Bang! Bang! Bang!
Another three gunshots rang out in quick succession. Ju Mang, still asleep, twitched as the bullets struck, blowing off a small portion of his skull, splattering brain tissue onto the ground.
Everything happened too fast, too suddenly. From the first bullet to the fourth, from Ju Mang and the terror of the deep sea falling asleep to a headshot, the entire process took less than two seconds.
The Saints present didn't even see the trajectory of the bullets. With their eyesight, they should have easily been able to capture the bullets' path.
This left Xia Zuo and the others bewildered and astonished. Smiles even lingered on their faces. No one could have imagined that a Rank 6 peak Saint would die so quickly, without even a chance to resist.
In less than two seconds, a legendary Beast King had perished on the spot, returning to The Way of the Extraordinary!
Xia Zuo and the others stared stiffly at the source of the sound. It was Cocktail, the tall, thin young man with extremely disproportionate features, holding a large-caliber black hunting rifle halfway up.
The muzzle was still smoking.
This Chaotic said with a "heh," "I've been waiting for you for a long time. Death in the night means the Beast King's passive skill can't activate."
He turned the gun and blew a dashing puff of smoke. Bang! Clang…
Vinnie continued, "Of course, at first you still trusted him, until he suggested using the Sky Eye, and you realized he was acting strange. So you decided to play along, willingly accepting the price of the Sky Eye and actively asking him to protect you, to test whether he was a spy. Looks like you guessed right."
"Do you know why you rested there instead of leaving immediately?" Vinnie glanced at the secret room door and smirked, "The Way of the Extraordinary didn't lock the door when it left."
Suddenly, he raised his hand without warning, a lightning ball rapidly forming in his palm, and slammed it toward Vinnie's crown: "The Free Alliance's target is you!"
"Why me?" Vinnie stopped cracking her whip and tensed defensively.
"Surprise is the key to hunting."
In their eyes, there was no need to continue this battle unless they wanted to return to Qian Ning sooner.
Yinxi Lu stood a few meters away, not urging her to leave the secret room, guarding the surroundings while casually asking:
A competent illusionist would never miss the chance to exploit an enemy's mental turmoil.
The lightning ball exploded against the shield's surface, leaving a scorched mark. The massive shockwave blew away the shield, and Vinnie with it.
At that moment, Typhon, who had lunged to the edge of the sleeping domain, glanced back at Ju Mang's corpse. The area was shrouded in night, and Ju Mang's body was blurred, as was the chaotic oil painting. "Too bad, there was only one Dominator-quality item."
Vinnie, with her head lowered, also unexpectedly grabbed a white iron shield and held it above her head.
It was too late for Vinnie Law Mage to react. How fast is lightning? Unless one could predict its trajectory, even a Dominator couldn't avoid it after it appeared.
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It was a testament to the saying, "Fate is unpredictable."
Her pupils were glazed and vacant, like those of a person born blind.
Vinnie Law Mage sat cross-legged by the pillar, wiping the blood and tears from her face with a wet wipe.
Vinnie said calmly, "The Evil faction also has demigods."
Sleeping Magic Bullet!
Their actions triggered a chain reaction, and two more Saints from civilian organizations chose to desert.
Si Lin, whose hairline was a bit high, smiled:
Cocktail, the Newspaper Boy, shrugged. "Couldn't get a sneak attack, there was only a split-second chance. One item is one item, at least the other one returned to Qian Ning."
"And the oldest of you isn't even eighty years old, so it's unlikely you're connected to the Free Alliance, which has been around for over a hundred years. It wasn't until Ju Mang told you that the Free Alliance could corrupt the spirits of the Lawful faction and distort their perceptions in a short amount of time, that you thought I was onto them."
Si Lin said, "New Hope is the headquarters of the Church of the Sea God, with a demigod and a peak Dominator stationed there. Why would the Evil faction dare to attack there?"
The Sleeping Magic Bullet was given by the Church of the Night. The bullet was made of special materials, engraved with sleeping incantations, and sealed with the power of a Night profession. It was a Dominator-quality consumable.
As soon as he finished speaking, a figure wearing a mink coat pushed open the iron door, planted a longsword into the ground, and proclaimed:
"Indoor combat rules: no lightning allowed!"
The latter twitched his ear, quickly opened his inventory, grabbed a fish-scale cloak, and covered himself.
"What are your plans now? I mean, how do you plan to spend the seven days of blindness?"
The shirt at her lower abdomen was torn, revealing a fair and uneven abdomen that was charred and carbonized.
Then Cocktail would lie in wait to ambush them, the person who fired the shot had to be Cocktail, no one else. Because the Chaotic can exploit rules, making the trajectory disappear.
The price of the fish scales was that after eight minutes of use, the skin would fester and grow fish scales, and it was irreversible.
The Saints of the Evil faction looked at this scene with derision. Their targets were those peak Saints. As for ordinary Saints, let them escape, it was good to have fewer nuisances.
"Yes, because he made a serious mistake and was almost replaced by headquarters." Vinnie smiled mockingly, "In the eyes of The Way of the Extraordinary, the most important thing isn't his son, but power and status. He'd use his own son's life to gain trust, but he'd never risk his own power."
The short knife left behind by the Celestial Worthy of Primordial Beginning would return to Qian Ning upon Ju Mang's death. Although there was no way to obtain it, the enemy suffered a heavy loss, which was a big win for us.
"No one will come to save you. All the Dominators of the New Hope Lawful faction are under our surveillance and are paying attention to the battle at the harbor, ready to provide support at any time.
"Of course, there's another reason to kill you..."
Si Lin paused, then shrugged: "Hmm?"
"I knew he was a spy all along."
"No one would have thought that Minister Vinnie of the Celestial Punishment headquarters would be assassinated at this moment. And don't even think about escaping. My choosing to kill you in this secret room means your death is inevitable."
Si Lin's beautiful physique wasn't considered strong. Those whose profession titles included the word "Mage" were usually squishy.
While hesitating, a tiger's roar came from the direction of the lighthouse, deep and resonant, echoing through the white-night-covered harbor.
Vinnie tilted her head, facing Yinxi's direction. "What are you worried about?"
"Pfft!"
Vinnie had lost her sight and couldn't see Yinxi's charge-up, let alone his throwing motion, so she naturally couldn't predict his attack.
Moreover, once they scattered and fled, the item left behind by Ju Mang would definitely fall into the hands of the Evil faction, resulting in a significant loss, with no hope of turning the tide.
"Demigod against demigod, and the location is the harbor. The Evil faction's demigod might not be able to suppress the Sea Emperor. The best outcome for the Free Alliance would be a draw, then gain an advantage in the Saint-level battle. But there's no need to make such a big fuss just to slaughter Saints, because a Dominator could die if they're not careful, and the return isn't proportional to the risk."
To ensure they could hunt Ju Mang, the Free faction had prepared two trump cards, one of which was in his hand, but it wasn't the hunting rifle. The hunting rifle was just an ordinary weapon, the real deal was the bullet that had just been fired.
Everyone's attention was drawn to the tiger's roar, including the Saints who had fled.
She rolled away, spitting out blood.
No one in their right mind would want to return to Qian Ning.
Yinxi Lu nodded. "That's not a bad idea."
Alas, I don't know how the battle at the harbor is going. I'm a little worried."
Yinxi raised an eyebrow. "Why not The Way of the Extraordinary? Let me guess... hmm, because his son died?"
Her body immediately manifested a layer of illusory fish scales, blocking the all-destroying hurricane. Then, Vinnie pulled out a clod of brownish-yellow earth.
Xia Zuo, Noss, Reilly Eugene, and the others quickly exchanged glances, caught in a dilemma.
His face was full of disbelief.
"Killing him allows the Free Alliance to deal with your grandfather, while the Celestial Punishment is busy retaliating against the Free faction. No one will notice that a veteran Dominator who has been retired for over a decade is being attacked by us."
"But in terms of the number of high-level The Way of the Extraordinary practitioners, the Church of the Sea God is always at an advantage." Yinxi Lu said in a deep voice:
For a Dominator, aerial flight is the most basic ability.
Vinnie Law Mage said, "Home. Grandfather will protect me. You should know that no one can break into my grandfather's manor."
Emily looked at Ju Mang's corpse, shrouded in darkness, with some regret and disappointment. Regret that such a high-quality man had died so easily, and disappointment that he had held a certain expectation of him, but it turned out to be such a farce.
At the same time, she condensed basketball-sized lightning balls, suspended around her, forming a protective net to prevent close-range attacks.
The Saints of the Lawful faction looked incomparably ugly.
"The Free Alliance's real targets are you and Ju Mang. Killing you will weaken the New Hope branch of the Celestial Punishment to the greatest extent. Killing Ju Mang will get at least one Dominator-level item, and at worst will cause the Celestial Punishment to lose two Dominator items and a Rank 6 Saint."
Yinxi Lu waved his feather fan. Instantly, a strong wind rose in the secret room, and a small hurricane rose from the ground, mixing with wind blades like garrotes, sweeping towards the blinded and injured Vinnie.
While rolling, Vinnie activated her Spiritual Power, saying love to lightning. As she said this, she suddenly threw the spear in her hand. A flash of lightning illuminated the secret room.
"I just said it, New Hope is the territory of the Church of the Sea God, with the Church of the Sea God watching. There's no return from the battlefield there." Yinxi quietly condensed a lightning spear. The opponent was also Si Linmei, extremely sensitive to lightning Spiritual Power: biqupai.c0m
Vinnie struggled to raise her head, looking at the Administrative Minister:
Yinxi Lu looked around, slowly approached Vinnie, and whispered, "You mean..."
The good show has just begun... Listening to Typhon's hoarse laughter, the Lawful Saints present looked at each other, feeling a strong sense of fear, unable to resist the urge to flee, to retreat.
This was the Nightmare Tapir and the Leader of the Tongtian Sect amplifying their fear, eroding their fighting spirit and determination. Ju Mang, as a general of the Lawful faction and the core powerhouse of this battle, had died so easily, causing a huge impact on the Saints of the Lawful faction.
Vinnie finally frowned. "Minister Yinxi, what do you mean?"
On the top floor of the lighthouse stood a majestic and spirited piebald tiger, with the night as its backdrop and the lighthouse as its throne, its glaring eyes cold and merciless, like a high and mighty monarch overlooking rebellious subjects.
"In the beginning, I thought there was a spy from the Free Alliance among the Dominators of the branch, because every Dominator is carefully cultivated by headquarters and has passed a rigorous review. They are absolutely trusted comrades.
Yinxi Lu was very clear about what methods and items Minister Vinnie, whom he had worked with for many years, had. He was happy to delay, smiling:
Vinnie's lower abdomen was struck by the lightning spear, and the powerful impact sent her flying, spitting out blood.
Under this circumstance, fleeing would inevitably lead to pursuit, and give the Evil faction a chance to defeat them one by one. Those who were chased would surely die.
The moment the bullet exploded, it would form a sleeping domain within a radius of seventy meters, lasting for seven minutes. Even Dominator-level powerhouses would have a hard time resisting the sleepiness, let alone Saints.
Fortunately, as a Qian Ning Lu, she had a strong resistance to lightning damage. She took the spear head-on and was only seriously injured, not killed on the spot.
As for the subsequent headshot bullets, they were conventional bullets. In the sleeping domain, all Spiritual Power would fall asleep, and all skills would lose their effect. Conventional bullets would not be restricted.
But if they retreated, they would have to call for reinforcements. The Lawful faction had arranged reinforcements in the distance, but ordinary Saints had little effect, unless a certain number of peak Saints or Dominator-level powerhouses came, it would be difficult to change the course of the battle.
The two defensive items stacked together completely blocked the hurricane.
In just over ten seconds, the fighting spirit of the three Saints from civilian organizations completely dissipated. After exchanging glances, they tacitly turned around and ran.
Otherwise, the bullet couldn't possibly "approach" a peak Saint.
This time, Yinxi took out a white feather fan, smiling:
Her body suddenly sank, almost half-crouching on the ground. It seemed the earth was very heavy, pressing down on her.
"Yinxi!" Vinnie's mouth was stained with blood, and she gritted her silver teeth. "I didn't expect it to be you."
Vinnie listened for the sound and whipped her whip, but she whipped at empty air. The whip had been dodged, and there was no sound of footsteps. Clearly, the other party was suspended in the air.
"The good show has just begun. Are you ready to return to Si Lin, Lawful faction girls?"
Vinnie seemed to have thought of something, and her face changed.
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