Chapter 598 Man vs. Flee (2/2)
Capturing Sykes was not much trouble—Han Xiao used many ships and focused their fired on him. Although the power of the cannons of those spaceships was thousands of miles away from the DarkStar main cannon, they had the quantity to make up for it. Sykes had a huge mobility problem in space, so it was very difficult for him to dodge. He was basically a live target. It was brutal, and even Han Xiao did not have the heart to watch it.
After making sure that Sykes was almost done for, only then did Han Xiao control the spaceship to drag Sykes back to Purple Snake. He then threw him aside with the other galactic pirates.
”Bo—Boss…”
All the captured galactic pirates looked at the burnt, almost dead Sykes. They could not help but feel terrified.
Grade As rarely became galactic pirates. The unity of the Purple Snake Space Pirates came from how strong Sykes was—he made his subordinates feel very confident.
However, Sykes had easily been defeated, so his strong image in their mind had shattered.
The more they admired Sykes before, the more they were afraid of Han Xiao now.
”Some escaped, but they were all unimportant minions.”
Han Xiao stood in front of them as he took off his Berserk Ape. All living galactic pirates were before him, so there was no need to hack anything anymore. The spaceship was in his hands.
Taking account of the spaceships that had escaped, he had seized twenty-four spaceships. Although most of them were cheap pillaging ships, there was the main ship that was a Grade Crow battleship, so it was not a bad return.
Sykes was heavily injured; his limbs were all locked by electromagnetic cuffs. He lay sideways on the floor and glared at Han Xiao with hatred and rage.
”Don't look at me like that. You messed with someone, so you should have been prepared for this.” Han Xiao shrugged.
Sykes chortled with despair, speechless.
”Calamity Grade Supers should be able to last longer,” Han Xiao murmured.
He was not going to go easy on a captive. With bright eyes, he took out the Super-Gene Extractor and approached Sykes step by step.
Seeing Han Xiao's passionate eyes, Sykes suddenly felt a chill run down his spine. He then recalled Befuli's terrifying state, and his expression instantly changed. Trying to be tough, he yelled, ”Don't come closer! I will kill you! I will kill you for sure! Don't! Don—”
Han Xiao ignored it all and plunged the Super-Gene Extractor right into Sykes' veins, extracting his Super-Gene. The product was three tubes of dark red Ability Potions, thick as blood.
Sykes felt a sense of weakness coming directly from his bones. The little energy he had left was gone. The Esper power that he was so used to using could not be sensed anymore. It was like he had suddenly lost his body's senses, and he panicked.
This time, Han Xiao took out a fresh new Ability Potion and gulped it down.
Sykes' entire body trembled. Looking at Han Xiao gobbling his blood, he was submerged in horror. His eyes widened, and his lips shivered.
Not just him, all the other captive galactic pirates saw this and felt terrified and uneasy.
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You have received [Character Summon Card - Sykes (Temporary)]
[Character Summon Card - Sykes (Temporary)]: Purple Poison - Tide
Release a large amount of liquid poison, spreading out in all directions from the user. This acidic poison causes continuous damage every five seconds. The poison will not disappear after being released. It can be used to form acidic terrain or reused.
Damage: 580 – 920
This Character Summon Card will expire in 15 days.
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Skills had many abilities. The abilities extracted by the Ability Potion were random, but they were all different ways to use the Esper power.
This was the type of Esper ability that could produce physical materials. Although it was comparatively weak in battle, the produced materials would not disappear, so there were many more ways to use it.
The destructive power of this Esper ability is actually really high. As long as he has enough time, he can make enough poisonous liquid to cover an entire land or even an entire planet, making it lifeless…
The way Han Xiao looked at Sykes changed. It was like he was looking at a biochemical weapon, with slight disappointment.
You have such a strong Esper ability, but you chose to be a galactic pirate‽
Not long after, Ability Potions were made from all the captive galactic pirates. Han Xiao checked all the abilities then imprisoned everyone. Sykes received special treatment from him.
The Purple Snake Space Pirates have finally been dealt with. That cost me more than half a month…
Han Xiao looked on the forums. Other than Planet Sunil, the other players' first mission had mostly been completed. Most of them were successful, with a few of them triggered new events, but most of them had returned to Base No.1 to receive new missions. While doing so, they also updated their equipment and brought Han Xiao another wave of profit. Everything was on the right path.
I got more than twenty ships this time. Maybe fighting galactic pirates is also a way to make a fortune, Han Xiao pondered. He had not been strong enough back then, but now that he was Calamity Grade, regular galactic pirates would be a piece of cake. Not only could he take their spaceships, he could also capture the galactic pirates and turn them into sources for Ability Potions or even exchange them for bounties.
Sykes had a bounty of 2.8 million Enas in Black Raven Civilization, but Han Xiao did not plan to exchange him for the bounty now. He wanted to drain Sykes dry first before giving him in for the bounty.
After arranging the loot, Han Xiao brought along the twenty or so spaceships and headed back to Garton Star System.
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A few days after Han Xiao left, when the escaped Purple Snake galactic pirates shared their experience, only then did the Fawn Star System hear about this. Black Star had beaten up the entire Purple Snake Space Pirates alone!
This was not big news but not insignificant either. The Purple Snake Space Pirates had constantly been committing crimes in the Fawn Star System, so they were quite well known. When such a large galactic pirate group was defeated by a single person, there was quite a number of people who paid attention to it and were curious about the reasons.
Some people said that Sykes kidnapped Black Star Army's people, some said that this was a hire accepted by Black Star, and some even said that Black Star was picking on galactic pirates to rob resources and the Purple Snake Space Pirates were the victims instead. All sorts of rumors were going around.
No matter what, a large group of galactic pirates being defeated was a good thing for the citizens of Fawn Star System.
Black Raven Civilization received this news and waited for Black Star to approach them and exchange the prisoner for a bounty, while they could take this opportunity to form a relationship with the rising Black Star.
However, after waiting for many days, they received the message that Han Xiao had returned to the Garton Star System.
The employees of the Bounty Department of Black Raven Civilization were confused. Black Star isn't coming to change for bounty. Does he not want it?
Since he does not want the bounty and the Purple Snake Space Pirates are gone, does that mean we can just cancel the bounty?
This was common. When some wanted criminal was killed and no one came to claim the bounty, the bounty would be considered complete.
However, this was denied by the superiors of the related departments in Black Raven Civilization. They decided to keep the bounty and wait for Black Star to claim it.
There were many reasons. One was to use this opportunity to bond with Black Star. This amount of money was going to be there waiting for Black Star to claim it, so he would most likely come in the future.
Another reason was that they were interested in the relationship between Black Star and Godora. When Black Star was attacked by DarkStar back in the day, the Dragon Emperor had acted and shocked the world.
In that incident, Black Raven Civilization's competition, the Holy Stone Civilization, seemed to have some sort of dispute with Black Star. This was an opportunity, and if they could get a connection with Godora from Black Star, they could be above the Holy Stone Civilization.
With Han Xiao's current position and fame, every move he made was connected to the nerves of many forces. What he represented was no longer just himself.