Chapter 377 Seize the Opportunity! (1/2)
The burning light beam burst like a golden spear breaking through the darkness, hitting Ember's face!
Boom!
Flames exploded!
Before the light had vanished, a shadow rushed out swiftly. Han Xiao's reaction was exceptionally fast. The handle of the scythe popped out from the arm armor and slipped into his hand, expanding into a large black scythe with one swing.
The scythe and the shadow clashed.
Clank!
The sound of metal colliding!
A crystal-clear hand grabbed the scythe, and the two of them competed in strength.
Han Xiao glanced at the hand. The skin of Ember became like a diamond, and the blade could not slice through.
The ground below him moved, and the carbon element was extracted, turning into dust particles, climbing up his legs and rapidly hardening.
Han Xiao hastily jumped back in shock, dodging before the mud hardened, tearing apart the yet to form diamond.
Carbon elemental control? Troublesome power… The analyzer in the mechanical suit detected the material that was controlled—it was all carbon. Han Xiao was experienced, so he immediately guessed the opponent's power, and he felt it was quite hard to deal with.
This kind of atom controlling Esper power was very rare, its effects were usually very well-rounded—able to attack, defend, control, and even building materials. Many natural materials contained carbon, and the opponent's power happened to be the nemesis of carbon-based life.
Han Xiao was discreetly shocked. Luckily, he had the True Damage immunity talent, otherwise, he would have died.
[Steel Body] had come from the Germinal Organization leader. Of course, at this stage, the leader's strength was not a big deal anymore, but that old man was a main character-type figure after all and a BOSS to boot. The effect of this talent was very strong, and it gave complete immunity to True Damages. True Damage ignored all resistance and could be very dangerous. Even the tankiest Pugilist would suffer from True Damage, and with this talent, it was insurance for safety.
Up till now, Han Xiao had gained two molding abilities in total, the other one was [Basic Strengthened Life], which gave him a lot of health. His health could even match up to Pugilists of the same level despite being a Mechanic. It was disgustingly tanky… and Ember was suitably disgusted right now.
[Carbon Atom Deconstruction] was a new way to use his Esper power that Ember had only obtained after reaching grade B—it was a lethal skill to low-grade Supers. It worked by directly breaking down the molecular structure of the opponent's body. The difference between the opponent's energy and level needed to be determined before taking effect. if the target failed to match up to a certain standard, the target would then take True Damage. Usually, anyone whose grade was lower than Ember's could not match up to that standard, but Han Xiao was different. Although his level was lower than his, he happened to have True Damage immunity.
”Run!”
Ember suppressed his shock. His trump card did not work, and his other powers were all ordinary combat methods that did not have enough destructive power. It was not the time to fight, and there was no time to think.
Hum!
The power field spread out. The ground and the walls rippled like water, and countless carbon molecules were extracted and reformed. The powder sized molecules surrounded Han Xiao like black silk then quickly hardened into diamonds with various shapes—spikes, barriers, cages, and so on—stalling Han Xiao.
Clank!
Spinning carbon dust was everywhere, moving around like waves, solidifying from time to time. The arbitrary shifts of material form were magnificent!
Han Xiao bared his teeth. The dust ribbon was dense, hard to predict, very swift, and kept attacking, so it really tested his reaction speed.
Amphiptere quickly planned the dodging route, allowing Han Xiao to maneuver around and dodge, barely avoiding the attacks one after another. The movement was very difficult to do—he was like an epileptic patient doing a street dance!
But it was very effective as well. Despite looking like he only barely made every dodge, he was very steady!
As Han Xiao was stalled, Ember took the Silvers and escaped out the doors. Han Xiao, of course, could not let the Silvers be just taken away like this. Just as he was about to give chase, the mechanical suit suddenly activated a warning, notifying that him there was a high energy reaction behind his back!
He slid and dodged!
Boom!
All kinds of attacks hit where he originally stood, creating a large crater. Han Xiao looked back to see those pirates that had taken slaves for themselves firing at him. Dozens of Supers surrounded him with murderous intent.
”Quickly, kill the witness!”
”He's alone, let's attack together!”
Han Xiao was surrounded and could not withdraw. Ember and the others vanished from his sight. He frowned and had no choice but to deal with those brutes.
He was alone, so the opponent used their advantage of outnumbering him. He could not defeat them quickly. Han Xiao decided to use the communicator in his mechanical suit to call for help.
After fighting for a while, these galactic pirates realized that they could not defeat Han Xiao at all, and Han Xiao even defeated quite a number of them. Quickly, they started to get anxious.
”This guy is quite strong. Don't waste time anymore, we have to go!”
”No, he saw our identity. If he reports it to the guards, we will be immediately exposed!”