Chapter 159 The Ambush

Sharp martial arts flames slashed out like beams of light, turning into a biting blade light, cutting through the body of an Inhuman Avatar and churning it into a dissipating cloud of black mist.

Vero was engulfed in flames of qi, like a meteor traversing the battlefield. Under the cover of the mechanical legions, he precisely killed one Inhuman Avatar after another. He bore many wounds and was clearly in poor condition.

"There are too many of these guys' avatars; we can't kill them all. He can also create new avatars. Even if we kill a lot, it won't help. Instead, a moment of carelessness will lead to a heavy blow. It's too passive."

Vero's tone was solemn as he raised the weapon in his hand, gritting his teeth to block another dark matter jet from an Inhuman Avatar.

On the other side, Hunter was controlling a fortress-like multi-barreled turret, firing thousands of cannons simultaneously, smashing an Inhuman Avatar with energy deflection defense abilities. However, his face was rather unsightly as he responded in the consciousness communication network, "This kind of high-intensity battle consumes qi too quickly. I can't recover energy as quickly as the Inhumans and Black Star."

The actual combat power of the Inhuman Avatars varied, mainly depending on the assigned abilities. Moreover, due to factors such as poor endurance and low defense, an Inhuman Avatar was definitely no match for a true Beyond Grade A in a one-on-one fight. When the Inhumans attacked the Star Pupil God Race, Sisko easily dealt with two Inhuman Avatars single-handedly.

However, the current situation was different. The pressure from dozens of Inhuman Avatars was completely different. It was equivalent to facing dozens of individuals with Beyond Grade A destructive power simultaneously, and they were inexhaustible, which was very troublesome.

Under the siege, everyone continued to add new wounds to their bodies. Except for Han Xiao, the other four had limited recovery abilities. Moreover, this kind of dangerous battle greatly consumed energy and qi. The condition of the four besides Han Xiao inevitably declined slowly.

Han Xiao frowned, controlling the mechanical legions to block most of the Inhuman Avatars. The pressure was enormous. The formation of the mechanical legions was fragmented by dozens of Beyond Grade A avatars. A large number of mechanical soldiers were shattered into pieces by numerous Beyond Grade A attacks, flying all over the sky, and then reassembled by Han Xiao using the advanced version of [Waste Modification] and thrown back into the battlefield.

The mechanical soldiers were fearless and densely packed, firing back with psionic cannons, blasting apart one avatar after another. The efficiency of killing the avatars was far higher than that of the other four.

Fortunately, the strengthened mechanical legions had stronger performance, reducing the rate of loss. With the help of his four teammates, they could at least fight back and forth with the Inhumans now.

However, in terms of endurance combat, the evolved Inhuman was even more terrifying. As long as he had enough time, he would eventually grind down the mechanical legions. Han Xiao had to admit that his chances of winning against the Inhuman in a one-on-one fight were extremely slim.

But now was not a one-on-one fight. He didn't need to defeat the Inhuman alone. His mission was to work with his four teammates to hold the Inhuman back, restrict him to this battlefield, and hold out until the six people in ambush had set up the spacetime lock trap.

Han Xiao was well aware that if the five of them couldn't withstand the Inhuman's offensive, the people in ambush would have to come out early to save them. The Inhuman would most likely turn around and run away. At that time, the trap would not be completed and would be unable to stop the Inhuman, and the operation would naturally fail.

As his thoughts raced, Han Xiao turned his head to look at the Inhuman's main body sitting cross-legged in the void in the distance. He was constantly peeling off new avatars from his body and throwing them into the battlefield.

After using the avatar tactic, the Inhuman's main body retreated to the side, not personally participating in the battle, only watching the crowd and his avatars fight bitterly, with a look of interest.

Without having to personally take action, relying solely on avatars was enough to make five Beyond Grade As look embarrassed. The Inhuman enjoyed this overwhelming power.

Hunter and Vero had tried to rush up, but the Inhuman's blink eliminated the possibility of being approached. Even Han Xiao couldn't hit his main body, and many methods couldn't be used, which was helpless.

They could only wait until the Inhuman's blink was suppressed by the trap before they had a chance to use their trump cards.

However, with his current strength, even without using Character Summon Cards, Han Xiao's own combat power was enough to support him for a long time. The several specialties after crossing the First Threshold had increased his HP to around 5 million, making him very durable.

Only Jian Zhe·Fu (Sword Saint - Fu) and another esper were slightly restraining the Inhuman. A faint light flickered in their eyes, constantly releasing invisible mental shocks, like sharp swords piercing into the Inhuman's brain and bombarding his mental barriers.

No matter how many Inhuman Avatars there were, he only had one soul. The two's mental attacks were effective on his main body.

However, the Inhuman also possessed mental defense abilities and could repair the damage to his own soul. Although he would suffer mental damage, he would not be easily restrained by the two espers.

Because the espers posed a certain threat to himself, the Inhuman's main target of attack was not Han Xiao, Hunter, or Vero, but the two espers. Han Xiao had the Apostle Weapons lead the mechanical troops to specially protect the two, and the battle situation there was the fiercest.

You Zu's (Nether Ancestor) war spear pierced through the core of an Inhuman Avatar, Kuang Tian Lie (Frenzied Sky Hunter) shattered the head of an avatar in a flash, Yin Shanguang (Silver Flash) fired a cannon to blast apart a target avatar, Ju Jingang (Colossus King Kong) used his huge body covered in the Giant God Battle Armor to protect the esper and other Apostle Weapons...

The Apostle Weapons also possessed quasi-Beyond Grade A combat power, with mechanical force lightning wrapped around them, wielding different weapons and fighting against a larger number of Inhuman Avatars, falling into a bitter battle.

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Some Inhuman Avatars rushed into the Imperial and Void Spirit fleets, destroying one warship after another.

An Inhuman Avatar crashed through the shield of a warship like a meteor, penetrating the hull from beginning to end. The warship exploded into a dazzling light behind him.

At this time, countless ship-borne dark energy annihilation cannons shot from all directions, blasting any matter in this area into nothingness. This Inhuman Avatar was eliminated by the concentrated fire of the surrounding warships.

"The casualties of the fleet are constantly increasing. Interfered by these Inhuman Avatars, we cannot annihilate the Fallen Ark's fleet. Dragging on is not good for us." In the main ship, the Imperial commander looked solemn.

If the five Beyond Grade As could not stop the Inhuman, the fleet would suffer a breakthrough attack from a Beyond Grade A. One Inhuman Avatar after another shuttled through the fleet, constantly wreaking havoc, seriously interfering with the fleet's operations, causing Hakenson's troops to barely maintain a balanced situation and not be completely annihilated by the Imperial and Void Spirit fleets.

The Fallen Ark's fleet was surrounded in the center, forming a defensive formation, bearing attacks from all directions with huge shields. Hakenson directed the fleet while paying attention to the battle situation on the Inhuman's side.

"Lord Inhuman's power is getting more and more terrifying." Hakenson clicked his tongue, his tone carrying a rare entanglement and hesitation.

"Yes, being able to deal with five Beyond Grade As so easily, as expected of Lord Inhuman." An adjutant next to him looked fanatical.

Hakenson licked his dry lips, his tone strange, "Five Beyond Grade As can't beat the Inhuman, and this isn't even Lord Inhuman's limit. The people sent by the three great civilizations are too few, they underestimated him. Tsk, tsk."

As he said that, Hakenson summoned another cadre.

"You will command the fleet now."

"What do you want to do?"

"Hehe, I have other things to do. This is a secret mission that Lord Inhuman gave me."

Hakenson turned his head and left the command room, heading to the cargo hold storing spare spaceships.

He knew that the Inhuman was already suspicious of him. Once the Inhuman resolved the crisis, he would probably settle accounts with him. The Inhuman never needed evidence to deal with his subordinates.

Besides, regardless of whether the Inhuman could survive this encirclement and suppression, Hakenson had no intention of continuing to stay by the Inhuman's side.

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After a long and fierce battle, the four besides Han Xiao were covered in wounds, and the losses of the mechanical legions gradually expanded, their conditions deteriorating seriously.

The Inhuman looked at the embarrassed few people, feeling very satisfied, and sent a mental message:

"Black Star, do you see that? This is the power you gave me. What do you think?"

Han Xiao was using the Amber Ball Array to block a long-range energy shot from an avatar. Hearing this, he snorted, "Not much."

The Inhuman didn't care, and said to himself, "Heh, although I haven't broken through the limit of Beyond Grade A, my current combat power should be the peak of individual power in the explored universe. The five of you have no ability to fight back in front of me."

Hearing this, Hunter fired a shot at the Inhuman without saying a word. An energy cannon like a rainbow streaking across the sky shot towards the Inhuman.

This time, the Inhuman did not blink, remaining motionless, taking this attack head-on, and using [Ability – Black Hole] to absorb a large amount of energy, replenishing a wave of energy, and split off some more avatars.

However, the remaining power of this shot still tore his flesh apart, making him look like a severely burned patient, completely disfigured.

But in the next moment, new flesh buds quickly grew out of the wound, and the injury quickly recovered. The completely disfigured Inhuman returned to his original appearance, almost as if he had not been injured at all. The recovery speed was no less than Han Xiao's.

"Futile attack."

The Inhuman glanced at Hunter and turned his gaze back to Han Xiao, "Black Star, you are not the only one with an immortal body."

Han Xiao was expressionless. With the Self-Healing ability in the Inhuman's hands, he could naturally display Beyond Grade A levels. He said lightly:

"Every time you repair your body, you consume cell activity. When the number of times your cells divide reaches the upper limit, your lifespan will come to an end. This is the drawback of the Self-Healing ability."

"That's right, I'm already old. Every battle burns my lifespan."

The Inhuman admitted frankly, "But your Evolution Cube has increased my lifespan by quite a bit, enough for me to squander. At least in this battle, you have no chance."

The Inhuman's current power came from the Evolution Energy, which he had obtained from Han Xiao, so he treated Han Xiao differently.

"You think you've already won?" Hunter interjected coldly.

"Oh? If you have any trump cards left unused, then it's best to give me a surprise as soon as possible. Otherwise, in a while, you won't even have the strength to escape."

The Inhuman's words contained strong confidence: "Killing you few here will anger the Crimson Dynasty and the Void Spirit Church. I'm not interested in attracting the next wave of enemies for the time being. Letting you escape is the best choice... But if you don't escape, I don't mind killing you."

Through this battle, the Inhuman had tested his combat power. Repelling this wave of pursuers was enough to show his strength. As long as he didn't kill these pursuers, the three great civilizations would not give up easily in the short term... He also wanted to keep a low profile for a while and familiarize himself with the evolved power, so he didn't intend to kill Han Xiao and his party.

Otherwise, a universe-level civilization would suffer such a great loss and would definitely not let it go. It didn't meet the Inhuman's current needs. He hoped that Han Xiao and his party would retreat in the face of difficulties.

Han Xiao turned his head and glanced at his companions. Everyone was injured and in poor condition.

Indeed, as the Inhuman said, with just the five of them, they couldn't do anything to the Inhuman at all. Continuing to fight would only sink them deeper and deeper, eventually leading to danger to their lives.

Just then, Han Xiao suddenly smiled, "Inhuman, do you know that I know your threat better than anyone else."

"My threat?" The Inhuman raised his eyebrows. "My deeds are circulating everywhere in the universe. Do I need you to emphasize that?"

"No, no, no, I'm not talking about the same thing." Han Xiao narrowed his eyes.

The Inhuman tilted his head, "I don't understand what you mean."

Han Xiao smiled and didn't intend to explain in detail.

The Inhuman had deliberately revealed the situation of that set of wormhole data to Han Xiao, with the goal of luring other forces to study it together, but he had concealed the intelligence of the World Tree Civilization. The Inhuman believed that only he knew of the existence of the World Tree Civilization.

In fact, the Inhuman's idea was fine. If it wasn't for Han Xiao, someone else wouldn't know this secret, they would only fall for his trick and help him study this set of wormhole data. What the Inhuman sought was nothing more than to open this passage, and finally he could reap the benefits.

However, the Inhuman would not have thought that Han Xiao also knew of the existence of the World Tree Civilization. They were the only two in the explored universe who knew this secret, and the Inhuman was still kept in the dark about it.

It was precisely because of the information asymmetry that the Inhuman was not clear about how determined Han Xiao's killing intent towards him was. Based on his past experience of being besieged, this time the Beyond Grade As who came to deal with him should be between four and six people. Five people were within his expected range.

Therefore, he did not guess that under Han Xiao's operation, the number of people who came to encircle and suppress him this time far exceeded five Beyond Grade As!

At the moment Han Xiao finished speaking, some changes suddenly occurred.

The Inhuman's expression suddenly changed. He clearly sensed that a layer of spatial magic's spiritual membrane suddenly spread out, quickly enveloping this area. The multi-dimensional channels were cut off, the spacetime coefficient was locked, the space was solidified to be indestructible, and there were no gaps.

At the same time, Han Xiao also activated the rapid space stabilization device that the Mechanical Country had lent him, covering the Inhuman to prevent him from using blink to escape during the gap when the trap was forming.

Having lost blink, he no longer had the mobility to seize the initiative. In the Inhuman's perception, six Beyond Grade A energy sources suddenly appeared in the distance of the battlefield, approaching rapidly.

Militzaus and the other six appeared on the edge of the battlefield, surrounding him from a distance.

Seeing this, the Inhuman's expression instantly darkened, and a look of surprise appeared in his eyes.

"Why are there six more people?!"