Skyfire Avenue - Chapter 661

Chapter 661

Chapter 661: Difficulties

It wasn’t long before the energy deficiencies began to get painfully apparent . Without long-range support, the mechas starting to get overwhelmed . What’s more, the students hadn’t had much time to rest during the two-hour long battle . They were starting to tire out .

Su He darted from one area to the other, his yellow mecha a flash of light across the field . The crack of his heavy sniper rifle rang out again and again, each time bringing to an end another powerful alien . He filled in the gaps where needed .

Boom–! An alien was blasted away by oen of the students and slammed against the wall . It felt like the whole structure shook . Luckily, the university’s defenses were made out of titanium alloy, but even so the impact had left a dent .

Overhead a host of flying aliens were approaching . They looked a little like seagulls, but none were less than ten meters tail to tip . Over a hundred of them were bearing down on the university from on high . It was the first homogeneous unit of creatures, and it made them look inexhaustible .

For just a moment, despair was plain on Su He’s face . He knew the second their line broke the enemy would flood through and there would be no stopping them . These seagulls could be the straw that broke the camel’s back .

He bit the tip of his tongue, focusing on the pain to push his hopelessness down . He raised his gun and took aim at the beast just in front of him . He waited until there was a lock, then pulled the trigger . A beam of angry red light carved a path through the air, leaving a scar where it passed .

Boom–! An intense blast of power ripped the foremost alien apart . But the others charged on, for they did not know fear . They spread out and swarmed toward Su He .

He swung the rifle over his shoulder and attached it to the mechas back . With a flick of its metal hands, two glinting swords appeared in his grip . The rifle was powerful, but it used a lot of energy . Now it was time to show them what he was made of! If he could cut these creatures down before they got to the university, they could hold for a little while longer . If he didn’t, their defenses would likely crumble .

Su He used his own Discipline to push his mecha to its limit . His suit flitted through the air, nimble as a sparrow . He charged straight, then changed directions suddenly and without warning to avoid the purple projectiles spat at him by the creatures .

He flew faster until at last he engaged, appearing behind one of the alien birds . He cut cross-wise like a pair of scissors and his foes head tumbled from the sky to the ground below .

He didn’t stop . In a flash he inserted himself in the midst of them and spun like a steel tempest . The aliens fell away amidst a cloud of blood and chunks of meat .

The yellow body of the mecha shivered, and suddenly one became two – doppelganger! As a God-ranked pilot Su He was final able to move his hands at the necessary speed to use the technique . The identical images split, spread out, then merged together again in the blink of an eye . Two more aliens dropped dead .

Below, the students and teachers looked on as the beasts dropped like flies and it filled them with steely resolve . Their line – dangerously close to being routed – firmed up .

But they were stretched to their limit .

At last the final alien bird was cut apart by Su He’s longswords, reduced to a thick purple paste . The acidic fluid covered the yellow mecha, and some portions of it were almost beginning to smoke . He was a mecha pilot, but his suit was not god-tier . It couldn’t hold out for much longer .

He noticed only ten percent energy remained . Su He needed to return and charge up . But just as he was turning back, the skies darkened to an ominous violet .

More birds, but ten times as many were coming his way .

Done for!

He didn’t have time to charge his suit . He stared at the control panel before him, closed his eyes, and pushed a button .

Thump! Su He was fired out of the back of the mecha like a bullet . He watched at the mecha that had served him honorably for years fell away and crashed into the ground below .

A dead mecha suit was just a ton of metal, and Su He still had some fight left in him . Without it he could push himself a little farther . He made a solemn promise that he would not stop until his last drop of blood was spilt .

He knew this next wave would probably bring him to that point .

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Crack! A red light fired from Xiao Han’s rifle and killed another beast . His mecha staggered dangerously and nearly fell . The last one had clipped his left leg and nearly toppled him over .

He gulped great breaths of air within the cockpit even though his lungs felt like they were on fire . His heart beat so hard it threatened to burst out of his chest . He knew it meant his energy was depleted, and his body was close to collapse . Both he and his mecha were drained, but he didn’t let up . Only one final regret nagged at him .

His life’s greatest regret was losing to that fat-ass from National Eastern University . All his hard work since has been to strive for another chance – to get revenge . Now it looked as though he would never get the chance .  Fat bastard, he snarled inwardly, if I die I’ll be a hero! How about that?!

“Classmate, be careful!” His mecha’s comms lit up as someone called out to him .

He snapped back to reality and urged his suit to duck, just in time to avoid an alien’s swipe . But the move put too much weight on his suit’s damaged left leg and it gave beneath him . He hit the ground .

A mecha suit out of control was no help to anyone . Aside from Su He’s own, Xiao Han’s Sovereign-class mecha had killed more aliens than anyone . It had also sustained a great deal of damage .

He slapped the eject button, just like Su He . Fearing death wasn’t going to help anyone . So long as he fought to the end, he would be dying a man’s death!

Bang! There was a screech, a shock, and Xiao Han spat out a mouthful of blood . The ejection mechanism failed! Just as he was prepared to fire out an attack from one of the aliens damaged the exit point .

It’s over! His mind went blank, focused on that one thought . Once he hit the eject button he’d lost all control over the suit and the systems died . He was a sitting duck, an alien’s meal wrapped up in a pretty metal coffin .

Boom—! He felt the ground shake as a thunderous blast tore through the area . He and the suit were thrown up into the air and hit the ground again with bone-jarring force . Then everything went dark as he lost consciousness . When he came to, he was surprised to find he was still alive . His vision cleared, and through the mecha’s eyes he could see a large metal figure – one could almost say portly .

Vicious spikes bristled all along its body, and a spiked mace cradled in hand lashed out fierce as a tiger . Any alien daring to get to close was crushed beneath its weight .

Was this…? Xiao Han couldn’t remember any classmates with powers like this . The metallic aura that surrounding him pulsed with powerful Discipline . He used his mace like a meat grinder, opening up a wide area carpeted by the remains of aliens .

The fat mecha leapt into the air and the spikes around it fired off in all directions . Tens of the creatures unfortunate enough to be in the blast radius were impaled and killed outright .

The aliens were corrupted versions of local wildlife, so their weak points were similar . Once the spikes found their target, they disappeared only to reemerge from the fat mecha’s body .

Then, an even stranger scene was revealed . The brawny mecha squatted and all at once became a giant metal sphere covered in blades . It lunged forward, spinning on an axis . He’d gone from using a meat grinder to becoming one . The aliens caught in front of it were effortlessly swept away . The students in a hundred meters around the metal orb had some room to recover .

Then, one after another silhouettes descended from overhead . The earth shook as they made landfall . Scores of well-equipped mechas drew their weapons and shored up the students’ defensive positions . The aliens who’d threatened to destroy these beleaguered students half a moment before were mowed down like paper tigers – like they had no means to defend themselves . The mechas moved like one entity, intuitively knowing where they were needed . The aliens couldn’t advance an inch .

Reinforcements had arrived! Xiao Han fell back in his seat and sighed in relief . What incredible reinforcements they were! None of these pilots could have been anything less than Sovereign-class, he determined, and strong Adepts to boot . What were those insignias on their breastplates? A flame? What did that mean? They were damn fine pilots!

Another mecha with the flame insignia appeared in front of Xiao Han’s mangled mecha . It used its two large blades to carve open the ejection chute . Xiao Han had by then recovered, and clambered out into the fresh air .

“Are you alright?” The pilot asked in an alluring voice .

A female pilot? Xiao Han couldn’t entirely hide his surprise . “I’m fine . Who are you guys?”

“We’re Star Division from Skyfire, here to save you . Relax, you’re safe . ” The pilot ended their conversation by leaping back into the fight .