Qin Zheng lay in wait above the doorway, quietly anticipating the enemy's arrival.
On the battlefield of Stormland, the central flag capture point was usually where the first skirmishes erupted, and this time was no different.
"Ignites at a Touch was killed by Most Handsome in the Match."
"Red Team: Most Handsome in the Match secured First Blood."
"Most Handsome in the Match was killed by No Desire to Improve."
"I Love My Home was killed by Guobaorou."
"Guobaorou was killed by Clairvoyant Eye."
...
A flurry of battlefield notifications came through, and soon the Blue Team's channel was buzzing with activity:
Ignites at a Touch: "Hawkeye, you're such a kill-stealer. Didn't fire a single shot from the back, just waited for me to cripple that Sabertooth Tiger before swooping in for the kill."
No Desire to Improve: "Haha, I'm 1/0, and you're the one who gave away First Blood, yet you're mocking others."
I Love My Home: "This Hawkeye is definitely off. All this time, and only one shot's worth of damage, hasn't done anything..."
No Desire to Improve: "Pathetic, blaming others for your own incompetence. If you're so great, go get the kills yourself, no one's stopping you."
No Desire to Improve: "And look at that 2B mech, zero stats across the board."
Qin Zheng frowned. How did this end up involving him?
Jianghu Jiuyu: "Focus on your own game."
No Desire to Improve: "Oh, you're talking about me? Don't you know what you're like?"
No Desire to Improve: "Who's really holding us back?"
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No Desire to Improve: "You're nothing, dragging a Qianji along and leaving the frontline short two people!"
...
No Desire to Improve kept spamming the channel, and Qin Zheng was getting annoyed. He opened the data page for a look.
Sure enough, this guy had been typing the whole time, only firing one shot so far.
"@Jianghu Jiuyu, incoming: 1 Mk III Sabertooth Tiger, 1 Qianji Mk III, 1 Lancer Mk III."
Qin Zheng squinted, a cold gleam in his eyes. Finally, they were here!
These three mechs, aside from the Qianji Mk III, were older models. Especially the Lancer, known on the battlefield as cannon fodder.
Even the Mk III Lancer couldn't escape its fate as cannon fodder.
Because Lancers were designed as low-cost, single-function mechs for mass deployment.
Apart from wielding a rifle for "rat-tat-tat," they had no other capabilities.
He glanced at the QJ3-01 below, thinking that without him, this advanced-modified Qianji Mk III should be able to take down these three mechs.
In this situation, the fact that this guy named Youyou Luming could still report the external situation made Qin Zheng feel a bit of goodwill.
But Qin Zheng didn't intend to let Youyou Luming solo these three mechs. He was already fuming from the channel chatter and decided to take the lead himself.
He also wanted to test the power of this Gale Saber Art, as it was his first time mastering a ★★ martial art, and he was curious about its effect.
On the other side, Zhou Ming found a cover to hide behind, aiming three cameras at Qin Zheng's BB3-01 and the doorway below him.
The audience in the livestream held their breath, waiting for the upcoming battle.
"Clang... clang... clang..."
Soon, the distinctive sound of a Qianji mech's movement echoed, and everyone held their breath, listening as the sound grew nearer.
Suddenly, a Qianji Mk III appeared at the doorway, specially equipped with a defense module. One mechanical arm held a massive blast shield, leading the way.
Behind the blast shield, four mechanical arms wielded various weapons, probing from all sides, using the auxiliary shooting system to search for enemies.
Qin Zheng waited silently, like a black statue.
Knowing there were two more mechs behind, he wasn't in a hurry.
Soon, the Sabertooth Tiger and Lancer followed behind the Qianji, darting in from left and right.
They coordinated well, with most of their forms hidden behind the Qianji's blast shield, their attack units quickly locking onto the cover inside the tower, trying to locate the enemy.
These players seemed to know what they were doing. Although two of them had average mechs, their teamwork was excellent.
Zhou Ming hid very carefully and wasn't discovered. The three attacking mechs hesitated slightly because they noticed the tower's control was shifting to the Red Team.
Could it be... there was no one in the tower?
But they had just seen a Qianji here.
The tall, matte black mech flipped forward, like a swift leopard, leaping down from the platform above the doorway.
In mid-air, BB3-01's mechanical right arm drew from its back, revealing a black and red metal saber in its grasp.
The mechanical hand was incredibly agile, twirling the blade into a flourish, switching from a reverse to a forward grip!
The memory of the Gale Saber Art surfaced in Qin Zheng's mind, as if he had practiced it a thousand times, the blade whistling through the air!
"Swish... swish... swish... clank!"
Accompanied by the sound of BB3-01 landing, the sound of the blade slicing through metal echoed simultaneously.
The black blade was like a gale, only the sound of the wind could be heard, countless shadows seen, but the exact trajectory was impossible to discern.
Even with three cameras capturing, many in Zhou Ming's livestream couldn't clearly see how Qin Zheng wielded the blade.
Fast!
Just one word: fast!
The saber art was incredibly fast, so fast that Qin Zheng, using it for the first time, didn't even realize where he had struck!
He swung based on instinct, slashing repeatedly towards the three mechs, the memory of the Gale Saber Art guiding his blade along the quickest path.
There wasn't much time to react, it was almost like a wild flurry, and in the next moment, all three mechs around him had been hit.
"Jianghu Jiuyu killed Want It Anyway."
The Qianji Mk III, with its back to Qin Zheng, was sliced open at the cockpit by BB3-01, the system immediately declaring the pilot dead, an instant kill!
The other two mechs didn't fare well either. The Lancer had one mechanical arm severed, coincidentally the one holding the rifle, losing control over the armor-piercing rifle.
The Sabertooth Tiger was slashed at the neck, nearly decapitating the tiger head, leaving only a layer of external armor hanging on.
Fortunately, the Sabertooth Tiger's cockpit wasn't in the head, so the mech could still be operated.
But at this moment, both the Sabertooth Tiger and the Lancer were stunned, completely unaware of what had happened.
They only felt a shadow accompanied by a gale descending from above, and then their leading Qianji brother was taken out.
By the time they realized there was an enemy, Qin Zheng's second strike was already upon them!
The Gale Saber Art, in pursuit of extreme speed, required Qin Zheng to catch his breath after each swing.
It was like holding one's breath, wildly slashing, and needing a moment to catch a breath afterward.
While adjusting his breathing with the Breathing Technique, Qin Zheng assessed the advantages of the Gale Saber Art, swinging three more strikes.