Translator: ryuxenji Editor: H2dH2mr
Translator: ryuxenji Editor: H2dH2mr Qiao Ting's hesitation gave Xie Yi and Lin Zhong-qing, who originally had no chance at all, a chance to counterattack.
Seeing this, the two of them were overjoyed. Without hesitation, they piloted their mecha and charged ferociously at Qiao Ting. Even if they had to face Li Lanfeng's earth-shattering beam attacks head-on, they would not have been able to stop their actions.
Lin Zhong-qing and Xie Yi knew very well that against a powerful ace operator, they had no ability to fight back. Wu Jiong, who was slightly stronger than them, had proven this point. If they hesitated and could not make a prompt decision, they might very well have sacrificed themselves for nothing, unable to deal any damage to the opponent through self-destructing.
Thus, when they saw a chance to get close to Qiao Ting, the two of them were naturally fearless. As they charged at Qiao Ting, they each pressed the self-destruct button on their mecha.
Seeing this, Tang Yu could not help but sigh from within the VIP room. "Qiao Ting, he's too indecisive." At the critical moment, Qiao Ting had still been conservative. With his abilities, if he had been more resolute and decisively attacked Lingtian No.6 and Lingtian No.7, he would definitely have been able to kill these two in an instant. Then, Lingtian No.6 and Lingtian No.7 would not have had a chance to get close to Qiao Ting, and thus would not have been able to use self-destructing to hurt Qiao Ting.
The sharp-eyed Tang Yu had seen through Lingtian No.6 and Lingtian No.7's plans at a glance. Unfortunately, at the critical moment, Qiao Ting had hesitated. This hesitation that should not have appeared had given Lingtian No.6 and Lingtian No.7, who had originally had no chance at all, a chance to self-destruct.
"Qiao Ting, I'm afraid he's in for a hard time." The principal could also see very clearly. Compared to Tang Yu, he was more objective. From the start, Qiao Ting had actually been at an absolute advantage, but in battle after battle, he had made wrong choices. This had caused his own advantage to disappear bit by bit. If Qiao Ting continued to make mistakes, it was very likely that his advantage as an ace operator would be completely exhausted. In terms of the overall situation, he was undoubtedly somewhat lacking.
"If Qiao Ting still doesn't cut off all means of retreat, this battle will probably be dangerous," said Tang Yu with a frown. Although he did not see the situation as clearly as the principal, he also knew that Qiao Ting's advantage was getting smaller and smaller. If he did not take a gamble now, it would be difficult to determine who would win.
"Qiao Ting probably didn't think that Lingtian No.11 would be so ruthless." The principal tried to find the reason for Qiao Ting's mistake. At this point, the principal could not help but shake his head and sigh. "To be honest, this number 11's methods are a little too much. In order to stop Qiao Ting, he actually sacrificed his own teammate." After retiring, he especially cherished his old comrades who had fought together with him. He could not accept this kind of behavior.
"If Lingtian No.11 hadn't done so, Lingtian No.6 and Lingtian No.7 would've been killed and eliminated by Qiao Ting." Tang Yu, on the other hand, disagreed. "Since the outcome is the same, it's better to fight for survival. Perhaps this way, our teammates won't die so worthlessly."
"Also, Principal, this is a virtual world. Death isn't real death." Tang Yu reminded the principal that the virtual world was different from reality.
"I'm just afraid that these children will develop a habit here — that is, as long as they can obtain victory, they will sacrifice everything that can be sacrificed …" Although the competition in the military academy was fierce, it was not a real battlefield after all. If they could be so cruel and heartless here, would they be even more reckless on the battlefield? The principal couldn't help but worry.
"Sometimes, even if you don't want to, you have no choice but to make sacrifices." The principal's words caused Tang Yu's eyes to darken, revealing a trace of extreme pain, as if recalling something.
Tang Yu's abnormal state caused the principal to wake up abruptly. He hurriedly changed the topic and said, "No one knows what will happen in the future. Let's just continue watching. Perhaps these children will bring us some pleasant surprises." The principal was somewhat annoyed with himself for speaking too carelessly, inadvertently touching on the wound hidden deep within Tang Yu's heart.
Tang Yu only nodded silently. Right now, he no longer had any interest in speaking.
While Tang Yu was conversing with the principal, Xie Yi and Lin Zhong-qing had indeed self-destructed and died as they had expected.
It should be said that they had achieved their goal, but not completely. Even though Xie Yi and Lin Zhong-qing had crashed into Qiao Ting at extreme speed, Qiao Ting was still Qiao Ting after all. The title of the military academy's number one mecha operator was not just for show. His piloting ability was indeed outstanding — even though he had been within arm's reach and hadn't had enough time to completely dodge the two's sudden attacks, his emergency piloting had still allowed him to successfully avoid Xie Yi's charge. Meanwhile, Lin Zhong-qing had only grazed his mecha a little.
If Xie Yi and Lin Zhong-qing had not chosen to self-destruct, their ambush could be said to have been perfectly neutralized by Qiao Ting. However, Xie Yi and Lin Zhong-qing had both intended to self-destruct in the first place. Thus, when they had brushed past Qiao Ting's mecha and were about to meet Li Lanfeng's beam attack, the two of them had successfully self-destructed just as they were about to kill each other.
"Boom, boom!" Two violent explosions rang out. Xie Yi and Lin Zhong-qing's mecha had both exploded at the same time outside Qiao Ting's mecha. The massive energy generated by the two explosions had instantly knocked Qiao Ting unconscious. Without anyone to operate his mecha, he instantly lost control and his entire mecha plummeted towards the ground.
Up in the air, Li Lanfeng could not help but be overjoyed when he saw this. He knew that Xie Yi and Lin Zhong-qing had successfully self-destructed, so he quickly operated his own mecha to fly down as well. Without any hesitation, he fired beams at the out-of-control ace mecha.
Bang bang bang! Several beams struck the mecha in succession. If not for the fact that Qiao Ting's mecha's beam shield was still maintaining a certain level of energy protection, these few shots would probably have dealt some damage to this mecha. However, it was also because of these few shots that the beam shield on Qiao Ting's mecha instantly dimmed. As long as Li Lanfeng attacked a few more times, he would probably be able to destroy this mecha's beam shield. At that time, an ace mecha without any protective energy would not be able to withstand a single blow from any weapon.
After all, Qiao Ting was the most outstanding prodigy in the military academy in recent years. Whether it was in terms of spiritual power or physical constitution, he could be considered aberrant. In just the blink of an eye, he had regained consciousness. When he found that his mecha was out of control and saw Li Lanfeng desperately chasing after him from above, he did not panic in the face of this desperate situation. His first choice was not to save his out-of-control mecha. Instead, he raised the beam gun in his hands and aimed it at Li Lanfeng in the air, calmly returning fire.
"Ping ping ping!" Although they were both proficient in long-range attacks, Qiao Ting's ability in this area was even more impressive than Li Lanfeng's. With just three shots, Li Lanfeng was forced to dodge, and the beam attack in his hands also paused. Qiao Ting could not help but breathe a sigh of relief …
"Warning, mecha entering ultra-low altitude range of 100 metres. Danger of crash. Now 90 metres, 80 metres … 50 metres, 40 metres, 30 metres! Danger, danger, please raise mecha altitude immediately … "Having just dealt with Li Lanfeng's attack, Qiao Ting's mecha was now faced with a new danger. The mecha's A.I. began to call out urgently, reminding Qiao Ting that once he exceeded the limit of 30 metres, if he did not raise his mecha, he would not be able to avoid a crash.
"Get up!" Qiao Ting temporarily gave up on attacking Li Lanfeng to focus fully on operating his mecha. He activated all of his mecha's main and auxiliary engines, and at the same time, his fingers danced rapidly, changing the mecha's fixed parameters.
The rapidly falling mecha finally came to a stop at an altitude of more than 20 metres. The powerful power of the engines and the fact that the mecha had become most suited for low-altitude mecha desperately resisted the pull of gravity. The roar of the engines reverberated throughout the entire battlefield. Because the mecha was very close to the ground, the airflow from the engines actually stirred up a large amount of sand on the ground. Very quickly, sand and dust filled the air, and the space 20 to 30 metres above the ground instantly became a world of sand and dust. The degree of turbidity made it impossible for anyone to see what was going on inside.
Finally gaining control of his mecha, Qiao Ting diverted some of his attention to control his mecha to slowly ascend while not forgetting to pull the trigger of his beam gun, attacking Li Lanfeng who was attempting to attack him …
Finally, his mecha successfully ascended to an altitude of 50 metres, escaping the danger of a crash. All of the mecha's power had also returned to normal. Qiao Ting stared at the 30% damage alert on the screen — the self-destruction of those two brats earlier had still dealt a certain amount of damage to his mecha.
Qiao Ting hated Li Lanfeng to the core, and he hated Li Lanfeng even more. If not for the other's ability to ignore his own attacks, he would not have hesitated and given those two mecha the chance to self-destruct. Qiao Ting blamed his mistake on Li Lanfeng's madness. He decided to finish off this sticky candy Li Lanfeng before the last two people from Lingtian arrived.
Just as Qiao Ting was about to make his move … "Beep!" "Beep!" "Beep!" Three notifications from the Mecha World mainframe rang out. Qiao Ting reflexively glanced at the notifications, and the contents almost made him vomit blood and die. It turned out that his only remaining three members had been successfully killed by the people of Lingtian within the span of a few seconds just now, eliminating them from the competition. In other words, of the entire Leiting, only he, Qiao Ting, was left. He was truly all alone for once.
Meanwhile, the Lingtian mecha still had the numbers of three people listed above. Qiao Ting's heart burned with rage as he watched. He had initially thought that this would be a one-sided battle, but now it had become their Leiting being beaten to a pulp. Even he himself was looking rather wretched. This made Qiao Ting's heart burn with hatred.
Qiao Ting stared murderously at Li Lanfeng, who had maintained a certain distance from him. This sudden and intense killing intent caused Li Lanfeng to feel a chill in his heart. He had sensed an even stronger killing intent from Ling Lan before, so he knew that the upcoming battle would not be an ordinary one. He gripped the beam gun in his hand tightly, fully on guard.
Qiao Ting's mecha suddenly twisted in the air, and in the next second, he was already beside Li Lanfeng. At this critical moment, Qiao Ting had given up on the long-range attacks he was most proficient in, instead choosing the relatively weaker close combat. This unexpected move caused all the spectators to gasp involuntarily, unable to understand Qiao Ting's choice for a moment.
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