Marvel Riders

Chapter 728: Forced Destruction What was even more deadly was that the pilot’s cockpit of this humanoid mech was located right in the chest area; the powerful freezing beam had nearly frozen the cockpit solid as well! Fang Leng ceased his attack with the freeze cannon and launched a punch straight at the humanoid mech’s chest. “Clang! Crash!” Accompanied by the sound of shattering glass, the armor—already rendered extremely fragile by the freezing—completely shattered into a pile of ice-and-iron debris under the force of Fang Leng’s massive blow. The humanoid mech, with its entire chest—including the cockpit—nearly destroyed, collapsed once more. Having dealt with this humanoid mech, Fang Leng resumed attacking the others with the freeze cannon. The freeze cannon’s power was truly formidable; the freezing effect of its beams was exceptionally potent, proving highly effective against these heavily armored humanoid mechs. After all, once metal becomes too brittle at extremely low temperatures, it shatters easily. In quick succession, Fang Leng took down two more. Meanwhile, the energy display on the side of the cryogenic cannon indicated that its cryogenic energy was nearly depleted. “Let’s seize another one!” Fang Leng tossed the cryo-cannon aside and flew toward another cryo-armored soldier. The cryo-armored soldier saw through Fang Leng’s intentions and hurriedly used his jetpack to evade him. Fang Leng pursued relentlessly—how could he let such a prize, armed with such a useful weapon, get away? Having discovered the benefits of these cryo cannons, Fang Leng no longer found the cryo-armored soldiers a headache; their weapons were, in fact, extremely effective. In contrast, the Half-Mammoth Armored Soldier class was truly a nuisance; its weaponry was integrated with its armor, making it extremely difficult to capture and use. Closing in on the cryo-armored soldier, he picked up speed and finally caught up to him. “Don’t even think about running, you bastard!” Fang Leng shouted. The Cryo-Armored Soldier knew his end was near; after all, this unit wasn’t designed for aerial combat to begin with. The jetpack was merely an auxiliary feature—not to mention Fang Leng, but even standard mainline fighters could outpace him. But as one of Pioneer Technology’s top-tier elite warriors, he possessed a fierce pride. He was absolutely unwilling to let Fang Leng take him down so easily. Self-destruction—that was the best option! He stopped fleeing and came to a halt. Fang Leng noticed the oddity in his behavior; under these circumstances, there was only one possible reason for him to stop. If he couldn’t win, then there was only one option left... But Fang Leng wasn’t about to let him off that easily. Seizing the moment with his current speed and strength, he delivered a powerful punch to the opponent’s arm, seizing the cryogenic cannon in the process. Then, mid-air, he executed a beautiful roundhouse kick, sending the already self-destructing cryogenic soldier flying. Without looking back, Fang Leng flew off in the opposite direction! The self-destruction had a slight delay—three seconds—during which the cryogenic energy canisters the soldier carried exploded with astonishing force. Instantly, a staggering burst of freezing energy erupted in the sky above the area; the intense cold energy stood out starkly against the sunlight. Instantly, a massive amount of ice chunks and ice crystals scattered into the surrounding air and onto the ground. Even as he self-destructed and died, the cryogenic soldier couldn’t believe that Fang Leng had managed to seize his cryogenic cannon at the very last critical moment. Having seized yet another cryogenic cannon, Fang Leng used it to continue his assault. He flew to the back of a humanoid mech and unleashed a barrage of fire from the cryogenic cannon at its rear armor. Under this intense barrage, the enemy’s back armor became significantly weakened, and Fang Leng seized the opportunity to deliver a fierce punch directly into it. The defensive capabilities of this Pioneer Technology humanoid mech were actually quite strong, but it remained significantly more vulnerable when attacked by the freeze cannon. Moreover, the one delivering this heavy punch was Fang Leng, whose punching power ranged from over ten tons to as much as thirty or forty tons. If a weaker opponent had delivered the blow, it might not have been fatal, but after being frozen, Fang Leng’s strike was a sure kill. “Boom!” The humanoid mech was destroyed and crashed to the ground. No sooner had he taken down the humanoid mech than four beams from plasma machine guns began firing at him. It was those two half-human mammoth-armored soldiers. The two half-mammoth armored soldiers switched the weapons on their right arms to powerful, sustained-fire plasma machine guns and opened fire on Fang Leng. Although these half-mammoth armored soldiers specialized in heavy ground combat—so much so that they weren’t even equipped with jet packs—they possessed formidable defenses and overwhelming firepower. They used plasma incinerators against swarms of enemies, armored units, and heavy fortifications; plasma machine guns to strike high-speed, mobile targets; and heavy armored shields in close combat. They were essentially single-soldier mobile fortresses. However, Fang Leng had a plan to deal with them—the cryo cannon in his hand could be used to take them down. Fang Leng ceased engaging the humanoid mechs and flew toward the two half-human, half-mammoth armored soldiers, aiming his cryo-cannon at them. As he pulled the trigger, a powerful beam of cryogenic energy blasted from the cannon’s muzzle. The half-mammoth armored soldiers on the ground had already raised their heavy shields to block the attack. Standing five meters tall, the half-mammoth armored soldiers held shields only two meters high—insufficient to cover their entire bodies, but still capable of protecting some vital areas. The cryo-cannon’s energy struck the shield, but the weapon’s secondary freezing effect extended to the surrounding area, rendering the heavy shield’s protection largely ineffective. Fang Leng used the freeze cannon to rapidly freeze these two half-mammoth armored soldiers one after another. However, the advanced high-tech metal armor on these two half-mammoth armored soldiers possessed formidable resistance and strength—it was actually more freeze-resistant than the armor of those heavy mechs. They even managed to break free from the ice that had frozen onto their bodies. But even the strongest have their limits. Fang Leng drained nearly all the energy from his freeze cannon and finally turned the two Half-Mammoth Armored Soldiers into two blocks of ice. Fang Leng tossed aside the freeze cannon, which was nearly out of energy, and charged headlong toward the two half-mammoth armored soldiers. These two formidable warriors were now trapped within their ice blocks, unable to move an inch. Although their armor offered high resistance, it had become extremely fragile. “Clang!” Fang Leng’s fists and body slammed violently into the two massive ice blocks. The half-mammoth armored soldiers, already frozen and significantly weakened, were reduced to a pile of shattered ice mixed with metal and flesh under the force of his punches.