Perhaps Grey Antelope's pilot had realized the gap between himself and Xiao Ran. After clashing several times, he seized an opportunity to retreat sharply again. Yet the surrounding Zovok drones frantically swarmed toward Xiao Ran. More than two hundred drones charged Darkness Sky at once, while over two hundred beams targeted it every second.
Over two hundred in one second meant two thousand in ten. Countless attacks capable of threatening a mecha with B-class defensive strength rained down upon Darkness Sky like a torrential storm. Xiao Ran, who had so often bullied others with firepower and numbers, finally got a taste of the same treatment.
It was not as though Xiao Ran had never faced densely packed enemies, nor had he never encountered a barrage of beams. Yet this all-encompassing Beam Rain still made him frown slightly. With Grey Antelope, Soul Throne, and the Native Species watching him closely from the side, even an A-class mecha could suffer badly from a single mistake.
But there was no way such a situation could stump Xiao Ran. Though the attacks were packed thickly together, and he was confident he could pilot Darkness Sky through the countless beams, doing so would have been extremely foolish. Darkness Sky suddenly accelerated and charged directly toward the source of the beams.
Just as the innumerable beams came straight at it, densely sealing off every inch of space around Darkness Sky and about to strike it, Darkness Sky dissolved into countless particles and vanished from everyone's sight in the blink of an eye, causing every drone attack to lose its target.
Seeing Darkness Sky suddenly disappear, Grey Antelope's pilot showed a stunned expression. But he immediately became alert, halting his mecha and ordering dozens of drones to encircle it. His response was exceptionally capable.
Meanwhile, Soul Throne