When everyone else stood up, Li Ze was hidden from view, and apart from Lan Shuang and the others around him, no one else noticed that he was still sitting.

Lan Shuang tugged at his sleeve, but he remained unmoved.

Fortunately, everyone simply bowed and sat down, and Li Ze did not attract the attention of the eldest prince and princess.

"You can't do that again next time," Lan Shuang whispered in Li Ze's ear.

Li Ze remained unmoved, focusing his attention on the arena. At this moment, the teams that had entered the finals had entered the arena, and their mechs had also arrived. Specialized technicians were inspecting their mechs.

The match officially started half an hour later.

The moment the entire arena erupted in cheers, a dense aura of malevolence burst forth. Li Ze's eyes lit up; in places invisible to the naked eye, a dense aura of malevolence was surging toward him from all directions.

"Huh, has it gotten colder?" Lan Shuang rubbed the goosebumps on her arms.

"I also feel a bit cold." Zhou Yang opened his personal terminal to check the weather forecast and asked in confusion, "The temperature hasn't dropped."

Li Ze: "......."

"Just consider it free air conditioning, it's quite nice." Lan Shuang found that apart from the initial chill, it felt quite comfortable after getting used to it. "Li Ze, are you cold?"

"It's not cold." Li Ze's voice rose slightly at the end, his brows relaxing. He noticed that the murderous aura was continuously generated as the intensity of the battle increased—

Doesn't this mean that as long as the competition continues, he will have a constant supply of killing intent to consume?

As Li Ze had predicted, throughout the entire competition, in the vast arena, more than 200,000 people continuously generated malevolent energy. Some generated stronger malevolent energy, while others generated weaker energy. When the malevolent energy of more than 200,000 people converged, it was like trickles of water flowing into a river.

This result surprised and delighted Li Ze, but also somewhat unexpected.

These mortals are actually able to generate such a dense aura of malevolence!

Li Ze suddenly let out a burp.

"Would you like some water?" Lan Shuang handed the water to Li Ze.

Li Ze took it. The competition was nearing its end, and they were so engrossed in watching that they forgot to eat anything after most of the day had passed.

Li Ze remembered the spatial button the robot had given him when he left home, and immediately checked it out. He found that there was a lot of food inside, mostly snacks.

Li Ze took the food out and distributed it to Lan Shuang and Zhou Yang on his left and right sides.

Lan Shuang accepted the delicate and adorable little snacks, her eyes crinkling with joy. "Thank you, I'm actually quite hungry."

However, before she could take a bite, something unexpected happened.

A series of loud bangs rang out, and more than a dozen mushroom clouds rose from the competition stage and the stands. Cries, shouts, and screams echoed throughout the entire competition venue.

Li Ze saw the terrified crowd fleeing in all directions, crushing and trampling each other, their faces unrecognizable.

Lan Shuang grabbed Li Ze's hand, her face pale, and tried to pull him away, but was bumped by others and crashed into him.

"What's that smell?" Li Ze twitched his nose.

At that moment, the surroundings were noisy, and no one heard what he said.

The next second, countless void beasts tore through space and appeared in everyone's sight.

"My God, how could a Void Beast appear here! This is Vermilion Bird Star!" Song Duheng was dumbfounded, his quantum beast was tightly guarding his side.

Zhou Yang also released a quantum beast, and in addition, he released a mecha from the space button.

Just as he was about to enter the mecha, Li Ze stopped him. "Are there any other mechas?"

Zhou Yang was taken aback, then gritted his teeth and turned a space to him, "Hide in the mecha and don't come out. I will protect you."

After saying that, he entered the mecha.

"Li Ze, can you pilot a mecha?" Lan Shuang asked. Actually, she already knew the answer in her heart, but she still asked again, unwilling to give up.

"I don't know," Li Ze answered honestly.

Zhou Yang gave him a black mecha, which was at least eight or nine meters tall. At that height, even getting into the mecha's hatch would be difficult.

"How are you going to get up there?" Lan Shuang was already hesitating whether or not to let Li Ze step on her shoulders to climb up.

Li Ze didn't say anything. He stood up, put his arm around Lan Shuang's waist, and with a light tap of his toes, the two of them were already standing at the entrance of the cabin.

ah--

Lan Shuang belatedly let out a scream.

Li Ze ignored her, led her into the mecha, and closed the mecha's hatch.

After entering the mecha, Li Ze released Lan Shuang and walked towards the pilot's seat.

"Li Ze, get out of the way!"

Zhou Yang's extremely anxious voice suddenly rang out inside the mecha.

Before Li Ze could react, the next second, everything spun around, and Li Ze and Lan Shuang tumbled and collided in their mechs. The black mech, knocked over by the Void Beast, rolled off the VIP seats and onto the arena.

Lan Shuang was bruised and battered, and Li Ze's mouth was bleeding. He helped Lan Shuang sit down and fastened her seatbelt before taking his seat in the driver's seat.

At this moment, Lan Shuang was so scared that she wanted to cry, but seeing Li Ze's serious and even somewhat cold expression, she held back. She couldn't disturb Li Ze.

Mechs are divided into mental control and manual control. Manual control requires practice, but there is no time for Li Ze to practice now, not even time for him to familiarize himself with the various buttons on the mech.

Therefore, he chose the spiritual link.

However, ordinary people's mental strength is too weak; opening a single spatial button is already their limit.

Upon seeing Li Ze choose to form a mental link, Lan Shuang hesitated, opening and closing her mouth repeatedly, but ultimately said nothing.

"Lan Shuang, Li Ze, are you alright?" Zhou Yang's voice rang out again. He really wanted to come and check on their situation, but he was held up by the Void Beast and couldn't get away.

"We're alright." Lan Shuang's voice trembled uncontrollably.

Li Ze didn't speak; he was trying to get the mecha to stand up. The mecha, which had fallen to the ground, braced itself on its hands and bent its legs, and stood up in an ugly and bizarre posture.

If mechs could be controlled as freely as one's own body—

Li Ze raised his eyes and increased the transmission of his mental energy.

Ordinary people do not have spiritual power, but he has divine consciousness.

The black mecha walked clumsily step by step, much like a toddler just learning to walk, except that it learned so quickly that it could move swiftly after only a few steps.

"Li Ze, the Void Beasts are here!" Lan Shuang closed her eyes in terror.

Li Ze's eyes narrowed slightly, and the next moment, a large sword suddenly appeared in the black mecha's hand.

It sprinted forward and leaped into the air, its greatsword moving with lightning speed. No one noticed how the black creature made its move. By the time it landed, the towering void beast was already decapitated.

With a bang, the Void Beast's massive body crashed to the ground, sending up clouds of dust.

Li Ze felt dizzy for a moment, and he shook his head, trying to stay awake.

Just then, a Void Beast pounced from behind the black mech.

Clang!

The mech was knocked to the ground.

"puff!"

Li Ze coughed up blood on the spot.

That's the downside of the mental link; when the mech is damaged, the person controlling it feels the damage as well.