The yellow sand was swept up by the strong wind, and the armor of the two confronting aircraft reflected dazzling sunlight. A group of tumbleweeds rolled past just in time, but it was too small to attract any attention.
Outsiders have no idea what happened during the confrontation between Lin Ao and Sasaki Musashi, and now the atmosphere in the Osiris bridge is extremely tense. Anton stood next to Captain Shepard's wheelchair. He had already changed into his driving suit and was ready to deal with the HER troops that would swarm him at any time.
"Damn HER... He actually threatened us with the lives of innocent people..." Anton's hand on the handle of the wheelchair was held so hard that he could hear the sound of rubber and gloves rubbing together.
"At this point, we can only accept our fate." Captain Shepard.
"Captain, Princess Natasha wants to come in and watch the battle, is that okay?"
"Let her in."
Natasha had barely washed up, and her hair was disheveled. Since Dmitri's death, she hadn't eaten well, and her words were weak, so much so that she came in wearing only a sheet without changing into her driving clothes.
"Are you fighting Sasaki Musashi?"
Seeing everyone nodding, Natasha walked to the screen and stared at Sasaki's special machine "Muramasa", pulling the sheets on her body with both hands. To her, Sasaki Musashi was the source of all tragedies. No one wanted to see Sasaki die here more than herself, although this seemed impossible.
"Has Katyusha fixed it?"
"It's fixed. Do you... want to join the war?"
"Don't you need my fighting power?"
"The truth is needed, but are you sure your current condition is okay?" Captain Shepard asked with concern.
"Don't worry about me...either Sasaki will die today or I will die."
As soon as Natasha finished speaking, Jessica's signal soldier shouted nervously: "No! The HER Wuhou-class battleship dropped a humanoid weapon from behind and is approaching the Osiris at high speed!"
"What?!" Anton yelled angrily: "Why did you find out now!"
"The enemy is too fast!"
As soon as Jessica finished speaking, she saw a red light flashing past the bridge like a meteor, heading towards the duel venue between Lin Ao and Sasaki. Anton immediately knew who this person was. Besides the Red Knight, who else at the Wuhou level can have such speed?
"It's Xiahou Dun of the Red Knight! What does he want to do?"
At this time, Lin Ao had just asked the last question and was about to start a fight with Sasaki. Sasaki activated the laser knife, but immediately put it back and made a pause gesture. Lin Ao also noticed the movement behind him. When he turned around, he just saw the red knight flashing over his head and stopping one thousand meters west of the center.
Lin Ao's heart began to beat wildly. He thought to himself, what is the red knight doing here? I can't even deal with Sasaki. Does the red knight suddenly rush out to deal with him together with Sasaki?
Lin Ao was nervous and silent, and Sasaki was unhappy because the duel that was about to start was suddenly interrupted.
"Red Knight, the duel has begun. What do you want to do when you suddenly appear?"
"Your Majesty General, in the opinion of my subordinates, this duel is unfair, but I dare not interfere too much. Just out of chivalry considerations, I hope that I can watch and supervise this duel to ensure fairness, you Is it okay to watch?”
"Oh? You dare to supervise my duel? Did Zhuge Daozi ask you to come?"
"No, it was my subordinate who acted without authorization. And if I want to use your strength to kill this young man instantly with a combo of moves in one round, then this massive showdown would be too boring, so please allow me to be the one "Competition to cut cattle"
"Hahahaha!! You are really interesting. You are really humiliating yourself in the hands of Zhuge Daozi! It doesn't matter! You can be the referee. If you see me making any inappropriate moves, you can always step in and stop this duel. .You have no objection to the young man opposite, right?"
“No cherry blossoms”
Lin Ao thought to himself, who knows what your HER is doing? Anyway, I might not be able to survive if I have one, so what difference does it make if there are two or three? When he thought this way, he felt more relaxed.
"Thank you young man for your trust, then please start over!"
As soon as the red knight finished speaking, the atmosphere became solemn again. Lin Ao once again set up the laser knife in his hand, and Sasaki saw that Lin Ao was still timid and might not take the initiative if he didn't urge him, so he took the initiative.
Unlike the last night battle in the city, this time the venue was in the wilderness, and the laser knife was much more conspicuous than the thermal sword, so Lin Ao could tell that Sasaki's knife was aimed at his face. He hurriedly slashed his head, just in time to block Sasaki's sword. When the laser blades of both sides collided, a dazzling light suddenly shone.
Sasaki pretended to be uncomfortable with the light and took a few steps back, deliberately tempting Lin Ao to fight back. Lin Ao didn't know what was going on, so he just slashed at the enemy's face with one knife. When Sasaki saw Lin Ao taking the bait, he pointed the tip of the knife upwards. The blade just blocked Lin Ao's blade, and then he was about to chop it down. Lin Ao was taken aback and quickly cut his head to protect his head, but he didn't know that this was also Sasaki's feint shot. He suddenly changed it to a thrust and stabbed the left forearm of Unit 2, burning a hole in the armor.
"The first round is over!" the red knight shouted.
Lin Ao's heart was beating wildly again. Judging from the confrontation that had just taken a few dozen seconds, Sasaki's sword skills were far beyond his own. When he got nervous, his old habit of nausea almost broke out again.
"Adjust your breathing! Adjust your breathing!" the AI reminded.
"Shut up!" Lin Ao interrupted the AI rudely. He could not be disturbed by any external objects now.
Sasaki just gave him a blow, and the sword was impartial and just missed the vital point. He was not very proud of Chui Ye, so he took a few steps back and attacked again.
Sasaki's second sword was different from the previous one. It struck horizontally and upward to the left. Lin Ao and Old Jack had been training for several months, and realized that this was another false wink.
"This move still hits me in the face!"
Lin Ao guessed correctly. When Sasaki got closer, the blade of the blade actually changed to slash downwards. Lin Ao blocked the knife in front of his head in time, but he didn't know that this was Sasaki's combo again! Seeing Lin Ao's defense, he immediately changed his tactics and attacked the lower plate of Unit 2! This knife was very dangerous, because the cockpit of humanoid weapons is usually in the crotch. Fortunately, Sasaki's knife only scratched the skirt of Unit 2. If he had used more force, Lin Ao would have been burned into gas by the hot laser.
"second round!"
"hateful!!"
Lin Ao was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat. He had just been so close to death! It immediately reminded him of a similar situation he was in in Chicago a few years ago, which was very uncomfortable.
Because of the nervousness, a large amount of blood surged to his head, making him feel a little dizzy and his vision was a little blurry. The AI noticed the changes in his physical signs and couldn't help but said: "You can't beat him, surrender!"
"If I surrender, he will kill me immediately!"
"Then you can't die by force? You are like a mouse being teased by a cat, unable to escape death! It is better to hand over Unit 2 and surrender now. Even if he kills you, the information of Unit 2 can be preserved. "
"You!!! Are you saying this now? Shut up!"
While Lin Ao was distracted, Sasaki made another move. I saw that he was originally holding the sword vertically, but then his steps suddenly changed without Lin Ao noticing, and he stabbed him fiercely with the help of the bounce and power of his legs. Lin Ao was unable to defend himself and was stabbed in the chest.
"Round three!"
AI: "Just now, it just pierced the chest armor, and it almost pierced the inside!"
Lin Ao knew that Sasaki gradually lost the patience to play with him. The move just now was a killing blow. It was only because the enemy had estimated the thickness of the No. 2 machine's armor that it didn't hit the inside.
"Such thick armor!"
Sasaki suddenly put away the laser knife, and Lin Ao didn't know what tricks he wanted to play. In fact, it was just because the energy tank carried by "Muramasa" kept supplying energy to the laser knife that it overheated, so he temporarily closed the knife to cool down.
Seeing that Sasaki didn't eject the blade for a while, Lin Ao took a deep breath and imitated Sasaki's move just now to stab him. But after all, he was just imitating and didn't know Sasaki's footwork. The force of the stab was not strong enough, so Sasaki tried to deflect it easily. However, to his surprise, when he ejected the laser blade and struck Lin Ao's blade, the laser knife in Lin Ao's hand suddenly "went out"! Before Sasaki could react, he saw Unit 2's wrist suddenly rotate 180 degrees, aim the handle of the knife at the lower body of "Muramasa", and then eject the blade again!
Lin Ao's knife was intended to cut off the energy transfer tube connecting the energy tank and laser knife on Sasaki's back, but he failed because the force of the attack was not enough and Sasaki's reaction was timely. However, this knife stabbed "Muramasa" in the thigh without any bias!
"Round 4!"
Hearing the red knight's announcement that the round was over, Lin Ao did not dare to advance and took a few steps back with his sword closed. When Sasaki saw his beloved machine's thigh being pierced, lightning flashed out, and he couldn't help but clapped his hands and exclaimed: "Interesting, so interesting! I almost dozed off just now, I really can't look at any of my opponents!"
Lin Ao was inevitably a little proud when he finally got stabbed with a knife, but it was smart after all. He didn't know if Sasaki would be hit next.
Sasaki breathed out and slashed head-on again. Lin Ao quickly defended, but the moment the blades met, Sasaki switched to stabbing, cutting off half of the left thumb of Unit 2 before retreating to defend.
"Round 5!"
Lin Ao thought to himself that Sasaki's move just now was probably just to test or find the rhythm, and he didn't take it seriously. He guessed correctly, this time it was Sasaki who struck first. He raised his sword diagonally above his head and stabbed at the breastplate of Unit 2. When Lin Ao raised his sword to parry, he shook his wrist and let the sword edge stab at the head! Fortunately, Lin Ao pushed hard and the blade deflected, only scratching the left eye of Unit 2. Sasaki succeeded and retreated, but Lin Ao counterattacked and was blocked.
"Round 6!"
"Tooth, switch to somatosensory mode!"
The driver's seat of Unit 2 deformed into a power frame bound to Lin Ao's driver's seat, and then Lin Ao pointed the tip of the knife diagonally toward the ground.
"The Fool's style in Western swordsmanship?"
Sasaki recognized this move and came forward with his sword drawn horizontally. When he approached Lin Ao, Lin Ao actually raised the blade of his sword.
"The moves are too standard!"
Sasaki's blade suddenly changed, and he hit the shoulder armor of Unit 2 in one go, and cut in! But when he was halfway through the cut, he suddenly retracted the blade and took two steps back.
It turned out that Lin Ao guessed that Sasaki could definitely see through his moves, so after raising the sword, he immediately withdrew the blade. When Sasaki hit his right shoulder, Lin Ao let go of his left hand so that his right arm could be stretched out as much as possible. When the handle of the knife was close enough to "Muramasa"'s arm, he ejected the blade again and pierced the plane in one stroke. The left upper arm!
Sasaki secretly screamed, and instinctively wanted to attack Unit 2's wrist while retreating. But the laser knife was different from the swords he was used to. As soon as he retreated, the blade that had pierced his upper arm happened to follow his back and cut the elbow joint of "Muramasa"'s left arm. Lin Ao seized the opportunity to deflect the blade. , removed "Muramasa"'s left arm like a cook undressing a cow!
"Oh! Round seven!"
The red knight who was watching the battle could barely hold back his cheers, while the crew of the Osiris, who had been suppressed for a long time, couldn't help but cheer when they saw Lin Ao succeed.
"It's amazing how young you are, you are willing to use your shoulder as bait!"
Sasaki's tone became more threatening, and AI Toth noticed something strange about Lin Ao. He seemed more tired than expected.
"Are you okay? This is only the seventh round and the fight hasn't lasted long. Why do you feel so tired? You don't usually get tired so quickly."
Lin Ao wiped the sweat from his forehead. He forgot that he was still in somatosensory mode, and Unit 2 also made a sweat-wiping gesture. Sasaki didn't expect that a humanoid weapon could also perform the action of wiping sweat. He thought Lin Ao had another trick up his sleeve, so he instinctively raised his sword to defend himself.
Lin Ao panted: "I don't know... I just feel a little dizzy."
AI: "You are too nervous, and a lot of blood rushes to the brain, so you feel dizzy."
"Hmm... No wonder I feel that my body's reaction has slowed down... Do you feel that Sasaki's movements have also slowed down a lot?"
"Ah? No? I've been observing the speed of your moves. Neither you nor Sasaki's speed has changed much. Your speed is much slower than Sasaki's."
"Is that so? But I feel..."
Before Lin Ao could finish, Sasaki took action again. This time the target was clear, it was aimed at the wrist of Unit 2. Lin Ao subconsciously raised his sword to block, then swung his sword to counterattack. But Sasaki parried the blow easily, and at the same time twisted the blade, staggered Lin Ao's blade, and once again let the knife stab the left shoulder of Unit 2!
The thrust was fast and accurate. Although it failed to cut off Unit 2's left arm, it almost paralyzed it.
"Round 8!"
"Tsk!"
Lin Ao clicked his tongue in dissatisfaction. He finally cut off one of Sasaki's hands, but Sasaki made up for it in the next round. He was a little impatient and took the initiative to stab him. But Sasaki suddenly turned around from his left front, just in time for Lin Ao to stab the air. When Sasaki turned back to the front, he waved his hand cleanly and slashed, and the next second only half of Unit 2's head was left.
"Round nine!"
"What!!?"
Lin Ao was frightened by Sasaki's moves. He didn't expect that there were such moves in swordsmanship. If his advantage just now was based on his familiarity with the characteristics of the laser sword, then Sasaki is still using traditional swordsmanship to maintain his advantage.
"Young man, I really didn't expect you to fight with me until the ninth round! Really, I can't bear to kill you anymore!"
Lin Ao had no intention of responding to Sasaki's teasing. He felt even more dizzy, and it seemed that it was difficult to even stand still.
"Fortunately, some of the cameras on the head can still be used, and it will have little impact on the final image. Lin Ao, can you continue to fight?"
Lin Ao didn't answer. He raised the knife to his chest and suddenly cut across it. There was no doubt that Sasaki saw through this move and blocked it. Lin Ao saw that the knife was guarded and quickly drew it back. Sasaki was afraid that he would make another move, so he immediately chopped Lin Ao's knife, intending to suppress his next move. But Lin Ao seemed to be waiting for him to do this. He saw Unit 2's wrist turning 90°C, the blade pointed upward, and hit "Muramasa" on the right shoulder with unstoppable momentum!
"Succeeded!"
Before Lin Ao's cheers ended, Sasaki turned around again and slashed the abdomen of Unit 2 with a knife. Lin Ao was frightened by this sudden movement and stepped back without daring to continue cutting.
"It's the tenth round!"
Sasaki looked at the injury on his right shoulder and exclaimed in wonder: "Young man, you have improved so quickly. The combo just now was very similar to my usual method. Under the same referee conditions as this duel, even my subordinates It’s rare for someone to last until ten rounds! Really, how about you become my disciple?”
"Bah!" Lin Ao simply refused.
"It's a pity...it's a pity. To tell you the truth, I don't have much energy left in my body to drive the laser knife. If I had the intention to show off my skills just now, I will really do it next!"
Soon after, Sasaki jumped to kill as soon as he finished speaking. Lin Ao felt that the enemy's momentum this time was obviously different from before, as if it was carrying a wave of air! The laser knife in the enemy's hand was like a purple crescent. Before he could raise the knife to block, it slashed down.
"So fast!" The red knight couldn't help but admire.
Unit No. 2 failed to escape the knife, and a large gash was cut from the head to the abdomen. If it was a human, Lin Ao would be dead.
"ha!"
Sasaki knew that the Red Knight was about to announce the end of this round, but the energy he carried might not last until the end of the next round, so he shouted and stabbed the cockpit of Unit 2 before the Red Knight opened his mouth.
At the critical moment of life and death, Lin Ao suddenly had nosebleeds, but now he couldn't care less about treating his nose. What he did next was beyond everyone's expectations.
He didn't dodge backwards, but took the initiative to meet him! Doing so was tantamount to suicide, and even Sasaki was confused. But then Lin Ao's reaction was once again beyond everyone's expectations. When the tip of Sasaki's knife had pierced the skirt armor, he suddenly turned around, just like Sasaki had done before. As a result, Sasaki's blade followed Lin Ao's rotation and cut through half of the skirt armor, and also cut part of the armor on the thigh, but the key point of the cockpit was avoided.
Sasaki didn't expect Lin Ao to react like this. Seeing that Lin Ao's body was almost touching him, Sasaki wanted to change the direction of the blade. But Lin Ao suddenly braked as he turned his left shoulder towards him. He clearly saw Unit 2's right hand behind his back, and the handle of the laser knife in his hand was facing him.
"Backhand sword?!"
Before he could say these words, Lin Ao activated the laser knife. The purple light blade popped out faster than the bullet. With the help of the distance he actively pulled in, a big hole appeared in the "Muramasa" crotch next to the cockpit in the next second.
Sasaki touched the wound pierced by the explosion fragments with his hand and sighed: "I never thought... I would be defeated by you."
"Muramasa" exploded, and the entire machine fell backwards. Lin Ao waited in shock for more than ten seconds and saw that Sasaki did not speak again. Then he put away the laser knife, forcefully opened "Muramasa's" right hand, and took back his own knife.
Lin Ao tore off "Muramasa's" head, raised it high into the air, and looked at the red knight. The red knight seemed to be shocked by the fight just now, and then announced: "Winner! The boy from the Osiris!"
"I, Lin Ao, am here to kill HER General Sasaki Musashi!! I, Lin Ao, have killed Sasaki Musashi!"
Lin Ao held up the head of Sasaki's body and roared excitedly. Now he could finally have his hands free to wipe his nosebleed.
"Long live!!! He won the fight!!"
The whole ship of the Osiris boiled, and Anton Gaoxin hammered it down with one hand, but he forgot that the thing in front of him was not the table but Shepard's shoulder. The old man's shoulder turned red with the hammer. But Shepard was just happy now. He saw the sheets on Natasha falling to the ground, and cried without mercy. It seemed that he was mentally relieved because Dmitri's great revenge was avenged. .
The North American HER troops who were watching were silent. Those in the front did not expect that the general would be killed by an 18-year-old boy, while those in the back couldn't believe it. They knew that if they were defeated, they would send the Osiris westward, but now no one was moving. When Lin Ao saw that they were not moving, he did not dare to move.
"Your general has passed. As long as I defeat him, you have to let me go!"
HER's defense line was still indifferent. The red knight flew in front of Lin Ao and pointed at them angrily: "Have you forgotten General Sasaki's order? If you don't obey the order, can you still be considered a soldier of the empire? Hurry up and let them go!"
HER's army slowly made way for them. Lin Ao didn't expect that the red knight would help him and said thank you. The red knight snorted: "Young man, now I really remember your name. Your growth is beyond my imagination. Maybe I shouldn't let you go when I was in Yalta! You go, I'll see you next time You, I won’t show mercy any more!”
Lin Ao still held "Muramasa"'s head high and flew towards the west. More HER soldiers saw the head of the general's body, and then they believed the fact that the general had failed, and the road they gave way became wider and wider, even the warships in the sky avoided it.
I don't know if it was to express condolences for the general's death, but many Yingyangs knelt down in Lin Ao's direction. The crew of the Osiris following Lin Ao felt like they were dreaming when they saw the scene on the ground and then looked up at the HER battleships that were getting out of the way.
"Amazing, really amazing..."
Captain Shepard sighed with tears.
…
Zhuge Daozi was playing chess with his staff on the Wuhou-class battleship at this time. He was not interested in Sasaki's duel at all. He was just waiting for Sasaki to finish playing the "game" and approve his west school. When he heard the news of Sasaki's death , the staff officer saw that he frowned and showed a rare angry look, so he resigned knowingly.
At this time, he was the only one left in the room. Zhuge Daozi was playing with the flag that was about to fall back and forth in his hands, as if his whole body was powered off. After a moment, he took a breath and neatly placed the flag in his hand and most of the remaining chess pieces on the chessboard outside the chessboard, leaving only the king, queen and rook on his side of the chessboard.
"Sasaki actually died here... He was too wanton and it was really useless..."
He muttered to himself as he picked up the rook and placed it with the other pieces, then picked up the queen.
"Now...the only chess piece I can use is you..."
