Wow! The item-dropping rate is really high!-Chapter 1053 - 720: Advent! (2)

In the cockpit, Catherine's voice came through the static-laden communication, still striving to maintain composure: "Xi Liu, attempt to move toward the B7 area; the terrain there is complex, and we might shake off the tracking. Zero, try to repair the sensors, or switch to backup mode. Ares, report damage status, can you break free?"

However, their escape plan had already been anticipated by the more environment-familiar "Deep-Sea Guardians."

At the trench exit in the B7 direction, they had pre-arranged a compound interception net and triggerable thermal spring eruption trap.

When the New Bauhinia team forcibly rushed out, the interception net rose, and the high-temperature chaotic currents instantly disturbed the balance and sensors of all mechas.

"It's a trap!" Zero's warning had just sounded when it was drowned out by the explosive water flow.

The "Deep-Sea Guardians" mechas, like sharks smelling blood, closed in from all sides and launched a full-on attack.

The New Bauhinia team, having lost formation and effective command, was immediately plunged into a desperate situation of each fighting their own battles.

Ares' "War God," while struggling, was caught by the arm with gigantic hydraulic pincers from an opponent's heavy engineering mecha, while another mecha furiously attacked its chest armor with a drill.

Zero's "Silence" sensors were severely damaged, relying only on basic optical vision for blind shooting, was soon approached by an enemy; the high-frequency blade barely deflected a few hits before the opponent's custom armor-piercing harpoon stabbed into its shoulder joint.

The nimble "Whirlwind" was also tightly entangled by the opponent, losing its mobility advantage, and gradually falling into a disadvantage in close combat, with multiple mecha parts damaged.

Catherine's "Snipe Star" tried to provide remote support, but her attacks were also affected by the water flow and the enemy's agile evasion, achieving little effect, and she was constantly hit by stray bullets and torpedoes, with her shield energy in peril.

Xi Liu watched helplessly as his teammates fell into crisis one after another, unable to save them.

He piloted "Tide" left and right, wounding an enemy machine, but was immediately targeted by two others, stuck in a bitter fight.

Self-blame and guilt, like cold seawater, immediately overwhelmed him.

"It's all my fault...if I had scouted more carefully, if I had discovered the trap sooner...if my underwater combat skills were stronger..." Xi Liu clenched his teeth, his eyes burning.

He had disappointed Bai E's trust, failed his teammates' expectations.

Was the New Bauhinia's elimination path about to be ended by his own hands?

Just then, he felt the Spiritual Barrier protecting the mech pilot's consciousness in his mind, lightly touched by a gentle and irresistible force.

A calm and familiar voice directly resonated deep in his consciousness:

"Xi Liu, relax, don't resist."

It was Bai E!

Xi Liu's heart trembled intensely, but almost instinctively, he lowered the protection on the spiritual link.

The next moment, a vast, warm, extremely powerful will, like sunlight breaking through the darkness of the deep sea, instantly crossed the distant space, flooding into his cockpit, creating a profound resonance and connection with his consciousness.

This was not a brute force occupation but a higher level of "synergy" and "guidance."

Xi Liu could still feel the presence of his own body and basic control over his mecha, but his perception, thinking speed, combat intuition, and understanding of the mecha and environment, were instantly elevated to an unimaginable level!

He "saw" clearer water flow trajectories, "heard" the faint hum of enemy mecha energy cores in the distance, "felt" the subtle fluctuations of every energy on the battlefield.

At the same time, countless exquisite underwater combat techniques, energy usage secrets, methods of leveraging the environment, as if instinctively imprinted in his consciousness.

"Now, let's begin."

Bai E's will sounded "in his heart," with an absolute confidence that calmed the soul.

...

From an outsider's perspective, the blue-white "Tide" mecha that had previously shown signs of fatigue and was barely holding up, suddenly underwent a dramatic change in its aura!

Its movements were no longer merely agile and water-savvy, but infused with an indescribable rhythm and foresight, as if merging seamlessly with the deep sea.

Facing the two "Deep-Sea Guardians" mechas coming from both sides, "Tide" no longer dodged but took advantage of a slight ocean current shift, its body weaving a strange arc like a swimming fish, instantly slipping into the blind spot of the two enemy machines' attack.

The high-frequency water flow cutting blade lit up with a soft blue spiritual glow, slicing with lightning speed across the first enemy machine's waist-mounted auxiliary thruster group for balance and steering.

The spiritually enhanced cutting blade easily broke through the specialized alloy armor, damaging its internal structure.

Almost simultaneously, "Tide" turned using the momentum, its left arm's energy shield generator transformed and ejected a short spike blade at an intricate angle into the second enemy mecha's armpit conduit gap exposed due to attacking motion.

Spiritual energy flowed along the spike blade, instantly disrupting its local energy circuit.

The two enemy machines stiffened and lost control almost simultaneously.

"Tide" didn't pause, its body thrusters exploded with power far surpassing previous performance, yet without sparking much water splash.

Like a phantom in the deep sea, it dashed directly toward another enemy mecha attacking Catherine.

The enemy machine clearly didn't expect the flank threat to be eliminated in an instant, hurriedly turned its gun barrel.

But "Tide's" movements were unbelievably fast, it made a slight Z-curve change in direction during high-speed advancement, defying conventional fluid dynamics, perfectly dodging incoming torpedoes and approaching instantly.

The cutting blade, like a scalpel, precisely severed the energy transmission pipe between the opposing weapon base and the main body.

Immediately following, "Tide" charged upward like lightning against the current, directly at the last "Deep-Sea Guardian" that was clearly a command mecha.

The command mecha had already sensed the bizarre reversal of the situation, attempting to retreat and call for support.

But with Bai E's will guiding Xi Liu, his control over the underwater battlefield had reached an unbelievable level.

"Tide" didn't chase directly, but used the periodic spurts from a seafloor thermal spring, predicting the eruption time and water flow direction, and leveraged the exploding ascending thermal currents to gain terrifying instantaneous acceleration.

From an almost impossible side upper angle, it launched an assault on the command mecha's back—

This position was an absolute blind spot for most underwater mecha sensors!

This time, the high-frequency cutting blades on "Tide's" dual arms both lit up, the gathered spiritual light almost turning the surrounding seawater pale blue.

The crossed blades, with a will to cut through everything, struck fiercely at the main interface and spiritual relay connecting the command mecha's back to the seabed beacon!

"Slash—Boom!"

A violent energy leak burst in glare within the deep sea, forcibly severing the command mecha's link with the beacon, causing the entire machine to tremble violently, losing most of its power.

From "Tide's" sudden counterattack to the successive loss of effective combat capability by the four "Deep-Sea Guardian" mechas, the whole process took less than two minutes.

The battlefield instantly quieted down.

Only the subdued rumbling of the seafloor thermal springs remained, along with the hissing sound of energy and gas leaking from damaged mechas.

Xi Liu's four teammates, in their respective mechas, watched this scene in shock.

"What just happened?"

"Is my teammate this fierce?"

"Said earlier they were this fierce, then why need us?"

Only Catherine had her brows slightly furrowed, sensing something wasn't quite right.

... Just now, that miraculous, fluid-like reversal didn't seem like an eruption of Xi Liu's personal abilities.

That absolute control over the battlefield, that delicate to the extreme art that felt like dancing with the deep sea, that vast-as-the-ocean spiritual energy fluctuation...

Only one person could accomplish that.

It's Bai E!

Even without personally stepping into this deep sea, he still used his incredible methods to protect and lead the team, completing this spectacular reversal.

No wonder...no wonder he said they could win.

But such a degree of "miracle," how on earth did he achieve it!