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Lir’s chosen didn’t slon one iota Instead he reversed thrust and sent his suit reeling backward As he did, hi sword swept back at an i Xiao’s strike The two mechas collided with a screech of metal

Cccrruunncchh!!

Xiao Han’s sudden increase in speed and change of direction caused the two to sla Xiao in their earlier fight, Xiao Han’s thrusters were ery red with the addition of his Discipline It sent his ene his giant sword

Tang Xiao’s suit had barely hit the floor before Xiao Han had caught up But he wasn’t alar the thrusters on one side to push his prostrate suit out of harm’s way As he slid away fro the sword to bear

Spiral strike!

Clang!

Once ht his sword up just in tihters had been aihtforward ral part of gaining the upper hand

It was also the first ti other than trickery, and it was real skill He currently was at a disadvantage, true, but solid basic skills have kept his opponent froe solidified, then lashed out with a series of blows as furious as a storm The fiery wall around him burst in to bloom, and with each strike of his sword an explosion of power ensued Tang Xiao lost ground, retreating under the barrage His own row hot and blacken Parts of the ar on, but only just Who could say how much more of this he could sustain? Defeat seeeneral, a Dreah rank will pick his mecha so that it co the siht be able to tell their Discipline by the mecha they use Also, try your damnedest to make sure your own Discipline reiven you, there’s no way in hell you’re losing Then you’ll have the real fights, and it’s ain”

“Froy, he’s just about to break eight-level Talent But he isn’t there yet, so in that you don’t have a disadvantage However, he’s probably a Sovereign-ranked pilot When it co an uphill slope With all this in ot one shot at victory Utilize the fact your eneht ht in to him If you can find a way to make it sync with the environment, that’ll help your chances too”

“Reoad him in to a mistake And every pilot is at their most careless when they think they’ve clinched the win”

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BANG!

For the third tiulfed in a ball of flaold with intense heat

Xiao Han launched hih

“Let’s finish this!” he shouted “Meteor Strike!” 2

“Wow guy, you sure did prove it IQ of a cool autu out your maneuvers like an anime character? God sure did make you special, huh Adonis A beautiful unique flower”

Xiao Han’s rage had slowly been building with each vicious attack he’d lain on Tang Xiao But upon hearing the taunts froue, his face blanched Unconsciously, Xiao Han poured every spec of his power in to the burning titanium blade

The intensity of Xiao Han’s Discipline was so intense it drew every eye He fell directly towards his foe, indeed like aXiao’s suit se Presently, theIt looked like there was no way for hi Xiao’sthepulled by some invisible hand

Boooooooooround in a fiery detonation The arena’smetal crater

There, in the aftermath, Xiao Han sat in his cockpit, eyes wide He knew immediately he’d committed the ers flew over the controls, coaxing hisscreeches He didn’t move an inch

“What the hell?!

Under normal circuer had clouded his judgele crucial detail

The suit he rode was not the Sovereign-rank s couldn’t be expected to sustain having that h theun to soften Or was that the floor? He couldn’t believe it, but before his eyes the alloy arena floor ing the feet of his suit He was stuck

Xiao Han viciously kicked and slashed at the floor He would soon be free

But rasp an opportunity

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1 The Chinese here is interesting, though I had toelse up cuz it doesn’t translate What he wrote was “You are the second in codom” The second number is 2, the second letter B 2B in Chinese is internet slang for a ‘stupid c’

2 Holy shit you guys, it’s Cloud from Final Fantasy VII !

3 So sorry!