Chapter 1 The Atmosphere of Violence

The violent atmosphere stirred the black sand that filled the sky, turning day into night. High-speed sandstorms, capable of shredding steel, perpetually shrouded the surface of this desolate planet, and the harsh environment gave birth to no life.

Suddenly, a blue light flashed in the sandstorm, and a figure appeared out of thin air, falling from mid-air and crashing to the ground.

This person wore a battlesuit damaged in many places, was covered in blood, and seemed to be seriously injured. Struggling to stand, he raised his hand and released a thin blue energy shield, blocking the surrounding continuous high-speed sandstorm.

In the next second, several more rays of light flashed behind him, and Pan Er Gong and several Super-A Grades flickered in pursuit, quickly surrounding him.

Pan Er Gong stared coldly at this person, his voice full of killing intent:

"Kotlen, you betrayed us!"

This First One named Kotlen panted heavily, looked around at the crowd, and smiled miserably.

Everyone was a Super-A Grade, and the spatial fluctuations left by his teleportation and warp were clues for the other party to track him. He couldn't shake off Pan Er Gong and the others. Furthermore, the communicator network was locked down by the mechanic beside Pan Er Gong, and he couldn't unlock it in a short time. For him, it was already a hopeless situation.

Pan Er Gong's face was stern as he clenched his fists and said in a low voice:

"I said that our principle is to avoid involving Black Star and the Covenant's affairs as much as possible in our revenge actions. You attempted to exchange their information for the assistance of the Super Star Cluster civilization, which has violated our original agreement. I have no choice but to eliminate you!"

He felt a little heartache, but also a little fortunate. Kotlen was a member of the avenger group. He was saddened that a companion had gone astray, but also fortunate that he discovered it quickly enough. The other party's communication with the Super Star Cluster civilization was still in the contact and testing phase and had not yet been deeply cooperated.

Kotlen took a breath and said in a deep voice, "Pan Er Gong, can't you see it? With our meager manpower, even if we develop silently for hundreds of years, it's basically wishful thinking to complete our revenge plan. Without external help, it's impossible. Following you is just a waste of time!"

Pan Er Gong was silent for a moment, then resolutely said, "Even if the hope is slim, I will not use the method of betraying the Oathkeeper and Black Star to exchange for help. They carry out the mission of the Covenant, revive us, and bring us a second life. What you are doing is ungrateful!"

"We are all founders of the Covenant. Without our contributions back then, how could they have mastered the Sanctuary Revival now? I do owe the Oathkeeper, but Black Star… he's just an opportunist, yet he shamelessly acts like a benefactor. Isn't his current status obtained by exploiting us?!" Kotlen's eyes flickered, unwilling to admit defeat.

"Black Star is seeking a future for the entire class. Although we haven't participated, we can't hold him back. You've crossed the line," another Super-A Grade beside him said coldly.

Kotlen sneered, angrily saying:

"Bullshit class struggle, what does it have to do with me! My goal has always been only one, and that is to avenge my compatriots! For this, I can abandon everything, including my life. I never planned to go back alive this time! Anyway, there's only one chance for Sanctuary Revival, and I've already used it. As far as I'm concerned, the Covenant and Black Star are useless!

If they don't affect me, I can give them face and keep their secrets. But Black Star's route is obviously trying to coexist peacefully with my enemies, the three major civilizations, and may even pledge allegiance in the future and turn around to eliminate us! He's blocking my path, so he can get out of the way!"

Hearing this, Pan Er Gong and the others frowned.

The initial goals of the First Ones who founded the Covenant were different. Not everyone was escaping the ravages of war. Some people like Kotlen and Pan Er Gong were worried that one day they would die in battle and be unable to continue protecting their civilization, so they invested in the Covenant as insurance.

Pan Er Gong shook his head. He felt that it was pointless to waste words on Kotlen. This person's heart was completely filled with hatred, unable to accommodate anything else. He only wanted to take revenge at all costs, not caring about the consequences after death.

He didn't want to waste his effort criticizing Kotlen's personal choices, so he changed the subject and asked coldly, "What benefits did the Super Star Cluster promise you?"

"We haven't agreed on anything yet," Kotlen didn't hide it.

The secrets of the Sanctuary opening method and key formula were only in the hands of the Oathkeeper and Black Star, and had never been revealed to other revived individuals. The only shallow information Kotlen could offer in exchange was the composition of the Covenant, the private agreements between Black Star and the Covenant, and so on, but it was still very valuable.

Before negotiating suitable terms with the other party, Kotlen was naturally a rare commodity. It wasn't the first time he had dealt with forces, so of course he wouldn't reveal his bargaining chips for nothing, otherwise he would lose his negotiating value. Therefore, he hadn't leaked much information yet.

Pan Er Gong nodded silently, his martial aura igniting as he said coldly, "Alright, then there's nothing to say. I'll personally send you on your way."

"I don't plan to wait for death. If you want to kill me, then try!"

Kotlen disregarded the consumption of his life activity, frantically squeezing his exhausted cells.

In the next moment, several figures started rapidly and crashed together with a bang.

Boom!

The fierce shock wave swept across the surface, and the planet shattered inch by inch!

…

In a secondary dimension world, Han Xiao was traversing at high speed, leaping through one secondary dimension after another, heading straight for the depths.

After receiving the Oathkeeper's message, Han Xiao took the coordinates and left without hesitation, heading straight to the secondary dimension to track the peeper.

Over the years, Han Xiao had created many new machines. The battlesuit he was wearing was specially designed for moving in secondary dimensions, with extremely fast jumping speed.

As for the traitor on Pan Er Gong's side, Han Xiao couldn't handle it for the time being. Pan Er Gong and others couldn't possibly be carrying the throne, and he wouldn't have time to get there anyway, so he could only leave it to Pan Er Gong to solve… Although this person was a bit reckless, his strength was still quite good.

Moreover, none of the revived individuals knew the key information such as the Sanctuary opening method, so even if it was leaked, the outside world would at most know the existence of the Covenant and his connection with the Covenant. The problem was still controllable, with both advantages and disadvantages.

The Covenant should have encountered similar things in his previous life, but the perpetrator was not any of the currently revived individuals. In the previous life's Superpower Calamity version, Kotlen was acting normally and didn't seem to have leaked the Covenant's information.

"Maybe it's my butterfly effect again. The Sanctuary Revival wasn't exposed in my previous life, and there was no association, so he made a different choice?"

Han Xiao secretly guessed.

At this moment, a black flame suddenly appeared beside him, transforming into the Oathkeeper's mental projection, following Han Xiao's figure and maintaining relative stillness.

"Black Star, Pan Er Gong has solved the problem. The traitor has been killed."

"Not bad efficiency." Han Xiao nodded, "Did you find out the reason?"

"Yeah, Kotlen said this..."

The Oathkeeper repeated Pan Er Gong's information.

After listening, Han Xiao nodded silently.

"So that's how it is..."

As expected, it was related to him. In his previous life, the Covenant organization had always been hidden in the dark, not participating in these disturbances. Most of the revived individuals did not want to be disturbed and were neutral. But now, under his mobilization, many revived individuals had participated in the Super-A Grade's struggle, which led to Kotlen's change of mind and he was no longer keeping it a secret.

However, this was a rare situation. Basically, revived individuals would not risk leaking information, because they all knew that once they disrupted Black Star and the Covenant's plans, they would inevitably be hunted down by a large number of revived individuals, and might even provoke Black Star to take action himself, thus losing their precious "last life."

A guy like Kotlen who was ungrateful and didn't cherish his life was an exception. The binding of class interests and life safety was enough to suppress most people's petty thoughts.

In fact, Luo and Fei had privately suggested that the Oathkeeper use Soul Flame as a gag order. Although it couldn't form too strong of a restraint on Super-A Grades, it could sense whether the revived individuals had leaked information. However, this suggestion was rejected by the Oathkeeper.

Han Xiao also disagreed with this suggestion. If things were that simple, that would be great... The Covenant was able to suppress the second batch of revived individuals because of the support of the first batch of First Ones. Their identities were the organization's founders. If this suggestion was adopted, the nature of the Covenant would change, and the revived individuals would have already united and run away, and would also destroy the main body of the Soul Flame from within the Oathkeeper's body along the way.

Various thoughts flashed through his mind, and Han Xiao shook his head, "It's difficult to avoid traitors. Just be more careful in the future."

The Oathkeeper sighed, "Kotlen, he wasn't like this before... Alas, hatred can always completely change a person. Don't add him when you revive him in the future."

"That's for sure." Han Xiao hummed in agreement.

The two of them were currently the only insiders who knew the true mechanism of Sanctuary Revival. After this incident, the two of them had already removed Kotlen's name from the revival list and would no longer consider reviving him in the future.

This guy thought that revival was only possible once, and felt that the Covenant and Black Star were useless to him, so he kicked the ladder after crossing the river. Since that was the case, Han Xiao was naturally willing to help the other party "fulfill his dream", so that Kotlen's Sanctuary Revival would really only happen once, so he knew what he had missed!

At this moment, the coordinate tracker, a special version for secondary dimensions built into the battlesuit, suddenly rang and issued a prompt.

Following the guidance, Han Xiao jumped through several more secondary dimensions, then followed the instructions and broke into the spatial turbulence. After traveling for a while, he suddenly stopped outside a secondary dimension.

The outer wall of this secondary dimension was engraved with countless magic array circuits, which were strictly protected. It was obvious that it had been artificially modified, and the coordinate indication was pointing to this place.

"...It looks like a wizard tower in the form of a dimension."

Han Xiao carefully observed the surrounding situation.

Because he had the coordinates given by the Oathkeeper, he arrived very quickly this time. The Covenant organization had already set up countless anti-peeping countermeasures. Once someone tried to peep, they would be tracked in reverse. This aspect of magic was similar to the network tracking of virtual technology.

Han Xiao flew over and placed his palm on the magic circuit shield on the outer wall of the secondary dimension, feeling an extremely strong repulsive force. The shield's strength was extremely tough.

"This level of magic barrier must have been set up by a Super-A Grade, and not just an ordinary Super-A Grade..."

Han Xiao nodded secretly, his eyes flashing slightly.

In that case, the strong person in the secondary dimension probably observed him, but didn't come out to say hello, nor did he open the entrance to this secondary dimension.

Tsk, is he acting like a tortoise? Thinking that it's safe to shrink into a turtle shell?

"It seems I have to use some brute force."

Han Xiao didn't want to easily resort to force, but seeing the other party's performance, he couldn't help but raise his palm, and streams of psionic energy surged in his palm.

At this moment, Han Xiao noticed that the magic barrier of the secondary dimension began to change, revealing a gap.

Buzz—

In the next moment, a figure flew out from the gap and arrived not far away. This person was wearing a white gold mage robe and a pointed mage hat, with a long white beard. He had an extraordinary bearing. This image was very similar to a certain famous dual-wielding berserker mage.

"Hello, distant visitor..."

A mental message entered Han Xiao's mind at the same time.

Han Xiao looked over, glanced at him, and suddenly raised his eyebrows, a look of surprise flashing in his eyes.

For no other reason than that he recognized this "stranger" whom he was meeting for the first time.

'So it's this guy... Isn't this the reclusive Super-A Grade who fought guerrilla warfare against the World Tree army in the secondary dimension during the World Tree War in my previous life?'