Chapter 131: Operation Rescue Wang Liumei (Part 3)

Shihe piloted the Throne Gundam, displaying powerful combat strength and holding back the majority of the Human Reform League forces.

But even so, Li Boyong's side was not having an easy time.

"Hey, hey, hey, isn't it a bit unfair for so many GN-Xs to bully my one mass-produced Flag..."

Li Boyong muttered, maneuvering for his life to dodge the GN-Xs' fire.

Occasionally finding time to fire a counter-shot, it was also blocked by the GN-Xs' shields.

"Setsuna, if you don't come soon, I'm really going to be blown up."

Amidst the rain of beams, Li Boyong continuously maneuvered to evade, finding a bit of the feeling of struggling to survive in the rain of DRAGOON beams from the Providence back in the day.

Just as he was cursing, a GN-X drew its sword and charged, clearly wanting to use its output advantage to resolve the Flag in close combat.

Li Boyong intended to dodge, but was blocked by the suppression fire of other GN-Xs, leaving him no choice but to use his beam saber to receive the slash.

"Pilot inside, listen: if you give up resistance and surrender now, you can still strive for lenient treatment."

When the two machines made contact, the "Xiong Shu's" unexpected surrender-persuasion communication came through. "Do you think that now that the three major nation groups have also obtained GN Drives, the world will still let you Celestial Being act recklessly?"

"To be honest, I have no intention of acting recklessly at all." Li Boyong laughed and asked, "But surrender is impossible, so can you let me off the hook, Lieutenant Colonel Sergei?"

"This voice..." Sergei was surprised to hear the familiar voice, but quickly reacted to who was answering him. "It's you! Lieutenant Li Boyong."

"I never expected you to be a member of Celestial Being!" Sergei's voice sounded quite shocked and angry. "Didn't you say you only wanted to live a stable and peaceful life with Second Lieutenant Shihe?"

Then, Sergei glanced at the Throne Drei fighting not far away. "Could it be that Second Lieutenant Shihe is in that machine?"

Sergei never expected that the two subordinates he had greatly appreciated back then were both members of Celestial Being.

"Acting recklessly with armed interventions everywhere, killing many former comrades in the military—is this the life you wanted?"

"This, it's a bit of a long story."

Facing Sergei's questioning, Li Boyong knew that because Shihe was piloting the Throne Drei, Sergei had misunderstood something, but this really couldn't be explained in a few words.

"Then surrender immediately; considering you helped the public during the space station incident, I will give you a chance to explain!"

The Xiong Shu issued an ultimatum, clearly still harboring a trace of compassion for Li Boyong.

Unfortunately, Li Boyong would not be captured without a fight.

"I'll explain it to you when there's a chance in the future."

The Flag's output was not as good as the GN-X's; just from this brief conversation, Li Boyong's machine had already been suppressed.

"Evasion!"

Seeing the GN-Xs flanking from left and right, preparing to fire, he hurriedly used a Spirit Command.

The Flag skillfully bypassed the GN-Xs, broke out of the suppressed state, and transformed into MA mode, successfully temporarily escaping the encirclement.

"Entangle him, don't let him run."

At the Xiong Shu's order, several GN-Xs flanked him again.

Under the concentrated fire of the GN-Xs, Li Boyong was forced to use transformation maneuvers to evade attacks, his speed was suppressed, and ultimately he failed to break away successfully.

"Excellent technique."

Watching Li Boyong skillfully pilot the Flag and hold on against the siege of so many GN-Xs, the Xiong Shu couldn't help but praise Li Boyong in his heart.

How many times was this mid-air transformation?

I'm afraid even the most elite Flag pilot of the Alliance might not be able to pilot the Flag so excellently.

It's just a pity that such talent ultimately fell into the evil path.

"Then at least, let me send you off!"

Sergei Smirnov, the Russian Bear, piloted his GN-X at maximum speed toward the Flag, like a final pounce after aiming at the prey's fatal weakness.

"Bad, too late..."

Li Boyong, amidst the dodging of beams, faced this lightning-fast strike and didn't even have time to draw his sword to parry.

If he hadn't used his final Evasion Command, barely avoiding the Xiong Shu's slash, the Flag's small frame would probably have been cut into two pieces by now.

But even after using the Spirit Command, he hadn't been able to completely dodge the strike; his left arm, along with the Defense Rod, was cut off.

After passing each other, Li Boyong, having lost his left arm, didn't retreat but advanced, instead pouncing toward the Xiong Shu's subordinates.

Rich battlefield experience allowed him to have no panic after the machine was damaged, instead finding the best combat plan at the fastest speed.

He cleverly swayed on the axis between the enemy and the Xiong Shu, making the Xiong Shu's subordinates afraid to fire at full power for fear of friendly fire.

While opening the distance from the Xiong Shu, he fired while approaching a GN-X.

"Damn it, actually looking down on me!"

The GN-X pilot targeted by Li Boyong also had a temper, directly drawing his sword and pouncing toward Li Boyong.

Unfortunately, he was dodged by Li Boyong's maneuver, breaking the encirclement again temporarily.

And the battle on Shihe's side also fell into a stalemate.

Even though Shihe displayed powerful combat strength, the GN-X was, after all, similar in performance to the Throne Gundam; facing the numerical gap and a very difficult Super Soldier, Shihe also gradually fell into a disadvantage.

"This guy's strength... could it be the Super Soldier in the report?"

Soma Peries's fearless entanglement caused Shihe a lot of trouble; this reaction speed could almost rival the best among Coordinators.

"A-Yong's side..."

Shihe watched Li Boyong fall into danger, but entangled as she was, she could only worry in vain.

Not good; as the battle progressed, she and Li Boyong were forced to be gradually separated.

If this continued, there was clearly a danger of being defeated one by one.

What to do?

Haven't Ptolemaios's reinforcements arrived yet?

Shihe was extremely anxious in her heart, but could only forcibly suppress her unease and fight the enemy in front of her with all her might.

If even she, who was holding back the majority of the enemies, were shot down, then Li Boyong would truly have no chance of escape.

The arduous battle continued, and Li Boyong, piloting the Flag, was once again flanked and caught up.

This time he was truly at his wit's end; his left arm and Defense Rod were cut off, and facing the beam fire, he had lost even his final parrying means; if he accidentally couldn't dodge, it would be the end of being shot down.

Similarly, missing an arm also affected the machine's balance and made it impossible for the machine to transform into MA mode.

That was why he was surrounded again, and it was an extremely unfavorable complete encirclement.

The Human Reform League's tactic after the encirclement was still the same trick: full-force fire cover, Xiong Shu pouncing to kill.

The same trick works twice on a Saint Seiya?

But unfortunately, this is the world of Gundam; simple tactics are the most direct and effective, and Li Boyong clearly could no longer dodge this fatal strike.

Just as he was about to be pierced and evaporated by the beam saber along with Wang Liumei, two thick red particle beams descended from the sky. ===== CHAPTER 132 =====