From the very start of the engagement, Xiao Ran had already taken out half of the twelve pursuing enemies, including four participants who had accomplished nothing at all, earning him four spoils of war.
Of those four participants, only one had activated a λ-DRIVER at a critical moment, posing the tiniest little threat to Xiao Ran. The other three mecha had all been instantly destroyed, leaving no chance to determine just how strong those three participants truly were.
In any case, the four participants had been no match for Xiao Ran. It was not merely a matter of skill; the fact that they were not using their own machines was also important. Moreover, the gap between pilots who had not mastered a Trait and someone like Xiao Ran, who had, was as vast as heaven and earth.
Among the remaining blue-gray Hell Monarchs capable of using λ-DRIVERs, Luo had successfully activated his λ-DRIVER and pounced on one of them. His two daggers carved two marks across its body like the slashes of wolf fangs, tearing open two gaping holes in the machine.
The other one before Xiao Ran hurriedly drew its daggers when it saw the Variable Fighter speeding toward it. Holding a weapon in one hand, it wildly emptied its ammunition at the Variable Fighter, then lunged at it of its own accord once its bullets were gone.
Faced with such a crazed enemy, all Xiao Ran needed to do was remain calm, determine its intentions, and steer the Variable Fighter into a slide that dodged the forceful λ-DRIVER attack from the side. A pull of the right-hand trigger tore the AS directly in half.
Even if these AS units could wield the power of λ-DRIVERs, that power could not possibly cover the entire machine. Xiao Ran had already