Chapter 380: Artist

The situation with Gelu is similar; under the rule of North Caro and the Round Table Knights, the two teams are brothers in misfortune, but now one of them will advance to the top eight.

Gelu, led by the brothers Lomachenko and Dilacenzo, also yearns to go further.

Both sides in the clash have likely studied each other's videos and data inside out, and the official battle begins.

Tianxing and Fire Cloud have started their battle; the Vanguard match features Feynman against Sakesai. With the crucial Vanguard duel at stake, both sides are giving it their all. The scene is desperately cheering for Tianxing Mech, and the Moon audience truly hopes Tianxing can create another miracle. However, the cheering and home-field advantage of Arhts do not bring good luck to Tianxing Mech. Feynman loses to Sakesai in a grueling battle, and the Ghost Martial Sect warrior holds on until the end. Since their overall strength was already slightly weaker, Tianxing Mech has now fallen into a completely passive position.

In the second match, Jiasen of Tianxing Mech enters the field and encounters Salasi, who had once fought the Puppet. After that failure, Salasi had disappeared, only to reappear now at the S Tournament, overwhelmingly defeating Jiasen. Indeed, only humiliation can drive progress, especially for Martians.

Amidst the cheering of the home crowd, Tianxing Mech begins to slide toward the Abyss, and the pressure is placed squarely on Dita.

The outside expectations are extremely, extremely high, but Dita knows the score; she is not necessarily going to beat Guibian. In fact, to be decisive, she simply cannot beat Guibian, as this person is also a member of the Apocalypse.

She must use tactics; it just depends on whether the opponent gives her the chance.

In the third match, Dita decisively enters the field. Before appearing, she specifically makes a gesture toward the opponent's lounge—the very same gesture of war she made toward Sa Wutian in the pre-match video.

On the Fire Cloud side, internal divisions have also arisen. Guibian wants to catch Dita; he has a certain degree of confidence in defeating her. As long as he defeats Dita, it is secure. However, Sa Wutian objects. With such a huge advantage already, Guibian still wants to show off. He, too, can defeat Dita; this woman is simply the best stepping stone for his ascension. Sa Wutian is not stupid. Among the many well-known experts, Dita is the weakest. After being teased by the Puppet, he has also been working hard to improve. Possessing Flowing Heart Martial Arts, he longs to defeat a famous expert, wash away his shame, and make a name for himself.

Whoever blocks him is going against him!

Sa Wutian strongly demands to enter the field. Guibian disagrees. As Team Leader, he must ensure Fire Cloud's advancement. However, the entire team comes from the Ghost Martial Sect, and as someone who joined the Ghost Martial Sect halfway, he has to give some face. More importantly, the situation is excellent, and Sa Wutian also has a chance to defeat Dita. It was originally intended to temper the Young Master to lead Fire Cloud in the future, and the others also agree to give Sa Wutian a chance.

Guibian is helpless. If he insists, even if he wins, his future in Fire Cloud will be dim; after all, he lacks the dominance and charisma of the Three Wolves.

Seeing Sa Wutian enter the field, Dita finally breathes a sigh of relief; this is Tianxing Mech's chance.

In a grueling battle, Dita and Sa Wutian fight very intensely. Both enter Flowing Heart Martial Arts, but in the end, Dita seizes an opportunity and defeats Sa Wutian with a stunning bit of Precognition.

Tianxing Mech pulls one back, hope has returned, and at the same time, Tianxing Mech now has a countermeasure.

Returning to the operations room, Sa Wutian is overcome with anger. He feels he could have won; he was just fucking caught by a lucky bit of Precognition from this damn woman. It was pure shit luck; she was already at her limit.

Guibian has already sensed Dita's plan. He can see that Dita's strength covers Sa Wutian's; there was no need to fight so intensely. It must have been intentional. And now, looking at Sa Wutian's face, he has already lost his cool, while the surrounding team members are still trying to console him.

He wants to say something, but the words reach his lips and he swallows them back. Now, whatever he says will be taken by Sa Wutian as mockery; he can only hope to take the subsequent matches.

On the other side, Carmela and Gelu are also fighting very intensely; the two sides' strengths are too close, and it is currently tied one-to-one.

Tianjing Mech is not watching this match but is training instead. Aofei is sparring one-on-one with Zhou Naiyi; tomorrow they will challenge the Eternal Team.

When Ma Long rests from training, he still has to check his personal homepage and post photos; he needs this to stimulate himself. Tomorrow he will challenge the Eternal Team—just thinking about it feels exciting. The defending champion, Heavenly King Victor—this was something he wouldn't have dared to imagine before. "If Heaven did not produce me, Nailong, the long night of Tianjing would be eternal," hmph!

After this method of spiritual victory, Ma Long returns to the training room.

Of course, Li Hao is not there again. He is very reassured about his brothers; everything that needs to be prepared has been prepared. Kevin has already found the list—not necessarily complete, but everyone on the list is a suspect.

In the Ontario base, a sturdy Razor Giant Insect stares with its large eyes, rolling them around. In front of it, dozens of researchers are busy, and one figure attracts its attention.

On the personnel list, there is one person who still makes Li Hao and Kevin pay special attention, because she also comes from the Apocalypse: Polina, a genius biologist. Among the relevant personnel, the only one currently still at Base No. 5 is Polina; the others are all responsible for mineral transport and management, or are business personnel, while Polina has always been at Base No. 5.

She is the most suspicious.

But how could it be her?

Li Hao still has a slight impression of Polina; she is a timid and kind, but super-high-IQ genius. After the Apocalypse disbanded, she disappeared without a trace. Appearing on Kepler is not exactly strange; after all, she is a top-tier biological genius and an expert in studying Giant Insects. But is she a courier?

Once suspicion arises, Li Hao begins to observe Polina carefully. He finds that when she looks at the Giant Insects, her gaze is indeed different from others. No matter how long researchers spend with Giant Insects, they remain full of disgust, while Polina seems to be looking at pets, full of enthusiasm and curiosity. This could be understood as a biologist's cross-species enthusiasm, but isn't it going too far?

Honestly, Li Hao still has some doubts. No matter how curious she is, betraying humanity is still impossible, and she has no motive. It is highly likely she was used by Noah's Ark, and she herself does not know what she is doing.

After the last disaster event, the base conducted a cautious investigation, but there were no clues, so it could only be treated as an unsolved case. Work still had to continue, so a new round of field work was arranged. Of course, more Mobile Suits were deployed this time, and security was tighter, and this should be the mission. Polina is also on the mission list.

At this moment, the Galaxy Center is bustling with noise. The two matches currently in grueling battles have both entered the team battle stage. On the Tianxing Mech side, they used a key countermeasure to trade for Guibian, and then Alzi successfully took a match, proving once again that the snipers of the new era can also fight solo. The match is dragged into a more intense team battle. Clearly, when the Tianxing Mech side enters the team battle, everyone's eyes are full of excitement and fighting spirit. Having reached this point, everyone has to fight for their lives, and their spirit has reached its peak.

On the Fire Cloud team side, the atmosphere is very stiff. Sa Wutian's face is extremely ugly. The facts prove that Guibian was right, but Sa Wutian feels that Guibian did it on purpose. He is the Team Leader; why didn't he firmly go up earlier?

It was just to strike at his authority. He had long looked at him with displeasure because his own influence affected his status as Team Leader—this old silver coin.

Winning will still definitely happen; what does a team battle count for? Fire Cloud team's strength leads the opponent. Guibian is using this method to gain the right to speak in Fire Cloud.

"The upcoming team battle is crucial. Everyone must execute the tactics and listen to my command. We must win, we can definitely win!" Guibian still wants to boost morale. Actually, it's nothing; they still have the advantage in strength.

Other team members want to echo him, but after glancing at the gloomy Sa Wutian, they remain silent. Sa Wutian does not refute; he wants to lead the team to victory. This is his victory, and he needs a command to restore his honor. What does Guibian's victory have to do with him? Especially that phrase "listen to my command" is particularly grating.

Carmela and Gelu have also fought to three-to-two; Carmela has one small match more, and both sides have entered the team battle stage.

With a half-hour break, the audience also gets a full rest, passionately waiting for the start of the team battle.

Kepler Jungle battlefield.

All members of Tianxing Mech and Fire Cloud team land and report their positions to each other. Dita knows that her time to shine has finally arrived. Her Precognition ability finally evolved after entering Flowing Heart Martial Arts; she can perform simple predictions about some things, such as the location of the Red Flag Base. There is a certain error rate, but generally, it will directly rule out completely wrong directions. This is already a bug in team battles because Dita can also direct other team members to assist in the search.

On the Fire Cloud team side, before Guibian can even speak, Sa Wutian has already seized command, letting team members report their positions to him and directing the team's search direction.

In another setting, Guibian could tolerate it; he wants to give Sa Wutian face. But now it is the S Tournament, a life-or-death moment. No matter what, they must win. "I am the Team Leader. Sa Wutian, wait until you are the Team Leader to issue orders. Now all team members listen to my command, gather toward the center, do not disperse!"

Their team strength is superior; as long as they don't disperse, even if the opponent finds the Red Flag Base, they still have a fight in them, and there is enough time. Moreover, they did not choose Heavy Armor, but rather the beast-type mecha Martians love most: Centaur King and Blood Sacrifice Genesis. Such mobility is sufficient, and if they happen to run into a straggler on the way, that's a hunting feast.

Sa Wutian looks as if he has been poked in the vein; his face flushes red. In such a big scene, he desperately needs a chance for redemption. This is being broadcast in the Solar System; even if Guibian wanted command, couldn't he be more tactful? He actually slapped his face like this. But after all, Guibian is the Team Leader; nominally, the highest command of the team is with him.

That fire in his heart makes him want to just blast Guibian away.

Internal disagreement leads to a very poor atmosphere within the team. Although everyone is gathering toward the center, their actions are clearly not consistent, and Sa Wutian doesn't listen at all, walking in an arc; he still knows how to pay lip service while disobeying.

Tianxing Mech, however, strictly executes their tactics. They quickly discover the Red Flag Base; Dita's prediction was correct. This ability is simply a god-tier skill in team battles. Feynman, who discovered it first, does not rashly enter but announces the coordinates, letting his teammates arrive as quickly as possible. They want to fight a defensive battle, using the favorable terrain to compensate for their weaker strength. Tianxing Mech has a very clear understanding of itself, and the opponent has no Heavy Armor mecha, so their siege power will definitely be weaker.

The audience at the scene is boiling. Tianxing Mech is showing very good discipline and tactical sense. Looking at Fire Cloud... what are they doing?

The speed is not fast enough; it feels like they aren't playing the S Tournament, but having team training.

The assembled Tianxing Mech team occupies the Red Flag Base, and the base coordinates are exposed, but the Fire Cloud team is still not concentrated. Sa Wutian is lagging behind, and Salasi and Sakesai are also a bit far away. Everyone knows in their hearts that Guibian's judgment was correct, but they cannot change their stance because of one match. At this moment, all the Fire Cloud team members frantically rush toward the Red Flag Base. Guibian's anger is real; he is also a Martian, and when he gets angry, he can't control it, directly starting to curse, "I told you to execute my orders, are you all pigs? Hurry up and concentrate, there is still a chance, there is enough time!"

After all, it is the S Tournament, and Sa Wutian is also worried. At this time, he does not refute, and the mecha moves at full speed toward the Red Flag Base.

On the other side, Carmela and Gelu have not found the Red Flag Base but have had an encounter battle—a firefight. Laika has very bad luck and is caught by the Gelu duo. Two against one; once Laika is taken out, Carmela will be in trouble. Laika doesn't even think about it; he doesn't fight hard at all, retreating at the first touch, and the two sides begin a tug-of-war.

On Battlefield No. 1, Tianxing Mech and Fire Cloud team finally clash. In terms of time, waiting for the Fire Cloud members to gather, the remaining time is not enough. Guibian can only lead the team to force an attack, but at this time, Tianxing Mech's tactics are executed. More people against fewer, plus the base's defense, they hold off the attack by sheer force.

The moment Guibian's fighter explodes, he is truly so angry he could explode, and what is even more hateful is that he actually hears why he didn't wait for the people to gather before launching the attack.

Tianxing Mech finally holds the base firmly, takes the team battle victory, and enters the top eight.

On the other side, Lomachenko and Dilacenzo are shown up by Laika, constantly being restrained by Laika, leading to other team members being caught, and then the two are besieged by the Carmela team. They hold on for ten minutes before finally falling.

Carmela team and Tianxing Mech advance to the top eight together. Currently, the NUP division has achieved a complete victory; it is absolutely crazy!

The Moon audience at the scene is already hyped. During the top sixteen, they were still a little worried, feeling that Earth and Mars were a bit strong, but now, they are relieved. They already have three seats in the top eight; there is no big problem on the Eternal side, and Super Starry Sky also has a chance against Wail. It might turn out that they occupy half the territory in the top eight; only this can fully reflect the Moon's dominance.

The Moon was full of cheering crowds, revelry, bars packed to capacity, and people dancing in the streets; the Tianxing Mech had turned into an ocean of joy, for ever since Arths arrived, even their luck had improved—what a goddess of fortune.

The Tianxing Mech team was also celebrating wildly; they knew how lucky this battle had been, for if Guibian had come to capture Dita, they would have been finished, but the tactic succeeded, Dita was truly strong, and they had analyzed their opponent's weaknesses before the match, failing to find a way to win until they discovered the strange relationship between Guibian and Sa Wutian and formulated this tactic.

Dita happily opened her personal homepage; as Team Leader, this counted as her most Glory-filled moment, absolutely a textbook strategy of the weak overcoming the strong...

P77.

P77.

What the hell? Are these people all blind? Why is everyone talking about A Youyou, luck? Fortune? The halo of a goddess?

Damn it, Dita has shut herself off...