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Chapter 412: Wind God

Translator: Abyssruler Editor: Lucas

The competition came to an emergency halt!

For the first time in IG history, there was a team leader heavenly battle. Rather than calling it a heavenly battle, it felt more like a battle for one's life as the person who called for it would not be able to surrender, and his life would be entirely controlled by the opponent.

The committee was also having an emergency consultation. They were considering how the arrangement of this round of battle would be like. There was a time-out for ten minutes.

Let's not talk about the Darkness Empire, even the Solar System Federation's side was having an intense debate.

Most of the team members were holding onto their view of disagreeing. And unexpectedly, those who were disagreeing the most fiercely were people like Zhang Shan and Meng Tian, as Wang Zheng was absolutely seeking his death by doing this.

"Wang Zheng, why are you even more impulsive than me? I have a solution. Isn't this just because the jerk's Ability X could reach a further distance? I can take care of him. Later on, I will just charge over to fight him directly. Or when he uses his ability, I will go right across to beat him to death!"

Zhang Shan said furiously. Zhang Shan would rarely be so furious, as he admired Wang Zheng the most. No matter what, Wang Zheng would always remain cool-headed. However, he had actually made such a decision today. Even if they lost, it would be alright because the Solar System had come so far, so there was no need to risk his life.

"Don't be so childish. You think the people of the Darkness Empire are all dead? IG has never banned such an Ability X, but if you act recklessly, we will be eliminated right away," Lear said coldly.

In the past there was also this type of Ability X, which had a wide range. One example would be the healing series Ability X, which appeared in the previous year. It could provide assistance from afar, to enable their team members to constantly stay in the best condition. This type of ability was of no concern to the IG organisers, as according to the rules of the IG, so long as you did not appear in the battlefield, it was fine. As for disturbances, if it was so easy, Bonthe would not have been known as the Dark Prince.

"Damn you, the one who dares to take the risk now is not you. Aren't you always very capable? How come you only managed to score a draw!" Zhang Shan shouted angrily.

Lear was still very calm, as usual. A small smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. The Zhang Shan in front of him was too childish.

Encountering a sudden problem, under a circumstance of being totally unprepared, it was already fairly difficult for Lear to be able to score a draw to end the round. If it was Zhang Shan, the opponent probably would not even have had to reach such that point and would have finished Zhang Shan off straight away. But Lear clearly did not want to start an argument. He really wanted to know how strong Wang Zheng really was. And with Wang Zheng's character of taking the initiative to volunteer himself, even if it was a last resort, perhaps there would still be a certain chance of success.

At this time, Vargas, the lieutenant general of the Darkness Empire, immediately called together his team members. However, the team members of the Darkness Empire seemed particularly relaxed. They did not expect that Wang Zheng would be driven to such a desperate action, to just throw away his own life. Victory was in sight, and this was also considered a type of battle won without any fighting.

Vargas looked at everyone. They were indifferent and complacent, especially Sloughberg. Everyone believed that they were surely going to win.

However, the silence of Vargas still attracted the attention of his team members. They felt that the atmosphere was not right, and everyone quietened down.

"I will just tell you guys one thing. Wang Zheng completed an S-rank mission during his resurrection round. It was something unprecedented in history. Due to the rules of the IG, I don't want to say much; however, let me just tell you guys one thing. He used the Golden Wheel and killed over ten thousand Zerg, and he also killed the queen worm, all on his own. Would the twelve of you had been able to accomplish it together?"

Vargas said coldly, "There is a common saying from the people of the Earth. There is no limit in the universe – knowledge is infinite; however strong you are, there is always someone stronger. If you guys are not going to be on full alert, we will surely lose this battle."

In an instant, everyone's jaws dropped… the rumor was real??? There was really such a monster, and it was that fellow?

Sloughberg gave a faint smile. "Very good. Brothers, you all heard it, finish him off, and we will be a super S-rank team. Follow me and I will lead you guys to win this world!"

"Long live Bonthe!"

Vargas finally heaved a sigh of relief. He knew from Sloughberg's expression that he was ready to hunt.

After all, worms were not human. Regardless of who the Solar System Federation had met, they would have had the power for one battle. Unfortunately, they had run into the Darkness Empire, where the ability of Sloughberg really was tantamount to cheating.

This year, there were indeed too many geniuses who made their appearance, and only the most prudent one would be able to emerge as the champion.

As the battlefield for the advancement in the competition was being prepared, it was evident that compared to the training ground below, the one for this round was still slightly smaller and still required a little bit of time.

Wang Zheng's choice completely taught a lesson to all the teams who were present.

"Let's not talk about anything else, but this fellow really has the guts, and he really appeals to my liking. Aurora, if we ever face him, you must give him over to me," Oz said all of a sudden.

Aurora gave a faint smile. "Why, you think he really stands a chance to win?��

Even if he was not scared of the darkness, facing the twelve experts of the Darkness Empire, there would only be death and no life. With Sloughberg's character, he would definitely not let him off.

Aslan had been paying close attention to Sloughberg for a long while, especially to his ability, and it was unexpected that it turned out to be even more radical than the information they had received.

The most powerful ability in this era was the ability to overlay, to be able to amplify and to help your surrounding team members. Usually, there would only be team battles after entering the quarter-finals, but, unexpectedly, this was seen in the top 16.

Si Jiali did not know whether she should be a big mouth, but seeing this scene, she still sent a message to Princess Aina. However, there was no sign of activity at all from the news she sent. Perhaps she had overthought. At best her Royal Princess Highness had liked him for his talent, so how could she possibly…

Arbiter had not started battling, but they were equally relaxed. No one would have doubted whether Arbiter could have entered the finals, except for that one immortal man.

Olivios, who always looked cold and bored, finally opened his eyes. His cold blood had suddenly warmed up a little, and he had not felt this way in a long, long time.

He had not come to the IG to become some bullsh*t champion, that was just a political game. He had actually come here to battle, searching for an opponent that would be able to hold him back. He was born to fight, but up till now, it had been really, really disappointing. All he had met with were a bunch of idiots who were weak and believed themselves as infallible. But this Wang Zheng was pretty interesting. If the rumors were true, he was qualified to fight a battle with him.

The people on Atlantis' side were also whispering to one another. "What do you think that person is going to use?"

"With his understanding of the Golden Wheel, perhaps there will be hope. But how should I say this, it really depends on whether he will be able to withstand the Dark Canopy. That is really not easy to deal with."

"Even the Golden Wheel would be quite inadequate, as the mobility is still lacking. One must know that he would be facing a group of night assassins. I am afraid that maybe really only our Atlantean mecha would be able to deal with them. It is a pity that he can't use them."

"He deserves praise for his courage."

"But he looks pretty confident, perhaps there will be a miracle."

The people of Atlantis were the least gossipy, but a decision like this also made them very curious. On the contrary, the Royal Prince Highness, who was always an inquisitive baby, was being indifferent. He was in high spirits, anticipating the battle.

What would be used?

Ye Zisu was very worried, and Yan Xiaosu was also rubbing his hands. "Should be possible, definitely possible. Our leader would not use his own life and joke about it."

But Yan Xiaosu's forehead was filled with sweat. The more he watched this IG, the more uncertain it got, and the more it did not seem like a place where ordinary people would stay. In the face of all these monsters, Wang Zheng would have to face them one against twelve. This sight was practically like seeing ghosts alive! But Yan Xiaosu knew clearly in his heart that if Wang Zheng did not go up, they would stand no chance at all because the abilities of their opponents were all too abnormal.

Wang Zheng would definitely obtain the championship. No one knew better than Yan Xiaosu, as this was a promise with Aina.

The time taken to prepare for the venue of the heavenly battle was slightly long. Lieutenant General Akerlof was trying hard to find a suitable venue for this battle. It could be seen that this general of the Milky Way Alliance did not want Wang Zheng to die here, especially not to the grubby hands of the Darkness Empire. All these years, the Darkness Empire had not been law-abiding, and if they were unrivalled in the IG, it might even lead to more troubles. He was also uncertain about a battle like this. Would the Golden Wheel be able to create another miracle?

Within a short period of time, almost everyone knew that the capability of Wang Zheng's Golden Wheel was not the same as during his battle that time with Vincent. It was stronger. At the same time, people were not worms, especially when against a team. Sloughberg had trained his team members to be absolutely ruthless, and all these people were carefully selected by the Bonthe family. They were definitely not going to be unable to cooperate with each other.

Vincent was sitting quietly in the corner, just waiting. He did not know what the limits of the Golden Wheel were, but he really could not think of any way to deal with such an opponent. To be honest, if it was him fighting the battle, he felt that he would stand no chance at all. Perhaps one on one there would still be hope, but it was one against twelve, and it would be like a complete fantasy.

Could it be that he would choose to run away, then destroy them one by one?

However, this did not seem likely as the opponent would definitely choose scout. And nobody knew how long Sloughberg's Dark Canopy could last. If it was just ten over seconds, there might still be a chance to endure it through, but what if it wasn't?

In the end, the venue was confirmed and the training ground was opened fully. There were jungles 500 meters away and part of the arena. Whether Wang Zheng could run away into it would all depend on his fate.

After all, it was Wang Zheng who called for a heavenly battle, so there was no reason for the IG to make things easier for him.

If it was the Golden Wheel against a group of dark scouts… there would be no chance at all.

After all, they were people, not worms.

Suddenly, Vincent detected a faint aroma. He turned his head and was petrified. This…

Even though he was from Manalasuo, he similarly also found the girl before him very familiar!

The first princess of the Aslan��s Empire, Aina, with a group of military officers behind her. Why was she here???

Aina's arrival caused a brief commotion, but it quickly quietened down. It was reportedly said that the Royal Princess Highness had heard about the first ever heavenly battle in the IG and had specially come down to watch the battle of the brave warrior. At the same time, she also came for Aslan's team, thus, naturally, Aina was seated amongst the Aslan seats.

However, from the beginning to the end, her gaze had never left Wang Zheng. Wang Zheng also saw it, and she knew. But Wang Zheng had been carrying a smile on his face. Was he so confident about this?

Many times, the result was only known after the act had been done. After all, he had not encountered the Dark Canopy before. But at this moment, he had a strong feeling towards Bonehead. He had cursed at him before more than a million times, but not today. It was because of his inhumane training that he had such courage when he was faced with a decision like this.

Si Jiali was seated at the side of the Princess. They had just finished greeting each other, but Si Jiali was utterly stunned. Even though the Princess acted as though it was very coincidental, Si Jiali still saw the sweat beads on the snow-white neck of Aina. It was not a coincidental thing that she had rushed over… If she wanted to come, she would have come yesterday. Aslan had already finished competing. Moreover, with Aslan's strength, they would surely enter the semifinals. If they were not able to achieve that, this group of Aslanians would have no face left.

Sloughberg led his eleven team members onto the stage and looked at Wang Zheng. "Even though I am your opponent, I would still like to commend you on your silly courage. Anyway, one more thing that I would still like to tell you: my Dark Canopy can last for five minutes without stopping."

Sloughberg was smiling very brightly and was also very proud. This was to put an end to Wang Zheng's idea of stalling for time. Without a strength like this, how would he have dared to aspire to become the King of Darkness? After advancing to the semifinals, his Dark Canopy ability would be able to reach the ultimate level. Aslan, Atlantis, and even that blockhead from Arbiter, they were all weak and nothing more!

The Darkness Empire's team were not unreasonable. They all chose the scout mech, Shadow Charm Reaper. A scene of twelve Shadow Charm mecha was indeed too spectacular. The darkness caused people to tremble with fear. To be targeted by twelve grim reapers in the dark, no one would even want or dare to think about such a feeling.

However, no one cared about this. Everyone knew the Darkness Empire would be like this, the important thing was what exactly was Wang Zheng going to choose?

Golden Wheel? Hercules? Or another mech from Earth?

Whatever it would be, it still felt lacking.

Wang Zheng did not give everyone much time to be confused, his mech had been confirmed!

– Wind God!

Yan Xiaosu clenched his fist tightly. It was definitely the Wind God. The one and only Wind God!

Ability X or what, he did not understand. However, once the Wind God entered the jungle area, with Wang Zheng operating it, it would absolutely be unrivalled!

Ye Zisu was biting her lip. She was very, very worried, she was worried that her capability was too inadequate. If only the Wind God could be more powerful and nimble, Wang Zheng would have a greater chance of winning. However, there had been continuously no progress on improving it, and she could not help at all and could only watch.

The Wind God against twelve Shadow Charm Reapers!

Chapter 413: Dream-like Movements

Translator: Abyssruler Editor: Lucas

But this choice of mech frightened a considerable portion of the people. Meng Ao's heart almost fell out. What was this situation?

It was not the Golden Wheel?

How was he going to fight without the Golden Wheel?

The whole audience was whispering to one another. It was said that Wang Zheng was most expert at the Golden Wheel. He had created a miracle by completing his resurrection round by using this Golden Wheel, and at the same time, he also defeated Manalasuo. Unless, could it be that he was also an expert at other mecha?

One must know that even an ace pilot would only have focused on one mech. Even though an ace could operate other mecha, their formidability would be reduced significantly.

Vincent was completely stunned there. He had no doubt that Wang Zheng would choose the Golden Wheel, but it turned out that Wang Zheng had chosen the Wind God?

What was this sorcery? No one had ever heard of this.

The Wind God was a new mech. Even though it had caused a din for a while, the Milky Way Alliance was too huge, so most people would not pay attention to such news, and furthermore, it had not yet been mass produced.

The people of Atlantis who had witnessed Wang Zheng's performance before were whispering to one another. It was obvious that they could not understand how using such a grotesquely shaped mech would allow Wang Zheng to win, as at least with the Golden Wheel, there was still some hope.

However, one thing was for sure: the Wind God was also a scout-type mecha, so there would be an advantage in its movement speed. The Golden Wheel was too slow, so it would certainly be surrounded by the opponents before it even entered the jungle. And once surrounded, it would be an easy target, like catching a turtle in a jar.

The mecha of both parties entered the battlefield. It was like twelve fierce wolves eyeing one Little Red Riding Hood. Once the gunshot was sounded, they would all swarm towards it.

"Don't let him run away!" Bonthe said coldly. It seemed like there was no need to use his Ability X. One thing which everyone had mistaken, the reason why his subordinates could enter the IG was not due to them depending on his Ability X, it was because each of them was an outstanding warrior.

The engines of the mecha of the Darkness Empire were all being forcefully maneuvered. Looking at the Wind God, it was also storing up power, and they knew that he was thinking of running away. The distance between both sides was around 200 meters. With the speed of the Shadow Charm Reaper, they would be able to catch up with the odd mech of their opponent in at most five minutes. Sloughberg had also heard before this one thing, even though he was not too bothered about it. It was said that this work of a gorgeous female mech designer had a little unique characteristic.

One gunshot, and the noise of mecha penetrated the whole sky. Twelve Shadow Charm Reapers were frantically moving over to surround the opponent in an arc formation. However, the movement of the Wind God shocked everyone.

Not only did Wang Zheng not run towards the jungle, instead, he charged towards his opponents!

Everyone present was stunned, included those veteran generals. All their jaws dropped too. They had seen performances that exceeded all expectations, but they had not seen someone using his own life to do it.

Did he really think his opponents were made of paper?

The team members of the Darkness Empire were also shocked, but very soon they were charging over with even higher speed. It was as though he was belittling them and they would absolutely trample him to death.

Sloughberg let out a sneer from the corner of his mouth. He was going to finish off his opponent in an unforgettable manner.

Many years in the future, looking back, if God would could give Sloughberg a chance to start over, he definitely would not have participated in this major competition. This was a nightmare that had been disturbing the prince of Darkness for ten over years and had never gone away…

The mecha of both sides rapidly closed to 50 meters. The two-sided reaping sickles were emitting cold glints of light. They were going to rip apart the idiot before them.

Wang Zheng was really, really excited. He had not expected the sudden appearance of Aina. This sight would directly result in the tragedy of the Darkness Empire. For a warrior like Wang Zheng, what would happen once his adrenaline was strengthened by many times?

Whoosh!

"Damn it, what is this thing?"

One of the Shadow Charms suddenly realised there was something on its body. However, a ray of shining, bright light came down from the sky. Only a loud sound was heard, followed by the sound of an explosion.

"Activate your energy shields!"

Buzz buzz buzz…

The remaining eleven all opened their energy shields. Four of them came over, attempting to surround him, while the seven others were aiming their lasers.

Breaking one apart in one blow. The Wind God showed no sign of stopping, exerting power in both feet, with its engine roaring, and with an adept move, it soared up into the sky. It became a target in an instant in midair. At the same, it shot out its magnetic source. The Wind God suddenly fled into the sky like an aurora, while the lasers behind him struck empty air.

Once it landed, the Wind God charged towards the nearest Shadow Charm Reaper and used its power to attack. Facing the attack of Wind God, the warrior of the Darkness Empire had no fear at all. Its two-sided reaper hook was thrown over immediately. However, the Wind God, who appeared to be almost within reach, suddenly disappeared before his eyes. It looked as though the mech had practically warped.

One of the Shadow Charm Reapers by the side was directly kicked. In an instant, the titanium blade of the Wind God started an onslaught of powerful attacks. Boom…

It had indeed wasted Wang Zheng's time a little. The energy shield was destroyed, but before Wang Zheng could do anything else, this Shadow Charm Reaper was already finished off by the people of the Darkness Empire.

Pushing away his human shield, the Wind God suddenly fled out and was completely unafraid of the hail of lasers.

"Idiots, put away your lasers and get rid of him!" Sloughberg roared, "Darkness Canopy!"

Buzz…

Instantly, everything fell into absolute Darkness. Even the support players of Sloughberg would also sense that the sunlight had disappeared, and the surroundings became dimmed. However, the difference was that for them, they were still able to see the target clearly.

While for Wang Zheng's world, everything had disappeared. The darkness was boundless, and suddenly, the Wind God came to a standstill.

Everyone's hearts were clenched. This was the unfathomable Darkness Canopy of Sloughberg.

With a wave of Sloughberg's hand, two Shadow Charms floated over quietly. The combination of the Shadow Charm Reaper within the Darkness Canopy was simply unthinkable.

Suddenly, the magnetic source of the Wind God made an abrupt move, and it immediately attacked towards the one to its left. One kick and it hit, and at the same time, it soared into the air. Spinning its titanium blade in midair, it straightaway sliced off the head of the mech. And without stopping, with a forceful maneuver of the engine, it charged towards the one on the right immediately.

The one on the right could barely react. This was the vanguard of the Darkness Empire, who possessed a strong horizontal movement type of Ability X. Looking at the Wind God who was kicking towards it, there was not even a slightest amount of fear in him. After a loud roar, it crazily went all to try to collide against the Wind God.

However, the Wind God, who was in midair, it shot out its magnetic source once again. Inserting it into the ground, with the attraction of the dual magnetic fields, coupled with the engine control, the Wind God made a curve in the empty sky to bypass the Shadow Charm Reaper who was charging over. In a short while, it went over to the back and whoosh…

It pierced through it from behind with its blade!

The Darkness continued to spread, but in a blink of an eye, only eight out of the twelve team members of the Darkness Empire were left.

Outside, Olivios suddenly stood up. That strong murderous spirit, he had felt it at last.

He once thought that he was the only one in this world who had such power. This was something that only a monster who had crawled out of hell would have, to abandon everything they had as a human being.

Fear?

Wang Zheng had long forgotten what it meant. Bonehead said it before, that a super warrior needed no fear. For those who lived, they no longer had it.

Darkness Canopy did not give him fear, but rather excitement. It completely ignited the negative feelings at the bottom of Wang Zheng's heart.

The Primordial Regression Technique was in full operation. Wang Zheng did not need to use his eyes at all. In his world, amid the darkness, each and every mech was as clear as flames.

Boom…

Yet another mech was destroyed, the fifth one. The energy shield was destroyed, and after that, it was being attacked till death while it was still alive. And immediately after, Wang Zheng charged towards another one, as once it was hit by the magnetic source, there was completely no chance of escape, just like a corpse being fed on by maggots.

Boom…

A laser launched by Sloughberg on the brink of a crisis hit the Wind God. At the most critical moment, the Darkness Empire's team leader made the most accurate judgement. As Wind God was seeking speed, it had not activated its energy shield.

Buzz…

A thin layer of shielding appeared on the surface of Wind God. It was had been burst open by that one laser shot, but the Wind God was unharmed. It had only suffered a little bit of vibration.

Chapter 414: The Life of a Man!

Translator: Abyssruler Editor: Lucas

However, this delay gave the Shadow Charm Reapers a chance. The reaping sickles were all sweeping towards the Wind God at full strength. Now the Wind God must definitely retreat; otherwise, even if it was not hacked to death, it would be caught up in an entanglement. The people of the Dark Empire were also in a craze. Even if they had to hold onto the Wind God and perish together, they would also absolutely not retreat.

The Wind God also did not retreat. It generated power with a forceful maneuver, and the ground beneath it split open, the mech launching forward just like a cannon firing it.

Leaning Landslide!

Buzz…

The energy shield vibrated violently, but was not broken. However, the pilot inside was already bleeding in their seven apertures and had already been knocked out. The mech also staggered and fell to the ground.

The sixth one.

However, the Wind God, who had done such a move, was totally not tired. It continued to walk slowly…

In an instant, six magnetic sources flew out, under the Dark Canopy, Sloughberg's subordinates also had been affected to a certain extent. Their reactions would be slower than usual, and after Wang Zheng's magnetic sources flew out, everyone was shocked.

But the Wind God did not catch a magnetic source. Instead, it made a full-frontal attack. Boom…

However, just as Wang Zheng was going to succeed, a Shadow Charm Reaper dropped from the sky in an instant and appeared unexpectedly on him.

The main strength of the Darkness Empire's team, Garth. His Ability X was a spiritual attack. Once struck by his Ability X, the opponent would be distracted for five seconds. If the opponent was not careful, they would then lose track of where he went. Together with the Dark Canopy, he was an invincible assassin. However, facing this lunatic, he also used his full strength and clung firmly onto the Wind God.

In an instant, Sloughberg led the other four of them, and they took out their lasers. Similarly, they were all scout-type mecha, and their power hardly differed. He just needed to endure for two more seconds and the Wind God would be dead meat.

"For the glory of the Empire, long live the King of Darkness!" Garth roared crazily.

However, just as he finished his roar, his whole mech was overturned and smashed directly onto the ground.

Boom…

The titanium blade stuck right through it directly. Growl…

Boom…

The Shadow Charm Reaper was torn into two and thrown towards the other Reapers.

The seventh one!

The mangetic source was sent out, and the Wind God immediately followed. Sloughberg's movement was the fastest, and he took aim at the magnetic source!

At the same time as when the Wind God flung out the magnetic source, the laser was also launched.

However, that thin layer of energy shield appeared once again, and it defended against the shot again just barely.

Outside, Arbiter, Atlantis, or the Maya, regardless of whether they had finished competing or they had yet to compete, they were in absolute silence.

This type of operation was unheard of, and this type of mech was also unheard of!

Vincent had always felt that as long as he worked hard, there would come one day where he would be able to reach the realm where Wang Zheng was in, to be able to reach a perfection in controlling the Golden Wheel. However, what he did not expect was that the Golden Wheel was merely just one of the mecha in Wang Zheng's repertoire.

If the Golden Wheel was Wang Zheng's very own bloodthirsty warrior, then this Wind God was Wang Zheng's very own death god. He was the reaper within the darkness

It was truly unfathomable.

And this was in a situation where his Ability X was being confined.

Suddenly, the darkness disappeared. The Dark Canopy ability ended, and everything returned back to normal under the sunlight.

Unknowingly, Sloughberg and the rest had already gathered together. The five mecha had actually cowered and pulled back together. And not far away was the Wind God, approaching step by step, with a sharp titanium blade. This was like recounting an immortal legend.

"Charge!"

Sloughberg yelled, and the other four of his team members also clenched their teeth as they bellowed "long live the Empire" and charged towards the Wind God.

At the side, a reaping sickle lashed out, surging with lighting power Ability X. It possessed enough power to cause a serious paralysis effect if it hit. However, it completely missed the target. Boom…

The Wind God pierced the mech right through from the bottom up in one swift movement at the crucial moment. It directly pierced through the neck of the Reaper. Flinging the mech away, it shot out its magnetic source, and then the Wind God disappeared once again.

Boom boom boom…

After finishing a set of attacks, the Wind God immediately scuttered over to his next target. Just like a monster, everyone was looking at the Shadow Charm Reaper, which was known as one of the top 10 scout-type mecha, going around in circles. Their pilots had originally crazily bragged and went on and on about their reaping sickles, claiming to be reapers. Yet, in this case, they just looked like lunatics talking to thin air and making fools of themselves.

The energy shields of the four mecha all exploded. Without the protection of the energy shields, it was like they were being stripped naked. And facing against the Wind God… the Darkness Empire's Shadow Reapers started retreating.

They no longer had any idea on how they should go about fighting anymore in the face of such an opponent.

Whoosh…

A magnetic source appeared in the middle of the four mecha, followed by the Wind God, just like a shadow that would follow the body.

– Fantastic Four-sided Strike!

In an instant, all four of mecha exploded at the same time. It was an insanely adept move of killing while flying in circles within just one second!

Easy peasy!

There were flames radiating all around, but the Wind God was still wearing that thin layer of energy around itself as it came out unhurriedly from the sea of flames.

All of a sudden, from one against twelve, it once again came down to one against one.

Sloughberg gritted his teeth, but unknowingly, he had gritted his teeth too hard and was bleeding. His hands were also shaking, he wanted to control his mech, but he was unable to control it at all.

Right from the moment when he was born, he was acclaimed as the genius of the Bonthe family. Representing darkness, he could command darkness, and fear was his weapon. He used fear to make his opponents surrender, to make his opponents feel weak. However, now he was experiencing an emotion that he had never felt before: fear.

The silver mech that was before his eyes kept increasing in size and became bigger and bigger. It was like being unable to resist the various Gods. He was so negligible, the opponent could at any time kill his dreams and ambitions, his everything. No, it could not be like this. He was the King of Darkness! He was the hope of mankind, he was the ruler!

Saliva and tears were flowing out of Sloughberg's eyes. He was almost going mad.

However, in his world of darkness, the callous and ruthless big foot of the Wind God was advancing towards him, step by step.

And he would be stomped to death straight, just like a cockroach.

Boom…

A blood-curdling scream came from the mech. Sloughberg's Shadow Charm Reaper became gloomy. And at this moment, the distance of the Wind God from the Shadow Charm Reaper was still at least ten meters.

The camera immediately cut in.

Everyone was dumbstruck. The pupils of Sloughberg's eyes enlarged infinitely, and there was saliva and snot overflowing. No one knew if he was dead or alive. But there was one thing which everyone could see, that he was filled with a deep fear inside him.

If you were not able to enslave fear, then you would be enslaved by fear.

It was an Ability X backlash!

The Solar System Federation's team won the heavenly battle.

Just that at this moment, there was not even a tiny bit of noise both inside and outside. Perhaps this was because the people remaining were all going to have to face the same problem. How were they going to deal with this monster who was known as Wang Zheng?

This was not the first time that Wang Zheng had shocked the whole IG. He had stunned all the experts who were present, but it was just unacceptable because it was always so freakish every time.

From the Hercules, to the Golden Wheel, and to the Wind God. His abilities spanned across the basic warrior-type, the auxiliary-type, and now the assassin-type, and each of them had all left people flabbergasted.

With this level of understanding of mecha, it would have been sufficient to make a name for yourself in the IG with just one mech. However, he had three. And was this the end?

Nobody knew.

Suddenly, someone jumped onto the table. It was Zhang Shan. And immediately after, Yan Xiaosu, who was in the delegation, also jumped straight up, and was flapping his arms and shrieking wildly.

Following that, the rest of the people managed to react. The Solar System Federation had once again been brought back from the brink of death. They had defeated the Darkness Empire team!

Everyone was shouting crazily. At this moment, there was no need to suppress it. It was a historic moment for the Solar System team as they were advancing closer to the quarterfinals. Initially, when the IG started, the Solar System was already on the decline, and they were used to being at the bottom rankings. Top 8, this seemed to be like a dream, but it was also not a dream.

Meng Ao and the rest had been through great changes and had experienced many ups and downs to achieve their current positions. However, seeing a battle like this and achieving such a victory, they were also cheering madly like the rest, and they all rushed to the front to welcome the hero of the Solar System.

Compared to the celebratory mood of the Solar System, the rest of the teams were still as quiet as before. Nobody would have expected for such an unfathomable person to emerge from the Solar System team.

If the defeat of Manalasuo was not enough to warn everyone to be on their guard, this battle let everyone know that if they would wanted to emerge as the champion, the Solar System would be their rival, and that Wang Zheng was a barrier they would have to pass through!

Wang Zheng looked slightly pale as he walked out of the mech. Humans were indeed different from worms. Even though the time of battle was not long, for every second, there was almost no chance to breathe. He had exerted his full strength at peak intensity. The Primordial Regression Technique had reached its peak. If he had not entered the second level, he would have surely died during this battle.

Zhang Shan was too excited, so excited that his tears were flowing out. He actually also did not know why, but his damn eyeballs were not listening to him. F*ck, he was too happy, and too relieved! If he had not been swayed by Wang Zheng to transfer into the Mech Department, he would not have known that guys could live like this!

Growl~~

"Zhang Shan, you pig, can you be more gentle." Zhang Runan could not help but scold as the guys were too boorish.

"Haha, nevermind! Wang Zheng is an iron warrior. Who cares, just blow them off!" Zhang Shan laughed heartily. It was like when he had gotten the first place for the first time for his examinations.

From a distance, Aina wanted to rush over so, so much. The two of them were so close, so close…

Chapter 415: Dilemma

Translator: Abyssruler Editor: Lucas

Meng Ao was still the one who was more experienced, knowing that what Wang Zheng needed the most now was to rest, instead of being watched and surrounded by people. Especially not when the eyeballs of those generals were still burning with anger.

Meng Ao brought Wang Zheng away, while the rest stayed behind. After going through such huge battle, he obviously needed to rest and to undergo a checkup at the same time. This was only the top 16 competition.

They had now proceeded on to the top 8. It was something that they would not even had dared to dream of in the past, but suddenly, they were actually looking forward to an even higher level.

Due to observing such a glorious fight by Wang Zheng, it resulted in everyone losing interest for the next round. Arbiter Republic team against Maacah Republic team, this was also a round with no suspense.

The result was as expected, and Olivios did not go up. It was evident that he had completely no interest in a battle of such standards.

So much so that halfway through the battle, Olivios had already left directly with the tactical analysts. He had totally paid no attention to the opponents. The team members of Maacah Republic were upset, but there was nothing they could do. Perhaps they were secretly glad that Olivios had no interest in them; otherwise, they would not know how many of them would be able to escape alive.

Not only did Olivios leave, but not long after the start of the match, the major members of most of the battle teams and the generals also seemed like they had no interest to continue watching, that they had other things to do.

Even though Aina was reluctant to leave, she had no other choice but to follow the Aslan team, who were also leaving. Those who left the meeting place were not really going to rest, and almost all the teams went to their own personal tactical practice rooms.

The recent battle of Wang Zheng's was playing on the screen. As compared to the battle of Arbiter and Maacah, which had no suspense at all, they would rather strike while the iron was still hot to study on the details of Wang Zheng's battle which just happened moments ago.

The people of Aslan were sitting upright and still. And because of the presence of the Royal Princess Highness, it also caused the warriors of Aslan to be even more excited.

On the screen, the battle of the Wind God was playing in slow motion. Even though they had already watched it once, for the people present, they could still sense the marvelous operations, consciousness, and physical strength; they were all of top-notch choice.

"The Dark Empire should have chosen twelve heavy armored mecha. In that case, the Wind God would not have had any leeway to exhibit its skills." Vanguard Raphael laughed. He also loved to use scout mecha. "To accomplish such a move, the person's body must have been supremely tough."

"Hehe, it's something that can't be bought with money. If only we had known earlier. However, if they had really chosen heavy armored mecha, then perhaps the Golden Wheel of Wang Zheng would have been able to show off its power. This could not be helpful."

The toughest pilot to deal with was this kind of all-rounder who would choose different mecha to show off in accordance to the different battle situations.

"Do you guys think that the Dark Canopy ability failed, or would it be that the Ability X of Wang Zheng was the ability to resist other Ability Xs?

Aurora suddenly said.

It was clear that in the eyes of the Aslanians, the team members of the Dark Empire were not regarded as their competitors at all. However, the opponent's Ability X was also not that weak. And even under such overlapping attacks, Wang Zheng was still able to withstand it. One must know that to be able to withstand Ability X, Wang Zheng's body and mental strength were undeniably resilient and strong. However, this result was still a little exaggerated.

"We just received news that Wang Zheng's Ability X has ice attributes. Seeing that he still did not use his Ability X at a crucial moment, it was most likely confined."

"Even after the Dark Canopy lost its effects, he still did not use it…"

Immediately, the Aslan team members were quiet. Did that mean that Wang Zheng still had not utilized his full strength?

Aina was still in all smiles. As a citizen of Aslan, as Aslan's princess, the people before her were all fighting for her, but Aina still could not help but to be proud of Wang Zheng.

"Snow, the general said that Wang Zheng's Ability X comes from the same origin as ours. It also has ice attributes, and the strength of the ability is roughly C-rank."

The Ice Cold Empire was also analyzing. Snow Lee, the team leader of the Hail Cloud Alliance team, nicknamed Frozen Sunset, was absolutely one of the most exceedingly beautiful women in the IG.

"Oh, seems like that Wang Zheng is pretty fated with us!" The gaze of Snow Lee was twinkling with a wondrous radiance. The team members around her all looked at each other in dismay. Could it be that their Snow Queen team leader had gained an interest in that little fellow from Earth?

To be able to attract the attention of the strong, one would have to be even stronger.

With the same type of Ability Xs, Snow Lee was becoming increasingly interested. For the young generation in the Hail Cloud Alliance, no one was her well-matched competitor. However, it was different in the IG. There were experts everywhere over here, but it was very hard to find someone who she had feelings for.

Can't help but to say that this battle of Wang Zheng had awakened many people's intention to fight.

Olivios locked himself in a room. He was quietly admiring it, as to him, such a battle was considered art. All this while, he thought that only the people of Atlantis and Aslan would be able to give him a little fighting desire, but now there was one more.

There was deep understanding of the mech, unthinkable movement, and his judgment was also pretty accurate. There was extreme confidence, and the speed and power exhibited had approached perfect control. It was hypothesized that he possessed a strength and speed type physical Ability X which was D-rank and above. Additionally, it was reported that his Ability X was ice. This ability might be a little bit weaker, but nobody knew for sure.

Actually, this all this didn't matter.

What really caught Olivios' attention was the murderous spirit.

When the Wind God ripped apart the Shadow Charm Reaper, it was as if Olivios was looking at his own self. At that moment, Wang Zheng's soul was definitely roaring and yelling.

However, regardless of the Golden Wheel or the Wind God, they were not his opponents, unless Wang Zheng still had a higher level of strength. And according to the current situation, it seemed that there were still things to look forward to.

Olivios had not much interest for the quarterfinals battles. It was like shooting a mosquito with an anti-aircraft gun, there was no thrill. However, for the semifinals battles, Olivios felt that he could start warming up. He had initially planned to only start during the finals.

There was no twist in Arbiter's battle, they had effortlessly eliminated the Maacah team with a score of 4-0. Arbiter's strength lay not only in Olivios, but every one of them was a top-notch expert. The power of this tough empire was not developed over one or two years. However, this year seemed to be the point where they would show off their accumulated effort..

Besides the Solar System becoming famous from this battle, the name of the Wind God mech also became even greater. That wonderful protection shield that appeared at the last moment broke all the usual trains of thought. Additionally, its supernatural movement also resolved a matter that had been gnawing at people's minds. Hence, Ye Zisu, who was the designer, became busy all of a sudden.

After coming to Aslan, she had always been at the academy. Actually… not many people paid much attention to her. The short-lived enthusiasm of the media was like a drop of water in the ocean when it reached her. But IG was indeed a huge platform. She had received more than ten invitations on that day, some of them wanting to exchange information, and some wanting to talk about collaboration. And even though other places did not pay much attention, in the core area of the military, there were many large corporations who were gaining great interest in this new type of mech made by OMG.

It was not important whether or not it could be mass-produced. What was more important was the concept of the mech, this type of innovation was very important.

Ye Zisu did not know whether Wang Zheng had purposely chosen that for her. But she really did not wish for Wang Zheng to take this risk. Fortunately, it was just a daunting experience without any mishaps, and everybody was happy.

As for Wang Zheng, he was lying on his bed. He had just been through a round of examinations. There was no serious injury, but there were indeed many minor injuries at many places. His left rib had suffered the greatest impact. The bone had cracked, and was seriously affecting his body. The doctor's advice was for him to recuperate for at least one week after undergoing a thorough treatment.

Meng Ao was having a big headache. It was slightly better than expected, but also not that great. Wang Zheng absolutely could not be absent, as they would not be able to afford that. However, if Wang Zheng took the risks and competed, it would be even more arduous for him towards the end. And if there was any unexpected accident, they would be even more unable to afford that. What's more, the teams of the other countries would definitely not give them any chance.

Just as Meng Ao was in a dilemma, someone came to visit…It was already so late, who could it be?

Furthermore, not everyone was allowed to enter this place…

Chapter 416: A Song of Fire and Ice

Translator: Abyssruler Editor: Lucas

Meng Ao's first reaction was that someone was planning to harm Wang Zheng. Wang Zheng had just been through an in-depth level of treatment and was in deep sleep, there was no need to doubt the medical technology of Aslan.

Meng Ao had just prepared to rush out of the observation room, but he came to a stop.

This… was he seeing things?

Meng Ao rubbed his eyes with all his might, being advanced in age. He was now even having illusions?

However, General Meng Ao realized that it was not an illusion very quickly. The girl before him was unexpectedly Aina, the first princess of the Aslan Empire.

She… what was she here for?

Even if Aslan wanted to harm Wang Zheng, there was also no need for them to send their Princess to do it herself, right?

Aina slowly walked towards Wang Zheng, then she leaned down, and immediately after… Meng Ao was shook.

Recently his heart had been subjected to shocks over and over again. Accidents had been happening, but this time around the shock was also not any less than witnessing Wang Zheng killing all the worm holes on his own.

The Royal Princess Highness had actually kissed Wang Zheng!

This fellow, he was really defying the natural order of things!

Since when had he secretly picked up and won the heart of the Princess? Was he that impressive?

Aina was holding onto Wang Zheng's hand. Sitting beside him, there was an inexplicable happiness in her heart. All along she did not know how her other half would be like, until she met Wang Zheng. She once thought that maybe it would be a brave warrior, or a knight in shining armor, but when you actually met one, you would not be bothered about all these anymore, you would only want what was real.

However, she had still underestimated her own eyesight.

Being born in a royal family, Aina was not a sentimental or emotional person. She was equally firm, and she hoped that Wang Zheng would be able to accomplish his dream. As for her, she would definitely be supporting him, regardless of which step he took.

Aina left after staying for just a while. There was so much tenderness and reluctance to part before she left that even Meng Ao could not help but to feel that Wang Zheng, and that fellow's luck with women, was a little outrageous.

But looking at the appearance of things, the Princess seemed to have come here secretly.

Meng Ao suddenly realized a very big problem and woke up from his beautiful world. He looked around his surroundings, and secretly deleted the recording of what had happened earlier.

He did not see anything, and he did not know anything. As the head of the delegation of the Solar System Federation, he only hoped for the team to achieve even better results.

Fourth day of the top 8 selections, Hail Cloud Alliance team vs Astina Federation team.

The military strength of both countries was not considered strong in the Milky Way Alliance, only middle level standards. However, both sides produced a lot of geniuses, and their characteristics were very distinct. They were certainly the dazzling stars within the Milky Way Alliance.

Astina Federation, a world of flames. Here they possessed an abundance of fiery resources. On their planet, they had unique plants of flames, and it made the planet, which was originally like hell, become extraordinarily beautiful. Over there, there were "forests" which depended on flames to live growing everywhere. They provided the citizens of the planet a rich source of unique minerals and power. This was a planet that never sleeps. Every few years, there would be the birth of several geniuses. And every generation was stronger than the generation before. In a world like this, the people were never lacking in passion. And at the to,e when Ability X was being discovered, there were many people who possessed various types of fire-related Ability Xs who emerged from the people of Astina, and this also increased the national strength of Astina quite significantly.

The same situation occurred at the Hail Cloud Alliance. However, in contrast to passion, this was a type of stability that would cause people to be marvelled at. They produced in abundance and possessed warriors with ice attribute Ability Xs. The people with ice attribute Ability Xs from other places could not be compared to the Hail Cloud Alliance. Of course, the thing that the people of the Hail Cloud Alliance most enthusiastically discussed was that every 100 years, they would celebrate the year of the Dancing Ice Dragon. Of all the people of Hail Cloud who were born in that year, there would be one person who would surely receive the blessings from the Dancing Ice Dragon. And this person would definitely be one of the leaders in the Hail Cloud Alliance, decided behind closed doors. So, for this year, the leader of the Hail Cloud Alliance team, Snow Lee, was one who had been blessed by the Ice Dragon, and this was her first IG.

If the Astina team was fire, the Hail Cloud Alliance would be ice. This was a battle between fire and ice.

In terms of momentum, the Astina team was more confident. The Astina team in the previous competition had very good results, and the majority of their main force was still in the lineup this year. This year, Astina would strive for improvements, to advance into the semifinals.

Bishop, their team leader, was certainly the key person of the entire team. The whole of Astina seemed to be burning. The nearer you were to them, the hotter you would feel. It looked like they were all ready.

As for the Hail Cloud Alliance… their female team members really should not have participated in the IG. They should have participated in the beauty pageant of the Milky Way Alliance instead. It felt like it would have been easier for them to emerge as champions over there.

The vibes they gave off touched the depth of one's soul. Like ice mixing with water, calming… yet also beautiful.

There were as many as six Hail Cloud female warriors, and it no doubt caused the Hail Cloud Alliance team to become the most eye-catching team among all IG teams. Their Hail Cloud uniforms were as white as snow, which enhanced their voluptuous figures. Their skins were fair and delicate, and their facial features when they were serious and non-smiling made them look goddess-like, pure, and refined. Their fairness was similar to what was seen with mankind, which differed from the Mayans, who were a little more alien.

Privately, the Hail Cloud team was also being known as the team of goddesses. This had caused the few males in the team to be dejected and unhappy. Why couldn't people realize that they were also very handsome?

It was clear that that the IG was not lacking in handsome guys. Before Ability X had been discovered, there had been even more models and celebrities coming out from the Hail Cloud Alliance.

As the team leaders drew lots, Astina's team leader, Bishop, was looking at the Hail Cloud Alliance's team leader passionately, giving her meaningful glances. "Snow, I heard that one of your requirements when looking for a boyfriend is that he must be able to defeat you. Is that true?"

Fire and ice were not tolerable of each other. However, the relationship of Astina and the Hail Cloud Alliance had always been great, and they were countries with a strategic alliance.

Snow Lee had a face that was as mesmerizing as the bright moon. Her bright and beautiful eyes were like black holes, with azure blue hair, and her naturally red lips were like cupid's arrow. It was able to shoot through the unyielding front of men and pierce straight into their soft hearts.

However, she was too cold.

She was the number one genius who was born in the year of Dancing Ice Dragon once every 100 years, and she was placed with high hopes from the moment she was born. At the age of five, after her innate skill was revealed, she was recruited by her country and was subject to focused grooming. Intelligence and strength were the most important traits in the Hail Cloud Alliance. Looks were not essential. However, as it happened, the girl who was blessed by heavens in the year of the Dancing Ice Dragon was perfect.

The gaze of Snow Lee was ice cold, a stark contrast from Bishop's passionate gaze.

Bishop rubbed his nose. The passion of Astina would never die out. An ice-cold lady like this, even if you used a searchlight, you would not be able to find one like this at Astina. The women of Astina had too much initiative. "If I defeat you, you and I will date, how's that?

Snow Lee just drew her lot coldly, her team would start first.

She turned around and returned to her team without saying a word.

"It's a deal then!" Bishop was not in a least bit bothered. He was still talking aloud to himself.

The Hail Cloud Alliance team was looking at their beloved team leader. "Team leader, why didn't you blow off his head?"

Snow Lee was the gem of the Hail Cloud Alliance; how could they allow other nations to be lusting after her.

Snow Lee only gave a faint smile, but everyone knew that she was already numb to such things.

"Team leader, let me go up first." Xu Dongsheng's eyes were sharp like blades. Within the team, he was Snow Lee's most loyal subordinate. He loved Snow Lee, but not in the way where he would want to have her as his own. It was the kind of loyalty of a knight, where he would want to guard his goddess.

Snow Lee took a quick look at Xu Dongsheng. With an expression which was sharp like blades, he was in his best condition. She nodded her head and granted his request.

Xu Dongsheng stepped forward in big steps and made a swipe on the selection screen. With regards to which mech to use, he was already prepared for that.

The mech slowly rose from the ground, the Frost Gazer. It was one of the most well-known mecha of Hail Cloud Alliance. It was a warrior-type, with an outer layer of ice and snow. At first glance, one would have thought it was an ice sculpture and not a mech, but over here, it was very eye-catching. However, as the planet of Hail Cloud Alliance was always covered by ice and snow all year round, this was the best form of camouflage.

"Haha, Team Leader, it can't be that you really fell for those ice cold ladies, right?"

The fiery Astina team were all laughing together. It was a norm for them to be teasing their team leader. However, jokes aside, for their team leader's commands, nobody would ever dare to discount his words. They would only buck up 200% of their energy to accomplish it.

Bishop reached out his hand and gave a hard pat on Xia Li's shoulder. "Don't you all think that it is a greater accomplishment to win the hearts of such ladies?"

"Nope, I still feel more comfortable with women who are passionate."

"Childish ones, move aside. Xia Li, you're up first. You are crucial in driving the momentum of the match."

Xia Li laughed, looking at Xu Dongsheng from the other side. "Fortunately, it is a guy. If it was a girl, and if she cried when I defeated her, my heart would ache haha."

He went forward to choose his mech, Corona Warrior 1 , equipped with a warrior shield, coupled with a long, titanium saber. It combined both attack and defense in one sleek passage.

Round 1 started.

Bang bang bang…

Immediately loud voices were coming from Astina's side. Headed by Bishop, the rest of the members were all beating their chests with their left hands. "Astina, Astina, Astina…"

With over ten people roaring, the momentum had formed something like a war situation. This was not a direct battle strength, but the roaring got Xia Li hyped up, and his skill level was clearly much better than during his usual training.

The Corona Warrior raised up his shield and saber and roared a declaration of war.

Xu Dongsheng dealt with it calmly. The Frost Gazer was really like an ice sculpture from ancient times, standing tall and gazing at the fiery Corona Warrior.

Bang! The Corona Warrior started charging forward. Xu Dongsheng reacted almost at the same time, and he was also charging forward! This was going to be a direct frontal collision!

The roaring of Astina became a scene of yells everywhere. Kill him!

The voices of passion seemed as if they wanted to scare away all the clouds in the sky. This was a battle, how could there be no shouts of killing?

Xia Li suddenly jumped up. The Corona Warrior was like a god of war descending. "Shield Blocks the Storm!"

The warrior shield was held in front of the mech to defend against a strong collision. It was to bully the Frost Gazer, who had no shield. When facing a full-frontal collision, one shield would be worth ten knives!

Boom!

Both sides bumped into each other. The Frost Gazer suffered a small loss and staggered two steps backwards. However, Xia Li had not gained an advantage. Originally, after blocking with Shield Blocks the Storm, it could be followed up with the stabbing of the titanium sword, but the moment of opportunity had been dispelled by the force of the impact of the collision with the Frost Gazer. Even though the opponent's mech looked shiny and was as fragile as ice, its strength was actually really, really strong.

Both parties took a glance at each other. Xia Li released a loud roar and then once again launched an attack. With its shield in front and titanium sword at the back, and crossover footwork, the long, titanium sword went through an exaggerated curve! Swallow Reversal! This was a skill that mimicked the motion of a swallow's tail in flight. The sword lashed downwards and then almost as quickly lashed upwards!

Xia Li came from an ancient martial arts aristocratic family. It was said that his ancestors were immigrants from Earth, and this set of sword skills was a family secret which Xia Li had accidentally found beneath a box in a warehouse. Initially, he thought it was a children's picture story book, but he did not expect that it would be a valuable asset that would grant him a breakthrough to distinguish himself from the others.

The Frost Gazer suddenly paused and reacted quickly. The whole mech crouched down and curled up. At this point, the weapon in its hand was now sweeping across the ground towards the Corona warrior!

Chapter 417: Frozen Sunset

Translator: Abyssruler Editor: Lucas

The swallows returned into the piercing sky as Xia Li's blow missed. Xia Li pounded his shield on the ground and blocked the leg-cutting blow of the Frost Gazer. Among the loud sound of collisions, one could still hear the roaring voices coming from Astina's team.

"Kill him!"

Xia Li howled through the public frequency channel of the Corona Warrior.

The Corona Warrior started emitting faint rays of red light. They were like raging flames that were burning. Ability X!

The outer shell of the Frost Gazer mech became even more sparkling and crystal clear. There were snowflakes amidst the faint rays of white light. This was an ice attribute Ability X.

Both sides were warrior types, so there was nothing fanciful. And once again they were having a full frontal face to face confrontation!

The warrior shield in Xia Li's hand became thoroughly red. This was not simply a burn caused by fire attribute, it also possessed an additional special Ability X "G Material Pulse". The G material was able to produce a type of reaction that could interfere with the Ability X of the target. To put it simply, it would dissipate the opponent's energy if it collided with the shield.

Boom…

Xu Dongsheng suffered a loss, and his mech flew backwards. While the opponent was pretty cocky, carrying his own blazing sword, he was showing off his aggressiveness and being provocative.

A real man must prove himself, especially in front of the girls of his enemies!

Not to mention that the feeling one got from the beautiful women of the Hail Cloud Alliance was something different. Burning away their happiness with fire was a true pleasure.

The titanium saber of the Corona Warrior was strangely reflecting cold rays in the sky. Swallow Return. It was a strange type of attack which was executed so fast it could not be perceived. At the same time, the movement was extremely fluid, much like swallows returning to their nests; it was something automatic and natural. Even Xu Dongsheng being stabbed to death had an aesthetic feel to it.

Xu Dongsheng's expression became even more grave and stern. He would not lose face in front of Snow Lee, this was something that he would never allow.

Suddenly, an ice pillar thrusted up from the ground!

"Ice Dragon Thrust!"

The rays of the sword dispersed. There were no nests the swallows could return to.

Xia Li activated the shield of the Corona Warrior. He jumped up and also immediately used the warrior shield in his hand and placed it horizontally onto the ground for defense. The energy contained within this individual warrior shield could defend against one attack of a high energy missile.

However, it was unable to defend against the piercing chilliness. At this moment, his opponent suddenly pierced through, and strong, freezing air enveloped the Corona Warrior in an instant.

The flames of the mech stopped swaying. And layer and layer of snow white crystals started appearing on the surface of the mech, and inside…

Xia Li's jaw dropped open. His whole body was also covered with crystals. The numbness was like being injected with anesthetic.

Growl!

His Ability X was also frozen… his opponent had exceeded him by one whole level.

Boom!

The Corona Warrior disappointingly toppled over.

For a person with a C-rank Ability X, it was obvious that such an effect could be produced. The rank was not even the same, and the vanguard of the Hail Cloud Alliance unexpectedly already possessed C-rank ice ability. This also meant that he possessed the ability to kill any pilot below rank C within a second with just one attack.

This was not something Xia Li could compete against. For people of the same Ability X rank, they would be looking at the unique characteristics of their abilities. However, if the ranks were different… it would lead to one side being crushed overwhelmingly.

The dominance of Xu Dongsheng resulted in subtle changes to the momentum of Astina. For the second and third rounds, they also lost to the Hail Cloud Alliance by a miniscule amount.

Bishop was hopping mad, and was cursing and scolding around loudly. And after scolding, he roared to cheer for his team members once again. Astina, Astina, Astina…

Actually, the battle of ice and water was based on the momentum. Whoever took control of the momentum of the battle would hold the advantage!

They had been trashed by their opponent 0-3!

This indeed went beyond everyone's expectations. Everyone had thought that this would be an evenly matched battle.

Momentum! For the fourth round, they had to win this round without any hesitation! To display and bring back the momentum of Astina, that was the only way possible for them to turn their defeat into a victory.

Bishop stood up and looked towards the opposite side. As expected, Snow Lee had also stood up.

At the moment, Bishop looked into Snow Lee's eyes. His look was not as fiery as before, but rather, it was filled with heaviness. The heaviness of the burden where he must win.

Without any hesitation, Bishop picked the Fire Dragon King, from the super series mecha of Astina Federation.

Snow Lee's gaze was still cold. For her choice of mech, she chose the Frozen Sunset. This was also the mech that made her famous.

Bishop vs Snow Lee.

Fire Dragon King vs Frozen Sunset!

The strength of both of Astina team and Hail Cloud team were actually on par. If Bishop won, the momentum of Astina would rise, and it could be possible for them to win four rounds in a row to overturn the situation.

Would Snow Lee give this chance to the people of Astina?

The Fire Dragon King of Bishop raised his sword horizontally towards the sky. At this moment, he suddenly sent out his declaration.

"You, woman, I want you for sure."

Previously, he was flirting about, but this time around he was serious. If the compulsory prerequisite to woo Snow Lee was to defeat her, he would be able to reap both the beauty and victory.

Therefore, he had to win. Ever since he was born, Bishop had never had any goal he was not able to accomplish. Even if it was something really high, really big, really far, or even really impossible, if he set it as his goal, he would definitely be able to accomplish it!

This time around, there was also no exception!

Boom…

Once both parties were engaged to fight hand in hand, it was an intensifying close distance battle. Both parties did not hold back, and there was an outburst of Ability Xs straight after they came up!

The whole body of the Fire Dragon King had flames bursting out from head to toe. The beam saber was also ignited in flames, and a flaming whip like a ray of light extend out from the sharp end of the sword. Kiss by the Tongue of Flame! This was Bishop���s Ability X. Any material encountering his tongue of flame would all be molten and fall apart.

But…

The Frozen Sunset mech was an exception. There was a layer of ice frost covering the top of the whole mech, and it allowed the tongue of flame that came out of the beam saber of the Fire Dragon King to strike on it any way it wanted to. However, it only left lines and lines of burn marks on it, and did not cause any serious damage to it.

Snow Lee did not say a word, but that did not mean that she had no reaction.

Woman…

She was a beautiful woman.

Just because of this.

Everyone who saw her talked about her, but everyone was just talking about her looks, her figure, rather than admiring her for her current position. It was as if she had become the IG team leader because she was beautiful!

Nobody saw her hard work, no one saw how she had trained with all her might. They only saw her bright and neat outward appearance!

Her man must not be one who only saw her looks first!

There was no change to Snow Lee's expression, but white light was erupting from her eyes, and it was as cold as Wanzai.

The Fire Dragon King also erupted! A battle between ice and fire? Fire would always be the most powerful! For Bishop, all his muscles were bulging, and his sweat evaporated immediately after it appeared, due to the strong heat.

Dragon Snake Delirious Dance!

The tongue of flame from his beam saber became even thicker. The red flames also became purple in color, and its formidable power was three times stronger than before!

Slap!

The Kiss by the Tongue of Flame swept across the shoulder of the Frozen Sunset. The mech, which was made of cold frost, immediately melted, and there was a long crack in the shoulder of the mech. Facing this power of a super mech, it was extremely fragile, like tofu.

Bishop's eyes almost bulged out of their sockets. The G material had been continuously extracting his power, and he had long exceeded his limit!

He could only last for at most five more seconds in this state. However, that would be enough for his win. The Fire Dragon continued to wave its tongue of flames. Then the engine erupted. With a frequency conversion, he was advancing forward at high speed. Just one more lash to the front and the victory would be his!

The Frozen Sunset did not retreat. The eyes of Bishop were shooting flames, his victory was right before his eyes, and intense roars were already coming out of Astina's faction. "Victory, Astina! Victory, Fire Dragon Bishop!

"Astina!!!" Bishop roared.

In an instant, the tongue of flames erupted again, and it became a fire dragon!

At the last moment, it was boosted once again. It caused the ability that was originally able to last for five seconds to be reduced to one second; however, the formidable speed was boosted by ten times!

Regardless of whether the Frozen Sunset chose to retreat or remain still, there would only be one outcome: the mech would be swallowed by flames!

As for whether Snow Lee would be seriously injured or whether her dainty looks would be destroyed, Bishop did not care about it at all, he just wanted to conquer her!

As long as he conquered her, it would be fine, as for what his woman would become, was that important?

The fire dragon in the sky looked as if it was alive. Like a coiled up dragon, it uncoiled and lashed towards the Frozen Sunset!

He was surely going to win.

"Icebound Nation."

The voice of Snow Lee sounded for the first time.

Her cold voice came out of the loudspeaker of her mech. It was obvious that she could not stand the roars and shouts of "Astina" from Bishop and was making a counterattack. Her cold voice was so sweet-sounding and ethereal that it seemed to be able to attract and hook away the souls of people.

The voice of a beautiful woman.

The voice of snow.

The voice of ice.

Buzz…

There were a buzzing sound coming through, and it was ringing in everyone's ears.

A ray of white light started spreading out from the body of the Frozen Sunset, spreading out in circles. Icebound, freezing, everything was covered with frost. The Fire Dragon in the sky froze, the purple flames also stopped swaying, and then it was smashed into pieces, and the bits and pieces of ice crystals were like snowflakes.

Freeze the flames!

Bishop's mouth was wide open. The piercing chilliness suddenly reached into the mech. In an instant, his entire self was wrapped in ice, and it formed a lump of ice.

This was the power of the warriors who were prophesied and born in the year of the Ice Dragon Dance. And this also indicated the rise of the Hail Cloud Empire.

The Hail Cloud Alliance team won with a score of 4-0. They had started to reveal their claws. And people would no longer dare to belittle the Hail Cloud Alliance just because they had six beautiful women in their team.

The Icebound Nation ability which erupted from the Frozen Sunset that Snow Lee had used stemmed from an unfathomable Ability X. It completely changed the surroundings!

The rating of this ability was definitely middle C-rank, or even higher!

This hardly differed from the ice ability that Wang Zheng had used. It was not only Wang Zheng who was thirsting for the throne.

And at this stage, every person with a C-rank ability was extremely formidable. If you belittled them, the consequences might be so tragic that you would be having nightmares for the rest of your life. And there were already two who had emerged from the Hail Cloud Alliance, and they were also dashing towards the finals.

Chapter 418: The Second Heavenly Battle

Translator: Abyssruler Editor: Lucas

The Solar System Federation had greatly provoked the desires to show off for the experts of big teams. During the afternoon time, the people of Atlantis, who had always been low-profile, also could not endure anymore and showed off their skills. And their opponent, the Earthworm Federation team, had completely become a group of earthworms.

Even though the strongest of the Atlanteans, their team leader and vice team leader, did not go up, the endless stream of people demonstrating their ability to create mirages had immediately caused the Earthworm team to be stumped.

0-4, a complete defeat. The large disparity of this battle simply could not be shown, because from the beginning till to the end, the people of the Earthworm Federation did not even get to touch their opponent at all.

This rhythm of things was like they were a kindergarten kid who was being hung up and beaten by fully grown adults

However, nobody would blame the Earthworm team, as this was because the people of Atlantis were really too strong. They were so relaxed, and it had always been a problem which perplexed mankind as to how they should response and how should they deal with the people of Atlantis. However, for the IG this year, there were definitely not just one or two problems.

The final top 8 had emerged.

Team Atlantis Republic, team Maya Empire, team Aslan Empire, team Solar System Federation, team Arbiter Republic, team Hail Cloud Alliance, team Ghana, and team Gemini.

There was no rest. In the afternoon of that very day, the team leaders of each team drew lots to determine the battles for their team to advance into the semifinals. However, since Wang Zheng was still recuperating, Lear, the vice team leader of the Solar System Federation, drew the lot on his behalf.

Everyone gathered together, and it could be said that every battle to get into the semifinals would be a tough fight. Even though they were all experts, no matter how strong you were, there would always be someone stronger. There were a few countries which everyone would still wanted to do their best to avoid, such as Atlantis. Nobody would wish to face them in the quarterfinals, but there would still be someone who had to face them, and this would all depend on luck.

The eight representatives came on stage and everyone drew a number. The Solar System Federation was all looking at the number in Lear's hands. Off the stage, Aina had not left. As at this stage, as a princess, it was necessary for her to be present to cheer the Aslan team on.

First half: Team Arbiter Republic vs Team Ghana

Team Aslan Empire vs Team Maya Empire

Second Half: Team Solar System Federation vs Team Hail Cloud Alliance

Team Atlantis vs Team Gemini

When the results came out, the people of the Solar System Federation were happy yet worried. In short, this was considered a good draw, as the level of the Hail Cloud Alliance was around the same as the Solar System Federation. Compared to the other unpredictable abilities, ice abilities were somewhat more focused. However, even if the Solar System Federation team won against the Hail Cloud Alliance team, the one waiting for them would be the Atlantis team.

However, the unluckiest one was undoubtedly Ao Ziwei from Team Gemini. Her luck was really bad. She had drawn the Atlantis team for the quarterfinals battle, and this was definitely a bad draw. However, team Gemini seemed especially calm. The people of Gemini had never paid attention to their opponents, and Ao Ziwei also did not care too much about the mirage-creating abilities of the Atlanteans.

Nevertheless, this was good news for Wang Zheng as he would be able to rest for a longer while. After the in-depth treatment, he had more or less recovered. However, this kind of recovery might be just a facade. Going by what the doctors had said, his vital energy had yet to recover fully, hence they would not advise him to engage in intense battles. So, at this stage it was obvious that it would be impossible for Wang Zheng to fight. He could only try his best to recover as soon as possible.

The Primordial Regression Technique of Wang Zheng was still rotating continuously. Generally speaking, the foundation of Wang Zheng was still slightly weak. Even though he had gone through the transformation of the Rubik's cube and there had been constant breakthroughs, compared to those warriors who had begun building their foundation from when they were three to four years old, there was certainly still a little disparity between them and Wang Zheng.

However, Wang Zheng believed that the matter would depend on the individual. Following the huge battle, the Primordial Regression Technique had clearly improved. It seemed like every time he had to wreck himself half dead, there would be improvements. And this method was truly quite masochistic.

Student Wang's mentality was still pretty good. After receiving news on the results of the groups, Wang Zheng felt indifferent, as regardless of who they were up against, there were no weak opponents in the top 8. And there would be no good outcome if they were to underestimate their enemies.

Hail Cloud Alliance team. The year of the Dancing Ice Dragon marked the first year of a new era and a new emperor's reign in the Hail Cloud Alliance.

With the maturation of interstellar travel, there was the appearance of more and more religions. To quote a sentence of truth: the more you knew, the more insignificant you seemed. Somewhere in the universe lay a set of forces beyond science which would explain the mysteries of everything.

This was very evident in the Hail Cloud Alliance, and Snow Lee was the chosen one of her people. When comparing hers to other, it did seem as though destiny favored her, as her strength simply could not be compared with that of an average person. She had definitely been blessed by the gods.

Meanwhile, for the Solar System team, although the Hail Cloud Alliance had beaten Astina, it did not necessarily mean that they had gone all out. Thus, at this stage, Lear and Achilles had to pick up the banner. It was not always possible for them to just let Wang Zheng fight alone with all his might.

They did not have to think too far ahead. The first thing they had to do now was to get through the battle with the Hail Cloud Alliance.

On the second day, after resting, even though Wang Zheng was still unable to fight, he could still show up to observe the battle. The first round to enter the semifinals, Arbiter against Ghana. These two teams were both badass, and they were also the most ruthless in their attacks amongst all the teams. As a result, they had also accumulated a large amount of hatred towards them. However, in the IG, almost everyone on those teams could be considered to be exceptionally notorious for being vicious.

This was the style of Arbiter and Ghana.

Their battle was definitely going to be very bloody, and it was clear that neither party would be giving way to the other.

The rules of the quarterfinals were even tougher. It used a five point system, the team that scored five points first would be able to advance to the semifinals.

For the victory of a 1v1 battle it would be one point, and for the victory of a team battle it would be three points. The team that scored two points first would be entitled to the choice of whether they would want to start a team battle or to continue on with 1v1s all the way until they scored five points.

Team battles were absolutely necessary. The strength of a 1v1 could not be compared to the strength of a team. And in reality, in the army, team cooperation would be bring about greater results than an individual hero.

During the quarterfinals, almost all the delegates who were still at the military base were present. The battles that were going to take place next would be a representation of the highest level of successors at the current period, groomed by the various countries.

The three malignant stars were already itching to get on with it, to kill the thing who was called Oli-something. They were the most capable and most fiendish. One individual like this on the team would have been enough, but instead there were three.

The bloodthirstiness of Ghana was even more intense than Arbiter.

Adams walked to the front of the stage… Damn it, at such a crucial moment, Olivios was being late.

What kind of situation was this?

"Referee, the time is already up. If Olivios does not show up, does that mean that you would judge us as the winning team?" Adams teased. He was definitely not afraid of Olivios, and he just wanted to tease the people of the Arbiter.

Beo, the vice team leader of Arbiter, stood up. "Even if our team leader is not around, Arbiter can still easily wipe all of you out."

"For mankind, besides being better at their talking skills, there is nothing special about the rest of them. Just with you?" Andrew's voice was a little sharp, and the pupils of his eyes had shrunk to thin lines. It was evident that this Naga was already having bloodthirsty impulses.

"To exterminate a freakish creature like you, I would only need one hand."

"What's the situation with Olivios? Are we going to start?"

"Could it be he was scared away?"

"The team members of Ghana are pretty cruel. It is said that they had to face life or death during their selection training."

"Olivios is also not that bad. Is he injured? Or did something happen to him? He also left earlier during the previous battle and did not participate at all."

"I heard that his training was pretty brutal. It can't be that he injured himself during practice?"

Amid everyone's conversations, Olivios appeared. And in an instant, the whole scene quietened down.

…

"Olivios, I thought you guys were scared. Actually, there is no need to force yourself, I will give you a chance to surrender," Adams teased, but he knew very clearly in his heart that Olivios would never surrender. However, the more he was such a person, the more easily he would be provoked. Other people might not dare to provoke him, but that did not mean that he also did not dare to.

Olivios did not look at all these people, he just swept a glance at the referee indifferently. "I will choose the Team Leader Heavenly Battle."

…

Cold wind blew across the whole audience. This… was he joking?

But the Arbiter team members were very calm and collected, they just shook their heads grudgingly. The Ghanaians were truly stupid. They had infuriated the very person they should not have infuriated. Perhaps some people would lose their calm when they were infuriated, but the outcome of infuriating Olivios was definitely not going to be that.

The reason Wang Zheng had called for the Team Leader Heavenly Battle at that time was because there was no choice. It looked as though Olivios was trying to act cool by immediately calling for a Heavenly Battle at this crucial point of the quarterfinals.

However, Adams agreed to it without any hesitation. "Haha, Olivios is indeed a man who killed thousands. We, team Ghana, will accept it! Brothers, let's go prepare! Sir Olivios is going to teach us how to be a man. Everyone, we cannot disappoint him!"

All the people of team Ghana were laughing, and laughing rather sinisterly. In Ghana, your reputation or oaths were all nonsensical stuff. The most practical things were to have power and money. And if Ghana emerged as the champion, they would be able to gain fiefs, slaves, and a considerable amount of wealth. These were the symbols of honor in Ghana.

This was the most practical.

Facing Arbiter, they were easy to fight against, but they were also a little worried. As for Adams, the reason why he was able to be the team leader was not just because he was a human being, but it was also because he was the most sinister type of human being. For human beings who would want to survive and adapt on Ghana, none of them would be normal.

The competition started just like this, during all the discussions. The Arbiter was arrogant. Wang Zheng was the first to call for a Heavenly Battle, and in this case, Olivios was the first who dared to call for a Heavenly Battle in the quarterfinals.

The difficulty level was even higher, as from the battles earlier, it could be seen that no one in Ghana was good to provoke.

Olivios chose the comparatively classic mech of Arbiter, the Overlord.

As for Ghana's side, they all chose what they were good at. Adams chose the Star of Ghana, Andrew chose Scorpion, while Gejoles chose the Steel Desolate Beast…

The Ghanaians were truly planning to act ruthlessly. They would crush Olivios completely.

The Wind God of Wang Zheng clearly possessed very strong mobility, and that was the deciding factor. However, the Overlord absolutely did not have the the strong mobility of the Wind God, and together with the lineup of Ghana, it was totally possible for them to kite him to death.

The mecha appeared as usual. The Overlord appeared, the ordinary Overlord which had nothing special about it. How was it going to fight?

Everyone was asking the same question in their minds. It was unimaginable. If one were to say the Wind God was extraordinary, it was due to the fact that no one would have had expected that the Wind God had such amazing capabilities. However, for the Overlord, it was just like that, nobody was unclear about anything. Besides the one Sky Rocket Canon, what else could it do?

Its defensive ability was still pretty good, but would it really be able to defend against all of the attacks from Ghana?

Zhang Shan opened his mouth to speak. "F*ck, Wang Zheng, this Olivios is copying you. It feels like he is going to be struck by lightning." Even though he had wanted to do the same thing as Wang Zheng, considering that he only had this one life, he could only give up on this idea.

Wang Zheng did not say anything. He was afraid that Olivios was not someone who would speak without thinking. However, he had witnessed the strength of the Ghanaians before. They had unique characteristics: they were able of attack and defend. Between Adams and his two friends, the three of them were fierce and tough. From a theoretical point of view, the Steel Wild Beast was not the least bit weaker than the Overlord, and its flexibility to unleash a burst attack might even be above that of the Overlord.