Forty Millenniums of Cultivation

Now that the opponent was three levels higher than Li Yao, he could crush Li Yao as easy as pie, even if the two of them were equally skilled at operating their battlesuits.

There wouldnʼt even be a slim chance of winning, unless his skills were far better than those of his opponent.

The strength of his opponent filled Li Yaoʼs eyes with joy.

Li Yao walked towards the crystal suit warehouse as he thought, ʼVery good.

ʼThis is my first real battle in a crystal suit.

ʼItʼs great that Iʼve been blessed with such a strong opponent.ʼ

Since the latter half of the hundred students were less experienced than the former half, to ensure fairness of the elimination match, they were allowed to wait until their opponent had picked a crystal suit before they got to pick their own. It was believed that such arrangements could somewhat reduce the gap between the two contenders.

Very soon, No. 9ʼs choice was displayed on the crystal processor — Thunder Axe Battlesuit.

Thunder Axe Battlesuit was a super-heavy crystal suit, 2.65 meters tall, weighing 13.21 tons. It was the most titanic and cumbersome crystal suit among all the low-level ones provided by the training camp.

Of course, it boasted a large arsenal, too.

The Honeycomb Flying Sword System on its shoulder had 360 tiny flying swords on board. The four Thunder Axes on the outside of its arms and legs could deal incomparable damage, too.

Thunder Axe Battlesuit was muscular menʼs all-time favorite. As long as the wearer had enough strength, the crystal suit would become a walking guillotine.

”It seems that No. 9 is going to be a husky fellow.

”A husky man in the 10th level of the Refinement Stage now has the Thunder Axe Battlesuit on him. Itʼs really blood-freezing!

”Which suit should I pick to fight him?”

Li Yaoʼs face was wrapped in a mixture of craziness, obsession, enjoyment, and excitement.

Like a young man going on a date with his girlfriend, an assassin who was prepared to avenge his father, a serpent that had locked onto its prey in some dark woods, and a boy whoʼd just found a new game and was exploring the rules of it.

Soon, his eyes started shining.

The young man was on bed with his girlfriend, the assassin jumped down from the beam of the house, the serpent charged towards its prey with its glaring poison fangs, and the boy found out the trick of the game and moved on to the next level, grinning in great satisfaction.

Li Yao picked a crystal suit without any hesitation. The exhaust flame of the suit lit up the sky, and he flew towards the arena.

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Many students were paying close attention to this elimination match, especially the winners from previous matches, who wouldnʼt let go of such a rare opportunity and gathered together in order to watch the live show from the screen.

They were all here for No. 9.

Although the 99 students except Li Yao had been studying under different instructors, now and then there would be group training sessions in which they would be summoned together. Therefore, they all knew a thing or two about the othersʼ progress.

No. 9, or the former Zhou Zhenghao, was one of the toughest men among all the students.

Not only had he been endowed with great talent, he was also crazy about training. People often noticed that he was doing training at midnight.

One time, when he had an accident during training and broke four of his ribs, he took no rest and resumed training after some simple treatment from the med bay.

Instead of reducing the amount of training, he added another 20%, claiming that he needed to make up for the time he lost in the med bay.

Therefore, No. 9 had received the nickname ”steel man”!

He was one of the best Exos among the muscular-type Exos. After he put on a super-heavy crystal suit such as the Thunder Axe Battlesuit, even Long Qianyue and Yuan Yeshi would need to pay full attention knowing they couldnʼt be too careful.

A match such a tough man was participating in was definitely worth watching!

The only regret was that his opponent was too weak.

Many people clearly remembered what happened on Li Yaoʼs debut, and he had vanished into thin air ever since then.

It was told that his talents were so limited that he had to receive specially designed fundamental training.

Such a newbie would probably be blown away by the ʼsteel manʼ with a single punch. They wouldnʼt have the chance to see the full potential of the steel man at all.

But some people disagreed.

Li Yaoʼs ability was truly lousy, but his speed, on the other hand, was quite impressive.