Jiu Ling silently prepared to open up the distance. When facing such unpredictable opponents, the mecha's potential for unexpected incidents far exceeded the pilot's own strengths. As long as she could limit the Phantom 2000's propensity for barrel bursts, the opponent's abilities were not worrisome. With this in mind, she quickly created distance between them as soon as the battle began.
The Phantom 2000 did not choose to immediately pursue. To the machine with a 0% chance of victory, any method was sufficient to take down the opponent, even with its feet. Sha Meng, the Jungle Ranger Stage Rogue, did not even deign to chase after her, for this was only a Sky Ladder matchmaking stage. Since Jiu Ling's data from defeating previous opponents was not recorded, it gave Sha Meng the impression—or rather the illusion—that she was very weak.