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Chapter 354
The white chemical smoke slowly cleared from the Sector-4 Arena. Four of the Gilded Elite students lay completely unconscious, trapped inside their dead, multi-million-credit armor. Xerxes, the massive Rank 1 Cadet, was totally alone. His 80% titanium body hissed angrily. Thick steam vented from his shoulders. He looked at his fallen comrades, his mechanical eyes whirring with genuine panic and fury. "Cowards!" Xerxes roared. His voice boomed through his suit's external modulator, making the concrete walls shake. "All of you! Face me directly!" From the thinning smoke, four figures stepped quietly into the clearing. Marcus, Sera, Kael, and Lyra emerged. Their simple, coarse grey robes were stained with dark soot and a few small drops of their own red blood. But they did not look weak. They looked like ancient statues brought to life. They formed a quiet, unyielding semi-circle around the towering titanium titan. They did not taunt him. They did not celebrate their victories. Si
Chapter 353
The Sector-4 Arena was filled with thick, blinding white chemical smoke. The high-born crowd in the VIP boxes was completely silent, staring at the scrambled static on the giant broadcast screens. Down in the smoke, the "Aerosolized Blind-Smoke" was supposed to protect Xerxes and his team. It was supposed to hide them. But the smoke only hid the Vanguard’s incredible speed. Suddenly, out of the swirling white fog, the terrible sound of tearing metal echoed through the stadium. A muffled scream pierced the arena’s acoustic sensors. The sound shocked the invisible audience. They had expected to hear the Dregs screaming. They did not expect to hear their champions crying in pain. The heavy white smoke cleared just enough for the cameras to catch a horrifying sight. The third Aegis-X wearer came flying backward through the air. He crashed heavily into a rusted metal wall, sliding down to the dirt. His expensive, self-healing liquid-titanium chest plate was completely caved inward. T
Chapter 352
Down in the Sector-4 Arena, the giant scoreboard buzzed again. Three red lights. Only Xerxes and one lieutenant remained. Xerxes, the massive 80% titanium monster, watched his heavily armored team fall apart. He had started the match thinking he was a God. Now, he was terrified. The "naked beggars" were tearing his perfect machines to pieces. Frustrated by the brutal dismantling of his vanguard, Xerxes roared an order over his suit's external speakers. "Blind them!" Xerxes’s robotic voice boomed across the ruined concrete. "Deploy the smoke! Stop the blind girl from hearing us!" His remaining lieutenant quickly pressed a button on his wrist. Thick, heavy, chemical fog blasted out of the vents on the Aegis-X armor. It was not normal smoke. It was "Aerosolized Blind-Smoke." It was a highly advanced military weapon designed to neutralize all sensors. It absorbed sound waves, scrambled radar, and blocked heat signatures. The heavy white fog flooded the arena floor in seconds. It rol
Chapter 351
The dust cloud in the Sector-4 Arena was thick. The two elite cadets fired their heavy rail-cannons, but Lyra’s acoustic mapping guided Marcus and Kael safely through the deadly crossfire. "They missed!" Kael grinned. "Then let's make them pay," Sera whispered. The two augmented cadets stopped firing. They realized their target lock was broken. One of them, a heavy gunner in a glowing Aegis-X suit, stepped forward to search the dust. His shimmering blue energy shield hummed loudly, protecting him entirely. Kael did not wait. He moved fast, closing the distance on the first Aegis-X wearer in a blink. The elite cadet saw the big Dreg running at him. He laughed mechanically. "You cannot punch this shield, beggar!" Kael ignored the shimmering energy shield encasing the armor. He did not punch it. He used Silas's training. Kael ran hard and suddenly dropped his weight low. He engaged his newly awakened Kapito-Gene density. His tungsten bones felt as heavy as a freight train. He slam
Chapter 350
The Sector-4 Arena was massive and bright. The heavy, transparent shields holding the two teams apart glowed with a faint blue light. High above, the referee AI buzzed loudly. “3... 2... 1... Match commencing.” The arena's central force field dropped with a sharp electrical snap. Xerxes, the massive Rank 1 Cadet, did not wait a single second. He immediately triggered his Aegis-X suit's jump-jets. The powerful engines blasted him off the ground. He launched his 1,000-pound armored frame high into the air, flying directly toward the center of the ring where the Vanguard stood. "Crush the rats!" Xerxes roared, his robotic voice echoing across the stadium. He fell like a meteor. The impact of Xerxes landing was devastating. He slammed into the ground right in the middle of the Vanguard team. The landing sent a violent shockwave through the carbon-composite floor. The thick tiling cracked instantly, splitting open in a massive spiderweb. A huge cloud of artificial dust and broken
Chapter 349
The Sector-4 Arena was deafeningly loud. High up in the executive commentary booth, the lead anchor leaned into his microphone. He was a heavily augmented cyborg. His face was covered in shiny silver plating, and his eyes were glowing red camera lenses. He chuckled dismissively. His voice echoed through the massive stadium speakers. "Well, folks," the cyborg anchor laughed, "it looks like the Sump-dwellers brought their bedsheets to a plasma fight." The crowd in the VIP boxes roared with cruel laughter. The stadium's automated hovering cameras zoomed in on the Vanguard team. The giant holographic screens above the arena showed Marcus, Sera, Kael, and Lyra. The screens highlighted their bare hands, their bare feet, and their unshielded faces. Bright red text flashed across the screens, labeling the four recruits: [UN-AUGMENTED DEVIANTS.] [SUB-STANDARD BIOLOGICALS.] In the most luxurious Executive Box, the remaining members of the Chrome Council sat in comfortable floating chair
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