Right now, Heifeng regretted somewhat. Why had he been in such a hurry to eliminate a clown-like character so swiftly? He should have utilized a different approach.

After a round of intensive attacks, the Shamon sustained fire output for a full 20 seconds before stopping its offensive... The place where the Sky Shadow was originally standing was now completely empty, Heifeng wondered whether he completely annihilated it. "It was indeed a piece of trash." He waited for the battle results, but no prompts were given by the server.

As Heifeng was puzzled, a voice completely devoid of emotion emanated from behind him: "I'm right behind you…"

What? Behind? Heifeng couldn't possibly figure out why Sky Shadow was behind him. Hadn't he just… in that moment, he was certain he had locked on to Sky Shadow.

Sky Shadow, sitting in the cockpit of his Mecha, chuckled coldly. He suddenly had a certain sensation - contempt for all opponents. If the Revenge Shadow Rider could snatch victory from the jaws of defeat at the very last moment, then so could he, Sky Shadow. And he had just put this into action!

Zzzzzz - Crack… Boom!

Sweating profusely, Heifeng still could not comprehend what was happening. Gun Rider had already launched a laser beam in the shortest possible time. Perhaps the previous notification was simply a ruse. The Shamon exploded instantly.

Without lingering, Sky Shadow immediately pulled off his helmet and chose to log out, leaving the onlookers plenty of time to analyse what occurred.

This guy is pretty cool. He defeated his opponent, didn't waste any time with small talk, and directly logged out. It all felt very similar to the Revenge Shadow Rider.

Heifeng fixedly stared at the screen. He had absolutely no idea how Sky Shadow had avoided his attack, until he played back the recorded video. It was in the moment when Heifeng had swept across his cockpit console while preparing to shoot a laser beam that he had noticed the momentary flash from the Gun Rider's thruster in the air. It had executed a high-speed leap, making it out of the area just before the laser was launched. In that moment, the average gravitational force that Sky Shadow endured had exceeded 20 times.

Demurring from the facts, fighter pilots of Heifeng's level did not need to glance at the console during combat. But due to the high operation precision of the X4, its micro-control required extreme accuracy. Thus, even he had to take a glance. However, it was during this glance that Sky Shadow had executed the high-speed leap. There was no denying that the bastard's luck was straight-up fortuitous!

As elucidated by professional commentator Dolanm, people had roughly comprehended the scenario. No one can deny that this leap was indeed serendipitous. Of course, if the miracle creator, the Revenge Shadow Rider had done this, no one would find it uncanny. But Sky Shadow was different, although he was excellent, people still believed that there was a huge gap between him and Revenge Shadow Rider.

But Feng Yi's viewpoint was different. When he saw this, his gaze became extremely serious...

Sky Shadow's seemingly unintended high-speed leap did involve some element of luck. However, was it pure chance? In the span of less than 0.2 seconds, why did Sky Shadow choose to escape from Heifeng's line of sight? What if everything had been calculated by Sky Shadow, then his strategic intelligence would be terrifying. So terrifying that it would require strict vigilance.

It seemed that there were no weaklings in this battle. According to the current situation, Sky Shadow might very well make it to the finals and compete against him. So, he also had to pay attention to other opponents from now on.

In the second field, Lin and Zhi Jia Shuai had already engaged in battle. To Feng Yi's surprise, both of them had not chosen to ride a Mecha, but instead, resorted to hand-to-hand combat. The decision by Mengdie, a top level pilot in the world, to engage in close combat puzzled Feng Yi.

Lin's identity and strength baffled Feng Yi. Was she... Duolin?! Though he could not be entirely sure, he had once battled Duolin at Death Planet, and her fighting style and body movement were very similar to Duolin's, only she was even stronger. The nickname Lin suddenly made Feng Yi think of Duolin.

According to the information on record, Duolin seemed uninterested in combat itself or the topic of battle mechs. Why, then, would she participate in a contest that held no meaning for her?

However, the issue of Duolin's strength was not a problem in Feng Yi's view. The real issue was Mengdie.

Somehow, Mengdie seemed odd to Feng Yi. Not to brag, but at his level, he could observe in detail up to an extraordinary degree. To use an analogy, the fast-paced exchange of blows between the two in the battlefield appears like a slow-motion video in Feng Yi's eyes.

However, what Feng Yi saw in Mengdie's eyes was completely different to the innocent and cheerful demeanor she portrayed. The calm light in her eyes beneath her slender brows saw through everything, showing no emotional fluctuation. This contradicted Mengdie's personality.

Wait, Feng Yi suddenly realized something - she seemed to have used the Disguise Technique. Even though he couldn't be entirely certain, he had used the same means of disguise when infiltrating other forces. It was a type of body technique in the Ancient Martial Arts recorded in the Nine Schools of Daoism.

The most obvious features were the two faint lines on Mengdie's forehead, the dimples at the corners of her mouth, one deep and one light, and the distance between her eyes on either side of her nose. The above features all correspond with the elementary Disguise Technique of Daoism. As a modern person, why would Mengdie master the ancient martials from the Daoist school? And what was her true identity and age...?

Feng Yi knew so much about this firstly because the task required him to understand, and secondly because Grandfather Lasso told him when he was young to remember, and strictly ordered him to stay away from these ancient families even though he loved martial arts.

Feng Yi now couldn't even be certain whether his judgment was correct. Was Mengdie indeed from one of the ancient families Grandfather Lasso had referred to? One thing, however, he could be sure of - Mengdie's level was far beyond Duolin's. Unable to see through her, no matter what, Feng Yi found it hard to accept this fact.

It was not an exaggeration to say that his formidable combat capabilities originated from his unique childhood experiences, constant brushes with death, and daunting environment trials on Colonial Planet 103. While he didn't dare claim global unrivalled supremacy, Mengdie was different, a young woman, who sounded even younger than her known age according to public records, was simply too bizarre. Feng Yi didn't understand why the two chose to fight on mechas, he could only re-watch their pre-battle playback.

In fact, after watching the pre-battle video playback, Feng Yi realized he may have overthought things. Duolin, having heard of Mengdie, did not consider herself to have the advantage confronting Mengdie on a mecha. As Mengdie displayed strong body technique, Duolin probably knew she would have confidence in her own body technique and therefore made this request. In fact, this was also Duolin's strategy for defeating Revenge Shadow Rider.

But it was astonishing that Mengdie agreed so readily. As soon as they engaged, Duolin immediately felt a substantial increase in pressure. Before the fight, she had analyzed Mengdie's body technique. The official evaluation was a combat power of 100,000+, but how much she could really draw upon was still an unknown factor. After all, there's a big difference between facing an equally matched opponent and simply crushing an adversary.

Once they crossed blades, Duolin immediately felt a significant increase in pressure. For some inexplicable reason, she couldn't help but feel she could not defeat her opponent. That's not to say Duolin was pressed right from the start by Mengdie – on the contrary, they fought equally well.

However, Mengdie didn't utilize the same Overriding Body Technique she had used when battling with Heinsilio, and she had already used nearly eighty percent of her strength. In fact, this wasn't what scared Duolin. What terrified her was that she simply couldn't keep up with Mengdie's speed. Even though an observation from the outside might suggest that they exchanged blows back and forth, Duolin's direct impression was that Mengdie's speed far outstripped her own.

Don't forget, as a woman, being a woman who possesses strength that sits at the pinnacle of the world, Duolin's reliance has always been her agility. Even the Revenge Shadow Rider on Death Planet couldn't surpass her in speed, but Mengdie... gave her the feeling of a smiling yet insincere ghost - smiling on the face but not in the heart. Could it be that she was wearing a human skin mask?

At this very moment, a startling scene was taking place in the arena! Their flurry of strikes was so swift it could be described as lightning-fast. Every time they struck, the air would cleave, causing continuous tremors. The graceful body movements were like two swifts performing intricate, constant maneuvers. The audience was in awe of their elegant dance-like moves. In fact, the spectacle of their fighting far exceeded the actual combat itself.

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