Why Become a Mecha Pilot

Back at Yuelai Tavern, Feng Xue and Old Li didn't continue talking. After all, apart from Miss Ke Family, who'd been dragged into the 121 Challenge against her will, everyone else had at least some desire to "become the last one standing."

With that goal in mind, they could share information while the situation remained unclear, trade intel when they ran into trouble, and even sacrifice a little of their own interests to make their rivals step on a land mine.

But once the finish line came into view, even the closest partners in the world became untrustworthy.

Old Li had been so generous with the important clue about the "ritual" because, more than anything, he probably wanted Feng Xue to test the waters for him.

Feng Xue had no doubt that Old Li was also hiding some crucial information.

After all, he didn't believe that an old man who'd once suppressed the Weird Tales of his era would simply hand over the way to the top.

Keeping a wary eye on Old Li's movements, Feng Xue began to consider what he should do next.

He definitely had to keep the mecha battles going, not to win the championship, but to make this identity "legitimate" in Bailin Country.

God Selection Arena was the most straightforward, simplest path to Ascend to Godhood in this world. If you fought your way through and defeated a god, you could ascend as a Martial God. The problem was that, to enter God Selection Arena, you first had to make sure you wouldn't be targeted right from the start.

God Selection Arena had two stages. The first was the mortal stage, where countless mortals fought until the strongest was decided. Only then would that fighter qualify for the second stage, the divine stage. You could