An Unexpected Incident

"The Holy Ten? Isn't that the organization that led to our investigation? You dare contact those lunatics?" Moon Lord.

"I didn't contact them, they contacted me!" said the Lord of Snow.

"You can see how dangerous they are from what we've been through these past few days, but this is our only chance!"

"Sigh~ Let's talk about it after this competition. What if we do well? Let's not stay here any longer, let's all go back!" the Wind Lord said to the group.

After everyone left the room, the Lord of Snow, who was left alone, said to the Wind Lord, "Brother, are we really going to refuse those people?"

"Refuse? How can we refuse? Don't forget what they have, and how we got our positions!" said the Wind Lord.

"And what did you just do?"

"Just try to appease them. If they run away too, the guild will be finished!"

"So..."

The Lord of Snow looked at the Wind Lord, seemingly lost in thought, while they remained completely Liao Wuhen to Wuhen, who had returned to retrieve something from the half-open doorway.

This story teaches us that we must always close the door when telling secrets.

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The next day

Today marks the start of a brand new competition, and the crowd is in a frenzy of excitement.

When the match started, all the top 10,000 Player, including Old Wang, were teleported to the Arena.

The competition to advance from the top 10,000 to the top 5,000 is a one-on-one PK match with a time limit of 30 minutes. The person who defeats the other person advances.

If neither player is eliminated by the end of 30 minutes, the one who deals higher damage advances. This rule is specifically designed for Support Mech and Tank Mech, though the time limit also plays a role.

If there were no time limit, the two Tank Mech could spend an entire day there.

Before the preparation time was even over, Old Wang advanced to the next round. His opponent, upon seeing him, immediately lost his composure and conceded defeat.

And so, Old Wang became the first person to advance.

No one was surprised at all that Old Wang had advanced; it would have been surprising if he hadn't.

After advancing, Old Wang also started watching other people's live streams. His opponent in the top 10,000 competition was still determined by the system's draw.

Therefore, the opponents of top-tier Player are still quite far behind them, so the matches of those seeded players are generally not very exciting.

But there are always unexpected events. Wu Shenqi of the Great Qin Guild encountered an enemy who was no match for him.

The Mecha attribute of Wu Shenqi is the Rare Mecha Scythe Warrior, a fire-attribute strength type. It is a warrior Mecha with a violent output.

He is one of the more famous top Player, and quite a few people place bets on him.

These people chose him because his odds of winning were 1 to 1.5, compared to Old Wang's 1 to 1.1, meaning he offered higher and more stable returns.

People believed he shouldn't have any problems at this stage, but the unexpected still happened.

The Wu Shenqi wielded a massive scythe with tremendous force; the flames shooting from the scythe and the shattering ground around it gave an idea of Mecha's attack power.

Even so, he still fell into a disadvantageous position because he recognized the Mecha opposite him, Old Wang, as Warhammer General.

However, unlike Yu Xiaoyu's lightning attribute, this Warhammer General is fire attribute.

The pilot of this warhammer was nicknamed "Stos," a nickname that had never stopped before.

Both were clearly head-on fighters, their bodies ablaze with flames as they clashed weapons against each other.

Although their health points appeared to be roughly equal, Wu Shenqi continuously and had already fallen into a disadvantageous position.

However, there was one thing that Old Wang didn't quite understand: Warhammer General was known for its strength in head-on combat, and this Mecha was definitely number one in single-target physical damage.

As a high-ranking Wu Shenqi of the Great Qin Dynasty, Wu Shenqi obviously couldn't be unaware of this. Knowing he was no match for his opponent, he still chose to confront him head-on, which is quite intriguing!

"Did this person buy it? What are you doing?"

"If I win, I'll be in the top 5000; if I lose, I'll own a villa by the sea! What would you choose?"

Sure enough! Old Wang wasn't the only one who suspected him of having problems, after all, his acting skills were indeed rather clumsy.

But just as the crowd was filled with righteous indignation, a reversal occurred. The Wu Shenqi the edge of the training ground, unleashed a red light from his scarlet scythe and knocked the Warhammer General back with a single strike. Then, he raised the scythe above his head and began to gather power.

"So he was building up his anger, about to unleash a powerful attack? Who is this opponent that made him resort to such tactics?"

Seeing this, Old Wang stroked his chin and said, "Wu Shenqi clearly had this in mind from the beginning; he obviously knows the other party."

However, the pilot of the Warhammer General's Mecha did not panic. The crimson energy of his warhammer flared as he began to charge up his skill. Old Wang knew that this should be the final clash.

The Wu Shenqi the first to prepare his skills. He swung his Blood Scythe upwards, and three crimson slashes tore through the earth and flew toward the Warhammer General.

The Warhammer General's skill was also fully charged, and a warhammer projection tens of meters long slammed towards the Wu Shenqi.

Old Wang originally thought they would both be severely injured, but after the giant warhammer and the crimson slash collided, the slash was shattered by the warhammer, and the Wu Shenqi was also smashed into a pancake.

This result shocked everyone once again. The top expert of the Great Qin Guild had been defeated so thoroughly. Just who was the opponent?

And given the other party's strength, how did the two of them even meet?

Even if Wu Shenqi is something else, he should still be among the top 100 in combat power for Fire Element Strength-Type Mech. According to the system's rules, they should never have run into each other.

Now they've not only run into each other, but Wu Shenqi clearly recognizes him, which is really puzzling.

His unexpected elimination had a significant impact, causing many people to go bankrupt and lose Star Diamond they had painstakingly accumulated.

A small group of people who opposed the pressure took off directly, reaping dozens of times the profit.

This also led to fewer people buying these famous masters' items; almost 70% of people invested their Star Diamond in Old Wang's items.

Although Old Wang's odds of winning aren't high, he's consistent.

This made Old Wang feel that if he lost, he would be called a complete idiot by these people.

"What happened to you? How did you end up running into him?"

After Wu Shenqi returned to the Great Qin's base, the Player in the guild asked him about it.

Wu Shenqi was clearly still reeling from the earlier blow, and said dejectedly, "I don't know either."

"Alright, stop overthinking it. That guy's Mecha is actually a counter to yours!" said Qin Wangzheng of Qin, the President of the Great Qin.

"I didn't expect these freaks to come out of seclusion. It seems this event won't be easy to organize. But you're really unlucky to run into them right away!" said War God Tian, a cadre of the Great Qin Guild.

"I feel like he bumped into me on purpose?" Wu Shenqi.

"Impossible!"

What the people of Great Qin didn't know was that Wu Shenqi's intuition was correct; these people had indeed mastered the method of controlling system matching.

Although not very precise, they have a more than 60% chance of encountering the opponent they want to face.

"Did we harvest these chives too early?" a man said from his seat in a conference room.

"It's getting late. If we go any later, we might run into their families, and then it won't be easy to cut our losses!" said Stos, who had just defeated Wu Shenqi. He then continued:

"If it weren't for my equipment reducing a lot of fire damage, which is perfect for countering him, this leek wouldn't be so easy to harvest!"

They deliberately ran into Wu Shenqi; their goal was to obtain the Star Diamond.

The odds of Wu Shenqi winning are 1 to 1.5, but because so many people are betting on him to win, the odds of him losing are 1 to 65.

The potential for huge profits was incredibly tempting, and since they had a way to control their matchups, they chose to Wu Shenqi fleece the unsuspecting investors.

Although they don't have a lot of Star Diamond diamonds right now, this method will be useless if it goes on any longer.

"The odds of that Thousand King failing have reached 1 to 650. Is Apollo confident he can take him down?"

One person in the conference room, looking at the betting system, exclaimed in shock, "How many people must have bet on him to win?!"

The man named Apollo was also quite shocked when he saw the odds, then smiled slightly and said:

"I probably wouldn't have had this a few days ago, but I'm different now!"

"That's true. The Lightbringer Mecha actually counters all magic-based Mecha, and this guy's odds have basically peaked!"

"Then should we cut it off?"

"Cut it off!"