Open fire?
Faced with the charging Ji Xinghe, the lone Duke level Imperial mecha's first reflex is to open fire.
It boasts a brave firepower weapon system on its mecha.
But if it fires carelessly and kills Ji Xinghe, its family would suffer...
Meet the attack head-on.
The Duke level Imperial mecha made a decision, not because it thought it could win against Ji Xinghe, but because it believed it could hold out until the other two Dukes arrived for support.
The distance wasn't far, and it firmly believed it could hold on.
What it hadn't considered was, it thought it couldn't beat Ji Xinghe, and the other two Imperial Dukes thought the same.
Their pursuit of Ji Xinghe noticeably slowed.
Ji Xinghe's mecha was running out of energy, a fact they were all certain of. How long could Ji Xinghe hold on under the risk of his mecha malfunctioning at any moment?
Perhaps in the midst of the fight, Ji Xinghe's mecha would be like those three Marquis level mechas, unable to move.