MMORPG: Divine Mech Hunter
Chapter 1242 - Chapter 1242 Chapter 1242 Bizarre

Chapter 1242: Chapter 1242: Bizarre Chapter 1242: Chapter 1242: Bizarre Nobody expected Li Yao to end the battle with a terrain kill strategy. From the beginning to the end, Li Yao never made a move. Thanks to the characteristics of the New Mech, there was no consumption at all. In fact, the New Mech could automatically recover just like a game character.

The only difference from the game standards is that the New Mech absorbed external magical energy to replenish itself based on the individual’s spiritual power. The stronger the spiritual power, the stronger the recovery. With Li Yao’s exceptionally strong spiritual power, unless it was an extremely intense large-scale battle or full firepower output, the energy supply would generally exceed demand.

Many alien spectators were clamoring about unfairness, but a competition was a competition, and no matter how they bellowed, it was impossible to change anything.

The young secretary said with puzzlement, “This approach won’t be accepted by those aliens. It seems they have quite a few objections.”

The middle-aged official shook his head slightly and said, “Do you also think Li Yao’s way of winning is dishonorable?”

“At least in such a major competition, one should be mindful of the impact. Now the controversy is too great,” the secretary replied with doubt. “Azure Dragon and the others’ way of fighting is more spirited and acceptable to those brawny aliens.”

“You are still young,” the middle-aged official sighed. “You must understand that those aliens see us as their greatest rivals. You’ve seen the situation in the preliminaries. Azure Dragon and his team are indeed brave, but their moves and trump cards have basically been revealed. But what about Li Yao? Although he was astounding in the preliminaries, do you know what other trump cards he has? If everything is known to others, he will be targeted. Those aliens may not have developed technology, but they possess many strange abilities. We still don’t have a thorough understanding of the magical world.”

“Do you mean Li Yao intentionally did this to prevent others from finding ways to counter him?” the secretary realized.

“Not only that,” the commanding officer added, “You just think Li Yao’s approach isn’t good. But you haven’t seen the other aspects, the essence of the competition itself. First, look back at how Li Yao seemed to be in danger under the Ogre’s attack, but in fact, he handled it with ease, almost every move calculating the Ogre’s. This is much more difficult than a real battle. Then, this swamp has been used for several rounds of the competition, but they all avoided it, fearing they might get stuck. Yet Li Yao did the opposite, deftly using the swamp to easily defeat his enemy.”

“Winning without fighting is the true hallmark of a master strategist. Besides, who knew that a real swamp lay beneath that terrain? His insight alone says a lot. And why would they create such a special terrain if not for its significant impact on battle, a factor many have overlooked.”

People around nodded in understanding, while many of the nearby old Mech Operators were unconvinced.

On the Starfire side, there was no such concern. Feng Yi was giving Li Yao detailed information about some aliens that needed attention.

“This is already the seventh batch, and there is one that you should be wary of, very peculiar. It’s a Dark Elf Priestess. Dark Elves are also a race that live in the underground world. According to the detectors, the original Elves were not like this; they should have looked like Ancient Elves or High Elves as in the games. But there was a period when the star of this planet underwent some kind of special mutation, leading to disaster on the planet and the extinction of most Elves and terrestrial life. A portion of the life forms discovered the underground world and had to survive. After thousands of years of proliferation, they evolved into what we now call Dark Elves.”

“When this planet was first discovered, no signs of Advanced Wisdom lifeforms were detected. It was treated as a mineral planet, but then the Pioneers suffered relentless assassinations by the Dark Elves, resulting in heavy casualties. Because they lived deep underground, it was impossible to strike from the air. Also, due to some kind of magnetic force in the underground, the smart brains of that time could not establish unified communication. Later, the regular army took over, but was similarly at a loss. It wasn’t until ten years later, by building a small fortress in each area and extending outwards, that they managed to convince the Dark Elves to sit down and talk, but at a considerable cost.”

Li Yao nodded. After a long period of development, slavery was no longer a trend on Earth. Moreover, people commonly believed that slavery would inevitably lead to rebellion, especially between different races and species. Absolute conquest was impossible; only cooperation would endure.

“Dark Elves all have exceptional eyesight, especially at night. Also, given their last display of hidden assassination, they are naturally crafty. It’s a matrilineal social system where females are honored among the Dark Elves. Only women have the chance to become Priestesses to their revered Spider Goddess. The High Priest’s position is higher than that of the chieftain, prestigious and with very peculiar abilities. This one who has emerged is named Ael, who is said to be the heir to the most powerful Dark Elf High Priest and holds an esteemed position, adept in Mental Mystics.”

Li Yao looked towards the slim figure in the Stone Forest cloaked in a strange Priest robe and said, “It’s her. It seems she didn’t even make a move during the preliminary selection and still won.”

The group suddenly remembered the eerie scene at the time. Hundreds of people slowly gathered and then clashed in a melee, while Ael simply wandered around the battlefield with her eyes closed. It was as if no one could see her; no one attacked her at all.

Not until everyone else was severely injured or dead did the field clear, leaving only her standing. From the spectators’ point of view, she had not lifted a finger and was considered the most effortless victor.

Li Yao enlarged the hologram of Ael’s match, and the scene emerged. The battleground was a lava zone, and her opponent was a lion-person warrior.

The Gold lion-person warrior was clad in glittering Gold Armor, wielding a mighty War Axe, “So fragile, little lady, you might as well surrender. I fear I might blow you to pieces with one punch.”

“Foolish beast, to speak to me so rudely,” a glint flashed in Ael’s dark eyes.

“Dammit, to insult the great Gold lion-person, you’re courting death,” the Gold lion-person warrior roared and charged over.

Ael remained motionless. As the Gold lion-person warrior approached her, many viewers could hardly bear to watch. If Ael’s slender body was hit, she would likely be chopped in half.

Yet something eerie happened that baffled everyone. The Gold lion-person warrior swung his axe and ran past Ael, then fell straight into the lava pool. What was more horrifying was that the Gold lion-person appeared not to feel the scorch of the lava, continuously swinging his axe in the molten rock.

“Little lady, die, die, die.”

It was as if he was chopping Ael to death with wild axe strokes. Soon, the Gold lion-person’s body was charred by the lava, yet he continued unabated. A lion-person from the sidelines quickly said, “We forfeit, teleport him out quickly.”

The lion-person teleported out was already charred like a piece of coal. If it weren’t for his robust physique or some life-saving item, he probably would have been dead…