since someone called me that."

With Aurora interjecting, the atmosphere was no longer tense, and Han Xiao secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He was all too clear about Hela's nature, bad temper, poor character, not caring about anyone except her sister, lacking awe for the strong, yet pursuing power. If left unchecked, Hela was likely to try to see how strong a "top powerhouse in the universe" really was. If he let her clash with Ames, it would be a near-death experience.

Ames was easy to get along with. If it were any other Beyond Grade A powerhouse, daring to offend their majesty, they would be killed on the spot. As the old saying goes, grandmasters cannot be humiliated, showing off attracts lightning strikes, which is roughly the same principle.

Although Han Xiao valued Hela's potential, potential was, after all, not strength. Hela was much stronger now than she had been a few years ago, but in front of Ames, she was still a half-move kill. After all, Hela had never left Aquamarine, and her horizons were limited.

Hela frowned. She wasn't an overconfident frog in a well. From the beginning, she knew she wasn't a match, but was just curious about how strong the big shot in the universe, Han Xiao's boss, really was, and how far she was from that level.

Since this topic was interrupted, Hela dismissed the idea of testing her, looked at Han Xiao, and asked, "You've been away from Aquamarine for several years. Have you been working under her all along?"

Han Xiao touched his chin. "More or less."

"Aren't you a mercenary?"

Hela looked puzzled. She had always been very curious about Han Xiao's experiences in the interstellar world. Although she had heard Ames' introduction just now, she didn't know the meaning of that string of titles and was very curious about how powerful this Ames really was and what her background was.

"Well, it's a long story." Han Xiao laughed, not wanting to casually reveal his embarrassing affairs.

At this moment, Ames placed her hand on Han Xiao's shoulder, gently squeezed it, and said with a light smile, "Black Star is very capable, and I need him very much. He has helped me a lot over the years and is a reliable person."

Ames still remembered that Han Xiao's life was threatened and he had no choice but to join Longtan. Bringing up this topic now, she was afraid that Han Xiao had some knots in his heart, and felt that she had to show her importance. She had a slight cleanliness habit, but Han Xiao was not an outsider in her eyes. As early as when he brought back Iso, she had regarded Han Xiao as one of her own.

"Hmm..." Hela's gaze was like a nail, staring at the hand on Han Xiao's shoulder, her pupils slightly shrinking.

She suddenly remembered the rumors circulating on the streets recently, her gaze moving back and forth between the two, her expression strange.

She hadn't taken it seriously before, but it seemed that there really was such a hint…

Hela focused on Ames' appearance. She wore a high-slit long dress, her temperament noble and graceful, her beauty carrying the charm of time. She wouldn't be too stunning at first glance, but the more you looked at her, the more beautiful she seemed. Whether it was temperament, figure, or appearance, she was excellent.

Loving beauty was a woman's nature. Hela subconsciously compared herself and felt that she was not as pretty as Ames, feeling a little uncomfortable in her heart. However, she looked down at her heavy chest and her confidence instantly returned.

Hela coldly glanced at Han Xiao.

Hmph, as expected, men are all the same. As long as they go out into the outside world, none of them can resist temptation.

Han Xiao looked bewildered.

What the hell, why is this stinky woman staring at me?

At this time, Aurora broke the deadlock and asked curiously, "Big sister, what are you doing on our planet?"

Ames' expression switched back to a kind smile. "Actually, you are also the reason I came to Aquamarine. I am very interested in your abilities."

Hela's face suddenly changed. Memories of Germinal flashed before her eyes. She flashed in front of Aurora, her eyes alert. "What do you mean?"

"One controls death, one controls life, and they are still two sisters. A long time ago, there were extremely similar people in the universe. In the later stages of the Exploration Era War, the appearance of the first Beyond Grade A seemed to break some kind of limit. On the battlefields of various star fields, natural disaster-level powerhouses sublimated and broke through one after another. Maybe they had been at a bottleneck for a long time, and the first Beyond Grade A guided them. Perhaps there were other reasons. In short, Beyond Grade As, who had never appeared before, kept emerging during that period."

"After the war, these original Beyond Grade As were all known to the world and recorded. In history, they were known as the 'Primogenitors'. Among them, there happened to be a pair of sisters whose abilities were extremely similar to yours. Thousands upon thousands of years later, you appeared, so I am very interested in you."

Although Ames was lazy, she still had common knowledge of interstellar history. It just so happened that they were sisters and their abilities were similar. The probability of this coincidence was too shocking, probably one in trillions. Over the years, only this pair had appeared. Paying attention to such low-probability events had always been Ames' interest.

However, there were many examples of the same ability in history, so she didn't suspect that Hela and Aurora had anything to do with the Primogenitors, merely considering it a surprising coincidence.

Hela and Aurora looked astonished. It was the first time they had heard about the history of the universe civilization.

Han Xiao's eyes flickered. As a villager on Earth who had been influenced by various literary works, after hearing Ames' words, he immediately thought of the possibility of reincarnation of great powers and secret inheritance.

However, recalling the plot of his previous life, Aurora had turned into soy sauce early on, and there was no such thing as a lucky halo or the protection of providence. If it was really reincarnation, it would be too miserable.

Han Xiao shook his head helplessly, feeling that he was overthinking it. It was probably just a coincidence separated by many years.

"Then, then what does big sister want to do to us?" Aurora couldn't help but shrink back.

Hearing this, for a moment, Ames' gaze became distant, as if recalling some memory. Then, she regained her senses and swept her gaze over the two sisters.

"I want... to take you as my disciples. Are you willing?"

"Huh?!"

Han Xiao, Hela, and Aurora tilted their heads in unison, question marks seemingly popping up above their heads.

Ames was very interested in the two sisters. The idea of taking disciples was not sudden. When she was very young, Iso adopted her. She had always remembered this kindness in her heart, and for a long time, her biggest goal was to find Iso, which lasted for many years.

Han Xiao found Iso, fulfilling Ames' long-cherished wish and resolving her knot, and another idea arose with it. Ames also wanted to learn from Iso and try to adopt some children, but she had never met a good candidate.

When Black Star was an infiltrator, Black Star mentioned the situation of the two sisters, and Ames paid attention. Hela and Aurora had lost their parents early, and they had great potential, and it was a fun coincidence, which met her adoption conditions. Her age was more than enough to be the two sisters' adoptive mother, even their grandmother.

However, the two sisters were already adults, and they were not without parents. They did not need an extra adoptive mother. After thinking it over, Ames decided to adopt a compromise method, which was to take the two sisters as her disciples, which would be easier to accept.

Hela and Aurora were stunned. They never expected Ames to have such a request. They looked at each other and saw the surprise on each other's faces.

"Well..." Hela was about to answer when she suddenly remembered something and touched Aurora's head. "What's your opinion?"

She now rarely made decisions for Aurora, and respected her sister's opinion most of the time.

Aurora looked tangled. She didn't understand Ames, but she felt very close to her in her heart. She turned to look at Han Xiao, who was looking up at the sky and not caring about anything, and asked, "Uncle Han, what do you think?"

"Call me brother." Han Xiao corrected her patiently, his tone helpless. "If you ask me if I support it, of course I support it. She is one of the top powerhouses in the Shattered Star Ring."

Such a powerful figure as Ames taking the initiative to take disciples was a great opportunity, which was very beneficial to the two sisters.

Most importantly, Ames was his boss. He couldn't cause trouble in front of her, could he? So what's the use of asking me? Could I have any other answer?!

'Stupid girl,' Han Xiao cursed in his heart.

"Then I'll listen to my sister this time." Aurora puffed up her cheeks.

Hela was silent for a while before slowly opening her mouth. "I want to know what kind of strength you possess and whether you are qualified to be our teacher."

Ames smiled slightly, stretched out her finger, and pointed casually at the sky.

Nothing happened.

"What are you doin..."

Hela frowned slightly, not finishing her sentence before a series of sound waves suddenly came from the horizon.

Rumble—

In the sky, hundreds of fire meteors broke through the clouds from different directions, falling at high speed, but the landing points were exactly the same, flying towards the shelter from all directions, like a volley of fire.

The scene was magnificent and spectacular, as if a doomsday disaster had descended. The players, refugees, and others in the shelter all raised their heads, looking dazed, their hearts extremely shocked.

Exclamations resounded through the sky.

What, what's going on?!

Is DarkStar attacking again?!

Where is the Godora escort fleet?!

Hundreds of fire meteors streaked across the sky, rapidly approaching, leaving nowhere to hide. Countless people panicked. When the meteors got closer, sharp-eyed people saw the falling objects through the fiery outer shell of the meteors. In the next moment, these people were terrified.

These fire meteors were all Godora escort ships waiting in the outer space!!

Whoosh—

Just as the fire meteors reached a thousand meters above the shelter, the momentum, which seemed to destroy the heavens and the earth, came to an abrupt halt, the kinetic energy disappeared without a trace, and the escort ships stopped in the air.

Immediately afterwards, other fire meteors also stopped at a thousand meters in the air one after another, the entire Godora fleet suspended above the shelter.

The Godora fleet in outer space was all dragged down!

Ames tilted her head, looked at the dumbfounded Hela and Aurora, and asked with a smile, "Do you think I'm qualified now?"

Using force fields to grab spaceships was a piece of cake for Ames. She had a title called "Land Splitter"!

"Hahaha." Han Xiao took out a cigarette, lit it, and grinned while holding the cigarette in his mouth, his eyes full of appreciation.

This act of showing off was not bad, with some of his style. He didn't expect Ames, with your thick eyebrows and big eyes, to also be a master of showing off.