Global Game: I Can Choose Instance Rewards-Chapter 566 - 382: Death and Retreat
The flash of the blade shimmered through the intangible air, effortlessly slicing through the neck of the arrogant undead esper, Spirit. The young man, who theoretically should have died over a hundred times, showed a hint of surprise in his eyes.
However, accustomed to facing "death," his surprise was merely about the source of this attack, and not the fact that his head was severed and fell to the ground. After all, in his view, no matter what kind of "injury," it could be restored to its original state in a blink of an eye.
"Tu! There’s a hidden enemy!"
Beneath the plaza, the bespectacled young man immediately alerted the short, plump middle-aged man next to him. Although he shared most of his perceptual vision with his companion, he remained vigilant in scouting the entire battlefield.
"I saw it. Hurry and find their hiding spot. I’ll see if I can find a way to deal with it."
The short and plump middle-aged man used his earth elemental abilities to support the allies on the ground while urging his companion to scout quickly.
The two maintained a high level of spiritual concentration, but neither was worried that the situation of the beheaded young man from their vision would deteriorate.
For they had long understood from past experiences that he was an indestructible Xiaoqiang, whom even their organization’s leader could only restrain with special means, and could not truly kill.
Therefore, they paid no attention to Spirit’s situation, naturally assuming that their insane companion would spring up from the ground in the next second, fully recovered, and continue pursuing the hidden enemy they too sought.
Elsewhere, the Xia Country sharpshooter, sporting a crew cut, sunglasses, and a trench coat, had long exited the state of a Mist Walker. He was darting and leaping back and forth at a speed undetectable by the human eye, his revolver twirling constantly, firing bullets in arcs enemies couldn’t anticipate.
The opponent entangled with him currently was also a speed-type esper, specifically the blond youth who had blocked him earlier.
This youth wielded a dagger, with faint currents continuously jumping over his entire body and weapon, indicating he had electric-type abilities. His primary trait was his incredible speed, moving agilely like lightning, persistently entangling the sharpshooter to take him down.
While they chased each other’s motions, the sharpshooter had already used his exquisite marksmanship to threaten the blond youth with various oddly-trajectoried bullets. Unfortunately, the guy’s speed and reactions were dauntingly quick. Even if the shots were accurate and precise, this esper could barely dodge them. Even special homing bullets could be avoided by him bursting with speed, dragging the bullet to lose its momentum to the ground. He was indeed annoyingly tough.
"Outsider! Stop wasting your energy trying to escape! If you surrender, I can spare your life!"
The blond youth seemed to have familiarized himself with the gunner’s tactics over time, perceiving himself increasingly capable of coping with this adversary and thus launched a verbal offensive to undermine his opponent’s morale.
What he didn’t know was that the gunner was not pushed to his limits at the moment. He had been executing his strategy all along, pretending to be at the end of his rope to make the blond youth lower his guard, then seek an opportunity for a ruthless strike.
At this moment, the Xia Country gunner, upon hearing the blond youth’s taunt, showed signs of anxiety on his face. His movements revealed some flaws, appearing somewhat flustered and exasperated.
To make matters worse, it appeared that his revolver had run out of bullets since he pulled the trigger twice without a single shot fired, seemingly eager to find a moment to reload his weapon.
But the blond youth wouldn’t let him do it so effortlessly, seizing the chance to ramp up the chase pressure, feigning a charge to finish him with a stab, forcing the gunner to speed up desperately to escape.
"He’s about to crumble. Keep the pressure on, and victory is mine!"
Amid high-speed maneuvers, the blond youth judged during the chase, acknowledging that the opponent might be feigning weakness to bait him into a mistake. But he was not inexperienced in battle, refusing to approach this formidable opponent easily, instead waiting for the moment when the gunner would reveal an undeniable flaw. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎
Yet, just at that moment, mutation arose!
In an instant, the revolver of the Xia Country gunner emitted a red glow. This glow, appearing instantly, struck the blond youth’s body at light speed in an arc, causing him intense paralysis all over, and instantly losing most control over his rapidly-moving body.
Boom!
Almost simultaneously, another pistol appeared in the sharpshooter’s other hand, and without hesitation, he fired it at the out-of-control blond youth, creating a large bloody hole in his forehead, leaving him paralyzed and unable to dodge!
"Didn’t expect that, eh? This revolver of mine is modified! How’s the taste of the paralyzing ray? Keep dodging bullets for me, will you?"
At that moment, the crew-cut, sunglasses-wearing, trench-coated Xia Country gunner’s anxious expression vanished, replaced by a smug, exuberantly arrogant look.
What he enjoyed most was moments like these, eliminating enemies, particularly when they believed they held a great advantage, only to be overturned by him. It gave him immense thrill.
Thus, in the grand melee across this plaza, the first or second life was thus claimed!
The uncertainty over whether it was the first or second arises because, slightly earlier, unexpected developments occurred over where Spirit was, making his current status of life or death indeterminable.
