Chapter 87: with translation of chapter title

After hearing about this format, Li Mingyang felt that this so-called world‑class competition still had something to it.

Not prohibiting drones from attacking each other is, in other words, making the rules of this competition suddenly brutal, even opening the possibility of back‑room manipulation.

After all, if you can arrange a few more teammates, you can completely adopt a one‑for‑one strategy to eliminate the others first.

Finally, by leveraging the advantage of superior numbers, you can push your own drone into first place.

At the same time, this format also tests the drone's maneuverability, the pilot's reaction speed, and the drone's flight stability and material durability.

One could say that if you can stand out among thousands with a single drone in such a competition and under such a system,

then that drone will surely attract the attention of every drone enthusiast.

After all, the difference between a victory won with teammates' help and a victory carved out single‑handed is obvious to anyone who isn't a fool.

"Interesting, how about it? Kid, do you feel confident?"

Although the brutality of the format was clear, Li Mingyang didn't give it a second thought; his drone compared to these ordinary ones is like a sturdy young man versus a frail little old woman.

They are on completely different levels, not even in the same class; even a dozen or so frail old women added together couldn't threaten a healthy adult man.

Now the only possible mishap could come from the little guy beside me; if his mindset isn't stable and he gets impatient or hot‑headed,

he's likely to fall into the enemy's trap, and also likely to destroy his drone and himself due to his own operational mistake.

After all, this is an ultra‑high‑speed flying vehicle with a speed of over 400 kilometers per hour.

At that speed, no matter what material you actually hit, the only outcome is the drone's destruction and the pilot's death—there is no other possibility!

"Of course, to be frank, based on past competition experience, none of these guys on the field are worth a fight."

Faced with his own boss's question, this kid Li Yang couldn't even be described with the word "confident"; you could say his face was practically written with arrogance.

To put it in a proverb, that means everyone here is trash!

I don't know whether this kid Li Yang is lucky or unlucky, but he went up, drew lots, and directly got the first group's order to go out.

However, Li Mingyang saw that this kid showed no sign of nervousness at all, and even couldn't help but add a hint of an expectant smile.

I'm not sure if it's just Li Mingyang's illusion, but I always feel that this kid's smile contains a bit of a nasty edge.

"Whoosh!"

"Holy shit!"

Soon, when the competition officially began, Li Mingyang realized that his earlier feeling wasn't his imagination.

Because from the moment the competition started, this kid wasn't thinking about simply using his speed to shake off the opponents behind him.

Instead, he openly showed off his piloting on the field, flying right past the nearest Warm Street at ultra‑high speed.

The wind pressure from the over‑400‑km/h speed directly destroyed the drone's flight stability.

Having been airborne for less than a few seconds, it lost control outright and slammed head‑first into the wall of an abandoned building.

And upon seeing this scene, not only did Li Mingyang involuntarily let out a native expletive,

but everyone present—whether spectators or competitors—mostly echoed Li Mingyang's sentiment.

"Ha, this kid's got something!"

However, Li Mingyang didn't blame this kid at all; on the contrary, he was extremely satisfied with Li Yang's maneuver.

It was meant to crush everything with this domineering posture, to use this arrogant attitude to tell everyone that the other drones are trash.

Only their Peregrine Falcon One is a true drone, the king among shuttlecraft.

Whoosh!

At this moment, Peregrine Falcon One seemed to truly incarnate as a peregrine falcon, becoming the fastest, fiercest raptor in the sky.

Accompanied by one violent sonic boom after another, drone after drone lost control under Peregrine Falcon One's attacks and interference.

At first, the defeated players would still involuntarily utter a few complaints, but not long after, as this situation happened one after another,

as Peregrine Falcon One displayed its overwhelming dominance in the sky, even these competitors couldn't help but be subdued by the performance of this excellent drone.

At the same time, they were also conquered by Li Yang's various extreme maneuvers; if they got a drone with this performance, they might not even dare to use it that way.

After all, these extreme maneuvers test not only the drone's performance itself, but also the pilot's spirit and physique.

At such extreme speed, it's quite possible that a moment's inattention—just a blink—will turn a drone that was still soaring in the sky into a pile of fragments the next second.

Moreover, all the spectators originally thought this first match would likely be a fierce dragon‑tiger‑style brawl.

But the situation on the field turned out contrary to everyone's expectations; it was indeed a brawl, but a one‑sided slaughter.

Even after Li Yang took down three drones, all the players reacted, wanting to combine their forces to first eliminate Li Yang's drone.

They wanted to first eliminate Peregrine Falcon One, then let them compete among themselves for the final victor.

Although that idea is good, unfortunately, a good idea also requires sufficient strength to carry it out.

These sluggish guys have a top speed of only over 100 km/h; facing Peregrine Falcon One, they're like a real peregrine falcon confronting a flock of sparrows.

Although these little guys want to put up resistance, before such a raptor all their struggling is futile.

All they can do is watch helplessly as drone after drone is crushed and slaughtered!

From the start of the competition to now, less than two minutes have passed, and the spectators only saw streaks of afterimages flashing by.

Then piles upon piles of drone debris appeared on the ground.

And after dealing with all opponents, Li Yang still seemed a bit unsatisfied; in the final terrain test, he continued to show off various extreme maneuvers.

He displayed the Peregrine Falcon One Max version's powerful performance to the fullest, stirring up wave after wave of gasps and cheers on the field.

For an ordinary drone, the route would normally take at least two or three minutes to fly, but under Li Yang's extreme maneuvers and the drone's powerful performance,

it took no more than fifty‑odd seconds—indeed, not even a full minute—for Peregrine Falcon One to successfully cross the finish line with a genuine sonic boom.