Chapter 102: He Is Fear Itself

The slow-motion replay repeats, set to 0.01x speed. At this speed, the Cross Wheels still maintain a rotational speed indistinguishable to the naked eye, but everyone sees the Armor Tiger's movement. The severed Tyrant Spear faces the Cross Wheels head-on, but this time it doesn't deflect them with brute force; instead, it follows

the momentum with a swing, and the two murderous Cross Wheels fly away.

The third slow-motion replay is shown, this time at 0.005x speed. At this speed, everyone sees that the Armor Tiger isn't swinging randomly, but using its wrist. The camera zooms in: the two Cross Wheels are horizontal and vertical, and the angles of the Armor Tiger's two broken spears are also different, both being precise axis strikes...

And with this strike, the two broken spears are also directly knocked out of hand, immediately followed by the Armor Tiger's Flash Strike. It is also a Flash Strike, and the Armor Tiger's momentum is fierce, but the Armor Leopard's speed is faster and its angles are trickier, so the Armor Leopard is the first to set up an offensive posture. Yet, for some reason, the Armor Leopard actually gives up...

At this moment, the commentators are silent. The zoomed-in detail shot is provided, instantly showing a dual-angle view and the attack trajectory. If the Armor Leopard had continued the assassination, due to the Armor Tiger's bulk, this punch would have hit the Armor Leopard first. Even if the Armor Leopard could have continued its attack,

it would only have been a losing trade. If it had fallen into a stalemate, the Armor Tiger's absolute weight and kinetic energy suppression would be something the Armor Leopard could not compare to. Therefore, Zola's judgment was incredibly precise; she feinted, leaned back, and opened up the distance. Once this punch missed, she could execute her follow-up move.

And at this moment, everyone is staring at the Armor Tiger's raised arm. The camera zooms in, because this is also the reason for the Armor Leopard's failure: the out-of-control Cross Wheel.

One Cross Wheel flashes through under the raised arm like lightning, directly finishing off Zola's Armor Leopard.

The second released Cross Wheel did not go out of control; its trajectory was indeed disrupted by the Armor Tiger. But when recalling it, Zola issued the recall command without being prepared to receive it. This is the problem with Axis Drive, and it just so happens that at this moment, the Armor Tiger blocked her line of sight, and the raised arm was positioned just right.

The crowd is buzzing with discussion. Huonan frowns. Having commentated on so many matches, a strange feeling wells up in his heart... there are too many coincidences!

Deflected just so coincidentally? Raised the hand just so coincidentally? Passed through just so coincidentally?

Where else could it have flown? Why did it fly from behind?

And just at this moment, the official EMP analysis feed suddenly cuts off. This situation occurs occasionally, indicating that the analysis has omissions or a new problem has occurred.

As one of the parties involved, Zola has been watching every detail intently from the beginning, and her complexion has gradually turned pale from the initial mix of normalcy and regret.

Suddenly, the analysis video changes to a live broadcast analysis. Most people in the video recognize the person, because this is the specially invited expert technical analyst for the S Tournament from the USE side, a top scientist in Mecha research, and also Professor Damon, a direct disciple of Master Jiabo.

"Greetings, viewers. I am very fortunate to see a brilliant Armor Series duel. There are some omissions in the official analysis that I will supplement. Let us review the course of the match together."

Damon says. He took the initiative to find the officials; if it hadn't involved the Armor Series,

especially the Armor Leopard, he wouldn't have bothered. But this match is very interesting, and that Warrior called Puppet is also very interesting.

"Everyone look, the Armor Tiger's defense in the first round, the titanium spear defense was all hard-blocking. Anyone who has used Cross Wheels knows that this kind of collision only accelerates the Cross Wheels. And coincidentally, Puppet understands the Armor Leopard, so he wasn't defending; he was helping his opponent quickly

reach the state of Super God Strike."

Damon explains.

However, even if he is an expert, he is from the USE, and other federations don't buy it. Many viewers are questioning him.

"He already won, yet he still brings out an 'expert' to step on the loser?"

"Haha, Earthlings are truly too low. Have they ever won before!"

"No, he defended like that—how is that defending?"

"You think Martians hate sophistry the most, but I didn't expect Earthlings to be the same."

"Let's see if this 'expert' can make up some nonsense!"

"The Earth EMP must have spent money to hype up Puppet."

Huonan laughs. "Damn it, talk about Earthlings, talk about Earthlings, why drag us Martians into it? It seems they really want to tear Puppet down. Actually, there's no need."

Zhuang Zhou shakes his head. "Professor Damon is an academician of the Earth Academy of Sciences; he isn't someone the EMP can hire unless he wants to do it himself."

"Yo, self-aware, little Zhuang, your reaction is quite fast. That take is worth a 'heart'."

Saying this, Huonan tips Zhuang Zhou a 'heart'.

One dollar.

Damon, of course, ignores the online discourse and continues, "Look at the place where the titanium spear was severed. Actually, for a titanium spear in a Heavy Armor configuration, the strength shouldn't have been cut off all at once, especially since he used a momentum-following technique. But: everyone look, the two

places where he blocked the Cross Wheels..."

The camera freezes, providing a comparison. "The two times were the same spot. I believe this is not a coincidence. The contestant Puppet must have intentionally let the titanium spear be severed."

"Bullshit, the old man keeps talking nonsense. If he can even spin this back, I'll eat shit on livestream!"

"We Martians only specialize in exploring the truth; Earthlings specialize in manufacturing the truth. Hahaha."

"How coincidental, it's actually the same spot. My god, if it's that coincidental, can I win the grand prize if I go buy a lottery ticket?"

Damon continues, "Zola's control is quite good. To reach this level of Cross Wheel control is enough to enter actual combat, especially the second control. Everyone look, it was actually completed perfectly. That is to say, if her stamina and focus allowed it, Zola could continuously

execute Super God Strike. This is also Master Jiabo's wish. But the unexpected thing is that the contestant Puppet actually had a way to crack the Super God Strike. This method, my mentor and I had only realized it on a simulator before, and the probability was very low. That is, destroying the axis. Only by

precisely attacking the axis of the Cross Wheel while it is rotating is it possible. I thought this was basically impossible at the time and even argued with my teacher about it."

That Damon wipes his glasses, his eyes a bit moist. "I was wrong. The greatness of us Humans lies in infinite possibilities."

The video freezes. The two broken titanium spears precisely struck the axis of the high-speed rotating Cross Wheels. That is the fundamental reason why the Cross Wheels were deflected; otherwise, they wouldn't have been.

Prediction + action. What is even more terrifying is that this was all considered from the very beginning.

Damon looks at the action on the video and smiles with satisfaction. "To be able to use the Armor Tiger like this, the teacher probably didn't expect it either. It's like lifting heavy as if it were light, like Zhang Fei doing embroidery. Regarding the later attack, I think part of the analysis is correct. Both sides used Flash Strike. If it hadn't hit the opponent,

the Armor Tiger's lethality would definitely have been greater; that is the advantage of Heavy Armor. But everyone look, there are many military academy warriors present; you should understand this height of the raised arm—is it a bit too high?"

The video freezes. At the height the Armor Tiger's left arm was raised, if you look closely, it is actually not an attacking height; it is over the shoulder. If it were pulled that high, he could have attacked the Armor Leopard faster. When facing a heavy mecha, any trained Heavy Armor warrior would not do that.

And just at that instant, the Cross Wheel appeared.

Damon freezes it again, providing the two trajectories. "Without a doubt, Zola instinctively pulled back when the Cross Wheel was ejected, but she ignored that the axis-struck Cross Wheel's direction was no longer controlled and required the pilot to grasp the retrieval themselves. However, everyone

look, the Armor Tiger used its body to completely block the Armor Leopard's field of vision."

The computer-predicted flight trajectory is given. The Armor Leopard had no vision...

"Fart, bullshit, absolutely impossible. Old man, are you trying to tell me the Armor Tiger predicted the trajectory and timing? Beat me to death and I won't believe it!"

"Nonsense, this is absolutely not something that can be done; it's just luck!"

"This can be predicted too? Kill me and burn me as firewood for Puppet to keep warm!"

Damon doesn't look at the bullet comments; he just looks at the video and smiles. What an elegant prediction. This is definitely a prediction. This is a person with the ability to capture trajectories. What is rare is that he also has sufficiently formidable operation and the mastery of danger.

"Actually: did everyone notice the second Cross Wheel? If it hadn't been knocked away by the first one, both sides would have entered a stalemate. In other words, if the Armor Leopard hadn't retreated at that time, but wanted to perish together with the Armor Tiger, what would it have looked like?"

The trajectory of the second wheel is given on the screen. If both sides had made contact, or even if the first Cross Wheel had missed, the second Cross Wheel would have given the Armor Leopard a heart-piercing blow from the side.

The entire livestream room watches quietly as an old man shows off. Even the Galaxy Mobile Academy has quieted down. Or perhaps ordinary people have more doubts, but the combat level and viewing level of Galaxy Mobile students are quite high. Damon has already spoken to their very bones.

Because there cannot be so many coincidences. If Puppet didn't know the Armor Leopard, that would be one thing, but the problem is that Puppet was the first to use the Cross Wheel. Not only that, since he knew and could perform axis destruction, he could have done it from the start. Why didn't he?

Could an Armor Leopard user possibly know that such a "hard counter" would accelerate the process?

Surely a fool might think I am being reckless, but as a Warrior, how could I possibly string together the entire match?

A thought surfaced in the minds of the audience: perhaps, from the very beginning, Puppet wanted to test what it would be like if someone else used the Armor Leopard's Super God Strike, and whether he could resolve it in actual combat?

Zola wanted to use Puppet to train his troops, but ended up being trained instead?

The essence of EMP for experts is extreme challenge and accumulating experience; top S Tournament players are all the same... When did such a Warrior emerge?

Fire Girl did not speak; hearing the latter part... even she was a bit skeptical, but she would not deny it, only saying that it was part skill and part luck; if one were to say it was all well-planned, she would not believe it even if beaten to death.

Zhuang Zhou glanced at Fire Girl, "Fire Girl, you just asked, if one can master fear, one can become fear, so why was Zola feared even after mastering the Armor Leopard?"

Fire Girl looked at Zhuang Zhou and frowned, "What are you trying to say?"

Zhuang Zhou smiled, "Because you are facing fear itself."

On the big screen, Zola had already been kicked, but this time the analysis took a bit long, and there were quite a few problems.