CHAPTER 41: CHAPTER 38: WHO FIRED THE SHOT?

Dueling space, Ruined City.

With the sudden sounding of an ending whistle, everyone watching in front of the big screen fell silent.

Even the entire first floor lobby of the club became extremely quiet at this moment.

"What the hell is this?"

"Lost! Blood Flame Gun Girl actually lost!"

"A regular in the national top four lost!"

Everyone looked at the blue mecha that had lost its head, and after several seconds of silence, they erupted into waves of cheers that were so loud they resonated through the club and startled passersby on the street.

"Captain Li is awesome!"

"It’s no wonder he could defeat Blood Flame Gun Girl in the personal tour, and now in the national championship, who would dare to underestimate our Shadow of the Storm team!"

"That brother controlling the remote mecha was amazing too; he could hit so accurately from five kilometers away with a triple micro-control maneuver."

The members of Shadow of the Storm went wild at this moment, looking at the two red mechas on the big screen with eyes full of admiration and excitement.

Blue Demoness, as a regular in the national top four, had only about three teams that could possibly defeat her, but from today on, there’s another contender.

Although this is just a simulation match and won’t be recorded in the league standings, this moment can already be inscribed in the history of Shadow of the Storm Club.

"Well done!"

"The coordination between the two was simply perfect."

"Hahaha, this time at the national championship, it’s finally our Shadow of the Storm’s time to shine."

"Ranxing is really a good captain; I don’t know where he found this newcomer, with such shooting skills like triple micro-control and that bizarre movement style. His strength is probably almost on par with Ranxing. In this way, our Shadow of the Storm Club will become a double star in the future!"

The coaches in the coaching team looked at the Blue Demoness who voluntarily conceded, and they seemed to stand a little taller, planning to drink several more cups of celebration when they got home today.

However, in the dueling space, Li Ranxing was confused.

"Dead?"

"What the heck happened?"

Li Ranxing looked at the dissipated blue mecha, utterly confused.

Just now, he and Chen Ya were evenly matched, but for some unknown reason, three bullets suddenly targeted Chen Ya, forcing her to use the Divine Skill Eight-leaf One Slash.

As a result, Chen Ya couldn’t block it, got hit by a single shot, and then their team inexplicably won.

This outcome was indeed beyond his expectations.

Club first floor lobby.

"During the battle just now, who fired the shot?"

"Speak up!"

"Say it and I promise to only half-kill you!"

Chen Ya jumped out of the virtual game pod at this time, her star-like eyes completely ablaze with anger as she glared at the six members of the Blue Demoness team.

You’ve got to be kidding.

She arranged for the club to have a simulation match with Shadow of the Storm this time just to defeat Li Ranxing and avenge her past loss, but ended up being secretly taken down.

That triple micro-control was executed so smoothly!

She had no idea there was such a sly old wolf among her team, completely ruining her plans.

"Captain, is there a possibility that those three shots came from the opposite side?" Wang Yidao raised his hand and said, "It wasn’t any of us."

"Do you think I’m stupid? Someone from Shadow of the Storm can pull off a triple micro-control?" Chen Ya couldn’t help but curse.

Triple micro-control requires extremely stringent control and physical reaction, and those who can master it are generally captain-level experts ranked in the top sixteen nationwide.

How could a top sixteen national-level captain expert possibly join Shadow of the Storm Club? If such an expert joined, the news would have spread across the industry long ago.

While it’s not impossible for a newcomer to use triple micro-control, Chen Ya as the victim could clearly feel how sly that person was. The timing was perfectly seized, and the shooting angle was right behind Li Ranxing, so he couldn’t see the gunfire.

Such a sly old fox couldn’t possibly be the work of a rookie just emerging in the industry.

"Captain, I can attest to this." Zi Lan stood out and said, "When you were fighting the captain, I teamed up with Daozi to deal with a master controlling a remote mecha, and he consistently used triple micro-control, eventually knocking both of us out."

"The two of you together couldn’t beat him?" Chen Ya was also shocked to hear that.

Wang Yidao and Zi Lan are both top-tier experts in the industry, just one step away from reaching the level of triple micro-control, probably just another year of training away.

In collaboration, one close and one far, even a master of triple micro-control should at most achieve an extreme one-for-one trade-off.

"Yeah, I don’t know how he did it, but he managed to drive a remote mecha as fast as a melee mecha," Wang Yidao explained. "The moment I got close, he pulled away, and to speed up, I threw away my shield. In that instant, he performed a space jump with triple micro-control, leaving me no time to react."

"An expert above first-class?" Chen Ya pondered, her gaze fixed directly on Li Ranxing, who had just come out of the game pod, shouting, "Captain Li, what a skill, giving me such a big surprise! Could I have the privilege of meeting that expert?"

"Expert? Do we have an expert in our team?" Li Ranxing looked at Chen Ya, puzzled.

Those three bullets were utterly inexplicable, but Li Ranxing also knew clearly that it was the shooting technique with triple micro-control, which their members couldn’t possibly handle; only someone from Blue Demoness could do it.

"Ranxing, there’s no need to hide it, which newcomer in our club is it?" The coaches were also filled with curiosity about this.

"I really don’t know." Li Ranxing said helplessly.

"Don’t want to say?" Chen Ya frowned and walked straight to the only gaming pod of Shadow of the Storm that hadn’t opened, "Come out and let me take a look, weren’t you shooting quite fluently just now?"

Suddenly, the gaming pod of Shadow of the Storm opened slowly, and everyone present looked over in unison, curious to see which newcomer was about to rise.

"Fang Zhen?"

"How could it be you?"

"Where did that newcomer go?"

The members of Shadow of the Storm were all shocked, their mouths wide enough to fit two eggs, especially those familiar with Fang Zhen, it was like seeing a ghost.

Triple micro-control!

That strange acceleration technique!

Plus, a solo feat of taking down Blue Demoness with one warrior achieving four kills, including Blood Flame Gun Girl Chen Ya, such a glorious record could rightfully be an iconic case in the national championship on Mecha Continent.

No matter how you look at it, it shouldn’t have been something that a nearly-retired Fang Zhen could have accomplished.