"Don't worry, I'll wrap up the fight in three minutes. Oh, and what do you want for dinner tonight? We'll spend the money I win today."

Oh... Suddenly, his girlfriend felt that having a fight wasn't such a bad idea and she mischievously responded, "I'll have you."

"Shh, watch me devour this fatty first."

At this moment, the battle hadn't started yet, but the number one rookie was already planning tonight's dinner. It must be said his previous loss to the fatty was indeed a mistake, since there was an element of showing off, but one mistake was enough. People can't always crash and burn; they would end up losers otherwise. Moreover, having seen the fatty's movements, particularly the scene where he staggered due to the inertia from his own swiping attack, the number one rookie was confident that this buffoon was even more incompetent than himself, not by a little, but by a lot. Against such an inferior opponent, he had no reason to fail.

However, to be safe, he didn't wager too much and only placed a bet of 500, just enough money for a meal, which he could earn from a day's worth of hard labor.

Perhaps because he was used to seeing big money, the fatty wasn't very concerned about the 500 yuan at the moment. After all, once you stay with Blade Warrior long enough, you realize thousands and tens of thousands are just numbers.

But the fatty was different from ordinary people in essence; his love for money was one of his fundamental characteristics. Otherwise, he wouldn't have chosen the number one rookie to challenge. Seeing the bet, the fatty immediately felt interested.

Hmm, there were still 3,800 virtual currency units in his account, and knowing that game currency and real currency are a 1:1 ratio, the fatty decisively chose to agree to the 500 yuan bet.

Seeing that the opponent was looking so poor, he didn't seem to be someone with much money. The fatty decided to give him a lesson and teach him a thing or two about life.

Thus, the battle began amidst the spectating of seven or eight onlookers.

"Has it started yet?"

"Wait, I need to adjust the mecha."

When it came to money, the fatty finally showed patience, a stark contrast from his usual carefree demeanor. He hopped out of his Phantom Knight mecha, looked around it three times to the left and three times to the right, then accessed the system to repeatedly check the mecha's status. Only after ensuring that the mecha was in good condition did he get back into it.

"I'm ready."

The fatty pressed the readiness button, and an ancient string of numbers appeared at the top of the system screen: nineteen, eighteen, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one...

By now, the number one rookie was fully focused, and everyone surrounding him was also intently watching the screen, fearing they might miss any detail. Perhaps because of the 500 yuan bet, even the eyes of the second-tier expert showed some interest.

As the countdown reached its final moment, the number one rookie immediately made the mecha jump back. After all, his opponent was piloting the old-fashioned Phantom Knight 0001. Even with long-range firepower to restrain him, he could blow this piece of junk to smithereens.

There was only one Revenge Shadow Rider, and besides Shadow Rider, no one else in the world could pilot the 0001.

"Die for me."

With a roar from the number one rookie, his mecha let out a metallic roar. Just as he jumped back and was about to aim his remote weapon at the battlefield's memories, a swooshing sound came in the nick of time. In the blink of an eye, everyone saw a flash of silver light.

Thwack...

Boom boom boom boom...

The battle ended.

His mecha had been blown apart, and the fight finished before it even lasted two seconds, already reaching its conclusion.

It was an instant kill, an absolute instant kill with no exaggeration. The opponent's move still stayed at throwing the Titanium Alloy Sword, to be precise. The number one rookie's mecha hadn't even landed from its jump before it turned into a pile of scrap metal in mid-air...

Zhang Xiaobo smirked coldly. The opponent was too weak, not even giving him the mood to play possum. This also proved to the number one rookie in a roundabout way, don't waste your money anymore; you have no chance of defeating me.

No flattery, no slander, the fatty, despite his pettiness and short-sightedness, simply disdained bullying such an easily crushed guy—the opponent was just a beginner pilot after all. Any veteran from the battlefield could easily crush him with their strength.

Meanwhile, in another corner of the Internet Express cybercafe, some were still laughing, some were lighting cigarettes, and some had no idea what had just happened. When they noticed the vacant stares of the people around them, at first they were baffled, but as soon as they saw the screen, the line of netizens standing behind were also stunned...

"Holy shit, no way, what's going on?"

"I have no clue." At this moment, the expression of the top newbie was a mix of confusion, astonishment, and incomprehension; only the devil knew what had just happened.

An old bird with considerable experience standing at the back noticed something unusual, "No, there's something wrong with this battle."

"Ah? What's wrong?"

"Just look at the battle duration and you'll know." Following the voice, everyone looked towards the system timer...

"The battle lasted 1.57 seconds, I don't see any problem," the top newbie said, his voice full of puzzlement.

"He's not talking about the victory itself," interjected a player renowned as a second-tier pro.

As the top newbie and the crowd looked on perplexed, the second-tier pro explained to everyone that normally, it's impossible for someone to secure a kill instantly. Even for someone at the level of Revenge Shadow Rider Kexiao, it would be quite difficult. Of course, he himself hadn't reached such heights, but he still understood the basics and common sense of combat.

Typically, mecha are equipped with external devices and have reactive armor, and even the lowest effective armors start from 200 and up... Phantom Knight's configuration isn't exceptional, in other words, even if Revenge Shadow Rider himself were to arrive, it would be very hard to penetrate the mecha's external shield with thermal weaponry and cause it to explode instantly.

Another possibility is that Revenge Shadow Rider's Flame Dual Slash could achieve this, but the opponent wasn't Revenge Shadow Rider and couldn't use the Flame Dual Slash, let alone unleash it from such a distance, thus, the explosion wasn't due to a thermal weapon striking a weak spot but rather because of a titanium alloy blade being thrust into some part causing the explosion.

Therefore, it could be inferred that the top newbie's initial defeat wasn't by chance, but was deliberately caused by the opponent.

Hearing this, everyone was shocked again! Coincidence? Or was it a precisely timed intervention? If the first defeat could still be considered a fluke, then the latter explosion casts significant doubt. Who was this person, able to accurately destroy his opponent from dozens of meters away? His knowledge of the mecha's weak spots was too formidable.

Most importantly, this person was also in the No. 5 Dragon Gate space station's very cybercafe, this...?

"It might just be a coincidence."

The top newbie's expression was gloomy, his voice imbued with an indescribable depth of bleakness.

Indeed, he was not afraid of losing and had seen all types of skilled gamers. After all, he had been in the Star Wars universe for so many years, no matter how lackluster his own strength, he still had the experience of battling against pros. But today's consecutive defeats were baffling to him, too incomprehensible.

Even after watching the slow-motion video, although the top newbie could see where he lost, one could never truly comprehend the sharpness of that strike unless they experienced it!

There could only be two explanations: either it was a coincidence, or if it wasn't, then the opponent was a deity-level player with skill not inferior to the second-tier pro beside him.

"Heh." Just when no one expected it, the top newbie suddenly laughed, "Battling him felt exhilarating, I want to try again."

"There's no need to fight anymore, continuing to challenge him is just a waste of money, you are simply not his match, and that strike was no coincidence."

"Is that so..."

Upon hearing the second-tier pro's cautioning advice, the top newbie quickly backed down.

A smile appeared on the pro's face, saying, "Let me have a go at him."

What!? Everyone was taken aback once more, as if a bolt of thunder had exploded beside their ears. The second-tier pro was actually going to cross swords with this person? It could be said that others might talk the talk, but not necessarily walk the walk; high-level players of such caliber are not easily persuaded to play. Whenever they log on, hundreds or thousands of viewers swarm to watch.

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