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Bang also frowned, the smile in his eyes fading and replaced by a serious expression.

He felt that King was being arrogant, even presumptuous.

“Mr. King, although you have demonstrated extraordinary perception in the previous tests, the world of video games is another matter.”

"The outcome here depends on milliseconds of reaction and precise execution; one against three is almost impossible."

He believed that with his martial arts master background, he had reached the pinnacle of game players in terms of reaction and understanding of the battle situation.

Even facing one of him alone would be a tough battle for KING, let alone facing him, Saitama, and an S-class cyborg with unknown potential at the same time.

However, Lin Mo simply smiled faintly in response to the three men's questions.

His smile no longer held the unease or burden of the past, but was filled with pure, absolute confidence.

After countless days and nights of hard work, he was confident that he had absolute dominance in the gaming field.

“The rules are simple.” Lin Mo held up one finger. “You three form a team and choose your own roles. I’ll be on my own team and choose a role randomly.”

"Your goal is to knock me out. If any one of you three survives before I fall, you win."

These words completely ignited Bang's fighting spirit.

He said no more, his eyes sharpening, and he spoke in a deep voice:

"Since Mr. King is so confident, then we, master and apprentice... oh no, the three of us, shall come and see what we can do!"

The battle is about to break out.

A flash of light appeared on the screen, and the battle officially began. Exhilarating music filled the air, and the character selection screen was filled with the clanging of metal and the roars of heroes.

On the left is Bang's choice of a martial artist character based on himself, "Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist Silver," while Saitama chose a muscular and gigantic character, "Giant Titan."

Genos chose a cyborg character named "Demon Mech," who is entirely mechanical and uses various energy cannons and lasers as his main attack methods.

The three characters have very different styles, yet they subtly form a complementary formation: Bang engages in close combat, Saitama makes powerful charges, and Genos provides ranged firepower suppression.

On the right side of the screen, the individual character frame representing KING flashed rapidly, the cursor swept across one powerful character after another, and finally... with a "click," it stopped on the most inconspicuous avatar.

That was a character with no distinguishing features and whose abilities were all very average – “Fighter Ryu”.

This character is wearing the simplest white martial arts uniform and is the initial character in the game.

He is the initial character in the game, the "tutorial" character used by every new player when starting out.

"Pfft... Hahaha!" Saitama burst out laughing the moment he saw the character. "KING, are you serious? Your luck is terrible! You got a starter character, how are you supposed to fight?"

Saitama is very excited now, the shadow of his countless defeats at the hands of King has been swept away.

He could almost see himself controlling the "Titan" and trampling KING under his feet. Today, he was going to break this invincible curse!

Bang was both amused and exasperated. He had expected a fierce battle, but King's luck had turned out to be terrible.

He even felt a slight sense of unfairness in winning, using three carefully selected powerful characters to besiege a very basic starting character...

Inside the training ground, only Lin Mo's expression remained unchanged.

He stared quietly at the "Fighter Ryu" on the screen, whose posture was perfect and whose expression was resolute. The corners of his mouth even turned up slightly, forming a smile that no one could understand.

What difference does it make to a god what kind of weapon he uses?

He smiled calmly, his eyes revealing the air of a master: "It doesn't matter, it's all the same."

The moment the words were spoken, the countdown in the center of the screen went to zero.

A huge, flaming word filled the entire screen, accompanied by a powerful sound effect that resonated throughout the dojo.

"FIGHT!"

The battle begins!

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As the giant "FIGHT!" logo on the screen and the rousing background music rang out, the seemingly mismatched 1v3 duel officially began.

"KING, you better watch out! My 'Giant Titan' is a power-type character; getting punched by him is no joke!"

Saitama grinned, revealing a set of white teeth, and gripped the controller tightly with both hands, looking as if victory was already in his grasp.

"Teacher, I'll provide you with fire support!" Genos spoke as fast as he pressed the controller.

His "Demon Mech" arms transformed into cannon barrels, firing countless laser bullets that accurately predicted and blocked all possible evasion routes for "Fighter Ryu".

At the same time, Bang's gaze became more focused than ever before.

Instead of charging recklessly like Saitama, he cut towards Lin Mo's rear from an extremely tricky flank angle.

To anyone else, this seemed like a hopeless situation where certain death was inevitable.

"It's over!" Saitama shouted excitedly.

However, just as all the attacks were about to hit, "Fighter Ryu," who had been standing still the whole time, moved.

Instead of retreating, he took a step forward towards Saitama's "Giant Titan".

This step was just outside the minimum attack range of Saitama's "Giant Titan" charge skill.

The massive Titan roared past him, its violent punches even ruffling his gi, yet failing to harm him in the slightest.

Due to the Titan's enormous size, his charge exposed his massive body to Genos's barrage of fire from the sky!

"Teacher, watch out!"

Genos cried out in alarm, trying to stop the attack, but it was too late.

The laser projectiles he released immediately rushed toward Saitama's "Giant Titan" after their original target, "Fighter Ryu," was blocked.

“Boom boom boom boom—!”

A series of explosions rang out on the back of the "Giant Titan," and Saitama's character was momentarily stunned.

"what?!"

Saitama was dumbfounded; he had no idea why he was hit by his own teammate's skill.

However, this is not the end.

The step Lin Mo took not only dodged Saitama's charge and caused Genos's attack to accidentally injure an ally, but also positioned himself precisely in front of Bang, who was cutting in from the side and rear.

The balance of power was reversed in an instant!

Facing the "Fighter Ryu" who was right in front of him, Bang, the martial arts master in the game, revealed a fatal flaw that lasted for half a second because his preset moves could not be changed instantly.

For Lin Mo, half a second is enough to decide the life or death of a battle.

His fingers flicked across the controller, without using any flashy special moves, just the most basic and unpretentious combos in the game.

Light punch, light kick, heavy punch, followed by a rising dragon punch.

On the screen, "Fighter Ryu" moved with fluid grace, delivering a solid blow to Bang's "Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist: Silver".

The final punch, accompanied by a blue energy blast, sent Bang's character flying high into the air, eliminating him instantly.

After completing a combo, Lin Mo simply controlled his character to calmly take half a step back and return to the center of the screen, as if everything just now was done casually.

The entire process, from the start of the game to Bang's defeat, took less than five seconds.

On the screen, Bang's "Water Stream Rock Smash Fist - Silver" slowly collapsed, turning into specks of light and disappearing.

The first player eliminated has been chosen!

“Mr. Bang!” Genos exclaimed in shock.

The temple was completely silent.

Saitama's mouth formed an "O" shape as he looked at his character, who was still being bombarded by energy blasts, and then at Bang, who had been defeated. His mind went completely blank.

Bangu was deeply shaken, and a fine layer of sweat appeared on his forehead.

He had just seen it clearly; KING's actions were not superfluous in the slightest.

What amazing on-the-spot reaction and judgment of the battle situation!

"Don't panic! He just got lucky!" Saitama quickly recovered from his shock and shouted to encourage himself, "There are still two of us, we still have a chance!"

"Take this!" Saitama roared, controlling "Titan Titan" to charge forward again.

However, without Bang's restraint, they were left with only a combination of strength and ranged attacks, which became full of weaknesses in front of Lin Mo.

Lin Mo controlled "Fighter Long," moving leisurely across the battlefield.

He easily dodged every heavy punch from Saitama, and avoided every shot from Genos with the simplest jump.

"Too slow." Lin Mo's lips curled up slightly.

He seized the moment when Saitama missed a powerful punch, followed by a simple jumping heavy kick and a finishing move.

"Vacuum Wave Fist!"

A massive blue energy beam erupted from "Fighter Long's" hand, completely engulfing the enormous body of "Titan the Giant".

The second one to be eliminated was Saitama.

Inside the dojo, Saitama stared dumbfounded at his grayed-out screen, and the controller fell to the ground with a "thud".

"How can... he be so strong..."

Now, only Genos remains on the battlefield, facing the initial character who is still almost at full health and wearing a white gi.

Genos felt unprecedented pressure, but he did not give up.

Even if there's no chance of winning, I will fight to the very last moment!

Genos's eyes narrowed as he concentrated all his energy and unleashed his ultimate attack.

"Incineration Cannon - Maximum Power!"

The reactor on the chest of the "Demon Mech" was fully activated, and a golden beam of light, several times thicker than before, blasted towards "Fighter Ryu"!

Faced with this final blow, Lin Mo finally smiled.

He controlled "Fighter Ryu," neither dodging nor avoiding, and slowly walked forward towards the earth-shattering pillar of light.

Then, his fingers frantically typed the same command into the controller at an astonishing speed.

On the screen, "Fighter Ryu" appeared amidst a golden beam of light, his body bursting forth with a series of dense sparks from his parries.