Chapter 36 - A Rookie Turned Killer (2/2)
An unknown amount of time passed, and two thousand recruits entered the battle network once more under the orders of their commanding officer. Qin Fen was logged out of his self-training’s combat mode and joined the exercise.
Second Squad, First Platoon, Third Company, Second Battalion’s Specter Space Fighter had solmenly become the most famous fighter among the two thousand recruits, thanks to last night’s fierce battle and the call out from the commanding officers in the morning.
Freebie Aircraft. This was the new nickname that the recruits gave Qin Fen during training. Everyone knew that this aircraft was the easiest one to shoot down and obtain points from.
Happiness bloomed within the hearts of the recruits near Qin Fen’s body. The recruits a bit further away sighed about their unlucky spawn points. At the same time, they cursed the shamelessness of the recruits near Qin Fen for going so far as to bully the weak.
Of course, if they had spawned in those spots, they would do the same. They would bully the weak.
Arcs of heat-rays shot out from different directions. A few recruits experienced at aerial combat lamented. Under such a concentration of heat-rays, Qin Fen was screwed.
Qin Fen was angry now. Bullying should never be this extreme. The special battle sensation from the system-generated concentration of enemy forces he faced a moment ago still lingered within his mind. His two hands operated completely subconsciously, and the ultra high speed movement of the Specter Fighter was fully revealed in this moment. His fighter was akin to a demon as it avoided the countless shots of heat-rays from the joint enemy attack.
The surrounding recruits who saw the scene became stupefied. Was this really the Freebie Aircraft rookie from yesterday? It hadn’t even been a day, and this clumsy and blunderous newbie was able to use aerial combat techniques unique to the Specter Space Fighter?
The Specter Drift Technique!
Was it a coincidence? Was it luck? Or was it true skill?
In the moment when everyone was shocked, Qin Fen used his fighter to shoot two heat-rays and destroy an enemy fighter. He instantly broke through the encirclement formed by several of the recruits.
There were four recruits remaining that were close to Qin Fen. They couldn’t afford to delve into what sort of transformation Qin Fen had undergone. They just knew that it had been five versus one. They should have been able to take their opponent down, even if their opponent wasn’t a rookie. The current outcome was very disgraceful!
“Don’t run!” The four space fighters of the recruits yelled at Qin Fen through their fighters’ communications equipment as they chased him down.
The Specter Space Fighter’s drive furnace was a bit overheated after performing the Specter Drift Technique, so it was incapable of displaying its maximum speed for a time. The four enemy fighters had him locked tight, and the heat-rays appeared to be the type that didn’t consume energy for they shot at him madly.
As Qin Fen continued to dodge the heat-rays, he was unable to increase his speed any further. It appeared that he wouldn’t be able to break free from the four fighters that were approaching closer and closer, but then he suddenly pulled his control stick back, raising the nose of his fighter to a hundred and fifty degrees! His super high-speed flight suddenly decreased to super low speed of a hundred and ten kilometers per hour!
Pugachev’s Cobra!
This had been a classic aerial combat technique, gradually forgotten with the growth of science and technology, yet it reappeared today!
None of the pursuing enemy fighters expected Qin Fen to perform this maneuver. Though it was a very ancient technique, it wasn’t something that could be easily done without special training.
The four recruits rushed to respond to the sudden maneuverer, but they were too late. They shot passed Qin Fen at super high speeds. The situation was now where the pursuers were in front while the pursued was in the back.
“It’s my turn!” A smile was engraved in Qin Fen’s face as the roles of hunter and hunted were completely reversed. Two heat-ray shots and two air-to-air specter missiles flew straight forward.