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.