In the Black Star character card [Undying Body]'s blessing, Mad Knife was like a god descending to the world, giving up more than eighty percent of his defense, focusing on output.

Melee mechanical weapons wildly hacked and swept, opening and closing, blasting out ravines on the arena. He constantly switched guns and cannons, shooting split swarm tracking bullets, triggering a series of rumbling explosions. Clusters of orange-red burst flames rose, the temperature rose sharply, and the smell of gunpowder permeated.

Captain Viking was in a sorry state, constantly rolling around to avoid damage in the bombing range. He activated the Berserk character card, originally wanting to fight Mad Knife head-on, but any damage he inflicted on his opponent with his battle axe could be recovered in the blink of an eye. Hacking was ineffective. With such a perverted healing ability, rushing up to fight head-on would only be a waste of effort.

There was no way. Captain Viking could only adjust his tactics and turned to stalling for time.

Character cards had time limits. Although Mad Knife's healing was fierce, his damage hadn't been enhanced. Captain Viking no longer held the idea of winning against Mad Knife. He only wanted to stall for time. The longer he stalled, the easier it would be for his teammates later.

Captain Viking activated a special skill. The epic enchanted battle axe in his hand turned blue and transparent, as if it had become an axe made of ice, turning physical attacks into chilling frost-like cold wave chops, in order to slow down Mad Knife's speed.

Mad Knife didn't care and continued to press forward step by step. The mobility of a Mechanical Pugilist was far higher than that of a martial artist. Even if his speed was slowed down to a certain extent, Captain Viking couldn't escape the melee range.

He heard his mechanical arm click, switching to a huge alloy chopping axe. Mechanical force and electric light flowed, smashing down crazily, with great force.

Clang clang clang!

The alloy chopping axe entwined with dazzling mechanical force collided with the ice-like two-handed battle axe again and again, making a crisp sound, splashing large swathes of orange-red electric sparks and blue ice chips, as well as invisible air shock waves that burst open with each impact. The figures of the two were shrouded in a tornado-like ice storm and wanton lightning, the special effects were very gorgeous.

After all, it was also a B-grade, and the battle special effects between players were even more beautiful.

Captain Viking could only hold on. Before long, his health dropped below 40%, and his condition declined. In contrast, Mad Knife was still alive and kicking, and the intensity of each attack was still at its peak.

Crack!

Just then, the ground beneath Captain Viking's feet suddenly cracked, and a burrowing spider emerged from the ground, releasing a large amount of electricity, which converged on Captain Viking's feet. Captain Viking's feet went numb, and he entered a brief [Movement Paralysis] state, frozen in place.

During the fierce battle, Mad Knife secretly controlled the mech, using movement as cover, releasing a burrowing mechanical spider from the leg armor, sneaking to Captain Viking's feet, releasing control skills, and hitting the enemy with a fatal stiffening.

Mechanical Pugilists had many tricks in melee combat, like a combination of weapon masters and hidden weapon masters, and the number of control skills far exceeded that of martial artists.

Taking the opportunity, Mad Knife switched to a mechanical spear and stabbed it out with a bang.

Captain Viking could only urgently raise his double axes to block.

Clang!

The mechanical spear stabbed heavily on the axe face of the overlapping parrying double axes. Sparks flew everywhere. Captain Viking felt a surge of huge force coming, which also contained high-frequency vibration. Obviously, he used skills to cooperate with the weapon's characteristics. The force of his double axes shifted, and his parrying stance was broken, exposing a huge gap.

In the next moment, the tip of the mechanical spear suddenly deformed, splitting into four spider leg-like mechanical limbs, bending, and using the tip to stab into Captain Viking's back, fixing him in place, looking like the mechanical spear had turned into a claw, grabbing the target.

At the same time, the tip of the mechanical spear turned into a dark muzzle, and a dazzling light of plasma surged, aiming at the immobile Captain Viking.

Swish!

A beam of bright blue plasma shot out from it, instantly piercing Captain Viking's chest. The plasma beam extended for a meter, condensing and not dispersing, as if it had become a sword—this was the weapon's form liberation, turning into a light spear.

Taking this opportunity, Mad Knife went up with a gorgeous weapon combo, exhausting Captain Viking's last bit of health and beheading him on the arena.

Because of the Black Star character card, he was able to give up defense and focus on attack. Without the worries of blood loss, the fault tolerance rate skyrocketed dozens of times. He dared to take more risks, and his personal operating level had therefore risen a level, which was hearty and dripping.

"This combo is handsome enough, the Mechanical Pugilist profession is still handsome."

"I'm a little tempted to practice a Mechanical Pugilist alt."

"Don't fantasize, professional players' Mechanical Pugilists and your Mechanical Pugilists are basically two kinds of creatures, noobs, don't坑others." (pinyin: keng - to trick/cheat)

The next player quickly took the stage. Even if he imitated Captain Viking to stall for time, it was useless. Mad Knife became more and more valiant, and he chopped down three more battle axe players in a row.

With the Black Star character card, his endurance was far beyond imagination, almost a perpetual motion machine.

The Chinese audience watched with relish, but as Mad Knife continued to exert the power of the Black Star character card, many viewers suddenly realized a strange problem.

"That's right, Black Star seems to be a Mechanic..."

"Yeah, the ability of this [Undying Body] is much stronger than the [Advanced Tough Life] of the previous session. No matter how you look at it, it looks like the core ability of a martial artist..."

"I understand! A Mechanic who doesn't add endurance... has no soul!"

"Got it, got it, so the real way to play a Mechanic is as a meat shield."

The Chinese audience joked.

But speaking of it, Mad Knife seemed to use Black Star's ability every session. They watched the effect of the Black Star character card gradually become perverted.

From the mechanical affinity bonus in the first session, to the [Advanced Tough Life] in the second session, to the current [Undying Body], each time was a huge improvement.

—We can be regarded as witnessing Black Star's rise step by step.

Many people had this idea and felt a sense of satisfaction as witnesses.

Mad Knife's combat power was overwhelming. He pressed his opponent on the ground and rubbed him back and forth in eighteen poses. The battle axe players behind didn't waste their trump cards, letting Mad Knife kill through the arena alone and once again eat a large wave of victory points.

Although it was only a flash in the pan, the terror of [Undying Body] had left an indelible impression in the minds of countless players.

Everyone was very curious about what other powerful abilities Black Star had. Every time, he could always open their eyes.

Looking at the discussions in the forum, Han Xiao could foresee that in the future, as long as the legion players obtained blank character cards, they would probably all run over to copy themselves.

The subsequent flag grabbing competition became Maple Moon's stage. She directly filmed a fortress position at the flag point, and the firepower washed the ground. If Battle Axe wanted to grab the flag, they would have to pay several times the price, causing the gap between the two sides' flag grabbing points to grow wider and wider.

Jiangcheng didn't give Battle Axe any chance to make a comeback and won another victory.

After winning three consecutive games, Jiangcheng had consolidated their victory, and the remaining two dungeon matches were much easier, just a formality. At the end of the first five rounds, Jiangcheng completely defeated Battle Axe in victory points and won the first game of the first round, a good start.

…

The first round of the international finals was in full swing, and the eight teams went all out to contribute the most exciting duels since this league.

The results of the first round were hotly released, and the results made all the Chinese audience excited and crazy.

Jiangcheng defeated Swedish Battle Axe three to one, Dynasty defeated American Underworld three to one, and Changkong defeated Japanese Yamata three to two...

In other words, the best expectations of the Chinese audience appeared—all three Chinese teams advanced in the first round and entered the top four!

The results of the previous session were already very good. This session went a step further, occupying three seats in the international top four. The only lone foreign team was the American Koy team!

As soon as the list came out, players from major divisions were shocked. No one could have imagined that the Chinese performance this session was so strong, truly showing dominance!

The Great Demon King!

The Chinese teams this year were terrifyingly strong, and the Koy team became the only seedling, carrying the hopes of all other division players.

Except for the Shattered Star Ring division, other players were united against the enemy, hoping that Koy could rise against the trend, break the Chinese Great Demon King's blockade, and become the anti-China vanguard.

Compared with the foreign audience's desperate mentality, the Chinese players were overjoyed. Occupying three of the top four was equivalent to locking in a final spot in advance, and this time, the opportunity for the Chinese teams to meet in the championship was even greater.

In the World Finals, if the final two teams are clubs from the same country, this will be a huge honor. If China can be the first to complete this record, it will be like creating history and have a special milestone significance, which the Chinese players are very much looking forward to.

The eager expectations of the domestic audience and the unanimous hatred of the foreign players put all the pressure on the Jiangcheng team—Koy's opponent in the semi-finals was Jiangcheng.

If they won Koy, then everything would be fine. Jiangcheng would become a historical record creator and get the opportunity to become a wealthy club...

But if they lost to Koy, they would waste this great opportunity to create a milestone, disappoint the domestic audience, and the reputation their club had accumulated with great difficulty would definitely plummet... This was a double-edged sword!

For all the audience, the match between Jiangcheng and Koy was equivalent to this year's final. As long as Jiangcheng won, then the championship would be in China's pocket!

On the Shattered Star Ring section, many players spontaneously took action, collecting Koy's team's information, analyzing the opponent's tactics, and helping Jiangcheng analyze intelligence together.

Although Jiangcheng may not need it, this enthusiasm greatly encouraged Mad Knife and others.

Under the spotlight, the international semi-finals kicked off. No one watched the civil war between Dynasty and Changkong, these old rivals. Almost all the audience went to watch the duel between Jiangcheng and Koy.

In terms of team strength alone, Koy had core players transferred from Underworld. The overall strength was definitely super-first-rate. It was not easy to break through from Group A, and the Americans were basically demon race people with strong talents.

Koy's leader was Solomon's Key. Mad Knife was an old opponent of his. The two had faced each other in the first individual competition. At that time, Solomon's Key was defeated by Mad Knife. After two versions, Solomon's Key was also improving.

As soon as the two teams started fighting, the game entered a white-hot stage. After four rounds of fierce battles, the two sides drew two to two and entered the final match point.

Whether it was the Chinese or foreign audience, their hearts were tugged up, fluctuating with the situation of the battle.

In this last game, neither the team battle nor the arena battle widened the gap, but in the subsequent flag grabbing and dungeon matches, Maple Moon showed great power. All the mechanical devices at the bottom of the box were used, and even the prototype of the Void Dragon mech appeared, laying the foundation for the team's victory in one fell swoop.

The final record was fixed at three to two. Jiangcheng won the semi-finals, in which Maple Moon made great contributions and reaped a large number of die-hard fans.

On the other side, Dynasty defeated Changkong. The two teams had a civil war like last time, but the result was the opposite. Changkong was no match for Dynasty this time and stopped in the top four. Dynasty was considered to have completed their revenge.

Two Chinese teams met in the final, setting a milestone for the professional league!

The Chinese audience was excited and relieved, and felt satisfied.

Because Koy did not enter the final, the foreign audience was very disappointed. The overall attention of the Chinese civil war final was not as good as the semi-final.

Although the two Chinese teams had a strong desire to win, they had no conflict with each other and played steadily.

Unfortunately, Jiangcheng consumed a lot in the semi-finals and showed a clear decline. Dynasty only played four semi-finals and had a longer rest period to recuperate.

In the end, Jiangcheng regrettably lost, and Dynasty won the crown of the international finals, allowing China to complete their defense!

The Chinese audience raised their eyebrows, but they were not as surprised as when they first won the championship last time. It was more of a matter of course—now China is one of the top teams in the world. Winning the championship is worth celebrating, but it is not too surprising.

Unlike in his previous life, now it was not the Chinese teams going to challenge others, but others coming to challenge the Chinese teams. This sense of honor of being challenged as the Great Demon King was quite enjoyable for many Chinese viewers.

Because Jiangcheng completed the milestone of meeting in the final, even though they lost the final, the Chinese audience generously understood and did not skimp on their applause and encouragement.

The netizens who were not optimistic about China's defending the title before the game were speechless and all fell silent in the face of the real championship throne... As for whether they had a change of heart in their hearts, Han Xiao guessed they did.

China successfully defended their title. The excited legion players cheered on the forum, and Han Xiao was also quite happy, but in his opinion, this was a mixed bag for him.

The results of the league will affect the daily actions of players. In the next version, major divisions will gather in the Glistening World. China has won two consecutive championships, and may become the target of public criticism. As the largest player camp in the Shattered Star Ring, Black Star Legion may be challenged and targeted by players from other camps...

Just those foreign clubs will definitely unite to focus on containing the Chinese clubs,抢夺resources, 抢夺tasks, 抢夺territory. (pinyin: qiang duo - seize/loot)

Version 4.0 is the version in which players officially made a name for themselves and embarked on the stage of the universe camp competition. Han Xiao will not ignore the dying ability of tens of millions of players in each division.

To deal with this, it is necessary to establish a huge foundation in the Glistening World in advance during the version update.

This is the foothold of Version 4.0.

"This stage of the version update is the key to my further development..."

Breathing out, tidying up his emotions, Han Xiao closed the forum that had fallen into revelry, rubbed his chin, and pondered secretly.