Shadows of the Deep Space-Chapter 140: What a Coincidence (Part 1)

"Ah, why the silence? Are you scared stiff? Why don’t you just surrender and save yourself a beating?"

Matty declared with overbrimming confidence.

Su Ming let out a slight breath and then raised the Spiral Long Spear in his hand.

"Yo, still daring to challenge me! Since that’s the case, let me show you the difference between us!"

Matty, controlling the Iron Knight Power to its full extent, charged head-on towards Su Ming.

Su Ming narrowed his eyes, watching the oncoming Matty, as his entire mecha made minor adjustments to its posture, ready for the battle.

"Die!"

As Matty closed in, he controlled his mecha to leap forward, hands gripping the Mechanical Blade, and swung it down head-on.

The strike, though powerful in appearance, left him wide open.

Su Ming promptly lifted his long spear, thrusting it sharply through the opening.

Crack!

Matty’s cockpit was pierced, chilling to the core, and he was instantly KO’d!

His entire mecha then shattered, dissolving into a myriad of light dots and disappearing.

Su Ming watched this scene unfold, his expression growing more peculiar, murmuring to himself.

"This senior is too weak, isn’t he? Feels even worse than a freshman."

But soon, Su Ming let it go. If these seniors had been any good, they would have passed the grade exam long ago and wouldn’t be repeating years on end.

At this moment, a prompt popped up on Su Ming’s display screen.

"Congratulations on your consecutive second victory. Would you like to be matched with another opponent?"

"Yes."

Su Ming quickly agreed, calculating from the number of entrants, winning just 4 consecutive matches would likely secure him a spot in the final.

"Calculating combat power based on battle performance, matching in progress...."

...

Su Ming waited quietly, but this time the wait was a bit lengthy, and it took about ten minutes before the display screen finally showed a successful match.

Upon seeing the prompt, the mist in front of Su Ming dispersed once again, revealing a Barbarian mecha.

The information displayed above this Barbarian mecha read Mechanical 5th Class· Su Bin, 2 wins 0 losses.

"Su Bin?"

Su Ming was slightly startled, not expecting to be matched with his cousin.

At this moment, Su Bin looked at Su Ming and greeted him warmly.

"What a coincidence, cousin! I didn’t expect to be matched with you."

"Yeah, it really is quite the coincidence."

Su Ming replied politely, but also felt a bit of a headache. It would be difficult to go all out during the fight, so he needed to be a bit cautious.

Meanwhile, Su Bin, controlling his mecha, approached Su Ming and said with a smile,

"It’s a rare opportunity for us brothers to spar. When we battle, don’t feel too pressured."

However, inside the cockpit, Su Bin’s face bore a cold and sinister smile.

Su Ming, hearing Su Bin’s words, seemed slightly surprised. Something wasn’t right; this didn’t sound like something he would say.

While they didn’t have much interaction, having only shared a meal at the same table, Su Ming had paid some attention to his cousin. He wasn’t someone known for his magnanimity.

As Su Ming contemplated, Su Bin suddenly exclaimed out of nowhere,

"Let’s start then!"

Su Bin, operating the Barbarian mecha, burst forth at a close distance towards Su Ming, swinging the Metal Hammer in his hand toward the cockpit.

The Barbarian, as a classic generation close-combat mecha, has very formidable melee combat abilities. Its only weakness is its mobility, which under normal circumstances, makes it challenging to close in on an Iron Knight.

But Su Bin, by using conversation to feign closeness, managed to approach him unnoticed.

He instantly felt confident of his victory and launched a surprise attack.

"Die!"

Su Bin roared excitedly in his heart.

Unfortunately for him, Su Ming had never believed his bluff from the start and remained vigilant.

He dexterously controlled his Iron Knight to leap up, simultaneously activating his Jet Wings to assist, and effortlessly dodged Su Bin’s attack with a backward jump.

"How could this happen?"

Su Bin was also startled, his sneak attack having failed completely.

Boom!

At that moment, the Iron Knight landed steadily, its body bending significantly downward, followed by an explosive burst of power as it swiftly maneuvered from the left to assault Su Bin.

Su Bin instantly became somewhat panicked and hurriedly lifted his shield to assume a defensive position.

Regrettably, Su Ming didn’t launch a head-on attack but instead controlled the mecha to feint and suddenly circled behind him.

Su Bin’s mecha’s back was now exposed right in front of Su Ming.

Su Ming made a clean and decisive thrust with his spear, piercing through Su Bin.

"No!"

Su Bin shouted in shock and anger.

But it was too late!

Crack!

Su Ming’s Spiral Long Spear skewed through the cockpit of the Barbarian, causing the entire mecha to shatter and turn into a sky full of light points.

"Ah!"

Su Ming sighed, maneuvering his mecha to walk back. He could totally imagine that guy being absolutely furious after losing.

He might even go home and file a complaint against him, but it didn’t matter, Su Ming didn’t care.

At that moment, a new prompt popped up on the operation screen.

"Congratulations on your triple victory. Based on your combat performance and rating, you have successfully entered the top thousand. You can choose to wait for the results or continue to match with opponents."

"Match!"

After Su Ming made his choice, he quietly waited.

That wait turned out to be fifteen minutes.

The moment the match was successful, the fog in front dissolved once again, and an Iron Head wielding a Heavy Metal Mechanical Blade appeared in front of him.

The information indicated that this Iron Head was from Mechanical 1st Class·Qin Feng, with a record of 5 wins and 0 losses.

"From Thirteenth District·Su Ming? Wait, this name sounds so familiar. Oh, I remember now, you’re also from Thirteenth District."

Qin Feng looked at Su Ming, speaking with a bit of surprise.

"Yeah."

Su Ming responded indifferently.

"I really didn’t expect to run into a fellow townsman here, but I won’t go easy on you. Of course, you don’t have to hold back either. Let’s give it our all and it doesn’t matter who wins or loses,"

Qin Feng warned Su Ming.

"No need to go easy, just bring it on."

Su Ming found this Qin Feng to be quite upright.

"Alright, then let’s begin."

Qin Feng, worried that Su Ming wasn’t ready, specifically reminded him.

"Come on!"

Su Ming didn’t underestimate Qin Feng and seriously responded.

Qin Feng immediately controlled his Iron Head Mecha to activate the Jet Wings assist and advanced at high speed toward Su Ming, swinging the Metal Blade in his hand for a front cut as he approached.

Su Ming slightly shifted his body to the side to dodge the attack and counter swung his long spear at Qin Feng.

Qin Feng was suddenly startled, twisting the mecha’s body, trying to back away to avoid the attack.

But he was still a beat too slow.

Sszz~

A slash mark from the spear’s tip appeared on the surface of the entire mecha, and the damage soared.

Regaining control of his mecha after the rushed retreat, Qin Feng, like a charging bull, swung his blade at Su Ming.

Su Ming agilely retracted his spear to block.

Clang!

The Heavy Metal Mechanical Blade was firmly blocked, leaving Qin Feng with a face full of astonishment, unable to believe it could be blocked.

At that moment, Su Ming controlled the Iron Knight to deliver a kick in mid-air to the side of the Iron Head.

Qin Feng’s entire mecha tilted to the left and staggered backward.

Su Ming took the opportunity to quickly push the control joystick, and the Iron Knight Power erupted like a cheetah pouncing forward.

"Gale Thrust!"

Su Ming’s long spear whooshed as it pierced through.