Chapter 415: Hunter's Instinct

The opponent was not moving, but Guma could not just sit and wait for death. Zuo Xiaotang could keep dragging this out, but maintaining his own Golden Zone required a massive expenditure; it was not inexhaustible. Furthermore, an unknown like Zuo Xiaotang could afford to do this, but he, Guma, could not.

The initiative was still in his own hands; he could not stop the attack. The opponent's goal might be to force him to stop, but at this distance and in this situation, uncertain variables could easily arise. If the opponent suddenly used Instant Movement at this moment, he would be unable to track them, or perhaps the opponent actually possessed a second use and could control the distance...

No!

That's not right!

Countless thoughts flashed through Guma's mind in an instant, but this actually helped him clear his head. What is the most important thing for a sniper?

Patience!

He was being impatient. As long as he cared about any external factors, it was a mistake. Zuo Xiaotang could play dead, so why couldn't he?

Not only could he catch his breath, but he could also activate it at any time, not to mention that it could also cause his opponent to fall into confusion.

Thinking of this, Guma immediately withdrew his Golden Zone. The moment that red ring of light vanished, the Shadow Demon Mecha, which had been silent and motionless, suddenly roared with engine noise, clank, clank, clank, clank, clank...

The mecha's violent movement instantly tore through the silent battlefield, and Guma, who had just made his judgment, was also stunned for a moment. The Golden Zone burned again, rose, opened, and expanded...

Both sides were racing against speed and time. After maintaining the Golden Zone for a long time and then retracting it, Guma's light wave expansion speed had clearly decreased.

However, at this moment, with a boom, the Shadow Demon Mecha performed a Flash Strike. The entire arena was deathly silent, because the target of the Shadow Demon Mecha was precisely the Magic Eye Mecha. At this time, Guma's blood-bat ripples hadn't even arrived yet. It seemed... it seemed... Zuo Xiaotang completely knew the opponent's position.

Boom.

Zuo Xiaotang's Shadow Demon Heavy Sniper fired: Erduan Shanjiquxianqiang!

A warning sign appeared. Although he hadn't yet detected the opponent's position, relying on sound to identify the location, the Magic Eye Mecha instinctively performed a Flash Strike and shifted sideways. In an instant, the ripples captured the opponent's position. Guma could be absolutely confident in dodging the opponent's Arc Shot counterattack, while simultaneously, the Death Eye K58 in his hand was raised in a second. Zuo Xiaotang had once again appeared within his Zone's control; this time, there was absolutely no way to run!

But the next moment, the Magic Eye Mecha's body suddenly stumbled. Instantly, the hair on Guma's entire body stood on end; the Shadow Demon Mecha's heavy sniper was already aimed at him.

Boom.

A flash of fire, and the Armor-piercing Shell shot out.

In an instant, Guma's brain was buzzing. In this split second, he smelled defeat, but he had no idea what to do or what could be done. By the time Guma regained consciousness, his cockpit had already been pierced.

The screen turned black and white.

The massive Galaxy Center was deathly silent. What was going on?

What kind of flying machine?

This was absolutely the most lopsided match in terms of strength in the quarterfinals. A Burning Will rookie, a Flowing Heart Martial Soul master, the number one sniper on Mars, had been taken out?

Under conditions of absolute overwhelming advantage?

Did he trip over his own feet at the end?

Such a major mistake?

How did Zuo Xiaotang, a blind man, find his opponent? Was he even more powerful than those with special abilities? Was he really using a map hack?

"Third match, Tianjing Martial Arts' Zuo Xiaotang wins!"

When the referee's voice rang out, the Earthlings at the scene were stunned for a few seconds before they reacted. Cheers and shouts resounded through the sky. Even the Earthlings themselves couldn't believe they had actually secured a victory. It was Zuo Xiaotang again?!

In the livestream room, Huonan stared blankly at Kuangwu Daren, who was frantically shaking his butt at him. At this moment, Kuangwu Daren wanted to shove his butt into Huo Laoshi's face.

Why?

Why was it this fat guy again?

He was just a Burning Will user. Wasn't he afraid? What was he doing? Was he cheating?

Not to mention the general audience who were completely confused, the group of contestants in the player area were also scratching their heads. They had seen the strong, and they had seen gods, but they had never seen someone who looked so average yet was so strong. The problem was that he was actually just Burning Will; how did he make that judgment?

Zuo Xiaotang.

This guy, who looked a bit silly no matter how you looked at him, how did he do it???

At this moment, countless commentators and streamers were also baffled. They had already started congratulating the Fire God Team, and as they were congratulating them, it was over? Was this person a monster? At such a moment, under such pressure, how did he do it?

The campus of Tianjing Martial Arts had completely erupted. The name of the Sniper God resounded throughout the entire campus, resounded throughout all of Tianjing City.

You can always trust a serious Zuo Xiaotang!

At this moment, in the Tianjing Team's operation room, Zhou Naiyi and the others were also dumbfounded. Actually, they had all been in despair just a moment ago. Really, how could this be fought? Whoever went up would lose. It was a total crushing defeat, without a shred of opportunity. The opponent's ability, experience, and judgment were all top-tier. Zuo Xiaotang, who had been beaten from the start of the match, made his first counterattack and took out his opponent.

Everyone looked at Li Hao. "Li Hao, what did you do to him?"

What kind of thing could make a person suddenly full of confidence? This wasn't just "chicken soup for the soul," even "nuclear chicken soup" couldn't do that. Even so, combat wasn't just about confidence.

"It's nothing. When it comes to sniping, Zuo-ge is a genius. I often play sniper duels with him. I've never won, and he's never lost," Li Hao said smugly. If I haven't even won, why would anyone else!

For Zuo Xiaotang, as long as he wasn't nervous, as long as he got excited, everything else was trash.

"But how did he confirm the position? How was he even more precise than Guma?" Zhou Naiyi asked, confused.

"The opponent's general pursuit direction was there. These ripples have a problem. Actually, if you're good at geometry, wouldn't you find the core that emits the ripples by working backward? The thing he shouldn't have done was release a smoke screen; that actually made the ripples clearer..." Li Hao shrugged helplessly. It was an unnecessary move, plus he was being long-winded.

Everyone thought it sounded very reasonable, but after being beaten like that, who the hell still had the brains to do geometry problems???

That was fucking awesome!

Ma Laoshi was so excited he couldn't control himself. Ever since the S-Tournament started, he felt more and more like he was just there to make up the numbers in the dorm.

Just at this moment, there was another turn of events. The Fire God Team filed an appeal to the referee panel. Each team only had one such right of appeal, and clearly, for the Fire God Team, this was the most critical moment.

The match was suspended.

The entire arena fell into noisy discussion. A considerable portion of the audience remained skeptical, but the Earthling audience was quite angry. Was this a case of being unable to accept defeat?

Unexpectedly, Huonan didn't say a word, his expression looking a bit pained.

Time passed second by second, and everyone was waiting anxiously. At this time, Zuo Xiaotang also remained in the operation room and did not come out; the technical staff had already gone in.

Just when the audience at the scene and in the livestream were about to go wild, the analysis video came out. On the screen was Zuo Xiaotang's big face. It was clear that Zuo Xiaotang was very nervous; he really didn't like facing the screen in this situation, especially with countless people staring at him.

On one side was Zuo Xiaotang's face, and on the other was the combat process.

"After inspection by the referee panel and technical staff, there is no problem with the operation room. With the consent of contestant Zuo Xiaotang, he is willing to interpret the combat process," the referee said. Because when the inspection showed no problems, the controversy was already over, but Zuo Xiaotang's personality certainly wouldn't allow anyone to have any misunderstandings about Tianjing.

"That, right, his Laser Cannon hit this piece of stone pillar that had been kicked up. With the opponent's powerful strength, he shouldn't have missed, so I judged that his reconnaissance ability must have had a deviation, requiring comprehensive judgment, rather than the effect of a Heavenly Eye," Zuo Xiaotang said. On the screen, the Laser Cannon was bombarding a huge piece of building debris that had been blown away, which looked somewhat like the size of a mecha.

This was why there was a loss of vision later, with silence and stillness plus no Zone.

"Judging the position is simple, right? The ripples. Such a regular arc, plus basic sound-based positioning, and the intent of the pursuit, couldn't all of that be judged?"

Facing the biggest question, Zuo Xiaotang said in confusion; the innocent little fatty was very curious why someone would ask such a question.

At the same time, the guidance map was displayed, and only then did everyone discover the biggest problem with Guma's ability: when the red light waves scanned others, as the source, his own position... was not untraceable, and under the smoke screen, it was even clearer.

"But judging the arc and the source are two different things, right?"

"Geometry, just run it through your brain; the Cheng Zhan environment is so familiar, it's very easy to figure out," Zuo Xiaotang said, pointing to his big head, "This is something we learned in the preparatory class."

The scene was speechless; under this kind of pressure, the hell it was easy—no one noticed this point at all, and everyone just quietly watched this little fatty show off.

Perhaps worried that others wouldn't believe him, "The opponent is an expert, I was worried I wouldn't hit him, so I set traps everywhere I passed. Look, yes, right at this position, there are some here too, quite a few. I only used silence when I estimated he was about to arrive. I think experts are relatively cautious and patient, so he likely wouldn't act rashly. When he retracted his Golden Zone was when I made my move."

Only then did everyone realize that the thing that tripped the Shadow Demon Mobile Suit at the critical moment... was actually something Zuo Xiaotang had set up in advance. No wonder he kept stumbling and looking so pathetic in that area...

No matter where the Shadow Demon dodged Zuo Xiaotang's attacks, it would receive interference, and the Shadow Demon's counterattack would inevitably go wide, waiting for death. In fact, it was Guma himself who was interfered with by the smoke screen.

At the same time, the camera showed the state of the two Mobile Suits firing at the last moment. The Lie Ying was more decisive than the Shadow Demon; Guma, accustomed to having vision, instinctively needed it, while Zuo Xiaotang trusted his own judgment more.

All this time, everyone thought Zuo Xiaotang was the prey and Guma was the Hunter, until this moment.

Not long after the battle began, Zuo Xiaotang had already been setting up the battlefield.

Guma never had a chance.

The entire Galaxy Center watched the still slightly nervous little fatty in dead silence, especially with Zuo Xiaotang calling the other an expert every other word...

The faces of the Martians at the scene were burning; what ability, what Golden Zone—the little fatty before their eyes was simply the Sniper God himself.

"Lie Shou Bennen?"

"Lie Shou Bennen!"