However, a mere second or two later...

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Three shots rang out. Deng Da Jun had opened fire with his own ultra heavy rifle!

SPLAT! SPLAT! SPLAT!

Three light mechas wielding ultra heavy rifles powered down. In fact, the shots were so accurate that the paint projectiles had hit the ultra heavy rifles first before smashing into the light mechas.

Their mecha partners were unable to pick up the three ultra heavy rifles.

Fifteen ultra heavy rifles were left, and only sixty shots remained.

On the other side, thirty two heavy mechas remained.

Although the Black Salamanders seemed to be leading at that moment, they had lost the element of surprise, and their positions were revealed.

"He he he." Emma was definitely feeling pleased with how the battle was progressing thus far.

However, I wasn't worried at all.

In my opinion, the Giant Pegasi, though vastly outnumbered, still had an advantage overall.

Like white mechas, the heavy mechas are deceptively quick. They may be big and heavy, but they are also usually equipped with equally heavy thrusters which allow them to accelerate almost as quickly as light mechas.

In fact, they are even capable of sharp changes in direction thanks to their massive side-thruster rockets. However, those rockets are single-use and thus the heavy mechas are limited in how many times they can change directions abruptly at full speed.

In short skirmishes, heavy mechas are unbeatable powerhouses.

Still, the Black Salamanders certainly put that statement through a round of hellish testing.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Deng Da Jun's deadly onslaught continued unabated.

SPLAT! SPLAT! SPLAT!

Three more light mechas powered down! Thankfully for the Black Salamanders, all three were the rifle-less light mechas who had immediately interposed their bodies between Deng Da Jun and their designated partners.

With their deadly mission accomplished and their positions revealed, the light mechas instantly retreated. Their light weight made them extremely agile and quick on their feet, and within seconds, they were out of their half-ruined buildings and dashing away at full speed.

However, the heavy mechas knew that if they allowed the light mechas to disengage successfully and disappear from their sights once more, their next sneak attack might well prove to be a game-ending one.

VROOO!! VROO!!

The heavy mechas instantly powered their thrusters to full power and all thirty-one remaining heavy mechas aside from Deng Da Jun shot out towards the light mechas!

They bore down on the Black Salamanders with a fury that would make a watching mad bull nod in deep approval.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The Giant Pegasi heavy mechas fired everything they had as they chased after the retreating Black Salamanders.

SPLAT! SPLAT!

A few unlucky Black Salamanders were taken down that way.

However, the Black Salamanders' superior Resonance Purity Levels began to shine through at that moment as their much higher level of mecha control allowed most of them to dance around the Giant Pegasi's linear attacks and avoid getting hit.

In every battle, there would be a make-or-break moment. A white hot stage where everything could be decided in an instant, where the first mistake could snowball into a crushing defeat in a matter of minutes.

That moment had arrived for the Black Salamanders and the Giant Pegasi.

It was the perfect time to unleash their trump cards if they had one!

Morale was high in both companies as they worked feverishly to capitalize on their strengths and cover their weaknesses.

The Black Salamanders used their higher agility to avoid getting hit while the Giant Pegasi tried to vary their attacks as much as possible so as to be less predictable.

To both their company's credit, neither the Giant Pegasi nor the Black Salamanders were dashing around aimlessly.

The Giant Pegasi were dashing forward in waves to prevent the Black Salamanders from flanking them and attacking them from the rear.

The Black Salamanders had also split into three groups, forcing the Black Pegasi to split as well or face withering pincer attacks from the other Black Salamander groups.

It was at that moment that the Black Salamanders decided to reveal their trump card.

VROOO!!!

All of the remaining light mechas powered up their hidden flight modules and took to the skies!

"Oh my god." I muttered. "That's disgusting. As if they need more agility and mobility!"

"Hee hee." Emma merely giggled.

Once they were airborne, the already extremely agile Black Salamanders became even more agile.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

They wasted no time at all and immediately opened fire on the heavy mechas.

SPLAT! SPLAT! SPLAT! SPLAT

Several more heavy mechas were instantly taken out.

However, heavy mechas weren't sitting ducks. They immediately focus fired on a cluster of light mechas and successfully shot them down.

Still, the heavy mechas were having difficulty tracking down the rifle-bearing mechas due to their high speed maneuvers and the occasional rifle-pass to a different pilot to mix things up a little.

And to make things worse, the Black Salamanders chose to unleash their final trump card at that moment. All of the rifle-less light mechas drew out their short swords and plunged towards the heavy mechas in a wave of suicidal attacks.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

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While the heavy mechas tried to shoot down the suicidal light mechas, the other rifle-bearing light mechas took the opportunity to shoot at the distracted heavy mechas.

SPLAT! SPLAT! SPLAT!

The Black Salamanders truly showed the spectators why they were the overall third ranked company that day. Their aims were perfect. One shot, one kill.

At the end of the day, a mecha is only as powerful as its pilot, and an army is only as strong as its commander.

The Black Salamanders had far better pilots and an extremely shrewd commander.

Thirty one heavy mechas went up against seventeen rifle-bearing light mechas and twenty seven rifle-less light mechas during that second engagement.

The heavy mechas lost.

Six rifle-bearing light mechas still stood when the dust of that second engagement finally settled.

"Mwa ha ha ha!" Emma laughed evilly.

"Mwa ha ha ha!" I laughed evilly as well.