Chapter 348: Pinning Down
Seeing this, Long Ming turned and said to Xiaoqi and the others.
"Xiaoqi, you all go with them to the evacuation point. Wait for us there. If we don't make it, leave without us."
"But, Long Ming..."
Xiaoqi and the others said, their voices laced with worry.
"Don't worry about us. Once you've evacuated, the three of us can fight without holding back. Besides, if we really can't win, it'll be easier for us to retreat."
Long Ming patted their shoulders.
"Alright!"
Hearing Long Ming's words, Xiaoqi and the others turned and fled with Kula's group.
Long Ming, Oritta, and Sang Rui felt immense pressure as they watched the enemy draw closer.
The Pulverizer Emissary was accompanied not only by two large Drone Mechas, but also several Mechanical Samurai, Guardians, and Mechanical Hounds.
"Sang Rui, you take care of the grunts."
Oritta ordered Sang Rui.
"Got it!"
Sang Rui nodded.
"Mr. Long Ming, I'll keep the Mobile Fortress busy. You deal with the two Drone Mechas."
Oritta then said to Long Ming.
"Can you handle it?"
Long Ming asked, concerned.
"I have to, even if I can't. Please, take out those two Drone Mechas as fast as you can."
Oritta stared at the Mobile Fortress Pulverizer, his confidence wavering.
"Understood. Let's go!"
Long Ming gave a firm nod.
The three activated their Mechanical Gods' jet wings and charged forward, splitting up.
Oritta aimed his Shoulder Cannon and fired the first shot.
BOOM—
The blast struck the surface of the Mobile Fortress Pulverizer, denting a section of its thick armor but causing no significant damage.
However, Oritta had successfully drawn the Mobile Fortress's attention.
It locked onto the approaching Oritta and opened rows of launch bays.
SWOOSH! SWOOSH!
Homing missiles shot out, streaking toward Oritta.
Oritta dodged at high speed, using his Blast Gun to spray a fierce volley at the incoming homing missiles.
The missiles were shot down one by one.
Meanwhile, Long Ming charged toward one of the Drone Mechas while aiming his Shoulder Cannon and firing at the other. Whether it hit or not, his goal was to draw the aggro of both.
As expected, that Drone Mecha swiftly dodged the attack.
The two Mechas locked their crimson electronic eyes on Long Ming. They charged him simultaneously, raising their left arms to reveal hidden autocannon ports.
BANG! BANG!
A dense rain of bullets flew at Long Ming.
Long Ming evaded the attack at high speed and accelerated toward the Mecha designated 01.
That Mecha aimed its Light Beam Cannon and fired.
Long Ming's pupils contracted. He maneuvered the Gale to the side, flying right alongside the incoming beam toward Mecha 01, and swung his blade in a vicious slash.
The Drone Mecha raised the giant metal blade in its hand and swept it forward.
CLANG—
The two weapons collided, sending sparks flying.
The immense Power knocked Long Ming back in an instant.
Long Ming quickly stabilized himself and charged toward Mecha 01 again.
Mecha 01 continuously swung its giant blade at Long Ming.
Like a fly, Long Ming nimbly dodged every attack.
Mecha 01 just couldn't land a hit on him.
Just then, Mecha 02 circled around behind Long Ming, lowered its Light Beam Cannon, and fired.
As if he had eyes in the back of his head, Long Ming decisively adjusted his jet wings to full power and shot into the sky.
The beam struck Mecha 01 directly.
RUMBLE—
A massive explosion erupted.
A hole was blown through Mecha 01's chest, exposing internal wiring that arced with electricity.
Long Ming seized the opportunity, lowered his Shoulder Cannon, and fired a shot straight into the hole.
BOOM!
Mecha 01's chest exploded again, and it slowly toppled over.
BANG! BANG—
At that moment, a dense volley of bullets came flying at Long Ming.
Long Ming quickly maneuvered the Gale to dodge and activated his Energy Barrier, but he still took a hit or two.
He looked up at Mecha 02 and saw it charging him at high speed. He immediately turned the Gale and flew away, avoiding a direct confrontation.
RUMBLE-RUMBLE-RUMBLE—
Just then, the sound of massive explosions came from the distance.
Long Ming froze, glancing over out of the corner of his eye.
The entire Mobile Fortress Pulverizer had opened countless launch ports. A rain of rockets was bombarding Oritta, while dozens of autocannons fired wildly!
Oritta was flying at his limit to dodge, the buildings behind him blown to smithereens.
But even so, he couldn't evade it all and was engulfed by the dense barrage of rockets and bullets.
Oritta decisively activated his Energy Barrier.
With a tremendous boom,
Oritta emerged from the smoke of the explosion, looking battered.
Seeing this, Long Ming knew Oritta couldn't hold out for much longer.
He quickly flanked Mecha 02, circling behind it, and aimed his Shoulder Cannon at its head, firing.
RUMBLE—
A huge explosion swept out.
The back of Drone Mecha 02's head caved in, and the entire Mecha pitched forward.
Although these large Mechas were powerful, they were also very cumbersome.
Long Ming seized the opportunity, charged forward, and, pushing his thrusters to their max, swung his Metal Blade in a horizontal slash.
CRACK!
Drone Mecha 02's head was sliced clean off.
Sparks flew from the severed neck.
At that moment, the headless Drone Mecha 02 turned and raised its left arm, firing continuously at Long Ming.
Seeing that it wasn't down yet, Long Ming quickly dodged, then, spotting his chance, flew above Drone Mecha 02's head and dropped a spinning grenade into the severed neck.
The spinning grenade fell precisely into the neck cavity of Drone Mecha 02.
RUMBLE—
Drone Mecha 02 immediately crashed to the ground.
With that finished, Long Ming turned his head to look at the Mobile Fortress.
He saw the Mobile Fortress unleashing a crazy barrage at Oritta, with countless rockets and shells raining down on him.
Oritta dodged desperately but was hit.
RUMBLE-RUMBLE-RUMBLE—
A massive explosion swept over the area.
Oritta was blasted away, crashing heavily to the ground.
BZZT—BZZT—
His entire Mechanical God showered with sparks.
The Mobile Fortress turned its dark cannon barrels and aimed directly at Oritta.
'It's over!'
Seeing this, Oritta felt a wave of despair.
SWOOSH! SWOOSH!
A huge shell flew toward Oritta.
Just as Oritta thought his life was over,
Long Ming swooped in at extreme speed, grabbed Oritta, and flew away, but he still couldn't escape the massive shockwave.
Fortunately, he had activated his Energy Barrier at the critical moment.
RUMBLE—
The enormous shockwave from the explosion sent Long Ming and Oritta flying.
THUD—
The two of them tumbled to the ground.
Long Ming struggled to his feet. Red warning boxes were constantly popping up on his virtual interface.
"WARNING: EXTERNAL ARMOR DAMAGED!"
"WARNING: ENERGY BELOW 2%!"
...
Just then, the Mobile Fortress adjusted its cannons again, aiming its barrels directly at Long Ming and Oritta, and began to reload rapidly, preparing to attack.
A chill ran down Oritta's spine when he saw this. He immediately said to Long Ming,
"Mr. Long Ming, don't worry about me! Just run! You might still have a chance to get away."
"Do you really think that's an option?"
Long Ming reached out and opened the power core unit on his chest.
