The last sixty seconds of the countdown appeared on the big screen, and the forty contestants on the field all entered the mechas.
The images of twenty battle zones were displayed on the super-large screen at the same time, but almost everyone's screen was switched to the eighteenth battle zone.
The TJ-412's pilot encountered Hall Williams the moment he entered the game, and his mood was utterly dismal. He had prematurely activated the emblems he had intended to use later, and his mech was enveloped in a faint glow.
At the end of the last ten seconds of the countdown, the buzzer sounded, indicating that the game officially began.
TJ-412 immediately rushed towards Hall's KA-165, rushed to the front left of Hall at an extremely fast speed, drew out the Aurora Sword and slashed at the joint of Hall's right arm. The joint is the weakest point of defense for the mecha.
Hall's KA-165 did not move at all, as if it was asleep.
Everyone was sweating for Hall, watching as the Aurora Sword was about to strike the right arm joint of his mech, when he suddenly vanished. If you slow down the video, you'll see that just as the attack was about to arrive, Hall swiftly leaped into the air, leaping to the side and rear of the KA-165 and delivering a swift punch, fiercely striking the TJ-412 in the flank.
The TJ-412 mecha, which is said to have excellent defense and strength, has a large dent on its surface that is visible to the naked eye.
However, before TJ-412 could react, Hall threw another swift punch, beating TJ-412 hard like a violent storm.
The damage rate of the TJ-412 mecha rose sharply, and red warning lights kept appearing inside the mecha, but the driver was already powerless to save the situation. He was hit by Hall's swift and fierce attack and had no power to fight back. He couldn't escape by Hall's speed.
Sophia's sweet voice rang out, "The battle in Area 18 has concluded. The winner is Contestant No. 07, Hall Williams."
"Wow! It's only been a few minutes? Hall is so amazing! How did he do it? Did he activate the speed emblem?" Someone couldn't help but exclaim.
"Not really. I see his mecha hasn't even activated its emblem. I think he must be relying on his own strength." Another person disagreed.
"His own strength... then how strong must his physical fitness be?" The mechas used in the mecha battles on the Star Network are all mechanical mechas that have been simulated by data, which can better ensure the fairness of the competition.
The operator needs to use body movements to drive the mecha to move, so there are very high requirements for the operator's physical endurance and reaction ability. The degree of integration with the mecha must be improved through continuous combat training.
The fact that Hall was able to manipulate the mecha to fight at such a fast speed and win without using a crest showed that not only was his physical strength and reaction speed extremely high, but also his degree of integration with the mecha was very high.
This is just a virtual mechanical mecha. By the finals, the contestants will be able to use real mechas, and the combat effectiveness of Hall Williams' famous intelligent mecha Thor will be even stronger.
Hall retracted the mecha and slowly withdrew from the battle area. A tsunami of cheers broke out on the field.
Hall calmly returned to the player waiting area, while his opponent was unfortunately eliminated.
Soon, the winners of the other nineteen battle zones were decided, and another nineteen contestants were eliminated.
The enthusiasm of the audience has been aroused, and when the second set of matches began, cheers and applause were heard everywhere.
Watching the fierce battle on the field, Dragal and Rachel were also excited. "We want to participate in the next competition together!"
In fact, with Delagar's background, it was not difficult to get a letter of recommendation from a school-level officer, but he felt that his current strength was not enough, so he did not rashly participate in this competition.
Facts have proved that his decision was correct. The contestants this year were all very strong, especially those between the ages of 23 and 25. Many of them had already joined the army and accumulated rich combat experience. It was not easy to defeat them.
Soon, it was the turn of the third group of contestants, and this time another KA-165 attracted the attention of all the audience.
"Who is this gray-haired man?"
"It seems his name is Ignaz Roland." Someone glanced at the jumbotron and found the list of players in the corresponding battle zone.
“I don’t think I’ve heard of it…” After Hall Williams, another person appeared who was able to accumulate enough points in the arena to redeem KA-165. Could it be that KA-165 has become an arcade machine?
Many people even checked the Arena Points Store to see if the redemption requirements for the KA-165 had changed. However, the redemption requirement for the KA-165 mecha remained at 80,000 points, indicating that this contestant's combat prowess was no less than Hall Williams'.
"He's so handsome." Several girls laughed and their eyes were fixed on Ignaz.
"Tsk, what bad luck! Why am I in the same group with Ig?" Chris is also a contestant in the third group. He drives the LX-774 mecha, which not only has excellent performance but also looks very beautiful. The points required for redemption are as high as 28,000 points. If it weren't for Ignaz, his mecha would probably be the most eye-catching one in the third group.
Perhaps in order to turn his grief and anger into strength, Chris launched a swift attack at the start of the game. His mecha was designed to focus on speed and strength, coupled with his own explosive power, he left his opponent without any chance of fighting back from the start, forcing him to flee across the field.
In the end, Ignaz and Chris won at the same time, and the cheers were obviously given to Ignaz more, which made Chris so angry that he kept muttering.
Among the contestants in the fourth group, Diana Walker and her TA-158 mecha attracted a lot of attention.
"Oh my god, that woman is so tall."
"Yeah, why is her mecha so black and ugly?"
"That's the TA-158, the highest-end defensive mecha in the T series."
"But the TA-158 mecha is also the heaviest, right? And her opponent is the JH-038 mecha." The JH-038 is also a mid-to-high-end mecha purchased with federal coins. Everyone compared the bulky TA-158 with the better-performing JH-038 mecha opposite her, and felt that the JH-038 had a greater chance of winning.
"Maybe they want to rely on defense to withstand it?" After all, the energy of the mecha is limited. If JH-038 runs out of energy first, then wouldn't TA-158 be the winner?
The fourth group's competition started soon, but to everyone's surprise, Diana not only did not use the attrition tactics as everyone guessed, but instead took the initiative to attack. The TA-158 running at full speed was not slower than the opposing mecha.
The JH-038 driver was hit by the TA-158 without any warning, and he saw stars, as if he was hit by an airship.
The JH-038 driver nearly swore. This TA-158 was simply taking to the skies! How did it achieve such terrifying speed?! Doesn't the TA-158 have a load capacity of 2 tons? Doesn't it have no other advantages besides defense? What the hell is going on?! How could someone run so fast in a 2-ton mecha?! This must be a bug!
No matter how the driver of JH-038 roared in his heart, Diana's attack did not stop at all. Her attack method was very simple, which was to keep colliding. Relying on her strong defense and huge weight, each collision caused considerable damage to the opponent's mecha.
But the opponent couldn't dodge Diana's attack because her speed and explosive power were too fast. This was totally unreasonable!
Oakland was quite calm, thinking back to yesterday when he saw Diana pressing a 1T barbell in the training room without blushing or beating her heart, and fighting Ignatz to a draw in the gravity room that was opened to who knows how many times. What was this mere weight-bearing that mattered?
The four members of the Silver Wing team passed the first round of preliminaries without any suspense and directly entered the next round.
Chris didn't know what kind of luck he had, but he met Diana in the fourth round. The two fought without mercy. Although Chris was fast and strong, he was still knocked down by Diana with her strength and defensive advantages.
When Chris came out of the mecha, he felt pain in every bone in his body. He grinned and made a face at Diana, then reluctantly returned to the waiting area.
Fortunately, this was already the fourth round. The eighteen winners directly became the top twenty of the regional qualifiers and qualified for the semi-finals. The remaining contestants who lost would not be eliminated directly. Instead, the losers of this round would continue to compete in the fifth round until the final two were selected to enter the top twenty.
At the same time, the winner will also need to participate in the sixth round until the champion of the regional qualifiers is decided.
Chris performed well in the fifth round and became the nineteenth regional qualifier.
As for the regional qualifier championship, it naturally fell to Hall without any suspense. In the sixth round, Hall defeated Ignaz and Diana successively, once again swiftly and without mercy.
Ignatz won the second place, Diana came in third, and poor Chris, who was so unlucky that he only got 19th place, was so angry that he almost exploded.
"Wow, we really won! Senior Hall is so handsome!" De Lagar shouted excitedly.
"Yeah..." Auckland was excited by watching the wonderful battles. He finally understood why Hall was so popular. Without using any emblems, he won the final victory with his own strength. A strong man like Hall was so handsome!
He could fully imagine how brilliantly Hall would perform in the upcoming Interstellar Rookie Mecha Competition, and he also hoped that he could also demonstrate his strength in the team competition.
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