Chapter 775-776 (1/2)

Chapter 775: The Mighty Star Division

Safety concerns were just as true for mechas as they were for Adepts In DreamNet it was almost impossible to tell the distinction between si a suit What's more, no one needed to fear accidents, safety was assured DreamNet was undoubtedly the most suitable place for Star Division to train

”How is the training going?” He asked Su Xiaosu

She responded ”Very well It was like the upgrade was tailor-made for us The simulation is precisely what they would encounter in real life, even e at full capacity their progress has been spectacular Some of our people are God-ranked pilots already - one fourth of the it, boss You may not be the best pilot in the crew anymore”

Lan Jue sood, eh? That's excellent news”

Su Xiaosu stared at hiet the sense you don't believe me?”

Lan Jue was playful in his reply ”Oh, it's not that I don't believe you! But to make sure don't you think we should test that out?” He was anxious to see whether their progress really was as good as she was saying If it was they would perform hen their time came to infiltrate the planet Once he was faths and liht started

”Alright!” She replied without hesitation She brought Lan Jue to an open sim pod and had him enter She then returned to her own

Lan Jue deftly entered his login inforDreamNet's version of Thor Of course this was an older version, sans the upgrades the real Thor enjoyed In addition Dreaenic powers

The technology that went into this upgrade was astounding Not an ounce of energy users poured into the pod asted It was also equipped with an energy recycling systees frole person using a single pod wouldn't generate ether could create quite a stockpile

It was a positive cycle

Lan Jue re-fa the waters Everything was as fluid as it always had been, and he felt co away from the simulated world

”Boss” Su Xiaosu's voice caught his attention

”I'm here” He answered

She went on ”How about I gather a sroup for you to spar with, so you can see what I' about”

Lan Jue chuckled ”Alright! But do you think a sger” He wasn't being boastful, he knew his own capabilities At his level of mastery the nuainst less skillful contenders

Lan Jue was a God-ranked pilot With the evolution and improvement of his Discipline his body had also developed He suspected his hand speed was about as good as the 'fastest hands alive', the Coffee Master He could easily top one hundred commands per second Once a pilot was able to reach those kinds of speeds all manner of complicated techniques were open to thes considered, he suspected that even if the Clairvoyant came back from the dead and cahting chance

Lan Jue was also well versed in martial arts, another style which could be employed with mecha suits He'd tried it before with some success

”We'll start with a so froed Her mirthful voice sounded a little sinister

”Alright, bring it on”

No sooner did he say the words than an invitation to spar popped up on his screens He accepted, and half a e arena It was a standard coround

Head to head… at least they're confident Lan Jue smirked to himself in the sim pod

There was a flash of light, and ten more mecha suits appeared on the far side of the arena They came in all different shapes and sizes, with the only siainst the metal

Star Division received tremendous support, not only froovernment itself All of their pilot data was stored on Dreaiven two sets of mechas made specifically for them One was for use out in the real world, and the second was for DreamNet The tere exactly the same

Lan Jue urged Thor to wave at the distant competitors ”Come!”

Their formation seemed sloppy, but the moment they say Thor they shaped up They raced at him in a semi-circle to try and surround the sapphire mecha

Nothing special? Lan Jue lance it didn't even look like they orking well together They approached all at different speeds, but all of the-range fighter a them

Lan Jue felt an excite within him He had spent sohis Discipline It was time to make a little noise

He wasn't yet using his Discipline, but Thor raced ahead like a thunderbolt regardless He ed right in

Lan Jue had great confidence in his piloting ability, a confidence that ca ten times the number of suits he was sure he could handle the through water and destroy his adversaries

Thor was fast, blasted ahead like a beaht In no time it reached er mecha, a kind he'd never seen before It was at least twice as large as Thor

A large size ht But it also typically made this sort of suit cumbersome to pilot Heavy attackers all suffered from this deficiency

Appearing right in thehow they'd react In a flash it vanished again and appeared at their flank A sword crackling with electric energy was in its grip - Lan Jue's new preferred weapon

He couldn't use Occisus in the simulation, obviously But now that he'd chosen to use it in real combat, it was also his weapon of choice in DreamNet

He thrust forward, ai for the h the ar the suit out of commission

Even such a sierous because of Lan Jue's speed

The other team members saw it froht that was Thor appeared suddenly in front of their teaet swept sideways and stabbed at their comrade

But the expected did not occur

His sword hit its target, but Lan Jue iht He didn't sense any obstruction, his sword sliding in all the way to the hilt This definitely was not normal

He hadn't used any Discipline, and this sasn't especially sharp What about the suit's shi+elds? How could his attack have landed so easily?

As he pondered the enor it was a powerful vacuum force that came from nowhere In the same instant the other nine suits fell upon him like a swarm, suddenly several times faster than they had been

The disjointed unit was suddenly on hiave him no route of escape

Surround and destroy?

Lan Jue's ser They had a plan after all

The largeit had actually started to get larger, trying to keep Thor pinned His sword and half his suit's ar seemed less like a suit anddevoured by it

What a unique suit! Liquid metal?

Lan Jue had to erous spot, but even noas not alarh they had taken hi to throw him

Thor's body lit up as bolts of electricity shot out in all directions A sound like thunder burst out from the suit, the sound of its shi+elds Lan Jue's mecha was God-ranked, hand-built Of course it had its own tricks to employ

The electric wave tearing through the air in theet Thor free The suit dissolves into a flash of lightning and rose, tearing itself fro it down