He had thought he had dodged the attack launched by Annihilation Angel, but at that moment, the bird composed entirely of energy seemed to gain a soul of its own. With a flap of its wings and another shriek toward the sky, it turned and lunged at the Variable Fighter once more.
This attack fired by Annihilation Angel was nothing like an energy attack that became uncontrollable after being launched. It was more like Annihilation Angel had summoned an energy familiar with its own consciousness. Its movements were not exactly lifelike, but the way it spread its wings and turned made it impossible to regard it as merely a mass of energy.
The Energy Bird's movements had become extraordinary, yet Annihilation Angel, which had fired the attack, remained completely frozen in its post-attack stance, no longer displaying its previous agility. It was as though all the control the pilot had originally given the mech had instead been transferred to the Energy Bird, causing Annihilation Angel to lose control.
When the Energy Bird suddenly changed direction and lunged at him again, Xiao Ran was indeed startled by his carelessness. He hurriedly controlled the Variable Fighter into another turn, skimming past the edge of the Energy Bird's outspread wing and evading its sudden strike once more. Xiao Ran also noticed that, while the Energy Bird persisted, points of light continuously spilled from it. That meant it could not last forever. As time passed and its energy continued to dissipate, this foolish bird would sooner or later vanish without a trace.
Combined with Annihilation Angel's current state, Xiao Ran understood that the Energy Bird's transformations did not come without a cost. To control the Energy Bird's movements, its pilot had to give up control of Annihilation Angel. And the reason an Energy Bird