Translator: ryuxenji Editor: H2dH2mr Ling Lan did not choose to go to the air defence post. Instead, she hid in a blind spot of the stronghold, and with Little Four's help, she finally managed to contact Zilong once more. "Zilong, where are you all now?"
"Boss Lan, I've finally managed to contact you. We can't go back now," said Zilong with a wry smile.
"What's going on?" asked Ling Lan in shock.
"The path we took back has now become a battlefield!" Intense hacking sounds came from Zilong's side, almost drowning out Zilong's voice.
"Mecha combat!" Ling Lan knew what it was the moment she heard that noise.
"Yeah, not just that... Boom! Boom! Boom! " Intense explosions rang out from Zilong's side. "Boss, we need to retreat quickly, or else we'll be cut to pieces by their blades."
Very quickly, the sound of heavy panting could be heard from the communicator. It looked like Qi Long and the others were running for their lives, trying to escape from that panicked battlefield. Ling Lan's heart was burning with anxiety right now, secretly hating herself for not being there.
"We can't go any further. If we go any further, we'll be in the F-class savage beast zone." Han Jijun's voice rang out from the communicator.
"You all have already entered the G-class savage beast zone?" Ling Lan had a bad feeling about this.
"Yes, the battlefield is expanding too quickly. We can only retreat and hide. Luckily, those G-class savage beasts have also been scared away by this battle." Zilong's voice carried a trace of relief, otherwise they would not have been able to run so deep.
"Don't run anymore. Those savage beasts have become even more dangerous," said Ling Lan anxiously.
The sound of running gradually slowed, finally stopping. Then, Zilong's voice came through again, of course filled with confusion. "Boss Lan, what did you say?"
"They're about to go berserk from this sudden battle." Ling Lan had already received a reminder from Little Four, indicating that the eyes of the ferocious beasts within his monitoring range had already turned red, and they seemed to be on the verge of going berserk.
"Can we spare the battlefield?" Ling Lan immediately asked.
"We can't. The entire battlefield has spread to the entire G-class area. No matter which way we go, we'll have to pass through the F-class area," Han Jijun answered. He had been paying attention to the situation on the battlefield and knew that almost all the H and G-class areas had been set ablaze. Therefore, if they wanted to bypass the battlefield and return to the temporary base, they could only go through the F-class area.
Han Jijun felt very helpless. Based on their strength, if they wanted to pass through the F-class area, it would definitely be a close shave with death. It would not be much different from directly crossing through the mecha battlefield.
"Boss, don't worry. We'll act according to the situation. Let's find a good place to hide first. Boss, you should also hide in the air defense station as soon as possible." Zilong informed Ling Lan and the others of their decision. He knew that in this kind of situation, no matter how strong Ling Lan was, it would be useless.
In this kind of large-scale mecha battle with such destructive power, these students who only knew low-level combat arts were just ants. Zilong and the others did not wish for Ling Lan to be in any danger. In fact, they were somewhat glad that he had not come out to hunt with them, so they would not be trapped here together.
"Alright, you guys find a place to hide as soon as possible. Right, keep your communicators on. I will contact you guys from time to time." After giving her instructions, Ling Lan hung up the communicator.
Ling Lan's brows were tightly knitted together. She knew very well that on that battlefield, the Federation mecha operators were already engaged in a fierce battle and had no time to care about them students. In other words, whether Zilong and the others lived or died in the end would depend on their luck.
"Goddammit! I must find them! "Ling Lan made her decision instantly. She was not someone who liked to abandon her comrades.
Ling Lan knew very well that if the flames of war continued to spread, Zilong and the others would definitely be forced into the territory of even higher level savage beasts. Moreover, Little Four had repeatedly warned that the savage beasts here were already in a berserk state, so their combat strength was definitely not at their usual level. Without a doubt, the longer Zilong and the others stayed there, the more danger they would be in.
Having made her decision, Ling Lan silently flew out of the outpost. The soldier who had been hiding at the entrance waiting for the scouts to return only saw a blur before his eyes, as if a shadow had flashed by in the light. He looked left and right, but found no one there.
"Could it be that I saw wrongly? Looks like the thick smoke in the surroundings still affected my vision … "The soldier could only come up with this explanation. He tossed that flash of a shadow to the back of his mind, not thinking about it any further.
Ling Lan swiftly flashed into the hunting area of the H-class savage beasts. In the dark forest where not much light could be seen, she was as nimble as a monkey. She flashed several times, stepping on the branches above her as she flew past. Her speed was so fast that she was like a fleeting shadow, her afterimage flashing between the trees in an instant, landing lightly on the ground without a sound.
After travelling for about 2 kilometres, Ling Lan abruptly stopped. Her brows furrowed slightly, but very quickly, she leapt up lightly and landed silently in a patch of weeds. Then, she dove into the weeds and hid herself there.
Ling Lan's figure had just concealed herself when, at this moment, in the air not too far away from Ling Lan, two giant mecha crashed violently in mid-air, and then simultaneously fell out of control.
They crashed viciously into the forest about 200 metres away from Ling Lan. The great tremor brought about a gust of wind, instantly destroying all the trees in the area where they had landed. In the end, the force of the impact only dissipated when they were less than 10 metres away from Ling Lan's hiding place.
Ling Lan seemed to have been prepared for this. She was not affected at all, holding back her aura as she crouched in the bush, not moving an inch. In the instant that she had hidden herself, Ling Lan had entered hunting mode. Her heart was as calm as ice, perfectly blending herself into her surroundings. Even if Instructor Number One of the learning space came, before Ling Lan moved, it would be very difficult for him to find where Ling Lan was hiding.
Perhaps the two mecha had both been destroyed, for there was no way to control them to stand up again. Almost at the same time, the cockpits of the mecha opened. The two mecha operators leapt out from their cockpits at the same time.
"Clang!" The crisp sound of cold weapons clashing against each other proved that the two mecha operators had exchanged blows once more in that instant.
The two of them were simultaneously rebounded by the other's strength. After retreating several steps, they both steadied themselves and gripped the short blades in their hands, facing each other from a distance, waiting for the next opportunity.
The distance between the two of them was about 10 metres. On one side, the mecha operator wearing a blue and white battle uniform was from the Federation. This was because Ling Lan had seen the Federation insignia on his chest, a large golden five-pointed star. On the other side was a Twilight Empire mecha operator wearing a black battle uniform. Just like the colour of the mecha, it was completely black, the only striking feature being the blood-red sun on his chest.
The mecha operator's battle uniform was a one-piece suit, with a fully enclosed helmet on the head. This set of battle uniform was definitely the best defensive equipment in this world. Normal sharp blades would not be able to pierce through it. Of course, the short blades worn by mecha operators were made of a special type of metal. Although they could not pierce through the battle uniform directly, if they were stabbed in the same spot three times in a row, they would be able to pierce through the battle uniform and cause damage to the opponent.
The two of them faced off for several seconds, and then their silhouettes flashed, moving almost at the same time.
Clang! Clang! Clang! After more than 10 rounds of close combat, the two of them were evenly matched. However, the repeated attacks had also depleted their stamina rapidly, and very soon, their breathing began to become unstable.
They had already been operating their mecha and fighting in the air for half a day, using up too much of each other's stamina. Now that they had landed on the ground, they were engaged in a deathmatch where it was either you die or I die. Both their mental and physical strength were at the end of their rope — it was now a matter of who would let out that last breath first.
Patiently waiting, Ling Lan had already silently picked up a finger-length branch from the ground and tucked it between her fingers, calmly waiting for the two of them to attack again.
Finally, the two of them raised the blades in their hands at the same time, and once again rushed towards each other at high speed...
A good chance!
Ling Lan's mind moved, and with a sudden flick of her wrist, the branch between her fingers shot out like an arrow towards the Twilight Empire mecha operator.
Ling Lan naturally knew that the branch in her hand would not be able to pierce through the opponent's combat uniform. Thus, her target was the only weak point of the combat uniform — the neck!
Although on the surface, it looked like the mecha operator's entire body was covered by the combat uniform, in reality, at times, at certain angles, there would be a small gap that was not covered. For example, when a mecha operator lifted his head, an almost invisible gap would appear between the helmet and the combat uniform below...
Meanwhile, Ling Lan, who was crouching in the grass, looked up from below and just happened to see this small gap. During this period of time, Ling Lan had been watching coldly from the sidelines, all for the sake of finding a chance to kill the opponent in one strike. And Ling Lan's patience had finally allowed her to find this opportunity.
The tiny branch came silently and suddenly. Or perhaps the Twilight Empire mecha operator had not expected the existence of a ruthless hunter here, so he had put all his focus on the Federation mecha operator opposite him, not guarding against the killing intent from outside.
He only felt a sharp pain at his neck, and his hand which had been about to block the opponent's short blade actually paused for a moment.
In this pause, he missed the best opportunity to intercept the attack, and saw with his own eyes that his chest had been pierced heavily by the opponent's short blade. His face drained of color, and he wanted to retreat quickly to avoid the attack, but something even more terrifying happened — he actually could not control his body.
In just the blink of an eye, he saw the opponent strike his chest three times consecutively, saw that short blade pierce his chest, saw his own blood spurt out from his chest...
What in the world was going on? They were clearly evenly matched in strength, neither able to do anything to the other... why had he been unable to control his own body at the last moment?
The Twilight Empire mecha operator fell with a face full of disbelief. Even until his death, he could not understand how he had died, leaving him a confused ghost in death.
Of course, the reason for this was that Ling Lan's attack had been too silent and too strange. Because the branch was small, after it had pierced the opponent's neck, only a small drop of blood flowed out from the wound. Thus, the Twilight Empire mecha operator had not realised that he had been ambushed at all.
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