Fatal Shot
chapter-38

The two of them spent only a few seconds to decide on their tactics. Then Dan Hen rushed downward swiftly by shimmying down a tree using one hand while holding his submachine gun in the other.

Their original position was already exposed. If they went back, they would be sitting ducks. Therefore, they had to move first. If Dan Hen started to attack, they would surely face the counterattack immediately. Thus, it was only natural for Feng Luo not to stick with him.

By using the trees as his cover, Feng Luo moved to the side. After running for around 10 meters, he found a new place to set up the M110 and speedily set up. He then aimed at the operator of the six-barreled railgun on the military vehicle below.

Even though not even one of the players present was courageous enough to attack and attract animosity, the rebel army still used cover-style attacks on those who exposed their positions. The coordination between the Wind Manipulator energy skills and large-caliber machine gun bullets that could shoot through trees and stones caused several players to die within a short period of time.

However, the most terrifying skill was the lightning attack from the staff of the rebel commander. A streak of white lightning struck the ground and burned the surrounding trees until they were charred black as crackling sounds appeared from the ground.

Electric energy was not within the category of the four basic energies of Wind, Fire, Water, and Earth. Rather, it belonged to a special type of attack method. Feng Luo was not a Manipulator, so he did not understand much about energy principles and skill effects. However, he knew that a serious error had occurred in the Guards' information—not just the appearance of the substitute but also the fact that the rebel army's commander was not just a simple Wind Manipulator. However, thinking about all that was meaningless at the moment. Feng Luo's primary task was to kill the Machine Gunner from the rebel army, and he most likely had only one chance.

Dan Hen found a suitable spot to attack from with high visibility. He held the flat end of the Death Messenger in front of his chest with both hands. Then he placed his finger on the trigger and started to fire using the fusillade mode.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

In War, the rate of fire of submachine guns was limited and incomparable to machine guns, yet they were still much better than rifles. Moreover, Dan Hen's gun had been reconstructed, and its highest rate of fire was increased to 350 shots per minute. That meant it could fire around six shots per second at its best.

Even though his position was more than 100 meters away from the canyon which caused the trajectory of the submachine gun's shots to be scattered, the shots were enough to cover a wide area. Therefore, Dan Hen's attack caught the attention of the rebel commander and the gunners all at once.

"Now!"

Feng Luo squinted. A second after Dan Hen's gunshot, the M110 in his hands let off a dull roar. A Grade-C armor-piercing bullet flew toward the brain of the Machine Gunner in the canyon like a fierce tiger that had broken free of its cage.

The Machine Gunner turned the six-barreled railgun toward Dan Hen and fired a few shots. He did not expect a 7.62mm unique armor-piercing bullet to come racing at his head from the direction of a 15-degree deviation from his bullets.

Boom!

−1731

This time, the armor-piercing bullet's characteristic of automatic damage to shields under Grade C finally showed results and blasted a hole the size of a fist through the gunner's helmet. The residual energy also caused remarkable yellow weak-point damage and brought a bombardment of force like a hammer, causing the gunner's head to snap back involuntarily.

"Success!"

Feng Luo pulled the trigger a few more times, and shots of Grade-C armor-piercing bullets were fired from the M110. Several bullets were fired from a slightly different angle from the previous shots. After he opened fire, he immediately picked up the M110 and ran toward the side without even looking at the results. This was because the rebel army's commander was enraged and blasted two spherical lightning bolts that were flaring toward the hill like striking rays of light. The two spherical lightning bolts were targeted toward him and Dan Hen below.

Based on the rebel commander's previous skill power, it was highly possible that it would be an instant kill if he was hit by the spherical lightning. Thus, it was definitely impossible for Feng Luo to stay in his original spot.

By contrast, Dan Hen's position was even more dangerous than his. Not only was he facing the commander's spherical lightning but also the last shots fired by the rebel Machine Gunner before he died. The machine gun bullets and spherical lightning bolts almost blocked any possible path for him to dodge.

However, Dan Hen had clearly figured out a way to escape beforehand. There was a slope with a five- or six-meter drop in front of him, so when he cleared out his magazine, he jumped down the slope without any hesitation.

Boom!

Spherical lightning struck the grass behind Feng Luo and exploded to form a web of lightning almost 10 meters wide. Although Feng Luo had already fled a few meters, he still got grazed by the edges of the explosion.

−1955

Feng Luo felt a huge amount of energy strike his back before he was thrown forward by the impact. When he fell, all his muscles were shaking, and he could not control his limbs. Digits nearing 2,000 drifted above his head. At the same time, a system notice appeared in his field of vision.

You were hit by the Plasma Ball, triggering the Electrified status.

"Electrified status?" muttered Feng Luo.

At first, he was stunned. Then he immediately turned his head to check out Dan Hen's situation. As expected, although he had jumped down, Dan Hen had also been grazed by the edges of the explosion of spherical lightning and was similarly affected by the Electrified status.

As a result, despite having jumped to the bottom of the slope, his body was completely paralyzed. He couldn't grab hold of anything to balance himself as he had planned, so instead, he continued rolling down after reaching the ground, falling from the 10-meter-high canyon below.

"Dan Hen!" Feng Luo shouted, but his vision was blocked by the rebounded trees. He couldn't see where Dan Hen landed or what sort of state he was in.

At that moment, the rebel commander in the canyon did something beyond all the players' expectations. He swung the staff in his hands, and faint green Wind Energy appeared, lifting his body off the ground. Then he flew toward the sky at high speed.

"Dang! This guy is so crazy he can even fly!"

"Turns out he'll escape after we kill the Machine Gunner. Why is this mission so troublesome?"

"Shoot him down! Or else we'll fail the mission!"

When they saw this situation, the players could guess that the rebel commander was escaping. Amid their chaotic shouts, they immediately started to attack him in midair. Bullets, wind blades, fireballs, and ice arrows shot up at him all at once. All were directed toward the rebel commander whose body was high in the air.

The commander still had a Wind Energy Shield remaining on him, but it was clearly impossible for this shield to completely block so many attacks. So although many of the skills fell in empty space, after the shield on the rebel commander stood for seven or eight seconds, it let out a pop sound and dimmed before disappearing completely.

"We've broken his shield!"

The players who were underneath showed joy on their faces. However, at this time, the rebel commander had already flown over 200 meters away. Most players' attacks were already heavily weakened, so the attacks that actually hit him could not do much damage to his HP.

−334

−255

−46

−756

Although damage values kept appearing over his head, this commander clearly had higher damage resistance than normal Manipulators. If this went on, he would most likely escape successfully! At such a long distance, what kind of attack could retain him?

Boom!

The dull sound of a gunshot could be heard.

A Grade-C armor-piercing bullet shot through the air, flew for nearly 400 meters, went into the back of the commander, and then pierced through his chest with blood spraying out.

−4999

Nearly 5,000 points of red fatal damage flew across all the players' vision.

The faint green Wind Energy that surrounded the rebel army commander, flying around 30 meters above the ground, disappeared instantly. The body, which had lost its power, fell in a parabolic arc into the woods below.

Rebel Army Commander Harry Luden (Level 55 Commander) killed. Contributing points: 15.3%. 2980 EXP awarded. 2 Merits, 459 Sudden Medal Points awarded!

After looking at the message in the corner of his vision, Feng Luo disassembled the M110 and stored it in his backpack. Then he turned and ran down the mountain.