Chapter 771 - Youd Better Not Run (1/2)
After both parties formed an alliance, Floating Dragon changed their drifting trajectory and headed toward the headquarters of the Black Star Army. They would work together with Han Xiao during this period.
Since Ames had chosen to fight by Han Xiao’s side, she naturally had to bring her personal weapon along. Floating Dragon had another two more islands, and using it to smash others would definitely be more painful.
Han Xiao then got Reynolds to inform the army’s logistics department to modify some empty backup satellite fortresses. Han Xiao was prepared to give them to Ames so that she could use them as her weapon. After all, she could not always use her main camp as her weapon.
After using the Evolution Cube, everyone rested for a day before Han Xiao and Ames gathered all the officers together.
This time, it was to reply to the Tyrant’s challenge.
Before announcing his response to the world, Han Xiao decided to contact the Tyrant privately.
The secret war had been fought for such a long time, and the two parties had not contacted each other before. The last time they had seen each other was more than ten years ago at the Tyrant’s gathering. Back then, he had been only Ames’ follower, and Heber had tried to recruit him.
Han Xiao did not have the Tyrant’s communicator number, but Ames had it in her communicator. This time, he was going to borrow Ames’ communicator to contact Heber, which Ames had no issues with.
Han Xiao then opened Ames’ communicator and pulled out Heber’s number from the blacklist. Because of Heber’s pursuit, Ames had always blocked his number.
Han Xiao then sent a communication request to the Tyrant.
Beep beep!
After a few seconds, the communication request went through, and Heber’s image appeared on the communicator.
“Ames? You are finally going to… Hmm? Black Star‽”
Heber immediately frowned. Ames’ name appeared on his communicator, and he thought that Ames had finally thought things through and decided to agree to become his partner. However, he had never imagined that the call would be made by Black Star.
“Ames formed an alliance with you?” Heber immediately reacted.
Han Xiao only nodded.
Heber’s eyes narrowed, and his expression remained emotionless.
For a few years, many organizations had been spreading rumors about the Black Star Army and Floating Dragon splitting up. When Han Xiao became a Beyond Grade A, Heber knew that both of them would definitely split up, and Heber was hoping that Black Star and Ames would become enemies as a result. The outcome that he did not want to see was the two of them becoming allies.
“It seems like the little tricks of those organizations weren’t able to shake your relationship,” Heber said calmly.
“You don’t seem anxious at all.” Han Xiao raised his brows.
“It makes no difference to me,” Heber said. “Tell Ames that I will give her a final chance. As long as she stays out of this matter, I can ignore her. I will not show any mercy otherwise.”
“Get your head out the clouds. I didn’t ask you to show any mercy,” Ames said coldly upon hearing those words.
Heber ignored her and said to Han Xiao while shaking his head, “Black Star, I gave you a chance a long time ago. It is a pity that you didn’t treasure it and rejected my invitation. If you are contacting me to plead for mercy, it is too late. We are now enemies, and there isn’t anything to talk about between us.”
“I called you to respond to your challenge. Set a time and place,” Han Xiao said with a deep voice.
Through his Observer’s Mark, Han Xiao knew that Psyker had contacted Heber privately and invited Heber to work together with him. However, the Tyrant rejected and insisted on dealing with Black Star alone but did not stop Psyker from going to view their battle. Thus, both parties had issued separate challenges.
Han Xiao also understood Heber’s thoughts from the conversation between the two. Heber did not only want to take revenge but also want to establish his prestige with a new Beyond Grade A Super. Heber wanted to have as many people paying attention to this matter as possible and thus publicly set a time and invited the various organizations to watch the battle.
“Alright,” Heber said resolutely. “The time will be set twenty days from now. The location will be in the desolate universe belt between the Colton Star Cluster and Seoul Star Cluster. I will announce the coordinates publicly.”
Choosing a neutral region between the two made it convenient for Bloodshed Land to send out their army and create a confrontation between Purple Crystal and Klent. It was still equivalent to both the civilizations fighting a proxy war.
Heber set the date twenty days from then so that the news would be able to spread throughout the Star Field and attract more people to witness his battle with Black Star. However, he would not drag the battle on for too long as he did not want to give Han Xiao too much time to prepare. He also did not want the matter to die down and wanted to establish his prestige when Black Star’s influence was at the peak.
If Black Star wanted to back out of the battle, Heber would not lose out either. Heber could just say that Black Star was afraid of him and did not dare appear for their battle. He would also be able to build up his prestige as well and have a reason to visit the Black Star Army headquarters.
“Alright, you’d better not run when the time comes,” Han Xiao said without much hesitation.
Han Xiao then hung up without waiting for Heber to reply.
“This fellow is still as domineering as usual. How annoying,” Ames said with her eyes narrowed and her force field energy being gathered in her palms. Every time she saw the Tyrant’s annoying face, she had the urge to smash her Floating Dragon down on him.
“In any case, the time and location have been decided. We just have to show up when the time comes.” Han Xiao looked at all the officers. “You lot heard the conversation, right? Announce it to the public in the name of the Black Star Army.”
“Understood.” Sylvia nodded and started a long-distance conference. As the Chief Administrative Official, public relations was her job.
“There’s still twenty days…”
Han Xiao’s eyes glimmered. It seemed like this would be all the time he had for preparations.
…
The challenge given out by the Tyrant and Star Pupil created a huge commotion in the Shattered Star Ring, but Black Star had not given an official response. Many individuals had their appetites whet and were looking forward to the development of the matter.
Because of the storm created by the battle, many Supers who wanted to join the Black Star Army controlled themselves and waited to observe what happened. Thus, there were not too many who applied to the Black Star Army during this period. However, Han Xiao was also aware about this and thus did not start his recruitment.
Seven days after the challenge was issued, the Black Star Army finally made a response.
Black Star accepted the challenge!
Not just that, the Black Star Army had also announced a shocking piece of news.
From that day on, the Black Star Army would leave Floating Dragon and gain independence!
Many organizations had intentionally spread rumors that led many to believe that the Black Star Army would cut off all ties with Floating Dragon after gaining independence.
However, the truth had shocked many. The Dragon Emperor Ames had actually chosen to form an alliance with Black Star and deal with the Tyrant and Star Pupil!
This was something that no one had expected. Black Star had to fight alone originally and face the challenge of the Tyrant and Star Pupil single-handedly. Many individuals could not help but break out in cold sweat for this newly ascended Beyond Grade A. However, the interference of the Dragon Emperor immediately leveled the playing field.
A total of four Beyond Grade A Supers had entered the fray!
This was like a stimulant that caused the entire Star Field to blow up with excitement!
Regardless of whether they were ordinary citizens or members of large organizations, everyone was extremely clear about one thing.
A huge show was about to erupt in the Star Field!
…
In the Palace of Hidden Spells, Austin looked through a report on his communicator and thought to himself, Black Star accepted the challenge officially? He’s even taking the Dragon Emperor…
It was now a two-on-two battle, and the Shattered Star Ring had five Beyond Grade A Supers.
This meant that his presence would influence the direction in which this matter developed, and everyone else knew that as well.