Chapter 154 All Members of the New Team

The regular season was full of excitement. The teams and players showed their skills, fighting fiercely and competing intensely.

Han Xiao's fleet stayed on the competition planet. He watched the forum's broadcasts as entertainment. At other times, he sold various potions or built some machinery in his spare time.

Among the nine major divisions, the Shattered Star Ring Division was the most fun. The China teams played very lively. The Black Star Army's diverse machinery provided various mind-blowing tactics, such as the group suicide bombing tactic using nuclear-powered flying backpacks. Anyone who dared to use this tactic had obviously given up on treatment and become a salted fish team that knew it couldn't qualify, so they started messing around.

Compared to the competitions in other divisions, the competition between the China teams was more suspenseful. Thanks to the gene potions sold by Han Xiao, the competition had more uncertainty. No one knew how many times a comeback from behind had been staged.

As the regular season came to an end, the final lists for each division were basically determined. To Han Xiao's surprise, Mad Blade's Jiangcheng team actually climbed to second place in the division's standings, second only to the almost undefeated Emperor · I Want to F*ck the Sky team.

It was Mad Blade's first time leading a team, and achieving such a result was very eye-catching. In fact, in a serious head-on battle, Jiangcheng was not considered too strong. However, they were divinely blessed in the new survival mode format, repeatedly surviving to the end and gaining a lot of points. Therefore, in the second half of the season, they successively exploded the chrysanthemums of other strong teams and stabbed their way to second place.

The eight qualified teams in the Shattered Star Ring division finals, ranked by points, were:

——Dynasty, Jiangcheng, Changkong, Temple, Storm, Yu Xiang Eggplant, Madmen, Nine Gates

In the individual competition, Wang Houjiangxiang, Mad Blade, Haotian, Li Ge and other strong players all made it to the top sixteen, while Feng Yue achieved thirty-eighth place.

Although she was eliminated with regret, her performance was remarkable and attracted a wave of fans. Although she did not achieve the results of the third league in her previous life, she gained fame a session earlier, and many teams wanted to sign her for a trial.

The division's regular season ended, and after a period of rest, the division finals would begin. Since the schedule was tighter than the previous session, there would not be too much rest time.

During this period, the team and individual point champions of the nine major divisions would participate in the international All-Star Game, a competition for exhibition purposes.

On the forum, Chinese players left messages, eagerly waiting to see Dynasty compete against strong teams from other countries again. The previous world champion, the French Tulip Club, was also the champion of their division. As the runner-up of the previous session, Dynasty had the opportunity to compete against the previous champion again. Although it was just an exhibition match, countless Chinese players still hoped that Dynasty could avenge their shame, maintain the ferocity of the regular season, and beat the crap out of them.

Before the international All-Star Game began, Han Xiao received good news.

During the player league, the Star Beast Organization finally collected the rare biological materials that Han Xiao requested and sent them to Han Xiao from afar.

In the flagship's hall, the members of the Star Beast Organization who delivered the goods presented an alloy box, speaking respectfully.

"Your Excellency Black Star, the goods you requested have been delivered. Leader Gao Bili sends his regards to you."

"Okay, thank him for me. We will have many opportunities for cooperation in the future."

Han Xiao nodded and sent the delivery person away, then he carried the box to the training room.

Closing the door of the training room, Han Xiao opened the box. Frost-like cold air flowed out, blocking his vision. After it dissipated slightly, Han Xiao saw ten tubes of liquid, each with a different color. Some were multicolored, some were transparent and colorless, and some were deep blue and sparkling. These were all potions extracted from the essence of rare interstellar creatures, and basically all had connections with Void species.

Injecting biological potions carried the risk of mutation. The intuitive manifestation of this was the reduction of attributes. The lower the compatibility of the organism, the easier it was to cause mutation. In order to prevent risks, Han Xiao's list basically contained rare organisms with Void bloodlines. He himself was a Void species, so the compatibility was high and it was difficult to cause mutation.

Void creatures were not easy to find, and the Star Beast Organization spent a lot of effort to collect them.

Han Xiao took out an injection gun and injected the potions into his body one tube at a time. He would rest for a while in between to see the reaction, and only inject the next tube after confirming that there were no problems.

The first few tubes gave him a few new attributes, but the effect was slowly weakening. By the sixth tube, it no longer added attributes. The last time he upgraded a talent, it also appeared after continuing to inject even after it stopped adding attributes.

After Han Xiao injected the last tube, the panel finally popped up a prompt that made him overjoyed.

[Your talent [Intermediate Tough Life] has been upgraded... The upgrade is complete, the original talent has become [Advanced Tough Life]!]

[Advanced Tough Life: Additionally increases Stamina converted to health points, the ratio is 1:60, resistance +25%, every 40% of health points lost, all attributes temporarily +10%]

"This talent has finally been upgraded."

Han Xiao looked delighted.

Before the upgrade, the ratio of Stamina to health points was 1:30, but now it became 1:60. Not only that, but it also had a new effect: every 40% of health lost would increase attributes by 10%. This new effect gave him a flash of inspiration.

"I have two talents for converting health and energy, which have extremely fast recovery efficiency. If losing 40% of my health triggers the new effect, it means that the longer the battle lasts, the stronger I will become."

Hamon had a similar ability, and he had personally witnessed its power.

"As expected of a template talent, it immediately improves combat power. The only problem is... my health is too thick, and it takes a long time to lose 40% of it."

Han Xiao opened the panel and looked at his health.

[Health Points: 117910]

"Hehe, my health has finally broken the 100,000 mark. Martial artists are nothing. Even if the vanguards of the war domain besiege me, I can exhaust them to death. When the secret war starts, I can have some fun with them."

Han Xiao chuckled.

He had become such a tough mustang. What kind of mechanic was he? He might as well be called a muscle-chanic.

……

The center of the explored universe is the home star field of the three great universe-level civilizations, forming a three-legged balance of power. These are the three most prosperous star fields in the universe, collectively known as the "Central Star Sea", where powerful individuals are as common as clouds, and it is the power center and wealth center of the universe.

The Star Cluster Sea is one of the three major star fields in the Central Star Sea, and the core territory of the Guanghui Federation.

In this star field, there are some well-known forbidden areas.

"Shadow Ancestral Land" is one of them.

This is a artificially modified planet. Next to it is a strange black satellite, without land or sea, as if it is a gaseous planet composed of some kind of black gas.

The reason why Shadow Ancestral Land is a forbidden area in the Star Cluster Sea is because it is the territory of the Beyond Grade A powerhouse [Ten Thousand Shadows].

Just like the Shattered Star Ring, the Star Cluster Sea, as one of the Central Star Sea, also has Beyond Grade A powerhouses entrenched here, and the number is more than four. Among the Beyond Grade As in the Star Cluster Sea, Ten Thousand Shadows is a recognized outlier.

No one knows his name, and no one has seen his true face. Travelers who set foot in Shadow Ancestral Land have disappeared without a trace since then. This has given Ten Thousand Shadows a mysterious and dangerous halo. People can only learn about him from fragmented legends.

And these legends can be traced back to the end of the Exploration Era. There have been records about Ten Thousand Shadows for thousands of years.

There is a city in Shadow Ancestral Land, with buildings standing in rows and a large number of bases distributed throughout. Countless spaceships are docked at the pier, but strangely, there are almost no people here, exuding an atmosphere of death and desolation.

A man was running on the deserted street. The sound of his footsteps and the wind were among the few sounds in this silent city.

In the center of the city was a towering tower-style palace. He ran into the open palace gate, passed through the silent corridor, and followed the spiral staircase to the top of the palace.

This was a room, very spacious. At the end of the room, on the wall, was embedded a circular black mirror with a diameter of five meters. The black and smooth mirror surface reflected the man's face, ordinary-looking, with pure white eyes, like two pieces of white crystal.

The man stared at the mirror and muttered in a low voice.

"Your Excellency Ten Thousand Shadows, I don't mean to disturb your slumber. Some things have happened. Albert failed. The Shattered Star Ring team was wiped out. Their prey was rescued. We need your guidance."

After saying that, the man waited patiently for a response. After a while, the mirror suddenly rippled, and an indescribable and strange sound rang out, ethereal and hoarse, like the whispers of some high-level existence.

"Where are the others?"

"The teams capturing prey in other star fields have not encountered any trouble. Everything is normal."

"The new shadows... will convey my will."

The next moment, the black satellite in outer space suddenly shot out a slender black ray, heading straight for Shadow Ancestral Land, accurately hitting the top of the palace, as if turning into a bridge linking the two planets.

Whirr——

The black mirror in the room made a sound like rippling water. The next moment, ten black figures walked out of the black mirror one after another, as if walking from the world in the mirror into reality. These figures were pitch black, emitting tiny black particles that volatilized and disappeared in the air. No one knew what the substance was. The shapes of the figures were still gradually changing, with new limbs constantly growing out and then disappearing.

In a few breaths, the ten figures finally took shape, and the black color on their bodies quickly faded, as if shedding a layer of fetal membrane, turning into ten creatures, each of different species. There were humanoid races and non-human races, with different appearances and characteristics, as if they were all living independent life forms.

The leader was a naked and beautiful woman, with her eyes closed, taking a deep breath. This breath of oxygen seemed to awaken the sleeping body functions. She slowly opened her eyes, the dull look in her eyes gradually giving rise to a lively look, stretched her waist, and moaned comfortably.

"How long have I slept? I seem to have forgotten a lot of things..." The woman raised her eyebrows, showing a look of recollection, and muttered to herself: "My name is... Stephanie?"

The man on the side was already used to this scene, and nodded: "Hello, Stephanie. What are Your Excellency Ten Thousand Shadows' orders?"

Ten Thousand Shadows?

Stephanie felt a sense of intimacy with this name, and many memories flooded into her mind. Without thinking, she said: "He told us to continue Albert's mission, to continue capturing the targets on the list, and to bring back those escaped prey."

The man nodded, "Okay, the ten of you are the new team that will be operating in the Shattered Star Ring. Follow me to collect your equipment, rest for a while, and then set off. Remember Albert's lessons, your actions must be more secretive."

"I'll try my best."

Stephanie remained noncommittal.