The beams unleashed by the two pistol-like weapons were dense enough to satisfy Xiao Ran. With ease, he spread a small barrage of attacks, punching multiple holes through several defensive KFs directly ahead before they exploded. The resulting blasts even lightly affected the entire defensive line, throwing its previously orderly defensive fire into slight disarray.
Xiao Ran was quite satisfied that Mazinger Kaiser possessed suitable long-range weapons. But after actually using them, he found that these rapid-fire, reasonably powerful weapons had a considerable flaw. In exchange for their rate of fire and power, the two pistols had an excessively short effective range. Though they were ranged weapons, they had to be brought within short range to perform effectively. Once beyond their range, their power dropped off sharply.
Fortunately, the machines blocking Mazinger Kaiser's path were all KFs with virtually no defensive capability by the standards of this world. Even at medium to long range, after the weapons' power had diminished, they could still deal enough damage to these KFs. Strictly speaking, though, the two pistols counted as ranged weapons only in name; in essence, they were close-range combat weapons. Mazinger Kaiser itself was a Melee Type machine, so these weapons were truly meant to be used in a gun-fu style. That was not a fighting method Xiao Ran excelled at, though he could still use it as long as the machine supported it. He was more accustomed to using them for conventional ranged attacks—though by Xiao Ran's standards, even his ranged attacks were hardly conventional.
Mazinger Kaiser flew extremely close to the ground. Its wings beat rapidly, spraying blue particles of light as it darted left and right at high speed, evading volley after volley of cannon fire. It tore through ground shattered by continuous bombardment, rapidly closing in on