30 The Real Enemy and the True Battle (1/2)
Under Thoriko’s lead, the Federation Battle Mechas immediately left contact with the enemy. Although they paid the price with the lives of two comrades, they did not give the [Devil Tigers] any further opportunities to get into close range.
As for the most despicable, shameless and wretched, the supposed Battle Mecha hunter, he was currently trembling.
“Damn! it seems that I’ve met some experts this time!”
Seeing the movements of the [Devil Tigers], Tian Xing Jian dared to say that the soldiers of Myth Legion were absolutely more dangerous than those ordinary commandos. Their control over the Battle Mechas had reached perfection — they were fierce and simple. After having undergone many life and death battles on the battlefield, they acted solely for the purpose of killing people as biting-cold killing intent was imbued in every one of their actions. Once ordinary Battle Mechas engage in close combat with these [Devil Tigers], they would be unable to match them in speed and strength. These [Devil Tigers] could even purely rely on speed to dodge the bullet screen and original path of attacks. This type of training was something the Federation special forces would never have thought of before. No wonder the legends had told of energy cannons and missiles being ineffective against these Battle Mechas. If not for their trickery in the beginning along with [Antenna]’s interferences of their Battle Mecha systems, forcing the [Devil Tigers] to use manual control, their combat power would certainly drop by an entire level and the end result would not be nice in the least.
Originally, having trained in the gravity room for half a year to improve his hand speed and controlling techniques, Tian Xing Jian was quite confident of his own skills. Ever since he saw the several ordinary Myth Legion [Devil Tigers] battling, his confidence was halved.
This half of his self-confidence was built from Tian Xing Jian’s practical experiences in fighting in the online war simulation. That was how he could defeat enemies who were stronger than he was time after time. Furthermore, after training in the gravity room, his speed had greatly increased. He was fully confident that his speed could surpass that of the [Devil Tigers] in front of him. After all, Tian Xing Jian had a pair of natural quick hands.
However, his own Battle Mecha battling techniques were much worse compared to his enemies. This arose from his inexperience at fighting in life and death battles and not having yet refined himself in blood and fire. Within the bullet screen, a calm, unhurried, and accurate decision — a decision that came from being honed from countless battles — was needed. As for him, he was merely a Battle Mecha battle rookie who had only encountered battles within an online war simulation.
“Damn, I should stop thinking! This father is going to bet his life today. Even if I die, I’ll just treat it as sleeping. Killing one is worth it, and killing two means an extra.” Tian Xing Jian started imagining himself as an absolutely vicious and merciless person, someone who would commit crimes. After all, for one to be cruel to his enemies, he had to first learn to be cruel to himself.
In the recent battles, he discovered that he had a talent which he could not put in words. The cowardly him would usually hide from and avoid any danger that he met. But during times when it could not be avoided, he would immediately become a gangster, becoming more excited as the battles became more dangerous and intense, as if a feeling of hysteria struck him and he had become a lunatic. The only thing in his mind was kill, kill, and kill. His way of thinking was similar to idioms like when one had no shoes, he would not be afraid of wearing a new pair [1]; shattering a broken jar [2]; gambling his broken life. At times, he suspected that he had a split personality.
From merely being provoked, he would turn crazy. It was fine during times of war; however, if being provoked caused his personality to split, resulting in him killing several people during peaceful times, where would he find the lives to save in hopes to repent?
The fatty with a split personality slowly moved his Battle Mecha towards the nearest [Devil Tiger] to him. Thoriko’s cover enabled him to easily mix himself into the crowd. The continuous bullet screen had sealed shut the direction the four [Devil Tigers] charged, forcing them to find another path while avoiding the bullets. They had seemingly not realize that a disguised [Devil Tiger] was currently among them.
Tian Xing Jian’s current target was marked by the energy cannons fired from the soldiers of the special scouts company. They had seemingly given this [Devil Tiger] special treatment — whenever it moved slightly, firepower would come and suppress him fiercely. As for the other three [Devil Tigers], they had unknowingly broken away from him.
The opportunity was here! The moment this [Devil Tiger] fell behind and was forced to dodge from the incoming firepower, [Logic], which had been hiding by his side, stealthily appeared. The prey did not react. He thought that this was his comrade, only that he was acting oddly and had completely gone against the battle regulations. However, due to the interference of their communication systems, he had no way of knowing who exactly piloted his [Devil Tiger]. The mere thought just flashed past his brain, so fast that he did not have the chance to think about it twice. And at that point of time, this comrade of his had already used a claw and tore open his movement system at the abdomen.
“This isn’t our Battle Mecha! How is this possible!” The [Devil Tiger] operator who was stabbed in the back felt truly angry and frantic. He could only stay here and wait for the final outcome of the battle. He truly did not understand how his Battle Mecha movement system could be so easily destroyed by this fake [Devil Tiger], unless the Myth Legion’s specially-used Battle Mecha had been leaked?
The [Devil Tiger] soldier felt that he had been wronged for eternity. He was also indignant and helpless as he watched the despicable, fake [Devil Tiger] moving like a weasel towards his comrades, as if he was stealing chickens. As a result of that pressing anger and anxiety, he was momentarily unable to breathe and actually had fainted from this scene.
The first [Devil Tiger] was eliminated. Fatty felt quite excited. This Battle Mecha had never been seen by him, yet [Logic]’s scanner gave an analysis of the data regarding this Battle Mecha. As for Battle Mecha specialist Tian Xing Jian, he could of course understand the composition of that Battle Mecha from the blueprints and data. As long as he understood its composition, [Logic]’s specially-made mechanical arms would be able to use the shortest time possible to dismantle any Battle Mecha into parts.
A sneak attack did not mean he had to use a weapon. Using an energy cannon to launch a sneak attack would allow him to merely kill one of, but after that, his position would be revealed from the resulting explosion of the energy cannon and the Battle Mecha. Furthermore, this Battle Mecha was still useful. Retrieving a completely intact Battle Mecha was one of the most important tasks of any combat plan. Right now, he had such a good opportunity; he would certainly be struck by lightning if he did not get an additional mecha to replenish their combat power.
Tian Xing Jian quietly used the back legs of his mecha to kick that wronged Battle Mecha into the bomb crater behind them. The [Devil Tiger] operator, who had just woken from his passing out, once again fainted. He honestly felt that this weasel had truly entered a state of disguising himself as a real chicken.
[Logic] replaced this [Devil Tiger]’s position. He leaped all around, doing his utmost best to act out his role.
Under the cover of the firepower by the Federation Battle Mechas, Tian Xing Jian had soon reached the Battle Mecha that was closest to him. At this moment, due to an increase ofconcentrated firepower, the Federation Battle Mecha could relax their defensive manoeuvre. In contrast, the remaining three [Devil Tigers] felt an increase in suppressive fire as the firepower raining upon them became even fiercer, further reducing the possible area of movement for them. They put their full attention to control their Battle Mechas. For the sake of evading the cannon shots, their two hands almost cramped from the large amount of hand movements; they had no time to concentrate on other matters, much less discovering that their comrade had already been kicked into a bomb crater by a despicable chap.
The second Battle Mecha was unable to escape as well. He experienced a similar bout of withdrawal from the battle as the first mecha. The moment he lost his movement system, he was sent into the bomb crater by the weasel Tian Xing Jian.
The outcome of the battle was set; sorting out the remaining two [Devil Tigers] held no suspense.