Chapter 400: Eating One Fish Two Ways

At that moment, Belastan's mind was a blur. Basta was the god of Mars warriors; the moment he won the championship, he became the idol of the entire Martian Mecha Department. Every student in the military preparatory classes dreamed of getting into Fire God Academy and becoming a member of Basta's team. Belastan was no exception, but when his idol stood right in front of him, it truly felt like a dream.

Belastan had been specially recruited into the Fire God Team. On Mars, especially at Fire God Academy, the hierarchy was extremely strict. Being a newcomer was actually quite bitter, but Belastan held an extraordinary status, and everyone gave him the utmost respect. Now was the time for him to contribute his strength.

He could take out Cheng Konghai, at any cost.

At nine o'clock in the evening, Li Hao arrived at Tianxing Mecha Martial Arts; if he finished early, he could still go watch A Youyou arrange music.

As soon as he entered the door, everyone's gaze turned toward him instantly, staring straight at Li Hao.

"Cough, cough, where is Team Leader Dita? I have an appointment with her."

"Li Ge, the Team Leader has been waiting for a long time, in the training hall inside." Feynman trotted over. He was Li Hao's number one fanboy. Ever since he was taught a lesson by Puppet in the EMP, he had been a bit obsessed. Following Puppet's journey of crushing opponents all the way to the World Championship, especially after learning that Li Hao was Puppet, he felt as if he had found his home. At first, he was mocked by his brothers—after all, Puppet's level wasn't much to look at in the World Championship—but Feynman firmly believed Li Hao was a grandmaster. As it turned out, after the Apocalypse incident, everyone else was convinced, and for this S Tournament, Li Hao's prestige was maxed out. Never mind them, which of the top powerhouses in the entire S Tournament wouldn't give Li Ge some face?

Especially that photo of Li Hao standing in the center position that had been circulated; it made Feynman feel incredibly thrilled. No one really cared about the official photos anymore; that candid shot was a treasure for many.

Li Hao nodded, looking at the inexplicably excited Feynman, and couldn't help but be confused. Why was this guy so happy today?

"Li Ge, good luck!" Feynman suddenly said excitedly.

"Huh?"

"I mean, you must defeat the Fire God Team!"

Li Hao smiled, "I'll try my best."

After Li Hao went in, Dita closed the door and entered private mode, while the team members waited outside. In truth, everyone was still a bit uneasy; could this really work?

At this time, Dita had already showered and changed into a clean training uniform; she had been waiting for a while.

Li Hao rubbed his nose and couldn't help but laugh, "With so many people outside, it seems if I don't finish this, I won't be able to walk out today."

Dita smiled slightly, "Now we'll see if your legend lives up to its name."

"Then let's begin. Open your Golden Zone completely and attack me," Li Hao said.

"Without holding back?"

"Yes, use any move you have, beat me to death!"

"Good, just what I wanted!" Dita's eyes entered the Red Eye State. The next second, red light spread, and she entered her Burning Will. After maintaining it for a moment, she let out a sharp cry and the light exploded.

Dita's Flowing Heart Martial Arts: right hand extended flat, using her hand as a sword, mind and spirit as one.

A family's heritage is essentially its people. In cultivating the next generation, a family like Darwin's absolutely spares no effort. With hundreds of years of family heritage to this day, the branches are lush and the survival of the fittest prevails. Dita was also a standout in the family. While proving herself, she also obtained more resources. After becoming the Team Leader of Tianxing Mecha Martial Arts, what she possessed changed drastically from before. Not everyone could be like A Youyou; Dita had emerged from hundreds of heirs.

A flash of red light, and Dita instantly arrived in front of Li Hao, a hand-blade cutting directly toward Li Hao's neck. Li Hao dodged. Dita's right leg swung, further pressing Li Hao's space, and with a half-turn, her left leg kicked out suddenly, slamming into Li Hao like a small cannon, kicking him flying. Dita flashed and chased right in front of Li Hao, smashing down with a fierce elbow, slamming Li Hao directly into the ground. With a muffled thud, Li Hao rolled away, and Dita had already cracked the ground where his head had been.

Li Hao wiped his sweat. Damn, she really was trying to beat him to death. What kind of grudge was this?

Before Li Hao could think much, Dita's attack arrived again. Li Hao didn't dare to be careless and hurriedly blocked; if he wasn't careful, he might really get beaten to death.

Swish, swish, swish.

Hand-blade air-slashing, Li Hao's body swayed in the light and shadow, and he backhanded a palm directly toward Dita, his palm piercing straight through Dita.

Hum.

At this moment, Dita had already arrived behind Li Hao, her whole body wreathed in Electricity, smashing directly toward Li Hao's back.

Swish.

Li Hao disappeared. The two figures flashed and leaped continuously in the Arena. Dita's Lightning Acceleration ability was also quite exquisite, but she couldn't suppress Li Hao with this speed. No matter how she increased her movement speed and attack speed, it felt like Li Hao could easily handle it.

Dita increased her power regardless of the cost. In normal times, this was a dangerous state, but with Li Hao present, she didn't care about that anymore. Electricity shot out in all directions, and Dita's speed kept increasing, moving at high speed in the Arena like a red flash, hoping to break Li Hao's defense.

"Not enough, be more ruthless," Li Hao said suddenly while moving.

Dita was startled and almost fell from her high-speed movement. Gritting her teeth, she thought, she was at this speed, how could he still be so relaxed!

Too arrogant!

Slap!

Dita flashed behind Li Hao, releasing her ability, anticipating Li Hao's next move. She predicted it, but Li Hao had already picked Dita up from behind and thrown her out. Dita kicked off the wall fiercely, and a red bolt of electricity exploded in mid-air, charging at Li Hao again like a bullet.

Lightning Thrust!

Tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat.

In an instant, dozens of red lights flashed, accompanied by the sound of breaking air. Scratches appeared on the wall not far away. Li Hao had already pulled away, and the next second he arrived in front of Dita, sending out a palm. This time Dita didn't have time to dodge, and her whole body flew up. Li Hao had already chased from the ground to the space above Dita. Dita gritted her teeth, a ripple exploded, forcibly controlling her body to descend. Just as she turned her head, Li Hao had already arrived in front of her, throwing a punch.

Instantly, a huge figure loomed, a suffocating aura covering Dita. Bang, bang, bang.

At that moment, time seemed to stand still. Dita's heart tightened suddenly, beating violently and frantically.

Her right hand swung out fiercely, and a tangible red glow swept past. Li Hao leaned back, the red glow grazing his body, his loose hair flying, and the force slammed into the wall, immediately leaving a deep crack. Dita's hand-blade followed with a vertical chop, another intense red blade light killing toward Li Hao.

Li Hao hurriedly turned to the side, feeling the power only a centimeter from his nose. Dita was also being ruthless; the light flame on her body shrank suddenly, her hands crossed and light shot out in all directions, surging power condensed instantly, her heart gave another thump, and with a lunge, both hands struck out simultaneously.

Cross Sky-Splitting Slash!

There was no way to avoid it; this was already Dita's ultimate killing move. Such a Sky-Splitting Slash that condensed the Golden Zone placed a huge burden and consumption on the body and spirit, but the power was equally impressive. Let's see how you dodge this.

Li Hao extended his right hand. Boom.

The two Sky-Splitting Slashes slammed into Li Hao's hand and exploded directly into light flames.

Dita stared blankly at Li Hao, her chest heaving continuously. Li Hao was still waiting for Dita's follow-up, only to find Dita was stunned.

"Let's rest for a while before continuing." The rhythm was broken, Li Hao said.

Dita nodded, picked up water a bit dejectedly, and drank a bottle directly, "Am I hopeless?"

Li Hao shrugged helplessly, "In this state, you are definitely hopeless."

Dita gritted her teeth, "I don't care, you have to help me, I'm sticking with you."

Li Hao smiled, "There is a method, it just depends on how determined you are."

"No matter what, I must awaken my Soul Essence!" Among all the team leaders of the quarter-final teams, she was probably the only one who hadn't awakened her Soul Essence yet.

"Then I'll give you a choice: either awaken your Soul Essence, or get injured and be unable to participate in the quarter-finals," Li Hao said.

"I choose the latter!" Dita said without hesitation. If she couldn't awaken, the quarter-finals were meaningless; going up there wouldn't be enough to serve as a snack, so it would be better to just get injured. This year's teams were all too monstrous; the gap between strong teams and weak teams was greater than in previous years.

"In that case, we can give it a try in a moment. You'd better tell your team members, otherwise I might not be able to get out of this door later," Li Hao said.

Dita nodded, "Wait for me a moment, I'll go out and give instructions."

That is true; if Dita were truly injured, Li Hao would indeed have a hard time explaining it.

Dita was gone for a while before returning; it seems the team members had some disagreements, as they really did not want Dita to take such a big risk in such an important match, because once they entered the team battle, Dita's ability was truly unique, but Dita's perspective was different from the others, and if they could not awaken, they would have no hope at all, so there was no need to hold onto any wishful thinking.

Without this kind of resolve, she would not have taken such a big risk.

"Is it too dangerous?" Alzi and the others outside the door were still somewhat worried; on one hand, they did not really believe Li Hao had a way, and on the other hand, Li Hao's situation was a bit sensitive, as it was rumored that he had a close relationship with Chao Qinglong of North Caro.

"I believe in the Team Leader's judgment, and I also believe in Li Ge; a person like him has no need to do this at all," Feynman said firmly.

"Feynman, one must always be on guard against others." Although their relationship was good, knowing there was a possibility of injury, did she still have to take the risk?

The team members were still somewhat conflicted, but finally, Alzi slapped his thigh, "Since the Team Leader has decided this, all we need to do is trust her!"

The group stopped speaking and could only wait in silence.

Meanwhile, at the North Caro training base, the atmosphere was relatively relaxed; drawing Tianjing Martial Arts as their quarterfinal opponent was undoubtedly the best possible outcome, and Dita had a strange type of Precognition ability in team battles, which was indeed a huge variable, as whoever could discover the Red Flag Base first could make targeted tactical arrangements, such as outnumbering the enemy, ambushing, and timing calculations, which could indeed make many strong teams feel stifled and helpless, but North Caro would simply not give them the chance for a team battle.

For North Caro, which was aiming to win the championship, they still had this bit of confidence.

"Boss, Boss, it's bad, I just received news that Team Leader Li Hao went to the Tianjing Martial Arts base; it seems there is some kind of deal between the two teams." The logistics officer of North Caro rushed in; among the strong teams, there were those specifically responsible for gathering intelligence, and Terry was also an old staff member of the Beikarosai Team.

Feeling a bit angry and a bit anxious, Li Hao's identity was no longer a secret within the Beikarosai Team.

Chao Qinglong, Ye Tong, Victoria, Demikailisi, Lv Gang, and Alfonso, who were in the middle of a team meeting, froze all at once, and the atmosphere instantly became incomparably heavy.

"Boss, the news is absolutely true; how could he help our opponent!" Terry was a bit emotional; although he was not from Tianqi, he still respected Li Hao very much, but regardless of their relationship or the perspective of the theater of war, he should not be helping Tianjing Martial Arts.

The team staff members also looked at Chao Qinglong, and the pressure suddenly increased; in North Caro, Li Hao was also an extremely special existence, and after the Mid-Season Tournament incident, Li Hao became a legend, and they could not believe that Chao Qinglong, who believed he was the only one supreme in heaven and on earth, actually had someone he admired.

Victoria and the others all looked at Chao Qinglong, feeling a sudden, suffocating pressure.

"Team Leader, it's not too late for us to stop it now!" Terry said, "My people said they seem to have some internal disputes."

Sensing the emotions of the group, Terry quickly spoke.

"It's likely for the sake of Zhou Naiyi; those few pieces of trash at Tianjing are already beyond saving, so just consider it a contribution, and let us warm up in the process," Ye Tong said indifferently; in front of Li Hao, Ye Tong liked to act temperamental, but in North Caro, the 'Goddess Tong' was a cold and aloof existence, somewhat like Chao Qinglong.

Victoria smiled and glanced at Terry, "Terry, no need to be nervous; it should be much like what Ye Tong said. Actually, even if Dita makes some progress, it won't affect the result, and instead, it might help the Team Leader get into the state faster."

Strength is not something that can be improved just like that; Dita still had a gap in individual combat power compared to Chao Qinglong, and in fact, after the awakening of the Golden Zone, this gap had widened, making the possibility of a comeback increasingly low.

Chao Qinglong waved his hand, "The tactics don't need to change, and you don't need to think too much; this is my problem."

Chao Qinglong stood up, and the others followed suit; he needed to think quietly.

After Chao Qinglong left, Terry and the others were still a bit confused, but the expressions of the people from North Caro suddenly became heavy, including Ye Tong, as Chao Qinglong's words made her realize it too.

It was very likely that Li Hao wanted to tell Chao Qinglong that his strength had already fallen behind, at least when facing Xilian, or even Maxis.

Lv Gang and the other Hunter members all understood, as they had experienced it deeply when they were in the Hunters; for North Caro, defeating Tianjing Martial Arts was not a problem at all, but what they could gain from this battle was very important, because once they entered the semifinals, that would be when the real test began.

Every round of the S Tournament was actually a tempering and transformation for everyone, and this was even more true given the situation this year; looking at the transformation and progress of Tianjing Martial Arts, having a team that is too weak is not a good thing either; Li Ge must be trying to convey something to Chao Qinglong through Dita...