Shabak's eyes bulged wide open, his hoarse voice laced with unmasked madness...

The self-destruct countdown alarm quickly caused an uproar outside the arena. Good heavens, did this devil intend to destroy everyone in the arena?

The audience, who had been enjoying the material satisfaction of watching the Mecha Battle just a second ago, found themselves suddenly plunged into an abyss.

The crowd dispersed from the viewing areas in a mad rush, cramming into the safety corridors with an intense desire for survival, heedlessly causing stampede after stampede.

In an instant, the arena was filled with crying, screaming, and chaotic crowds, as messy as dumplings in a boiling pot... A few knew very well that if Abyss Gundam was armed with a small nuke, there was no escaping it.

"Ha ha ha ha... A bunch of white pigs who only know how to watch the play, enjoy it, wail, despair, and then accompany me in the terrifying nightmare that is the Abyss as we're buried together." Shabak's words were not directed at Kexiao but at everyone present, thoroughly relishing the death prelude of the countdown nearing its end. That is the real origin of the name Abyss Gundam.

"Well, everyone still has 30 seconds to run for your lives, escape as quickly as you can, the faster, the better."

In the contestant area stands, Sky Shadow's eyes were fiercely bright. After all, he had guessed that Shabak's battle might have this up its sleeve, and it turned out to be just as expected. However, Sky Shadow had yet to press the Light Transmission Device because he faintly sensed something else.

Several contestants in the Saudi viewing area were also uneasy, knowing panic was futile. Yet, they were blindly faithful to Kexiao, as if no problem could stand before him, even at a moment of life and death.

Indeed, facing Shabak's self-destruction countdown, Kexiao spoke with surprising calmness, "So, you did use it after all."

To Kexiao's remark, Shabak was somewhat taken aback, "How so, as if you knew all along."

"I didn't just know, I also always hoped you would turn back, but it seems, my expectations of you were too high."

"At this point, you still say such pretentious words. But whatever you say, we are all going to die here. No one will escape!"

As Kexiao's voice fell, the 30-second countdown quickly came to an end. The launcher suddenly burst into a blaze of fire, soaring up like a miniature sun. Inside the mech, he could feel the strong vibration from the launching device...

Boom!

Propelled by the launcher, a dark warhead shot into the void, landing heavily after a muted thud, the warhead silently hitting the ground, accompanied by a burst of fireworks that still dazzled under the daylight.

"Why, why is it fireworks?" Staring blankly at what unfolded before him, in truth, nothing happened, Shabak was utterly bewildered... Had his long-planned nuke turned into fireworks?

Damn it! It was Kexiao again!

The scattered crowd also regained their senses shortly afterward, their puzzled gazes locking onto the arena's big screen.

Clearly, Kexiao had known about Shabak's motives all along and had tampered with them secretly. Without explanation, he leapt forward and with several swift strokes of his Silver Spear... the Abyss Gundam disintegrated without resistance but did not explode.

Dozens of seconds later multiple aircraft hurried to the scene, with fully armed personnel jumping down and swiftly surrounding the shattered remains of Shabak's mecha, then moving in...

The beautiful woman leading the armed personnel happened to be the one Shabak trusted the most and was also a co-conspirator in the plan. The woman, with her delicate hair flowing, said, "Prince Shabak, you are finished."

"Bastard, you betrayed me."

"General Kexiao has always had a thorough grasp of the Prince's actions, and the General had hopes that the Prince would repent. Unfortunately, your ambition and madness destined you for a short future. To protect our family, I had to realign myself, and the facts prove my choice was correct."

At this moment, Shabak actually calmed down...

Kexiao did not concern himself with their dialogue. The Savior retracted its Silver Spear, and with a massive engine roar, the mech shot up into the sky and vanished above the arena, eliciting cheers from the audience.

The crowd did not understand what had happened, but it was clear that Shabak's plot had failed. All gratitude was owed to Kexiao, who clearly understood Shabak's intentions from the start, otherwise, he wouldn't have patiently urged Shabak to turn back. Indeed, everything was under Kexiao's control.

Truly a case of the new wave overtaking the old, Kexiao was rightly considered the premier general of his generation, unmatched by any of his peers.

If Shabak was still regarded as the greatest looming threat within the Saudi nation, with the conclusion of the battle, Kexiao had not only exposed Shabak's true intentions but also shattered them in one fell swoop. Afterwards, his reputation and standing would undoubtedly soar to new heights in people's hearts.

If the young renowned generals of the time were compared, Feng Yi might be seen as enigmatic and adept with unconventional strategies, with a tactical mind unbound by norms, then the impression Kexiao gave was that of invincibility, with flawless strategies, resolving any disadvantage effortlessly, and deciding victory from a thousand miles away with a light touch.

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