The shotgun slug along with the laser beams had damaged the armor on its flanks and created a few new weak points, but that was all. It was the next attacks that became a lot more serious.
Two gouts of flames started to engulf the centaur mech as it continued to hone in on the source of the attacks.
The flames not only blinded a lot of sensors, but also applied a small but steady amount of damage to the centaur mech's front.
The massive injury it suffered on its front during its previous match became aggravated as the hasty repairs conducted by Team Danilov proved insufficient to stop the flames from damaging the internals!
However, the activation of the flamethrowers completely exposed the position of the Furia.
Even through all of the interference, the Lancernaut clearly identified where it needed to go in order to impale the hybrid mech!
It charged forward with renewed speed despite all of the damage it was taking. Its pilot trusted in the armor and the solid construction of the centaur mech and concentrated solely on making its lance hit the mark!
"There!"
The Furia cut short its flames and jumped to the side at the most critical timing!
Bobby Orwell had to pick his timing extremely well.
Too soon and the Lancernaut would merely change its course in time.
Too late and the Lancernaut merely had to go straight forward to ensure a devastating hit!
What happened next caused many spectators to hold their breaths in excitement.
At first, the Lancernaut changed its direction, only to stumble for a minor moment as it briefly lost its balance and its smooth trajectory.
It turned out that its forelegs had inadvertently landed on the missile launchers that the Furia had just purged!
This caused the mech to slow down just a bit while its pilot lost his concentration.
Though the interruption was ultimately fairly minor, the delay bought the Furia enough time to evade the charge entirely!
As the centaur mech passed through without producing any results, the hybrid mech it passed by immediately opened fire with its shotgun and its integrated laser weapons!
The centaur mech incurred even more damage, this time on its sizable horse body.
It was hard to miss such a large target, and the Lancernaut was capable of performing evasive maneuvers like a conventional humanoid mech.
This was why the centaur mech turned around and commenced another charge as soon as possible!
The Furia came under threat once again. This time it did not have the benefit of the smoke cloud anymore as its own flames had burned or blown away the majority of its concealment.
As the Lancernaut closed in once again, the mech continually received hit after hit. The attacks targeting its main weak point were blocked by the shield held by the centaur mech's other humanoid arm.
However, this still left it unable to protect the hole that had been produced by previous attacks!
Since the centaur mech was unable to sway too much from side to side as it was building up momentum, quite a few attacks managed to exacerbate this damage!
From laser beams to shotgun pellets, the Lancernaut endured abuse that would have caused a light mech to falter.
However, the centaur mech continued to go strong as its internals were far too robust to fall apart after getting hit by a few attacks!
By the time Lancernaut had come close enough, the Furia failed to inflict enough damage!
"Evade!"
This time, the hybrid mech jumped to the right!
Though the timing was good, the pilot of the Lancernaut activated the special feature of the machine.
The legs of the centaur mech stomped the floor at an angle and forcibly pushed itself to the right!
Its steps thundered loud while its mechanical legs groaned under all of the powerful forces pressing onto their construction.
The centaur mech managed to turn by 53 degrees this time!
While it was not as good as before, it was still enough for it to pierce its lance through the Furia, if only barely!
The sudden redirection had caused the Lancernaut to lose a considerable amount of speed and momentum, but its remaining power was more than enough for its weapon to pierce through the frame!
[The Furia is struck!]
[Wait! The attack did not manage to take out the Larkinson hybrid completely. It only took out its arm!]
The arm of the Furia shattered from its shoulder, causing the hybrid mech to lose a flamethrower but fortunately nothing more.
Bobby Orwell had commanded his mech to jump to the right for a purpose, because that would allow him to preserve the shotgun-wielding arm of his hybrid mech as best as possible!
Just as the centaur mech passed by, the hybrid mech took control of its spinning form and shot its weapon at the distancing beast mech!
This time, the slug struck one of the Lancernaut's rear legs, causing it to slow down and falter!
The abuse it suffered from trying to forcibly change its direction along with the damage it incurred over several matches had caused a few important components to break!
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