Chapter 1307 - Defeat (2/2)
Just ignore Wuornos, we must defeat Black Star no matter what, so get to recovering as fast as possible. If Wuornos still can’t settle the battle by tomorrow, we’ll have to fight again.”
The others nodded solemnly.
Time passed quickly. Under countless pairs of eyes, Han Xiao already fought intensely with Wuornos for more than a day, the situation was already becoming clear.
Han Xiao finally eliminated all the God Embodiments except for the fake Mechanical Deity, and he paid a ton of mechanical troops as the price for that.
Although he was restrained by Wuornos and the fake Mechanical Deity, in his explosive state, his attributes were clearly superior. He continuously broke through the two of them, ignoring his injuries and eliminating the God Embodiments one after another, causing the strength difference between two sides to increase as time went on, making the situation easier and easier for him.
The last few God Embodiments were not even killed by him personally but by the mechanical troops and the Apostle Weapons. The remaining mechanical troops were already free to surround Wuornos and the fake Mechanical Deity, the only ones left.
Clank!
The two of them clashed once again. Wuornos moved back a certain distance, casually blasting away an Apostle Weapon, and suddenly sighed. “You have killed all the God Embodiments I’ve brought here today, looks like I can’t do much more.”
“What, is that it?”
Han Xiao slapped the fake Mechanical Deity away once again and snorted.
“… We’re the only two left. We won’t be able to decide a winner if we continue.” Wuornos shook his head.
“There’s only one day left anyway, doesn’t matter to me.”
Han Xiao did not mind it.
Although he had killed all the God Embodiments, he could neither penetrate the church’s National Treasure nor eliminate the fake Mechanical Deity, and Wuornos could not threaten his life either.
Conservatively, he could still fight Wuornos for half a month or so without resting.
“If that’s the case, we’ll call it here,” Wuornos said softly.
“You think you can make the call?” Han Xiao curled his lips.
Wuornos glanced at him and softly giggled. His enormous body shrank back to his original size, and he opened the public channel.
“I’m no match for you. I admit my loss.”
Han Xiao was stunned. He did not expect Wuornos to do this.
Admitting loss in front of the public went against the direct Beyond Grade As’ goal of fighting for the three Universal Civilizations. Plus, no one showed any signs of defeat at this point; it was a tie at most. Why did he admit defeat?
Wuornos snapped his finger. The fake Mechanical Deity suddenly stopped and then exploded from the inside. He got rid of this God Embodiment on the spot.
Han Xiao frowned, raised his hand, and made the mechanical army stop attacking.
“…What are you doing?”
Wuornos disconnected from the public channel, looked at Han Xiao with a meaningful expression, and said, “Black Star, you’re the most talented Super to have ever existed. You have the highest possibility of opening the gate to that next territory. Like I said in the beginning, I don’t want to be your enemy.”
“What is the meaning of this? Aren’t you afraid of the Arcane Church having problems with you because you admitted your loss in front of the public?” Han Xiao frowned even harder.
“I’ve already done what I can. As for my goal… maybe you’ll find out one day.”
Wuornos gave him a strange smile, turned around, and flew toward the three Universal Civilizations’ fleet.
Han Xiao made the mechanical army open a path and did not stop him. He silently stared at Wuornos’ shrinking back view and realized that he had no understanding of Wuornos’ personality and mindset.
In Han Xiao’s previous life, both Dark Lord and Oulou died in the World Tree War; only Wuornos never even participated in it. Han Xiao would never believe for a second that the Arcane Church did not give him any orders. He had no way of knowing what this guy was really thinking
… Never mind, I can’t guess what he’s thinking. I got the mission reward, anyway.
Han Xiao exhaled, opened the interface, and looked at it with a satisfied smile.
The Beyond Grade A Challenge Mission for Wuornos was shown as ‘completed’.
He retrieved the mechanical army, deactivated the Mechanical Deity, sat on a new Divine Mechanical Throne, looked at the three Universal Civilizations’ fleet, and said in the public channel, “Who’s next?”
As he said that, the entire channel went dead silent.
As soon as Wuornos returned to the main ship, the many direct Beyond Grade A surrounded him with rather hostile looks.
“How could you admit loss publicly!” Clotti questioned loudly.
“I couldn’t win, so of course, I admitted my loss,” Wuornos replied casually.
“You think we’re all blind?” Verena said with an angry tone. “You showed no signs of defeat at all. You could’ve totally fought Black Star for much longer!”
Wuornos glanced at her and coldly said, “Then what? Keep fighting like this till the end of the warning period? I seem to recall I said I was going to fight Black Star alone, but you guys were going to ignore my request and were planning to fight him together, weren’t you?”
Hearing this, they immediately did not know what to say.
“I can guess what you guys are planning to do with my eyes closed.”
Seeing this, Wuornos shook his head, pushed his way through the crowd, and left.
He did not want to participate in the battle to begin with. Originally, he wanted to watch till the end. However, the church had given him an absolute order, and he had no choice but to fight.
However, Wuornos did not plan to defeat Black Star. What he really wanted was to see and experience Black Star’s true strength, do his best to fight him to the extent that it was enough to give the church some results.
He was not lying about respecting Black Star, but he did not admit loss because of that. It was because of another reason.
Wuornos did not want to stop the three Universal Civilizations and the Beyond Grade A Association from starting a war; he wished to see it happen instead!
This was his core motive!
For many years, Wuornos had been stuck at an invisible ceiling. He realized that no matter what, his strength could barely grow anymore. It was as if there was some kind of higher power that prevented him from stepping into that higher territory of power
He believed that only competition and pressure could breed the strong. Back during the exploration era, Supers slaughtered each other every second. Only then were the Beyond Grade As born. When the first Primordial One appeared, like a signal, more and more Beyond Grade As appeared one after another.
From the way he looked at it, the evolution of individual greatness might require an extremely talented pioneer to break that ceiling. Only then would the others be able to follow and enjoy the benefits.
This was how Black Star, whose growth rate broke every record, had entered his sights. Black Star was the person who had the highest possibility of becoming that pioneer in his eyes.
Wuornos did not like the peaceful atmosphere of the Beyond Grade A Association; he liked to see Beyond Grade As fight everyday more, breeding stronger individuals. Hence, the three Universal Civilizations targeting the association matched with his goal. In this respect, Wuornos had the same fanaticism as EsGod, only he took a different path. Compared to EsGod’s selfish style, Wuornos hoped to see the entire universe’s strong individuals working hard.
After all, given the mechanics of his ability, the stronger individuals there were in the universe, the stronger his peak strength would be.
All kinds of thoughts flashed past his thoughts, Wuornos closed his eyes and thought, I’ll give you this reputation today. Let me see how far you can go.
At the same time, the image of Wuornos admitting loss was broadcast to countless people.
At this moment, the hope that had just been rekindled was completely extinguished.
All the galactic residents who were hoping to see Black Star defeated collapsed onto their seats and looked hopeless.
Not a single person in the entire three Universal Civilizations could defeat Black Star. Even by shamelessly fighting him in groups, they still lost. Embarrassing!
Before long, the countless galactic residents turned from pessimistic to nervous. They knew that today was the last day of the warning period given by the three Universal Civilizations. If neither side decided to take a step back, a war was most likely going to break out!
Seeing that there was no hope, many galactic residents suddenly stopped worrying. They started to vent their rage born from powerlessness and fear online, as well as the hatred toward Black Star for not ‘losing like they wanted’.
Suddenly, support for the three Universal Civilizations grew tremendously once again. No longer were they hoping to stop the war; they went in the complete opposite direction, almost supportive of starting a war. They only had one core reason… for the three Universal Civilizations to crush the Beyond Grade A Association and clear the unstable factor of the galactic society!