Seeing that Han Xiao didn't believe it, Austin said: "Sisko only cares about his own civilization. He doesn't know you, and he probably has no interest in helping you. Even if I ask him for help, he may not give me face. I only have the same friendship with him."

You don’t have much face, you are a Transcendent A Grade after all, but you like to socialize as much as I do... Han Xiao secretly complained in his heart.

As if he understood Han Xiao's eyes, Austin clicked his tongue and changed the subject, "Even if he is willing to help, you won't live long if you don't become Transcendent A Grade."

"Oh?" Han Xiao narrowed his eyes.

Austin said slowly: "You have killed so many A-level superpowers in the war field. Due to the unspoken rules, the Overlord has not done anything to you, but once the secret war is settled, guess what he will do to you."

Han Xiao raised his eyebrows and said, "He will praise me for killing well."

Austin was speechless, with an expression of "How can you be so shameless", shook his head and said:

"If you reach Transcendent A Grade before the end of the war, Overlord will intervene in the war to deal with you, but at least you still have hope of survival. But if you have been unable to break through the Transcendent A Grade boundaries, you will not even have the qualifications to resist. At most

If you postpone your death for a while, he will definitely have a fight with you!

So I didn’t lie to you when I said becoming Transcendent A Grade is your only option, and you don’t have much time left.”

Han Xiao held his chin and said nothing, but Marion on the side had his eyes straightened. Fording also looked worried, looking at Han Xiao frequently, his eyes full of worry.

Becoming Transcendent A Grade in two or three years? Impossible, Fording couldn’t imagine how small the chance was.

He knows very well that Han Xiao has reached a very high level now. It is extremely difficult to make further progress. In the past seven years, his strength has hardly improved, which is in sharp contrast to the rapid growth rate that he once had.

Many old friends privately concluded that Black Star had finally encountered a bottleneck.

If the Overlord attacks then, Black Star will be in trouble, and the huge Black Star Army will fall apart with his death.

Even if Black Star can seize the extremely slim chance of becoming Transcendent A, it may not be able to survive in the hands of Tyrant. Tyrant has been Transcendent A a long time ago, and its prestige has been earned, and its combat power will naturally crush a new Transcendent A.

class.

Thinking of this, Fording was pessimistic about the future. He reached out to touch Han Xiao's shoulder and squeezed it hard, hoping to give him some comfort.

In his opinion, Han Xiao must be desperate now.

"Where did your news come from?"

"I have my own intelligence channels." Austin smiled.

Han Xiao narrowed his eyes and pretended to think deeply. In fact, the news did not surprise him. Since he dared to participate in the secret war, he had already made preparations to become the enemy of the Tyrant and did not take any chances.

Originally, he was just an ordinary member of Organization Zero, but now he has become an ace combatant, and it has naturally attracted the attention of the Overlord. Han Xiao has been secretly wary of Heboar's intervention in the war, but he is not afraid. At this time, he

He is also affiliated with Dragon Calm and has a backer behind him. Tyrant's attack on him is tantamount to provoking Dragon Seat. The two sides have deep grudges, old and new, and Emersy will not swallow his anger.

Moreover, once the Tyrant intervenes, Amethyst will go crazy and will not hesitate to send official troops to encircle Heboar - the star cluster level civilization can threaten the life of Transcendent A Grade. Krent will also use this as an excuse to send troops, and then the secret

The nature of the war has almost completely changed, and it has become a large-scale war between two civilizations.

Both warring parties want to control the scale of the war, which is why the Overlord never takes action, but Han Xiao is not too reckless. Peeing on someone's head is okay, but shitting is too much.

In fact, after gaining a reputation, he has consciously reduced the frequency of his attacks in recent years. He has successfully formed an alliance with Amethyst, gained a lot of development opportunities, and has completed his original intention of participating in the secret war, so he began to avoid the risk of attracting trouble.

Although he influenced the course of the secret war, it was difficult to change the outcome of the war with only his natural disaster level strength and status. He acted within his ability and did not wholeheartedly work for Amethyst.

Austin's words at this time just made Han Xiao's guess become a fact, so he wasn't too surprised.

But on the surface, Han Xiao still thanked Austin for reminding him.

"I can only help you so much. The enchantment Lackey gave you is very good and you don't need me to improve it. You can go."

Austin waved his hands, showing his intention to see off the guests.

Seeing this, Han Xiao stopped entangled and left the Palace of Secrets with Fording and Marion who looked worried.

Austin returned to the throne, with a look of interest in watching a show on his chubby face.

He does not get involved in disputes. He likes to stand from the perspective of a bystander and observe the changes in the world.

Pressure is motivation. He deliberately stated the Overlord's intentions, just to see what kind of actions Black Star would make under pressure, whether it would rise against the trend, perish, or turn into a lost dog and leave.

Shatter the star ring and escape the overlord’s pursuit.

No matter what the outcome is, Austin is happy to hear it.

Of course, what he wants to see most is for Black Star to change the pattern of Broken Star Ring over the years and inject new vitality into this remote star field.

…

Han Xiao and the others boarded the spaceship and sailed away from the Palace of Secrets.

There was silence on the boat.

Fording couldn't help but ask, "Are you sure you can break through the current bottleneck in two or three years?"

Bottleneck? What bottleneck? Han Xiao didn't react for a moment and glanced at him in confusion. After thinking about it, he understood what Fording meant and shrugged.

"I don't know either." Naturally, he didn't intend to reveal anything about the panel.

"Then what should we do? The Overlord will definitely come to kill you." Fording was a little worried.

Marion suggested: "Perhaps we can find a way to borrow the evolution cube in Sisko's hand. Wouldn't that thing lower the threshold of Transcendent A Grade?"

"I guess there's no way." Han Xiao shook his head.

Austin can definitely ask Sisko, but he has no obligation to help him. Emersy is very homely, and she probably doesn’t know Sisko well, so her face is not good. The Evolution Cube is Sisko’s treasure, how can she think

Just use it, you don't know anyone else, Sisko is probably too lazy to get involved in this matter.

Besides, I have no real bottleneck, I just lack experience.

"Then what are you going to do?" Fording looked worried.

"Step by step."

Version 3.0 players have returned, and Han Xiao is confident of becoming a Transcendent A Grade, but he can’t explain it to Fording.

Fording pressed Han Xiao's shoulder with a serious look on his face, "If it really doesn't work, then give up the Black Star Legion and escape to other star fields. The power can be managed again, and life is more important."

"Then will you follow me?" Han Xiao joked.

Fording hesitated for a moment, then nodded slowly, "Yes."

Sensing Fording's sincere concern, Han Xiao was a little moved.

He shook his head, changed the subject, and said with a smile: "Don't be frightened by things that haven't happened yet. We'll talk about the Tyrant later. There's still a problem waiting to be dealt with. I have to find a way to suppress the parasitism in my mental brain first.

The mental toxin...oh, it should be called the soul embryo. With this thing here, I don’t even dare to use my power randomly."

"It's a pity that the curse master couldn't help." Fording sighed.

"He simply doesn't want to help. Despite his amiable appearance, this old man is actually quite a thief. Do you think he told me this information simply because he wanted to help me?"

Han Xiao curled his lips. He was not as easy to fool as Melos. He asked him to come all the way, but he just dismissed him without even reimbursing the fuel cost. You are such a big-headed fool.

In the final analysis, you have to find a way on your own. If you had known better, you shouldn't have trusted Austin. This trip was in vain. Super A Grade is unreliable these days.

Han Xiao thought for a while and suddenly had an idea.

Since the reason why Transcendent A Grade can recover on its own is because of its strong mental power, and every time one upgrades, his spirit will also increase accordingly, so even if one does not reach Transcendent A Grade, upgrading should be able to suppress the soul embryo.

NPCs do not have a panel, so they can only be improved subtly over time, while upgrading yourself is an instant enhancement with significant effects. Although upgrading cannot clear negative status, it should be able to inhibit the growth of the soul embryo.

Han Xiao opened the panel. He spent more than half a month on the road. The players had already returned to the Black Star Legion and were spending money one after another. At this time, they had accumulated enough experience in upgrading, and then they had the capital to experiment.

He didn't hesitate and moved up a level directly.

[[Apostle Mechanic] is upgraded to lv23, vigor +240, strength +3, agility +4, endurance +5, intelligence +10, you gain 8 free attribute points and 1 potential point]

Han Xiao immediately entered the mental brain through the enchantment on his body. Looking down, he saw that the purple-black mist area of ​​the soul embryo was further compressed, from 6% to 4%.

"The upgrade is indeed effective. The expansion of the mental brain area can suppress the erosion of the soul embryo in disguise." Han Xiao withdrew his mental detection and immediately had an idea. He was not unable to do it. As long as he made reasonable upgrades, he could control the erosion area of ​​the soul embryo to within 100%. If the score is less than 30%, no troublesome sub-personality will be born.

Han Xiao breathed a sigh of relief. Now that there is a long-term suppression method, the threat of soul embryos to him has dropped by a level. As expected, enchantment and other external means are still the most reliable way to enhance oneself, something that a Transcendent A Grade mage is helpless to do. You can solve it by upgrading yourself.

"In this case, it's not that I can't take action. I just need to control the fighting time... Well, but just in case, I still need to find a powerful fighter..."

At this time, the communicator suddenly rang. Han Xiao took it out and saw that it was a message from Silvia who was at the headquarters, including a photo.

In the picture, a dark red spacecraft used a tractor beam to pull dozens of spaceships painted with Star Pirates, and parked at the airport. The long dark red curly hair that had not been seen for a long time came into view. Hela and Aurora were standing at the dock. Revealing a cold and beautiful side face.

Hela is back?

Han Xiao stared at the photo and curled his lips slightly.

At this moment, he had the best choice as a thug in his mind.

…

"Your Excellency Dragon Seat, they have arrived at the Black Star Legion headquarters."

In the Dragon Calm Floating Island Palace, Verna is lowering her head, reporting to Emersy the schedule of the two Hela sisters.

Emersy squeezed the force field into tiny light green spheres, played with them between her fingers, and danced around them like elves. She smiled softly when she heard this, "Did they encounter anything on the way?"

"Well, the fleet I sent out was secretly escorting them. Eight small groups of star thieves attacked them, but they were all easily killed by Hela." Verna said, and Hela and the others left. She was afraid that something would happen to them. , so he sent someone to protect him secretly.

"You did a good job. Now that they have arrived at Black Star's territory safely, you can withdraw the troops. Black Star will take care of them."

Emersy nodded. She cared more about the two sisters than she cared about herself. She didn't usually feel that. After the Hela sisters had been away for more than half a month, she felt empty and melancholy.

Aesop on the side shook his head, "You don't need to worry about them at all, they can grow up quickly by following Black Star."
To be continued...