Chapitre 52: AZI Volume 2 Chapter 17
"Good luck, commander."
Doing as told, the Moon Guards behind Qing Yue head for the stairs.
"Commander? Young and accomplished, aren't you?"
Towards Long Hua's remark, Qing Yue grits her teeth beneath her mask, and asks—
"Do you know how rare it is for us—Moon Guards, to live pass the age of eight?"
"From what I've heard, most of them tend to not even make it out of the artificial womb."
"Those of us that are Sinners have a higher value."
"Your point? If you're going to preach to me about the importance of life, then… Sorry to disappoint, but back in my "hometown" more than a thousand lives are lost daily. During war times, you can expect a five-digit death count daily—at minimum."
Seeing Long Hua's expression that shows a complete disregard for the topic, Qing Yue feels a vein pop out of both anger and disgust.
"My point is, I'm pissed off at you for killing one of my subordinates!"
Kicking off the ground, and closing in on Long Hua, Qing Yue lowers the dagger in her right hand.
*Klang!* a crisp sound rings, as Bai Zhe clashes against Qing Yue's dagger.
*Siiiii!* sparks scatter, as the two weapons' edges slide against each other, and upon Qing Yue's landing, she rotates her body, while performing a horizontal swing with the dagger in her left hand—aimed towards Long Hua's abdomen.
Evading this attack with a back step, Long Hua continues to exchange hits with Qing Yue.
*Klang! Klang! Klang!* amidst this clash, Qing Yue is noticeably more aggressive compared to Long Hua, who is taking a more defensive approach.
(She's fast, and me being in a crammed-up space like this doesn't help much.)
*Klang! Klang! Klang!* wielding her daggers with practiced movement and animalistic agility; Qing Yue thoroughly demonstrates her advantage when fighting in an enclosed space, as she continues to push Long Hua back.
(And it also just so happens to be a hallway.)
Glancing behind him for a brief instance, Long Hua notices that he doesn't have much more space to retreat to.
(Ai, come what may, I suppose. The sooner I have a grasp over the limits of this city's detection system, the better.)
Drawing in a light breath, Long Hua's azure-colored eyes give off a sharp gleam, as he rotates his cultivation base without letting any of its energy leak outwards.
(Mind, as calm as the surface of a lake.)
As a sense of strength fills his entire body, Long Hua plants his foot down firmly, while slashing with his sword.
"…Uh?"
*Klanggg!* noticing this slash to contain more weight, Qing Yue constricts her eyes, as she leaps back.
(Movement, as smooth as the descent of an arrow.)
Pressing another step forward, Long Hua goes on the offensive, as he closes the gap between Qing Yue and himself.
*Klang! Klang! Klang!* with his sword cloaked in dense sword Qi, the walls surrounding Long Hua are no better than tofu when it comes to durability, as scars are rapidly carved onto their surface with every slash.
(Speed, as swift as lightning's fall.)
Narrowing his eyes, Long Hua raises the speed of his attacks.
"…!"
*Klang! Klang! Klang!* in response to these attacks, sweat begins to form on Qing Yue's forehead, as she does her best to either block or evade them.
(The hell is this? It's as if I'm fighting a-…!)
*Klang! Klang! Klang!* genuinely inexperienced when it comes to fighting against an Immortal, Qing Yue finds herself being pushed back quickly—with less than five meters of space remaining for her to retreat to.
(Dammit! Wasn't I supposed to have the advantage in this environment?)
Pressured by Long Hua's attacks that are becoming increasingly more difficult to keep up with, the thought of using her Relic's true ability crosses Qing Yue's mind, but—
(If I used my Relic the way I usually do, he'd recognize it's me in an instant unless… Wait, I do have that!)
Taking three large-sized smoke bombs out of her Summoning Pouch, Qing Yue launches them into the air with a light kick, and slashes them open.
(Smoke bombs? Did she use a storage device to hold them? Is she also a practitioner? No, that wouldn't make any sense.)
Exploiting Long Hua's momentary loss of vision, Qing Yue takes out another object from her Summoning Pouch, and—
*Boom!* the moment this object is taken out, the floor collapses due to its inability to support the object's weight, and scale.
*…!!!* blowing away the smoke with a swing of his sword, Long Hua widens his eyes at the sight before him.
The temperature of the vicinity has increased by a drastic amount due to the object that Qing Yue had pulled out of her Summoning Pouch.
"Seriously…?"
Positioned right in front of Long Hua is a white war machine with the face of a yaksha.
These types of machines are categorized under the term Mobile Armor Units—shortened to MAUs.
With only its head and upper body being visible at this time, the entire MAU should be somewhere around six meters in stature.
The overall design of this unit looks to be reminiscent of an armored knight, and held in its hands is a beam cannon that has its barrel aimed right at Long Hua.
[Times have changed, my lord.]
Transmitting her voice through the MAU's speakers, Qing Yue makes a jeering remark, as she pulls the beam cannon's trigger.
"Tch!"
*Bang!!!* as green radiance accompanied by scorching heat threatens to erase his existence, Long Hua clicks his tongue before glancing at the floor beneath his feet.
...…
"Uh…"
Awaiting Nian Yao Yao's group upon their arrival at the base floor of the hotel are more than 20 Moon Guards and RS800s, along with five MAUs.
Scanning the MAUs up ahead, Tian Cheng remarks—
"BSI's MA90s, all Mk. II variants. It seems like the Long Yue family is a loyal patron of this company."
"Tell me about it…"
Each MAU measures at six meters in stature with beast like hindlegs. Their right hand is replaced with a chainsaw, while their left hand is a beam cannon.
Attached to these units' backs is a backpack with four arms extending outwards. Held in each arm is a heavy cannon.
Compared to Qing Yue's MAU that is sleeker in design, these look more like tanks that had legs attached to them.
Due to the MAUs' colossal stature, the front entrance of the hotel had been blown apart to make room for them to enter.
"Ai, have you given up yet, my idiotic daughter?"
Shielded by five Moon Guards is Nian Tao Tao, and standing by her side is Jing Yin—who is waving to Jing Yao with a bland expression on her face.
(That habit of hers to always be sucking on a lollipop hasn't changed…)
Despite her disagreements with her elder sister, this particular trait of Jing Yin's—still brings a light smile to Jing Yao's face.
"Damn you, old hag, must you go this far?"
État de l’alimentation hebdomadaire
-- Classement
Power Stone 
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