Chapter 373: The Flame Lion

"If the Mad Lion isn't mad, then he isn't the Mad Lion."

"The last warrior on Earth with any guts."

"Whether he's a lion or a cat, we'll only know after we fight!"

The engine roared, the War God Gaze's greatsword popped out, *snap*, the mecha grabbed it directly with one hand, and on the other side, the Armor Tiger's Tyrant Spear was in hand.

Luo Bi bared his teeth, his pupils instantly turning red, the engine roared, and the Armor Tiger mecha strode toward the War God Gaze.

In terms of regular tonnage, the Armor Tiger S mecha still suppressed the War God mecha, but this was Maxis; Maxis's War God Gaze stood motionless, quietly waiting for the Armor Tiger's charge. No one thought Maxis was being arrogant; back in the day, Maxis had swept the world with this very War God mecha, a reign of despair. Honestly, Luo Bi posed almost no threat to him, and in the eyes of most, this "weird move" wasn't even as capable of pulling off an upset as the Blood Sacrifice Mecha.

The Armor Tiger arrived, Luo Bi, gripping the Tyrant Spear, had a determined gaze, *boom*.

*Clang*.

With a burst of sound, even Maxis frowned. The Luo Bi of the past didn't play with this kind of technique; he was brave, but his moves were flashy. This was so heavy and solid, it simply didn't seem like the Luo Bi of the past.

*Clang, clang, clang*.

The Tyrant Spear unleashed a fierce, domineering three-hit combo in an instant. The War God Gaze's greatsword blocked steadily, but just as the third spear strike was blocked, a massive force struck; the War God Gaze's center of gravity suddenly swayed. Luo Bi's Armor Tiger mecha engine roared, performing a jump-spear maneuver on the spot, powerfully suppressing Maxis, followed immediately by a chain of violent thrusts. The wide-open, sweeping style of the Tyrant Spear overflowed with Luo Bi's passionate fighting style; strength against strength, the Tyrant Spear always had the advantage over a heavy sword.

A red light flashed in Maxis's eyes; he wouldn't indulge Luo Bi's habits. With mecha forced control, the greatsword swept out violently.

*Boom*.

Both Mobile Suits exploded outward simultaneously. The Armor Tiger mecha that landed showed no signs of disorder, directly charging forward. The Tyrant Spear pulled back, a turn shedding the thrust, the Tyrant Spear rotating at the waist, *swish, swish, swish*, like a giant python flicking its tongue, suddenly striking out.

*Clang*.

The War God Gaze's greatsword blocked precisely. The Armor Tiger suddenly stepped forward, the Tyrant Spear *swish, swish, swish*, a string of red light striking toward the War God Gaze. Maxis remained completely unruffled, the greatsword in his hand still dancing in an orderly, fast, accurate, and ruthless manner to block the Tyrant Spear's thrusts.

Both sides engaged in a tit-for-tat offensive, the long spear and heavy sword clashing crazily. The audience at the scene shouted loudly. Some professional players could see that Maxis was completely feeding him moves; the heavy sword arrived later but struck first, sealing off the long spear's attacks. One had to know that the strength of heavy sword technique was not defense, but attack. Maxis in defense was entirely a display of lifting heavy things as if they were light, a delicate sense of an antelope hanging its horns.

Every step, every move, was as effortless as painting.

*Boom*.

A powerful, heavy sweep was blocked by the War God mecha's horizontal blade. Maxis pushed violently, and suddenly, Maxis's counterattack had arrived. The heavy sword struck with the momentum of cleaving the world apart; this was the War God's style—clearly simple, yet possessing a suppression that could not be defended against.

It was a battle of rhythm and the transition of power, exactly the moment Luo Bi found most uncomfortable. The Tyrant Spear blocked, a massive force struck, but Luo Bi did not retreat. The mecha exerted force to deflect the heavy sword; the Armor Tiger was a Heavy Armor type after all, so it wouldn't suffer a loss. The Tyrant Spear in his hand spun, crazily batting away the heavy sword, *swish*...

A spear thrust out, the War God Gaze dodged with a horizontal shift. He couldn't retreat; the long spear had the advantage of controlling distance changes, and retreating wouldn't allow him to dodge. The Tyrant Spear swept horizontally. At this moment, the War God mecha retreated, the Armor Tiger mecha braced with its long spear, the engine roared, and with a direct straight kick, it arrived instantly in front of the War God Gaze, *boom*...

Maxis blocked, still without any flaws. Luo Bi's Armor Tiger mecha suddenly began to spin; was he trying to use a spinning kick?

Maxis opened up another body's distance again. Just as the greatsword was raised, the Armor Tiger mecha spun half a circle, landed, braced itself, and connected into a second rotation, *boom*... it kicked Maxis's War God Gaze flying!

Capoeira spinning kick!

Such delicate technique used by a Heavy Armor mecha, the Tyrant Spear followed closely, and in an instant, it seemed as if the distance extended, striking toward the War God mecha flying backward. The greatsword blocked in front of his chest with no room to spare.

*Clang*.

The War God Gaze was knocked flying, sliding for a while before landing.

Luo Bi, holding the Tyrant Spear, did not pursue. He could not achieve Li Hao's domineering spear technique. The attack style that fused Capoeira was a wild style; it had achieved a certain effect, but it still had no way to deal with Maxis. He knew that the perfect spinning kick had been blocked by Maxis the moment it landed; Maxis had intentionally shed the force and flown backward. His combo was only a probe; he dared not go deep.

Bravery is always just the facade of that top-tier sliver of the Apocalypse.

A curve appeared at the corner of Maxis's mouth. Luo Bi's change was a bit interesting; he actually wasn't losing his head, but this was far from enough.

*Boom*.

The engine roared, mecha forced control, the War God Gaze strode toward the Armor Tiger, simply slashing over with a single sword. In an instant, countless methods flashed through Luo Bi's mind, but in the end, there was only one. This was Maxis's unique technique, making the opponent always feel that they could only meet it head-on.

The Tyrant Spear met it.

*Boom*.

The heavy sword and Tyrant Spear crossed. The next second, the massive Armor Tiger was shaken back two steps. Before he could catch his breath, the heavy sword had already slashed down overhead. Regardless of power, speed, control, and especially the final effect of the moves, Maxis remained in a crushing posture.

*Boom*.

The Armor Tiger mecha was directly beaten to one knee, followed by a kick. The Armor Tiger mecha had no room to dodge and was directly kicked over, the heavy sword chopping down overhead.

The Tyrant Spear blocked, the heavy sword pressed down, *pop*.

The ground exploded, the mecha emitted a creaking sound. When the War God Maxis launched an attack, the battle was basically over.

"Can't look cool for more than three seconds!"

"I just thought there was a little bit of hope; it seemed a bit like the Puppet's style."

"What kind of nonsense is that? Can the stuff in the EMP compare to the S-Tournament? When has the high-tier of the EMP ever been mentioned in the same breath as the S-Tournament? Besides, look at who the opponent is!"

If this stalemate continued, the match would be over. Luo Bi's red light burst, instantly entering Burning Will, followed by flames soaring into the sky. The fallen Armor Tiger mecha suddenly twisted its legs toward the War God Gaze, attempting to trip it, but the War God mecha had already opened up the distance.

The Armor Tiger mecha flipped and sprang up, the Tyrant Spear burning with raging flames, red light covering the entire Armor Tiger mecha.

"Luo Bi, you are wasting my time," Maxis said indifferently.

"We'll only know after we fight!"

*Tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap*, the Armor Tiger mecha directly maxed out its speed, a loud explosion, a direct Flash Strike, Flame Tornado Spear!

The Tyrant Spear, empowered by the force of fire, reigned over the world, striking toward the War God Gaze with a full-power spear thrust.

*Boom*.

The full-attack Tyrant Spear strike was blocked completely by the War God Gaze. Facing the suppression of the Heavy Armor, Maxis didn't even evade, and Maxis, scorched by the fire force, showed no reaction. The greatsword swung violently, the left hand flashed out like lightning, grabbing the Armor Tiger mecha's left arm. A massive force struck, the mecha creaked, and the Armor Tiger mecha was actually thrown into the air, the greatsword slashing over violently.

The Armor Tiger's Titanium Alloy Shield blocked immediately.

*Hum*.

A loud explosion, Red Flame burst, the Armor Tiger mecha was blown away for dozens of meters, directly crushing a patch of giant ferns, rolling several times.

The whole arena went quiet. It couldn't be said that Luo Bi wasn't strong, but he was, after all, a standout of the USE, firmly in the top ten for solo fights. But upon meeting Maxis, the Mad Lion really turned into a kitten, with no power to fight back. The crazy fighting style that had crushed his opponent in the previous match couldn't be displayed at all. This Armor Tiger was also considered wasted; with the mecha's tonnage advantage and the heavy spear countering the heavy sword, he was still beaten so miserably. There was no hope.

War God.

War God, War God~ War God.

The entire Arena resounded with Maxis's name, just like in the old days. A full-state Maxis was just that unsolvable. His understanding of technique, his understanding of ability, as well as his own unsolvable state—basic abilities like fire had no effect on someone of his level. Let alone through the mecha, even in pilot-to-pilot combat, it would be useless.

On the other side, on the number two battlefield, the Round Table Knights' Chen Ang and Amituo also fought with fire. Both entered Flowing Heart Martial Arts, entering the final crazy slashing match. Both knew the importance of this match to both sides. Both were from the Apocalypse, and both had fought with real fire. Both mechas had suffered serious damage, but Amituo sacrificed an arm to lure Chen Ang in, and Chen Ang was pierced by Amituo's Nether Fire Fighter.

At the moment of life and death, the Fire God Team had taken the crucial Vanguard battle. The situation for the Round Table Knights was not looking good, because among the Round Table Knights, besides Aofei, the strongest in solo combat was Chen Ang, and only she had reached Flowing Heart Martial Arts. And the Fire God Team retained the strongest lineup of the Mars Apocalypse Crowd from back in the day. Who could have imagined that in the era of the rise of the Golden Zone, the Apocalypse Crowd would begin to truly dominate?

The second match was a difficult problem placed before the Round Table Knights team, while the members on the Vulcan side were extremely steady and confident; they never felt that the Round Table Knights could stop them, as their goal was to win the championship once again, and Basta looked down upon the Round Table Knights as if standing on a mountain peak.

Boom.

The Armor Tiger mecha leaped out from the ruins and strode back onto the battlefield; Luo Bi wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth—damn it, they really didn't give him a single chance—he could feel the contempt from Maxis, but what was even more terrifying was that this ghost-like guy had zero mental fluctuations; he was contemptuous as ever, his heart like still water, extremely patient, as if toying with prey, stripping them bare bit by bit, enjoying the pleasure of the opponent feeling a little bit of despair while being completely powerless.

This was one of the most terrifying existences cultivated by Apocalypse back in the day, Maxis.

Luo Bi laughed; he had integrated Capoeira into his combat style, forming a wild spear technique, and was prepared to show it off, only to discover that the clown was actually himself; these people had long since surpassed this stage.

The Zone value began to soar, Luo Bi gritted his teeth, the red light continuously expanded, streaks of golden lightning shuttled through the red light, and flames completely enveloped the Armor Tiger mecha.