"Good, I made it in time!"
Liu Feng exclaimed with relief, his voice steady.
The fiery war hammer of the Red Beast mecha shot through the sky from a kilometer away, directly hitting the Black Star High-Altitude Combat Unit.
With a deafening roar, comparable to a million tons of TNT, the enemy mecha was blasted off its intended flight path.
The Black Star High-Altitude Combat Unit grazed past the Fengwu mecha and began its descent towards the sea.
Seizing the offensive opportunity, the Fengwu mecha decisively opened the three armored plates on its chest.
"Ultimate Skill: Tri-Phantom Cannon!!"
Qiao Weiwei let out a fierce roar.
Three cannons of different colored beams erupted, their massive laser blasts converging at a small angle in the air ahead of the mecha, forming an intensely bright red laser that struck the enemy.
The immense impact force continued to push the enemy mecha further down towards the sea.
The Red Beast mecha flew in from behind, catching the falling war hammer and raising both hammers in fury!
"Ultimate Skill, Double Hammer Fury Attack!"
"Boom! Bang!" The sound pierced eardrums!
The Black Star High-Altitude Combat Unit, struck heavily from front and back, was dazed by the colossal shockwaves.
The Fengwu mecha ramped up its laser power to the maximum.
The laser sliced through the most heavily armored section of the enemy's chest, vaporizing the cockpit and its pilot into molecular fragments.
"Liu Feng! You came at the perfect time! I love you!!" Qiao Weiwei rejoiced.
Liu Feng smiled bashfully, piloting the Red Beast into the sky and flying towards the enemy formation.
"Oh right, why don't I see Li Fang?" Liu Feng chuckled casually. "I know, he must be with Xiao Jin Quan!"
Even from a hundred meters away and through several layers of steel, the teammates could sense the awkwardness of the situation.
"Uh... this... Li Fang he..." Qiao Weiwei stammered, unsure how to respond.
Gu Ya and Ye Ying had no time for such matters. They met up, backs against each other, fending off the surrounding enemy mechs.
Seeing everyone fall silent, Liu Feng felt a growing sense of foreboding.
"Li Fang is dead."
Tao Na's voice cut through, cold yet tinged with sorrow, striking Liu Feng's head like a heavy hammer.
The ill omen was confirmed.
Liu Feng's mood grew heavy for three seconds as he muttered, "Is that so..."
Immediately, he changed his tone to one of furious indignation, launching a barrage of accusations:
"Then what are you hesitating for, Tao Na! Your support mecha couldn't even protect your teammates!!"
"How will you honor Li Fang!!!"
Liu Feng's words jolted Tao Na awake.
The repressed grief deep within her heart seemed to dissipate in an instant.
Liu Feng continued his tirade, "If you haven't cried enough, then hide behind us and be your usual crybaby!
"We don't need teammates like you!"
Even Gu Ya, in the midst of the fierce battle, couldn't stand it and said coldly, "Liu Feng! Shut up!!"
"How can you speak like that! If Fu Yafang were sacrificed, wouldn't you be sad too?" Qiao Weiwei also turned her criticism on Liu Feng, scolding him.
"Everyone, stop talking!" Tao Na suddenly said calmly.
"Liu Feng is right, I was a liability to my teammates!
"But that won't happen again, the Taoxi mecha is ready to fight at any moment!!"
There was no trace of sorrow in Tao Na's voice, only a fierce fighting spirit!
Everyone heard it, this was Tao Na's transformation!
Tao Na continued calmly, "Weiwei, there's an opening in the enemy formation at 15 degrees ahead! Hit them hard with a 3x15 missile formation!"
"Liu Feng, once Weiwei breaks through the enemy formation, immediately push in and tear their defenses wide open!"
"We'll assist Gu Ya and Ye Ying in breaking out!!"
"Hahaha!" Liu Feng burst into laughter. "That's more like it, that's your style!!!"
Everyone had witnessed and understood Tao Na's calm battlefield analysis.
She was the second person in the team, after Gu Ya, to possess combat analysis capabilities.
Even Ye Ying couldn't match her!
"Understood! Sister Nana, watch me!!"
As the words fell, the Fengwu mecha opened its leg and chest missile bays. Hundreds of missiles exploded outward, and dozens of lasers were fired instantly!
The sky was once again painted with the fires of explosion, as if the sun had descended!
The Red Beast, disregarding the shockwaves, plunged directly into the orange-red flames.
A greater explosion shook away the thick smoke!
The enemy formation had a massive gap blasted open by the Red Beast mecha!
Tao Na said calmly, "Weiwei, follow me. We're going to attack from the enemy's rear!!"
"Haha! Sister Nana, this is the first time I've heard you say something so thrilling! But I like it!!"
The Fengwu mecha quickly activated its thrusters, adjusted its posture, and began to accelerate.
The Taoxi mecha had already charged to the breach in the enemy formation, intercepting the approaching enemy mechs with its short broadsword and metallic tentacles!
"Weiwei! Don't worry about me, charge in!!"
Under Tao Na's roar, the Fengwu mecha quickly pushed through the enemy formation, reaching the rear of the heavy defensive enemy mechs.
Beside it were swarms of medium mechs with weaker defenses.
Qiao Weiwei sneered and said, "Black Star scum, let me show you how good I am!"
"Ultimate Skill: Myriad Iris!!"
From the seams of the Fengwu mecha's armor, millions of golden light particles bloomed!
They were almost identical to the golden light of the Heaven-Swallowing Golden Armor!
The ethereal golden light illuminated the airspace within a radius of nearly a thousand meters!
Suddenly, the light straightened, like countless steel needles piercing the surrounding enemy mechs.
The thirty closest enemy mechs exploded on the spot, erupting in brilliant fire.
The Gu Ya and Ye Ying duo found themselves surrounded by numerous heavy defensive mechs.
On the outer perimeter, another ring of defensive mechs faced outwards.
These two layers of enemy mechs formed an incredibly strong defensive shield formation, both inside and out.
Those inside couldn't break out, and those outside couldn't break in.
After dealing with the surrounding enemies, the Fengwu mecha turned its body to rescue Gu Ya, but the surrounding enemy mechs counterattacked again.
The Taoxi and Red Beast swiftly flew in, providing cover for the Fengwu from the sides.
"Weiwei, can you use the golden light again? There are too many enemies around!" Liu Feng shouted.
"No, the energy consumption of the golden light is too high, it needs five minutes to recharge."
"Gu Ya and Ye Ying might not hold out! We have to find a way to save them!" Tao Na said calmly.
Inside the heavy defensive shield formation, Gu Ya was becoming anxious as the encirclement tightened.
Gu Ya had to admit that without the Mecha God's Urn, as an ordinary person, his strength was far inferior to what it used to be.
No matter how he attacked, he couldn't penetrate the thick defensive armor of the enemy mechs.
"Don't worry, stay calm and think, I've got your back!" Ye Ying said calmly, activating [Offensive Synchronization].
His arms trembled subtly and frequently as the Nightingale mecha charged towards the enemy.
"Bang! Clang!" Twice, the twin light swords struck the enemy's beam shield, leaving only shallow marks.
Pulling back, the Nightingale charged again, using a more frequent [Offensive Synchronization] slash.
This time, it finally had an effect, and the enemy's shield was split in two!
But immediately, an enemy mech from the side closed the gap, repairing the shield formation.
Watching the spherical shield formation contract, at this rate, in another three minutes, they would be killed by the enemy's shields!
"Gu Ya, I know I shouldn't rush you, but we have to counterattack now!" Ye Ying said calmly and quickly.
"I know, I know, I know..." Gu Ya repeated, his eyes growing wild.
The Fengwu, Red Beast, and Taoxi were attacking frantically from the outside, but they could only make the shield formation contract faster!
"Gu Ya!" Ye Ying urged loudly.
The Nightingale mecha charged again, drawing its sword and slashing heavily.
Two enemy mechs raised their shields to absorb the force of the light sword, then swung their shields to strike the Nightingale mecha's chest and waist.
The immense impact force sent the Nightingale flying back a hundred meters, where it was struck on the back by an enemy mech that had moved out of formation.
The continuous violent jolts made Ye Ying tremble and his head spin!
The Nightingale's armor was also shattered by the shield strikes!
"Gu Ya!!"
Ye Ying roared, quickly adjusting his mecha's posture, preparing for another charge.
Suddenly, the combined divine mecha's rear thrusters ignited, following closely behind the Nightingale!
Gu Ya said calmly, "Ying, I'm sorry, I can't think of any clever tricks.
"If you want to pierce a hard shield, you must be a sharper spear than the shield!"
"Let's unleash a single blow together!!"
Ye Ying agreed, "Use Offensive Synchronization, coordinate the frequency!!"
"Remember, darling, I am with you!"
"Ying, our hearts are one."
Gu Ya and Ye Ying tried to feel each other's hearts, gripping the control sticks simultaneously and vibrating rapidly.
Gradually, Gu Ya could feel Ye Ying's familiar heartbeat pounding within his own chest.
Gu Ya believed Ye Ying felt the same.
The two mechs pressed close together, drawing their light swords simultaneously and swinging them forward, charging towards a single point.
The twin light swords vibrated frequently, their frequencies gradually synchronizing, eventually merging into a single light sword!
After resonant synchronization, the extremely white beam ripples became even more powerful, their light even surpassing the thruster flames of the two mechs!
"Focus on one point!!" Ye Ying shouted.
"A combined strike!!" Gu Ya echoed.
The extremely white light cut through the air like a beam, instantly striking the enemy mechs!
After a period of intense, chaotic vibration,
sunlight suddenly streamed into the cockpit!
Gu Ya opened his eyes.
He and Ye Ying had indeed broken through the heavy defensive mechs' shield formation, even piercing through two layers of the shield formation and reaching the outer perimeter!!
But in the next moment, both their mechs began to shake violently.
Large chunks of armor fell from their bodies, and their mechs' internal data plummeted.
The combined strike had been too much of a load for these assembled mechs, they couldn't sustain it!
Before long, their mechs would completely lose power and turn into scrap metal!
But just then, the other heavy defensive mechs turned their bodies,
and began to re-encircle Gu Ya and Ye Ying.