Several beams and a long Fire Snake shot from the Lightning Aegis toward the coordinates Xiao Ran had manually locked onto. The two combined GN-BIT beam attacks were like rays of light piercing through space itself, sweeping toward what looked like empty space with overwhelming force.
The Lightning Aegis's inexplicable attack left everyone aboard the Eternal, as well as Kira and Athrun in the distant Freedom Gundam and Justice Gundam, utterly bewildered. The enormous energy signatures from the two beam emitters formed by the GN-BITs also made it impossible for anyone present to ignore them.
Just as everyone was stunned by Xiao Ran's baffling attack, something even more shocking happened. Along the path of the two massive beams, flames suddenly burst from nowhere, turning into streaks of light that dodged the incoming attacks.
The mixed solid-round and beam attack fired from the Tactical Composite Weapon System in the Lightning Aegis's hands seemed to strike something in the void. A chain of sparks erupted at once, followed by billowing smoke. Within seconds, a damaged mecha emerged from the smoke, its outer armor shattered and a large section of its chest cracked open, sparks and electrical flashes flickering across its body. Its right Assault Shield System, along with its entire right arm, had exploded while trying to withstand the beam-and-shell barrage. It was covered in wounds from head to toe.
In front of the Archangel, dozens of missiles exploded one after another at close range. Bursting fireballs lit up the space before the Archangel, and a black mecha silhouette that gradually changed color appeared on the main screen of the bridge.
Perhaps no one had noticed when the Misty Rage Gundam behind the MK-II Gundam was first forced out. But the Lightning Aegis's seemingly senseless and reckless attack had exposed four more