He dazed the enemy, a commonly used tactic of mental attackers. Their mental resistance was also very high. However, the stun grenade created a sense of dizziness on a physiological level, shocking the inner ear. Therefore, it didn't rely on mental resistance, but instead relied on an endurance assessment, making it the nemesis of those skilled in mental super powers. Using their own methods against them.

Hela was immediately caught, her cold and beautiful face now filled with pain, staggering like waves.

No matter what Hela's background was, during battle, she only had one identity: the enemy! Han Xiao had never known how to write the words "go easy". He slid and fired his dual guns in a furious barrage, emptying the magazines on Hela. Then, with his electromagnetic hover-skates at maximum power, before Hela could retaliate through the pain, he delivered an Irish Back Kick to her abdomen with high-speed inertia, directly kicking her into the air, breaking through the railing, and sending her crashing into the river.

The river surface was stained red with blood, and Hela's body sank. Han Xiao naturally didn't believe Hela would die; there was no notification on the panel. He estimated that Hela would recover from this series of attacks soon enough, so he didn't have to worry for the short term.

"This kind of tricky enemy can't be killed, and can't be entangled head-on."

The thought flashed through his mind. Only then did Han Xiao have time to assess Li Yalin and the others. His former teammates were now looking at him with suspicion and uncertainty.

"Black Phantom?" Zhang Wei asked tentatively, feeling inexplicably familiar.

Looks like they didn't recognize him. That was fine; considering Germinal's hatred for Zero, it was safer to continue hiding. Han Xiao's eyes flashed, but then he heard Li Yalin suddenly cry out.

"Han Xiao?!"

Han Xiao asked, puzzled, "Han Xiao? Who's that? You've mistaken me for someone else."

"It's you! Stop pretending! I'd recognize you even if you were ashes!" Li Yalin gritted her teeth.

Damn, how did she recognize him? How could my superb acting skills fail to fool her!

Han Xiao was very surprised.

This little girl doesn't play by the rules!

The rest of the team was stunned, harboring a three-point suspicion and seven-point belief in Li Yalin's judgment, looking him up and down. Han Xiao was now dressed in black, dual guns in hand, with a heroic air stained with blood. More importantly, his face was exposed!

"So that's what you look like..." Zhang Wei murmured. He finally understood why Han Xiao used to wear a mask.

When he was serving in the Star Dragon scapegoat squad, Han Xiao always wore a mask. The team members didn't know Han Xiao's true face, nor did they know Han Xiao's true identity. They immediately assumed that the appearance of the simulated mask was Han Xiao's true face. They originally thought he should be very handsome…

They never expected that the famous Black Phantom was actually a former teammate. Everyone's mood was complicated, extremely shocked, and full of doubts. They wanted to ask him if he was so strong before? Why didn't he reveal it? And why did he leave Star Dragon to become an assassin? And the higher-ups even acquiesced...

Wait, he became the Black Phantom of the Dark Net, and the higher-ups' attitude was ambiguous. Could it be… that this was actually a secret mission?

"You've mistaken me. No time to waste words, the enemy is coming!" Han Xiao said righteously.

Li Yalin's eyes were spitting fire, "It's useless for you to deny it!"

'That's it! He must be carrying out a secret mission on the orders of the higher-ups, so he can't reveal his identity! Could it be that Star Dragon is going to attack the Dark Net?!'

Everyone was shocked, and a misunderstanding formed unconsciously.

The conversation happened quickly. At this moment, it was the battlefield, and everyone could only suppress the doubts in their hearts and concentrate on dealing with the enemy. The Star Dragon assault troops and Germinal soldiers were fighting fiercely, with superhumans using their abilities everywhere, and screams and artillery fire composing a symphony.

A Germinal executive officer rushed straight towards Han Xiao and the others. Han Xiao pointed with his pistol, the meaning was self-evident: join forces against the enemy. Zhang Wei and the others naturally had no objections, and fought side by side.

The Germinal executive officer who rushed over inflated like a balloon during his run, transforming into a four-meter-tall white behemoth, resembling a wolf, running on the deck, the weight causing the deck to constantly tremble, opening its bloody mouth to bite, its movements full of power and agility.

Transformation-type abilities are a common branch. The transformed forms are varied, crossing racial boundaries, and have varying degrees of strength. It is said that they are related to genetic reversion and genetic mutation. Some transformers will become alien creatures, and some may become beasts. This type of ability appears most often on planets with a magical background, and some transformers can even pass on the ability through reproduction, forming bloodlines, or they can awaken this ability through tempering themselves.

Science and magic are different civilization systems, and there are differences in their understanding of some things. The research methods are also different, and the stages of development have their own characteristics.

The white giant wolf jumped and tore on the deck. Han Xiao and Zhang Wei's four joined forces to entangle with this executive officer. Han Xiao played soy sauce this time, letting Zhang Wei's Warframe Armor act as the MT, and he released cold shots from the side, occasionally tearing off a piece of flesh with an electrically heated cutting glove at close range.

Hou Yue also used dual guns, his movements were smooth and flowing. He was originally proud of this, but after seeing Han Xiao's refined, concise, and never flashy dual gun technique, which never failed to hit its mark, he immediately felt like he was juggling, lacking a fierce murderous aura.

"As expected of the famous Black Phantom in the underground world, he plays the dual guns so smoothly." Hou Yue was secretly impressed. He was originally assigned to Zhang Wei's team by the higher-ups. He had never heard of any particularly good achievements of Zhang Wei's group, but he didn't expect that the monster-like Black Phantom was once a member of this team.

The white giant wolf was battered and bruised by the siege, and found that it was beyond its ability. The other executive officers were too busy to help, so it turned its head to escape. Han Xiao had already prepared, aiming the dual guns at the white giant wolf's eyes and firing, activating the cooled-down [Will Burning].

This time, his luck exploded, and he actually triggered 3.2x damage!

"Bang!"

The giant wolf's eyeballs burst open, and it howled in pain, falling to the deck, the entire barge shook. Zhang Wei immediately followed up, his ammunition was exhausted, and a section of alloy blade grew out of his arm armor with a swoosh. The K600 inner skeleton provided power, and he jumped up and slammed heavily on the white giant wolf's body, the alloy blade frantically stabbing out wounds.

The others were not idle either, and rushed up, killing the giant wolf.

At this time, the fleet was finally about to reach the estuary, and the assault team's speedboat appeared on the river, sending a signal to retreat. Zhang Wei turned to Han Xiao and asked, "Han... Black Phantom, do you want to retreat with us?"

"No need." Han Xiao waved his hand.

"Okay, thank you for your help. I remember, and Star Dragon will remember!"

Zhang Wei's tone was meaningful, and he turned around and led his team members to jump on the responding speedboat. Li Yalin took a deep look at Han Xiao.

Taking advantage of the fact that the people from Bureau 13 were retreating while fighting, Han Xiao activated his electromagnetic hover-skates, accelerated and jumped back to the shore, rushed to the truck that had been automatically following him, jumped into the driver's seat, switched to manual driving, and immediately drove away from the river bank.

Hela, soaked to the bone, climbed onto the ship, her head still dizzy, staring fixedly in the direction the truck was leaving. She had always treated others this way, but this time she was paid back in kind.

"Black Phantom, I've remembered you!" Hela's eyes were cold, and the injuries on her body quickly healed.

The Germinal fleet arrived at the estuary, launched torpedoes, detonated the minefield in advance, and set off monstrous waves, then smoothly entered the sea.

The Haixia naval formation had also recovered at this time, unwillingly pursuing, the submarines of both sides restrained each other, and the Germinal fleet went deep into the sea amidst the continuous artillery fire.

If viewed from a strategic point of view, Germinal broke through the blockade and successfully escaped.

But if viewed from the perspective of battle damage, Germinal lost at least 70% of its forces, while the losses of Star Dragon and Haixia were less than one-tenth of Germinal's, so it could not be considered a victory for Germinal.

Although they failed to intercept all the Germinal forces, the two countries had completed their strategic goal of "dealing a greater blow to the enemy".

Overall, the winner of this battle was still Star Dragon and Haixia.

…

Through the car window, Han Xiao looked at the sea, the light of the naval battle receding into the distance in his vision. He shook his head.

"The battle is over."

Han Xiao looked at Mad Blade Angry Sword, who had been resurrected and was sitting in the passenger seat, and wrote a generous mission with no requirements. Mad Blade Angry Sword blocked a knife for him, although he didn't need it, he wouldn't be stingy with some experience.

The mission introduction was a reward for blocking the knife, which made Mad Blade Angry Sword extremely pleasantly surprised. It was completely a subconscious act, and it didn't matter if he died, but Han Xiao, this big shot, couldn't have problems. He didn't expect to have a pleasant surprise, which strengthened his determination to cling to his coattails.

After giving the reward, Han Xiao turned to his own panel, a smile appearing on the corner of his mouth.

[【Second Advancement】, Progress 3/3]

The giant wolf executive officer who had been killed jointly with Zhang Wei and the others was a Level 45 character. Due to the team kill, there was not much extra experience, but it was considered to have completed the requirement of killing across levels, which also represented...

"I can advance!"