Cang Gongtian and Luo Dongsheng exchanged a look, both seeing the doubt in each other's eyes. Could it be that Zhao Qinglong had weakened? Was his Burning Will just for show?

No, that couldn't be. This was genuine Burning Will!

Li Hao lowered his head, glancing at his uniform that had already been cut open. He hoped he wouldn't have to pay for it. Tearing off his shirt, he looked at Zhao Qinglong. "I told you, these little tricks are useless. The warm-up is about over. You've been preparing for so many years, if this is all you've got, it's a disappointment."

The eyes of the people outside the arena nearly popped out. Luo Dongsheng, who had been acting so arrogant just now, had fallen silent. The new Four Tigers looked at Zhao Qinglong as if they were seeing him for the first time.

Suddenly, they felt that Curtis's loss wasn't unjustified. He had made a mistake. When Pompeii was instantly killed, he thought it was just luck. But thinking about it carefully, such a sudden sneak attack was key because no one would expect someone to dare to use hidden weapons in the Mid-Season Tournament. Yet, this person had casually countered Pompeii, and afterward acted like nothing had happened...

It was terrifying to think about.

Sweat also started to form on Perkins' forehead. Empty-handed blade defense, was this how it was done? He seemed to have been rash and had picked the wrong side. Damn it, DePuy was too cunning.

"Oh dear, Perkins, why are you blushing? Tsk, second brother really hasn't improved after five years!" DePuy wouldn't miss this opportunity to mock his old rival. He wouldn't lose in words, even if he lost the fight.

Perkins' mouth twitched a few times this time, and he wasn't in the mood to retort. Just like how he hadn't dared to go all out earlier, otherwise, it wouldn't have been DePuy still hopping around here. Being strong wasn't scary, but everyone in Apocalypse knew what Li Hao's nickname was.

It wasn't just a matter of strength. Perkins wasn't stupid. He had to leave himself a way out.

Sazerac and Lu Donglei both saw the disbelief in each other's eyes. Why was there such a terrifying person in USE?

Damn it, and he had been unknown all this time? How could they tolerate this?

Lu Donglei's heart was in turmoil. He understood how serious the incident back then really was. If Li Hao hadn't truly been a genius, he probably wouldn't have had so many people protecting him. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been just a year of imprisonment. After all, in many cases, politics could sacrifice everything.

The teachers couldn't fight the overall situation, so they could only protect him in another way. Otherwise, there was no way he could have been admitted to Tianjing Military Academy and transferred to the mech department.

Robbie looked at Perkins' pale face and the somewhat bewildered new Four Tigers, and couldn't help but laugh. "Apocalypse has never fallen. In recent years, the top three in the S-series tournaments have all come from the Apocalypse youth training program. The Twin Kings, the Three Wolves, the Four Titans, the Six Dragons, which one of them isn't from Apocalypse!"

"Brothers, Brother Hao is back." Solomon of Udine smiled. "It feels like everything is back."

The people from Apocalypse all smiled, a smile from the heart. Solomon felt a little yearning. Yes, that was a very special period, a bit inhuman, but looking back now, it was addicting.

"Where does this stop? You don't think Zhao Qinglong's strength is only this much, do you? This is just a warm-up. The one who laughs last is the winner!" Cang Gongtian said in a deep voice.

Everyone thought about it, and it was true. With Zhao Qinglong's strength, as the number one person in the Earth Federation, it shouldn't be like this.

Inside the training ground, Zhao Qinglong was expressionless. His arms shook, and a crackling electric light exploded from his chest, repelling the external force that had invaded his body. The corners of his mouth curled up, and he moved his arms. The red aura covering his body began to surge, becoming darker in color. The blood-red light made Zhao Qinglong's oppressive force even stronger, while Li Hao on the opposite side still had no reaction.

There were many forms of the golden zone. Combat type, non-combat type. Although red eyes weren't the whole picture, there were other types as well, but the combat type mostly appeared in this form. It was rare for someone like Li Hao to have no expression at all.

At this time, it was visible to the naked eye that there seemed to be lightning flickering in Zhao Qinglong's red eyes. The elements in the long sword in his hand were also completely stimulated. The long sword was buzzing. Zhao Qinglong's body slowly lowered, and the long sword was pulled behind him. The entire training ground seemed to be frozen. The people outside the arena also felt a huge oppressive force and the suffocation of death.

A deep voice sounded: Dragon's Roar!

Buzz~

Strong secondary

A sonic wave swept out, and a red halo more than ten meters in diameter exploded. Zhao Qinglong disappeared, and the next second, he was already in front of Li Hao. The long sword in his hand suddenly swung out, and a dazzling red sword light swept out horizontally.

Undying Slash!

There was no way to dodge, and there was no space left. The terrifying pressure locked onto Li Hao, the ground instantly sank, the entire training ground was collapsing, and Zhao Qinglong's sword had already arrived in front of Li Hao. The red blade entangled with lightning had pierced Li Hao.

Boom~

With a earth-shattering loud noise, the red light exploded, followed by the direct collapse of the entire training ground. Rubble filled the sky. Aufie and the others standing in front resisted one after another, while Wuxia spread her arms, and all the strays were fixed in the air. Everyone was shocked by the power of this human, Zhao Qinglong. This was a height that even S10 hadn't reached, completely exceeding the power of humans.

Smoke filled the air. One person was standing, and the other was lying in the distance.

"One sword seals the throat, Qinglong is supreme!" Kiran Rao shouted.

"Your cultural level is not bad, but your eyesight is not so good!" DePuy laughed.

The smoke cleared, and the person standing was Li Hao. The sword in Zhao Qinglong's hand was already shattered.

Everyone's combat view was overturned once again.

Zhao Qinglong threw away the sword in his hand and slowly stood up. His body trembled slightly, and his right arm fell down weakly. Was his right arm broken?

Li Hao waved his hand, and the surrounding array stones scattered. He smiled slightly. "These are all the things I taught you back then. If you want to defeat me, you always have to come up with something new. You like this can't even beat Maxis and Van Liewet."

At this time, there was no more obstruction in front of Aufie and the others. The entire training ground was completely turned into an open-air square. The people from Apocalypse didn't feel anything, but the non-Apocalypse ones felt that their world view had been completely subverted.

How was Zhao Qinglong's arm?

What things did I teach you?

What do you mean he can't even beat Fan Liewet and Maxis?

Was this something a human would say?

What height and position was he standing on to say this?

And that damn smile, what did it mean!

Perkins' face was very, very ugly. He was wrong, terribly wrong. He had been shot in the head and actually questioned Apocalypse's only god. What did time matter?

Why would he use a common man's thinking to judge this person!

He was dead...

In fact, Lomachenko and Milner thought that Li Hao must be very terrifying, but they really didn't expect that after five years, he would still maintain this degree of dominance.

"Really hasn't changed at all." Milner smiled bitterly.

"Rash!"

"Brother Hao is still Brother Hao. He is indeed much gentler than before, which has made us feel wrong." Lomachenko also felt a little emotional. They actually had a relatively neutral attitude, but after so long, it seemed that the earth was going to return to the era of Li Hao's dominance.

"Big brother, is he an esper? But this is not very useful in mech combat." Di Larenzo said. In fact, not only Di Larenzo, but also many people thought so. The attack just now was impossible to dodge. Li Hao probably used some special ability. The golden zone can bring many magical abilities, but when facing a mech weighing nearly a hundred tons, this ability is often useless.

Hearing Li Hao's words, Zhao Qinglong was still expressionless. He pushed his right arm hard with his left hand, and with a click, he reconnected his dislocated right arm.

"This level is still a bit far from being the number one person on Earth." Li Hao continued.

At this time, Zhao Qinglong in the field suddenly laughed, a bit hysterically. "Then I'll let you see what the number one person on Earth is!"

As he said that, he tore off his clothes, and the red aura all over his body continued to surge. The red light in his eyes shot out, and his mental power continued to climb. The color became darker and darker, gradually changing from red to pitch black. Then, the area within two meters around him actually started to burn, like black flames. The places touched by the black flames directly turned into black asphalt-like things, as if all the energy had been devoured.

Dozens of meters away, the warriors who had awakened the golden zone felt stinging all over, as if they were being scraped by sharp knives. What was this?

The terrifying black flames enveloped Zhao Qinglong, and the range of the black flames expanded to nearly one meter around Zhao Qinglong.

At this moment, Zhao Qinglong was like a demon dragon descending into the world. This was his real trump card, an absolute domain that crushed everyone. He didn't use his full strength at all when fighting Li Hao earlier.

"Golden Zone third stage - Flowing Heart Martial!"

Milner said, "The two are about to determine the winner."

Currently, the known highest stage of the golden zone, and also the strongest power, Flowing Heart Martial. There was no doubt that Zhao Qinglong belonged to the type who had completely mastered it.

What kind of talent was this, and what kind of effort had he put in to reach this state?

Entering the golden zone, humans opened the true secrets in their genes, completely subverting the previous understanding of power.

And Zhao Qinglong, who was in North Carolina, mastered the most advanced technology in USE. To put it this way, the method of the Apocalypse youth training program was divided up by the top military academies of the four major federations. Most of the things on Earth were taken away by North Carolina, and Zhao Qinglong hadn't relaxed for a moment in these years.

Perhaps, from the beginning, he was for this battle today.

However, Ye Tong really didn't understand why it had to be like this. Her own brother, Li Hao, and Zhao Qinglong were the mainstays of the Earth back then. Now, her own brother was dead, and Li Hao and Zhao Qinglong had become irreconcilable enemies.

Even Aufie, Robbie, Lomachenko, Milner, and others felt the threat brought by this black zone. They couldn't resist such power.

"This is the power of silent death flames." One of the new Five Tigers, Si Xia, said, "The golden zone reflects the root of the soul. Zhao Qinglong's essence is destruction, or rather, he chose destruction. The death flames that burn everything are his answer to this world. This should be the soul attribute with the strongest attack power."

One of the new Five Tigers, Wuxia, possessed the most special golden zone manifestation among the Five Tigers, otherwise, she wouldn't be able to bring a low-ranked team to this position.

Aufie and the others were silent. Some people present must have reached Flowing Heart Martial. After reaching Flowing Heart Martial, they would show the strong characteristics of the soul. This death flame was aimed at everyone, absolutely the strongest type. With the super powers of gravity and repulsion, you really couldn't say that Zhao Qinglong was arrogant. In a word, he wasn't targeting anyone, he was targeting everyone.

"Should we attack at this time?" Someone in the crowd said, but no one responded.

Li Hao missed the last chance. In those few seconds, Zhao Qinglong had completely entered the golden zone's third stage, Flowing Heart Martial - Silent Flame Martial, a god of war covered in huge black flames.

Boom…