Chapter 716: Chapter 504: Angry Iron Plate Standing Tall Upon This Land

As it sensed the gaze, the surface of the cockpit on the Angry Iron Plate’s head also lit up with a light resembling a pair of scarlet eyes.

The two seem to be staring at each other from afar.

The red-haired girl seemed to notice this scene: "Oh? There is a very interesting machine in that corner over there!"

"Check out its powerful design and unique style. I think it looks quite impressive. It might be the dark horse of this tournament!"

As soon as she finished speaking, the chat exploded.

[Dark horse? I remember last time it was instantly defeated by Zero!]

[So funny, just as expected from a female commentator, no level at all. I’m switching rooms.]

[Only a few months and already fixed? Not afraid to make a fool of itself!]

Yet at this moment, the red-haired commentator slightly smirked.

"By the way, according to official data, the Ether Energy Value of this machine is..."

"74,945."

The scrolling comments paused briefly, then swiftly changed faces like a Sichuan opera.

[...Seriously?] 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

[Is this an Extreme Body?]

[Damn???]

[Wow, amazing.]

The maximum Ether Energy Value cap for this Mechanical Spirit Cup is 75,000.

This is a comprehensive assessment of the energy level for participating machines.

Those approaching this threshold are called [Extreme Bodies].

But in reality... there aren’t actually many participating machines that can achieve this in this tournament.

Currently, what is known to everyone is the machines from the four major groups.

Due to high development and production costs, reaching 20,000 already meets the entry requirements, anything above 50,000 is an absolute pile-up of materials.

Getting so close to 75,000...

This can only be said to be the limit of the rule, not the limit of the creator’s financial resources.

And in Coastal City...

Money, is power!

But at the same time, many people continue to doubt.

[In just a few months, redesigning and building anew, what can be achieved? Think material piling is omnipotent?]

[Got a naive investor, huh? Well, good at fooling them for investment.]

[Uncomparable with major groups, I think it just barely scraped together the extremes.]

[Don’t end up like the preliminaries where after all the anticipation, it flopped.]

......

The situation of the second station is just a microcosm of the entire Mechanical Spirit Cup.

Whether it’s the two True Master commentators from the first station.

Or subsequent experts and Spirit Masters commenting.

Everyone is cheering, encouraging, questioning, bickering, discussing... amidst all these emotions, waiting for the competition to begin.

At this moment.

Even in a private office on the 999th floor, a clone of Li Jiatu raised his head with interest, using those dragon eyes hinting golden vertical pupils to look up.

His gaze seemed to penetrate all barriers, sensing the powerful foreign presences hidden within the cyber space audience booths.

[Temperance], [Emperor], [Fool], [Chariot], [Sun]...

These are different Contract Techniques from the two Meditation Contract Techniques passed down in Great Xia, equally strong yet not much less, spread in Federation Countries, Europe, and even the Sand Country’s 22 different Contract Techniques.

Chou Yuan’s presence at this moment is also amidst them, seemingly discussing something with those visiting foreign demigods.

Quickly the elder returned his gaze to the platform, looking at that [Chaos] where the glowing figure sat inside.

Li Feng.

Li Jiatu.

Both surnamed Li,

In fact, Yuanhu Group’s ruler, already over a hundred years old, Li Feng is his grandson.

Although Li Jiatu hasn’t provided much help to his descendants for a long time, the Coastal Li family, having a giant still in existence, is already a famous top-tier family.

However, compared to his grandson’s [Chaos], he is more interested in that yellow and black rugged machine, and the two sitting inside.

He watched them with interest.

Until the countdown in the sky finally hits zero.

The next moment...

The 16th Mechanical Spirit Cup.

Officially starts.

......

At this instant.

The huge transparent platform in the sky suddenly began to move.

Dragging the massive bodies of hundreds of contestants, weighing millions of tons, it began moving over the "Lost Continent" at a speed faster than sound.

The chaotic airflow, howling winds, roaring sounds, and the sensation of being pushed back are isolated outside the platform by the Spirit Rune Array, yet the fast-retreating clouds and the rapidly switching routes on the ground still let all spectators feel the astonishing speed.

And almost all previously silent machines, seemingly conserving energy, seemed to awaken at this moment. The Spirit Rune Array exposed on the machine surfaces lit up,

As they all made slight, subtle movements.

Joints began to move, core power began to increase.

Even the talents of the pilots themselves, the Spirit Patterns, and even the Spirit Beast Abilities serving as auxiliary in the Sea of Spirit began to gradually be activated.

Even though special forces on the platform prohibited violent flow of Ether and Spiritual Power, at this moment, a certain indescribable, intense oppression emanating from these powerful machines and pilots began to ripple out, even causing the air to subtly warp.

—All pilots’ various abilities were limited to the Five-Star strength range, even True Masters were no exception.

But this is just to allow everyone to compete as fairly as possible, to make the machine itself the biggest reliance, this doesn’t mean the pilots themselves have become worthless.