Gu Ya's mind raced: "Sound speed is 340 meters per second, distance is 15 meters, considering acceleration and attitude adjustment, it's about 5 seconds!"
"I can dodge!"
Gu Ya counted down seconds and charged forward.
Catching the opponent off guard, disrupting their rhythm!
"Competitor Jude is making a suicidal charge!!!" the announcer shouted.
The Dragonfly lowered its right arm, the dagger tip aimed at Gu Ya, and its back flared with power, charging directly at Gu Ya!
Now's the time!
Gu Ya aimed for the mech's left side and quickly tilted his body, falling prone.
The Dragonfly's left arm swept past Gu Ya's head.
...
13 Wastewater Treatment Area, fifth-floor building,
All members cheered once again.
"Holy shit! Gu Ya's awesome!"
"Never seen anyone fight steel with flesh!"
Wang Panpan was more composed, knowing the battle wasn't over.
Meanwhile, Youyou kept covering her mouth, tears streaming down her face.
Her brother was fighting for his life for her.
...
On the battlefield, the Dragonfly missed its target again.
Li Ding could no longer stand it. It was supposed to be a one-hit-kill match, yet this unknown brat had dodged his charge twice and even damaged his mech's left arm!
He had lost all face!
Li Ding pulled out his control keyboard and began typing rapidly. "I intended to leave your body whole, but now I will tear you limb from limb!"
The Dragonfly lowered both arms and shot straight up, adjusting its posture in mid-air for a final dive.
This is my signature move, but you've utterly enraged me.
At this moment, Gu Ya on the ground noticed something unusual about the Dragonfly. Its movement was incredibly bizarre, like a giant needle about to pierce the earth.
"My skill cooldown is still 58 seconds. I need to find a way to stall for time... Got it!"
Gu Ya suddenly raised his hands and made a "stop" gesture.
The announcer burst into laughter, "My heavens! Competitor Jude is actually requesting a pause, hahaha!"
"This is a Mech Bounty Battle! Unless they're killed, knocked out, or surrender, I've never heard of a pause, hahaha!"
Just then, something even more astonishing happened.
Under the gaze of tens of thousands of eyes,
Gu Ya actually started shaking his hips!
He used every dance move he knew, posing and gyrating with utmost seriousness.
Snake dance, belly dance, hip-swinging dance, leg-kicking dance...
The announcer pulled down his sunglasses, his eyes wide with disbelief, and shouted in amazement, "This is too insane! Competitor Jude is performing a dance no one has ever seen before!!!"
Li Ding frowned, looking at Gu Ya's contortions with disbelief, and forgot to operate his mech.
When he finally realized, his opponent was taunting and mocking him!
His blood boiled, and he instantly lost all reason.
"I'll fucking kill you, Jude! I'll kill you!"
The Dragonfly immediately extended its dagger forward, pushed its back thrusters to the limit, and dived headfirst towards the ground.
Gu Ya had already calculated the impact location and force.
"He's going to crash himself to death."
The Dragonfly turned into a streak of lightning, shooting towards the ground.
A massive explosion rocked the area, and the ground was smashed into a large pit.
The shockwave from the impact kicked up dust into the sky.
All spectators held their breath, watching the center of the arena.
As the dust settled, a young man was seen holding a wrench,
unscrewing a bolt from the wrecked Dragonfly armor.
[Ding! Main quest completed]
[Received corresponding rewards]
Suddenly, the audience's forced silence was lifted.
Everyone erupted into cheers, like a thunderous roar, reaching an extreme, shaking the heavens!
"An unbelievable battle!!!"
"The second person in Mech Bounty Battle history to fight a mech with their bare body and win!"
"Jude of No Armor! The well-deserved dark horse!!!"
...
Inside the fifth-floor building of the 13 Wastewater Treatment Area,
Everyone was dumbfounded.
Wang Panpan stared at the screen in disbelief, stunned for a long time: "Holy crap? Gu Ya won?"
"He won! Boss! Gu Ya won!"
"So shocking! Gu Ya!"
All members hugged each other excitedly.
Lai Gouxie, holding his half-crushed head, his eyes shining, couldn't speak.
Da Quan, the strong and reliable one, actually shed tears.
"Gu Ya! Gu Ya..."
The members shouted, and a dozen hands lifted Youyou into the air, catching her, then tossing her again.
Youyou cried tears of joy, laughing and shouting.
Everyone had forgotten that they were mortal enemies just yesterday.
...
Gu Ya looked at the Dragonfly, now a pile of scrap metal, and sighed.
"If the damage was less severe, I could have used my newly acquired skill to seize control."
"But in this state... alas."
Gu Ya adjusted the jacket covering his head and casually walked towards the competitor entrance.
Back in the competitor lounge, everyone who had mocked and cursed Gu Ya earlier was now silent.
Some even cast looks of admiration.
The burly man in the black vest who had hit Gu Ya earlier was standing in the distance, watching Gu Ya.
Gu Ya saw him, stopped, and met his gaze.
Forgiveness was impossible. Gu Ya couldn't forget the power of that punch, nor the humiliation of being stepped on.
"What do you want!" the burly man in the black vest puffed out his chest and strode forward.
The mecha mechanic beside him pulled him back and whispered, "Zhou Hu, be careful, you're up next."
Zhou Hu glared back at the mechanic with fierce eyes, pushing him away. He then turned and walked up to Gu Ya, looking down at him.
He was at least two heads taller than Gu Ya. With Gu Ya's height of 170cm, he was about two meters tall.
Gu Ya glared back at Zhou Hu defiantly, saying, "Uncle, you better stay alive. I'm going to kill you on the battlefield!"
Gu Ya's tone was filled with provocation and threat.
Zhou Hu clenched his fists, veins bulging on his arms.
"Kid, you've got guts! I won't hold back then!"
Gu Ya's lips curled upwards, giving Zhou Hu a knowing smile before turning back towards his own resting area.
At this moment, a communication wristband had appeared on the seat in the lounge.
Gu Ya picked up the wristband and tapped it lightly. A holographic projection of an information table, glowing with blue fluorescence, appeared.
Gu Ya's information was clearly displayed.
[Jude of No Armor, qualified for the first round!]
Below the information was the bounty won from the first match: 100,000 bounty coins.
"I didn't expect to get 100,000 bounty coins in the first match. What can I buy?" Gu Ya muttered to himself.
Gu Ya clicked on the bounty mall.
There were quite a few items inside, eighteen pages in total.
The first few pages were all small mecha components, which were relatively cheap.
As he flipped further, the items became larger, and the required bounty increased.
The last two pages displayed several finished mechs, which were very expensive, costing one million bounty coins each.
"Hmm, 100,000 bounty coins isn't much after all. Calculated, it's just enough to buy the upper body of a mech."
Gu Ya fastened the wristband onto his arm.
Compared to the scammy bounty mall, Gu Ya was more concerned about his own system mall at this moment.
"530 system coins!" Gu Ya exclaimed excitedly and summoned the system.
Amidst the dazzling array of system goods, Gu Ya's eyes were glued to the browsing.
"Well, 530 is alright. It's enough to buy the torso and lower body of a mech."
"The key is that the system mall also has a chance to drop more advanced items."
"Although the chance is only 3%."
"I should carefully consider how to spend this money, preferably enough to assemble a mech."
Gu Ya was engrossed in browsing when
the announcer's high-pitched call pulled him back to reality.
"Ladies and gentlemen, mecha pilots of the Mech Combat Arena!"
"The second elimination round is about to begin!"
"The competing parties!"
"Seed Competitor number 46, Deer Under Commerce's mech: Deer Eater, piloted by mecha pilot Lu Yan!"
"And, Seed Competitor number 12, Tiger Forest Group's mech: Black Pounce Beast, and its pilot Zhou Hu!"
Gu Ya closed the mall, sat cross-legged, and stared at the holographic screen in the center of the lounge.
He wanted to get a good look at Zhou Hu's abilities.
Then, he would identify his strengths and weaknesses.
In preparation for future revenge.
"Enough said, the match begins!!!"