A Terribly Realistic Venue

On second thought, Bella realized that the reason her heart had raced back then might not have been entirely because of the boy; the danger had played a part as well.

But with these two feelings intertwined, just looking at Xu De was enough to make her heart skip a beat.

It was an undeniable fact that the boy could easily stir her thoughts.

And as a straightforward girl, since her heart was moved, she would just go for it.

But...

Amidst the girl's inner conflict, nervousness, and resentment toward the other two.

At this moment, Xu De was focused on controlling his leg thrusters. With his concentration entirely on his lower body, the fluidity of his piloting was clearly superior to the other two; while he wasn't quite hovering above the ground, he could run and leap with ease.

"Don't you dare run!"

Watching the boy sprint across the lunar surface, Moody sounded somewhat exasperated.

Although he was usually quite rational, after failing to land a hit for so long, Moody had grown a bit impatient.

This was Moody's flaw.

"Do you have the guts for a one-on-one?"

"I'll stop immediately."

Unlike his previous indifference, Xu De provoked him now.

"..."

Left speechless by Xu De's retort, Moody nearly choked on his own breath.

Given Xu De's performance just now, a one-on-one would be suicide.

Both Moody and Draco understood this perfectly.

Though it wasn't an honorable victory, there was no such thing as fairness on the battlefield.

"Keep pursuing. We have two units; drive him toward the core of the mining area to make his evasion more difficult."

Draco said, sharing a coordinate point with Moody.

The three of them had chased each other from the crater to the outskirts of the mining area, and they were only a short distance away from the depths of the zone.

"No, he's skilled at setting traps. We might fall for a ruse if we go into the core!"

"We have to finish him before he enters the mining core."

Moody frowned and retorted.

"You..."

Just as Draco wanted to say something more, a glaring arc of electricity suddenly erupted from Xu De's already damaged left shoulder. The Ginn's frame tilted unnaturally, as if it had lost control during a drift.

Based on their understanding of the Ginn over the past few days, both men knew it was highly likely that the enemy unit was overheating, causing the exposed damage to interfere with the skeletal linkage.

"Thruster overload! Limb instability! Perfect chance!"

Moody's eyes lit up. Driven by his own encouragement and convinced this was the best opportunity, the boy leaped high from the shadows, the 76mm Machine Gun spitting fire as he fired in rapid succession at Xu De.

Since Xu De was facing away from them, he could only execute a rapid turn to face the incoming attack.

This was a preset maneuver, much like in certain games.

However, initiating a rapid turn while losing balance was like being drunk; the bullets fired had no accuracy, and the unit's balance became even harder to maintain.

Even if he returned fire, Xu De only struck the lunar surface, kicking up clouds of moon dust.

Meanwhile, Xu De was hit by several more rounds from Moody in his right chest armor, the damage nearing the point of total failure.

"Got him!"

Moody let out an excited roar, his unit landing on the moon dust as he prepared to aim and close in, and then...

The Xu De who should have lost his balance suddenly discarded his machine gun and drew his Heavy Cleaver, slamming it deep into the lunar soil to forcibly stabilize himself into a kneeling position with that immense force.

But precisely because of this, Xu De was left completely undefended before Moody.

"Something's wrong?!"

Xu De wouldn't waste his efforts, but the arrow was already on the string; even if Moody realized something was amiss, all he could do now was aim and fire.

Besides, he truly couldn't see what kind of comeback Xu De could possibly have...

Just as Moody thought this, the moment he landed and raised his arm to aim, his unit suddenly lost its balance.

Taking advantage of Moody's instability, Xu De had already adjusted his posture, pulled out his Heavy Cleaver, and charged toward Moody.

"Do you know what kind of effect a Cyclops has on the geology here?"

Xu De said as he charged.

Moody trusted his intuition too much; that was his weakness.

Just like how Moody had gotten stuck in the lunar soil when he first arrived on the moon, he preferred to rely on his eyes rather than data and instruments.

This was also the reason Xu De had intentionally shut down his left arm's cooling system to lure the opponent in.

Because of the presence of the Cyclops, the lunar soil in this mining area was significantly softer than anywhere else.

This is not hard to understand; aside from the lattice vibrations within the minerals, it was also because the microwaves melted the ice layers, allowing liquid water to seep into the pores of the Lunar Soil, where it vaporized in the vacuum environment and destroyed the cohesive structure of the soil particles.

However, it was also thanks to them making this place so realistic that Xu De had actually quietly explored the feasibility of this during the previous three-on-six match.

That was the origin of this plan.

What he did next was to fire his weapon to kick up the lunar dust, blinding Moody's vision, leading to the current moment.

"Look at the data more often next time."

As Xu De spoke, he had already thrust his sword through Moody's cockpit.

This series of maneuvers by Xu De truly shocked the audience.

They did not understand what had happened, but Halberton, who had remained calm in the observation room, felt his eyes light up slightly as he watched the scene before him.

It was his suggestion to create this scenario.

Because the battlefield they would likely face next was the Moon, he also wanted to see if these elites had any plans that could make one's eyes shine.

And sure enough, this trap Xu De created by utilizing the unique properties of the Lunar Soil was quite interesting.

Although it would likely only work once, it could save a life at a critical moment.

Coupled with the potential for utilizing the Cyclops in more ways on the Moon, he was becoming increasingly satisfied with Xu De.

"I told you that setting the Lunar Soil properties to be as realistic as possible was the right call."

Halberton said cheerfully to Maliu, who had been working overtime for two days and was starting to look like a panda.

"I can't believe he actually used it."

At this moment, Maliu had just finished two cans of energy drink; despite not closing her eyes for two days, she remained full of energy, and her gaze toward Xu De was filled with admiration.

When she built it, she really hadn't thought it would be put to use.

"However, there is still one more hurdle to overcome."

Cook said, looking gloomily toward Bella, who was in the corner downstairs, also staring at Xu De.

He just had the feeling that their young lady was going to fall deeper and deeper.

Just from that display of skill, let alone Bella, even he as a man found it heart-stirring.

However, although Moody had been eliminated, there was still someone following behind him.

Before the crowd could recover from Xu De's recent maneuver, they saw Draco rapidly closing in on Xu De.

At the same time, he leaned his legs forward, forming a C-shape, and the ten thrusters on his legs erupted with blue light simultaneously; there was no doubt he had activated emergency stop mode.

Meanwhile, the machine gun in Draco's hands was already mounted, and a serpent of fire spewed forth, shooting straight at Xu De, whose blade was still embedded in Moody.