Looking for usable maneuvers from the 36 mecha techniques in the textbook, I finally came up with a mecha "double jump"!
But it's too difficult for him to do this move at his current skill level!
Cheng Anlang immediately roared, "Big Flower!"
Big Flower understood and suddenly kicked the flowerpot away!
The flowerpot slammed against the wall with a loud bang in the dusty cockpit!
Cheng Anlang no longer cared about the mud flying onto his face. He kept operating the controls in the muddy cockpit, and Cheng Dahua quickly extended several long roots to help Cheng Anlang hit the button he needed!
The laser beam arrived in the blink of an eye, and it looked like it would penetrate the entire mech in the next second!
At this moment, the mecha suddenly felt as if it had been pushed from the lower back upwards, and it flipped over in mid-air!
Time seemed to stretch out infinitely and then quickly return to normal. The laser passed through the gap in the mecha's jump, drawing a small crack on the outer edge of the mecha's arm. If you looked closely, you could see the sparks generated by the friction, but they were just sparks. The laser grazed the outer edge of the mecha and hit the edge shield of the pond, disappearing in the flash of the edge shield!
The opposing team was completely taken aback by this move: "You can actually double jump in mid-air!"
Sparks flew from the crack in the mecha. Cheng Anlang had no time to answer. The moment he landed, the other person jumped onto the nearest lotus leaf amidst the splashing water!
The opponent activated their second modification slot while moving, revealing a laser sword!
The laser blade flashed with a cold, blinding light and slashed down at Cheng Anlang's head. Cheng Anlang didn't even have time to pause. He leaped backward at lightning speed and raised his right arm to block!
"Bang—"
His right arm was instantly sliced off by a laser blade, and the bomb, along with his fingers, fell into the water!
Cheng Anlang's back was drenched in cold sweat: "No way! We can't win in a direct confrontation!"
"Aww!"
Cheng Anlang's eyes flickered slightly, and he suddenly pulled down the control lever, pulling it all the way down. At the same time, his hands quickly pressed the operation buttons!
"Back off as far as you can, create as much distance as possible!"
"Awooooo!"
For a moment, only two mechs could be seen leaping about in the pond, one chasing and the other retreating, splashing water up and down repeatedly. Gradually, the distance between the two mechs widened from one lotus leaf to two...
The man opposite him seemed like a very patient hunter, lightly leaping from one lotus leaf to another, watching Cheng Anlang getting further and further away without any urgency: "Stop running, you'll lose sooner or later, there's no point in running like this."
Cheng Anlang ignored him and continued to operate at lightning speed with Cheng Dahua. The scenes on both sides slowly turned into blurry images as they rapidly receded.
Gradually, the distance between the two sides increased to three... five... ten...
Just then, Cheng Anlang pushed off with his back foot and came to an abrupt stop on the lotus leaf!
"Hey! You're not running away anymore!"
As if victory was already in their grasp, the opponent calmly and leisurely leaped up on the lotus leaves, about to land on the next lotus leaf!
Just then, Cheng Anlang seized the opportunity and activated his second modified part—a hair dryer—to the other side!
"Buzz—"
A sudden gust of wind swept across the pond, sending leaves flying everywhere!
The howling wind, like a rampaging beast, swept the torrents across the water to the opposite side!
"What is this thing?!"
The opponent raised his arm to block the oncoming gale, and the mech was blown slightly backward during the jump.
"No, we have to land quickly!"
Across from him, amidst the howling wind, he ducked for a lotus leaf to step on, then realized: "Where are the lotus leaves?!"
The water's surface was bare, devoid of anything except for ripples. The lotus leaves had all been blown by the wind to the distant edge, leaving only the one at Cheng Anlang's feet...
Holy crap!
"Whoosh—"
Before the other person could react, they stepped straight into the water without even struggling. A huge splash rose and fell, and in the blink of an eye, everything disappeared...
All that remained were the rippling water after the battle and the distant chirping of insects.
Cheng Anlang released the control lever and let out a long sigh of relief.
"Challenge over—"
"Winner: Cheng Anlang—"
Chapter 23, Section 23: The Co-pilot
The other side: "#%……%$#@"
Cheng Anlang didn't care at all what the other person was saying. He checked his rank and found that he had successfully leveled up to Claw Machine. Just as he was about to log out completely, the other person suddenly called out to him through the communicator.
"Wait a minute!"
Cheng Anlang: "What are you doing?"
"You can actually double jump?! Your mech can double jump too?!"
Cheng Anlang: "Why can't my mecha do a double jump?"