I built the Black Tower City in Sumeru.

Chapter 43 The sharp-tongued Elhesen, the defense-broken Kavi, takeoff.

He sat down next to Cole, first carefully examining Cole's complexion, then scrutinizing Cole's skin to confirm that there was indeed no sign of a relapse of the Demon Scales disease.

Tina felt much more relaxed, as if one less thing was on her mind.

Then, Tinari looked towards the arena: "Why don't I see Anil's mechanical contraption?"

Cole explained from the side, "That cute doll next to Anil is his mechanical creation."

"He used bio-alchemy skin to encase the mechanical structure inside."

Tinari's ears twitched: "Bio-alchemy skin? It's quite well made."

"Annil always manages to surprise us. It's fine if he doesn't make it through the qualifiers this time; I can just take him back to the rainforest on the way. Students of the biophilosophy school are better suited to working with plants."

In Tina's view, everyone has their own expertise, and he was afraid that his student would have a hard time getting past the preliminary rounds.

Meanwhile, Kavi had retreated back to his seats. He looked around, trying to find Elhesen.

He invited Elhesen to watch the match, although Elhesen did not agree.

But Kavi still didn't give up.

Perhaps, Elhesen will come?

The next second, in a secluded corner at the highest point of the stands, Kave saw Elhesen.

Al-Hysen was looking down, holding a thick copy of "Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus" in his hands, and wearing a pair of conspicuous light green noise-canceling headphones.

He sat upright, as if the cheers and heat around him had nothing to do with him.

Kavi jogged over there.

"I knew you'd come!" Kavi scoffed. "You say you're not interested, but your actions speak louder than words."

Without even looking up, Al-Hysen turned a page in his book, his voice calm and even: "The noise level here is just right for my testing of headphone noise cancellation limits. Also, this area has the best shade in the whole place, perfect for reading."

"Stop pretending!" Kavi plopped down next to him. "I know you're here to watch my match."

Elhesen shook his head: "No, I have no curiosity about you whatsoever. I came to see Anil, the student of the Life Wheel School. Farusan speaks highly of him."

Kavi was about to go crazy. Ugh, couldn't you just say something that would make me happy?

Al-Hysen then changed the subject, saying, "I have some news for you. Anil spent ten million Mora to bet on himself to win."

Kavi was shocked: "How...how did you know that?"

Could it be that they are concerned about me and specifically inquired about this information?

Then, in the next second, Elhesen disappointed Kavi.

Al-Hysen said, "When I came here just now, I heard some businessmen talking about how they were the organizers of the betting market."

"This Anil is either a madman or he's absolutely certain of victory."

Kavi: "So?"

Al-Hysen said, "I judged that he wasn't crazy, so I bet five million on Anil to be the first in the qualifiers."

"Aaaaaah!" Kavi screamed in frustration, "Then how much did you buy from me? It must have been more, right?"

Al-Hysen's voice was flat: "Zero, your odds are too low. Even if you win, you won't make much. I'm too lazy to bet, and I don't think you'll win either."

"Ughhh!" Kavi was absolutely furious. "Would you die if you didn't say the second half of the sentence?"

"No," Elhesen replied seriously.

……

The match is about to begin.

Chen Bo and the other contestants also arrived at the starting line.

At the starting line, seventeen mechanical creations of various shapes and sizes were lined up in a row.

Lyra's "Silver Guardian" was like a small mountain, its massive shadow directly covering the two groups of players next to her.

The racetrack is a huge circle formed by two colorful ribbons.

However, this circle is enormous, with a circumference of 50 kilometers, roughly the length of a marathon. The entire route involves traversing rainforests, crossing rivers, passing through parts of desert, and then returning to the starting point.

The track is also extremely wide, measuring a full fifty meters.

Even though everyone was standing side by side, it wasn't crowded.

"Are you ready?" Chen Bo asked softly.

Naxida closed her eyes and completed the self-check once again.

As the goddess of wisdom, her thinking speed far surpassed that of ordinary people, and soon, all system self-checks were completed.

Nasita nodded: "The self-check is complete, no problems."

Chen Bo reminded him, "Don't fly too high, try to stay about one meter above the ground. That way, we can better showcase the superior performance of our mechanical puppets."

"Okay, I'll control the height." Nasita nodded, a hint of curiosity in her eyes. This kind of competition was indeed a special experience for her.

very funny.

Chen Bo lightly tapped the void, and two floating cannons descended from the sky, hovering behind Naxi Da.

These two are automatic defense floating cannons, also known as close-in defense floating cannons.

The art style is very rough, with twelve small cannon muzzles and one large cannon muzzle, which looks very dangerous.

This scene aroused great curiosity among the onlookers.

"What is that? A flying cannon?"

"Did it just fall from the sky?"

"This is... a secret weapon? It looks really powerful."

Everyone couldn't help but look up at the sky.

A few black dots can be vaguely seen.

That was Chen Bo's full suit of armor and two other floating cannons.

Elhesen also looked up at the sky.

His eyesight was excellent; he could distinguish specific shapes and recognize that it was a set of armor.

Moreover, the armor would adjust its position slightly as Chen Bo moved, always remaining on top of him.

Very good design.

No wonder he's so confident.

The starting gun fired.

The stadium was instantly covered in smoke and dust.

Lyra's "Silver Guardian" took the lead, its huge mechanical feet making a slight tremor on the ground with each landing.

Although their stride frequency was slightly lower, they still easily took the lead.

Jamil's mechanical puppet followed closely behind. Although it was not as large as the Relic Guardian, it had a significantly faster pace, but its speed was not much slower.

In comparison, the other contestants' works appeared clumsy and awkward.

Some staff members had only taken two steps when they lost their balance and fell to the ground.

These students aren't very good at designing humanoid mechanisms; they usually design four-legged and eight-legged ones.

Their design is fine for bipedal walking, but once they start running, they are prone to losing their balance and falling.

Nasita didn't run an inch; instead, red flames suddenly ignited at her ankles and palms. High-purity grass element was ignited, generating a powerful thrust.

Nasita started a little slower, but as soon as she took off, she instantly overtook the guardian of the ruins who was running in the lead.

The entire room fell silent.

Dolly nearly spat out her Coke, then slammed her arms over the railing, her sunglasses sliding down to the tip of her nose.

"Flying...it's flying? No wings, just flying straight up?"

The design requires a humanoid mechanism with hands and feet; if it is designed in the shape of a bird with wings, it would definitely be against the rules.

Because it's not human-shaped.

Owning a hang glider is borderline illegal.

However, Luna 1 was completely humanoid.

Even without wings, you still have to fly.