Beneath the pitch-black night sky, two enormous shadows—one fast, one slow—were closing in on each other!
Xingtian's shoulder-mounted cannons had received a minor upgrade during its last reassembly, allowing it to keep its aim relatively steady even while moving.
[Artillery locked on]
Thud, thud, thud!
One shell after another was rammed into the blazing-hot barrels and fired from the muzzles under intense heat!
A steady stream of artillery fire streaked past the rapidly moving Blue Eagle. The charging mech feared neither damage nor pain!
In less than ten seconds, the two sides were already within striking distance!
"Roar!"
Just as Xingtian was about to raise its wrist blade and stab at Blue Eagle's head, the sound of cracking metal suddenly came from its opponent's hand!
Bai Ying watched as a gigantic bone claw burst through the armor on Blue Eagle's hand!
The five miniature fuel-thruster ports on Blue Eagle's wrist opened to full power in an instant, letting its attack land a step faster than Xingtian's!
Bang!
[Warning: Head armor damaged by 41%!]
The claw tore off a third of the components on Xingtian's head and nearly caused Bai Ying to lose its visual feed entirely!
Xingtian hadn't even finished its attack when it was already knocked back several steps!
Before Bai Ying could adjust her stance, Blue Eagle's other rocket-powered fist came crashing down on Xingtian's head!
"Ugh!"
The sharp Slayer wrist blade barely blocked the blow. Bai Ying had no chance to use [Harden] and counterattack—Blue Eagle was always one step faster!
But Blue Eagle still had no intention of giving Bai Ying a moment to catch her breath.
Blue Eagle swung its bone claw again, aiming straight for Xingtian's abdomen!
"Harden!"
The attack sent Xingtian staggering backward several more steps, while the enormous counterforce knocked Blue Eagle's bone claw away!
Although Bai Ying had temporarily withstood the attack by using [Harden] on part of Xingtian's body, the rocket-boosted talons still left her abdomen numb!
Elsewhere, Cobra had loaded his last canister of reserve ammunition!
Even though his energy rifle could disable a monster mech with a single shot, there was no way to overcome the sheer numbers of their opponents!
Some of the newly landed monster mechs even picked up half-destroyed comrades lying on the ground and used them as shields against Cobra's shots!
Demon Scorpion was in somewhat better shape than the other two mechs. Its supply of chemical missiles was nearly depleted, but it was far more formidable in close combat!
"Roar!"
When a monster mech leaped high into the air, hoping to deliver a fatal blow from above, an iron fist smashed it straight into the ground!
Against second-generation mechs that were, on average, ten meters shorter than itself, Demon Scorpion stood firm like a hulking giant of immense strength!
The monster mechs' artillery fire barely scratched Demon Scorpion!
Before the fallen monster mech could get back up, a damaged half of a scorpion tail pierced straight through its chest, then lifted it in front of Demon Scorpion like a toy!
The next second, Demon Scorpion swung its massive fist and battered the monster mech until it was completely deformed!
"Die!"
Demon Scorpion raised both arms and slammed them down hard on the monster mech, which was still struggling in its death throes!
Bang!
After a thunderous crash, the monster mech's lower half was completely shattered, while its upper half was twisted like a crushed soda can!
Yu Xiao felt that if he had a body right now, he would surely be burning up with a high fever.
Controlling two mechs in battle at the same time had already left him feeling as though he were sprinting a hundred-meter dash. Although he had become a mech spirit capable of splitting his consciousness and fighting without tiring, the sheer volume of data exceeded his processing limit and left him struggling to keep up.
Only now had he finally found an opening to help Bai Ying!
Thud, thud, thud!
Four chemical missiles shot from Demon Scorpion's shoulders, locking straight onto the agile Blue Eagle!
The next second, bursts of purple light exploded across Blue Eagle's back, hands, and legs!
Blue Eagle, which had already leaped into the air, was knocked straight back down!
"Now!"
Bai Ying rushed Xingtian right up to the unsteady Blue Eagle and swung the Slayer wrist blade!
A wound three meters deep opened across Blue Eagle's chest. The sound of the blade slicing through metal components and chunks of flesh was something Bai Ying would never forget.
"Roar!"
But before Bai Ying could land another strike, Blue Eagle lunged forward and grabbed Xingtian!
Then Bai Ying heard the support struts inside Xingtian snap!
Wounded and aware that it had lost its advantage in speed, Blue Eagle intended to crush Xingtian into a heap of metal scrap!
But Bai Ying had still underestimated Blue Eagle.
Cracks spread across Blue Eagle's shoulders and chest until they joined into a single line.
Blue Eagle's damaged head flew off on the spot. In its place was the head of a mutated shark, ten meters tall!
Bai Ying could find nothing resembling eyes or any other organs on that nauseating head.
It had nothing but a gaping maw!
"Roar!!!"
This time, Blue Eagle's growl had become a deafening roar that shook the heavens. Its hoarse yet thunderous cry sounded like a summons from hell!
Now Bai Ying could see the densely packed sharp teeth inside that enormous maw, and countless fleshy tendrils writhing between the gums!
The next second, the gaping maw snapped straight at Xingtian!
Crack!
Countless sharp teeth sank deep into Xingtian's armor. The jaws nearly crushed the entire mech as they tried to close!
Neural synchronization protection had activated. That meant the system had classified this pain as potentially fatal!
The [Harden] skill covering Xingtian's entire body failed to fully withstand Blue Eagle's bite. Xingtian's condition had only improved from near-total destruction to severe damage.
But for Bai Ying, that was enough.
Inside the cockpit, sparks flew in all directions, accompanied by red holographic warnings.
"Fire!"
At Bai Ying's command, the two cannons trapped inside the maw instantly lifted their power restrictions and emptied every round loaded in their ammunition belts!
Explosions blossomed inside Blue Eagle's gaping maw. The heat, hot enough to boil the air, incinerated every writhing tendril in an instant!
Boom!
Explosions rang out one after another, drowning out Blue Eagle's desperate, bloodcurdling roars.
Chunks of flesh and steaming mucus burst into the air like fireworks, then fell into the sea like raindrops, splashing water in every direction!
"Ahhhhh!"
After breaking free, Xingtian raised the Slayer wrist blade amid Bai Ying's furious cry and stabbed straight into Blue Eagle's now-silent reactor!
With a pleasing ring of steel, the massive Slayer blade pierced through Blue Eagle's body!
Bai Ying's arm jerked upward, and the sharp great blade split Blue Eagle in two!
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