Chapter 141: What a Coincidence (First Update)

“Oh, why aren’t you saying anything? Are you scared silly? Why don’t you just surrender to avoid a beating!” Maidi said, brimming with confidence.

Su Ming exhaled softly, then raised the spiral spear in his hand.

“Oh, you dare to provoke me! In that case, let me show you the gap between us!” Maidi controlled his Iron Steed to go full throttle, charging directly at Su Ming.

Su Ming narrowed his eyes, gazing at the approaching Maidi. His entire mech slightly adjusted its posture, preparing for battle.

“Die!” As Maidi drew closer, he controlled his mech to jump forward, gripping the mechanical blade with both hands and bringing it down in a frontal slash.

This strike looked powerful, but it left him wide open.

Su Ming directly raised the long spear in his hand and thrust it forward with a sharp pierce.

Crack!

Maidi’s cockpit was pierced through, instantly resulting in a KO!

The entire mech then disintegrated, turning into a sky full of light particles before vanishing.

Su Ming watched this scene, his expression growing increasingly strange as he muttered to himself, “This senior is too weak, isn’t he? Why does he feel even worse than a freshman?”

However, Su Ming quickly came to terms with it. If these seniors were truly skilled, they would have passed the grade exam long ago and wouldn’t be struggling to repeat grades.

At this moment, a prompt popped up on Su Ming’s display screen.

“Congratulations on your second consecutive win. Would you like to match with the next opponent?”

“Yes.” Su Ming decisively chose to agree. Based on the number of registered participants, as long as he won 4 consecutive matches, he would most likely qualify.

“Calculating combat power based on battle performance, matching…”

Su Ming waited quietly, but this time the wait was a bit long, about ten minutes, before the display screen popped up with a successful match notification.

Upon seeing the prompt, the mist in front of Su Ming dissipated again, revealing a Brute mech.

The information above this Brute mech indicated “Mech Class 5 · Su Bin, 2 wins, 0 losses.”

“Su Bin?” Su Ming was also slightly startled. He hadn’t expected to be matched with his cousin.

At this moment, Su Bin looked at Su Ming and greeted him warmly, “What a coincidence, cousin! I didn’t expect to be matched with you.”

“Yes, it’s quite a coincidence,” Su Ming replied politely, but he also had a bit of a headache. It would be hard to go all out when they fought, so he needed to be careful about the extent.

At this moment, Su Bin controlled his mech to walk towards Su Ming, smiling as he said to him, “It’s rare for us brothers to spar. When we fight later, please don’t feel too much pressure.”

However, inside the cockpit at this time, Su Bin had a cold, sinister smile on his face.

Su Ming was also slightly surprised by Su Bin’s words. He felt something was off; this didn’t sound like something that guy would say.

Although there wasn’t much interaction between them, they had only eaten at the same table once. But Su Ming had paid a little attention to his cousin, and he wasn’t like someone with a broad mind.

Just as Su Ming was pondering, Su Bin suddenly shouted without warning, “Then let’s begin!”

Su Bin controlled the Brute mech to erupt, charging towards Su Ming at close range, swinging the metal hammer in his hand towards the cockpit’s position.

It’s important to know that as a classic first-generation close-combat mech, the Brute’s close-quarters combat ability is extremely powerful. Its only weakness is mobility; under normal circumstances, it’s very difficult for it to get close to an Iron Steed.

But Su Bin used words to get close, getting within range without Su Ming realizing it.

He immediately felt victory was within his grasp and launched a surprise attack.

“Die!” Su Bin roared excitedly in his mind.

Unfortunately, Su Ming hadn’t believed his nonsense from beginning to end and had been on guard against him.

He skillfully controlled the Iron Steed to leap up, simultaneously activating the thruster device for assistance, easily dodging Su Bin’s attack with a back jump.

“How could this happen?” Su Bin was also startled; his sneak attack had missed.

Bang!

At this moment, the Iron Steed landed steadily, its body bending significantly. Immediately after, its power burst forth, and it quickly flanked Su Bin from the left.

Su Bin suddenly panicked and quickly raised the shield in his hand to adopt a defensive stance.

Unfortunately, Su Ming did not attack head-on. Instead, he controlled his mech to feint, then suddenly moved behind him.

Immediately, the back of Su Bin’s mech was exposed to Su Ming.

Su Ming delivered a clean, decisive thrust, piercing through Su Bin.

“No!” Su Bin shouted in anger and alarm.

But it was too late!

Crack!

The spiral spear in Su Ming’s hand diagonally pierced into the Brute’s cockpit. Immediately, the entire mech disintegrated, turning into a sky full of light particles.

“Sigh!” Su Ming sighed, controlling his mech to walk back. He could completely imagine how furious that guy would be after losing.

He might even complain about him at home, but it didn’t matter; he didn’t care.

At this moment, a new prompt popped up on the operation screen.

“Congratulations on your third consecutive win. Based on your combat performance and score, you have successfully entered the top thousand. You can choose to wait for the results or continue matching with opponents.”

“Match!” After Su Ming made his choice, he waited quietly.

This wait lasted a full fifteen minutes.

The moment the match was successful, the mist in front dissipated again, and an Iron Head wielding a red metal mechanical blade appeared before him.

The information displayed on this Iron Head was “Mech Class 1 · Qin Feng, 5 wins, 0 losses.”

“Class 23 · Su Ming? Wait, that name sounds familiar. I remember now, you’re also from the Thirteenth District.” Qin Feng looked at Su Ming, saying with some surprise.

“Mm,” Su Ming replied indifferently.

“I really didn’t expect to meet a fellow townsman here, but I won’t go easy on you, okay? Of course, you don’t need to hold back either. Bring out all your skills, and let’s have a good spar. It doesn’t matter who wins or loses.” Qin Feng reminded Su Ming.

“No need to go easy. Just bring it on.” Su Ming felt that this Qin Feng was quite upright.

“Alright, then let’s begin,” Qin Feng said, specifically reminding Su Ming, fearing he wasn’t ready.

“Come on!” Su Ming did not underestimate Qin Feng, replying seriously.

Qin Feng then controlled the ironhead mech to activate its thruster wings for assistance, rapidly approaching Su Ming. As he got close, he swung the metal blade in his hand, striking directly at Su Ming.

Su Ming slightly turned his body, dodging the attack, then swung the long spear in his hand back at Qin Feng.

Qin Feng was startled, twisting his mech’s body and simultaneously retreating to avoid the attack.

But he was still a beat too slow.

Zzzzz~

A scratch appeared on the mech’s surface from the spearhead, and its damage level soared.

After Qin Feng hastily stabilized his retreating mech, he charged forward like a wild ox, slashing at Su Ming.

However, Su Ming agilely pulled back his long spear to block.

Clang!

The red metal mechanical blade was firmly blocked, and Qin Feng’s face was filled with shock, an expression of disbelief. It could actually be blocked.

At this moment, Su Ming controlled his Iron Steed to deliver an aerial kick to the Iron Head’s side.

Qin Feng’s entire mech tilted to the left, staggering backward.

Su Ming seized the opportunity, quickly pushing the control stick, and the Iron Steed’s power burst forth, charging forward like a leopard.

“Gale Thrust!” The long spear in Su Ming’s hand whistled as it pierced through.