novelraw Chapter 126 : Song of Sand and Mirage
Chapter 126 : Song of Sand and Mirage
In a sea of yellow sand, Na Luo River's crimson red mecha turns around. Starting with the strong attacker Simos at the front looking back, a fierce whirlwind rises from the ground, shooting straight into the sky, a tornado blasting directly from the mecha's front.
The fierce wind tears through the yellowish air current, its sharp edge rushing toward Zhu Jing Fu.
Saint Laurent's mecha had already set up its cannon, while in the Na Luo River team, Xiao Er's cannon was charging with fire light. He Lanqi stood behind the crowd, her control cannon firing toward Saint Laurent's direction, only to be intercepted by Xie Yi's cannon, control waves spreading outward, directly immobilizing the golden mecha in place. At that moment, Xiao Er leapt out from the team, firing a concentrated energy cannon aimed at Xue Yaoyao, waves of hot fire rushing toward her.
"Puluo," Chen Sui glanced at the foot soldier, and Puluo twirled his shield umbrella, when the cannon fire came, it collided directly with He Shuangmu's energy shield. The two shields blocked the concentrated cannon blast.
The control time expired, and Xue Yaoyao's face showed displeasure: "Specifically targeting analysts, huh?"
She snorted, and her Twin Butterfly circled around her, trailing beautiful glowing tails of fluorescent powder, then charged straight ahead.
Simos's spirit body, the long rainbow mouse, swung its tail, looking like a blurred rainbow in the light. With each wave, several gusts of wind swept out, scattering the yellow sand, with vision covered by a towering tornado.
The Twin Butterfly charged directly into the whirlwind, and a burst of fluorescence exploded from within the tornado.
The whirlwind was suddenly pushed apart by the butterfly wings that had abruptly expanded, as if cut by a blade, the concentrated energy scattered.
Xue Yaoyao waved her hand, and a burst of fire exploded from the Twin Butterfly.
A black voice suddenly appeared behind the Twin Butterfly.
"Magma Beast?" Chen Sui narrowed her eyes.
It should be the Magma Beast energy crystal obtained at the exhibition, which Xue Yaoyao had turned into a summoning body. The Twin Butterfly could borrow fire attribute energy.
After the fire light tore through the whirlwind, it rushed straight toward Na Luo River's analyst He Lanqi.
"Thanks!"
The shield umbrella flew back to Puluo's hand. In the rush, He Shuangmu nodded to Puluo, and the two teams briefly collaborated, charging toward Na Luo River from two directions.
As the whirlwind before them was torn apart and visibility improved, Chen Sui leapt up. In the team channel, Xie Chunshi reminded her: "Can you confirm the position of the absorption device?"
"It should be on He Lanqi," Chen Sui had detected energy fluctuations from her, which aligned with the first choice of placing analytical instruments on the analyst. "I'll go get the device, can you distract them?"
Xie Chunshi nodded, looking toward Saint Laurent's direction of attack. His eyes flickered: "Alright, energy is insufficient, prepare in advance."
Zhu Jing Fu's ability to engage with Na Luo River now was purely because Saint Laurent joined later, saving them a bit of energy. Otherwise, it would have been difficult.
Chen Sui nodded, expanding the cannon's energy control, otherwise it wouldn't overpower the opposing mecha, but if expanded, the cannon would have few opportunities to charge.
She needed to get the absorption device quickly.
"After getting it, use the Mirage Orb." Xie Chunshi suggested.
This idea brightened Chen Sui's eyes, and she immediately smiled: "Commander, are you going to play hide-and-seek with them?"
This metaphor slightly relaxed the tense atmosphere among the five Zhu Jing Fu members, but soon, the five jumped out in five different directions.
This dispersal move from Zhu Jing Fu confused both teams, and the bullet screen viewers couldn't understand either.
But during the dispersal, Chen Sui reached Na Luo River's other side. If she was fast enough, she could bypass Xie You and charge straight toward He Lanqi.
And now, facing Chen Sui was the Na Luo River leader.
Black Mamba, Xie You.
The black snake rose from the sandy soil, its body erect, its triangular head raised high, its vertical pupils emitting a cold light that sent chills down one's spine.
The snake's tongue, carrying streaks of black gas, flicked outward, the black gas spreading around, instantly covering the air in front.
"I dislike you black snakes the most," Chen Sui drew her spear. Wood-Born Flower did not appear, only a layer of green light covering her mecha's exterior. When Black Mamba's black spikes stabbed toward her, they were blocked by the green light, which then spread along the black gas, annihilating the dark attribute energy.
Xie You narrowed his eyes, his pupils becoming more vertical. He wasn't idle, drawing his mecha's heavy sword. As Chen Sui broke through Black Mamba's dark attribute energy mist, the long sword pointed forward, the mecha leaped up, and in mid-air, slashed down toward the black and gold mecha.
The air current swept down from above, spreading outward. Chen Sui didn't even have time to look up.
The black and gold mecha held the long spear with both hands.
"Zeng—"
The heavy sword struck the spear shaft, emitting a crisp ringing sound.
Chen Sui's hands bore tremendous weight, but her expression remained unchanged. Her mecha's feet sank into the sandy soil from the impact, the back foot sliding backward a distance, but soon withstood the weight.
Xie You felt his downward strike halted, and his eyes immediately flickered, turning to retreat.
But Chen Sui was faster. The black and gold mecha flipped up directly, gripping the other end of the spear tightly, and yanking hard.
The mecha directly passed swiftly under the heavy sword from below, keeping a low profile.
Xie You's lower strength loosened, causing his mecha to leap downward uncontrollably, but the crimson red mecha quickly reacted, expanded its thrusters, rapidly caught up with the energy, and directly halted the mecha in mid-air, followed by a backflip, leaping high into the air.
Chen Sui had already rushed to the side. Not far away, He Lanqi was guarded by the foot soldier Lu Ting at the rear, with output and command positions in her triangular formation, being engaged by players from both teams.
Xie You leapt high into the air, seeing Chen Sui darting away, he fired a shot toward the black and gold mecha's front, and then was met face-to-face with a rush of water light. He hurriedly dodged, hearing the gurgling sound of water flowing through the air.
The golden mecha charged forward, the phantom image of a pearl oyster opening and closing, seemingly containing many oyster pearls, reflecting colorful light in the sunshine.
Chen Sui had no time to appreciate it. She thrust her spear directly in front of her, when the mecha rushed past, her foot stomped directly on the spear shaft, forcing the rushing mecha to stop, and then she pulled the spear out and leapt, directly passing by the cannon blast fired in front.
The immense heat from the cannon's energy burn still reddened her face.
He Lanxiu had a mild temperament, but when fighting, he was not at all gentle. Ice spikes rushed toward Xie You's front, and when he swung his sword, they turned into flowing water, flowing away from the heavy sword. After passing the sword, they instantly solidified again, and ice beads struck the mecha's shell in front of the crimson red mecha, followed by an explosive sound.
The explosion wasn't large, but the energy it carried still pushed Xie You's mecha backward. Black Mamba was also hit by the ice beads, and during the energy collision, the black snake obviously became much more agitated, its tongue hissing in and out, its fangs wide open, roaring toward the pearl oyster's position.
Chen Sui's gaze quickly swept across the surrounding positions.
Beside He Lanqi was only Lu Ting, lightning attribute, spirit body Black Peacock, capable of breaking through. Then Puluo's shield umbrella, directly insulating.
Chen Sui quickly thought in her mind, also considering the reinforcement from He Lanqi's teammates. She needed to quickly take the absorption device, preferably controlling He Lanqi and Lu Ting in advance.
Identifying the positions of Na Luo River's mechas and Saint Laurent's personnel, Chen Sui quickly came up with an idea.
Seeing Xie You being pushed backward by He Lanxiu's energy, Chen Sui followed up, charging upward behind Xie You.
Through the channel came He Lanqi's warning. Xie You glanced back, and the black and gold mecha had almost become a black shadow, the long spear spinning a silver light in the air.
Sensing a fierce wind approaching, Xie You instinctively rolled to the side several times.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
The long spear thrust repeatedly, following the crimson red mecha's rolls, stabbing out close to the mecha's edge, making explosive sounds in the air.
Xie You's heart pounded uncontrollably, though his face remained calm, his eyes, partially covered by his bangs, always maintained a somewhat gloomy expression.
Feeling the long spear following him back several meters, Xie You quickly adjusted his mecha, and when Chen Sui's long spear thrust out again, he suddenly dropped to the ground, stepped on the yellow sand, and then leapt out.
Chen Sui heard the sound of the mecha stepping into the yellow sand and glanced behind her inconspicuously.
Xie You's mecha leapt up sideways, directly flipping to Chen Sui's side and rear.
He Lanxiu's cannon fired over, deflected by a swing of the heavy sword with black energy waves, exploding in mid-air, creating a wave of fire in front of Xie You.
The crimson red mecha quickly set up its cannon, aiming at Chen Sui's position.
"Puluo, spin the shield umbrella toward me."
Chen Sui reminded.
Puluo and Gu Qinxue were engaging Na Luo River's agile attacker, Xiao Er, whose speed was too fast, and with Saint Laurent's Xie Yi helping.
On the other side, Zhou Chen's speed was even faster. The yellow sand's high temperature was indeed somewhat scorching, but it didn't diminish his speed at all. The black and gold mecha moved quickly through the sand shadows, instantly approaching Simos's mecha from the side. The square mace drew out a lightning flash, striking down directly at the crimson red mecha and the rainbow mouse phantom behind it.
Simos grunted, firing his cannon as he retreated, but the Zhu Jing Fu mecha had already withdrawn, a black shadow circling around him, making it difficult to determine the direction.
"Are all your agile attackers mouse-like? Do you dare to fight me face to face!"
Simos was annoyed by Zhou Chen's occasional touches, complaining in the team channel.
Xiao Er had no time to look in his direction. In terms of agility, he far surpassed Xie Yi, but the opponent was more aggressive, with the pressure of Gu Qinxue's strong attacks. His cannon fire couldn't overpower them head-on, and with Zhu Jing Fu's foot soldier, the shield umbrella could precisely block his cannon fire.
Energy attacks would also be directly blasted open by Xie Yi and Gu Qinxue's strong fire.
Who has two fire attributes fighting against one water attribute?!
Not only were the energies mismatched, but there were two of them.
Xiao Er gritted his teeth, also feeling like cursing, but he was never talkative. His only visible reaction was his face becoming paler, making his fragmented appearance more intense.
His ice-blue bangs floated with the mecha's movements, covering his eyes full of ice and snow cracks.
"Zhou Chen's mecha has a Blue Fin coating, combined with his agile attack speed, it's a significant boost. Directly match his fire, Saint Laurent is almost out of energy."
Xie You's voice rang out. He could clearly feel that He Lanxiu's cannon didn't have enough charge.
But—
"Where did Zhu Jing Fu get energy from?!"
Na Luo River's Commander was also confused.
Chen Sui had already fired several fully charged shots at him. Doesn't her fierce fire cannon consume more energy than others? Does she still have energy?
Xie You couldn't tell Zhu Jing Fu's energy reserves. These people were always ruthless enough to save their last bit of energy for a hundred percent charged blast.
Simos, heeding his leader's warning, immediately distanced himself from Zhou Chen, firing his cannon in all directions.
Zhou Chen was startled by his actions, "Damn, we were all fighting fine with spirit bodies, and this guy wants to match cannons with me?"
"How much energy is left?"
Xie Chunshi looked ahead. Puluo was trying to approach Chen Sui to swing his shield umbrella to her, and Xie Chunshi was clearing the way for him, without letting Na Luo River detect their plan.
"Full charge is only enough for 5 shots," Zhou Chen calculated.
Xie Chunshi had a clear picture, "Keep stalling him."
Stalling meant that Zhou Chen would dodge first, timing his shots, firing one blast at a time to keep Na Luo River swaying.
Now it was up to Xie You to decide whether to gamble that Zhu Jing Fu was also out of energy and directly press hard.
If he lost the bet, Na Luo River would face the same energy predicament as the other two schools.
"Let's go for energy pressure, Saint Laurent is out of energy," He Lanqi's voice came through the Na Luo River team channel.
Xie You narrowed his eyes, seemingly still thinking: "Zhu Jing Fu might not be."
"Even if we use up our energy, we'll still have the device taken away, and continuing to stall will also deplete our energy. Why not see the result sooner? Stalling now will also drain our energy."
He Lanqi said firmly.
Xie You controlled his cannon against Chen Sui and He Lanxiu, thought for a few seconds, and then hesitated no more.
"Speed up."
He Lanqi breathed a sigh of relief, knowing he agreed to press hard.
Na Luo River's analyst remained frowning. Even though her cannon still accurately helped teammates control mechas from a distance, she constantly felt an uncomfortable sensation of being locked onto. He Lanqi wasn't sure who this lock was from, but knew she was definitely being targeted.
As soon as Xie You spoke, Na Luo River members intensified their cannon charges to maximum. The fully charged energy cannons created extremely fierce waves of fire.
He Lanxiu was surrounded by high-frequency cannon fire, his mecha directly blown away, the golden mecha blasted into the yellow sand with a thunderous explosion.
Xie You's cannon then fired toward Chen Sui.
"Boom—"
Just then, Puluo approached, his shield umbrella flying out of his hand. Chen Sui sensed her teammate's arrival, and the shield umbrella, bringing a current of air, rushed directly to her front.
A fully charged blast hit the shield umbrella, creating a fierce collision, with an explosion spreading outward.
The end of the shield umbrella was directly embedded in the yellow sand.
Chen Sui's mecha remained in place, completely unmoved, and her raised cannon continued charging.
Another fully charged blast, the fierce red light of the fierce fire cannon flickered beside her cheek.
In front, the yellow sand raised by the cannon fire covered everything. In the yellowish view, Xie You still hadn't heard the mecha damage prompt.
He suddenly widened his pupils, Black Mamba's movements paused, black mist immediately spreading, a bad premonition creeping over his entire body, the black mist energy completely covering the outside of his mecha.
Just as the black mist filled his vision, Xie You saw the scene of the sand dust dispersing before him.
A crimson-gold energy shield stood firmly in the yellow sand.
A red light, like a laser dot, flickered in the yellow sand.
Xie You's pupils flashed, and the black mist immediately covered the space in front of him.
At the same time, Chen Sui's cannon fired, directly aimed behind him.
At this moment, Chen Sui, Xie You, and behind them, He Lanqi and Lu Ting were in a straight line.
And He Lanqi's cannon was actually aimed at Puluo, while Lu Ting's lightning was directed straight at Xie Chunshi.
"Boom—"
The fierce fire cannon blasted forward.
Chen Sui reported the position in the team channel.
Gu Qinxue reflexively reacted, her muscles involuntarily raising her cannon toward the reported position.
The fierce fire cannon carried ferocious flames. Xie You felt a tongue of fire lick past his side, the accumulated high temperature burning his mecha with high heat, but this heat was extremely brief, quickly moving away from him. Only the side of the black mist was slightly scorched by the fire wave.
"Bang!!!"
A huge explosion sounded behind him.
Two consecutive flashes of fire.
Xie You suddenly opened his eyes, Black Mamba's black mist spreading around, instantly extending dozens of meters.
The black mist, like spikes, directly spread toward He Lanqi's position.
However, as the black mist dispersed in front of him, Chen Sui spun out the shield umbrella.
The metal shield umbrella flew from the side to the front, toward Xie You's back and He Lanqi's front.
The black and gold mecha sped out, the long spear twirling in hand, the sharp spear head directly colliding with Xie You's heavy sword.
"Thud!!"
Xie You had faced off with Chen Sui's heavy sword before, and could see her footsteps obviously sinking.
However, when the long spear fell like a meteor, carrying a thunderous force, Xie You finally understood what a power gap meant!
Black Mamba gritted his teeth, the hand holding the sword bulging with blue veins, his snake pupils contracted into a tight straight line, his body uncontrollably sinking into the yellow sand.
Already sunken to his calf, yet still not stopping.
Chen Sui applied force to her wrist, the impact becoming increasingly violent. Xie You's arm had already begun to tremble slightly.
Chen Sui caught this abnormal trembling and smiled slightly.
Before Xie You could react, his hands still tightly gripping the heavy sword.
The long spear abruptly pulled away, withdrawing backward. Xie You hadn't yet felt the relaxed force when he saw a flash of silver white emerge from under the heavy sword, the crimson red spear shaft entering his field of vision.
The long spear suddenly flicked upward!
The crimson red mecha was directly lifted out of the yellow sand, instantly leaping into the air. The black and gold mecha leapt up simultaneously, Chen Sui's foot raised, kicking quickly toward his chest.
"Commander, keep an eye on him."
Chen Sui directly kicked Xie You toward Xie Chunshi's position.
Xie Chunshi instinctively dodged to the side.
A fierce wind swept past his front, like a knife, scratching the mecha with a sharp sound.
Followed by the dull impact of the mecha landing.
Xie You's heavy sword crashed in the distance, the crimson red mecha facing the yellow sand.
Xie Chunshi silently raised his control cannon, charged it downward, and fired a shot.
"The last full charge, Little You," a familiar voice sounded in Xie You's ear. His mind hadn't yet recovered from such a rapid positional change. "Now using it on you."
Xie Chunshi's words were as gentle as when he was coaxing a crying young Xie You.
This coaxing voice, however, was accompanied by an energy restraint.
Xie You turned his head in disbelief, his face still feeling the touch of sand grains. After Xie Chunshi fired this control cannon, the cannon mouth obviously flickered red light several times.
—This was a sign of insufficient charging.
"You... you Zhu Jing Fu, actually... don't have energy..."
Xie You's voice was somewhat hoarse, injured by Chen Sui's kick, he could only breathe out these words.
"Yes, we were supposed to go to the base station to recharge, what a coincidence."
Xie Chunshi said with a smile.
But his eyes didn't fall on Xie You, instead looking in the distance at Chen Sui's figure.
The fierce fire cannon blasted directly toward He Lanqi's position, something no one, not even Xie You, had anticipated. In such a chaotic three-school melee, Xie You completely failed to predict that he would be led by Chen Sui to an ideal attack position, and further failed to anticipate that during the energy pressure process, Zhu Jing Fu could still perform such a play, diverting everyone's attention.
Not just Na Luo River members, even Zhu Jing Fu's ally Saint Laurent hadn't expected it.
Upon seeing the fierce fire cannon blasting toward He Lanqi, a thought flashed through Noya's mind like lightning, and he hurriedly called out to the Na Luo River members in front: "Stop fighting with us, your base is being stolen!!!"
But the latter half of his words was covered by the suddenly explosive fierce fire cannon's sound, and the Na Luo River members hadn't heard this warning transmitted through air clearly.
Zhu Jing Fu did hear it though, and Xie Chunshi immediately instructed them: "Prepare to join up with the analyst, watch out for Saint Laurent's cannons."
After saying that, he seemed to remember something and called out: "Oh, I forgot, Saint Laurent is out of energy."
This was loud enough for Na Luo River to hear as well.
[Bro, you're truly black-hearted]
[Hahahahaha, Noya's eyes must be wide open]
[You specifically add that line, isn't that twisting the knife?]
[Wow, Zhu Jing Fu's operation is so good, such a positioning trick, using Saint Laurent as cover, even Na Luo River themselves didn't know]
[Chen Sui's eyesight is too good, I took a screenshot in slow motion, there's only that angle, and she timed it perfectly when Xie You's energy wasn't enough to block the cannon, such perfect timing!!]
[An almost failed shot]
[Brilliant, truly brilliant]
He Lanqi and Lu Ting were suddenly blasted by the fierce fire. The Black Peacock's energy shield guarded in front of He Lanqi, making a bell-like sound when hit by the fierce fire.
But it was still blown far away by the fierce fire cannon.
In front of Lu Ting, his spirit body phantom emitted a cry, its sleek feathers spreading open. The peacock giant image appeared extremely majestic, with lightning spreading across the black feathers.
Seeing the black and gold mecha rushing over from a distance, the Black Peacock directly blasted several thick bolts of lightning, striking directly at Chen Sui!
"Rumble—"
The lightning rolled, with the momentum of a lion's roar or a tiger's howl!
"Thud!!"
Just as the lightning struck, on Chen Sui's side, a shield umbrella swayed over leisurely, directly gripped in her mecha's hand. The insulating side of the shield umbrella flipped out, directly dispersing the lightning around.
The black and gold mecha then spun the lightning-filled shield umbrella toward Lu Ting's direction, lightning raining down in an instant.
Even though Lu Ting was a lightning attribute awakened one, he instinctively avoided this swift lightning flood!
And Chen Sui, already close to He Lanqi, directly punched the energy shield.
[All rise! The lord! Has! Returned!]
[It's been so long since we've seen Emperor Sui punch an energy shield, really nostalgic]
[Your forum is too fast, the soldier system has already raised the hot post about Emperor Sui vs. energy shield]
Energy shields weren't unfamiliar to Chen Sui. The shield before her must have been reinforced, making it somewhat difficult for her to punch through, but eventually the shield shattered.
The moment the energy shield broke, instinctively, Chen Sui dodged to the side.
Behind the shield, He Lanqi directly fired a shot, grazing past the black and gold mecha's edge. Behind Chen Sui, Gu Qinxue, who was rushing toward her position, also dodged sideways.
The long spear in the black and gold mecha's hand spun quickly, thrusting directly toward He Lanqi's front.
The long spear struck, sending the mecha flying away. He Lanqi's body lost gravity, and as soon as she landed, she dodged to the side.
Gu Qinxue knew her well, and immediately had her thorny fire whip waiting around her.
Lu Ting, seeing the analyst surrounded by two people, immediately controlled energy to blast over, but Zhu Jing Fu's agile attacker and foot soldier arrived one after another.
Na Luo River's output had spent some time on Saint Laurent, delaying them a step.
In just these few seconds, it was enough for Gu Qinxue's long whip to encircle He Lanqi's mecha.
The phantom of a long-winged bird flickered behind He Lanqi, energy wind blades swept out one after another, and Gu Qinxue endured several energy blasts.
Chen Sui directly crashed into the huge hurricane around her mecha, and in a burst of green light, quickly removed the absorption device from the mecha.
"Got it!!"
She hurriedly reminded in the team channel.
At the same time, He Lanqi was surprised for a moment by Chen Sui's action of disregarding mecha damage, and quickly realized: "Zhu Jing Fu has taken the device."
Several Na Luo River members rushed toward the analyst.
Saint Laurent's cannon aimed at Chen Sui who burst out from the whirlwind, but just as they were about to fire, it suddenly flashed red light.
"Damn, seriously, out of energy!!"
Noya grabbed a handful of his fluffy golden hair.
Simos looked at him in disbelief: "You're out of energy now??"
"Weren't you just energetically fighting me?"
Simos complained: "You should have said something earlier, we could have given you energy!!"
By the time they got energy pipes, Zhu Jing Fu could have run ten miles away.
Noya was speechless.
A second ago, their Saint Laurent ally was still Zhu Jing Fu.