The mixed battle was about to break out.

Albert and his five companions were surrounded, but they didn't resign themselves to fate, desperately trying to break free.

Their individual strength was excellent, but the dozens of Disaster Grades evened out the difference, putting the six in constant peril.

Only Super-As could handle this kind of situation. Although they were stronger, they were still A-Grade powerhouses, not yet at the level of qualitative change.

Rumble—

Dozens of Disaster Grade powerhouses fought in a chaotic团, the scene was exceptionally explosive. The battlefield stretched for hundreds of miles, the earth cracked, the ground shook, scraping away three hundred meters of terrain. All kinds of abilities emerged endlessly, drastically altering the landscape, with molten lava, pulverized stone powder, and crystallized soil scattered everywhere.

According to Han Xiao's intelligence, several mages were constantly watching Ailete. As soon as he showed any signs of casting teleportation spells, they would immediately use spell counterattacks, elemental disturbances, and other techniques to stop him.

Ailete was tightly entangled, filled with shock and anger, with nowhere to escape.

He had used teleportation to escape Han Xiao's "ambush" not long ago, and now he was full of regret. He was clearly being targeted.

Among the six, Albert was the most powerful. As a psychic, his surging mental fluctuations covered the entire field as an AoE, single-handedly holding back many people, trying to create casting opportunities for Ailete, but all failed.

The manpower mobilized by Black Star far exceeded his imagination. Albert was filled with despair. Just the dozens of Disaster Grades were enough to give them a hard time. There were thousands of warships in the sky, and the Super-A Dragon Emperor was watching from the sidelines…

This kind of formation was enough to challenge even the regular legions of a Star Cluster civilization!

He knew that Black Star was a dangerous character, but he didn't expect him to be so terrifying!

On the spaceship, the players brought by Han Xiao were very excited, playing their support roles with gusto.

Dozens of A-Grade figures in a massive brawl, they had never seen such a shocking scene before. The shock could only be compared to the Dragon Emperor smashing the mothership in the previous version's dungeon video, but in terms of excitement, this scene was even better.

The players had an overhead view, the battle on the ground was unobstructed. They couldn't wait to record it, so excited their bladders were tightening. They all felt that this video was likely to become the most shocking video on the forums.

On the way here, these players had learned that Han Xiao directed this scene. Their Faction Leader had made another big move. They had the feeling of watching a version plot cutscene.

Han Xiao watched coldly from the side. With so many helpers, he didn't need to participate in the battle. Repairing damaged machinery would be a hassle.

Even without him, the situation was still one-sided.

He originally wanted to keep the second phase mission reward to cash in after touching Fording, but he felt that attacking the main camp might become the third phase mission, so he cashed in the second phase reward early, wanting to refresh the next phase mission… but the third phase did not appear, still in the unrefreshed state. Attacking the main camp did not become a mission requirement.

Han Xiao was not surprised by this. The mission requirements were not something he could decide. Even if it wasn't a mission, he would still attack the main camp. The third phase not appearing proved that there was a more distant enemy, and he had to figure out the true origin of this force.

Without蹭 Fording's luck, the ability drawn in the second phase was very average. In the end, Han Xiao chose Adriane's ordinary talent \[Steel Bones], the effect being Strength +30, Endurance +20. This was already the most practical of the five abilities he drew, increasing his health by more than three thousand points.

Bang bang bang—

The mixed battle was one-sided from beginning to end. It lasted for a while before it ended. The resistance of Albert and his five companions was futile, they couldn't escape at all. They were beaten up and captured, without any accidents.

After subduing the six, these forces sent people to the prison to search for the missing high-level cadres.

Albert and his five companions were covered in wounds. They were brought before Han Xiao, all of them taking off their masks, revealing angry and unwilling faces, with shock still lingering in their eyes, as if they still couldn't believe they had fallen into Black Star's hands so easily.

Black Star had wiped out their group in the blink of an eye, his thunderous counterattack directly taking down their headquarters. This was difficult for the six to accept, their minds in a mess.

Han Xiao glanced at them and nodded.

He had finally wiped out this group in one fell swoop. No enemies had escaped. His goal had been achieved.

"Who exactly are you people?"

Albert remained silent, staring fixedly at Han Xiao.

"Not answering? Then I'll ask another way." Han Xiao took out the hunting list and said coldly, "Who instructed you to capture powerhouses all over the Shattered Star Ring? Where did this list come from?"

Albert was shocked, his face full of surprise, "How can you have this list in your hand?!"

"You really think I don't know anything? I've known about your existence for a long time. Who exactly is your mastermind?"

Shana's eyes revealed an unbelievable expression. She thought that her failure had caused a premature exposure, but it turned out that Black Star had known about them for a long time. Where did his intelligence come from?

Albert remained silent, seemingly determined not to betray the people behind him.

Han Xiao stood with his arms folded and snorted, "Now that you've fallen into my hands, do you think you can refuse to speak? I have plenty of ways to make you talk."

Behind Han Xiao stood the Disaster Grade powerhouses of various forces, watching with fierce eyes. They would not let the mastermind go, they would never give up. If Albert and the others didn't speak, they would obviously be subjected to very tragic torture. These forces would try every means to dig out information from their mouths.

Albert glanced at these people and slowly opened his mouth, "Anyway, we're all going to die, it makes no difference whether we speak or not, unless you can let us live."

"You don't have the qualifications to negotiate." Han Xiao smiled and said, "I can only guarantee that you will suffer less torture."

"... Okay, I'll tell you." Albert seemed to have made up his mind, and said in a deep voice, "The Klent Empire instructed us to do this."

Han Xiao frowned.

"I want evidence."

"I can prove our relationship with the Klent. Our intelligence comes from an intelligence organization under the War Domain, which keeps records. The hunting list was secretly given to us by the Klent high-level. They wanted to make the Shattered Star Ring more chaotic, so they hired us to eliminate dissidents and capture powerhouses..." Albert said slowly.

No, it's not the Klent.

Han Xiao frowned even tighter. It seemed to make sense, and things could be linked together, but the mission description had already reminded him that the truth was definitely not that simple.

He felt that the Klent was probably not the mastermind behind this mysterious force. The methods and motives were contradictory. Albert might be deliberately trying to frame the Klent.

Albert had fallen, and had to reveal some information, most likely to confuse the public, protect the real mastermind, replace the truth with lies, and let the Klent take the blame.

As for why choose the Klent, maybe the Klent really had some relationship with this mysterious force, or maybe it was because the Klent was currently the best scapegoat in the Shattered Star Ring.

Han Xiao stared into Albert's eyes, but couldn't see anything, only a piece of calmness. He narrowed his eyes, but did not pursue the matter, and suddenly smiled.

"So that's how it is, the Klent is the mastermind. I believe you."

"That's right, if you want any evidence, I can provide it. I hope you keep your promise and don't torture me." Albert insisted that it was the Klent.

The envoys of the various forces beside him, upon hearing this, developed a huge hostility towards the Klent, and were filled with uncontrollable rage.

"Has the Klent gone mad, daring to do such a thing! Does he think we are easy to bully!"

After the Klent joined the Crimson Empire, its actions became increasingly arrogant, and many forces knew that the Klent's ambitions were very large, and believed seven or eight points of the "truth" that Albert said.

The envoy of the Purple Crystal Civilization's eyes lit up, secretly gloating. If they could let the Klent take the blame, regardless of whether this was the truth or not, they were willing to believe it. This would push the forces present to the opposite side of the Klent. The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Albert and others obviously wanted to conceal the real mastermind. Han Xiao did not intend to expose them, tacitly allowing their scapegoating, setting the Klent up.

He could look for the truth privately. Anyway, these people had fallen into his hands, and he could do whatever he wanted with them. Letting the Klent take the blame was the most in line with the current interests. This would indirectly increase allies and share the pressure of the secret war.

So many forces learned this "truth", the news would definitely spread throughout the Shattered Star Ring. At that time, the Klent's reputation would be greatly affected. Rumors would become the truth over time. The Klent wouldn't be able to shake off this pot.

Han Xiao originally only wanted these forces to owe him favors, and establish a cooperative relationship. Letting the Klent take the blame at this time was a completely unexpected surprise. The responsibility couldn't be placed on his head.

At this time, the team that went to search for people brought back all the prisoners held in the prison. With the help of their companions, these unlucky fellows took off the shackles on their bodies, and were finally no longer weaklings.

"Haha, someone really came to save us!"

"So many people actually came."

Kielernid and the others felt as if they had been reborn, with faces full of joy. They looked around, and many people saw their own forces, and returned one after another, chatting with their companions. Soon, they learned that it was Black Star who provided the intelligence and saved them.

The crowd came to Han Xiao one after another to thank him, with faces full of excitement, expressing their gratitude.

"If it wasn't for you, we would have been finished."

"Thank you, we owe you a favor. If there's anything you need help with in the future, feel free to ask."

"Black Star, you're my brother from now on."

Han Xiao responded to them one by one, with a friendly attitude. The panels continued to pop up prompts. The relationship between these forces soared, directly leaping to friendly. For people like Kielernid who were rescued, their favorability increased the most.

He expressed his intention to maintain cooperation, and the crowd naturally would not refuse. Not to mention this favor, the Black Star Army itself was a force worth befriending. The Dragon Emperor Ames was an even more powerful figure. This incident became a bond of cooperation.

Rescuing this group of unlucky fellows, Han Xiao's connections greatly increased, adding many potential helpers.

The envoy of the Purple Crystal Civilization also got what he wanted. Some forces expressed their willingness to join the Zero Organization, to help the Purple Crystal fight against the Klent, united in hatred.

This was Han Xiao's achievement. His favorability in the Purple Crystal increased by 2,000 points at once, getting him one step closer to exchanging for cutting-edge knowledge.

Han Xiao had another purpose. Some of the captured people were lone Disaster Grade powerhouses. Rescuing them and increasing their favorability would give him the opportunity to recruit them.

After asking around, the vast majority of lone A-Grade Supers refused, saying that they had no intention of joining a force. Only one person was willing to join the Black Star Army, making Han Xiao overjoyed.

Being able to recruit one person was already worth it. The army currently only had himself as an A-Grade. Having one more person was equivalent to doubling it, and the level could be raised all at once.

This was also the first A-Grade figure he had recruited.

The guy who accepted the invitation looked very decadent and melancholy. It was Laki.

Laki didn't hesitate when accepting the invitation. After being imprisoned for ten years, he had nowhere he wanted to go. Han Xiao had saved him. He was willing to follow Han Xiao, anyway, in his opinion, going anywhere was just slowly rotting away, he couldn't muster any energy.

Han Xiao extended his hand and shook it warmly, "Welcome to the Black Star Army, the treatment will definitely satisfy you. We're comrades from now on. What's your name?"

Laki shook Han Xiao's hand and sighed, "I'm Laki."

"Don't be so humble, brother…"