Seizing his moment, He Haoming activated the Tempest Particle Cannon’s firing ports.
This meant he intended to end the match immediately.
He Haoming smirked, eyes burning with loathing for the twin-star mech. Cold laughter echoed in his mind, he’d crush Yun Xingze’s mech completely.
Just as Yun Xingze had shattered Su Zinan’s pride, he’d destroy Yun Xingze’s dignity.
“It’s the Tempest Particle Cannon!” someone in the stands gasped.
Far deadlier than standard particle cannons, this weapon fired multiple beams simultaneously from different ports onto a single zone, with devastating area impact and lethality.
A Meteor mech could never fire such a weapon. The recoil would flip it over before hitting the enemy.
Only a Tempest could wield this cannon.
Generally speaking, S-class or higher Storm Mechs wouldn’t use this move in competitions, as it could easily severely injure opponents.
The crowd gasped in unison as they saw He Haoming open multiple weapon ports across his mech’s body.
In the next instant, brilliant flames gathered at He Haoming’s weapon ports before erupting toward Yun Xingze’s main mech with overwhelming force!
Even Ke Lei, an S-class Meteor Mech pilot, couldn’t help but shudder at the sight of He Haoming’s attack. “My god,” he muttered fearfully, “Has He Haoming gone mad? This level of firepower.”
Aixili was too terrified to speak, her anxious gaze fixed on Yun Xingze’s mech.
Even the usually composed Luo Wenchuan furrowed his brows at this moment.
Chi Yu clenched his fists so tightly they nearly shattered.
Amidst the flames, Su Zinan wore a triumphant smile and whispered, “It’s over…”
But before the words fully left his lips—
Yun Xingze moved with such speed that it was nearly impossible to follow, putting distance between himself and the Storm Mech while dodging the devastating particle cannon blast!
A beam of particle energy grazed past his back, the searing heat causing cold sweat to break out across Yun Xingze’s spine.
And at this very moment, his data analysis on He Hao Ming was finally complete.
The mechanical beast rolled into a ball at Yun Xingze’s feet before unfurling back into its ugly cat form, suddenly adopting an offensive stance lowering its center of gravity while locking its gaze onto the colossal opponent across the field.
Seeing his particle cannon miss, He Haoming showed little surprise. Without hesitation, he charged toward Yun Xingze and swiftly drew his Storm Electromagnetic Axe!
The entire audience gasped in shock!
Because the Storm Mech’s charge was so fast it left only afterimages completely unlike what a massive mech should be capable of!
“God! How is the Storm Mech this fast?!” “Is this even possible? Must be a bug!” “This is terrifying!!”
Oliar trembled in fear, his voice barely recognizable: “H-holy… that speed… is that really a Storm Mech? It’s nothing like mine.”
“While speed is traditionally the Storm Mech’s weakness,” Zhuo Feiyue frowned, “He Haoming is an S+ ranked pilot after all. His skills far surpass ordinary Storm Mech users. He might even rival A+ class Comet Mechs.”
“This is just unfair!” Lu Ranxu shouted nervously while watching the match. “Xingze! Run!”
The three S-class pilots in the stands fell silent simultaneously. They had to admit He Haoming had improved tremendously since last year.
Yet Yun Xingze’s ugly cat hadn’t given up hope. Seeing the opponent’s lightning-fast approach, it quickly climbed onto the main mech’s chest and fired two deceleration rounds from its tail toward He Haoming!
To no avail.
He Haoming raised his other arm, transforming it into a shield that easily blocked the rounds.
The next instant, the Storm Mech swung its terrifying giant axe toward Yun Xingze’s shoulder!
Yun Xingze’s main mech was already backed against the protective barrier; there was no way to dodge now.
The audience gasped once more.
After all his struggles, this axe strike would truly end the match.
Just then, Yun Xingze’s main mech suddenly lowered its stance, allowing the ugly cat to climb onto its arm and face the Storm Mech directly.
“What’s he planning now?”
“Even in a defensive stance, there’s no way to block that axe!”
“Has Yun Xingze given up struggling?!”
Inside his mech, He Haoming sneered coldly. If that was the case, then perfect. He’d chop both the man and his ugly cat in one strike.
Lu Ranxu held his breath, eyes wide.
Could Yun Xingze pull off another miraculous reversal this time?
Just as the Storm Electromagnetic Axe came crashing down toward Yun Xingze, the ugly cat leaped up, actively throwing itself at the electromagnetic axe!
The entire audience was stunned by this scene.
The razor-sharp electromagnetic axe split the ugly cat cleanly in two upon contact without even making a sound.
Everyone assumed this was a program Yun Xingze had set for the cat: when the main mech faced a fatal attack, the cat would sacrifice itself to buy its master an escape opportunity.
But then, something even more shocking happened.
Yun Xingze didn’t take the chance to flee!
Instead, he swiftly reached out and grabbed the two halves of the cat’s bisected body. As if telepathically connected, the cat firmly attached itself to the back of the mech’s hand and forearm.
He Haoming froze for a second.
He had clearly swung at the cat, yet he hadn’t felt the slightest resistance.
It was as if the cat had split itself apart on purpose.
But He Haoming didn’t let up. Changing the axe’s trajectory, he swung it viciously toward the head of Yun Xingze’s mech!
Yun Xingze crossed his arms defensively in front of his face, attempting to use the cat’s “corpse” to block the massive axe.
“BOOM—!”
The deafening impact reverberated through the protective barrier, echoing across the entire arena.
The sound was so piercing that even the other three arenas heard it.
Lu Ranxu flinched at the noise, squeezing his eyes shut.
But the surroundings fell into dead silence.
No one mourned Yun Xingze’s impending loss, nor did anyone cheer for He Haoming’s victory.
They all seemed too stunned to react.
Lu Ranxu cautiously opened his eyes and looked toward the two mechs only to immediately gape in shock.
Under the disbelieving gazes of the crowd, the “corpse” of the ugly cat on Yun Xingze’s hand transformed into two massive shields the instant it made contact with the electromagnetic axe.
They looked even sturdier than the opponent’s Storm Alloy Shield, firmly blocking He Haoming’s axe.
“What the hell?!” Aixili shot to her feet. “What kind of weapon is that? How did it just appear out of nowhere?!”
Kei Lei was too shocked to speak.
It was then that Luo Wenchuan finally spoke up. “Modified with Illusion Silver.”
“What did you say?!” Kei Lei whipped his head toward Luo Wenchuan. “Illusion Silver?! Where the hell did Yun Xingze get that?!”
Luo Wenchuan’s expression remained neutral, but a faint trace of smugness flickered in his eyes. “I gave it to him.”
“Does your family own a mine?!” Aixili nearly grabbed Luo Wenchuan by the collar. “I’ve never even seen that stuff in my life! And shields that big even Illusion Silver would need electromagnetic induction to activate before it could transform, right?!”
Luo Wenchuan smirked slightly, glancing at the massive electromagnetic axe.
“Don’t you think that axe’s electromagnetic intensity was more than enough?”
Kei Lei and Aixili both froze in place.
“So…” Ke Lei said in astonishment, “Yun Xingze’s cat deliberately split into two halves? In reality, He Haoming’s electromagnetic axe was just a tool in Yun Xingze’s eyes from the very beginning?”
Luo Wenchuan nodded. “You could say that.”
At this moment, he couldn’t help but curl his lips into a smile, looking even more pleased than if he’d won the match himself.
Aixili was speechless for a long moment before finally blurting out, “Holy shit!” She then turned to Luo Wenchuan and said, “Now I get why you recruited a first-year Omega as your mecha engineer. Turns out it wasn’t just about his good looks, huh?”
Luo Wenchuan frowned and was about to respond when his gaze was suddenly drawn back to the mecha on the field.
The audience hadn’t yet recovered from the shock of the two shields when they saw He Haoming, unable to gain any advantage over Yun Xingze, retreat to create distance and reassess his strategy.
Meanwhile, the two shields in Yun Xingze’s hands began transforming once again.
“Those two shields, they look…” Lu Ranxu muttered in disbelief, “like they’re turning into cannon barrels?!”
At this moment, Zhuo Feiyue’s eyes widened. “This is madness! With modifications like this, his mecha has long surpassed B-grade specifications. He’ll be overloading the system!”
On the field, Yun Xingze had already aimed the two massive cannon barrels directly at He Haoming’s Storm Mecha.
In that instant, Lu Ranxu finally realized where Yun Xingze had gotten the data for that A-grade hybrid mecha he’d shown him earlier. And he could foresee that Yun Xingze was about to pull off another miraculous reversal.
But with only B-grade mental energy, could he really activate those cannons?
Everyone, including He Haoming, remained skeptical about this question. Su Zinan, meanwhile, sneered, convinced that Yun Xingze was just bluffing.
