Chapter 79: Chapter 74: Boiling
Outside the Arena.
Riots broke out one after another, resulting in deaths.
The crowd had gathered around the perimeter of the Arena, witnessing the death of Siba on the giant screen.
Brutally murdered.
The information on paper revealed that the Arena was part of a conspiracy.
Those who tried to change their fate ended up either dead or sent to laboratories.
Among the crowd were many of Siba’s admirers. The burly giant, who within his Armor was merely a small dwarf’s body, had endured much to reach this step.
Yet, he was killed so brutally.
Knowing the truth felt different from the previous emotions.
At this moment, the crowd felt a deep, shared sorrow.
If this was the fate of Siba, what about them, the ordinary people?
“Overthrow the Council, destroy the laboratories,” shouts propagated through the crowd.
Gradually, supporters gathered, and their voices grew louder.
Some people rushed towards the top of the Arena.
The City State Guard Captain stood on the stairs, looking down at the crowd with cold eyes.
Someone was inciting a riot within the crowd.
He waved his hand, and instantly the lined-up members of the City State Guard raised their guns at the crowd below.
In the distance, a loud booming noise sounded. Lei Ting glanced there; reinforcements had arrived.
The City State Guard was not far from here; they were all in the core area of the main city district.
The sound of Heavy Mecha was dull, and the ground seemed to be trembling.
The crowd panicked.
“The big shots have never regarded us as humans. The Underworld is just a large factory, their experimental subjects, slaves. Why should they control the passages leading upward? Overthrow the Council, we’ll go up ourselves,” huge shouts began, and people started to storm the stairs.
“Bang, bang, bang…” The members of the City State Guard opened fire directly, and blood instantly stained the stairs red.
Seeing the scene before them, many people’s brains heated up, and the shouts to overthrow the Council grew louder.
Nobody wanted to be a slave.
The emotions suppressed within their hearts were now ignited; they wanted to rebel.
Loud noises rang out as Heavy Mecha rolled in, running over the crowd, with many being crushed to death alive.
In the distant direction, Ye Qingdie and others were walking among the crowd on the streets.
Seeing everything happening there, Ye Qingdie felt distressed.
This scene was all too familiar.
It was similar to the incident at the Valen Factory a year ago, only this time it was in the main city district, and the impact was much greater.
This was an upgrade of the Valen Factory.
Was it another struggle among the upper echelons?
It seemed not.
With the Valen Factory incident as well as the recent series of events, the City State Council could no longer cleanse itself.
This time, the people had soberly recognized the true nature of the Underworld.
What they wanted was to overthrow the Council.
In such a case, what significance was there in winning the struggle?
Would this storm bring change to the Underworld?
Would history repeat itself?
Ye Qingdie didn’t know, no one did.
This event was cunningly planned, and with all the inside information known, it was unlikely to be orchestrated by an ordinary person.
Who could the mastermind behind it be?
“Boom…”
The Heavy Mecha opened fire, blasting through the crowd, causing heavy casualties.
Ye Qingdie’s heart clenched.
These beasts, they actually opened fire.
In the center of the main city district, outside the Arena, a massacre ensued.
……
The Arena.
The section where the big shots were located.
Someone looked up towards the direction outside the Arena.
“Mr. Yi, what’s that noise outside?” a person from the upper world.
The company had some partners above, responsible for supplies in the Underworld, including those who set up factories below.
The people who came this time were intimate partners, representing their companies, to connect with the Underworld.
The Underworld, with its darkness, held no small attraction for them.
Here was a dark side where many things inconvenient above could be done.
“A minor issue, it will be resolved soon,” Mr. Yi responded to the person.
The person smiled and nodded, not minding it much.
His company trusted its control over the Underworld; nothing major could ripple out.
Even if there were small-scale riots, they were not a big deal.
“What’s that person’s codename? Not bad, keep him for me,” he said, turning back to the Arena and pointing at one of the players in white Armor.
The player was very strong, having defeated two opponents, and could barely fight the elite figures above.
“Allen, he is indeed strong. He had no competitors in the Diamond level,” the person in charge of the Arena behind him responded, receiving a nod of satisfaction from the other.
It wasn’t easy for powerful Source Power Practitioners to emerge in the Underworld, where Source Power was scarce and under such tight control.
Thus, there was only one possibility, a high Source Power Fusion Degree, at least B-grade.
Source Power Fusion Degree corresponded to talent and potential.
At B-grade, if taken above for training, one could become a formidable Transcendent.
In the past, people had even discovered individuals with an A-grade fusion degree in the Underworld.
Moreover, with some power, they had a stronger capacity to endure the Evolution Liquid.
If combined with the corresponding gene Evolution Liquid, the potential was even greater.
Next, it would need the laboratories to help control.
Others were also patiently searching, while the fights in the Arena continued, revealing several formidable individuals.
At that moment.
“Bang…”
A loud sound startled the crowd.
Many people’s gazes turned to a direction, only to see glass shards scattering downwards from a high position in the stands.
There, a figure leaped through the air.
Many people’s hearts skipped a beat.
The figure landed on the stands, then dashed towards the direction of the Arena at an incredibly fast speed.
He wanted a swift and decisive battle.
“What’s happening?” many people looked towards him, those maintaining order attempted to intercept, but were directly knocked away.
“Who is that?” a ‘big shot’ asked towards that side.
The person in charge of the Arena focused on that direction.
The Doctor also revealed a hint of surprise.
The figure arrived above the fence of the arena and then leaped downward, landing in the arena from above.
His body slightly crouched, remarkably unharmed.
He stood up and took off his robe.
Revealing the Battle Armor beneath, he drew his War Saber.
“Everson’s Battle Armor, it’s that fugitive,” the Doctor said to Yimu and the others as he stared at the figure.
The Battle Armor and War Saber on him were Everson’s.
Those bigwigs all stared at Xu Mo, amazed that the fugitive dared to break into the arena so boldly.
“A fugitive?” the people from the upper world showed a keen interest.
They only found it very amusing.
It indeed added some fun to the arena.
To them, the entire Underworld was a source of amusement.
As for a mere fugitive, how big a wave could he possibly create?
“I’ll send someone to take him down,” said the person in charge of the arena.
“No need, your men can’t handle it, just leave him to Lindi and the others,” the Doctor coldly responded.
Since he was seeking his own death, they might as well let him be.
The arena audience naturally saw it too.
Someone had daringly leaped into the internal part of the arena.
“Battle Armor, War Saber, looks a bit like an Armored,” someone remarked.
However, not the previous armor and saber.
But the weapon, physique, movements—those who had seen Xu Mo’s previous battle felt it was somewhat similar.
“It’s him, the Armored also came to the arena,” said one who had been watching the Armored all along, seeing the motion of Xu Mo raising his War Saber, exactly the same.
They felt their hearts surge with excitement.
Participating in the competition, all of which were first-place accomplishments including slaying Genetic Warriors, the Armored had appeared in such a special way.
Dropping from the sky.
In the arena, Xu Mo’s sudden arrival made many battles come to a halt.
All eyes turned toward Xu Mo.
Tinas, in a state of battle, separated from the parasite.
The parasite did not look at Xu Mo, instead, he kept his vigilant watch on Tinas, the strongest woman he had faced.
She must be one of those important figures from the upper world, she had been dominating him in the earlier battle.
But he managed to hold on by luck, not knowing if he had won the bigwigs’ favor.
Tinas, however, wasn’t looking at him but towards Xu Mo.
Everson’s Battle Armor.
She was on good terms with Everson, surely something bad had happened to him.
To have killed Everson and still dare to return?
Tinas abandoned the parasite and ran towards where Xu Mo was.
Xu Mo naturally saw her action, his arm moved slightly and he too ran towards her location.
“You’re breaking the rules,” said a competitor of the Star Competition between Xu Mo and Tinas.
The Armored?
Today belonged to their Star Competition, and without a doubt, Xu Mo was an uninvited guest.
Xu Mo ignored his presence, his War Saber hissed, faintly surrounded by sparks of electricity.
“Hm?” The man saw Xu Mo continuing forward without heeding his words, daring to ignore his presence?
He moved swiftly, launching an attack toward Xu Mo.
“Scram!”
The rapidly advancing Xu Mo swept his War Saber horizontally.
“Bang…” The man was directly blown away.
Merely their first encounter.
The arena erupted in a loud cheer.
The Armored was so dominant.
His speed unrelenting, he continued to charge, heading straight toward Tinas.
The spectators in the stands were somewhat excited.
They had seen Tinas’s combat power, dominating the parasite, a hunter of the Star Arena.
Her strength was very formidable; the Armored was going head-to-head with her.
The two, who was stronger, who was weaker?
Could the Armored fight her?
In the arena, shouts echoed throughout.
The two drew close, Tinas leaped into the air, bringing a fearsome attack from above.
Her body curved like a bow, her Source Power Sword slashed down, descending like a divine weapon, supremely domineering.
Xu Mo’s body abruptly halted, his knees bent, feet stomping the ground.
His body catapulted upward, heading straight for the descending Tinas.
This scene seemed familiar.
Screams erupted repeatedly.
In an instant, the arena boiled over.
They abandoned the other battlefields, all eyes on Tinas and Xu Mo.
Tinas held the sword with both hands, slashing downward, but as she executed this action, she only felt her body being bound by a powerful energy field.
She slowed down.
“Bang…”
Xu Mo’s War Saber chopped down on her hands, the Source Power Sword flung away from her grasp.
The Saber did not stop, continuing to slash upward, striking Tinas’s Armor, the energy light flowing.
Her Armor did not break.
But her body was shaken even higher.
Xu Mo landed, seeing the diagonally blown away Tinas, he once again moved forward.
Tinas, unable to leverage off anything in mid-air, saw Xu Mo waiting for her below.
At that moment, a sense of terror rose within Tinas.
“Bang, bang, bang…”
Tinas’s body ‘danced’ in the air, the War Saber chopping repeatedly on her Armor, a cracking sound, the Armor broke.
The hissing sound continued, shards of the Armor flying around.
“Save me…” Tinas frantically called out.
At this moment, a strong sense of fear filled her, like being toyed with.
Xu Mo saw others running towards them.
The saber swung.
“Splurt!”
Blood splattered, a head flew up.
Chop!