Chapter 1221: Chapter 708: One More Second_4 Chapter 1221: Chapter 708: One More Second_4 Based on the situation when Bainesta was defeated just now, Tiffany Bell’s greatsword shouldn’t have been able to withstand the high-frequency impact of the Blade Mantis. But the fact was that she had already held on for several seconds, remaining as steady as a rock.

Although Nico Ross had already retreated to the distance and was once again surrounded by other Glenoid Tribe Battle Armors, his personal abilities, along with the cover from others, made his situation not as dangerous anymore.

Nico Ross was trying his best to kill the Glenoid Tribe armors that were swarming around him while also taking a few more glances at Tiffany’s side to discover the strangeness.

Tiffany had actually turned off the shield defense in the torso part of her armor entirely, allocating all the energy to her greatsword, turning it into both the strongest shield and the sharpest spear.

By actively distributing her energy in this way, Tiffany managed to eliminate the difference in armor performance between the two sides.

It put her in an extremely dangerous situation, but it was also the only practical way.

She couldn’t afford to make the slightest mistake at this moment. Even a tiny bit of lethality bypassing the greatsword to hit her would instantly destroy her completely.

But that never happened.

In front of Tiffany, the ferocious Blade Mantis could only act like a puppet on strings, unable to do anything about her.

Nico Ross gradually recalled what Instructor T had said to him a long time ago.

When a person’s intuitive ability becomes strong enough, they can rely solely on their five senses to form a nominally sixth sense, intuition.

Nico Ross was well aware of the logical principles behind intuition.

However, the intuition in Instructor T’s words was different. In addition to the subconscious choices born out of the self-evolution of human thought patterns, there was something else–“the hints from the universe.” This gave her the perfect prediction she claimed to have.

To achieve the current effect, it proved that she had the ability to make accurate judgments at least one second in advance.

One second of foresight would have been considered invincible in ancient martial arts matches.

But in a battle of armored combat that changed rapidly with thousands of maneuvers executed per second, it was a bit like a game of Chess: one player had just played their first move and the opponent had already seen through the entire board. How could they win?

In larger-scale battlefields, where both sides’ energy deployments go beyond certain magnitudes, and the damage and range of destruction are huge, Tiffany’s predictive abilities might not necessarily be so useful.

However, at this moment, the equipment used for combat between the two sides was a basic unit whose performance had been reduced countless times over.

Regardless of whether it was Tiffany’s humanoid armor or the miniature Blade Mantis facing her, in the real battlefield, they were merely cannon fodder–so insignificant that they wouldn’t even make a splash in a lake.

Focusing all her mental energy on controlling the low-performance armor while engaging in high-intensity combat further amplified Tiffany’s advantage provided by her foresight abilities.

No one had ever imagined that the fate of both humans and the Compound-Eyed Observers, who already possessed Star Destroyer Cannons and galaxy-destructive force, would be tethered to such a small-scale conflict on the Third Front.

Tiffany and the Blade Mantis were entangled for about twenty seconds. In that time, a thousand human fighters were already engaged in chaotic battles against enemies a hundred times their number.

On average, each person had to face a hundred times their number of enemies–it was indeed hard to endure.

Though Nico Ross, Needham Brown, the Glory Special Combat Team, the Flying Tiger Team, and the Wind God Special Combat Team, along with the elite members of various teams, leveraged their abilities to overwhelm the enemies in the melee, they couldn’t defeat them all. The enemies were too numerous and fearless, often swarming a human fighter, even if it meant sacrificing a few on their side to take down one of the humans.

With this conversion rate, the humans–already at a disadvantage in numbers–suffered even more.

Additionally, some Glenoid Tribe Battle Armors controlled by the ruling will saw how tough the human fighters were and cleverly retreated to the distance. They evolved long-range weapons inside their bodies and shot at the human armors from afar.

Within the time Tiffany had delayed the Blade Mantis, the situation in the narrow cave changed rapidly. A large group of humans was pushed into a corner, while the Glenoid Tribe Battle Armors formed a concave array in front of them, and beyond the array, the Glenoid Tribe armors equipped with long-range kinetic weapons and energy weapons formed a concentrated firing formation.

Needham Brown found an opportunity to approach Nico Ross and said, “This won’t do. You have to go.”

“Can’t leave.”

“Then what do we do? Wait for death? You can’t die.”

“I’m thinking.”

“What method can you think of? Don’t be delusional.”

“I think there are too many coincidences here.”

“That just means we’re plain unlucky! Idiot!”

As Needham Brown’s words fell, he suddenly moved to block in front of Nico Ross.

At the same time, six arms emerged from behind his armor, making it look like the Eight-Armed Demon God depicted in ancient mythology.

Each of Needham Brown’s arms held a blunt sword, crossing them in front of him to fend off oncoming attacks.

Almost simultaneously, the miniature Blade Mantis appeared, its two bladed arms stabbing forward like spears toward Nico Ross.

Luckily, Needham Brown had moved jus a moment earlier and blocked the center with his crossed swords.

Needham Brown had been watching Tiffany this whole time and also trying to learn from her.

This was the first time in his life trying to achieve nearly one second of foresight in his judgment, and he succeeded.