Chapter 383 Army Style

Forked Mechanical Force lightning clung to several barracks crates as Han Xiao clenched his right fist, dragging the lightning and swinging it downwards.

The barracks crates burst open, countless compression orbs shooting towards Ash like bullets, resembling a storm of arrows.

Crackla—

The dense sound of mechanical components whirring together became a single, overwhelming noise, even overshadowing all other sounds. All the compression orbs expanded in mid-air, transforming into a true, all-encompassing horde of mechanical creations, crashing down ferociously like a metallic rainstorm.

Ash's expression shifted, and he hurriedly manipulated the Black Tide to surge and collide.

Bang bang bang!

The Black Tide was forcibly shattered, and mechanical soldiers of various models and appearances, tall and short, landed one after another, covering the area. Ash stood alone, surrounded, isolated, and helpless.

There were four barracks crates in total. Numbered 001 was the [Mechanical Beast Guard], with thousands of mechanical beasts circling Ash, as if wild animals observing their prey.

Numbered 002 was the [Siege Artillery Regiment], a long-range unit providing fire coverage. Located at the rear of the formation, it consisted entirely of ranged attack machines: rapid-fire turrets, large-caliber turrets, self-propelled turrets, small railguns, and more, all with their muzzles pointed at Ash.

Numbered 003 was the [G-1 Steel Legion], a mixed regiment and the largest, with a full six thousand four hundred mechanical soldiers.

Among them were larger siege units with extremely heavy armor, reflecting a cold metallic sheen. They stood at the very front of the formation, wielding alloy tower shields that shimmered with arcs of energy.

There was also a harassing unit composed of Fourth Generation tracked cavalry, rocket-powered mechanical shock troops equipped with high-speed propulsion devices, as well as aerial units hovering in the sky, capable of laser strikes and deploying traps.

Finally, there was the numbered 101 [Oathkeeper Guard], plus "Gladiator" and "Gunner," a total of eight Oathkeepers protecting him.

Han Xiao had four formally organized mechanical legions. Apart from the Oathkeepers, which were an elite unit, the other three legions used standard model machines, employing a human-wave tactic.

Regular legion numbers started with "0," while elite unit numbers started with "1."

Building a legion-style force was time-consuming, expensive, and energy-intensive. Han Xiao spent a lot of money building four mechanical legions. Even with the help of production lines, it took a significant amount of time to create the machines. The mechanical soldiers he configured were all carefully selected blueprints, both combat-effective and quickly replaceable if lost.

Theoretically, as long as you had money, you could build as many legions as you wanted, as long as the artificial intelligence processing speed for controlling the legions could keep up. If one artificial intelligence wasn't enough, you could just build another. With money, you could do whatever you wanted.

However, Han Xiao had only built four legions, which had taken him nearly three months. He had originally planned to expand the legion on a large scale after reaching grade A, which would be a quantum leap in manufacturing speed, saving a lot of time, and the machines built would be stronger, with more powerful blueprints.

This was the first time Han Xiao had used all of his mechanical legions.

The mechanical legions surrounded Ash, their alloy armor reflecting the sunlight.

Han Xiao fired a Void Injection at Ash.

Where the muzzle pointed, the legion followed!

Rumble—

The next moment, the mechanical legions surged forward, like a metallic tide!

The artillery fire was almost endless. Every second, thousands of energy cannons struck Ash's Black Tide barrier. Diamond continuously shattered and reformed, and Ash immediately felt immense pressure, clenching his teeth.

Even with a Calamity Grade resistance, being hit by so many attacks would definitely result in serious injury!

Ash felt like he was being ganged up on by an entire division, submerged by machines, and at a loss.

He looked shocked. Every time he fought Black Star, the opponent's growth rate made him subconsciously feel fear. The gap seemed to be constantly shrinking, and he was being caught up.

"Could it be that I can't beat him?!"

Ash's eyes were suddenly bloodshot, and he roared angrily.

Smoke-like carbon particles rose from all directions, merging into his Black Tide. The scale of the Black Tide continued to grow, soon condensing into a black particle cloud covering hundreds of meters, changing shape. The outer layer constantly transformed into diamond to resist attacks, while several huge black snakes poked their heads out of the black cloud, traveling among the mechanical legions, constantly devouring and destroying mechanical soldiers, raising billowing clouds of dust.

"As expected, Calamity Grade is not easy to deal with." Han Xiao constantly released Mechanical Force, providing a large-scale buff to the machines.

He wasn't worried about his Stamina consumption at all. As long as he rushed into the Black Tide and took a few hard hits, his Stamina would be almost completely restored—that's how unscrupulous a perpetual motion machine could be.

The legion style was about playing dirty with human-wave tactics, even more perverted than the summoner style. Summoners at least had to consume mana, but the mechanical legions were prepared in advance. Both had their advantages and disadvantages, but purely from a combat perspective, the legion style had the upper hand.

Summoners burned mana, while legion style burned money. It was like the legendary divine skill "Qiankun Yizhi" (gamble everything on one throw), where money was equivalent to the Mechanic's combat power.

The legion style could crush opponents of the same level and wear down opponents of a higher level. Ash, a Calamity Grade, had fallen into a passive position. Back in Noryios, Han Xiao could only avoid head-on battles, but now he could clash head-on with Ash and even suppress him. The change was very obvious.

Even if Ash could withstand the focused fire and slowly erode the mechanical legions, his Stamina was limited. If they could keep consuming him, the outcome was still unknown, meaning Ash's chances of defeat were really not low!

Calamity Grades facing Grade B were basically invincible. There were very few Grade B Supers who could cross the gap between them and defeat a Calamity Grade.

The battle between the two became white-hot. After the mechanical legions joined the battle, the resulting commotion was like an earthquake, making it hard to ignore. Players near the base were shocked to see the battle between Han Xiao and Ash.

Compared to the power Black Star was now displaying, his performance against the mutated Original One was almost a small fight!

Rou Bao's eyes lit up as he fearlessly rushed to the front lines of the news, recording the battle scene.

Hela took Aurora back inside the base's protective shield, turned her head to look at the astonishing scale of the battlefield, and a look of concern flashed in her eyes—Han Xiao was right, she couldn't interfere in this level of battle at all.

In the sky, Nagokin was leading his troops in a battle against the DarkStar warships attacking the shelter, while Melos and others followed Han Xiao's instructions and quickly supported the Six Nations with a portion of the players.

At this moment, a new batch of DarkStar assault ships appeared on the horizon, rapidly approaching, several times the number of the first batch.

The main force of DarkStar had arrived!

Everyone's expression changed.

The situation was getting worse!

……

Two powerful auras descended. Han Xiao's eyes flashed, and he ordered the mechanical legions to stop attacking, pull back, and protect him in the middle.

Ash was panting slightly. Facing the legion style for only a short while, he felt exhausted. He realized that if he continued to fight, he would probably be in dire straits. His ability was suitable for killing carbon-based life forms, but it was not as effective against these alloy machines—if they were just ordinary machines, it would be fine, but these were all machines amplified by Black Star's Mechanical Force, making it very difficult to fight and quickly consuming his Stamina.

However, Ash smiled at this time, containing great confidence—his reinforcements had arrived!

In two other directions, Degulish and Thierry each occupied a position, forming a triangle with Ash and surrounding Han Xiao in turn.

"Good job, Ash. He's been entangled by you." Degulish nodded, his whole body surging with energy. He was a martial artist.

Ash looked at Han Xiao, took a breath, and said jokingly, "My mission is not to kill you, but to keep you here. Once you fight back, you'll fall into my trap. Didn't expect that!"

Ash expected Han Xiao to show panic, or run away, but Han Xiao was neither panicking nor intending to escape. Instead, he adopted a fighting stance.

Han Xiao also intended to entangle the enemy, and at the same time, he didn't want the enemy to discover that he had long known about the ambush, so he played along. Anyway, the helmet covered his face, and others couldn't see his expression.

Looking around at the three, Han Xiao pondered:

"This ambush is aimed at me. Three Calamity Grades, their killing intent is really firm. Fortunately, I released Risda, otherwise I would have a headache like Godora…"

"I have to try my best to entangle these three guys now, so they don't have the energy to deal with others. The martial artist is giving me the most pressure, probably stronger than the other two. I wonder if I can withstand the damage from three people… It should be fine for a short time!"

Various thoughts flashed through his mind. Han Xiao took a deep breath, used [Intermediate Cell Proliferation Control], consumed a portion of his Stamina, and restored his health to full. Then he grinned and said:

"Only three people? That's too few!"

Tough talk!

Not seeing the expected scene, Ash was gnashing his teeth with hatred.

Seeing that Han Xiao wanted to resist, Degulish sneered in his heart.

A Grade B Super facing three Calamity Grades still wants to resist stubbornly?

Black Star's reliance is his mechanical legions? Hah, does he think this can stop three Grade A's? It won't take long to dismantle them all, and it's impossible to stop them. As a martial artist, he can directly break through the mechanical legions and kill Black Star.

Overestimating himself!

Thierry patted his chest, and a set of light single-soldier combat uniforms adhered to his body. Several strips of metal as soft as cloth popped out of his arms. It was unknown what material they were made of. He casually flicked them, and the metal strips suddenly stretched dozens of meters, sweeping out like whips, like a scattering of celestial flowers. They were wrapped in highly concentrated energy, possessing extremely strong cutting power, instantly cutting more than a dozen machines around them into pieces.

He was a Mech-Warrior.

"I don't know how long the space disruptor will be able to block Godora's reinforcements. Don't waste time, get rid of him quickly," Thierry said.

As soon as he finished speaking.

Ash, Degulish, and Thierry crashed into the mechanical legions from three directions, erupting with full power. Mechanical soldiers flew up one after another, shattering into scattered parts. The three of them instantly cleared a path, heading straight for Han Xiao.

Three powerful auras impacted his mind, and Han Xiao's Mechanical Force arcs jumped incessantly.

His eyelids twitched, and his tone was firm.

"Come on, let's have some fun!"

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(Didn't sleep well yesterday, I'm a little listless today, wrote a little less)