"Roar!!!"
A massive black tail slammed into a hundred-meter-tall building. With a sharp rush of air, the entire upper half of the structure collapsed!
Countless chunks of rubble and clouds of dust filled the whole street, making the city, already reduced to ruins, even more shattered.
Piloting the MS-03 at full power, Bai Ying barely dodged the sudden attack with a backward jump!
She had underestimated the monster before her.
When Sato Yu led the legion into XC District, this previously unseen Level 4 monster finally appeared before them.
Since the entrance to the underground industrial base was nearby, Bai Ying chose to take the initiative and draw the monster's attention, letting the others retreat first so it wouldn't discover the base's location.
She hadn't acted on impulse.
First, the MS-03 was an experimental mech. Based on Bai Ying's own estimates, even if it couldn't completely overpower a Level 4 monster, it should at least be able to hold its own.
Second, Bai Ying could keep the Level 4 monster occupied while drawing the battle toward the route they had taken here. That would keep everyone out of danger and let her meet up with Xingtian, who was searching for them along the way.
Third, since this was a monster they had never encountered before, Bai Ying needed to gather information about it in actual combat. Even if she couldn't kill it this time, what she learned would help with the plans for their next battle.
But reality was harsher than Bai Ying had imagined. All her plans depended on the MS-03 not being overpowered by the monster.
What Bai Ying had never expected was that the monster would not only far surpass the MS-03 in strength, but also match it in speed!
Whoosh, whoosh!
Nine spikes tore through the