Chapter 356 Hunter Instinct

The opponent remained still, but Gu Ma couldn't afford to sit idly by. Zuo Xiaotang could keep stalling, but maintaining his Golden Zone was a significant drain for him, and it wasn't endless. Moreover, an unknown like Zuo Xiaotang could do this, but he, Gu Ma, couldn't.

The initiative was still in his hands. He couldn't stop attacking. Zuo Xiaotang's goal might be to make him stop, but at this distance, in this situation, unpredictable variables could arise. If the opponent suddenly used instant teleportation, he wouldn't be able to catch him. Or perhaps the opponent had a second chance and could control the distance...

No!

Wrong!

In an instant, countless thoughts flashed through Gu Ma's mind, but they only served to clear his head. What was most important for a sniper?

Patience!

He was getting anxious. It was wrong to care about any external factors. Zuo Xiaotang could play dead, so why couldn't he?

Not only could it give him a breather and allow him to activate at any time, but it could also throw the opponent into confusion.

Realizing this, Gu Ma immediately withdrew his Golden Zone. The moment the red aura disappeared, the silent Hunter Shadow mech suddenly roared to life, rattling and clanging.

The mech's violent movement instantly shattered the silence of the battlefield, and Gu Ma, who had just made the judgment, was also stunned. The Golden Zone reignited, rising, opening, and expanding...

Both sides were racing against speed and time. After shrinking for so long, the Golden Zone was reactivated, but the speed of Gu Ma's wave expansion had noticeably decreased.

However, at that moment, with a boom, the Hunter Shadow mech blitzed forward. The entire arena fell silent because the Hunter Shadow mech's target was the Devil Eye mech. At this point, Gu Ma's Blood Bat Wave hadn't even arrived yet. It seemed... it seemed... that Zuo Xiaotang knew the opponent's exact location.

Boom.

Zuo Xiaotang's Shadowfiend heavy sniper fired, a second-stage blitz arc shot!

An alarm blared. Although he hadn't detected the opponent's location yet, Gu Ma used auditory discrimination to instinctively dodge the arc shot by strafing. In that instant, the wave caught the opponent's location. Gu Ma was absolutely confident that he could dodge the opponent's arc shot counterattack. At the same time, the Death Eye K58 in his hand was raised in a split second. Zuo Xiaotang had once again appeared within his zone of control. This time, he definitely wouldn't escape!

But the next moment, the Devil Eye mech suddenly staggered. Instantly, Gu Ma's hairs stood on end. The Hunter Shadow mech's heavy sniper was already aimed at him.

Boom.

With a flash of fire, an armor-piercing round exploded out.

In an instant, Gu Ma's brain buzzed. At that moment, he smelled defeat, but he didn't know what to do or what he could do. By the time Gu Ma regained consciousness, his cockpit had been penetrated.

The screen turned black and white.

The vast Galactic Center was deathly silent. What was going on?

What kind of plane was that?

This was definitely the most disparate match in terms of strength in the top four. A newbie with Burning Will, a Liquid Heart martial soul, the number one sniper on Mars, had been eliminated?

In a situation of absolute advantage?

Did he trip over his own feet at the end?

Such a major mistake?

How did Zuo Xiaotang, a blind man, find his opponent? Was he even more powerful than someone with psychic abilities? Was he cheating?

"Third match, Tianjing Mecha Martial's Zuo Xiaotang wins!"

When the referee's voice rang out, the Earthlings in the audience were stunned for a few seconds before they reacted. Cheers and shouts rang out across the sky. Even the Earthlings themselves couldn't believe that they had won a victory. It was Zuo Xiaotang again?!

In the live broadcast room, Fire Man stared blankly at the Mad Warrior Expert who was twisting his butt wildly in front of him. At that moment, the Mad Warrior Expert wanted to shove his butt into Fire Man's face.

Why?

Why was it this fatso again?

He was just a Burning Will, wasn't he afraid? What was he doing? Was he cheating?

Not to mention the average audience members who were completely confused, even the other competitors in the stands were baffled. They had seen strong players, and they had seen gods, but they had never seen someone who looked so ordinary but was so strong. The problem was that he was actually just Burning Will. How did he make those judgments?

Zuo Xiaotang.

How did this seemingly foolish guy do it???

At that moment, countless commentators and streamers were also dumbfounded. They had already started congratulating Fire God Team. They were congratulating and congratulating, and then he was gone? Was this person a monster? How did he do it at this moment, under this kind of pressure?

Tianjing Mecha Martial's campus was completely boiling. The name of the Sniper God resounded throughout the campus, throughout Tianjing City.

You can always trust the serious Zuo Xiaotang!

At that moment, in the Tianjing team's war room, Zhou Nanyi and the others were also dumbfounded. In fact, they had already given up hope. Really, how could they fight this? Whoever went up would lose. It was a complete crush, without a shred of opportunity. The opponent's ability, experience, and judgment were all top-notch. Zuo Xiaotang, who had been battered from the start of the match, made his first counterattack and eliminated the opponent.

Everyone looked at Li Hao. "Li Hao, what did you do to him?"

What could suddenly fill a person with confidence? This wasn't just a toxic chicken soup; even a nuclear chicken soup couldn't do that. Even so, fighting wasn't just about having confidence.

"It's nothing. In the sniper department, Zuo Ge (older brother) is a genius. I often play sniper games with him. I've never won, and he's never lost." Li Hao said smugly. I haven't even won, so why would anyone else?!

For Zuo Xiaotang, as long as he wasn't nervous and got excited, everyone else was trash.

"But how did he confirm the position? How was he even more accurate than Gu Ma?" Zhou Nanyi asked, puzzled.

"There was a general direction for the opponent's pursuit. There's a problem with this wave; if you're good at geometry, you can find the core that emits the wave by extrapolating back. The worst thing he did was release the smoke screen, which made the wave even clearer..." Li Hao shrugged helplessly. It was superfluous and verbose.

Everyone heard this and thought it made sense, but they had been beaten like this. Who the hell had the brain to do geometry???

Too damn awesome!

Teacher Ma was so excited he couldn't control himself. Since the S-competition started, he felt more and more that he was just filling space in the dorm.

At that moment, there was another change. Fire God Team submitted an appeal to the refereeing committee. Each team only had this right of appeal once, and it was clearly a crucial moment for Fire God.

The match was suspended.

The entire arena was filled with noisy discussions. A significant portion of the audience was still puzzled, but the Earth audience was extremely angry. Were they being sore losers?

Surprisingly, Fire Man didn't make a sound, and his expression was a little uncomfortable.

Time passed by, and everyone was anxiously waiting. At this time, Zuo Xiaotang was kept in the war room and didn't come out. Technical personnel had already entered.

Just when the audience at the venue and in the live broadcast room were about to explode, the analysis video came out. On the screen was Zuo Xiaotang's big face. You could tell that Zuo Xiaotang was nervous. He didn't like facing the screen in this situation, especially with so many people staring at him.

On one side was Zuo Xiaotang's face, and on the other side was the combat process.

"After checking by the refereeing committee and the technical personnel, there were no problems with the war room. With the consent of player Zuo Xiaotang, he is willing to interpret the combat process," the referee said. Because when the inspection showed no problems, the dispute was already over, but Zuo Xiaotang's personality definitely wouldn't allow anyone to misunderstand Tianjing.

"That, um, yes, his laser cannon hit this collapsing stone pillar. With the opponent's strength, he shouldn't have made a mistake, so I judged that there should be a deviation in his reconnaissance ability. It needed a comprehensive judgment, not the kind of effect that the Eye of Heaven has," Zuo Xiaotang said. On the screen, the laser cannon was blasting a huge chunk of rubble about the size of a mech.

This was why there was a loss of vision later due to silence, stillness, and no Golden Zone.

"Judging the position is simple. It's the wave. Such regular arcs, plus basic auditory discrimination and the intention to pursue. Can't you judge it from that?"

Facing the biggest question, Zuo Xiaotang asked in confusion. The innocent little fatty was curious why someone would ask such a question.

At the same time, a guide diagram was given, and everyone finally discovered the biggest problem with Gu Ma's ability. When the red light wave was scouting others, as the source, his own position... wasn't untraceable either. And under the smoke screen, it was even clearer.

"But judging the arc and the source are two different things, right?"

"Geometry. Calculate it in your head. It's easy in such a familiar city battle environment," Zuo Xiaotang pointed to his big head and said, "They teach this in preparatory class."

The arena was speechless. How could anyone calculate under this kind of pressure? No one had noticed this at all. Everyone quietly watched this little fatty act cool.

Perhaps worried that others wouldn't believe him, "The opponent is a master. I was worried that I wouldn't be able to hit him, so I set traps in the places he passed. See, yes, it's this position. There are several here. I used silence when I estimated that he was about to arrive. I think masters are relatively cautious and patient, so he probably wouldn't act rashly. When he retracted his zone, that's when I would act."

At this time, everyone realized that the thing that tripped the Shadowfiend mech at the crucial moment... had been set up by Zuo Xiaotang in advance. No wonder he had been stumbling and looked so embarrassed in that area...

No matter where the Shadowfiend dodged Zuo Xiaotang's attack, it would be interfered with. The Devil Eye's counterattack would inevitably go astray. What awaited him was death. In fact, it was Gu Ma himself who had been interfered with by the smoke screen.

At the same time, the camera showed the two mechs firing at the last moment. The Hunter Shadow was more decisive than the Devil Eye. Gu Ma, who was used to having vision, instinctively needed vision, while Zuo Xiaotang had more faith in his own judgment.

All along, everyone had thought that Zuo Xiaotang was the prey and Gu Ma was the hunter, until this moment.

Not long after the battle started, Zuo Xiaotang had already been preparing the battlefield.

Gu Ma had no chance at all.

The entire Galactic Center looked at the slightly nervous little fatty in silence, especially with Zuo Xiaotang repeatedly calling him a master...

The faces of the Martians in the audience were burning. What psychic ability, what Golden Zone, the little fatty in front of them was the Sniper God himself.

"Hunter instinct?"

"Hunter instinct!"