Chapter 322: Sneak Attack

Chapter 322: Chapter 322: Sneak Attack

"Sir! Dawn Guild is done for. Almost all their people are dead. We’ve got this battle in the bag."

Baidi said, fawning over Sedek.

"Well said!"

Sedek replied, clearly delighted.

...

「On the signal tower in the City of Machines.」

Long Ming watched as Dawn Guild’s forces continued to crumble. His expression grew grave. ’This isn’t looking good!’

Dawn Guild’s troops were nearly wiped out, while Twilight Guild, in contrast, still had seventy or eighty people left.

As for top-tier experts, Dawn Guild was down to just Ask, while Twilight Guild still had three.

Long Ming decisively leaped from the signal tower, avoided the observers, and sprinted toward the battlefield.

If he continued to do nothing, once Twilight Guild dealt with Ask, he would have to take on everyone else by himself.

The battle was growing more and more intense.

A Graylighter stabbed its blade into a Destroyer’s chassis. The Destroyer retaliated, stabbing right back, and they both perished together.

Two V3 Mechanical Gods even grappled each other and crashed into the ground, exploding on impact.

At that moment, Twilight Guild’s Sa Wei, piloting a Graylighter, was relentlessly hunting down Wen Meng in his Destroyer.

Wen Meng kept dodging, looking for an opportunity to counterattack.

"Let’s see how long you can last!"

Sa Wei said arrogantly.

"Shut your damn mouth! It’s not decided who’s going to die yet!"

Infuriated, Wen Meng charged forward, slashing at Sa Wei.

Sa Wei raised his blade to block.

KLANG!

Sparks flew.

Wen Meng seized the opportunity to land a vicious kick on Sa Wei.

Sa Wei, seemingly unable to dodge in time, was sent flying by Wen Meng’s kick.

Seeing his chance, Wen Meng was about to rush in for the finishing blow.

But a beam of light shot toward him.

’Crap!’

Wen Meng instantly realized he had fallen for a trap.

BOOM—

His mecha was hit, and an explosion swept over it.

"Dammit!"

Wen Meng was critically injured in an instant.

Sa Wei seized the opening and charged forward, plunging his blade into Wen Meng’s mecha.

"Aargh!"

With a scream, Wen Meng plummeted to the ground.

Just then, Hai Ying flew over and said to Sa Wei.

"Spread out and clean up the rest of Dawn Guild’s people!"

"No problem!"

Sa Wei flew off with a vicious grin.

Meanwhile, Kaber and Ask rushed toward each other at incredible speed.

DING—

Sparks flew.

The two shot past one another, then quickly turned to face each other again.

Kaber spoke with a savage grin.

"Ask, my people have taken care of all yours. All that’s left is a few small fry. What have you got left to fight me with?"

"Bastard!"

Hearing Kaber’s words, Ask glanced around. His face turned grim as he clenched his teeth and charged.

Seeing Ask lose his composure, Kaber met his charge with excitement.

...

「On a patch of ruins.」

Sa Wei, piloting his Graylighter, looked at the few remaining Dawn Guild players before him and sneered.

"You’re the only small fry left. Still not surrendering?"

"Hmph, let’s take him on!"

Though these Dawn Guild players knew they couldn’t beat Sa Wei, they still pulled out EMP grenades and hurled them at him.

Sa Wei simply flew up into the air.

RUMBLE RUMBLE—

The EMP grenades exploded on empty ground.

Sa Wei landed right in their midst and swung his metal blade in a wide arc.

Aargh!

With screams of pain, the remaining Dawn Guild players were cut down as easily as vegetables.

The streamer Bobiga aimed the camera at Sa Wei and began to speak.

"Folks, Sa Wei has finished clearing out the last of the Dawn Guild players. Now, only Ask is left!"

"It’s over. Ask was already struggling against Kaber. If Hai Ying and Sa Wei lead the remaining forces to surround him, he’s sure to lose!"

"Argh, my money!"

"Haha, I told you Twilight Guild would win for sure!"

...

Countless comments flooded the screen.

「Arena · VIP Platform No. 18.」

Seeing the tide had turned against them, Cleene’s expression grew colder, her eyes filled with rage.

The subordinates behind her were as silent as cicadas in winter, not daring to make a sound.

At that moment, Vice-President Sedek raised his wine glass, gave Cleene a smug toast, and opened the VIP platform’s communicator to say:

"There’s no suspense left in this match. Thank you for your generous gift."

"Hmph. Don’t get cocky. It’s not over until the very end."

After speaking, Cleene cut the connection, pinning all her hopes on her trump card.

Seeing how furious Cleene was, the smile on Vice-President Sedek’s face grew even wider.

...

「Inside the battlefield.」

After cleaning up the small fry, Sa Wei cracked his neck, looked up at Kaber and Ask fighting in the distant sky, and activated his thruster wings to take off.

Just then, something unexpected happened.

Long Ming suddenly burst out of a dilapidated skyscraper, shattering the glass as he leaped. He raised his Blood Blade and swung a savage slash at Sa Wei from the side.

"What?"

Sa Wei was shocked by the sudden ambush. He quickly twisted his mecha’s torso and raised its left arm to block.

CRACK!

The entire left arm was instantly severed.

The Blood Blade slammed into the Graylighter’s chassis.

Long Ming slammed Sa Wei down, crashing him heavily into the ground.

BOOM!

The ground shattered on impact.

PTHOO—

Sa Wei spat a mouthful of blood inside his helmet. He lay on the ground, unable to move, as red warning boxes constantly popped up on his control interface.

"Warning: Left arm damaged!"

"Warning: External armor damaged!"

"Warning: GS circuitry damaged!"

...

"How could this..."

Sa Wei stared at Long Ming, his face a mask of disbelief. He was using a Third Generation Mechanical God, yet he had been critically wounded in an ambush by a solo player wearing second-generation gear.

Without a single wasted word, Long Ming raised his Blood Blade and thrust it straight through.

CRUNCH!

Sa Wei closed his eyes, unwilling to accept his fate.

"Oh my god, am I seeing things? There’s a solo player still alive, and he just ambushed and killed Twilight Guild’s Sa Wei!"

The streamer Bobiga exclaimed in utter shock.

"Holy shit, that’s awesome!"

"Is this the start of an upset?"

"Don’t tell me the solo player is going to steal the win?"

"That would be incredible!"

"Bullshit!"

"You think the Twilight Guild are a bunch of pushovers?"

...

The crowd watching the livestream erupted.

Meanwhile, Kaber and Ask collided.

BANG—

A massive shockwave spread out.

Kaber was forcefully overpowering Ask, pushing him back relentlessly.

Just then, Hai Ying’s voice came over the communication channel.

"Lord Kaber, all of Dawn Guild’s members have been eliminated!"

"Good work!"

Kaber laughed heartily.

"But there’s a problem. There’s one solo player left that we didn’t deal with. He ambushed and killed Sa Wei."

Hai Ying reported to Kaber.

"Hmph. Hai Ying, you take everyone else and go deal with that solo player. You don’t need to worry about things over here!"

Kaber replied arrogantly.

"Yes, sir!"

Hai Ying acknowledged.

She led her remaining subordinates to surround Long Ming’s position.

Sensing the danger, Long Ming immediately began moving at high speed.

At that moment, Hai Ying was hovering in the air, raising a beam sniper rifle and taking aim at Long Ming.

She held her breath and pulled the trigger.

SWOOSH!

A beam of light shot toward Long Ming.