As the giant "FIGHT!" text and the stirring background music exploded on the screen, this seemingly one-sided 1v3 showdown officially began.
"KING, you'd better be careful! My Giant Titan is a strength-based character, and getting hit by one of his punches is no joke!"
Saitama grinned, showing his white teeth, gripping the controller tightly, looking as if victory was already in his grasp.
"Teacher, I'll provide fire support for you!" Genos's speaking speed was as fast as his button-mashing.
His 'Ghost Mech' transformed its arms into cannon barrels, firing countless Energy Blasts that precisely predicted and sealed off all possible evasion routes for Fighter Ryu.
At the same time, Bang's gaze became more focused than ever before.
He didn't charge in recklessly like Saitama, but instead cut towards Lin Mo's rear from an extremely tricky flank angle.
To anyone, this seemed like a certain death trap.
"It's over!" Saitama shouted excitedly.
However, just as all attacks were about to hit, Fighter Ryu, who had remained still from the beginning, moved.
He simply took a step forward, not backward, towards Saitama's Giant Titan.
One step.
This single step placed him just outside the minimum attack range for Saitama's Giant Titan's charge skill.
The massive Titan roared past him, its furious punch wind even rustling his dojo uniform, yet it couldn't harm him in the slightest.
And due to the Giant Titan's immense size, his charge perfectly exposed his colossal body to Genos's descending barrage of fire!
"Teacher, watch out!" Genos cried out in alarm, wanting to stop his attack, but it was already too late.
The laser blasts he had released, after their original target, Fighter Ryu, was blocked, immediately rushed towards Saitama's Giant Titan.
"Boom boom boom boom—!"
A series of explosions erupted on the Giant Titan's back, and Saitama's character instantly entered a brief stun state.
"What?!"
Saitama was dumbfounded; he couldn't understand why he was hit by his own ally's skill.
However, this wasn't the end.
The step Lin Mo took not only dodged Saitama's charge and caused Genos's attack to friendly-fire, but it also placed him directly in front of Bang, who was cutting in from the side and rear.
The tide of battle instantly reversed!
Facing Fighter Ryu at such close quarters, Bang's martial arts master character, due to his pre-set moves being unable to change instantly, revealed a fatal half-second vulnerability.
For Lin Mo, half a second was enough to decide the outcome of a battle.
His fingers danced on the controller; he didn't use any flashy ultimate moves, just the most basic, unpretentious combo in the game.
Light punch, light kick, heavy punch, followed by a Shoryuken.
On the screen, Fighter Ryu moved fluidly, delivering a solid combo to Bang's Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist: Silver.
The final punch, carrying a blue energy wave, sent Bang's character flying high, directly eliminating him.
After completing the combo, Lin Mo simply controlled his character to calmly retreat half a step, returning to the center of the screen, as if everything he had just done was effortless.
The entire process, from the start of the game to Bang's defeat, took less than five seconds.
"KO!"
On the screen, Bang's Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist: Silver slowly fell, transforming into specks of light and disappearing.
The first elimination had occurred!
"Mr. Bang!" Genos exclaimed in shock.
Inside the dojo, there was a profound silence.
Saitama's mouth hung open in an "O" shape; he looked at his character still being bombarded by Energy Blasts, then at the defeated Bang, his mind blank.
Bang, on the other hand, was deeply shaken, a fine layer of sweat beading on his forehead.
He had seen it clearly: KING's movements had not a single wasted motion.
What astonishing real-time reactions and battle judgment!
"Don't panic! He just got lucky!" Saitama quickly recovered from his shock, shouting to pump himself up, "We still have two people, we still have a chance!"
"Take this!" Saitama roared, controlling the Giant Titan to charge forward again.
However, without Bang's distraction, they were left with only a strength and ranged combination, which became full of openings in front of Lin Mo.
Lin Mo controlled Fighter Ryu, moving through the battlefield with an unhurried grace.
Every one of Saitama's heavy punches was easily dodged, and every one of Genos's shots was avoided with the simplest of jumps.
"Too slow." Lin Mo's lips curved slightly upward.
He seized the massive stun after Saitama's heavy punch missed, following up with a simple jumping heavy kick and then an ultimate move.
"Vacuum Wave Punch!"
A massive blue pillar of energy erupted from Fighter Ryu's hands, thoroughly engulfing the Giant Titan's colossal body.
"KO!"
The second elimination: Saitama.
In the dojo, Saitama stared blankly at his grayed-out screen, his controller clattering to the floor.
"How can he... be so strong..."
Now, only Genos remained on the battlefield, facing the initial character in the white dojo uniform, who was almost at full health.
Genos felt unprecedented pressure, but he did not give up.
"Even if there's no chance of winning, I will fight until the very last moment!"
Genos's eyes narrowed, concentrating all his energy, and unleashed his ultimate move.
"Incineration Cannon: Maximum Power!"
The reactor in the 'Ghost Mech's' chest fully opened, and a golden beam of light, several times thicker than before, blasted towards Fighter Ryu!
Facing this final attack, Lin Mo finally smiled.
He controlled Fighter Ryu, neither dodging nor evading, but slowly walked forward into the destructive beam of light.
Then, his fingers furiously tapped the same command on the controller at an astonishing speed.
Block.
On the screen, Fighter Ryu's body emitted a series of rapid blocking sparks within the golden beam of light.
"Clang clang clang clang clang clang—!"
All three of them were utterly stunned.
He was actually... using the most basic "block" to perfectly parry all damage frames of the ultimate move, without missing a single one!
And every single block was a perfect block!
What incredible reaction time!
When the beam of light dissipated, Fighter Ryu stood unharmed, slowly lowering his blocking stance.
The victor had been decided.
Lin Mo didn't use any more skills; he simply controlled Fighter Ryu, walking step by step to the front of the 'Ghost Mech' and extending a hand.
It was the simplest move, a light punch.
"KO!"
"PERFECT!"
The initial character in the white dojo uniform on the screen was still at full health.
Inside the dojo, there was a deathly silence.
Lin Mo slowly put down the controller, let out a soft sigh, and said with a smile:
"It seems I won."