Translator: ryuxenji Editor: H2dH2mr
Translator: H2dH2mr Editor: H2dH2mr Jiang Shaoyu did not want to lose face. He desperately wanted to use the field he was best at to defeat his opponent. Even if it could not be effective in one hit, he still hoped to hit his opponent. While reducing the opponent's points, he would also prove to the audience that he was still the stronger one in close combat.
Perhaps it was the pressure, or perhaps it was Jiang Shaoyu's desperate need for results, but in this state of mind, Jiang Shaoyu was losing his cool. His movements began to become rough, no longer as delicate and rhythmic as before. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that his control was beginning to go out of control, no longer as perfect as it had been at the beginning …
Lin Xiao saw Jiang Shaoyu's change, and his eyes flashed. He knew that his chance was about to come. Lin Xiao did not act immediately. There was only one chance — he had to act when he was most confident. Otherwise, he would rather wait patiently than be as impulsive as Jiang Shaoyu.
"Hehe, Jiang Shaoyu is probably going to lose." Zhao Jun could also see it at this time, and could not help but grin.
"Yes, from the looks of it now, of the three ace mecha masters, Jiang Shaoyu is the weakest. That Lin Xiao is very strong and knows how to hold back. I'm afraid he will bring a lot of trouble to Qiao Ting." Ling Lan was quite impressed by this cadet from the military academy who had the same pronunciation as her father but different characters. Regardless of whether it was long-range or close combat, his abilities were superb — a balanced mecha was indeed the most suitable for him.
Moreover, the other was not lacking in scheming — he had purposely disguised the outer shell of his mecha to make others mistakenly think that his strength was in long-range attacks and that he was weaker in close combat, leading the opponent to choose to attack his weakness — — close combat. Now, it looked like this arrangement of his had indeed worked miraculously. At the very least, Jiang Shaoyu had tragically fallen for it. If not for these disguises, Jiang Shaoyu would definitely have been more cautious — it would not have been so easy to defeat him.
In the arena, the two of them exchanged several more blows in mid-air, their mecha switching positions several times. As time passed, Jiang Shaoyu, who had been unable to find a chance to attack, became even more impatient. In the heat of the moment, he actually abandoned defence and operated his mecha to attack with all his might. Every time the mecha's arms swung the cold weapons, they became heavier and heavier, but their speed slowed down. His desire to kill in one hit had caused his mecha to lose the agility it should have. Only at this moment did Lin Xiao, who had been waiting to make a move, know that the real opportunity had come. He had finally made his move!
After Jiang Shaoyu finished a round of fierce attacks, he was just about to continue the next round when Lin Xiao, who was originally focused on defense, suddenly disappeared in the gap between his attacks. Jiang Shaoyu was taken aback. Then, alarm bells rang in his heart. He cursed inwardly. Without even thinking, his fingers instinctively danced and reached the limit of his hand speed in an instant. He had to operate his mecha and leave this place. Otherwise, he would be in danger.
Jiang Shaoyu's intuition was not wrong. Although he had done his best to escape this crisis, Lin Xiao had been waiting for this opportunity for so long. How could he let him escape so easily?
"Bang bang bang bang …"
Jiang Shaoyu's mecha's engines had just erupted, and before the body of the mecha had even been pulled away, Lin Xiao suddenly descended from the sky, his attack arriving first...
"Was that Flash just now?" The spectators cried out in surprise. They had seen Lin Xiao's movements clearly — when Jiang Shaoyu's attack had slowed, Lin Xiao had suddenly flashed to the top of Jiang Shaoyu's head. This flash movement was a technique that only ace operators could perform. It was called Flash, and was a weakened version of teleportation. Due to the extremely high technical requirements, many operators who had just advanced to ace level were unable to master this move.
However, that was not all. Soon after, more cries rang out, "Ah, it's the mecha combo technique!"
In close-range mecha combat, the best demonstration of one's control ability and explosive power was the mecha combo technique. The higher one's ability, the more combo moves one could perform. Legend had it that a god-class operator had once performed 128 combo moves, directly defeating an opponent who was also a god-class operator.
"Three moves … five moves!" When Lin Xiao reached five moves in a row, everyone stood up excitedly. For the average mecha operator, three moves in a row was the limit. Mecha masters might be able to perform one or two more moves, but five moves was a critical point. Very few normal mecha masters could go past five moves. Once they had gone past five moves, it meant that their future was limitless.
Under everyone's anticipation, Lin Xiao finally completed his sixth combo. When the loud bang rang out once more, everyone could not help but cheer. At this time, Lin Xiao had reached his limit, and his combo was finally over. Meanwhile, Jiang Shaoyu, who had been hit by Lin Xiao's six combo moves, not only had he not been able to escape Lin Xiao's attacks, he had also been defeated by these combo moves. Six effective attacks had instantly deducted Jiang Shaoyu's points to zero. Even if Jiang Shaoyu still had the strength to continue fighting, the referee would not give him a chance.
Sure enough, when the referee saw that Jiang Shaoyu's points had fallen to zero, he decisively raised the red flag and announced the end of the match. Meanwhile, the screens around the combat arena displayed Lin Xiao's victory.
No one had any doubts about this result. Even though the two of them were both ace operators, Lin Xiao's control and mentality were superior to Jiang Shaoyu's.
After completing his sixth combo move, Lin Xiao was panting heavily in his cockpit. His initially composed face was now full of smiles. He was not overjoyed that he had won this match, because victory was within his expectations. What truly surprised him was that he had actually broken through his own limit, reaching six moves in a row for the first time. Without a doubt, after going all out just now, he had achieved another breakthrough.
Ling Lan saw the final result appear. As expected, it was as she had expected. She turned to look at Zhao Jun and asked, "Senior Zhao, what do you think of your opponent now?"
Zhao Jun grinned and said, "There are still flaws in Jiang Shaoyu's mentality. I can make use of them this afternoon."
Ling Lan nodded, and then shook her head. "It's true that there are flaws in his mentality, but you're not Lin Xiao, so you won't be able to make use of them."
"Why?" Zhao Jun frowned, somewhat unable to understand.
"Because you're still a special-class operator," replied Ling Lan calmly.
Zhao Jun lowered his head in thought, and then seemed to understand something. He raised his head and asked, "Because he has a psychological advantage? That's why he won't have the same mentality as when he fought Lin Xiao, so it won't be easy to expose this weakness of his? "
"It's not just a psychological advantage, there's also external strength. Even if Jiang Shaoyu's condition is affected by this loss, it's still very easy for him to defeat you," added Ling Lan.
Ling Lan's words made Zhao Jun's brow furrow even tighter. Thinking about it, it made sense — although special-class operators and ace operators were both operators, the gap between the two was like the heavens, not so easily bridged.
"Is there really no other way?" asked Zhao Jun regretfully.
"It's very difficult to win, but it's not impossible to make both sides suffer..." However, Ling Lan gave Zhao Jun a big surprise.
Hearing this, Zhao Jun's entire person perked up, and he hurriedly said, "Leader, tell me... oh, no, it's Boss, Boss, hurry up and tell this little brother!" In order to obtain Ling Lan's combat grimoire, Zhao Jun's face was filled with flattery, and he even shamelessly called Ling Lan 'Boss'.
This made Li Lanfeng, who had been quietly listening to the two of them, facepalm. He was so embarrassed that he almost wanted to dig a hole and bury himself in it. Sob sob sob, this shameless Zhao Jun, I don't know him anymore...
As for the other members of Lingtian, seeing Zhao Jun's shameless behaviour, they were all dumbstruck. Some of the members who still had some semblance of consciousness left, such as Zilong, Luo Lang, Xie Yi, and the others, quickly retreated more than three metres away from Zhao Jun, looking as if they did not know him at all.
This behaviour of Zhao Jun's similarly shocked Ling Lan. She swallowed the idea that was already at the tip of her tongue. She decided not to say it first and let this Senior Zhao fret for a while to make up for the shock she had felt earlier.
Zhao Jun was completely oblivious to the disdain and avoidance of his companions towards his actions. Yes, perhaps he did feel it, but right now, his entire mind was filled with the idea Ling Lan had said that she had a solution. He was in no mood to teach these disrespectful team members a lesson. He ignored Ling Lan's increasingly cold aura and circled around Ling Lan, calling her 'Boss' and 'Boss' happily. He did not understand at all that the more flattering he called her, the less he would be able to get the solution he had been longing for.
Meanwhile, in the VIP lounge of the combat arena, almost all of the guests attending the Mecha Grand Tournament were watching this match.
Sitting beside Ling Xiao was the Federation's vice president. When he saw the winner's name on the large screen, he could not help but laugh and tease, "Ling Xiao ah, what do you think of this person's name?"
Ling Xiao and the vice president were the ones with the highest military and political status among all the guests. The other guests looked like they were focused on watching the match or chatting quietly with the people beside them, but in reality, they were constantly paying attention to the movements of the two. When they heard the vice president's teasing words, their ears instantly perked up, wanting to know whether this cadet who had the same pronunciation as General Ling Xiao would be valued or disliked by Ling Xiao because of this. Ling Xiao's attitude would determine how they would treat this cadet in the future.
"Not bad!" Ling Xiao smiled and said, "As expected, the name Ling Xiao is very popular in the Federation. Vice President, in this aspect, you can't compare to me..."
Ling Xiao's self-praise made everyone smile knowingly. Some of the senior officers of several divisions were envious of this Lin Xiao who had performed so well. They were prepared to report this to their regiment commanders after the match was over so that the examiners of the cadets would work hard to get Lin Xiao into their divisions when they went to the First Co-ed Military Academy.
After saying this, Ling Xiao turned his attention back to the combat arena. Everyone thought that he was looking at the two people in the combat arena, but only he knew that he was looking for his daughter. Unfortunately, there were millions of spectators in the combat arena — it was really not that easy to find his daughter.
When Lin Xiao and Jiang Shaoyu's match ended, it was also announced that the single mecha combat in the morning was officially over. At 2 pm, the following matches would continue to determine the champion, runner-up, third place, and fourth place.
The audience in the combat arena began to leave the arena in an orderly manner. They had to find time to have lunch before coming back to watch the afternoon matches. The afternoon matches would definitely be more exciting than the morning matches, after all, those were the matches between the champion and the runner-up. Even the matches between the third and fourth place would still be eye-catching.
Seeing this, Ling Lan stood up. Zhao Jun still had not gotten the answer he wanted. Seeing Ling Lan stand up, he quickly followed... the other members could only shake their heads and smile wryly as they followed. Li Lanfeng's footsteps were even more unsteady, swaying unsteadily. For the first time, he deeply regretted ever knowing such a person.
Ling Lan did not know that when she stood up, Ling Xiao, who was still in the guest room, suddenly looked over as if he had sensed something. Seeing that familiar figure, the smile on Ling Xiao's lips deepened. Only then did he stand up and bid farewell to the other guests. Ling Xiao had sat here for half a day just for this one look.
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