Chapter 1031 Chess Pieces!

Tang Ningyu agreed with Mu Chaoran's prediction. That was why he was agitated. Even with top of the line recovery agents, they were still unable to handle the intensity of the tournament. They had to participate in three battles every day, and the mecha tournament would last for one month. They wouldn't be able to last the remaining 20 days in their current conditions.

"There's no chance to escape after we come back to this place. The door of our resting area restricts our domain energy. There are also more than ten domain realm masters around us, and these people are not the fake domain realm masters on Planet Azure. They're real domain realm masters. Some are even titled domain realm formidable warriors. There's no way we can leave this place with just the two of us." Mu Chaoran used his hand gestures to tell Tang Ningyu what he observed during the past few days.

Tang Ningyu realized this too. "Our chance to escape is only during the mecha battle. Although the equipment in the arena can control our mechas, we can make use of the time after we ejected out of our mechas and before we reach our resting area."

Mu Chaoran remained silent. In theory, there was a chance to escape in that time frame but their success rate was just too low. The probability of them escaping in that time frame was only slightly higher than the probability of escaping from their resting area. Moreover, this success rate was built on the assumption that Sword Monarch wouldn't act.

"I hope that there aren't many titled domain realm formidable warriors around the arena. I also hope that Sword Monarch won't notice two small rats like us."

Tang Ningyu and Mu Chaoran had planned their escape but they weren't going to act immediately. Before they carry out their plan, they had to make many preparations to increase their chance of success.

The next day, the old man and the middle-aged man appeared as per normal and brought them to the arena. Only the two of them could be seen but Mu Chaoran and Tang Ningyu knew that there were many domain realm masters hiding around them watching over them. These people might not even plan to hide from them, as they could feel their presence and stares on their backs.

They walked into the mecha hold. When they were about to board their mechas, the old man suddenly stopped them.

"There's a new instruction today." The old man smiled.

Tang Ningyu frowned. He said coldly, "We've participated in the mecha tournament already. What else do you want? Don't get overboard."

His anger didn't affect the smile on the old man's face. He laughed and continued, "Actually, we really didn't want to make things difficult for you. However, Young Master Rong is not happy with your performance in the past few days."

"Didn't we win?" Tang Ningyu replied coldly.

"No. The mecha tournament is not about winning. If it's just about winning, why will it attract so many gamblers to come to Mai'er Fa?" The old man shook his head. "We need blood. Only blood will excite the gamblers."

When he saw the Mu Chaoran and Tang Ningyu scoffing, he knew that they didn't agree with this opinion. The old man's excited expression died down. He told Tang Ningyu and Mu Chaoran their new instructions. "Our Young Master Rong hopes that you can kill your opponent in the next round."

"What if we can't do it?" Mu Chaoran asked.

"If your opponent doesn't die, you will." The old man smiled coldly. "We don't want disobedient chess pieces here."

Mu Chaoran and Tang Ningyu's expression darkened. They had already felt their opponent's killing intent on them for the past few days but they didn't expect them to expose it so quickly.

"Hence, if you want to survive, you will follow the instructions by Young Master Rong carefully. Let me remind you again. You are able to live until now because Young Master Rong wants to play a game with you. If not, when we realized you are investigating Mailer Fa, we might have..." The old man swiped his neck with his hand. He looked at them as though they were corpses.

Tang Ningyu clenched his fist tightly. He forced his anger down. They didn't know the situation now so they couldn't act rashly.

"I understand. It's just killing a person. We'll do it." Mu Chaoran gave an evil smile. He appeared as though he had no qualms about becoming a murderer and killing someone he didn't know.

"A person who understands a situation is a wise man, and you are wise." The old man pretended to commend them before leaving.

Tang Ningyu looked at Mu Chaoran. He asked, "Have you really decided to?"

"The mecha masters who participated in this tournament have their own desires and motives too. Since their motives are not pure, they can't blame us for dying here." Mu Chaoran said calmly.

Tang Ningyu took a deep breath before turning around and entering his mecha. Although he didn't say anything to Mu Chaoran, Mu Chaoran knew that Tang Ningyu had accepted his decision.

On the other side, Su Pei and Xiao Yiqiu boarded their mechas too. Su Pei was lucky. All the opponents he met along the way were not strong. He only met some difficult but manageable opponents so he managed to survive until now.

What made him happy was, his mecha piloting skills improved through the tournament. At the start of the tournament, he was a mecha operator who had just became an ace mecha master. Now, he was a qualified ace mecha master who was able to pilot his mecha properly. After a few more matches, he might be able to improve even further. No wonder everyone said that the vicious battlefield allowed for mecha operators to grow quickly. After ten days of battles, Su Pei proved this point.

He looked at Xiao Yiqiu gratefully. If it wasn't for his best friend, he might not have participated in this mecha tournament. He wouldn't be able to improve so much either too.

Xiao Yiqiu felt Su Pei's grateful gaze at his back so he turned around and looked at him. Su Pei just smiled at him. Xiao Yiqiu thought for a moment and walked over.

"Did you see your opponent's details yesterday night?" Xiao Yiqiu asked.

Su Pei nodded. "Yes." He managed to survive until now because Xiao Yiqiu gave him information and details about his opponent, allowing him to have an understanding of his opponent's attacks and the ultimate technique ahead of time.

"Your opponent, Dark Flame, is very powerful. Many well-liked candidates lost to him. You can just try your best. If you feel like you're in danger, you can just admit defeat." Xiao Yiqiu reminded him out of concern.

"Don't worry. I feel that Dark Flame is not as ruthless as the other mecha operators. His opponents never got killed or severely injured. I'll be fine." Su Pei looked at Dark Flame's past matches. His mecha piloting was strange but his reputation was good. When he was aiming for his opponent's vital point, he would stop and change his attack the moment he noticed that his opponents couldn't handle it any longer. Hence, Su Pei was not worried that Dark Flame would suddenly change his style and kill him.

Chapter 1032 Unfortunate!

Although Xiao Yiqiu agreed with Su Pei, he still reminded him, "Although that person hadn't killed anyone before, anything could still happen in a tournament. You should still be careful."

"I know. If there isn't any hope of winning, I will just give up." Compared to Xiao Yiqiu's unwillingness to give up, Su Pei was clearly much smarter during certain situations. Once he knew that something wouldn't go his way, he wouldn't force it.

Soon, it was time for Su Pei to enter the arena. Xiao Yiqiu watched as Su Pei piloted his mecha and entered the arena. Xiao Yiqiu slowly formed a mocking sneer on his face. Suddenly his smile froze, then his face began twisting in pain. He only began to return to his original expression after a long while.

'Sh*t. Why is it every time I want to get rid of Su Pei, this body would react negatively and refuse to do so? What's wrong? Does the head not control the emotions?' Xiao Yiqiu held his aching head and thought with confusion.

Suddenly he remembered that Xiao Yiqiu had the innate talent, Bloodline Energy. Was it because of this that he was suffering from frequent headaches? Xiao Yiqiu smiled bitterly. Although he received a strong and rare bloodline innate talent, there was also a lot of trauma that came with it. Was this the price he had to pay for this innate talent?

However, this trauma will soon be resolved! Xiao Yiqiu looked at Su Pei, who was in the arena, with a coldness in his eyes. Every time his emotions were to fluctuate, it would be because of this person. As long as he kills of the root of the problem, he would be able to completely control this body.

Seeing Su Pei walk into the arena, Mu Chaoran's eyes were fixated on him. He originally hoped that he would face someone who was violent and easy to kill, that way he wouldn't feel too much guilt. However, the opponent standing in front of him was not that type of person. Mu Chaoran had seen how Su Pei fought before, and it showed that he was just a newbie. However, Su Peils piloting talents were quite okay for this tournament, but getting this far was because he got lucky... too lucky. He didn't face off against those merciless and bloodthirsty opponents and managed to get past the first 10 days of the tournament. He quickly developed into a qualified ace operator after the past ten days.

This person was probably a newcomer that a faction wanted to nurture... Mu Chaoran narrowed his eyes and thought about why that Young Master Rong wanted to kill this person?

Did that faction want this person to develop into someone that opposes the Flying Dragon Special Forces? Or perhaps there is a deeper meaning? Mu Chaoran began to be on guard. He decided to see first and then decide whether he should kill his opponent or not.

Su Pei knew that Dark Flame was very strong. It could be said that out of all the contestants who participated, Dark Flame was considered to be in the top 10 and was clearly stronger than him. If was just as what Su Pei had said to Xiao Yiqiu, when he knew that his next opponent was Dark Flame, he didn't think he had any chance of winning. However, to be able to battle with one of the strongest mecha operators in the tournament made Su Pei feel excited. He wanted to know just how much of a gap there was between him and these top mecha operators.

Thus, Su Pei used the tactic of timing his attacks at the very beginning!

Su Pei went around him with great agility and made a move when he saw an opening. If the attack didn't hit, he would back up quickly. Mu Chaoran nodded in admiration at his way of fighting him. It was indeed the smartest way for a weaker person to fight against a stronger person.

If a mecha operator wanted to end the battle quickly, they might become frustrated from Su Pei's sticky-candy like fighting style. However, Mu Chaoran wanted to watch for a bit. His opponent's fighting style was exactly what he wanted. He calmly played around with his opponent and didn't show that he was going to force an attack.

Just like that, a slow mecha battle had begun. After ten minutes, the two of them had only gone a few rounds. This made many gamblers yawn in boredom. Some even began to boo at them as they were not happy with how slow the two of them were fighting.

The warning sound echoed in the arena. This meant the two of them weren't allowed to continue fighting in that way.

Su Pei heard the warning sound and sighed. He knew that he couldn't wait anymore. He quickly piloted his mecha and pounced towards the still calm Dark Flame.

"Bang!" A large sword easily blocked Su Pei's sudden attack. Mu Chaoran originally thought his opponent would retreat again, but didn't think that after seeing he had no chance to win, Su Pei would put forth all of his strength and attacked him with a flurry of attacks.

Despite Su Pei's actions being a bit sudden, Mu Chaoran was still after all a pseudo imperial operator whose finger speeds surpassed the limits of an ace operator. A chain of speedy finger movements allowed him to block Su Pei's flurry of attacks smoothly.

Su Pei bit his lip in frustration when he saw all of his attacks were blocked easily. He then decided to use his last ultimate technique. If this technique got blocked by his opponent again, then he would surrender thereafter.

On the back of Su Pei's mecha, a beam saber suddenly got ejected out. Su Pei's mecha's left hand quickly grabbed onto it and sliced towards Mu Chaoran's cockpit that was on the shoulder area. The beam saber on his right hand was going from the bottom up, performing an uppercut towards Mu Chaoran's cockpit as well.

"Cross Chop!" This was a technique specially designed for ambidextrous mecha operators who could split apart their piloting ability and wield weapons in both hands.

Mu Chaoran's eyes narrowed and his finger speed increased even further. His hands were no longer visible in the cockpit.

"Bang, Bang!" Two crashing sounds were almost simultaneously heard.

Su Pei looked at his opponent with a stunned expression on his face, "How's that possible?!"

The mecha that Mu Chaoran was piloting was in a similar position as Su Pei's mecha. It held a large sword in each hand and performed a Cross Chop to perfectly block Su Pei's attack.

"Kill him!" Mu Chaoran had managed to avert the crisis. Before he could breathe a sigh of relief, the elder's cold voice echoed in his cockpit.

It was Mai'er Fa's people reminding him what he should do...

Mu Chaoran had a complicated expression for a moment. Then, the large sword on his left hand stabbed into Su Pei's cockpit without any hesitation.

"Shoo!" The large sword easily pierced through the cockpit. Mu Chaoran actually didn't feel anything blocking the sword. His expression instantly changed. Before anyone could discover his movements, the arm wielding the sword hilt changed the sword's direction slightly and diagonally sliced into cockpit towards the left in an instant.

Su Pei saw the large sword pierce his cockpit and then the right side of his body. Then through his cockpit once again...

Just then, he was about to surrender. However, Dark Flame, who usually never goes for the kill, actually didn't hesitate and went for it. This made him unable to have a chance to surrender!

Was this the end of his road? Su Pei actually wasn't afraid of death. He only regretted that he couldn't keep the promise he made with Xiao Yiqiu to return together and go with him to apply to the Flying Dragon Special Forces, then become comrades-in-arms.

"There's many things that I wanted to do. So unfortunate... Yiqiu, I've disappointed you!" Su Pei held his abdomen as his blood gushed out. As his body started to turn cold, he slowly closed his eyes.

Xiao Yiqiu saw Su Pei get stabbed. Before he could breathe a sigh of relief, his heart began to ache. In his mind images of the time he and Su Pei spent together began to emerge. Although he wasn't the real Xiao Yiqiu, he still felt all the good Su Pei has done for Xiao Yiqiu...

Chapter 1033 Become Stronger!

Sometimes, he was envious of his body. How can such a man have such honest, sincere and trustworthy friends, but he himself couldn't get any friends?

A strong feeling of vengeance filled Xiao Yiqiu from within...

"Destroy him. Only when he dies, I will be able to completely control this body..."

"No, if I can perfectly disguise myself as Xiao Yiqiu, Su Pei will become my friend. His existence is beneficial to me and not an obstacle. He's not going to affect me..."

"Kill him. Otherwise, you will never be able to fuse with this body and always have this flaw."

The two different feelings were fighting against each other in Xiao Yiqiu's mind. Right at that moment, Mu Chaoran took out his large sword from Su Pei's mecha and the mecha fell to the floor. Blood slowly flowed out of the cockpit's crack, dyeing the entire arena into a blood red color.

"Yinrong, the so-called flaws are only your excuses. You want to kill him because you don't have any confidence. You're afraid that these feelings would affect you. You need to know that you are in control of your emotions and not someone else. If you actually killed Su Pei, then your soul would be actually become flawed..."

"Ah..." Xiao Yiqiu suddenly cried out in anger. A bloody hue instantly filled his vision. It was indeed Xiao Yiqiu's bloodline power activating.

"What are you all looking at! Save him." Xiao Yiqiu ran onto the arena as he shouted.

Seeing Xiao Yiqiu's expression, the elders and middle-aged men, who were watching the tournament in schadenfreude, had perplexed expressions on their faces. This was originally arranged by Young Master Rong, so why would he be angry?

However, knowing that Young Master Rong always had plans and had other sorts of arrangement, the elders decisively called the medical team to save Su Pei.

Seeing the medical team quickly enter the arena, Mu Chaoran turned around and walked off the arena.

After walking into his own mecha warehouse, Mu Chaoran then said coldly, "What's the meaning of this? If you wanted to me to kill my opponent, why would you send people to save him? Isn't bleeding to death like this good?" He knew that his words could be heard by those people.

These somewhat cruel words stunned Tang Ningyu, who was waiting on the side to go into the arena. Despite Mu Chaoran's somewhat sinister way of dealing with things, in reality, he respected the rules and had his morals, and would never do something over the top. Why did one fight change Mu Chaoran into a different person? What actually happened in the arena?

"Who told you to not kill him? Now our Young Master Rong suddenly doesn't want him to die." As expected, the elder responded to Mu Chaoran.

No one saw Mu Chaoran's expression turned warner when he heard Young Master Rong did not wanting his opponent to die. This result makes use of the last attack he had done with a slight meddling on his part. His large sword changed its direction by a fraction which allowed Su Pei evade certain death. It provided enough time for him to be saved.

There was no doubt that Mu Chaoran was betting on the faction behind his opponent. They wouldn't want to him to just die like that since they had already nurtured him. As long as that faction was strong enough to breed fear into Young Master Rong, then his opponent wouldn't die. The medical team would definitely appear.

However, Mu Chaoran, who was holding his words for a long time, sneered when he heard the elder's words, "A different day, a different decision. Your Young Master Rong is the same as well."

The elder didn't reply to these words. Soon, it was Tang Ningyu's turn to enter the arena. Perhaps Dark Flame suddenly dealing a death blow scared Tang Ningyu's opponent. He didn't even enter the arena and surrendered willingly. This made Tang Ningyu let out a sigh of relief. It was always good if he didn't need to kill people randomly.

After, the two of them battled in two more battles. It was good that that Young Master Rong didn't want to them to do crazy things. This way, they safely got past this day. Tang Ningyu and Mu Chaoran then used this time to look around the arena to make their next move more convenient.

Su Pei opened his eyes slowly. All he saw was darkness with light shining bright from above.

Suddenly, the darkness was lifted and a huge head