Chapter 859: I Am Your Opponent!
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Ling Lan constantly attacked the same area of her opponent’s weapon by using Firmament’s specialty, before it finally broke her opponent’s weapon. When Ling Lan saw the weapon being chopped in half, she s.h.i.+fted Firmament backwards and sliced it towards He’er Li’s c.o.c.kpit like a flash of light.
If He’er Li was only a top-level ace operator, it would have been impossible for him to dodge her attack. However, he was after all an operator who had entered the imperial level. Even though he was piloting an ace mecha, his imperial level mecha piloting capabilities allowed him to dodge the dangerous attack.
Ling Lan didn’t think much of her missed attack. If imperial operators were so easy to kill, imperial level operators wouldn’t be restricted by each country to go on the battlefield. When Ling Lan saw her opponent dodge her attack, she didn’t give up as Firmament just continued to slice towards her opponent once again.
Without a cold weapon to block, He’er Li could only dodge for his life. He knew he couldn’t continue like dodging because he will eventually make a mistake in dodging. Only a successful counterattack could get him out of this disadvantageous situation.
He’er Li was a decisive person. Instead of waiting to fail, he decided to fight to the end.
His eyes instantly became sharp as he continued to dodge Ling Lan’s pinpoint attacks. He then suddenly saw an error in Ling Lan’s judgement. Originally, each of her hit was directed towards a vital point on his body, making him not dare to make any large movements. However, her current attack’s trajectory was towards his left shoulder area. For a human body, it was perhaps a vital point, but for mechas that was not the case.
Chance! He’er Li didn’t choose to completely concentrate on dodging this time. When he piloted mecha to dodge Ling Lan’s incoming attack, his right hand sprang backwards. At the same time, a long beam gun from his back suddenly unlocked from its holster, falling right into his mecha’s right hand.
“s.h.i.+ng!”
The joint connecting shoulder and the left arm of He’er Li’s mecha was. .h.i.t hard by Ling Lan’s Firmament. The immense force and the sharpness coming from Firmament was actually able to cleanly slice through the joint because the material for the joint was made of a flexible and not so durable material. The left arm of He’er Li’s mecha was cut off before it quickly dropped to the ground.
Another reason why it was able to be cut was because He’er Li was piloting an ace mecha. If it was an imperial mecha, no matter how sharp the edge of the Firmament was, it would still be unable to cut through the s.h.i.+eld of an imperial mecha, not to mention cutting off an arm in one sword swing.
However, the spectating mecha operators didn’t know about this information, especially those from Hela. Those whose mentality were not as strong and saw their usually invincible regiment commander get his mecha’s arm cut off actually began to panic, resulting in them making a lot of mistakes in their mecha piloting.
If the mecha operators from 250 Ace Mecha Clan were only a newbie ace operators or no-brain operators, they might not have noticed those small mistakes. However, the mecha operators from 250 Ace Mecha Clan were all people from various divisions who had fought through hundreds of battles. Although some of them still haven’t recovered to their full potential for certain reasons, they still had experience and insight they could rely on to take advantage of those mistakes. They were considered to be the best of the best ace mecha operators so they would definitely not miss out on such an opportunity.
After taking advantage of the opportunities that were given to them, they used their strongest techniques and destroyed their opponents’ mechas instantly. Now, the situation seemed to be more in 250 Ace Mecha Clan’s favour. The 30 or so strongest mecha operators from 250 Ace Mecha Clan were even taking on more than one opponent at a time. However, with the pressure lessening on the other mecha operators, they were now able to take on two opponents at a time, which lessened the burden on the 30 or so strongest mecha operator. The hard work of the others mecha operators gave these 30 or so mecha operators the chance to fight 1-on-1, so by fighting just one opponent at a time, they were able to take out their single opponents easily, then they pounced towards the other mecha operators to reduce the pressure off their comrades.
It should be said that the battle up until now, the morale on Hailiya’s side was already at an all-time low. On the other side, almost all of the mecha operators from the base who had come out to protect the base were full of fighting spirit. After seeing the situation s.h.i.+fting towards Base 013’s side, He’er Li became very scared and terrified of what was going to happen next. He didn’t want to take the shame and disgrace from losing a battle when he returns. In his dictionary, there wasn’t the word ‘failure’. There was only win, win, win!
Although his mecha lost its left arm, He’er Li still got his beam gun. The only reason He’er Li was willing to pay the price to get his beam gun out was because his specialty was long-range attacks and not close combat. Thus, He’er Li didn’t think that losing his left arm would affect him too much. Of course, He’er Li didn’t think his opponent’s weapon was so sharp that it could cut off his mecha’s left arm, when he thought it would only damage it.
After slicing her opponent’s left arm off, Ling Lan continued to move forward, planning to acquire the fruits of her labour, however her opponent’s mecha suddenly side-stepped and kicked something towards her. He actually kick his mecha’s left arm towards her like a football.
The immense force behind the kick alongside with the arm’s weight actually caused the air to whistle as it went straight towards Ling Lan’s c.o.c.kpit.
Seeing the arm coming towards her, Ling Lan had no choice but to stop her next attack and dodge the flying arm as a c.o.c.kpit’s outer sh.e.l.l was quite weak, so Ling Lan had to be careful about things aiming for her c.o.c.kpit area. Although she lost the chance to completely take down her opponent by choosing to dodge instead of pursuing He’er Li, she was not unhappy about it as there were enemies everywhere. Making one small mistake here could cause her to lose her life, and Ling Lan didn’t dare to gamble with that.
Ling Lan’s movement gave her opponent an opportunity to come back in this fight. He’er Li immediately piloted his mecha and backed up quickly. He wanted to increase the distance between him and Ling Lan for him to feel at ease to use long range attacks to snipe at Ling Lan.
Right as he was backing up quickly, one Federation’s mecha that was in battle, suddenly ran from his opponent. Then, the large sword in that mecha’s hand quickly sliced towards He’er Li’s c.o.c.kpit. This attack was too sudden. He’er Li was not prepared for someone to not care about his own safety, and decided to ambush him instead.
“Danger!” When He’er Li had discovered the attack, the sword was already about to pierce through his c.o.c.kpit. He’er Li’s nerves instantly steeled and his finger speeds reached a new height. In a life-or-death situation, He’er Li suddenly broke through the cap on his finger speed that he had not gotten past in a long time.
He’er Li’s mecha suddenly made a strange move. It was as though it had crashed into something and side-stepped away. The large sword that was near his c.o.c.kpit had only reached the metal outer sh.e.l.l, leaving a terrifying scar, but luckily, it did not damage the c.o.c.kpit. In other words, He’er Li had successfully dodged this sure-kill attack.
Hela’s mecha operators were overjoyed that their regiment commander had gotten out of that dangerous situation, even He’er Li was overjoyed in his own mind. If he hadn’t broken through just now, he might have had a big problem.
He’er Li, who was relieved, wanted to see who had ambushed him. He only saw a number ‘6’ behind the numbers ‘250’ on the chest plate of that mecha… Before he could think about it, the optical supercomputer in his c.o.c.kpit suddenly sprang up with warnings and alarms, “Locked-on, evade. Locked-on, evade…”
He’er Li suddenly realized it. He didn’t even think and just crazily did what he could to pilot his mecha away. His finger speeds had reached a speed where his fingers were no longer visible. Right as the mecha began to dodge, three beam attacks had simultaneously hit his c.o.c.kpit.
Ling Lan coldly put down the beam gun in her hands and said softly, “Your opponent is me. If you forget then you must pay the price!”