Sky-cracking Rider

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"It's just you left!"

A deep male voice echoed through the public communication channel of the Big Mouth Monster.

The Crystal Jet's electronic warfare capabilities were quite impressive, so quickly decoding the encryption key of the main public communication channel used this time by the Aircrew Base.

"Heh, the villain dies from talking too much!"

As the opponent fled into the distance, Chen Fei's Big Mouth Monster also took the opportunity to climb to an altitude of 7,000 meters above the ground.

Although Adam's remote control technology was garbage, at least it had bought him some precious time.

It was undoubtedly the correct decision to have the pilots from the Aircrew Base return to base immediately. After dealing with the other Big Mouth Monsters, the Crystal Jet ascended at full speed to catch up.

Enough talk, let's see the real skill under your hand.

The Big Mouth Monster agilely turned around, evading the attack angle of the Crystal Jet and began winding and weaving its way through the combat.

The machine gun bullets and laser beams proved ineffective, leaving only the Particle Beam untested. Chen Fei was very clear in his mind that after the initial probing round against the Crystal Jet, the opportunities for a head-on duel would become increasingly rare.

The other party had learned to be cautious, and he was no less so.

The Crystal Jet was not without weaknesses; like most other aircraft, once it had its six o'clock position bitten into, it was akin to having its death point seized. Seizing the opportunity to strike fiercely, the supposedly impervious Protective Barrier could not possibly cover the spray tail as well.

If its working medium engine was damaged, the whole Crystal Jet would immediately lose its main thrust. What followed would simply be mopping up a dead dog.

For the Big Mouth Monster, which was imprinted with a Magic Array, the weak point of the Crystal Jet didn't exist. The naturally formed droplet-shaped Repulsion Shield could very well protect the airframe and the rear of the aircraft, able to withstand conventional physical attacks as well as a certain degree of impact.

The Crystal Jet rapidly climbed to the flying altitude of the Big Mouth Monster, employing a tactic nearly identical to Chen Fei's — both circling in wide arcs, patiently looking for the other's vulnerability, ready to launch a fatal attack the moment an opportunity arose.

A lion still uses full strength when he hunts a rabbit.

Even when dealing with a mere turboprop aircraft, the Sky Knight piloting the Crystal Jet still would not hold anything back.

The Crystal Jet's predictive trajectory repeatedly tried to lock on to the Big Mouth Monster, but the latter persistently denied the chance, narrowly avoiding the blue and white light beams with its remarkably agile, small amplitude evasive maneuvers. The sight had the hearts of the Huntsman Squad members who witnessed the scene through satellite ascent, involuntarily making them break out in a cold sweat on Chen Fei's behalf.

For Chen Xiao'er's opponent, it was almost the first time encountering such a slippery foe. A mere turboprop aircraft was almost played to the hilt.

A cluster of cotton-like clouds drifted over, and taking advantage of the clouds' cover, the Crystal Jet suddenly accelerated, seizing the momentary blind spot to launch its attack.

Unfortunately for the Sky Knight steering the Crystal Jet, he never considered that Chen Fei's vision was not limited to what was in front of him, but also included a viewpoint akin to God's (or a satellite's) overlooking perspective. Regardless of whether the cloud drifted by or not, the Crystal Jet's every move was always within sight.

Chen Fei reacted immediately, the Big Mouth Monster drawing a circle with its nose pointed at the Crystal Jet that was about to burst out of the clouds.

Turn the tables!

While the Crystal Jet's radar could capture the position of the Big Mouth Monster, it couldn't confirm its flight attitude.

The moment they broke out of the cloud, two pairs of blue and white light beams nearly crisscrossed each other face to face, both sides reacting quickly, like a duel in the Wild West.

With apparently random wing wobbles, the Big Mouth Monster used predictive trajectory to evade the near-miss blue and white light beams as if cheating, while the left wing tip of the Crystal Jet was grazed by the oncoming blue and white light beams, sparking a small burst of fire. The Protective Barrier only slightly distorted the trajectory of the beam, not warping the trajectory to the same extent as it did with the laser beams and machine gun bullets.

The attack methods of both were almost identical.

Particle Beam!

It's confirmed!

Chen Fei instantly identified the opponent's primary attack method: those two blue and white light beams were indeed a Particle Beam Weapon.

It was his first time finding out the visual color of the Particle Beam from his skill list.

It was unclear if all Crystal Jets or just this particular one engaged in combat had a Protective Barrier that was not completely resistant to the highly penetrative Particle Beam.

At least, Chen Fei's Big Mouth Monster was not without a fighting chance.

In the upper right corner of his view, a single Particle Beam attack had actually drained 1% of the Crystalline Block's energy reserve.

Good lord, this is also an energy guzzler.

Along with the consumption of the Magic Array, it was estimated that it might not be enough for even 50 attacks.

But if 50 attacks couldn't take down the opponent, there's probably no point in continuing the battle—just scram when the going gets tough!

The left wing tip of the Crystal Jet flickered a few times with a glimmer of fire, then extinguished, seemingly only a trivial minor injury.

Yet the Sky Knight within the cockpit was gritting his teeth in frustration. He had not anticipated that the "Big Mouth Monster" would be able actually to threaten him.

Was the opponent truly a "Big Mouth Monster"?

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Turboprop aircraft equipped with laser beams and particle beam weapons was something utterly incomprehensible.

Such a weapon configuration should at least be placed on jet aircraft.

When they realized that neither sneak attacks nor head-on shooting were advantageous, the crystal jet immediately changed tactics, accelerating abruptly; the sound of the air exploding even overshadowed the roar of the engines for a moment. The aircraft, shedding its sonic boom cloud, charged at the "Big Mouth Monster" from the six o'clock position with a conical shock wave visible to the naked eye.

Bite tactics in aerial combat is a very domineering approach, also known as execution tactics, similar to a sniper's headshot, especially after the advent of jet aircraft, locking onto an opponent's six o'clock position means the highest probability of a successful knockdown.

Chen Fei, of course, would not give the opponent this opportunity. The "Big Mouth Monster" immediately performed serpentine maneuvers, now left, now right, unpredictable, always ready to make other tactical maneuvers at any moment, not giving the other side an easy chance to tail-bite.

For close combat maneuvers, turboprop aircraft would definitely not be outdone, and that was exactly what Chen Fei thought and did.

After all, the slower the speed of an aircraft, the more agile it is, while the faster it becomes, the more likely it is to be sluggish due to the larger range of motion. The crystal jet, while fast, could only make large and sweeping maneuvers. Its repertoire was far inferior to that of the "Big Mouth Monster." Moreover, the Sky Knight in the cockpit had to bear a considerable overload burden, one of the reasons only a Sky Knight could pilot a crystal jet.

If an ordinary pilot were to forcibly pilot a crystal jet, they might ascend intact, but upon landing, they'd be nothing more than a blood-spewing human skin sack with their brains scrambled to a pulp!

Chen Fei used the "Big Mouth Monster's" maneuverability advantage to begin a game of high-altitude cat and mouse with the crystal jet.

If speed is insufficient, then trade altitude for it; this is the essence of energy-tactic maneuvers.

Whenever he was about to be suppressed by the opponent's speed, he would immediately push the control stick and initiate a full-speed dive.

The closer to the ground, the greater the advantage of the "Big Mouth Monster's" dive; it could still pull up in time, but the same probably couldn't be said for the crystal jet. If it smacked directly into the ground, even a protective barrier would be useless.

However, after several dives, the flight altitude was gradually depleted, and finally, the speed advantage of the crystal jet suppressed the maneuver radius of the "Big Mouth Monster."

Sweat appeared on Chen Fei's forehead; the immense pressure came not from physiology but psychology.

He was a pilot who had taken up the profession halfway, and even though he had supplemented his training at "Eagle Nest" and received guidance from the once-renowned "Eagle King," Old David.

Still, piloting a "Big Mouth Monster" turboprop aircraft to rigidly confront a crystal jet, even with the many skills assisted by metal elemental psychic power, could not completely erase the innate disparity between the advantages and disadvantages of both sides.

Moreover, the pilot of the crystal jet was an experienced Sky Knight; not even Chen Fei, let alone Chekhov Big Bear, could have easily taken advantage.

"Eject, and I might spare you."

The voice of the Sky Knight came through the public communication channel; the crystal jet had closed in to less than a hundred meters from the "Big Mouth Monster," the two aircraft almost neck and neck.

Choosing to eject without combat is almost no different from surrendering without a fight.

"Chen Fei, eject!"

The voice of Miyoshi Xuesen came over without hesitation, authorizing Chen Fei to abandon the fight. If the enemy offered a way out, preserving life was what mattered, and it wouldn't count as desertion.

After all, his opponent was a crystal jet; having tangled with it for so many rounds, ejecting to escape at this moment was not a disgrace.

Sovereignty would naturally take over from there; the crystal jet was not something the Huntsman Squad could handle.

"Not a chance!"

There wasn't a single coward in the "Genuine Fragrance" Combat Flight Squadron. Chen Fei's brain heated up, and he flatly refused this tempting offer.

Even though it might be his only chance to survive.

It was once said that as long as there was altitude, one should never give up.

At this crucial moment, Chen Xiao'er had no other tricks up his sleeve—just one word, "charge!"

Sometimes he "charged" so much that even he scared himself.

Fucking hell, just do it!

The red lights suddenly lit up on the upper and lower surfaces of the left and right wings of the "Big Mouth Monster." Four "Blazing Flame Bullet" magic arrays were activated simultaneously, and fireballs formed one after another from the center of the magic arrays, guided by Chen Fei's spiritual power, rushing toward the crystal jet at three o'clock.

At almost the same time, the surface of the crystal jet also lit up with the glow of magic arrays.

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Without any tactical maneuvers, the two aircraft maintained a level flight attitude at a distance of about two hundred meters from each other, continuously launching fireballs toward each other.

Boom, boom, boom, boom…

The protective barrier of the crystal jet blocked the sweeping "Blazing Flame Bullets," which detonated continuously without end.

On the side of the "Big Mouth Monster," a round of magic shields radiated pure white light in the night sky, also blocking the continuous hits of "Blazing Flame Bullets" from the crystal jet.

The two were like battleships racing across the ocean, relentlessly attacking each other with all their might.