Chapter 388: Piercing the Steel Plate!

Morale, what the Eternal Team needs right now is morale. No matter how much Fan Liweite complains inside, he must encourage his team members at this moment; he still possesses this basic level of professionalism!

"Yes, Team Leader!" Wu Zhanlei nodded. They are a championship team; there is absolutely no reason for them to fear a Tianjing Mecha Martial Arts Team. Even in this situation, they do not believe they will lose.

Taking down Wuzang is the turning point of this match.

"The defending champions are trailing zero to two; Tianjing Mecha Martial Arts Team is making a miraculous rise!"

"Miraculous Tianjing, staging a grassroots uprising."

The dark horse is leading all the way, with explosive performances in every match. The life-or-death battle for the quarterfinals between Tianjing Mecha Martial Arts Team and Eternal Team is currently underway.

The competition at the quarterfinal level hasn't actually reached its peak intensity yet, but this year is indeed very different from the past. Added to the existence of the unique factor that is the Puppet, this match was already highly anticipated. Just when everyone thought it would be a solo show for the Puppet, the members of Tianjing have one after another revealed explosive performances, with a passion that feels like a volcano that has been accumulating for a very long time finally erupting.

The popularity in the live broadcast room has already exceeded seven billion; this is the highest popularity for a quarterfinal match since the S Tournament began, and the number is still increasing. Of course, the defending champion Eternal Team has also made a significant contribution. The problem now is that if they are not careful, Eternal Team and Fan Liweite will be nailed to the pillar of shame on the Moon.

When Moon People start roasting someone, it is also quite lethal.

The current situation is still within an acceptable range; after all, they are the defending champions, and Tianjing Mecha Martial Arts Team's performance in the first two matches was also stunning, so the losses weren't too ugly. However, fans and spectators do not want failure; they only want victory. Fan Liweite must provide a response, provide the power of the Moon People!

The third match, the player appearing for Eternal Team, the Heavy Armor Wu Zhanlei.

Upon receiving this news, Li Hao looked at Zuo Xiaotang with a heavy expression, "Zuoge, look, I guessed right, it's him."

"That, Big Brother, you are my own brother, let Wuzang go up; I think he is more suitable than me." Zuo Xiaotang is truly not very willing to play in such a critical match. He gazes longingly at Wuzang and the people around him, especially the Class Monitor, hoping that the Class Monitor can rationally stop this irrational behavior and judgment.

However, Zuo Xiaotang was disappointed. The allies who usually like to contradict Li Hao were silent at this moment.

Why??? Zuo Xiaotang even looked at Tan Ziyuan and Sheng Man... Could it be that no one would help him?

"Zuoge, come on, waiting for your Triumph!" Ma Long gave Zuo Xiaotang a big hug directly. Usually, teasing is just teasing; that shows the intimacy of their relationship. Everyone is not a fool; Li Hao is the true god. It doesn't matter if you don't understand some things, just follow instructions. If you can't even win while lying down and insist on using your own little bit of cleverness, that's just being stupid.

There are many such opportunities in life placed before people, and there are not a few who simply act cool until the opportunity is gone.

"Zuo Xiaotang, cheer up, I could win, what are you afraid of!" Zhou Naiyi clenched her fist hard.

This made Zuo Xiaotang feel that if he were to be cowardly again, the Class Monitor would hammer him.

"Then... then I'm going up. Don't blame me if I lose," Zuo Xiaotang said.

"Blame what? We are brothers and sisters in the same trench, just go and fight!" Huo Ying patted Zuo Xiaotang on the shoulder, and Zuo Xiaotang felt his arm was about to fall off.

Sheng Man and the others hurriedly pulled Huo Ying away; he was suffering internal injuries before the fight even started. "Zuoge, you are the best!"

"Zuo Xiaotang, come on, I'll make you something delicious when you get back!"

Zuo Xiaotang blushed. The shameless flattery from everyone made it impossible for him to be nervous. Go, whatever!

When the opposing sides were revealed, Fan Liweite was stunned again. What the hell, is this a mind game?

Not sending Wuzang again, what the hell is sending a Sniper?

But this time, Li Hao, you've hit a steel plate!

"The third match, a critical battle. Eternal Team has sent out their Heavy Armor Warrior Wu Zhanlei, also a Gale Ability user. Now that it has reached the life-or-death moment for Eternal, give it some effort, bring out your championship aura. I don't know, but one might think Tianjing Mecha Martial Arts Team is the defending champion!" Huonan started cheering for Eternal, though the suspicion of him stirring up trouble is even greater.

"The warrior chosen to appear for Tianjing Mecha Martial Arts Team is the Sniper Zuo Xiaotang. As one of the most eye-catching Snipers this year, Zuo Xiaotang possesses his own unique style. In terms of precision, he can be called No. 1. With different types of Mobile Suits, the two sides are competing to see who can control the rhythm. If Zuo Xiaotang can take this match, Tianjing Mecha Martial Arts Team will gain an unprecedented advantage, and it will also be a moment for Tianjing Mecha Martial Arts Team to create history," Kuangwu Daren said with some excitement.

Huonan suddenly felt a bit fortunate. Fortunately, Eternal Team is not from the Mars Federation. The feeling of being a third party watching the fun is still quite comfortable. After all, Eternal being eliminated is also a great benefit for the Martians. As for Mu Jiang, letting him linger for a while longer is not impossible.

Aofei and the others were also stunned by Tianjing's choice. Many people thought it would be Wuzang, but it turned out to be Zuo Xiaotang... It doesn't seem impossible, just a bit risky.

Having experienced the great battle with Langwu, Zuo Xiaotang's nervousness was actually just for that moment of selection. Once it was confirmed to be him, his mindset suddenly became calm. In fact, all mindsets need to be tempered; experiencing things a few more times leads to natural growth, especially since Zuo Xiaotang himself possesses considerable talent and strength.

Fighting a Heavy Armor is actually quite good; he likes clumsy opponents.

Match scenario: Kepler Jungle.

Wu Zhanlei — Tianfa Oceanus.

Tianfa Oceanus, NUP.

Configuration: Heavy Armor, 110 tons.

Four-Core Fission Engine, Mad Dragon Laser Cannon, K23 Taijin Changqiang.

K23 King Shield.

Zuo Xiaotang — Lieying Apollo.

Lieying Apollo.

Configuration: Medium Mecha, 75 tons.

Three-engine Nuclear Fission Drive, Shadow Demon Heavy Sniper, two arm-mounted Shock Bombs.

"Haha, finally had the courage to bring it out!"

"Zuoge, mighty, take him down!"

"Can Zuo Xiaotang's Lieying even get on the field?"

In the tactical room of Tianjing Mecha Martial Arts Team, everyone was also very worried. The Gray Reaper's combat record was truly too good, but its performance was indeed unable to keep up with Zuo Xiaotang's operations, especially in one-on-one combat. Proficiency alone was certainly not enough; the upper limit of the Lieying Apollo would definitely satisfy Zuo Xiaotang.

Zuo Xiaotang took a deep breath, leaned his whole body into the Cockpit, let's begin.

Two Mobile Suits air-dropped into the Kepler Jungle. Both sides knew the importance of this match, especially Wu Zhanlei. He even read a trace of self-doubt in the eyes of the arrogant and conceited Fan Liweite. Ever since that person appeared, everything had changed. The invincible army of kings was actually confused. Zuo Xiaotang, an opponent who could be looked down upon in any other place, now Wu Zhanlei dared not have the slightest carelessness, because that person sent him up to target himself.

Heavy Armor fighting a Sniper has a certain advantage in this kind of one-on-one terrain. For an average Sniper, the heavy firepower of a Heavy Armor will often be effective, but for a top expert, one must find a way to get close, even an excellent model like the Lieying cannot withstand heavy strikes.

Everyone knows this problem, which is how Wu Zhanlei will get close. If relying on the mobility of the Heavy Armor, it is really not as good as the Lieying Apollo.

The K23 King Shield of the Tianfa Oceanus was raised and stood towering in front of him. The large Punishment Mech retracted, its engine roaring. It possesses the most surging power system in the current Solar System, the roaring sound like rolling thunder. Wu Zhanlei's pupils instantly entered the Red Eye State, the light flames on his body surging continuously, Golden Zone fully open, Zone Value constantly climbing.

At this moment, all the Moon People were staring at Wu Zhanlei. This is to fight for life and death right from the start, but at this distance?

Zuo Xiaotang was not idle either. Although he didn't know what the opponent was going to do, a strong sense of crisis had already struck. The Lieying Apollo's Shadow Demon Heavy Sniper was already spitting fire. Accompanied by a roaring sound, an explosive Armor-piercing Shell had already blasted over, directly hitting the K23 King Shield, but the reinforced King Shield defended it steadily, and the entire Tianfa Oceanus only swayed slightly.

Wu Zhanlei ignored Zuo Xiaotang completely. The position was locked, his Mental Power entered the Flowing Heart Martial State, and the world suddenly became clear and transparent. His senses extended continuously. Zuo Xiaotang's Zone level was really average and could not form enough resistance, allowing his senses to control the entire field. The four-engine energy storage of the Tianfa Oceanus was about to reach its limit, and everyone didn't know what Wu Zhanlei was going to do.

Zuo Xiaotang fired shot after shot, but no matter how good his ideas were, they were useless against this kind of defense. But were the two sides just going to stalemate like this?

The sense of crisis in Zuo Xiaotang's heart became more and more intense. The opponent's consciousness had already invaded his position, and it was as if he had been stripped naked. This was absolutely not a stalemate; the opponent was preparing an attack, but he didn't know what the opponent wanted to do.

Everyone was watching Wu Zhanlei. This is the champion Heavy Armor. His Gale Ability stunned the world last season. What about this year?

The hearts of the Moon People became more and more nervous. They must win this match, reverse the decline, and display the performance that a championship team should have.

Hum.

The gale rose, accompanied by the powerful dominance of Flowing Heart Martial Arts; the gale enveloped the Punishment Mech Oceanus, and soon the gale swirled, expanding continuously, shooting straight into the sky and turning into a tornado, and just at this moment, a heaven-shaking, earth-shattering thunderclap exploded, and the ground burst apart.

The Punishment Mech Oceanus, having built up its momentum to the limit, shot into the sky like a War God, and with the blessing of the Tornado Ability, it surpassed the limit of a mecha's burst, slamming toward Zuo Xiaotang's Lieying Apollo like a precision Starry Sky missile; let alone Zuo Xiaotang, the entire audience was dumbfounded, as the terrifying pressure obscured the sky above the Lieying mech, having completely formed the attack range of the Punishment Mech, and even if Lieying made evasive maneuvers, it could not escape the attack range of the Heavenly Punishment.

At this moment, Zuo Xiaotang's face was pale, and beads of sweat the size of beans rolled down; he knew very well that no matter how he dodged, he would be covered by the opponent's blast range; he wasn't afraid of losing, but rather that after losing, he and Li Hao would be saddled with massive debts, and Hao Ge was truly hopeless in this regard.

In an instant, his entire body's muscles tensed, his spirit burst, and the Lieying mech charged forward at full speed; this choice was absolutely the right one, as the best hope was that the Punishment Mech's inertia would be too strong and it would crash to its death, and at the same time, Zuo Xiaotang's Concealment ability was exerted to the fullest, and the Lieying mech vanished instantly.

However, Wu Zhanlei was completely unruffled; he had already locked onto the general area, and the opponent had not broken free from his sensing; this was the suppression of the Golden Zone rank, and the opponent was simply not worth looking at.

The King's Shield shone brilliantly, and the K23 Element was stimulated to the maximum.

Pop.

The heavens collapsed and the earth cracked, and the violent power swept outward; the shockwave, accompanied by the gale, tore everything in the vicinity apart.

Baiwu Style indiscriminate destruction combat technique: Godly Might Descends!

In the Eternal Team's operations room, everyone clenched their fists; what kind of Sniper was this? This was a massive killing move sufficient to deal with an entire battle group; every single person in Eternal, every Warrior, was worthy of the championship; they didn't understand how they had been forced into a desperate situation, but all of this was about to end!

A radius of one hundred meters was leveled directly by the shockwave, and Wu Zhanlei himself felt his blood and Qi surging; this move was cool and fierce, but it was also a case of "inflicting a thousand damage to the enemy while suffering eight hundred oneself"; if it weren't for his wariness of Zuo Xiaotang's freakish Sniper intuition, he wouldn't have been so ruthless.

His brain was also buzzing, but he had finally taken the win; no one could withstand this move of his.

Just as everyone was marveling at Wu Zhanlei's terrifying new combat method, a Mobile Suit suddenly appeared on the open ground outside the Punishment Mech's blast range; Lieying appeared about two hundred meters away, the mecha shimmering with a gray, ethereal light, like a ghost, and the Magic Shadow Heavy Sniper was aimed at Wu Zhanlei; at this moment, the King's Shield was also finished, as this move could only be used once; Wu Zhanlei felt goosebumps of shock all over his body—damn it, could he fly???

Warrior instinct made him want to pull out the Mad Dragon Laser Cannon to fire back, but his body, having just suffered a heavy impact, was still numb; the mecha moved, but the action was very slow, and the muzzle of the Magic Shadow Heavy Sniper opposite him had already ignited with fire.

Bang.

At this moment, Wu Zhanlei felt it; he felt the mecha being struck by an Armor-piercing Shell, and a huge inertia struck him, sending him flying into the air.

Mou ju... che ju... you you you you.

A very smooth and coherent sound, then the mecha tore apart, and immediately following that, a piercing roar filled his ears, and then... there was nothing left.

Wu Zhanlei's field of vision turned black and white.

"Third match, Tianjing Martial Arts wins!"

The scene remained very quiet; everyone was stunned—Tianjing Martial Arts was three to zero???

Was this a dream?

On-site Earthlings were pinching their cheeks, rubbing their eyes, or looking blankly at the people around them; had they not woken up?

Three seconds later, the scene completely erupted; they had originally come with the intention of cheering for their own battle zone, but they hadn't expected to see the birth of a new king.

The big screen showed the replay: Wu Zhanlei's ultimate move was the Tornado Ability, an advanced form of Feng Yinneng, combined with the long-range bombardment formed by the Punishment Mech's four-engine Flash Strike, and then using the King's Shield to form a tornado shockwave; the terrifying thing about this move was that during the impact, the tilted angle of the King's Shield could both break wind resistance and defend against long-range attacks, hitting directly and blasting the target into slag; even if caught within the attack range, the mecha would be severely damaged, and a weaker pilot would faint without question; and at the moment of the descent, Zuo Xiaotang's Lieying mech had been scrambling and fleeing frantically, his famous marksmanship and Concealment ability were useless, and in that blink of an eye, a few dozen meters would have been the limit.

Yet, the Lieying mech had arrived two hundred meters away in the moment of its final lunge.

Space ability—Instant Movement?

The Golden Zone has given birth to five basic abilities: Wind, Fire, Thunder, Electricity, and Ice, as well as biological survival skills like Mimicry and Invisibility; beyond that, various magical derivative abilities are explorations of the limits of the rules, and Time and Space have always been the ceiling-level existences.

Romero, who was once suspected of possessing the ability to teleport, was proven not to have Space Movement, but now, the ability humans desire most—teleportation—has finally been born; it is not one of those top powerhouses, but... Zuo Xiaotang.

The Sniper from Tianjing Martial Arts... who was once considered the Sniper with the worst physique and lowest combat proficiency in the history of the S Tournament, is step by step overturning everyone's perception of him.

Zuo Xiaotang had no idea what had happened and was still standing there blankly; he was truly afraid—at that moment, he just wanted to run, to run as far away as possible, and then he didn't know how he had disappeared; the most shameful thing was that the last thing in his mind was... Anlita.

At this moment, everyone in the Hailong Team looked at Anlita in astonishment; why was Anlita the number two figure of Hailong, steadily suppressing the unruly Klein and others? It was not because she was a sexy woman, but because of her powerful ability, and Space Ability was her specialty.