Translator: ryuxenji Editor: H2dH2mr The imperial operator had already put some distance between himself and Ling Xiao. Although he had managed to avoid the sure-kill move, he was still sweating profusely from nervousness. Just now, he had thought that he was dead for sure. Ling Xiao's speed was just too fast — he could not keep up with the other's rhythm at all. In this life and death situation, his spiritual power, which had been trapped all this time, had miraculously broken through. Just as he was about to be struck by the sword, he had successfully increased his mecha's speed by several times, narrowly avoiding that sure-kill move.
However, he had still been a little too late. Although he had managed to avoid a vital part of the attack, he had not been able to completely avoid it. In the end, he had lost his mecha's left arm, but the imperial operator was already very satisfied. After all, he had managed to survive an attack from a god-class operator.
Still, the imperial operator would not think that he had the ability to fight a god-class operator just because his spiritual power had broken through. Even if he had successfully broken through his spiritual power, his mecha operating ability had risen to another level, allowing him to use the various abilities of his imperial mecha as much as possible. But in reality, he was still an imperial operator, not yet a god-class operator. And no matter how strong an imperial operator was, he was still no match for a god-class operator...
Thus, there was only one word in his mind — "run"! Only by successfully escaping from the hands of a god-class operator would he have a future to speak of. His unexpected increase in ability made him cherish the chance to live very much...
Of course, these thoughts only flashed through the god-class operator's mind. In the eyes of the others, after Ling Xiao had swiftly and cleanly chopped off one of the imperial mecha's arms, the imperial mecha had instantly chosen to turn around and fly away at top speed, fleeing this place. The imperial mecha looked like he was desperate to escape. He revved all of his engines, and his mecha actually turned into a beam of light, instantly fleeing more than a thousand metres away.
The imperial mecha's wretched manner of fleeing shocked Ling Lan's team, as well as Qiao Ting and the others. Thinking back, not too long ago, before Ling Xiao had arrived, the imperial operator's attitude towards them had been so arrogant, as if they were just a bunch of ants, life and death at his mercy. Who would have thought that the imperial mecha that had struck fear into their hearts back then would perform so poorly against General Ling Xiao? After just one round, it had chosen to flee.
Everyone looked fervently at Ling Xiao's massive and mighty mecha in mid-air. When would they be able to reach General Ling Xiao's level, able to strike fear into the hearts of their enemies with just one move?
He could not help but clench his fists tightly. He had always been known as the second Ling Xiao — would he also become like General Ling Xiao in the future, becoming the thirteenth god-class operator of the Federation?
"I will definitely succeed!" Qiao Ting said to himself, a hint of ambition flashing through his eyes.
Seeing the imperial mecha choose to flee in the end, Ling Xiao could not help but sneer, his eyes cold. If anyone saw Ling Xiao's expression right now, they would definitely be very shocked. So, the usually gentle General Ling Xiao could also have such a terrifying killing intent. Ling Xiao was no saint — when the other's butcher's knife had once threatened the life of his precious daughter, Ling Xiao had never thought of letting him leave alive.
The air around Ling Xiao's mecha twisted once more, and the massive mecha actually disappeared mysteriously before everyone's eyes. While everyone was still in shock, Ling Xiao's mecha had already arrived several thousand metres away, directly blocking the imperial mecha's path of escape.
With its engines at full power, the imperial mecha's speed had already reached the maximum speed of an imperial mecha. Three seconds later, the mecha was several thousand metres away from Ling Xiao's location. The mecha's video feed did not show any sign of Ling Xiao's massive mecha chasing after it. At this moment, the imperial operator's panicked heart finally calmed down. Didn't this mean that he had already escaped with his life?
However, before he left planet Newline, the imperial operator did not think that he was truly safe. The Divine Wind system of a god-class mecha was a nature-defying existence — if he did not run far enough, he would be easily caught up by the god-class mecha using the Divine Wind system.
The imperial operator did not slow down at all. Instead, he pushed his engines even harder as he sped forward. At the same time, he did not forget to send an urgent message to his comrade, another imperial operator in the dormitory district. He told the other that Ling Xiao had arrived and that they should quickly retreat and ignore their allies. The imperial operator knew very well that the appearance of a god-class operator meant that they were bound to lose this battle. He believed that the empire's headquarters would also agree with their decision — a thousand or ten thousand ace operators were not as important as their one imperial operator.
Right then, this imperial operator did not know that his companion had already died at Ling Xiao's hands, and his message would never be received by the other.
Right at that moment, the air in front of the imperial mecha suddenly distorted. A massive mecha suddenly appeared in the path of his flight. The other's appearance was too sudden, and the imperial mecha's speed was also at an absolute high speed. The distance of only a few dozen metres was not enough for the imperial operator to maneuver and change his route. He could only watch helplessly as his mecha smashed towards Ling Xiao's mecha.
"Bastard!" The imperial mecha knew that a collision was inevitable. Ruthlessness flashed through his eyes, and he abruptly pushed his mecha's beam shield to its maximum defence value. Not only did he not slow down his engines, he pushed them even faster. His mecha's speed leapt up a notch, and he hurtled towards Ling Xiao like a terrifying steel cannon.
At the last moment, the desperate situation made the imperial mecha choose to drag both sides down with him. Even if he had to die, he would drag Ling Xiao down with him.
The other's choice only caused a trace of mockery to appear in Ling Xiao's eyes. He did not dodge, only calmly ordering, "Divine Shield System!"
Receiving the order, [Belief] instantly activated the Divine Shield System. A layer of faint blue light suddenly appeared over the body of the already dazzling and beautiful mecha, instantly lighting up the entire pitch-black night sky...
With a loud "boom", the two mecha collided head-on! The violent vibrations caused by this collision were felt deeply even by Ling Lan, Qiao Ting, and the others who were several thousand metres away. On their mecha's screens, the scene of the collision between the two mecha was being played. Even though their speed could not compare to a god-class imperial mecha's, the video search function was still extremely powerful, accurately capturing this soul-stirring scene.
This scene caused everyone's expressions to change drastically. Even though they knew that General Ling Xiao would be fine, they still could not help but worry that General Ling Xiao might have been injured in this terrifying collision.
Perhaps the heavens still wanted to test these cadets — before their worries were over, that imperial mecha abruptly exploded. Boom boom boom! Several consecutive sounds of self-destruction instantly filled the entire night sky with thick smoke. Ling Lan and the others could only see that within the thick smoke, countless burning fireballs were falling rapidly from the sky to crash heavily into the ground.
Some of the fireballs smashed directly into the withered grass on the ground. Very soon, the ground was set ablaze, slowly growing from a small fire to a large, smoky fire, which then spread rapidly...
Right then, no one was paying attention to the situation on the ground. Ling Lan and the others were staring nervously at the sky. After the thick smoke from the self-destruction of the imperial mecha gradually dissipated, finally, General Ling Xiao's massive [Belief] mecha once again appeared before everyone's eyes. The entire mecha hung in the air, steady and unmoving. The bright blue light on the mecha's outer shell had not changed at all, and the twelve wings on its back were still as dazzling and eye-catching as they had been at the start.
All of this proved that the energy generated from the collision and self-destruction of an imperial mecha was not enough to cause any damage to a god-class mecha. Seeing this, everyone could not help but be speechless. As expected of the strongest ultimate weapon of human society — an imperial mecha one level lower than it was nothing in front of it.
"So this is a god-class mecha!" Everyone's eyes were burning as they stared at this god-class mecha. All of their exclamations were condensed into this one sentence. The terror of [Belief] had already been etched deeply into their hearts — it would become the goal they would pursue for the rest of their lives.
Very soon, Ling Xiao operated his mecha back to where Ling Lan was. He slowly descended to the ground and looked down at the mecha his daughter was operating, his heart aching faintly.
The outer shell of the ace mecha Ling Lan was operating was already riddled with scars. These scars proved that his precious daughter had already been through several battles in this period of time. His precious daughter who should have grown up unbridled under his wings, far away from the battlefield, now had to become like a man because of him, relying on her own abilities to find a chance to survive on the cruel battlefield...
It was all because of his incompetence as a father. If he had not fallen for the trap 16 years ago, his precious daughter would not have had to live such a difficult life. For the first time, Ling Xiao felt that he had made a mistake. He even imagined that when he had rushed here, he would have received news that his daughter had met with misfortune... Ling Xiao could not help but shudder. He absolutely would not let such a thing happen, or else he would never be able to forgive himself for the rest of his life.
"General Ling Xiao, I'm very happy to see you!" Ling Xiao's silence made Ling Lan feel somewhat awkward. On top of that, she did not want to have a father-daughter reunion with Ling Xiao on the cruel battlefield, so she took the initiative to speak up.
"General Ling Xiao?!" Ling Lan's form of address made Ling Xiao's inner self-reproach disappear instantly. He felt his teeth itch, wishing he could find something to grind them with... could it be that he had travelled thousands of miles just to get his own daughter to call him General Ling Xiao? This unfilial daughter!
Is it really that hard to call me 'daddy'? With great difficulty, Ling Xiao suppressed the question that was about to burst out of his mouth, and turned it into an extremely stiff question. "Yes, can you still continue to fight?" He could not bear to force his daughter. After all, he was the one who had let his daughter down, missing 16 whole years of her growth. There was still a long time in the future. One day, he would make his precious daughter willingly call him 'daddy'! Ling Xiao swore silently.
"Of course!" Ling Xiao's question made Ling Lan heave a sigh of relief. She was really afraid that Ling Xiao would not like the way she addressed him, and expose their relationship... fine, Ling Lan was still not used to having such an awesome dad. Sometimes, when her dad was too awesome, the pressure of being a child was also very great.
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