A melee-type machine had to catch up to its enemy before it could possibly hit them. No matter how many afterimages it could create while moving, or how much help those afterimages could provide in battle, how could it damage its target if it could not get close at all? Even attacking with limited ranged methods was utterly ineffective against a target with such terrifyingly agile movements.
This was precisely the situation faced by the Usurper piloted by Wendrou Moussa against Xiao Ran's unnamed machine. Furthermore, the Usurper did not truly possess flight capability. Every time it took off, it relied entirely on the explosive force of its thrusters to hover briefly in the air, much like the Gutsy piloted by Kyosuke Nanbu. It could leap into the sky, but it could not remain airborne for long.
Xiao Ran's machine, however, not only possessed flight capability, but GN Particles also granted it unpredictable mobility, allowing it to move as freely as if it were in space. The Glow Transmitter gave the machine unparalleled speed, and with its other propulsion systems added in, neither its speed nor maneuverability in the sky was something the Usurper could compare to.
Thus, whenever the Usurper explosively charged into the sky and split into countless afterimages that shot toward Xiao Ran's machine, Xiao Ran would simply pilot his machine to another direction in the blink of an eye. Even if the Usurper abruptly changed course again with all its thrusters firing, it still had no chance of catching up.
Had Xiao Ran not changed machines and still been piloting the original Darkness Sky, he might truly have controlled it to charge head-on at the Usurper. With Beam Sabers, knees and kicks, plus the GN Dragoons, he could have unleashed a fierce barrage and smashed the