From their very first exchange, after watching the A2 Mecha fail to pursue Jiang Qiuqiu when they passed each other, Huo Jia knew from its speed that the pilot was bound to lose.
He couldn't catch her, and he had absolutely no chance of outlasting Jiang Qiuqiu in a battle of endurance.
Even when Huo Jia himself practiced with Jiang Qiuqiu, he was often overwhelmed by her immense and sustained spiritual power.
The longer the fight dragged on, the more it favored Jiang Qiuqiu.
Sure enough, after a half-hour stalemate and round after round of offensives, the A2 pilot was already showing signs of faltering. But the reaction speed of Jiang Qiuqiu's Mecha was exactly the same as before, completely unchanged.
A2: ...
'Perhaps this is despair.'
The hand gripping the sword trembled slightly.
He lunged with a slash, initiating a new round of attacks, but this time, Jiang Qiuqiu didn't dodge.
A strange, profound feeling washed over the A2 pilot. 'The match might just end here.'
