Inside Xu Jie's mecha cockpit, the temperature gradually rose, allowing Xu Jie's limbs to move.
This was a characteristic of this mecha.
Major General Hong Lian · Zhiwu of the Black Star Walker had inhumanely modified Xu Jie's entire body into a bionic form, all for the purpose of piloting this special mecha.
With his hands freed, Xu Jie finally escaped the sole control of his consciousness over the mecha.
A chip had been implanted in his brain, and all mecha movements felt as natural as controlling his own hands.
Facing several guard mechs, he planned to escape first and then find an opportunity to counterattack.
Xu Jie flew out of the city at high speed towards the battlefield of Hong Lian · Zhiwu.
The guard force mechas and Gu Ya followed closely, firing several missiles in succession, all of which Xu Jie easily dodged. One guard mecha seized an opportunity and fired a beam cannon.
Xu Jie immediately dodged, forcing him to deviate from his original direction.
"I'll go after him!" Gu Ya shouted.
A guard mecha pilot said, "Let's go together!"
Gu Ya and this guard mecha quickly caught up, while the remaining mechas headed to support the battlefield.
Seeing fewer pursuers, Xu Jie's heart rejoiced. "Hmph, just right." He then accelerated his power and flew further away.
On the battlefield, Hong Lian · Zhiwu was clearly struggling against the increasing number of guard mechs.
Of the more than two hundred assault mechas she had brought, only a little over thirty remained.
She glanced at the radar and her eyes suddenly widened. She saw Xu Jie flying alone through the battlefield, heading further away.
"Little boy, have you found Gu Ya?" Hong Lian · Zhiwu asked.
Xu Jie replied, "He's behind me, chasing me!"
Hong Lian · Zhiwu showed a hint of a smile and said, "Well done, lead him far away, and I'll be there soon."
Saying this, Hong Lian · Zhiwu laughed heartily twice and instantly accelerated.
Her mecha suddenly disappeared from the guards' sight.
At this moment, Wu Chuyang was greatly alarmed by the sudden disappearance of the "Foe Slayer" and shouted, "All perimeter guards halt all actions immediately, activate special searchlights to track the enemy!"
As soon as Wu Chuyang finished speaking, the other guards immediately understood and activated their searchlights. Countless purplish-red beams shot out from all directions towards the battlefield, forming a spherical purplish-red beam field.
Hong Lian · Zhiwu's Foe Slayer, like a ghost, rapidly weaved through the guards, evading the searchlight beams and flying towards the outskirts of the battlefield.
"She's trying to escape!" Wu Chuyang yelled.
All the guard mechs immediately flew in the direction Hong Lian · Zhiwu was escaping, and the purplish-red beam field moved with her escape.
At this moment, all remaining Black Star Walkers dispersed and charged towards the perimeter mechs, disrupting the searchlight beams.
Soon, the beam field was scattered.
Hong Lian · Zhiwu escaped right under everyone's noses.
Xu Jie was still fleeing. His radar showed that Hong Lian · Zhiwu had broken through the siege, so he immediately turned his mecha around and flew head-on towards Gu Ya.
The guard mechas beside Gu Ya engaged first. After several rounds of engagement, the guard mechs were cut down by Xu Jie.
"Hmm? What's going on, Xu Jie's operation is even more seasoned than before," Gu Ya said in surprise.
"Don't panic, brother Gu Ya!" Wang Panpan reminded him from behind the cockpit seat.
Yes, he couldn't panic. Xu Jie could even take down mecha guards, his strength was incomparable to before!
But Gu Ya smiled. He had faced strong opponents many times and had never been afraid!
"It's time to settle this," Gu Ya said calmly, while summoning his mecha weapons from the [Void Pack].
The Mako Shark mecha, re-equipped with armor by Wang Panpan, was no longer just a skeletal frame.
"Brother, it's up to you!" Wang Panpan said calmly.
Gu Ya nodded heavily and said, "Don't worry!"
At this moment, Xu Jie raised his long saber and accelerated his thrust forward.
Gu Ya raised his spear, the beam gun head instantly popping open, and met the charge.
Without many words, both Gu Ya and Xu Jie knew in their hearts that this was a strike to sever the past.
This was a decisive blow, gathering all past emotions, hatred, and grievances!
Both mechas approached rapidly, trailing blue and red exhaust flames. Gu Ya's eyes were fixed on the enemy, and nothing else mattered.
The moment they made contact, Gu Ya instantly activated his mecha pilot skills.
Xu Jie's movements became clearly visible. He held his saber in his left hand and concealed a mecha-specific demolition bomb in his right.
Gu Ya chuckled inwardly, "Xu Jie, you're still so insidious."
Xu Jie intended to destroy Gu Ya with the bomb, but Gu Ya would not give him the chance.
Gu Ya slightly adjusted his mecha's movement, changing the gun head's aim to Xu Jie's right hand hidden behind him, and thrust straight at it.
"What?" Xu Jie exclaimed in shock. In an instant, Gu Ya's beam gun pierced the bomb.
Moments later, Gu Ya flew into the sky, while Xu Jie's mecha instantly turned into a fireball in the bomb's explosion and plummeted to the ground.
"Success!" Wang Panpan shouted excitedly.
[Ding! Main mission successful]
[Received corresponding rewards!]
The system voice sounded, and Gu Ya let out a long sigh of relief.
Looking at Xu Jie's destroyed mecha, Gu Ya turned his mecha around and flew over.
He wanted to see if Xu Jie was completely dead. If he was still alive, he would deliver the final blow.
This scourge could not be allowed to remain in the world.
If he lived, more people would suffer.
Gu Ya arrived beside the wreckage of Xu Jie's mecha and used his spear to pry open the mangled mecha parts and broken armor.
Xu Jie's legs were crushed, lying still in the cockpit, his eyes slightly open, unmoving.
At this moment, the eastern sky began to lighten. The newly born dawn glowed like a vast, magnificent oil painting spread across the sky.
Gu Ya looked at Xu Jie's all-metal bionic body and sighed, "Hmph, completely dead."
Just then, a strange and terrifying engine sound echoed from an unknown direction in the sky.
Wang Panpan immediately looked at the screen and said, "Not good! There's still an enemy!"
As soon as the words fell, a mecha blacker than the night appeared above Gu Ya.
"Hehe! This kid did a good job!" a woman's voice came from the other side.
Gu Ya looked up at the mecha and was greatly shocked.
What was going on with this mecha? Just looking at its exterior armor, which seemed to belong in a horror novel, he knew the opponent was no ordinary foe.
This pure black mecha landed not far in front of Gu Ya, and the driver's soft female voice came through, "Allow me to formally introduce myself. I am Hong Lian · Zhiwu, Major General and Vanguard of the Black Star Empire's 'Mu Ye · Xing Chen Legion'."
Hong Lian · Zhiwu!
Gu Ya was shocked again.
This was the "Princess of Slaughter" that the mech pilots had spoken of, the one who had slaughtered ten thousand mechas.
Gu Ya's heart began to panic.
Wang Panpan said, "What vanguard major general? I think it's nonsense. Gu Ya..." As she spoke, Wang Panpan saw countless beads of sweat forming on Gu Ya's forehead. She immediately understood that the opponent was extremely powerful, and even Gu Ya was hesitating.
Hong Lian · Zhiwu continued, "Gu Ya, although you are a clone, it does not hinder our research on your original body."
Wang Panpan remained shocked.
Gu Ya, however, gradually recovered from his astonishment. He could not panic. Every strong person had weaknesses, and finding the opponent's weakness was the key to victory.
"Come back with me. We will treat you well, hehe," Hong Lian · Zhiwu said in what she believed to be the most charming and attractive tone.
Gu Ya chuckled and said, "I don't believe you. You old woman are very wicked."
Wang Panpan was instantly amused by Gu Ya's remark.
Meanwhile, Hong Lian · Zhiwu also chuckled.
Suddenly, her mecha seemed to become invisible and disappeared from sight.
"What?" Gu Ya exclaimed, hearing only a burst of acceleration but seeing nothing.
Just as Gu Ya was astonished, an unprecedentedly powerful vibration occurred. The Mako Shark mecha was thrown into the air by a massive force, and then it was pinned down by another force, slamming heavily onto the ground.
Gu Ya was dazed by the shock, and Wang Panpan was flung directly into the ceiling.
Hong Lian · Zhiwu's mecha gradually materialized, pressing down on Gu Ya.
"Kid, dare you say that again?" Hong Lian · Zhiwu said coldly.
Gu Ya coughed up the blood stuck in his throat, his gaze turning fierce, and said, "I'll talk after I beat you!"
Suddenly, Gu Ya slammed the propulsion lever. A huge plume of energy erupted from beneath him, carrying Hong Lian · Zhiwu's Foe Slayer into the sky together.
"Hmph, naive!" Hong Lian · Zhiwu chuckled lightly, raised her hand saber, and slashed gently.
The Mako Shark mecha was cleanly cut in half, the cut edge neat, leaving only the upper half flying in the air.
Gu Ya and Wang Panpan were stunned.
Not only was the opponent's technique exquisite, but the mecha's performance and weapon destructive power were also on a completely different level!
"That's enough for now, kid, sister is tired."
Hong Lian · Zhiwu said this, raised her hand saber, aimed at Gu Ya's cockpit, and thrust fiercely!