Chapter 61 Cooperation

“Alright!”

Chen Tong nodded heavily.

Su Ming took a deep breath, his expression grim as he stared at the Flame Rider in front of him.

The Flame Rider seemed to sense Su Ming’s fighting spirit. It held its red metal mechanical blade upright with both hands, like a knight about to engage in a duel.

Just then, Chen Tong raised the burst rifle in his hand and sprayed bullets at the Flame Rider.

The Flame Rider swayed, moving in an S-shape to dodge the rain of bullets, and attacked Su Ming at an extremely high speed.

Su Ming quickly input a series of commands and pulled the joystick.

He maneuvered Iron Head to activate its thrusters diagonally, holding the red metal mechanical blade in his left hand and the electromagnetic mechanical gun in his right, moving sideways.

The Flame Rider immediately adjusted its direction and charged straight at Su Ming.

Bang!

Su Ming pulled the trigger!

Electromagnetic light bullets shot towards the Flame Rider at an incredibly tricky angle.

The Flame Rider swung its red metal mechanical blade, sharply slicing through the incoming electromagnetic light bullets. The splashing electromagnetic arcs caused its movements to momentarily pause.

Su Ming keenly seized this opportunity, adjusted his thrusters, and accelerated at an ultra-low altitude towards the Flame Rider, delivering a slash.

As a result, the Flame Rider’s red mechanical eyes lit up, and it swiftly raised the red metal mechanical blade in its hand, precisely blocking Su Ming’s attack.

Su Ming was also startled; this guy actually reacted immediately.

At this moment, the Flame Rider kicked Su Ming’s mech at the waist, sending the entire mech flying and crashing heavily to the ground.

Just as the Flame Rider was about to turn and pursue, a grenade suddenly shot over.

The Flame Rider was about to dodge.

Boom!

A huge explosion blasted the Flame Rider away.

The Lingxi in the distance saw this scene, then turned and crawled away.

“Chen Tong, well done!”

Su Ming climbed up with his mech and praised.

“Not bad!”

Chen Tong threw away the picked-up grenade launcher, switched to the burst rifle, and excitedly said as he continuously fired at the flying Flame Rider.

At this moment, the blasted Flame Rider quickly got up from the ground, enduring the attack. Its scarlet eyes locked onto Chen Tong, and it raised its left arm, extending its concealed cannon barrel.

Bang bang~

It fired a barrage of shots at Chen Tong.

Chen Tong’s expression changed drastically, and he immediately leaped away.

At this moment, Su Ming raised the electromagnetic mechanical gun in his hand and fired a shot at the Flame Rider.

The Flame Rider was instantly hit, its whole body flickering with electric arcs, and its entire body showed a delay. However, even so, it didn’t completely lose its mobility.

If this were a first-generation mech, it would have been paralyzed long ago.

Su Ming steeled his heart, directly discarded the electromagnetic mechanical gun, and recklessly controlled his mech to charge forward, raising the blade in his hand to stab the Flame Rider’s chest.

Crack!

Nearly half of the red metal mechanical blade was plunged into the Flame Rider’s chest.

The Flame Rider forcibly swung its red metal mechanical blade towards Su Ming.

Su Ming narrowed his eyes, decisively released the blade, and his entire mech rapidly retreated.

Swish~

The Flame Rider’s slash missed. At this moment, it looked down at the ground.

On the ground lay a flashing red light, a demolition mine.

Boom~

Instantly, the Flame Rider was directly blasted away and fell heavily to the ground.

Su Ming immediately switched to the burst rifle and fiercely unleashed a rain of bullets on the fallen Flame Rider.

Bang bang!

Seeing this, Chen Tong also followed suit, firing wildly.

Under the crazy concentrated fire of the two, the Flame Rider exploded with a bang and was completely destroyed.

At this moment, a prompt appeared simultaneously on Su Ming and Chen Tong’s operating interfaces.

“Defeated: Second Generation Guardian Mech Flame Rider, obtained 5 points.”

“Assisted Defeat: Second Generation Guardian Mech Flame Rider, obtained 2 points.”

“Phew~”

Chen Tong breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the Flame Rider was destroyed.

Su Ming, meanwhile, turned his head and looked around, searching for the spider-like Lingxi, but unfortunately, he could no longer see its trace.

“Su Ming, what are you looking for?”

Chen Tong asked, confused, seeing Su Ming looking around.

“Looking for that spider-like Lingxi.”

Su Ming replied simply.

Upon hearing Su Ming’s words, Chen Tong immediately raised the gun he had lowered.

“Don’t be nervous, it probably ran away. Let’s strip the remaining ammunition from Xiang Shu and the others, then quickly leave here.”

Su Ming simply told Chen Tong.

“Alright!”

Chen Tong nodded in response.

On the other side, Qi Duo and Shi Wu ran in a roundabout way towards the Interstellar Airport.

The two occasionally looked back. Seeing that the second-generation mech hadn’t caught up, they slowed down.

“Qi Duo, are we considered deserting? Will they judge us as deserters and deduct our points?”

Shi Wu asked, a little panicked.

“What deserting? Are you stupid! Our mission objective is the Interstellar Military Airport, and aren’t we heading there right now? At most, this is called tactical evasion. We can’t just stubbornly fight an enemy we can’t beat, can we?”

Qi Duo explained to Shi Wu.

“That makes sense, but it seems we’ve screwed over those two from Mien Te Academy.”

Shi Wu said, feeling a bit bad.

“Oh, big brother is already gone, why are you still worrying about others? We don’t even know how far we can go next. What if we mess up the exam, then next time we’ll be running for our lives on a real battlefield.”

Qi Duo said irritably.

“Oh, oh, then let’s hurry to the Interstellar Airport and see if we can find a new team to join.”

Shi Wu quickly replied.

“That’s right!”

Qi Duo quickened his pace towards the airport.

On the other side, Su Ming and Chen Tong, controlling their fully armed mechs, walked out from the edge of Manhawei City.

The two had taken all the usable weapons from the fallen personnel, and Su Ming was also equipped with the red metal mechanical blade from the second-generation Flame Rider mech.

“Those bastards, don’t let me run into them again. I’ll curse them every time I see them. They almost got us killed.”

Chen Tong cursed indignantly.

“Forget it, we were just temporarily grouped together. It’s understandable for everyone to scatter when disaster strikes.”

Su Ming, on the other hand, appeared very calm and not angry at all.

“Hmph, even if it’s you, what about it?”

Chen Tong said halfway, then seeing Su Ming suddenly stop, he changed his question in confusion.

Su Ming gazed towards the distant horizon, and the silhouette of Manhawei Interstellar Airport came into view.

“What’s wrong?”

Chen Tong looked carefully for a moment and asked, puzzled.

“Didn’t you notice how quiet the Interstellar Military Airport is? I remember when we jumped off the ship, it was very lively there, with many students falling in.”

Su Ming said calmly.

“Did all the students who jumped in get wiped out?”

Chen Tong’s expression slightly changed as he spoke.

“I hope I’m overthinking it. Let’s go!”

Su Ming felt increasingly uncertain about this City Exam; the difficulty was truly maxed out.

Chen Tong, with a heavy heart, followed Su Ming towards the distant Manhawei Interstellar Military Airport.

Dusk.

Su Ming and Chen Tong, piloting Iron Head, cautiously approached the edge of Manhawei Interstellar Military Airport.

This Manhawei Interstellar Military Airport is one of the three major Interstellar Airports on Di Yan Star, covering an area of three thousand square kilometers, with various supporting facilities and buildings inside.

Su Ming gazed into the airport’s interior, and what met his eyes were various damaged mechanical wreckage, as well as transport vehicles and facilities burning with raging flames.