Translator: ryuxenji Editor: H2dH2mr Very soon, Qiao Ting had returned to the place where Zhao Jun and the others had set him up. He found that Li Lanfeng had already pulled away from the two Lingtian members behind him, and a cold smirk appeared on his lips.
The reason he had not chased them down earlier and had instead chosen to flee quickly was because he did not want to be surrounded by the opponent again. He hoped that with his speed, he would be able to break the formation of these Lingtian mecha surrounding him. It should be said that, based on the current situation, Qiao Ting had achieved his goal.
Qiao Ting changed from his smug attitude before the battle and began to be cautious. There were still five members of the Lingtian Mecha Clan left. If he were to fall into the range of the other's self-destruct trap once more, he would not be able to be sure that this heavily damaged ace mecha of his would be able to withstand the crazy actions of five mecha. Qiao Ting had initiated this battle because he wanted unparalleled glory, not because he wanted to become the Lingtian Mecha Clan's stepping stone to fame. He would absolutely not allow such an outcome to occur.
His previous mistakes had already annoyed him greatly — Qiao Ting would absolutely not let himself make the same mistake twice. Thus, Qiao Ting had purposely done this, attempting to turn the situation of the battle to his advantage.
When Qiao Ting saw that he had already broken Lingtian's encirclement formation, he consciously slowed down his mecha to create the appearance of running out of power, waiting for Li Lanfeng to draw closer.
Of the three Lingtian mecha following closely behind, the special-class operator Li Lanfeng was undoubtedly the greatest threat. He wanted to finish off Li Lanfeng so that the remaining two Lingtian advanced mecha would be of no threat at all.
Qiao Ting waited for Li Lanfeng to catch up to him, but reality made him frown. It turned out that when he had slowed down, the other had also slowed down. Only then did Qiao Ting notice that Li Lanfeng had been maintaining a distance where he could attack from a distance.
"As expected of a cunning and difficult character." Qiao Ting was very depressed. Li Lanfeng had always appeared in the mecha circle as a schemer, causing many people to overlook his mecha piloting. Qiao Ting was one of them, but in today's battle, Qiao Ting could clearly feel that the other was even more difficult to deal with than Zhao Jun. This was because the other knew how to protect himself. As a strategist, it was very difficult for Qiao Ting to use tactics to confuse and plot against him. For example, right now — Qiao Ting deliberately wanted to lure the other Lingtian out of his thoughts, but the cautious Li Lanfeng Qiao Ting Qiao Ting's Lingtian Rong Lingtian's Qiao Ting's Lingtian was
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Without any hesitation, Qiao Ting once again used that super technique of stopping and flying backwards. His entire mecha abruptly changed direction to lunge viciously at Li Lanfeng, the beam saber in his hand stabbing straight at the other's cockpit. Even if you don't come over, I'll take the initiative to attack.
Although Qiao Ting's movements were rather sudden, the constantly vigilant Li Lanfeng had long been prepared. Seeing the other lunging at him, Li Lanfeng decisively activated all of his main and secondary engines, forcibly pulling his mecha up several metres into the air, just in time to dodge Qiao Ting's vicious strike. At the same time, the beam gun in his hand once again emitted countless beams of light, shooting down at Qiao Ting who had just brushed past him.
Li Lanfeng thought that Qiao Ting's attack had missed and that he would definitely turn around to continue attacking. However, what happened next gave Li Lanfeng a huge shock. Qiao Ting's mecha suddenly twisted, and all of the beams he had shot out actually missed. In the next second, Qiao Ting had already reappeared 100 metres behind him.
"Irregular Flash!" Having battled his rabbit before, Li Lanfeng naturally knew that this was an ace operator's signature evasion technique. Li Lanfeng had already been mentally prepared for the fact that his beams had missed. What surprised Li Lanfeng was that Qiao Ting had actually bypassed him, his target clear as day, heading straight for Xie Yi and Lin Zhong-qing …
"Not good, we've been tricked!" Li Lanfeng immediately reacted. Qiao Ting's target this time was actually not him, but Xie Yi and Lin Zhong-qing behind him. If Qiao Ting had easily killed off Xie Yi and Lin Zhong-qing right in front of him, Li Lanfeng would definitely have let down the rabbit who had placed so much trust in him.
It turned out that whether or not his team members could successfully self-destruct and deal a heavy blow to Qiao Ting depended largely on Li Lanfeng's interference with Qiao Ting's long-range attacks. As the strategist, Ling Lan knew very well that the difference in strength between her team members and Qiao Ting was too great. If there were no powerful masters coordinating with them to interfere, it would be almost impossible for her team members to get close to Qiao Ting to self-destruct.
Thus, the heavy responsibility of interfering with Qiao Ting fell to Li Lanfeng, who was the most proficient in long-range attacks and had also successfully advanced to special-class operator. This was also why Li Lanfeng had been so cautious all this time, keeping his distance from Qiao Ting and not getting too close to the other.
Li Lanfeng naturally did not want to let down Ling Lan's trust in him. Without even thinking about it, he immediately chased after Qiao Ting, the beam gun in his hand shooting out countless beams in a frenzy. He wanted to make Qiao Ting hesitate and give up on this attack.
"Ka ka ka!" Right then, Li Lanfeng suddenly felt that the beam gun's muzzle had stopped firing. He knew that the beam gun's energy block must have been completely depleted.
When it rains, it pours. Extremely frustrated, Li Lanfeng knew that he had to seize every second now. He decisively pressed a button on his control panel, and a block-shaped object suddenly shot up from one of Li Lanfeng's mecha's waist slots to fly into the air.
In the blink of an eye, the mecha's hands, which should have been clumsy, nimbly pulled hard on the beam gun's handle. A block-shaped object suddenly fell off from the handle, and at the same time, the mecha's left hand grabbed the block-shaped object that had just flown to his chest. Then, with a flick of his fingers, the block-shaped object was instantly stuffed into the beam gun's handle.
This series of seemingly repetitive actions was actually completed in the blink of an eye. Having regained its energy block, the beam gun once again shot out countless beams, shooting wildly at Qiao Ting.
Perhaps it was because he was in too much of a hurry, or perhaps Li Lanfeng was completely unconcerned about whether or not he would accidentally hit his teammates, but the overwhelming beam of light instantly enveloped Qiao Ting, Xie Yi, and Lin Zhong-qing's mecha. Seeing this, the hearts of the spectators rose to their throats. They were bewildered — could it be that this special-class mecha was actually willing to sacrifice his own teammates for the sake of final victory?
"As expected, Li Lanfeng is a person who puts profit above all else. For the sake of victory, he doesn't care at all whether or not his teammates will be sacrificed for nothing …" Seeing Li Lanfeng's merciless attack methods, the regiment commander of the Wuji Mecha Clan, Han Yu, who was also paying attention to this battle, could not help but reveal a mocking smile on his face as he said to Wei Ji beside him.
"He is an excellent strategist. In his heart, everyone participating in this battle is only serving the goal of final victory. As long as victory is assured, he doesn't care how many people are sacrificed. I thought you had long understood this, which is why you have always been so wary of him." Wei Ji raised an eyebrow at these words. From the first year he had interacted with Li Lanfeng, he had already vaguely understood Li Lanfeng's way of doing things. Although he appeared rather heartless, as a planner, this kind of personality was undoubtedly perfect. Thus, Wei Ji did not hate Li Lanfeng as much as Han Yu did, and even somewhat admired him.
"Yes, it's precisely because I've long understood what kind of person he is that I don't feel at ease placing Wuji's future in his hands. I'm really afraid that one day, he will completely sell Wuji out for his own goals." At this point, Han Yu's gaze turned cold. He was extraordinarily wary of Li Lanfeng, always feeling that this person was full of schemes against Wuji.
"Let's not talk about what kind of person he is for now. It seems that we've all underestimated his mecha piloting ability. Who would have thought that he would be so strong? That set of movements is not something an ordinary special-class operator can execute," said Wei Ji with a sigh.
That set of movements of rapidly switching between energy blocks in mid-air seemed very simple, but it was actually not easy. It should be known that a mecha was still a mecha after all. Even if one could successfully control a mecha as if it were one's own limbs, in terms of this kind of detailed control, many mecha masters would still be unable to do so. This was a great test of the operator's ability. It could be seen that Li Lanfeng's control of this kind of detail had truly reached the level of man-machine unity, which was why he could execute this kind of movement so naturally.
"His advanced mecha warrior level was delayed for almost two whole years. Looks like it was because of this." At this moment, Han Yu also understood why Li Lanfeng had not advanced to special-class operator for so long back then.
"Such a person with such a clear goal, would he really serve a newly established mecha clan wholeheartedly and listen to the orders of a second-year cadet?" Wei Ji was silent for a few seconds before suddenly opening his mouth to ask Han Yu seriously.
It was not that they did not want Li Lanfeng, but they had spent a whole three years and still had not been able to make Li Lanfeng serve Wuji wholeheartedly. This was also why Han Yu had no choice but to use some methods to suppress Li Lanfeng's reputation, while at the same time grooming a new strategist to lessen Li Lanfeng's importance to Wuji.
"Of course not. He must have a motive for joining the Lingtian Mecha Clan. It's just that we still don't know, "replied Han Yu firmly. "Right now, the Lingtian Mecha Clan will be happy to have two more special-class mecha masters, greatly increasing the strength of their mecha clan. In the future, there will be times when they want to cry. Li Lanfeng, that fellow … hmph!" Han Yu had always had a bad impression of Li Lanfeng. He did not believe that Li Lanfeng would really be so kind as to join the Lingtian Mecha Clan.
In the midst of battle, Li Lanfeng did not know that his previous employer, Han Yu, was full of malicious speculations about him joining the Lingtian Mecha Clan. However, even if Li Lanfeng knew, he would just laugh it off. The fate and affection between him and the rabbit was definitely not something that someone like Han Yu could understand.
Li Lanfeng's unexpected and merciless actions shocked the spectating cadets as well, and at the same time, it also put Qiao Ting in a dilemma. If he continued to attack Xie Yi and Lin Zhong-qing, he would undoubtedly have to bear the brunt of Li Lanfeng's frenzied beam attacks by himself. Although he would be able to finish off two members of the opponent's team, it would also bring some damage to his own mecha. Was it worth it? At this moment, Qiao Ting could not help but hesitate.
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