Chapter 243 What is Coming?!

"Such vast energy, what is that? It seems to be heading for me?" Gorutan was secretly shocked.

In his perception, Han Xiao's energy fluctuations overlapped with Silver Shadow, radiating a chillingly powerful aura.

The silver meteor approached, clearly with ill intentions.

Gorutan's expression changed slightly. He did not sit idly by as this strange object approached. While dealing with the Mechanicus' mechanical troops, he freed up a hand and shot deep brown detached energy waves at the silver meteor.

However, this silver meteor was like a vehicle driven by an experienced driver, utilizing its speed advantage with flamboyant maneuvers, drifting like a racing car, dodging the equally swift deep brown beams.

Seeing that long-range attacks were ineffective against the silver meteor, and that it was also locking onto his back, Gorutan's expression became solemn. He suddenly erupted with power, shattering the entangled Apostle Weapons, then compressed his martial arts qi flame, increased his body's strength, and turned to meet the silver meteor head-on.

Two streams of light with different colors rapidly closed the distance, and the next moment, they collided violently.

In an instant, the detection devices of every Beast Ancestor fleet ship on the scene simultaneously reacted, the displayed energy fluctuations instantly breaking through the peak!

At the point of impact, a blindingly bright light suddenly appeared, like a shimmering solar halo blooming out of thin air.

The solidified deep brown martial arts qi flame was like a rock heavily struck by a hammer, instantly shattering apart.

Gorutan's figure spun out like a top, spurting blood that was directly vaporized by the energy shockwaves generated by the collision.

At the moment of impact, Gorutan's mind seemed to freeze for a moment. He only felt a blur before his eyes, and when he came to his senses, he found that his body was out of control, being sent flying.

Since entering the peak Super-A Grade, he had rarely encountered anything he couldn't stop, but the terrifying kinetic energy contained in this silver meteor made him feel like a mantis trying to stop a chariot.

Martial artists were used to withstanding the recoil of head-on collisions, but the power of this collision still exceeded Gorutan's expectations. He felt every nerve in his body twitching, constantly sending pain signals to his brain, and his heart was greatly shaken.

What terrifying power!

"Who on earth is coming?!"

Gorutan was filled with suspicion and uncertainty. He flew a long distance before stabilizing himself, quickly checked his physical condition, and found that this collision had caused him considerable injuries, making his mood extremely heavy.

He fixed his eyes and saw the original appearance of the stopped silver meteor, and his expression suddenly changed, and he exclaimed in shock:

"Black Star?!"

After knocking Gorutan away, Han Xiao braked, had Silver Shadow open the window, revealing his handsome face, and stared faintly at the shocked Gorutan.

"We meet again, Beast Ancestor."

"How could it be you? Aren't you staying at the Black Star Palace?"

Gorutan was filled with suspicion and uncertainty, and various possibilities flashed through his mind. Could it be that something went wrong with the operation against Hela?

Seeing Han Xiao's strange silver shell, Gorutan felt a strong sense of doubt. The progress of the situation seemed to have deviated from his expectations, and he was eager to know what had happened on the scene.

What is Sorokin doing? Why hasn't he notified me of the situation yet?

"I know what you've been doing behind my back," Han Xiao said slowly. "Hela has escaped danger, your plan has failed, don't have any more illusions."

Hearing this, Gorutan frowned.

Although he didn't know exactly how things were resolved, Black Star didn't need to lie about this. Seeing the other party's calm demeanor, he knew that the situation was probably true.

Failing to kill Hela immediately made Gorutan unhappy, with a feeling of expectation falling through.

"So you're here specifically to find me?"

Han Xiao narrowed his eyes. "You took the initiative to provoke me, and after suffering a loss, you leaked information to the Radiant and the Void Spirit through some channels, wanting to borrow a knife to kill me. Now that things have been exposed... you know what will happen next, right?"

Gorutan's expression suddenly sank.

His secret schemes had failed, and the person he plotted against had come to his door and called him out face-to-face. Even though he regarded Han Xiao as an enemy at this time, he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.

Gorutan was not a person who liked to argue. What was done was done. Since the enemy had seen through it, he had nothing to hide. He suppressed his emotions and snorted coldly:

"What, you want to settle the score with me?"

"I said, if you want to play, I'll play with you to the end. You don't seem like someone who can't afford to play, so now there's only one way to solve the problem, and I'm sure you know that." Han Xiao's tone was calm.

"Hmph, in the end, we still have to rely on our fists."

Gorutan knew that a fight was inevitable, and his body erupted with qi flames again.

--Intrigue and schemes are indeed not suitable for me, direct confrontation is the most straightforward.

Although he had suffered a loss just now, Gorutan was not timid at all. They were both peak Super-A Grades, who didn't have some trump cards? Who was afraid of whom?

He took a deep breath of energy, using his qi to stimulate cell proliferation, quickly healing his injuries, and rapidly replenishing his lost blood volume – martial artists' control over their bodies tended to be extreme, and at the peak Super-A Grade, their recovery ability wouldn't be low.

"I didn't get to fight you last time, so today is a good opportunity to make up for it. Your deeds are widely spread in the universe, let me see your true abilities." Gorutan's eyes shone brightly, his tone filled with strong fighting spirit.

He didn't know the details of the Hela rescue operation and was completely unaware of Han Xiao's recent achievements, his impression remaining at Han Xiao's previous combat power standards.

At this moment, Gorutan remembered Mchenryson on the side, and his heart skipped a beat.

If the opponent was only Black Star, Gorutan wouldn't be afraid, but if the Mechanicus also joined the battle, it would be bad.

He couldn't help but turn his head to look, and he was immediately overjoyed to see that Mchenryson's troops had stopped harassing him and were withdrawing, clearly indicating their intention not to interfere in this battle.

Han Xiao also glanced at the gradually receding Mechanicus troops, muttering to himself:

"That guy Mchenryson sent me Gorutan's coordinates, but he's not answering my calls. Is he both showing goodwill and wanting me to take over Gorutan as his opponent so that he can continue to stay out of it?"

Han Xiao shook his head. No matter what that director Mchenryson was planning, he was determined to fight this battle and wouldn't let the instigator go.

The effect of the Character Summon Card was still active and would last for quite a while. With this burst of combat power, dealing with Gorutan shouldn't be a problem.

Whoosh!

The Secondary Dimension Barracks opened, and a massive mechanical legion poured out, sweeping across the starry sky.

Gorutan was fearless, single-handedly charging into the boundless mechanical army.

As soon as they exchanged blows, overwhelming pressure came crashing down, and Gorutan immediately felt that something was wrong.

"Wait, your combat power is…"

Gorutan's eyes widened suddenly, his face filled with astonishment.

He had once felt Black Star's energy level at close range and had a rough estimate of Han Xiao's combat power, but at this moment, the actual combat power that Han Xiao displayed far exceeded his guess, shocking him greatly.

There was no reason for it. How could Black Star's combat power have soared by a level in just one or two months?!

Just then, Han Xiao's avatar advanced instead of retreating, not activating the Mechanical Deity, but actually taking the initiative to engage in close combat.

Fists collided violently, and a huge force was transmitted along his arm, actually creating a stalemate. The look of shock on Gorutan's face became even more intense.

"How is your strength also…"

"You ask too many questions!"

Han Xiao moved as fast as if he had become ethereal, and suddenly kicked the dazed Gorutan away.

Just like a cavalryman can exert greater combat power with the help of a horse, Han Xiao could also obtain stat bonuses from Silver Shadow when riding him.

And Silver Shadow himself was a martial artist, with high strength and agility bonuses, and also had unique defensive advantages.

A constant stream of power came from Silver Shadow, and Han Xiao's avatar temporarily obtained stat enhancements not inferior to a martial artist. Combined with his own stats, his close combat ability was greatly enhanced. Although he still couldn't compare to a peak martial artist, it was enough.

In his previous life, martial artists like Carroll used Silver Shadow to become even more powerful, while he used Silver Shadow more to take advantage of his speed and defensive advantages. Close combat was not the avatar's main means of output.

…

At the same time, the empire's support fleet set off from a space station in another direction.

"We've finally reached the vicinity of the Black Star's frontline base, hurry over there. We don't know what the fighting is like now. Every second we delay puts Hela in more danger." Ravenlaude urged.

At this moment, Kard closed his eyes, as if receiving some news, then opened his eyes with a wry smile and said:

"No need to rush over there, the matter has already been resolved by Black Star."

Hearing this, Ravenlaude, who was eager to flex his muscles, was immediately stunned.

"How is that possible? In such a dangerous situation, what method did he use to resolve it?"

"Here, this is the intelligence sent by the Black Star Army." Kard showed the message, which recorded the course of the battle.

After reading the information, Beonel on the side looked shocked.

"Black Star actually had such a trump card hidden up his sleeve? His burst form can actually fight against more than a dozen Super-A Grades, it's unbelievable!"

"The main reason is that the Radiant and the Void Spirit had to escape, and they were hindering each other, giving Black Star a chance to defeat them one by one... But to be fair, his achievements are indeed excessively frightening to outsiders."

Kard sighed, "However, burning potential is too detrimental to someone with such a promising future. It will inevitably affect his growth... Alas, Black Star has been wronged this time, the empire will definitely compensate him, right?"

At this moment, Beonel couldn't help but think of the joke Kard had made before, and his expression became strange.

On the way, Kard said that he could deal with everyone alone, which was originally a joke, but he didn't expect it to come true on Black Star.

"Amazing…" Beonel admired him from the bottom of his heart.

On the other side, Ravenlaude was completely frozen upon seeing this news.

He had originally wanted to turn the tide and have Black Star owe him a favor, but he didn't expect that he wouldn't need reinforcements at all. Black Star had single-handedly resolved such a major crisis that was almost certainly fatal.

...Doesn't that mean I made a trip for nothing again, and didn't even get a favor?

Ravenlaude instantly lost motivation and just wanted to turn into a salted fish, collapsing in the corner until the end of time.

"Now that the matter is resolved, what do we do now, go to Black Star's base to take a look, or go straight back?" Kohler asked.

Kard shook his head.

"Neither, Black Star seems to be fighting Gorutan... Since we're already here, let's go see if we can help."

…

On the other side, in the Beast Ancestor's base palace, Sorokin's possessed body paced back and forth, clutching the communicator, muttering to himself:

"Strange, why hasn't Gorutan replied to my message yet? Could something have happened?"

Sorokin suddenly had an ominous premonition about Gorutan's situation.