The situation became more and more difficult and when Han was trapped between two powerful forces, the people above ground weren’t having an easy time either.

  The poisonous king of the Witch Clan was already lying lifelessly on the ground, as a mummy.

  As someone who only knew how to use poison, facing an opponent that was immune and needed real swords and guns to fight, Mandala was naturally the first one to die.

  Although Ye Guhong and Fran were still alive, they looked as if they were 10 years older, the massive loss of source energy made them struggle to make any moves and they almost couldn’t hold it anymore.

  At that moment, the Star-Strangling Boa suddenly stopped its attacks towards those two and became unusually quiet.

  Plop~

  Fran and Ye Guhong already depleted their power and fainted.

  Han’s situation was indeed very difficult. Among the 4 of them, Mandala died, Fran and Ye Guhong fainted, no one could give him a helping hand, and even the loyal Demon Claw with tenacious vitality was lying powerlessly on the ground. Its big claws gently trembled, even if it was not dead, it was pretty close to being dead.

  Han was very clear that even if the Demon Claw was energetic at the moment, it still wouldn’t be able to provide any help for him.

  He stuck in a fight between sages. Whether it was the creature inside the egg or the Star-Strangling Boa, both were way stronger than Han.

  The feeling that his body was going to split put Han in a lot of pain, but suddenly, he felt an incredible change taking place inside his body.

  What was affected by the two strong powers wasn’t just Han, but also the Heart of Darkness and Genu of Darkness, both from the power of Darkness.

  Now the situation was that Han was about to be torn apart, and the power of darkness was also trying to flee!

  Han felt that the dark energy was actually going into his zero-degree brain region! And started tangling up with his source energy!

  In the past, the dark energy only temporarily inhabited in Han’s body but didn’t really count as his own; it was only a type of power he can channel when he needs to.

  Now the dark energy went into his zero-degree brain region, and the place where the source energy is generated and stored!

  This was equivalent to a type of fusion!

  In the narrow zero-degree brain region, the dark energy and source energy became very mixed and were no longer two separate entities. This chaos directly triggered a mutation in Han’s body!

  Han felt much more powerful than before! Even the power of the Dark King was truly absorbed by him, and his source energy was no longer the same as other espers. It now had a dark temperament added!

  This was like pouring two bottles of ink into a water tank. Now the tank of clear water changed color and can no longer be drunk, but also became threatening!

  Boom~

  Han’s body trembled!

  His zero-degree brain region became dark and wide!

  The two forces that were originally tearing Han’s body apart, after the dark energy and Han truly integrated, could no longer hurt Han, and Han could even take those two energy forces and absorb them into his zero-degree brain region!

  A series of coincidences finally led to unexpected results, and now the situation was that Han, who had fully integrated with the dark force, began absorbing the life inside the black egg and the energy from Star-Strangling Boa!

  Come!

  Bring it on!

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  Han’s zero-degree brain region turned into a black whirlpool, constantly absorbing the two forces that were battling inside of him.

  No one knew how Han became like this, but they all knew that the current Han was very deadly!

  Kacha~

  Unexpectedly, Han whose energy was suddenly strengthened directly pulled out the silver handle that was inserted inside the Star-Strangling Boa.

  It turned out to be a blade!

  Silver Edge Iron-Tower Blade!

  Just at the moment Han pulled out the edge, the Star-Strangling Boa suddenly lost its power and started crumbling. Han felt that he can use this blade to cut it down easily!

  Just at that moment, the Star-Strangling Boa’s roots and leaves quickly went into that strange blade in Han’s hand, as if this Silver Edge Iron-Tower Blade could imprison demons. It captured this monster Star-Strangling Boa.

  And a few seconds later, there was not even a trace of the Star-Strangling Boa left! The huge and horrifying plant disappeared out of thin air, leaving only Han and the Silver Edge Iron-Tower Blade! The blade’s body emits and devilish silver light, and the blade seemed to be even sharper than before!

  But near Han, that black egg was still desperately struggling.

  “Do you want to live or die?” Han placed that strange blade above the black egg and shouted, as if he was going to kill the egg and the creature inside.

  Aoao~~

  Aoao~~

  After struggling for a few seconds, the egg stopped howling and started whimpering, as if it had already surrendered and was begging Han to let him go.

  Han frowned and thought for a long time.

  Finally, he gently flicked his wrist and placed the egg back into the dimensional ring.

  “Since he already conceded defeat, I will just spare him.” Han thought.

  This war could be described as a series of twists and turns. Just when Han was on the verge of death, the dark energy actually completed its integration with the zero-degree brain region, and this fusion brought Han some type of magical power, allowing him to reverse the losing battle and take down both monsters!

  Han did not dare to be pleased. He closed his eyes to see his zero-degree brain region.

  The zero-degree brain region was a very small point located at the bottom of the brain, and now Han’s zero-degree brain region was more than twice as large as before, full of source energy while mingling with the dark forces. He could also sense the power that he absorbed from the black egg and the Star-Strangling Boa.

  These four full forces reached an equilibrium inside his brain, slowly flowing like a whirlpool. Han’s body didn’t feel abnormal, as if his body had already accepted the zero-degree brain region’s change.

  “Could this be the legendary genetic mutation?” Han thought, “Due to some special reasons, my zero-degree brain region mutated and that’s why it could accommodate all these completely different forces?”

  Shaking his head, Han picked up his Silver Edge Iron-Tower Blade and observed.

  Such unparalleled work was clearly a top-tier product left behind by the prehistoric civilization, and there were words inscribed on the silver handle, “Extinction-Tier Ares-Class, Star-Strangling Boa!”

  Ares-Class!!!

  Han’s whole body was shocked, so this Star-Strangling Boa wasn’t some plant, but an Ares-class weapon!

  When Han pulled out the blade, he probably triggered certain program, and that raging monster was then received into the blade!

  Shaking the weapon a few times, Han still couldn’t feel the presence of that huge plant inside the blade, but that large sh*t going into that blade was something he saw with his own eyes. There was not the slightest doubt about it.

  “Ares-class! Ares-class! This is an Ares-class weapon!”

  Han shouted in excitement, forcefully waving the Silver Edge Iron-Tower Blade upward!

  Kacha~

  The earth above them immediately shattered, a huge arc of blade light soared into the sky!

  The birth of the Ares-class!

  Both Heaven and Earth are broken!

  The murderous atmosphere spread to all sides!

  When Ye Guhong and Fran regained consciousness, Han already stashed away that smile of ecstasy on his face from gaining an Ares-class weapon and went back to his normal.

  “Don’t move, take these pills, it can help you restore energy.” Han handed some black and smelly drugs to them and whispered.

  Fran looked around, the Star-Strangling Boa had long been missing, even the reverse energy shields disappeared and he asked in surprise, “What happened? What happened to that monster? Where did it run to?!”

  Han obviously wouldn’t tell him that the Star-Strangling Boa was actually just the Ares-class weapon in his hand right now, so he told a lie and said that the Star-Strangling Boa had been killed under everyone’s cooperation.

  “I also participated?” Fran pointed at himself in disbelief and said, “How come I don’t remember?”

  Ye Guhong also scratched his head and was confused.

  “You two are indeed gods of war descended onto earth! The battle above ground with that brutal Star-Strangling Boa was so intense. That’s why I had the opportunity to cut off the roots of this monster! Just as I guessed, this monster’s weakness was its roots. When the roots were destroyed, it thumped a few times and collapsed, turning into a handful of loess.” Han wasn’t meritorious and told the other two that he only could kill the Star-Strangling Boa because of them.

  “Is that true?” Fran was puzzled and asked.

  Han had to do quite a bit of explanation to finally convince them that they contributed a lot in killing the Star-Strangling Boa.

  “That’s strange, you were underground, how did you know about how we fought?” Ye Guhong wasn’t as simple minded as that alien and was still a little skeptical.

  So Han just said that Demon Claw told him about the whole battle. Speaking of the Demon Claw, it was really tough like a cockroach. Han thought it already died and was about to bury it, but this thing actually shook off the dirt and stood up again.

  Although the Demon Claw walked like it was drunk right now and didn’t have any strength, it was still alive. Its vitality was so strong that it left Han puzzled.

  Speaking of the death of Mandala, Ye Guhong and Fran were somewhat saddened. Although they were enemies, when Mandala died in battle, he still had a bit of grace of a true warrior and could be considered an enemy worthy of remembering.

  When speaking about that pill Han fed to them, Han told them that it came from Mandala’s dimension ring, and that almost scared Ye Guhong and Fran to the point where they almost spit it out on the spot.

  Han patted his chest and promised, “You guys don’t believe in him but at least you believe me right? From the pharmacological point of view, poison and tonics are just a little but different in property.”

  “Oh right, since we fought a life and death battle together, I won’t see you guys as outsiders. The dimension ring left behind by Mandala has a lot of good stuff in it, now it’s all mine, you guys wouldn’t know much about poison anyways.”

  Just as Han finished, chaos was heard in the distant. Ye Jincheng, Yuan Yuan, and the Headhunter clan’s soldiers all rushed over, shouting their names.

  Hahahaha~

  Fran laughed loudly, stood up and put his arms around Han’s shoulder. He said, “My life was saved by you, the entire Headhunter clan was also saved by you! Not to mention a dimension ring. From now on, everything here at the Headhunter clan is all yours!”

  Pa~

  Fran also held onto Ye Guhong’s shoulder and laughed, “And you! From now on your Ye family and us Headhunter clan are all good brothers!”

  Friendship between soldiers often came from battles, and Fran’s excitement could be understood. That’s how the alien race had always been, when they are being nice to someone, they even want to give away their lives.

  Han didn’t say anything, and his finger gently touched Lunar Mark.

  There was no longer evil a Star-Strangling Boa, and only a generational Ares-class weapon!

  Chapter 175: The Alliance’s Resolution and the Power of Ares-Class

  The Milky Way Alliance.

  The secret meeting of the permanent management member nations’ officials had been going on for 4 days.

  Because of Han’s important report, the schedule that was originally planned to be 3-days had to be extended. However, the focus of what all these political leaders were arguing, was far beyond what Han had expected.

  The rotating chairperson of the meeting this time, the prime minister Owen of the Republic of Griffith, frowned and said, “Please be sure to remember that, so far, we have only received the report from Han and haven’t received further information from the others, so please be careful when making a decision.”

  “After all, the strength of our twelve permanent member nations is very strong and significant. If we are to make arrangements for the dark apostles, other Alliance members will notice for sure, likely causing great panic in the galaxy. For the stability of this galaxy, I ask everyone to think carefully before casting your vote.”

  “We also have the Protector’s prophecy, he said before that the prehistoric civilization would return to the Milky Way within 10 years, and the dark apostles are their vanguards. I’ve read Han’s report, it’s very objective, and the act of the expedition team sacrificing lives just to report back to the Alliance was especially touching for me.”

  “If we have the news on the dark apostles but are not going to do anything with it, isn’t it a little unfit? Then didn’t Ma Jingkong and the others died in vain?” The 5-star general Paz Diais who represented the Qinshang Empire said.

  Humph!

  Ganges Republic’s Prime Minister Mode who had always hated Han said disapprovingly, “Han said the dark apostles would cause chaos, but have you guys heard of anywhere that’s in trouble? As for why the dark beasts are more aggressive than before, what’s the big deal? The dark beasts are originally aggressive!”

  “What I want to say is, the moment we identify dealing with dark apostles and stopping prehistoric civilization’s invasion as our goal, that’s the same as slapping our own face!”

  “How did the Protector get kicked out of the Milky Way in the first place? He was kicked out by us together! And the reason was that the Protector was spreading messages that could cause widespread panic throughout our galaxy!”

  “If we completely negate our previous judgement just because of one person’s report, then isn’t that the same as admitting that the Protector was right and we were wrong? Even if you are shameless, I will still feel the burn on my own face!”

  “All in all, in my opinion, this case can be investigated in secret, but it must not be made public! Unless I see dark apostles actually wreaking havoc in the Milky Way, I will not believe Han’s bullsh*t! Him alone? A little figure that came from a small country where birds don’t even take a sh*t, does he even know what’s politics? Does he understand what’s the Milky Way Galaxy’s politics?!”

  Although Mode’s words were a bit fierce, he did receive the support of many people on the scene. After all, they were politicians, and their thoughts were significantly different than soldiers like Han.

  Han was hot-blooded and full of passion, but these crafty politicians just wanted stability. In their eyes, nothing was more important than the stability of the universe.

  In the past, a top figure of this galaxy, the Protector, predicted the destruction of the Milky Way, and what happened? He was driven out of the Galaxy.

  Not to mention a small figure like Han. Even though he reported everything that happened in the relic in detail, and even brought out the dead body of the dark apostle.

  But even if the politicians believed what Han said, they were still reluctant to do what Han hoped, which was to form a coalition from the powers of the Milky Way to prepare for the final battle a few years down the road, doing that will put the whole galaxy in panic.

  The voting ended, 11 to 1, the high-level officials of the permanent member nations overwhelmingly decided to prohibit all dissemination of news related to the dark apostles to maintain the current stability.

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  Owen nodded, “Since that’s the result of the vote, everyone should strictly discipline your men to keep this confidential. Also, Paz Diais, you are Han’s direct supervisor, you are responsible for informing him about keeping this confidential. If he goes around and leaks the information, then it counts as a violation of the constitution of the Alliance.”

  Paz Diais sighed, that one objection vote was casted by him. Unfortunately, the Alliance’s decision was not something he could change. Now that the decision was already made, he couldn’t do anything about it now.

  Thinking for a moment, Paz Diais said, “Han is currently in the turbid star field, I want to inform him to return as soon as possible and personally report on the high-level meeting next month, perhaps we should listen to the words of this sole survivor.”

  “Okay, if he can get here on time. But you still have to remind him, any news related to the Dark Apostle have now been listed as confidential so he has to keep his mouth shut.” Owen nodded and said.

  This was politics, the important information that was exchanged with soldiers’ blood and lives didn’t seem important at all in the eyes of politicians.

  Turbid star field, Headhunter Stay System.

  The Headhunter clan’s grand celebration began, these simple-minded aliens, how could their celebration events lack alcohol and women. The dance was also very lively, but Han already left very early and went to the suburbs by himself testing the Ares-class Star Strangling Boa he had just acquired.

  Yuan Yuan said, “Master, when the prehistoric civilization left, they destroyed the majority of the information in their database. I tried and restored some, and about Star Strangling Boa, all I found was that it was a part of the prehistoric civilization’s Ares-Extinction Operation.”

  “During that time the prehistoric civilization seemed to feel some sort of threat and they started testing different Extinction-level Ares-class weapons in multiple labs. But, the prehistoric civilization’s requirement for Extinction-level Ares-class weapons were very demanding. It was only qualified if it could reach the extent of one-weapon-one-star.”

  “One-weapon-one-star?”

  “Yes, this is the requirement. One soldier with an Extinction-Level Ares-class weapon must be able to quickly destroy a planet.”

  “The Ares-Extinction operation started at the same time, Metal Ares-class, Magnetic Ares-class, Lightning Ares-class, different laboratories experimented with different Ares-class projects, and the Star Strangling Boa’s base was also one of their laboratories for carrying on Ares-Extinction operation.”

  “The Star Strangling Boa’s codename is Z019, according to the limited information I gathered, the attack stats of Star Strangling Boa reach the requirement, but the only problem was stability. Soldier don’t have a way control it, and before it could destroy a planet, the soldier would die first.”

  “So this laboratory was working on many improvements to this weapon and modified it so that it now has two modes, one is attack mode, and the other one is destruction mode.”

  “Under attack mode, the Silver Edge Iron-Tower Blade would produce an additional attack called the reflection arc, and the destruction mode will unleash the genetically modified plant that’s hidden inside the blade.”

  Han nodded, when he first tried to wave the Silver Edge Iron-Tower Blade, an arc-shaped attack did come out from the edge of the blade, but he just didn’t know really how powerful that additional attack was.

  As for the destruction mode Han did not want to try. If he brought out that crazy plant, he will probably be screwed too.

  Han waved the Ares-class Silver Edge Iron-Tower Blade upward, making a very standard upward attack.

  He saw the blade cutting into the mountain at breakneck speed, and then dispersing upwards in a dazzling arc.

  Kacha~

  After a large noise, the mountain cracked open! Split down the middle into two!

  Han exposed a somewhat surprised look, and felt the weigh of the weapon in his hand.

  The effect of using an Ares-class weapon was really extraordinary, one strike was enough to break mountain!

  Suppose Han applied the Six Paths of the Void that he was famous for onto the Silver Edge Iron-Tower Blade, the mountain would probably not even exist anymore!

  “Ares-class is indeed Ares-class.” Han’s finger gently brushed on the Silver Edge Iron-Tower Blade’s edge as he whispered, “That arc-shaped attack that rushed out of the blade just now, that’s the reflection arc? It like unleashing energy, allowing my attack to directly go to a higher level.”

  Yuan Yuan nodded, “Yep, that’s a weapon enhancement technology called the reflection arc, and if Master’s level continues to increase, the attack of the reflection arc will continue to become stronger.”

  Han flashed a smile while storing the Star-Strangling Boa. With this Ares-class weapon, it was finally a worthwhile trip.

  Ending the experiment, Han took Yuan Yuan and returned to the city and he saw Ye Jincheng waiting for him at the entrance, saying that Paz Diais was looking for him.

  Now Fran already started treating Han and Ye Guhong as brothers, the communication restrictions of the Headhunter star system was lifted long ago for them, and now they could freely contact the outside world.

  In the battleship’s communication room, Han saw the stern-faced Paz Diais. He seemed to have something on his mind and said to Han, “I have reported what you told me to the seniors at the Alliance, but it’s best for you to come back to the Alliance once for the next meeting and personally explain to the officials.”

  Han slightly frowned and said, “Next meeting? How much time do I still have?”

  “3 weeks, will you make it?” Paz Diais asked.

  Han thought for a second, if it was before, then he definitely wouldn’t be able to return to the Alliance in such a short amount time. After all he was not in the galactic wilderness at the moment, but the turbid star field which was even further.

  But now that there’s the accurate star maps given by the Ancient Maple leaf family, although 3 weeks was a bit tight but it should be fine.

  “Got it, I will set sail right now and return back to the Alliance within the agreed time.” Han deepened his voice and said, “Ma Jingkong and the others handed me this responsibility, I have the obligation to completely fulfill their last wishes.”

  Upon hearing this, Paz Diais bit his lip. Han still didn’t know that the Alliance already made up their decision to keep the dark apostle matter confidential, and Paz Diais just hoped that Han could get to the headquarter as soon as possible to try and change the Alliance’s resolution.

  It’s just that Paz Diais was very clear, to rely on Han’s one mouth to change the decisions of those politicians, the hope was really slim.

  Han had the dark apostle’s dead body, and maybe after hearing about Han’s thrilling battle experience from his own mouth and then see the body of the dark apostle, the executives of the Alliance might reconsider their decision.

  Thought of this, Paz Diais lowered his voice and said, “Well, the safety of the galaxy is at stake, in any case you have to return to the Alliance within 3 weeks of time! During this period, you must not mention anything about the relic and dark apostle to anyone.”

  “Understand!” Han promised.

  Turning around, Han told Ye Jincheng to send him away immediately to converge with his robot fleets, and then set sail back to the Alliance.

  “What about the young lady?” Ye Jincheng heard and slightly frowned.

  “There’s no time, it’s more important to return to the Alliance as soon as possible.” Han said without hesitation.