CHAPTER 318: CHAPTER 319: SAVING

The fog cleared.

Dust settled.

Slowly, the surroundings steadied, revealing the true aftermath of the fierce battle—a massive, ink-black, indestructible mech, quietly standing in its original position.

Hey~

This is the Hero King’s mech!

The fans’ hearts lit up with joy and they were about to cheer, but a glimpse out of the corner of their eyes made them halt abruptly: "!!!"

"Damn!"

"What happened?"

"That undamaged antique mech, what’s going on?"

No matter how much the fans in the stands thought about it, they couldn’t understand how, after such a violent explosion, this low-defense power antique mech remained intact without blowing up?

How could that be?

It simply couldn’t be!

The Hero King’s fans were almost suffocating!

The Hero King’s pupils constricted, and the smile on his lips also froze on the spot, unable to laugh anymore.

How—

How could this be?

Everyone at the scene, including those squatting for the livestream, did not see clearly how the Rag Queen escaped from that explosion. She looked a bit disheveled now; her entire mech was covered in dust, and there was a green leaf over its head, which looked quite comical. Yet, arms, legs, head, torso, all remained intact...

Truly—this is bizarre.

At this moment, the antique mech suddenly moved. Everyone felt a blur before their eyes as it suddenly leaped up, landing behind the Hero King, who was startled and instantly withdrew from the spot.

The Rag Queen did not continue to pursue, allowing the distance between them to grow further and further apart.

A frown formed between the Hero King’s eyebrows, a foreboding feeling flashing through his mind.

Strange~

The Hero King knew that the Rag Queen’s specialty was self-destruction, but self-destruction required a very close distance; otherwise, it was impossible to detonate the opponent’s mech. But—despite the distance being so great, and the opponent definitely unable to catch up in a short time, why did his sense of crisis suddenly intensify? Confused, the Hero King’s eyes grew more cautious.

Ji You, piloting the mech, stopped and then drew out the cannon, aiming at the opposing mech.

The Hero King raised his hand and fired 6 shells!

Boom, boom, boom—

But Ji You did not dodge or evade, letting the 6 particle cannon shells come at high speed, then suddenly, she pulled the trigger—

Whoosh—

A mini particle cannon shell, facing the opponent’s several shots, charged straight through.

Bang, bang, bang—

The audience gasped in amazement: "!!!"

"What?"

"It actually precisely hit all 6 particle cannon shells?"

"Heaven~"

"How did she do that?"

You should know, as one of the mainstream weapons configured on mechs nowadays, particle cannons are extremely fast once fired, making it very difficult to intercept them. Even if intercepted successfully, one has to withstand the explosion force of the particle cannon.

But now?

The Rag Queen’s mini particle cannon not only successfully intercepted one but continuously intercepted 6!

shells!

One is already extremely difficult, let alone six!

What kind of precision is this? Could it be that the Rag Queen is also a sniper-type warrior?

Terrifying.

Too terrifying.

...

After the mini particle cannon hit, a violent explosion, accompanied by a dazzling, glaring light, flashed in mid-air.

Ji You was fully focused, not waiting for the Hero King to make any move, her second mini particle cannon, following the trajectory of the previous one, took off again.

Whoosh—

Hearing this faint sound of air-breaking approaching, the Hero King suddenly felt an ominous premonition. Without a second word, he turned the thruster to the maximum, leaping off the ground, sprinting rapidly.

However—

No matter how fast he ran, the sound of air being torn apart was getting closer and closer.

meters.

meters.

meters.

...

Hero King didn’t worry about looking bad and instantly activated the Protective Shield, with a thunderous roar—

The Mini Particle Cannon hit the hard Protective Shield with banging noises—

Crack~

Crack~

Crack~

The sound of the Protective Shield shattering came bit by bit; Hero King’s face turned utterly dark! This Protective Shield was one of his mech’s trump cards, a life-saving move he was forced to use, yet unexpectedly, it was easily activated and even shattered.

Still lost his cool, huh.

Realizing his mindset was not stable enough, Hero King quickly adjusted and decided to respond more calmly.

Opposite.

Rag Queen’s mech stood silently, not particularly bulky or burly, but this mech inexplicably gave off a sense of chilling sharpness.

What he thought would be a 5-second battle has now been deadlocked for 5 minutes without a victor, and the balance of victory was not entirely in his favor. Hero King glanced from the corner of his eye at the stands, noticing that his cheering fans had fallen silent, all staring tensely at the battle.

Hero King gritted his teeth and decided no longer to delay.

But—

Just then, he felt a horrifying chill rise in his heart.

Swoosh—

Through the monitor, Hero King immediately spotted a Particle Cannon missile heading straight for him.

His brow furrowed, Hero King had no choice but to abandon his previous plan and hurriedly fired several cannon rounds, hoping to intercept the opponent’s fire.

His mech instantly moved away from its original position.

However—

This Particle Cannon’s trajectory hadn’t collided with the rounds he had just fired at all; it seemed to have anticipated his path and struck without any hesitation.

This was the terrifying feeling of being targeted by an experienced sniper.

In a corner invisible to everyone, sitting in the cockpit, Hero King’s forehead quietly broke out a sweat bead the size of a bean.

He fled rapidly.

But—

How—

How is that possible?

His path was once again successfully anticipated; before his feet even left the ground, he felt a huge crisis looming, and Hero King, enduring the huge sweat on his forehead, once again pushed the thrusters to their maximum.

He thought he evaded it, but then he collided head-on with a Mini Particle Cannon.

Boom—

Hero King made a decisive decision, opting for a tail cut to survive, sacrificing his mech’s protection, but just after he avoided this crisis, the Mini Particle Cannon chasing after him had already bombarded him.

Boom—

Hero King’s vision blurred, only seeing a flash of white light, and then his entire mech was blasted away.

System: [The match is over, Rag Queen wins.]

Complete silence.

second.

seconds.

seconds.

...

As everyone thought the silence would spread indefinitely in this arena, a lithe figure slowly approached the wreckage of Hero King’s mech, then the entire audience heard her speak: "I had prepared 10 Compressed Particle Cannons, didn’t expect you to fall so easily, using only three."

Audience: "..."

Then.

People heard her continue: "It’s quite alright, saved me 7 rounds. I didn’t want to play house with you, but seeing how you’ve saved me money, queen will join you for one more game."

Audience: "..."