This is a soul-piercing interrogation.
The screams echoed into their ears, filling them with dread.
But everyone knew what would happen if they tried to save them!
Those two survivors…
Bai Ye hadn't been unable to kill them; he had deliberately left them alive!
Bang!
The gunshots rang out again, and the four hiding felt their hearts stop for half a second. Then, as expected, the screams rose once more.
A woman peeked her head out from the side.
The next instant, the man lying in the pool of blood seemed to grasp at a lifeline, his body inching towards the woman.
"Save me, save me, please, save me…"
The woman's face showed compassion, but just as she was about to rise, a burly man beside her grabbed her shoulder.
The burly man shook his head at the woman. They didn't know Bai Ye's location, and standing up now would be suicide.
But the woman's emotions seemed to have broken. She roared, "This guy is a devil, a scoundrel, a madman! He's doing this on purpose. He could kill them, but he's not. He's deliberately torturing them, and he's deliberately torturing us too!"
After her angry roar, the woman suddenly stood up from behind the hillside and, gesturing randomly in one direction, shouted, "Airwave!"
A faint, almost transparent sphere suddenly appeared and shot into the woods, hitting a large tree and instantly snapping it. The power seemed considerable.
"Too bad…" Bai Ye chuckled. "Wrong direction!"
Bang!
Bai Ye pulled the trigger again. However, due to the woman's hysterical movements, this shot only hit her shoulder blade.
The woman screamed and clutched her shoulder.
The burly man from before quickly reached out, trying to pull her back, but…
Bang!
The gunshot sounded again. This time, Bai Ye accurately hit the woman's head. A gush of blood sprayed out, splattering the burly man's face.
The burly man stared blankly for a moment, then looked at the woman's corpse and roared in fury, "Scoundrel, scoundrel, scoundrel!"
The other two also fell silent, turning their heads away, unable to bear looking at the corpse.
Bai Ye re-aimed and muttered, "Angry? In pain? Want to kill me? Then come out. How can you kill me if you don't come out?"
After speaking, Bai Ye pulled the trigger again.
Bang!
The bullet hit the man in the pool of blood on the back. The man screamed again.
However, his screams were significantly weaker than before. Due to excessive blood loss, the two men were barely breathing, extremely weak. Even groaning was a luxury.
But this only made the suffering of the three survivors more intense.
They were watching him shoot them, one by one, in front of their eyes!
"Scoundrel, scoundrel, scoundrel…" The burly man pounded the ground in anger and then shouted, "If you have the guts, come out and fight us! What's the point of hiding?"
Bang!
The next gunshot responded to the burly man's roar, but Bai Ye's shot once again hit the man in the pool of blood.
The man no longer had the strength to even groan; only his twitching body proved he was still alive.
"I can't take it anymore!"
A man roared and suddenly leaped out from the hillside, moving in a serpentine pattern towards his two companions, intending to pull them into the blind spot of the hill.
But…
"That's right, vent your anger, and then…" Bai Ye pulled the trigger. "Say hello to King Yama for me!"
Bang!
The moment Bai Ye pulled the trigger, the gunshot sounded again.
As the man reached the pool of blood and grabbed his companions' arms, blood splattered from his head, and he fell to the side.
"To the left!" the burly man shouted, his eyes wide, then leaping out from behind the hillside and onto the slope. "He's to the left!"
The remaining two leaped onto the hillside and entered the forest, running quickly.
Bai Ye observed the two through the scope. He had to admit, they were quite experienced, employing irregular movements and using the dense trees for cover. It wouldn't be easy for Bai Ye to hit them.
Of course, Bai Ye still held the advantage. If one shot wasn't enough, he had two; if two weren't enough, he had three…
Bai Ye had the geographical advantage and plenty of opportunities to shoot, while the opponents would be finished if hit even once. Furthermore, they had only pinpointed Bai Ye's general direction, not his exact location. After all, the Death Strike had a camouflage effect, making it difficult to pinpoint Bai Ye precisely.
However, Bai Ye suddenly straightened up, began to dismantle the scope, loosened the strap, and leisurely put the rifle back into its case, then jumped down from the tree.
Having lost the camouflage effect of the Death Strike, Bai Ye was immediately exposed to the two. The burly man, being slightly further away, adjusted his direction and charged towards Bai Ye. As for the other man, he was running directly towards Bai Ye's position.
"Beastification!"
The opponent hesitated not at all, roaring directly. Fur suddenly grew on his body, his fingernails transforming into wild beast claws, and his speed drastically increased. He charged towards Bai Ye.
At a distance of about three and a half meters, the man suddenly leaped up, raising his claws.
Bai Ye, however, stood beneath the tree, holding his rifle case, motionless, as if frozen in fear.
Then…
As the opponent fell…
Pfft!
A streak of silver light suddenly appeared from the side, piercing the man's throat and erupting in a spray of blood in mid-air.
The man's eyes widened, and he fell from the air, his gaze fixed in anger. To his death, he never understood what had happened. The Frost Sword then flew back to Bai Ye's side, hovering beside him.
Bai Ye put down the rifle case, drew his Serrated Blade, and looked at the last burly man.
Bang!
Bai Ye exerted force with both legs, shooting forward. He swept his Serrated Blade horizontally. The vibrating blade touched the surrounding trees, easily cutting them down, one after another.
The last burly man's heart leaped. He quickly stopped, pulled out three bamboo-tube-shaped objects from his waist pouch, and threw them out.
"Floating Puppets, attack!"
Those three bamboo tubes were clearly puppets painted with human faces. Upon receiving the command, they flew directly towards Bai Ye. One could see that the edges of the bamboo tubes were inlaid with a dense circle of small blades.
Then…
Bai Ye swung his blade fiercely. The Serrated Blade brought a streak of silver light through the air, easily slicing the three floating puppets in half. Following this, Bai Ye leaped up and appeared before the burly man.
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