Surprise

"Yo, wanna spar a few rounds with me?"

Chen Qiong Zhi smiled. "You beat an Evolver and got cocky?"

Li Yi immediately clarified, "I mean, I'd like to ask the instructor to give me some pointers. That way, I can also keep the instructor company and get some exercise."

"You've got some nerve, kid. Fine, let's get some exercise then."

As soon as she finished speaking.

WHOOSH!!!

A violent air explosion sounded.

Li Yi looked up through the Pluto Mech's panoramic view and saw the seventy-two-meter-tall gray mech had already appeared two hundred meters in front of him, standing silently before the intense air explosion sound even reached him.

An indescribable feeling welled up within him.

It was as if this giant mech had been quietly standing there since ancient times, never moving, possessing a tranquility that had weathered the ages.

"Let me introduce myself, I'm piloting the Wind God Series, a C-class Micro-Dust Mech."

Micro-Dust...

Li Yi couldn't help but inwardly scoff, "Micro-Dust Mech? This 72-meter behemoth is 'Micro-Dust'?"

"Do you find the name a bit strange?"

Li Yi, unfazed by his thoughts being read, replied through the Pluto Mech:

"A little. Is there perhaps some secret behind it? For example, is the instructor's way of minimizing their presence related to this so-called 'micro-dust'?"

Chen Qiong Zhi in the cockpit was surprised for a moment, then chuckled:

"You don't have a high compatibility with the Divine Mech, but your intuition is surprisingly sharp. You could sense that? That's a bit against the norm."

Li Yi said, "I was just guessing casually."

Inside the cockpit, Chen Qiong Zhi rotated her wrist and stretched her body:

"Alright, what do you want me to guide you on?"

Li Yi looked up at the Micro-Dust Mech, which was half a head taller than the Pluto Mech, and fell into thought.

It's so big, how can I even do this?

"Instructor, let's just start. Let's see how long I can last in front of you."

"Sure, I'll make the first move and test the mettle of this rookie king of combat. If you can last for 1 minute, I'll personally give you an extra reward."

Li Yi's eyes lit up. "Is it a reward on the level of an A-class Assist Module?"

"You focus on lasting until the 1-minute mark first. Don't worry, I'll hold back."

As she spoke, the Micro-Dust Mech extended an arm, its length similar to the Pluto Mech's.

Like a machine gun, it rapidly extended and retracted, instantly creating the effect of seven or eight arms striking in rapid succession.

These arms, like a towering pillar, repeatedly scraped against the air, compressing the airflow. The violent air explosion sounds were like rapid cannon fire, shaking the ground and kicking up dust.

The Pluto Mech focused its gaze, observing the Micro-Dust Mech's shoulder movements, dodging and weaving like a pendulum.

Inside the cockpit, Li Yi's forehead was beaded with sweat, and the temperature of his head was rising.

Chen Qiong Zhi is fierce!

Only in actual combat did he realize how much pressure she exerted.

The difference in class was extremely apparent.

The amount of information fed back to his body from the Pluto Mech was unprecedentedly vast.

Compared to what the Flame Crow Mech provided, it was like the former was a raging ocean, while the latter was a narrow, shallow stream.

It was fortunate that Li Yi himself was accustomed to processing memory fragments, possessing high mental resilience. Only then could he maintain a relatively good evasion state.

Chen Qiong Zhi's face showed repeated surprise.

"Such strong predictive ability and load capacity? You can even dodge consecutive punches at this speed and distance?"

"Then, let me turn up the heat a bit and see your limit."

At the 11th second.

While its arms were striking rapidly, the Micro-Dust Mech suddenly vanished its presence.

Its twin arms, though fast, became completely silent.

Even the sound of air explosions seemed to disappear.

Even more absurdly, the subtle movements of its shoulders became even more concealed.

All of this made it several times more difficult for Li Yi to predict its position.

Instantly, the Pluto Mech's movements slowed down, and it was directly struck on the shoulder blade by the Micro-Dust Mech's massive fist, sent flying backward.

It was sent back over four hundred meters. Mid-air, it performed a 360-degree spin and roll before barely managing to land.

Even with its landing posture being somewhat stable, the ground directly trembled from the immense impact.

"A good way to dissipate force."

Chen Qiong Zhi nodded slightly.

Although her previous attack had successfully hit the Pluto Mech, it was clear that the opponent had used an active backward flight to shed most of the impact force.

Even with her extensive combat experience, she couldn't help but secretly admire such perfect technique.

Of course, she could perform the same maneuver.

But who was she?

A top-tier intermediate evolution user!

Even though she had only used a fraction of her strength.

That strike was still incredibly fierce!

She believed that even in her early evolution user stage, she could never have achieved such delicate precision in technique, perfectly dissipating the impact.

"Moreover, calculating based on his previously displayed abilities, enduring such rapid and continuous attacks from me, he should be close to his overload state by now."

"But now, he still seems to have a little energy to spare."

"It seems he either has good mental resilience, or his training over these past few hours has yielded further improvements!"

"Perhaps even both!"

"This kid definitely has the potential to become an ace mech pilot."

Chen Qiong Zhi's eyes filled with growing delight.

Did the Deep Space Fleet lack ordinary Divine Mech pilots?

No, they lacked dominant mech pilots!

People with such potential were extremely rare.

Now, Chen Qiong Zhi was certain she had found a reliable candidate!

"Then, let me thoroughly probe your limits and see where your breaking point is!"

She decided to increase the intensity.

The initial agreement to last for one minute was her estimation based on the intensity of Li Yi's fight with Zhang Qingjian, with an additional twenty percent difficulty factored in.

Now, she planned to increase her speed by another twenty percent to see just how far Li Yi's mental resilience could hold!

But at this very moment.

Just as she was lost in a moment of thought, preparing to strike.

BOOM!!!

The Pluto Mech suddenly activated its internal divinity, releasing waves of divine radiation that were invisible to the naked eye but could be sensed by the Divine Mech.

The faint presence of the Pluto Mech's divine aura on the Micro-Dust Mech was instantly restored by this surge.

Simultaneously, the Pluto Mech bent its body into a bow, facing the Micro-Dust Mech, and launched forward!

Inside the cockpit, Li Yi continuously adjusted his breathing and physical state, pushing his body into a state of abundant vitality and rapidly escalating load capacity!

This was an explosive technique he achieved through his mastery of his own body, a result of his fighting skills reaching a perfect level.

It could temporarily boost both physical and mental strength.

Entering this state, his control over the Pluto Mech reached unprecedented heights.

He instantly charged in front of the Micro-Dust Mech, and then...

Quake-Word Technique, Consecutive Quake!

Witnessing this sudden counterattack and feeling the unprecedented power the opponent unleashed, Chen Qiong Zhi's heart jolted!

She knew that if she met this strike with the same force as before, the damage might not be significant, but losing face would be inevitable.

How should she handle this?

The next moment, the two collided.

BOOM!!!

The Pluto Mech was sent flying backward.

Upon landing, it continued to drag along the ground like a tattered sack, sparks and lightning trailing behind it.

A hint of helplessness flickered across Chen Qiong Zhi's beautiful face.

She had actually failed to hold back her strength!

"Li Yi, are you alright?"

Chen Qiong Zhi asked into the void, assuming Li Yi must be in a state of pilot-induced syncope by now.

"Almost overloaded."

This response startled Chen Qiong Zhi:

"Why didn't you faint?"

"I fainted, then woke up."

Li Yi replied.