Chapter 416: Huang Jiming’s Battlelust
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Countless thin lasers converged into a point, rging into a single, thick beam that ca down from high above. The mountain ranges were illuminated as bright as day by the bright laser beam.
The laser beams were rged together after frequency-phase synchronization, and the result was an extraordinarily powerful laser beam. Now, the beam was so powerful that its cross section was much larger than its individual component beams.
The seven ch pilots looked at the holographic screen with bated breath and eyes wide open. The combined power of the laser beams from seven chs was enough to destroy even a Mandate class ch. However, this power ca at a price with an obvious weakness.
First, the beams must be synchronized perfectly. While this was done, the chs would not be able to move or evade attacks as freely as before. In the vital seconds of battle, this would endanger the chs significantly. Secondly, activating all of the beams would deplete energy quickly. One round of shooting would exhaust one third of a ch's energy cell at full capacity.
Experienced ch pilots would know to employ this thod only when evasion maneuvers were not necessary, or the result would be death!
The seven ch pilots felt like their blood was boiling with excitent! Terminating a Mandate class ch would bring them not only glory, but also the Tribe Leader's personal comndation. The Tribe had never defeated a Mandate class ch before.
The combined beam attack was complete! They opened their eyes wide open. The next mont would be the most glorious and unforgettable mont in their lives. They must see with their own eyes the fla that ca from the explosion of this Mandate class ch.
The enemy's dead for sure! Up until now, they had never heard of anyone surviving a combined beam attack. A combined beam attack was like a sharp, double edged knife - it was rarely used, but every unsheathing of the blade would end in casualties.
Suddenly, their eyes widened even further! Every one of them wore the sa expression of disbelief, as if they had just seen a monster.
The comms channel was dead silent!
How was this possible … How was this possible?
What were they seeing?
Abruptly, one of the ch pilots broke out of his trance, and moved so quickly to rewind the holographic screen recording it was like he had gone mad. When he started the screen recorder a mont ago, he wanted to record down the mont when the Mandate class ch exploded into pieces as a piece of his most prized mory. However, he never imagined that he had recorded a scene that had to be seen to be believed.
The holographic screen re-played the entire scene faithfully.
Seen from high above, the night sky and the dark mountain ranges ford the background of the scene. A black ch disguised itself in the dark, making it difficult to notice. The black ch never stopped with its evasion maneuvers - simple ones, grand ones, wide angle deflections, short range and high speed zigzagged evasions - the variety was enough to confuse and impress the observer with the ch pilot's deft skills.
Just then, an impossibly thick laser beam ripped across the night sky. The devastatingly powerful laser beam was enough to make the ch pilot who released it shudder inside.
No one could possibly survive this laser beam! No one!
However, the impossible had happened.
On the holographic screen, the Mandate class ch suddenly blurred - the ch had gone beyond the effective range of the combined beam attack with astonishing speed as the laser beam barely graced past the ch and hit the ground. The laser beam was very powerful. It hit the ground with a loud "Boom!". A large hole was left in the ground, the surface charred black and smoldered, all signs of how terrifying the attack really was.
On the holographic screen, the ch was nowhere to be seen.
The other six ch pilots had awaken from their shock. The comms channel burst into chaotic exchanges. The first ch pilot continued to stare at the holographic screen, his mind blank.
Ye Chong wiped away cold sweat from his forehead! That was close. If that beam had touched him even slightly, he would not escape without injuries. The truth was, he knew that this success was partly due to luck. To think that his unlucky streak would finally break at this mont to save him!
Without further hesitation, Moon King dived into the forest. The uneven territory and Moon King's excellent anti scanning abilities would make him very hard to find.
As expected, the seven chs left not long after.
The recording of the scene was sent back to the base of the Xi Feng Tribe as soon as possible.
A knock ca from the door of the Tribe Leader's office.
"Co in," the beautiful Tribe Leader did not lift her head as she continued to work on the docunts on her desk.
The door was pushed open, and in ca a young man. "Tribe Leader, you called for ?" It was a gentle voice, pleasant to hear. The man wore a friendly, positive expression that was infectious for anyone who saw him.
The Tribe Leader finally lifted her head. She looked at the friendly young man before her and could not help a little smile as she said, "Ah, it's Jiming, co over here."
The young man looked ek as he approached the Tribe Leader. No one would have guessed that this shy and llow young man was one of the Legendary Three of the He Yue Galaxy, and Xi Feng Tribe's most skilled personnel, Huang Jiming.
"Co and look at this recording," the Tribe Leader activated the room's holographic screen.
On the screen was a replay of the scene where Ye Chong avoided the combined beam attack.
Huang Jiming's gentle expression turned severe, and his warm, friendly charisma transford into a sharp coldness. His whole body radiated with power. In just an instant, the disguise that he wore in his everyday life was swept away. No one would doubt the status of the current Huang Jiming as Xi Feng Tribe's most skilled combatant.
The Tribe Leader was not unsettled by his sudden change. On the contrary, she looked satisfied.
"A Mandate class ch? What a strong opponent! To think that the Ye Family has soone so capable besides Ye Yin! Giving a Mandate class ch to this pilot does not do him justice." Huang Jiming now sounded low and solemn, like he transford into a completely different person.
The Tribe Leader looked troubled as well. "This ca from the free space zone. There's still no news from Feng Su. She's officially missing. We have people searching for her, but there's no news yet. This Mandate class ch was encountered by a search team on Guang Hua planet. Feng Su's last known location was also on Guang Hua planet."
Huang Jiming narrowed his eyes. "If Feng Su were to battle with him, it would not be terribly difficult for him to kill her. I'm just curious. For such a capable ch pilot, the Ye Family should have given him a more advanced ch, but instead he got a Mandate class."
"Is he really that strong?" The Tribe Leader seed appalled.
"Yes." There was an undertone of battlelust in Huang Jiming's voice. "He is probably on the sa level as , Ye Yin and Siva. Any differences in strength would be almost negligible."
"Since when did the Ye Family had such a powerful expert?" The Tribe Leader lowered her head in thought.
Huang Jiming stayed silent, staring at the holographic screen.
The Tribe Leader asked abruptly, "How did he do it?"
Huang Jiming sounded impressed as he explained, "His evasion maneuvers were excellent. He had kept on with his evasions, and when the combined beam attack happened, he had made a short range high speed change in direction. The change was not large, but it was executed fast enough that it looked like a blur on the screen. Our ch pilots had aid manually, so they could not help but respond to the sudden change in direction of the enemy. This is a mistake due to a long training history, and skilled veterans are especially susceptible. The mistake committed in aiming caused the beam to be slightly off target, which was how the ch managed to survive. Since the change in direction was short ranged, our ch pilots could not detect it. This subconscious mistake could not be detected by the pilots at all. The more capable the shooter, the more effective this trick is. Besides, notice that his high speed change in direction was done with accelerated speed. That was how his final wide angle evasion move allowed him to avoid the combined beam attack."
"Do you think you can execute the sa moves?" The Tribe Leader asked.
"With great difficulty," Huang Jiming answered honestly. "This man had managed to survive a combined beam attack, and more importantly, he tid his moves well, so well that his every change in direction was tid perfectly. His final wide angle evasion move was even more impressive. Even a slight delay would have given him a different ending. On the other hand, to be honest, the guy's just extrely lucky."
"Strange, why would the Ye Family send such a skilled ch pilot to the free space zone?" The Tribe Leader muttered to herself.
Once again, Huang Jiming stayed silent. Suddenly, he lifted his head and said, "Tribe Leader, I'd like to visit the free space zone."
"You want to head to the free space zone?" The Tribe Leader seed troubled. "Oh, Jiming, you know all too well that the Tribe is in dire need of military strength. If you go to the free space zone now …" Seeing Huang Jiming's determined expression, the Tribe Leader could not finish her sentence.
The Tribe Leader's office fell into silence.
After a full 10 minutes, the Tribe Leader finally relented with a sigh. "Alright, go. However, please be careful. The Tribe has no n to spare right now, so you can only go alone."
"Don't worry, Tribe Leader. I've yet to et a person who is good enough to kill ," Huang Jiming said with this unshakeable confidence.
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