Heifeng was momentarily unable to accept the reality unfolding before his eyes, the hunter becoming the hunted, and just as his mind began to react, the two characters had already closed in to a stone's throw away.

With his life hanging by a thread, there was no time for hesitation. Heifeng didn't hesitate at all, not even considering what he should do next, and pushed the propulsion system to the limit. The Wraith instantly shot off in one direction, almost losing balance...

Under the thrust of the auxiliary engines, all people saw was a fleeting glint before Wraith Number 1 vanished... You simply couldn't grasp the level of danger in that instant unless you were there, showcasing from a sideways angle the gap between handling one opponent versus two.

After all, the gap between the elite and the ace wasn't unbridgeable; it was more about the grasp of details. And when facing two Red Cloak-level opponents attacking at once, even an ace would find it somewhat strenuous, let alone when this was a premeditated ambush.

"Damn it! It was so close," Elvis punched the control panel fiercely, unable to hide his fury, showing that this ambush hadn't quite met his expectations.

"Now's not the time to relax. Watch your surroundings," Angelina's voice came from the communicator as she hurriedly sped up her mecha to intercept, positioning herself beside Elvis to block Jiu Ling's sword aiming for him.

Despite Angelina's light tone, Sky Demon was thrown far away by the move... The backlash from that strike was terrifying; in the silent universe, it seemed as though the very cosmos vibrated from their collision.

In contrast, Jiu Ling, although also thrown off balance, didn't reach the uncontrollable state like Angelina did. Indeed, Jiu Ling was always wary of Angelina. Among the several of them, Jiu Ling had fought the most with Angelina and thus knew full well how dreadful she could be.

If a super soldier of this level were caught off guard by her mental shockwave, their brain would at least experience a moment of blankness, somewhat akin to a brief paralysis, and it was lethal. It was not a conditioned reflex from being attacked but a numbness, like the sensation of suddenly opening the window in a maglev train and being unable to breathe.

"Watch your back!" Ophelia urgently warned, but her warning was obviously too late!

Indeed, Angelina was in a dire situation. Although she had blocked a strike for Elvis, she was shaken off balance towards Xia Mu. In other words, unless she could regain her balance and respond in this brief time, she could be heading for disaster.

Seizing the opportunity, Xia Mu bellowed and swung his sword down at Angelina's mecha without a second thought...

At that moment, Zhang Xiaobo's attack also arrived; seeing that his sneak attack on Heifeng had failed, he swung his sword directly towards Xia Mu from a distance, hoping it would be fast enough.

"Your opponent is me. Look out," he said.

However, Zhang Xiaobo didn't see the sword coming, suddenly feeling dizzy as if the world was spinning around him, and for that moment, he even forgot his own surroundings.

It was Angelina's mental strike, and of course, the affected weren't just Zhang Xiaobo. Xia Mu didn't fare much better, feeling the world spin as well. Such mental strikes can be contained within a certain range, but Angelina, in her dire state, wasn't in a position to differentiate friend from foe and decided to just strike regardless.

Ophelia remained wary of Silver Mary, and with the Haier Brothers providing keen battlefield insight, the sniper Wraiths witnessed what seemed like an unfavorable situation for our forces begin to subtly balance out—no, with the addition of the two newcomers, our forces might even hold a slight edge.

At that moment, the Saudi super soldiers received a retreat order from the Military Department, which had become somewhat of a frequent occurrence for them. Jiu Ling and the others heaved a sigh of relief... Their mission for the day was complete, and they had been waiting for just these words.

With the call "we're pulling out," the 5 super soldiers turned tail and fled without looking back...

"Shall we pursue?" Dovir asked.

"Let's not. We're lucky to get by day by day," Zhang Xiaobo said, still visibly shaken. The scene was quiet, and he suddenly realized his comment had added a bizarre air to the atmosphere, hastily adding, "The enemy could be tricking us."

Indeed, apart from Zhang Xiaobo and Elvis, although others on the Federation side were inclined to pursue, they understood the wisdom of not chasing a desperate enemy, because one couldn't guarantee there were no ambushes from the enemy forces.

Of course, had the situation been reversed, if Zhang Xiaobo and Elvis were absent from the battlefield, the Federation might likewise have issued a retreat order, and then it would be the Saudis wanting to pursue but also not daring to chase too deeply. Since neither side could completely overpower the other, both chasing and being chased were fraught with danger.

At Maraca's Freedom Port Combat Power Tester company, Feng Yi and Hugo had been killing time for 5 days, during which Hugo had recovered enough to move freely with his prosthetic limbs, appearing no different from an ordinary person on the surface.

But Feng Yi knew that prosthetics could never replace real flesh, and the current Hugo might still be able to pilot a mobile fighter as he once did, but if he faced a similarly skilled opponent, his odds of winning were almost nonexistent. In balance, coordination, and all other aspects, Hugo could not compare to his former self.

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