Chapter 1 In the Universe

In the vacuum of space, a force field can continuously apply acceleration to objects, making it the most suitable battlefield for Ames. Force field abilities are inherently biased towards defense and control, but in Ames' hands, they become overwhelmingly powerful.

Under the influence of the force field, Longtan's speed continued to increase. Its enormous size was equivalent to an ultra-large area-of-effect attack. If Longtan was allowed to accelerate indefinitely, it would become increasingly difficult to dodge, and its power would become greater and greater.

However, Longtan was not fast enough yet. In Han Xiao's eyes, it was as slow as a turtle. He had more than a dozen ways to avoid Longtan's strike. The high mobility of his mechanical suit alone would allow him to circle around before Longtan crashed down.

However, Ames was not simply using a brick to smash people. Her eyes emitted a dark glow as she remotely released a force field, imprisoning Han Xiao's body and pulling him towards Longtan.

Force Field · Dragon's Gaze!

The surroundings were filled with a force field that seemed to solidify, and Han Xiao's entire body was subjected to enormous pressure. He felt immense resistance between his movements, while a pulling force dragged him forward.

"I used this move before..." Han Xiao's mouth twitched.

With his current abilities, he was not afraid of Ames' control skills. He could easily tear apart the force field imprisoning him, but he did not intend to avoid this Longtan strike. He was determined to test its power to obtain combat information, and also to test the practical effect of the upgraded Blood-Mana Conversion expertise.

Longtan was getting closer and closer, rapidly enlarging in his sight. He could already see the scenery on Longtan's surface.

The enormous pressure hit him head-on. He felt a "Danger" sign pop up in his head.

Han Xiao steadied his mind, raised his arms, and streams of nanites flowed on the surface of the mechanical suit, gathering on his arms and transforming into layers of shield generators. With a flash of blue light, layers of psionic shields appeared in front of Han Xiao, forming a defense.

In the next moment, Longtan crashed over with a deafening roar, slamming Han Xiao against the Longtan shield with tremendous inertia, carrying him further and further away.

Ames turned her palm, and Longtan drew an arc, falling toward the nearby gas giant, preparing to smash Han Xiao into the planet.

At the same time, Youzu led the mechanical legion closer to Ames, firing sparsely from a distance, launching volleys of psionic particle cannons at Ames.

Ames' ten satellite-level bricks were not idle either. Six of them were positioned in different directions around Ames, performing orbital movements, covered with a double defense of energy shields and protective force fields, forming a protective line that blocked most of the psionic cannons.

The gaps in the defense line were filled with protective force fields, creating a defense with virtually no blind spots. All the incoming psionic cannons turned into bursts of shattered light.

The other four satellite-level bricks were controlled by Ames' force field to impact the mechanical legion's formation back and forth.

The mechanical legion was not so gentle with the satellites. Psionic cannons bombarded them repeatedly, blasting craters in the satellite bricks, sending metal fragments flying everywhere. Under Ames' control, these fragments transformed into a metal storm, piercing through the mechanical legion, scratching the surface of the mechanical soldiers.

Ignoring these attacks, the Apostle Weapon units quickly approached Ames' protective line. Youzu swung his spear fiercely, slashing out a wave of energy that struck the protective force field, causing a violent explosion and blasting a gap.

In the next instant, the gap was filled with a new force field. Just as Youzu was about to continue his attack, Ames flicked her fingers, and an invisible force field enveloped the approaching Apostle Weapons, dragging them away and throwing them out. Then, a larger force field was generated, splitting the charging mechanical legion's formation apart like Moses parting the Red Sea. Individual mechanical soldiers were thrown away by the force field, demonstrating her powerful control abilities to the fullest.

The force field ability, which specialized in large-scale control, had a certain degree of restraint against the sea of people tactic.

Just then, a flash of light suddenly appeared behind Ames. Kuang Tianlie leaped through space, appearing behind Ames. He opened his mouth, revealing his high-frequency vibrating alloy teeth, and bit towards her waist.

His jaws snapped shut, but he bit into empty air.

A slender, white finger pointed in mid-air at the mechanical beast's head. Ames turned upside down, and the patterns of her Void bloodline appeared on her face—she directly used Void Jump to avoid the sneak attack. Since being strengthened by the Evolution Cube, her mobility had increased significantly.

A surging force field followed her finger, instantly blasting into Kuang Tianlie's body.

Force Field · Finger Shockwave!

Cracks instantly appeared on Kuang Tianlie's body. A large number of parts were squeezed and crushed, and the mech body was severely damaged, scaring him into hurriedly escaping with a space jump, away from Ames.

The range of the force field ability was very wide, but the closer it was to the user's body, the stronger the force field's power.

Suddenly, Ames sensed fluctuations in the Void dimension. She looked up and saw Han Xiao, who had been slammed onto Longtan, disappear and use a Void Jump to escape the attack range.

Han Xiao shook his slightly numb arm and glanced at the combat information, clicking his tongue in amazement.

"It actually gave me crush damage. Only martial artists like Heber could use their heads to collapse Longtan."

Unfortunately, although the damage was high, Han Xiao didn't care at all. Ames' AOE had its limits.

His health regeneration efficiency was extremely strong now. As long as the enemy's instantaneous burst damage was not high enough, or they did not have special attack effects such as [Serious Injury], his main body would not be afraid.

The missed Longtan did not continue to smash into the gas giant. It made a turn and slammed towards Han Xiao again. The huge body brushed past the planet, and the gas on the planet's surface showed obvious signs of turbulence, forming a large cloud of storms. From above, the planet looked like a vortex pattern.

In the distance, Ames once again used Dragon's Gaze, and Han Xiao felt another imprisoning force field enveloping him, but he had already obtained the combat information. This time, he was not prepared to be hit. He slammed his hands together.

Buzz!

The mech trembled, continuously releasing repulsion, creating a "field" within a few meters. The outer shell was full of repulsion, and the interior was full of chaotic repulsive undertows.

This "field" repelled most of Ames' force field. The few force fields that broke through the outer shell were deflected by the internal chaos, greatly reducing their strength. Dragon's Gaze was almost ineffective.

This was Han Xiao's specially crafted "Anti-Dragon Throne Device". The principle was to superimpose repulsive rings to form a repulsive shield field, used to neutralize external force fields, greatly weakening the force field's influence on himself.

However, it was, after all, a mechanical device, and its performance had a limit. Ames' force field strength could be continuously superimposed. Given time, she could break the repulsive shield field, so Han Xiao did not intend to approach Ames. Instead, he roamed in the distance, playing hide-and-seek with Longtan, while manipulating the mechanical legion to entangle and attack.

Seeing that Han Xiao was not approaching, Ames began to move actively, while dealing with the mechanical legion, she flew towards Han Xiao.

Seeing this, Han Xiao also retreated, maintaining his distance. After getting rid of the force field's control skills, Longtan simply could not catch up to him. His mobility clearly exceeded Ames', and he firmly occupied the initiative.

Seeing that one Longtan could not do anything to Han Xiao, Ames' palm formed a claw, and she remotely made a gripping motion towards a satellite-level brick impacting the mechanical legion's formation.

The satellite-level brick stopped in an instant, as if it had been frozen. Then, layers of force fields began to compress, and the ever-increasing pressure caused the satellite-level brick to tremble. The metal was squeezed inward, and the density gradually increased.

Ames' arm slowly stretched back, and the force field continued to compress, accumulating tremendous elasticity. In the next moment, her eyes shone brightly. She clenched her fist fiercely and blasted out like drawing a bow and shooting an arrow. The elasticity superimposed on the satellite-level brick exploded in an instant!

The satellite-level brick suddenly changed from stationary to moving, like a stone shot from a slingshot. The instantaneous acceleration far exceeded that of a cannonball, and it shot towards Han Xiao!

Force Field · Satellite Cannon!

The terrifying instantaneous acceleration directly peeled off a layer of metal shell, almost disintegrating the man-made satellite made of metal.

The satellite brick smashed head-on, and Han Xiao's eyes flashed, but he did not dodge or avoid it, ignoring it.

At the same time, the distant Silver Flash instantly transformed, turning into the main body of the Planet Annihilation Cannon, and fired a shot at the satellite!

The thick, bright silver beam arrived later but hit first, accurately hitting the satellite brick. The silver beam directly penetrated it, like a knife piercing a meatball!

In the next moment, the metal satellite expanded from the inside out, exploding with a fiery red, dazzling light in front of Han Xiao, like an orange bursting!

The metal that made up the satellite was all melted and pierced by the Planet Annihilation Cannon's instantaneous high temperature, and all the fragments turned into red molten metal, like flying orange juice.

A huge man-made satellite exploded in front of him with a single shot, and Han Xiao casually dodged the splashing high-temperature molten metal.

This seemed to be a signal. The durability of more satellite bricks had reached its limit, and they were shot and exploded by the mechanical legion, and three more were quickly lost.

Ames only had six satellite bricks left to control, and they were equally scarred, as if they would disintegrate at any time.

Looking at this scene from afar, Han Xiao said to himself with a calm face:

"What are you going to do next?"

Ames' moves were fierce, but they did not cause much damage to Han Xiao at all. The mechanical soldiers, who had been strengthened many times, were extremely tough, and were no longer the defective products that the force field could easily crush. It seemed that Ames was taking the initiative, but in fact, Han Xiao was at ease and had been controlling the rhythm of the battle.

Ames also felt this and narrowed her eyes.

"My attacks have no effect on him at all, and they're all neutralized..."

She could see that Han Xiao was mainly defending and had no desire to attack, obviously holding back.

But even so, she could not do anything to Han Xiao!

"Has he grown to this point..."

Ames narrowed her eyes, and finally personally experienced Han Xiao's power. The gap in strength was already very obvious, and Black Star was far stronger than her.

However, her emotions did not fluctuate too much. The battle was not over, and she would not give up halfway.

Ames suddenly grabbed towards the gas giant, and a large group of asteroid rings transformed into her weapons under the traction of the force field, like meteor-like fists, smashing down on the mechanical legion.

Force Field · Dragon Breath Meteor Fist!

This planetary ring was her huge arsenal!

"No wonder you specifically chose this place as the battlefield." Han Xiao nodded secretly.

The asteroids of the planetary ring constantly turned into Ames' weapons, repeatedly smashing towards the mechanical legion. The mechanical legion also shattered the incoming asteroid groups again and again. Under Han Xiao's guidance, the battle inevitably entered a war of attrition.

...

While the two were fighting around the desolate planet, a fleet was hovering in the distance of the battlefield. It was Longtan's armed fleet.

Because the boss had taken the base to smash people, these fleets had no way to continue staying in Longtan, so they had to carry everyone to watch the battle from the side.

Although Longtan's housing prices were very low due to risk factors, there were still people who bought real estate. At this time, watching their money-bought assets being used for fighting, the eyelids of many crew members were twitching. Every time Longtan collided, their moods would fluctuate greatly.

In the main ship, a group of Longtan executives were watching the battle, and seeing their leader gradually becoming passive, everyone's faces were a little ugly.

Black Star was an ally, but as members of Longtan, they naturally hoped that Ames would win.

In addition to the executives, there were also two remote projections on the scene, Hela and Aurora, both staring intently at the battlefield.

The private duel did not need to be specially kept secret. Wirna informed Hela and Aurora. As Ames' students, the two also had the right to know.

"Teacher is no match for Black Star." Aurora looked troubled.

Hela's expression was complicated, and she nodded.

The two sisters' identities were more awkward. They were both executives of Black Star and students of Dragon Seat. Both sides were close to them, and they did not know who to support.

Hela had followed Ames for ten years and was very clear about Ames' power. Her heart was filled with respect. At this time, seeing her beloved teacher being suppressed by Black Star, her mood was quite complicated.

The aftermath of the Super-A Grade's battle also made her understand that this was not a battle she could intervene in. It was too early for her current level. Even Hela, who had a strong personality, could not help but feel a little self-doubt at this time.

Super-A Grades are too terrifying. Planets are just their toys. Can I really have such a powerful ability...

...

Countless asteroid fragments and metal parts were floating in the battlefield, and the back-and-forth war of attrition between the two lasted for a long time.

Prolonged control of the force field consumed a lot of Ames' energy and physical strength. Her forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat, and her state was clearly declining. The strength of the force field and the range of ability gradually decreased.

On the other hand, Han Xiao was still full of vigor. He had [High-Efficiency Energy Absorption], and his mana regeneration efficiency was simply incomparable to Ames.

He was not short of mana, so he constantly used [Advanced Mechanical Creation] and [Scrap Modification] to pull up the fallen mechanical soldiers, and the legion suffered minimal losses.

As Ames' state declined, his battlefield initiative became more and more obvious. Ames' protective force field defense line had been broken through by the Apostle Weapons, and they had successfully closed in. She needed to deal with the entanglement of many Apostle Weapons, and she was unable to attack Han Xiao's main body.

Youzu fiercely stabbed his spear towards Ames' abdomen. Ames twisted her waist, dodging the front. Youzu's spear brushed past her protective force field, creating a burst of shattered light.

Another Apostle Weapon, Jin Zhizun, launched a surprise attack from the side, but his fist was blocked by the force field.

Ames raised her long leg and kicked it out like a whip. The leg strength, strengthened by the force field, kicked a huge hole in Jin Zhizun's abdominal armor. Then, she slapped Jin Zhizun away with a backhand, sending parts flying.

Suddenly, another Apostle Weapon launched a sneak attack and fired a psionic cannon, shattering her back force field and hitting her body. Ames frowned slightly and felt pain.

Seeing this, Han Xiao, who was watching the battle from afar, flashed his eyes.

"It's about time. She's running out of energy."

At this moment, Ames suddenly raised her eyes and glanced at Han Xiao, who was fishing in the distance. She suddenly pulled her hands together, releasing a powerful suction force centered on herself, dragging all the Apostle Weapons and mechanical soldiers towards herself from all directions.

Caught off guard, numerous mechanical soldiers piled up together.

At this time, Han Xiao's perception suddenly moved, sensing the fluctuations of the Void dimension.

Without hesitation, Han Xiao turned around and put up his arm. A whiplike leg wrapped in a majestic force field was blocked by the arm. It was Ames who had used Void Jump to appear behind him.

"You actually dare to get close to me... Are you making a desperate gamble?"

Han Xiao's eyes flashed, and he grabbed Ames' calf with his backhand and pulled her towards him. He punched towards Ames' abdomen with his other hand.

Bang!

In a hurry, Ames condensed a force field in her abdomen to block the heavy blow. At the same time, she raised her palm and compressed the force field into a sharp, invisible blade, slashing towards Han Xiao's neck.

However, before her palm could swing halfway, Han Xiao grabbed Ames' thigh with one hand and pinched her neck with the other. The thrusters on his back operated at full power, and he grabbed her and slammed into an asteroid.

The asteroid was directly smashed. Han Xiao did not stop and grabbed her, rushing into the asteroid belt, smashing asteroid after asteroid with her body.

The figures of the two turned into a stream of light, circling the planet once, and he did not know how many asteroids were smashed. Han Xiao only felt that the protective force field of Ames in his palm was getting weaker and weaker, almost disappearing.

Han Xiao slowed down and slammed into another asteroid. This time, he did not smash it, but pressed Ames into the asteroid, stopping the two of them.

The mech ejected a ring of oxygen, enveloping the two of them. Han Xiao put away his helmet, revealing his head, and shook his head:

"Your strength is almost exhausted. You lost."

At this time, Ames frowned, enduring the pain. There were many scratch marks on her black dress, revealing her fair skin. Her slender goose neck was rudely pinched in Han Xiao's hand, and one of her legs was clamped by Han Xiao's arm, making it impossible to break free.

Hearing this, Ames squeezed out a smile, "No... I still have the strength for one last strike."

Han Xiao narrowed his eyes and said lightly: "Okay, let me see what tricks you have."

Under his gaze, he saw Ames slowly raise her arm, bend her finger... and gently flick Han Xiao's forehead.

There was no force at all.

Han Xiao raised his eyebrows, his face a little surprised.

Ames retracted her hand, dissipated her almost disappearing protective force field, her tense body relaxed, and she smiled lightly.

"Okay, I've used up my last bit of strength. You won."

Han Xiao released the hand holding Ames' neck and helplessly touched his forehead.

"Naughty."
Hu Die Lan