The Undying Mecha Emperor

You think the Military High Command is full of fools who would get caught in your weak ass attack twice in a row?" The tinman sneered as his limbless mecha appeared a couple hundred meters away.

Two hundred meters in a mere blink of an eye. His movement speed and acceleration were both godly!

Voooom!

The sonic boom only appeared a split second later.

"Astral Imprisonment! Kneel down in abject worship of me now!" The tinman shouted as his mecha eyes glowed a fearsome yellow.

Shreeeeeekkkkkkkkkk!!!!

The panels on his body and on the limbs which I had cut off earlier suddenly detached themselves and shot out towards my big bro!

Prak! Prak! Prak!

Although the move had a very high sounding name called "Astral Imprisonment", it was actually merely the coordinated movement of high density armor panels that could serve as a prison of sorts. It had nothing to do with stars, nor the power it affords us.

Still, as crude as it was, it certainly looked solid and effective.

For most white mechas, they would probably be held in place for many long moments, far, far too long in a high speed and high powered mecha battle.

It may not be a lethal move, but it certainly opened the door for every single lethal move available to be used upon its victim.

All things considered, it was a good move!

"Impressive. The Military High Command had developed its famed Autonomous Armor System to such a degree. Your research team is truly a source of pride for the Federation. But too bad for you, it is still nothing compared to the technology which my Academy has developed. Let me show you the REAL Astral Imprisonment!" My big bro said very calmly as Chronos shimmered for a brief moment before disappearing from sight.

"Hmph. You think you have monopoly in movement speed and acceleration! Chase!" The tinman snapped at my big bro and immediately sent his flying prison panels to chase down my big bro!

Like my big bro earlier, those panels shimmered and disappeared from my sight as well.

What followed was a high speed battle that was so fast it might as well be invisible.

None of us could follow the movements of the panels and of Chronos!

I was probably the only one able to somewhat follow the progress of the battle through the feedback of my highly advanced resonance with Chronos and those flying prison panels.

What I was able to sense completely astounded me.

I knew that the Academy had its own research and development team. I mean, how else did Jeanette Wen's fantastic Void Walker get its incredible skill that allowed it to send groups of mechas temporarily into a different space time continuum?

Or how did Chronos and its supreme time dilation skill get not only invented but also developed so amazingly into battle grade applications?

I knew that their research and development team must be insanely good.

But I had never figured out just how insane their insanely good was.

Until that moment.

Bear in mind that we have ONLY just finished our exploration and adventure from the ocean.

Literally JUST FINISHED.

And there Chronos was, already sporting not just one new killer move in the form of the Chrono Vortex, but two.

Yes.

Chronos had another secret move up its sleeve.

Nano Prison.

The Nano Prison was exactly as its name suggests.

It was a prison made up of nano particles. And what my big bro did in that particular battle against the flying prison panels was to simply unleash his nano particles to surround each and every panel.

And within a single minute, every single armor panel was captured by Chronos!

His nano particles permeated into every single nook and cranny of those flying prison panels and gave their control directly to my big bro.

And in a move completely filled with delicious irony, the flying prison particles turned around smartly and surrounded the limbless tinman in an instant.

"Weak." My big bro simply said with a well earned sneer.

"You!! You had breakthroughs in the applications of your nano particle technology? And you did not report them to the Military High Command? Traitor!!" The tinman shouted in shock as his rather slow brain finally realized that his ultimate move had been overpowered so completely and so miserably perfectly that his opponent even gained full control of it!

"Shut up and sit nicely down there in the practice field. I have the rest of your pathetic "Quick Respond Warriors" to capture." My big bro waved his hand and dumped the captured limbless tinman unceremoniously down to the ground.

Of course, as someone who hated inefficiencies and seeing good things to go waste, I did not hesitate in sending my red energy to rob the limbless tinman of everything its peak white mecha had of value.

Within a few short moments, I was savoring the delightful knowledge of ridiculously powerful flight systems which had common sense physical parameters blasted to smithereens.

The specs of the performance which its design afforded me was unlike anything I had witnessed before, and I completely suspected that Chronos' ultimate skill of time space dilation was based at least on several aspects on the tinman's technology.

"Impressive." I couldn't help but mumble.

However, I did not place much of my attention on my discoveries. The highly entertaining scene that was developing right in front of us students were still just at the beginnings of its white hot climax, and the fun had only just begun.

The medium mecha was no pushover, and its pilot had decided that the honor of the Military High Command needed to be defended, and completely without a word, he attacked.

And once more, the ancients got it right.

Still waters run deep.

The medium mecha's complete lack of words was an extremely sharp contrast to his fighting skill's complete lack of weaknesses!

Whoosh!

He disappeared from sight.

But instead of attacking as I thought he would, he actually kept his distance and brought out its rifle!

Pew! Pew! Pew!!

"Ah damn it. An efficient enemy." My big bro cursed a mere split second before he too disappeared from sight.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

From every single direction, rifle shot after rifle shot rang out and landed on every single weak spot in Chronos!

My big bro instantly sent Chronos on evasive maneuvers and tried his best to close the distance between him and the medium mecha.

But alas! Even though Chronos had the higher speed, the medium mecha moved in such a deceitfully erratic but strange movement pattern that Chronos found himself often overshooting from his intended target and allowed the medium mecha more time to remain alive! f𝘳ℯℯ𝙬𝒆𝚋𝐧oν𝑒Ɩ.c𝑜𝙢

"Too much speed." My big bro's voice rang out from my personal comms. "Reduce my acceleration by seventeen point three five percent exactly and my top speed by twelve point three percent exactly. I need my perfect handling back!"

As instructed, I lowered his power a little bit.

"Should I take care or weaken your enemy a little bit?" I asked him graciously.

"No." My big bro replied firmly. "These three punks are an eyesore to the Federation. I need to make sure I defeat them completely from my overflow of strength rather than rely on cheats. Afterall, after defeating them, I would still need to be able to recruit them into my faction. Or at least, do not hinder my faction from getting things done.

To do that, I need to defeat them fair and square."

Vroo! Vroo! Vroo!!

Unlike his extremely short fight with the tinman, his fight with the medium mecha took much, much longer.

And unlike his fight with the tinman, I could also sense some sort of respect and restraint in my big bro's actions.

Just who in the world was the pilot in the medium mecha?

Clang! Clang! Clang!! Vrooo!!

After receiving an instant tuning to his mecha's power, my big bro was finally able to close the distance and engage the medium mecha in close combat.

To my surprise, the medium mecha was actually able to match my big bro in terms of fighting skills!

He wielded his shield beautifully, blocking every single attack my big bro sent his way.

And his skill with the sword… Sublime.

"This is the power of a real professional soldier of the Chinese Federation?" My jaw dropped.

It was insane!

"Hey, that medium mecha is so skillful. He can actually fight Principal Bruce on even grounds? Impressive!" Eliana Wang shouted loudly.

"No. Justin withdrew his power boost on us to give it to the principal. That medium mecha is actually fighting with a disadvantage. And he is able to overcome it! He is… more skillful than the Principal! He is stronger than the Mecha God!" Margaret said softly in awe.

"Impossible! The Mecha God is the best fighter we have in the country! There is no way that there is a better fighter in the Military High Command. I refuse to believe it!" James said firmly.

But refuse as he might, the evidence was right in front of our eyes.

The fight was dead even!