Chapter 96 In the water, they actually didn't have much of a position...

Seeing the snow beast torn to pieces, He Xiao's gaze towards Su Li brightened even more.

She gestured excitedly as she asked, "What was that just now? Why was there such a big palm print?"

That hand-shaped weapon could actually grow larger when it was hit. This was the first time He Xiao had ever seen such a fighting style; before, they always used particle guns to sweep through the area.

She thought that palm technique was particularly cool.

“That’s the Tathagata Palm,” Su Li said calmly, though she was anything but calm inside.

Although it was tested during production, facing interstellar monsters evokes a completely different feeling.

On the other side of the interstellar network, everyone watching the broadcast was also puzzled.

"What is the Tathagata Palm? I've never heard of it."

"Did you see clearly how that palm print was made?"

All they saw was the mech extending its palm, and the lasers shooting from its five fingers joined together to form a palm print.

They even scattered the snow beasts.

Some people knew that Su Li was Teacher Mei's student and wanted to ask her if she knew what was going on. Teacher Mei just smiled and said, "It's all her own idea. I didn't do anything."

Unable to get any information, the group had no choice but to sit back down and continue watching.

Simulated battlefield.

Be careful, don't let the scene before you cloud your judgment.

“I will, Grandmother,” Su Li replied softly, her whole body becoming alert.

She knew very well how powerful the Tathagata Palm was. The fact that it could so easily scatter that snow beast meant that there was an even more powerful being nearby.

He Xiao wanted to speak, but Su Li raised her hand and pressed down on her shoulder.

"Don't get excited, we're in big trouble."

Although that palm strike hit the snow beast, it also alerted the other snow beasts on the ground.

Su Li piloted the mecha, carrying He Xiao, and quickly flew into the air.

The snow beasts crawling up from below were so densely packed that they would have been completely undetectable had they not made any movements, given their color blending perfectly with the snow.

Just thinking about how they had been standing on the snow beast the whole time made He Xiao's scalp tingle.

The student who had been lifted into the air by Su Li breathed a sigh of relief. If Su Li hadn't pulled her up, she probably would have been swallowed up by the snow beast and eliminated long ago.

Fortunately, his usual training was not in vain. After adjusting, He Xiao was able to pilot the mecha and fly in mid-air.

"Thank you," she said, looking at Su Li.

"It's too early to thank me now. Let's talk about it after we get out of here safely. If a fight breaks out later, we might not be able to take care of you. Be careful."

"Don't worry, I haven't been training you for nothing," He Xiao said.

From the air, the snow beast below appears to blend almost seamlessly into the snow.

The roars of the snow beasts were deafening. Many people watching from outside the screen, facing the horde of snow beasts directly, were worried for Su Li and He Xiao.

"Why isn't she using her Tathagata Palm technique anymore?" someone asked anxiously.

The others were also waiting to see Su Li unleash the power of the Tathagata Palm again; it was too fast just now, and they hadn't seen anything clearly.

However, Su Li remained suspended in mid-air without making any movement, which disappointed them somewhat.

The other students who were teleported to the simulated battlefield were either alert enough to fly into the air and escape unscathed, or slower enough to be swallowed up by the snow beasts and eliminated.

Upon seeing this, the school leaders couldn't help but wonder, "How could this be? There weren't so many strange beasts in previous years."

The snow was covered with snow beasts, leaving no place for the students to put their feet. Those who hadn't been eliminated were all suspended in mid-air.

A soldier nearby replied, "The general said that the simulations in previous years were too easy, and this year he wants to make it more difficult for these students, so he increased the number of snow beasts."

This also increases the snow beast's attack power.

Knowing it was the general's order, the crowd was dissatisfied but dared not say anything more.

The general stared at the blue and white mecha on the screen. "Are these students from the Federal Military Academy's Mecha Soldier Academy?"

The principal nodded. "Yes, speaking of which, the general should also know this student."

The general looked over, but the principal just smiled and said, "I'll tell you after the competition. You can check out this student's abilities first; her mecha is quite special."

The general became interested, but didn't ask any further questions. He simply nodded and began to look at it carefully.

All eyes turned to the screen again.

Wave after wave of snow beasts attacked the snowballs overhead, while the mechs dodged left and right.

Su Li moved her wrists and ankles in the air, the mecha's hands crossed and swung back and forth, and her ankles rotated a few times.

It also made a clicking sound when it shook its head.

It left those around them speechless.

"What is that person doing? It's so weird."

"They're probably students from the Federal Military Academy's Mecha Academy. They probably know their academy won't get any rankings, so they're just giving up."

"Tch, women are useless. This mech looks like it can't even hold weapons. All this useless stuff. When it comes to the real battlefield, we men will still be the ones to save it."

Su Li heard this, glanced at the other person, and sneered, "Then you useless man, watch how this woman saves you."

As soon as she finished speaking, Su Liren was no longer in her original position.

They only saw a slightly blue afterimage rush towards the snow beast on the ground.

"Is she crazy?"

He Xiao wanted to curse back, but just as the words were about to come out, he heard several loud bangs below, and a large number of snow beasts fell over.

"How did she do that?"

The snow beast was white, and Su Li's mecha was mostly white as well. She was also very fast, so the little bit of blue decoration on her mecha was completely invisible.

Students in mid-air are invisible, but people outside the venue can adjust their cameras.

They clearly saw that Su Li smashed a snow beast to pieces with a single palm strike.

It's easy and effortless.

She moved nimbly through the snow beasts, switching from hand strikes to fist strikes when her palms got tired.

One kick is enough to take down a snow beast.

Defeating those snow beasts is as easy as chopping vegetables.

Someone scoffed, "Is this student an idiot? He clearly has weapons, yet he still chooses such a foolish method to engage in close combat with the snow beast."

The principal wasn't angry; he saw through Su Li's intentions. "No, she was just testing her mecha's capabilities."

Sure enough, after a large number of snow beasts fell, Su Li returned to mid-air.

She shook her hands and feet, "It's alright, my hands and feet are still quite nimble."

"Oh no! Look down there!" someone shouted.

They looked over and saw that the snow beasts were stacked one on top of another, including the snow beasts that had been scattered earlier, and now they had actually merged into a huge snow beast.

The synthesized snow beast roared and charged forward. The roar was so loud that it hurt everyone's ears. Not to mention, the snow beast swung its arms and stretched them into the air. Students who were slow to dodge were directly smashed into the snow by the snow beast's fists and were eliminated.

After dodging, Su Li controlled the mecha to cross her legs, and then controlled the mecha's arms to put her hands together.

The mecha floated in mid-air, radiating a golden light.

"What are you doing? The snow beast is coming! Get out of the way!" He Xiao shouted anxiously when he saw that Su Li had no intention of dodging.

Seeing the approaching snow beast, He Xiao hesitated for a moment before deciding to go and save the people.

"Don't come any closer!"

He Xiao suddenly heard a voice, it sounded like Su Li's voice. Was it Su Li telling her not to go over there?

In the brief moment she was stunned, the snow beast had already closed in.

"Danger! Get out of the way!" He Xiao shouted urgently.

Su Li suddenly opened her eyes, and the mecha's eyes also lit up.

Now!

Su Li piloted her mecha to a higher position, then stretched out her palm. This time, an even larger handprint appeared in front of her, which she slapped directly at the snow beast.

The snow beast was smashed to pieces by the huge palm print. The other students in mid-air could see it clearly. After the snow beast was smashed apart, a huge palm print was left on the ground. The mark was quite deep.

Everyone was deeply shocked by the palm print that Su Li had created.

What exactly is this thing called the Tathagata Palm?

That's amazing!

Su Li, who was originally in mid-air, has disappeared.

He Xiao turned his head to look for Su Li, but couldn't see her. He quickly maneuvered his mecha to land on the snow.

She looked around but didn't see Su Li's mecha.

Surely she can't be out of the game? Su Li wasn't hit by the snow beast.

"What are you standing there for? Grab the flag!" someone shouted in her ear.

He Xiao turned her head to look, but still didn't see Su Li. However, she did see a splash of red peeking out from the snowdrift on the ground.

Yes, a flag.

The flag they were looking for was red.

He Xiao hurriedly ran over to try and get the flag, but the wind and snow got stronger and stronger, and he couldn't see the road ahead at all.

Others had already spotted the date and rushed toward the flag, only to hear a gasp before falling silent.

Fearing the snow beast would return, no one dared to make a move, but the wind and snow were so strong that their vision was filled with snow.

"What's going on? Wasn't it supposed to be that defeating the snow beast would get you the flag? How come this is happening?"

"Yeah, why is this year different from previous years?"

Some people were secretly pleased that Su Li had defeated the snow beast, thinking that they didn't need to deal with the snow beast and could just focus on capturing the flag.

Unexpectedly, a sudden gust of wind arose, blowing the snow everywhere and obscuring the flag from view.

If they can get the flag, it will mean they have taken the first step towards victory.

This is the first flag; whoever gets it first will take the first step towards victory.

This has been the case every year: four simulated battlefields, eight academies, and the academy that gets the most flags is the winner.

They all wanted their college to win.

However, all the individual mech soldiers who rushed forward were eliminated.

This made them feel strange.

Could there be snow beasts?

When He Xiao got there, she saw something rushing towards her. Before she could react, a fist stopped in front of her.

"Are you alright?" Su Li asked.

"I'm fine. I thought you were out of the game." He Xiao breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Su Li appear.

"I'm fine. I got the flag. Let's go."

He Xiao was pleasantly surprised, but didn't say anything.

In previous years, some soldiers from the Federal Military Academy had their mechs receive flags, but they would be snatched away by students from other academies before they even left, so keeping quiet was the best course of action.

As they were leaving, Su Li grabbed He Xiao and dodged away again.

A long-range particle bomb exploded where they were standing, and snowflakes fell softly.

"Hand over the flag."

Su Li fired a light bullet directly in the direction from which the long-range particle bullet had been launched. Those people dodged it, but unexpectedly, the light bullet suddenly stopped in mid-air and then exploded, eliminating the people nearby.

"Find a place to hide."

"Then what are you going to do?" He Xiao asked.

"Me? I'll let them taste my Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms."

After Su Li finished speaking, she quickly jumped into the air and grabbed a mecha. "You were the one who fired the long-range particle bullets just now, weren't you? Why do you like to steal? Come on, I'll let you steal as much as you want now!"

As she spoke, she slapped the mecha. Before the other party could react, Su Li controlled the mecha again, and her fists rained down.

After the opponent was eliminated, Su Li held up the flag she had obtained in mid-air and said, "The flag is right here. Come and take it if you want it."

The group exchanged bewildered glances, but upon seeing the flag, they sprang into action, firing their weapons at Su Li. Just as they were about to strike, Su Li's mecha flashed and vanished without a trace.

"Strange, where is she? Did she run away?"

"They didn't run away, they're right here."

The man was startled, not expecting Su Li to silently circle behind him and slap him.

"You look down on women, huh? Then remember this: not just on this battlefield, but in the upcoming simulated battlefields, I, Su Li, will eliminate any woman you despise."

After saying that, Su Li kicked him out of the game.

Then, with a flash, he disappeared again.

As everyone looked on in confusion, Su Li stood behind them and patted their mechs. "Looking for me?"

When the other person turned around, Su Li punched them out of the game.

Seeing this, the others, surprisingly, decided to try and eliminate Su Li, and all gathered around her.

They wanted to bully Su Li, but the mecha soldiers from the Federal Military Academy naturally disagreed.

Su Li tossed the flag to the class monitor, cracking her knuckles, "Step back, leave this to me."

Those people didn't care who had the flag at this moment. They could see that Su Li was no ordinary person. Only by defeating Su Li could they possibly snatch the flag back from the people of the Federal Military Academy.

Therefore, they chose to surround Su Li.

"You've come at the perfect time." Su Li went straight to greet her.

One punch and a mech is gone; when he turns around, he can kick another one away.

The mecha fell to the ground in pieces, and Su Li made a gesture to finish her move.

Then he beckoned to the people below who were beaten and unable to move but were still in the game, "Come here!"

Xiang Bei couldn't bear to watch such a provocative action.

Take it easy, don't traumatize them.

Seeing that those people didn't move, Su Li fired a light bullet, eliminating them all.

"Su Li, you are amazing! I declare that from today onwards, you are the person I admire most."

"Yes, we admire you the most, Su Li, you're the best!" The others chimed in.

"Don't get too excited yet. We need to get out of here before this flag will truly be ours."

"Yes, yes, we can get a point this year too," He Xiao said happily.

Suddenly, a vortex appeared in mid-air. He Xiao said, "The door has appeared. Let's go quickly."

They quickly piloted their mechs into the vortex.

The area outside was where they had come in earlier, and the instructors were all waiting there.

"Instructor, this is the flag we received." The squad leader handed the red flag to the instructor.

"Hahahaha, well done! Go back and rest for a couple of days, then continue in a couple of days." Yue Qianxing laughed heartily.

Just as the group of children went inside, they brazenly began speculating right in front of him which student would win the red flag for this round.

His face turned green after seeing Su Li eliminate all the students.

He was too shy to laugh earlier, but now he's laughing heartily.

Before leaving, she said with an embarrassed look, "Oh dear, you guessed wrong. The red flag was won by Su Li from our Federal Military Academy, hahahahaha."

Ignoring the furious faces of those people, Yue Qianxing said loudly, "Children, let's go back and rest."

When Su Li returned, she was surrounded by people asking her how she managed to do the Tathagata Palm.

And when she fights, her moves look especially cool.

Some people think that while close-quarters combat is impressive, it also puts you at a disadvantage.

It's hard to say for Su Li. She has other equipment, but it's not good to use her ultimate move right away, as it exposes her trump card.

After resting for two days, they entered the simulated battlefield again.

Remove one snowy field, leaving three randomized competition venues.

This time, perhaps because they had been reprimanded, they dared not underestimate the Federal Military Academy again, especially not Su Li.

They also adjusted their combat strategy to better suit Su Li's close-quarters combat skills.

Seeing the door that appeared before her, Su Li followed her classmates through it.

Passing through that gate, one is greeted by an endless ocean.

If I hadn't reacted quickly and flown into the air in time, I would have fallen into the sea.

I don't know who designed this, it's so mean, putting the door in mid-air.

Several careless people came in and fell into the sea, thus being eliminated.

This time, the teleportation was still done separately, but the figures of the mech soldiers could still be seen in the distance.

"That's strange, what's going on? This isn't what we agreed on," someone said, puzzled.

A voice came from above, "The rules have changed this year, students, the difficulty has increased, so you all need to work harder."

The group was somewhat incredulous at what they had just heard. Although the difficulty of the simulated battlefield was adjusted every year, the lessons they had learned in school were still relevant.

Now everything has changed, and it's not only different from what was agreed upon, but it's also making some people start to panic.

At this moment, even the calm sea surface began to stir.

A huge tentacle stretched out and lashed out towards Su Li.

Su Li dodged to the side and clearly saw that the tentacles looked like octopus legs.

This time it should be an octopus beast.

After its tentacles swept across the water, the octopus beast disappeared from sight, except for some ripples on the surface.

"Stay away from me," Su Li said to He Xiao.

He Xiao quickly raised his mecha to avoid being affected.

Even so, the sea remained still.

One by one, mech soldiers gathered over, and those from the same academy naturally grouped together. He Xiao also told everyone about the situation.

"Let's go underwater and see, my mech can go underwater," someone suggested.

Su Li's mecha can certainly go underwater, and its performance is excellent; it can dive to very deep places without any problem.

Most importantly, simply waiting on the surface of the sea is too passive; this challenge tests underwater combat capabilities.

Even if the rules are changed, this point remains the same.

Su Li looked at He Xiao, "Can your mecha go underwater?"

"able."

Then he looked at the other students in the college. They were all together, so it was best to act together. That way, if anything changed, they could communicate in time.

Su Li ignored how the other students discussed it and went into the water with everyone else.

When I first entered the water, I couldn't see anything, but the calmer it was, the more dangerous it felt.

They kept diving down.

"later."

Su Li turned her head and saw a giant octopus-like creature that looked like a mountain, quietly watching them.

The red flag they were looking for was stuck on the octopus's head.

"Who did this?"

The students stared in astonishment at the octopus-like creature.

How could anyone think of sticking a red flag on the head of an octopus-like creature?

Although it's a simulated battlefield, the octopus beasts are real, and those who can get in and plant the flag are no ordinary people.

That's just too unethical; how could they have thought of sticking the flag there?

They saw the octopus-like creature wildly waving its tentacles, stirring up the seawater, and causing the mech to float back and forth with the current.

In the water, they don't actually have much of an advantage.

Su Li drifted with the water, but she couldn't communicate with others.

People from other colleges weren't much better off.

Furthermore, seaweed tangled up, making it even harder to see clearly once entangled. Despite their efforts to avoid it, their mechs were still wrapped up by the seaweed.

Su Li had a bad feeling.

The Tathagata Palm doesn't seem to be very effective here.

But it's impossible to just ask her to give up.

Just as the seaweed was about to entangle Su Li's mecha, a hidden compartment on the mecha opened, and a sword was delivered.

Su Li grabbed the sword and swung it to cut off the water plants that were entangled around her.

The octopus beast mainly attacks with its tentacles. Su Li thought that she should cut off the octopus beast's tentacles so that it would not be able to stir up the waves with its octopus legs.