A Top Scholar in Everything-Chapter 832 - 818: The Enemy in the Shadows

Seeing Baiyu disappear once again, Aura's forehead veins bulged, his eyes turned red, and his heart was incredibly anxious.

Just as Baiyu thought.

Indeed, using "Substitution" does take a toll, and it's not a small one. Two uses had already left him mentally exhausted. If he continued to use it...

Bang!

As he was thinking, a mechanized large blade slashed close to his face. Luckily, his adjutant pulled him aside, otherwise, this blow would have cut him in two.

Monster!

Aura was drenched in cold sweat. He had never encountered such a troublesome mutant, with terrifying speed, destructive power, and ghostly movement. Each quality was incredibly difficult to deal with. If it weren't for his life-saving ability, he might have been killed already.

"Quite alert, but wait a moment, you might not be so lucky. Still not using your abilities, you might just get killed."

Baiyu had a cruel smile on his face, wielding the giant Chain Saw Blade with both hands. He targeted Aura's head, swinging it over. At this distance, with Baiyu's speed, Aura couldn't possibly dodge the strike.

Crack.

Blood splattered.

Under Baiyu's blow, Aura's body was split in two, but when the corpse fell to the ground, it turned back into the form of an ordinary soldier. Not far away, Aura emerged again, his face filled with terror.

He stared intently at Baiyu, already thinking of running away, but reason told him that with Baiyu's speed and explosive power, there was no way he could outrun him.

"No wonder Cres died at this kid's hands. Such terrifying power has certainly reached the threshold of a Level One mutant. Damn, where's Cangying? Hurry up, I'm barely holding on."

Aura's eyes were fierce, like a wounded tiger, thinking of how to inflict maximum damage on the enemy before being killed.

At that moment, Baiyu started charging at him again.

Aura gritted his teeth, preparing to use the third function of his genetic ability, but midway, Baiyu suddenly stopped.

Bang!

A piercing gunshot echoed from the dense forest nearby. A blazing white beam shot from the gunshot's origin towards Baiyu's location, melting through every stone and tree in its path, leaving nothing unscathed.

This was why Baiyu had stopped!

As he intended to continue attacking Aura, the Black Moon Mark began to emit a scorching heat, and another genetic ability was activated.

Genetic Ability: Beast Intuition.

This ability made him keenly aware of danger, allowing him to dodge just in time. The shot was meticulously calculated to hit him on his path. If he hadn't stopped, he would've been hit.

Even in the "Supernatural Speed" state, the sniper hidden in the shadows found a threat far greater than Aura.

Baiyu remained vigilant.

The shot was to stop his pursuit of Aura, not a genuine attack. The real deadly strike was coming next, and carelessness could land him in real trouble.

With Baiyu

Bang! Bang!

After dodging the first shot, two more shots followed, aimed at Baiyu. Beast Intuition gave him strong warnings, but Baiyu felt these shots were unavoidable. No matter which direction he dodged, he'd get hit.

This feeling lingered in his mind, impossible to shake off.

Baiyu squinted, sensing something amiss. The hidden sniper must be a mutant, with abilities likely related to shooting or marksmanship.

Still, there was no time left.

The blazing beams came again, and locked every evasion path around Baiyu.

A water-blue light screen gradually appeared.

The beams hit the water screen, exploding with strong impact force, sending Baiyu flying hard onto the ground. Though the impact was strong, it had not caused Baiyu much harm.

However, the water screen around him shattered.

This showed that the Water Pattern genetic ability had been pierced and couldn't be reused shortly. If the opponent attacked again, he would have a hard time blocking it.

And at this moment.

Aura got excited once more.

He licked his lips, coldly staring at Baiyu ahead, and shouted angrily to the soldiers around him, "Get it together, everyone, attack together, kill him!!"

As the words fell.

The company's soldiers charged forward like Death Warriors. Besides them, captured members of the Wildfire Organization transformed, becoming monstrous humanoid figures charging at Baiyu.

Those lacking strong willpower couldn't resist Aura's control. Under Aura's constant influence, the Wildfire members were gradually controlled. Though not completely controlled yet, amidst the urgent situation, it was a golden chance to kill Baiyu, an opportunity he wouldn't give up.

Soon, a group of monsters surrounded Baiyu, some shooting from afar, others engaging in close combat. Multiple influences from Aura's ability left them without independent thought.

"Damn it, not an easy fix."

Baiyu's hands sparked with lightning again, striking into the charging crowd, only for them to suffer charred skin, remaining unaffected in movement.

They had become stronger.

The ability of the elite leader was to continuously enhance the state of those around, similar to a group buff monster.

In games, these were prioritized targets. But Baiyu couldn't kill him because any execution attempt would give the hidden sniper a chance to attack him.

Yet, if he killed him.

Simply fortifying wasn't an option, with the once easy battle becoming complex after the sniper joined.

"Wang Shenghua, don't let me down."

Baiyu could only use the Chain Saw Blade to start slaughtering the monsters one by one.

Meanwhile.

In the dense jungle, Wang Shenghua's eyes were icy, transforming into a phantom, enabling her to largely ignore collisions with objects. As soon as the sniper fired, she floated toward the shooter's location.

This was something she and Baiyu had agreed upon—a plan of one in the open, one in the shadows. Should there be enemies in the shadows, she'd handle it.

"Is there nothing?"

Wang Shenghua searched around the origin of the gunshot, but found no enemy.

However.

As she turned, a dark muzzle of a gun was pressed against her head.