Chapter 829 Primary Dimension

This was a boundless white space, devoid of any substance, appearing completely empty.

Suddenly, a vortex-like blue portal materialized, and Han Xiao, along with Joey and the other three, flew out of it.

"This is a prototype of a sub-dimension I created. We usually spar here. Black Star, do you have any objections?"

Joey's face was stern as he sent a telepathic message.

"No problem."

Han Xiao surveyed the surroundings and nodded.

Having reached a consensus on sparring, and worried about damaging the Four Godly Kingdoms, they decided to find a different place to serve as their battlefield. Joey then opened a portal, leading everyone to his usual training ground.

High-level mages could use spells like fantasy manifestation to artificially create sub-dimensions. This white world was merely an unperfected prototype, simple to create, making it ideal as a battlefield.

"Although you want to fight four of us alone, we won't take advantage of you. We'll take turns, one at a time, fighting you in a gauntlet until one side concedes."

Joey dropped this statement, snorted, and retreated to create distance, with the others also moving in different directions.

Han Xiao smiled without a word, casually opening his interface to take a look.

A prompt had just popped up, triggering a special mission. It was similar to the Beyond Grade A challenge missions, requiring him to endure for a certain amount of time in battle, with rewards divided into different tiers. The highest two tiers were choosing one of the four to randomly extract an ability, and obtaining a specialty called 【Sub-Dimension Adapter】.

The effect of this specialty was to gain environmental bonuses when fighting in sub-dimensional worlds, slightly enhancing combat power. It was a general-purpose ability, better than nothing.

"Heh, if there were always such pleasant surprises."

The corners of Han Xiao's mouth curved slightly.

At this moment, Joey, who had created a large distance, stopped, shifted through several hand seals, and pointed into the air. A series of magic arrays appeared behind him, transforming into portals, from which countless monsters surged forth. There were humanoid shadow creatures, bizarrely shaped twisted monsters, soft-bodied creatures composed of various structures… all monsters from different sub-dimensions.

"You want to use a summoner build against me?"

Han Xiao nodded inwardly.

Since the other party had inquired about his reputation, they naturally wouldn't approach easily. It seemed they wanted to use a sea of bodies to counter his own sea of bodies tactic.

Joey wasn't a specialized summoner, but he had lived in sub-dimensional worlds for many years, witnessing countless strange sub-dimensional creatures and signing a large number of contracts. The number of entities he could summon was considerable, and most of them were quite powerful.

Han Xiao immediately understood the other party's plan. They wanted to rely on their deep foundation to fight. Perhaps they thought he hadn't stepped into Beyond Grade A long enough, and that his foundation was a weak point.

"Then I'll play legion warfare with you."

Han Xiao didn't mind, opening the Dimensional Army Camp, and an endless mechanical army poured out, forming different formations with remarkable order compared to the scattered formations of the summoned monsters. The dark, oppressive mechanical legion exuded a unique aesthetic.

Subsequently, he summoned the Mechanical Throne, directly sat down upon it, suspended in the central area guarded by the mechanical army, like a commander of the forces.

The number of mechanical soldiers and summoned monsters grew, and the battle lines quickly stretched out, endless at a glance, forming a standoff.

The ranks of summoned monsters frequently emitted spirit-shaking roars, chaotic and noisy. The mechanical legion, on the other hand, was the opposite extreme, silent as the grave.

Seeing the two sides' forces forming their lines, Han Xiao waved his hand and ordered:

"Begin."

As soon as the words fell, the mechanical legion moved in an orderly manner.

The heavy-armored vanguard at the forefront raised their shields, advancing in unison. The ranged mechanical units in the middle and rear immediately unleashed firepower, the dense psionic beams transforming into a curtain of light, directly implementing a focused barrage on the summoned monsters. Orbs of light frequently exploded in the enemy ranks, inflicting casualties on large swathes of summoned monsters. In the vertical direction, the elite vanguard forces carried out three-dimensional warfare, independent skirmishes, like daggers or sniper rifles, looking for opportunities to attack the weak points in the enemy formation.

At the same time, large swathes of golden lightning chains emanated from the Mechanical Throne, instantly connecting swathes of mechanical units, forming a spider web-like shape, granting the mechanical legion mechanical force enhancement. A large number of mechanical soldiers were stained with golden lightning, their performance visibly increasing, as if entering a state of frenzy.

On the other side, Joey, unwilling to be outdone, waved his staff, and patches of magical light sprinkled upon the summoned monsters, also bringing area-of-effect status buffs. Immediately afterward, the summoned monster army surged towards the mechanical legion's lines like a flash flood, charging headlong!

Although the types of summoned creatures varied, the formation did not appear scattered. Under Joey's magical buffs, different types of summoned creatures formed formations, their abilities complementing each other, with tactical cooperation, not just a chaotic rush.

The two torrents rapidly approached, then collided with a deafening crash, like Mars crashing into Earth!

Rumble—

The chaotic battle erupted instantly, the scene becoming fiery, the two sides' forces intertwined, mechanical parts colliding with flesh, fighting inextricably, extremely tragic!

At the first exchange, the mechanical legion displayed overwhelming force, continuously squeezing forward, frantically slaughtering the summoned monster army, as one monster after another was reduced to fragments and ashes under the mechanical army's advance.

"Such a powerful mechanical legion!"

Joey was taken aback, quickly casting short-term stimulating amplification spells to stabilize the front lines, and releasing life recovery spells to heal injuries.

Unfortunately, these efforts were futile.

The current Han Xiao was terrifyingly strong. Godhood Transformation, the Mechanical Faith, Leader's Aegis, Divinity of the Mechanical God, and other bonuses made his mechanical force intensity unparalleled in the universe, even beyond what the Mechanical Nation could reach.

Moreover, decades of research into the treasures of Jesse's technology had allowed his mechanical legion to be updated and strengthened many times, not only adding many new models of powerful combat machines, but also experiencing a leap in performance.

Han Xiao's current combat power was at a level almost unique in the universe. He didn't need to use berserk skills; he could crush directly, without any fancy operations.

Joey's summoned monster army was no match for Han Xiao's mechanical legion!

The battlefield quickly turned one-sided. The mechanical units advanced and retreated in order, their battle formations tight, repeatedly charging and tearing apart waves of summoned monsters, then devouring them completely.

In the rear, Han Xiao sat steadily on the Mechanical Throne, constantly adjusting the targets of his mechanical force enhancements. He had too many troops now, and his mechanical force couldn't cover all the soldiers, so he needed to constantly adjust the focus of the enhancements, using this as a commanding means, controlling the overall situation, and grasping the battlefield initiative.

At the same time, Han Xiao activated specific battle formation buffs. This was a common commanding skill for the legion flow, where different battle methods, formations, and tactics had a chance to exist in the form of skills, dedicated commanding skills that provided overall bonuses to the troops, mostly increasing attack, defense, or mobility by less than ten percent, like adding wings to a tiger.

Soon, the summoned army suffered heavy casualties. Joey felt a pang of heartache, raised his hand, and absorbed magic power from the mage tower from afar, then slapped his palm remotely towards a patch of mechanical units.

Buzz—

A massive golden magic array bloomed like a lotus flower, and a bizarre spatial collapse suddenly occurred in an area within the mechanical army. Spatial turbulence raged, but it was confined to this ring-shaped area.

The mechanical soldiers within the area vanished into thin air, as if erased by a rubber eraser. Subsequent soldiers entering this area would also disappear instantly.

Han Xiao looked over, his eyes narrowing.

"Instantaneous banishment magic that can continuously exist as a trap… this spell is something else…"

These disappeared mechanical units weren't destroyed, but banished by Joey's magic into the spatial turbulence of the sub-dimensional world, scattered everywhere, no one knew where they had fallen. The effect was somewhat similar to the Holy Covenant's Dimensional Banishment Bomb, but even better.

One of the reasons this guy was suited to fighting in sub-dimensions was that he had many self-created spells that could only take effect here, while they were useless in the main universe.

Joey cast a few more palms, banishing several patches of mechanical units. Just then, he suddenly felt a warning and unhesitatingly activated short-range teleportation enchantment, instantly leaving his original position.

Whoosh!

The next moment, a highly concentrated blue-black beam shot over, penetrating layers of paper-like magic barriers and hitting the residual image left in place.

Joey teleported to the side, turned his head to look in the direction the beam had come from, and saw Han Xiao had somehow changed into a suit of jet-black armor, raising his finger to aim this way, the tip of the armor's finger still flickering with light.

"You dodged quickly. I thought I could test the practical effect of this Anti-Magic Gamma Disintegration Ray."

Han Xiao's tone was somewhat regretful.

The style of a normal mechanic should be to have prepared countermeasures for any enemy. Over the years, Han Xiao had created a large number of new weapons targeting the five major systems, transforming himself completely.

This Anti-Magic Gamma Disintegration Ray was based on a highly concentrated cluster of gamma rays, mimicking a gamma-ray burst, supplemented by magic suppression energy from the reverse conversion of psionic energy. It had amazing penetrating power and lethality against magic systems. According to laboratory reports, after hitting a Beyond Grade A mage, it could apply a "magic activity suppression" state for up to several hours, greatly weakening the opponent's magic strength.

Han Xiao shook his head and stood up from the throne, suddenly disappearing without a trace.

Joey's heart immediately sounded an alarm, and he backhanded a combat mage's psionic shockwave palm strike, just in time to block Han Xiao's fist that had emerged from void translocation.

Boom!!

As the fist and palm collided, a ring of blue-purple shockwaves suddenly burst out!

Joey was about to use the force to pull away when he suddenly found his palm stuck to Han Xiao's fist. The black armor on Han Xiao's body suddenly lit up with fluorescent blue psionic runes, flashing like breathing.

At this instant, Joey's expression changed drastically. He discovered that his entire body's mana began to flow uncontrollably into the other party's body, as if being sucked away, centered on the area of contact between the fist and palm.

——Psionic Gathering Decay Module, a new technology Han Xiao had tinkered with. By simulating the process of psionic energy's birth and transformation, it unleashed the characteristic of devouring all energy. Even when in contact with Supers, as long as the judgment requirements were met, it could assimilate and absorb the other party's Qigong Force, turning it into fuel for the energy furnace.

In simple terms… this was the Star-Sucking Great Art!

At this moment, Joey made a decisive decision, activated the enchantment, and a spatial turbulence was born out of thin air, swallowing him into it. In an instant, he escaped control, his entire person disappearing without a trace.

"Oh, you have quite a few escape methods."

Han Xiao raised an eyebrow and turned his head to sweep a glance. In the far distance of the battlefield, a spatial turbulence surged out, spitting Joey out. The originally uncontrollable spatial turbulence seemed to have become his vehicle.

"That was close… with just a brief moment of contact, about 5% of my Qigong Force was lost." Joey didn't have time to take it slowly, hastily checking his own state, secretly shocked.

At this moment, the blue runes on Han Xiao's armor dimmed, and he shook his head with a soft smile.

"You might as well come at me together. Dealing with just you alone is really not challenging at all."

Hearing this, Joey's face darkened, and the other three watching were also not looking good.

After the exchange just now, Joey had personally experienced Han Xiao's strength, feeling that he was strong without any weaknesses, like an insurmountable mountain. He simply couldn't imagine how to defeat Black Star with his own abilities.

And he was the strongest of the four. Although the other three hadn't fought yet, seeing Joey's disheveled appearance, they were secretly alarmed, knowing that if they went up, the result would be the same, maybe they would be beaten even worse.

Going up one by one was simply handing out heads, just taking turns getting beaten up!

Realizing this, the other three were tempted by Han Xiao's suggestion.

Originally, the few of them not swarming him was to maintain the dignity of Beyond Grade A, but now it seemed that being beaten one after another didn't have any dignity either. It was better to gang up on Black Star, maybe they could gain an advantage and avoid suffering a loss.

As for the gauntlet agreement before the war… that was Joey who said it, it had nothing to do with them.

One person coughed and said in a deep voice, "Since you insist, then we can't refuse your repeated invitations. Let's all experience your skills together!"

Han Xiao glanced at him and secretly gave a thumbs up.

What a shameless remark, it has my style, I admire you!

As the words fell, the other three no longer stood by, joining the fray and displaying their abilities.

Seeing this, Joey thought of the request before the war and suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

But he knew that relying on himself alone would only lead to being beaten, so in the end, he didn't refuse his three companions' help, simply saying nothing and pretending to be mute, silently cooperating with his companions in battle.

The five of them immediately engaged in a chaotic battle, rolling and fighting fiercely, causing the space walls to tremble incessantly. This sub-dimension couldn't withstand the aftermath of the battle and soon became riddled with holes.

…

The fierce battle lasted for several hours, and the battlefield was changed three times. Now it was the fourth sub-dimension, which also looked like it was about to shatter.

There was a huge floating island here, and at this time, the entire island was completely stained red with blood, with broken corpses of summoned creatures everywhere.

On the potholed ground, Joey was covered in wounds, leaning on his staff, panting heavily, his body still trembling weakly, as if he had been drained.

Joey's eyes were filled with fear, trembling as he raised his hand to signal Han Xiao not to come any closer, hastily saying:

"W-we concede, don't come any closer!"

Not far away, Han Xiao stopped, his tone tinged with regret, "You're surrendering already? I still have a lot of equipment I haven't tested yet…"

He had finally found a few new sparring partners, and he didn't want to end it quickly. He had pulled out all the equipment he had made over the past decades and tested it out, using a bunch of fancy moves, tormenting Joey and the others enough to almost leave them with psychological shadows.

This time, he had mainly focused on testing equipment, so Han Xiao hadn't been too serious and hadn't used any trump cards. But even so, Joey and the other three hadn't been able to cause him any trouble. The situation had always been under control, completely an all-around crush.

He had a slightly clearer understanding of his current strength… in a head-on battle, without eleven or twelve high-level Beyond Grade As around 70,000 energy level, they basically couldn't pose any threat to him!

Han Xiao sighed.

"This isn't even a warm-up for me, I gave you the chance, but you're all useless."

Hearing this, Joey and the other three were speechless.

If these words were said before the fight, they would have been unhappy, but now that they had recognized the gap in strength between the two sides, knowing that Black Star could deal with them all alone, that little temper in their hearts had been completely beaten away.

The reality among Beyond Grade As was that if you can't beat someone, you just can't beat them. Being unhappy was useless, even if the other party wasn't polite, they would have to endure it.

However, although Joey and the other three had been tormented to the point of ecstasy by Han Xiao, they had also seen the foundation that Han Xiao had displayed, and finally understood where Black Star's confidence to go against the three great civilizations lay.

Black Star's mechanical technology was unbelievably strong, his foundation was too terrifying, his mechanical legion was almost endless!

The title of "Mechanical Nation" should belong to you!