Fatal Shot
chapter-81

"Ah…!"

Upon hearing the panicked and fearful cry coming from within the smoky region, the expressions on the faces of the people from the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group changed. They had no idea what had happened.

"Hao Zi, Hao Zi… Damn it! The communicator is jammed!" a Light Armor Warrior hastily shouted into the communicator but found out that he could not even contact the people inside. He immediately turned around and asked Roaring Dragon Ruinous Star, "Captain Ruinous Star, what should we do?"

This question put Roaring Dragon Ruinous Star in a tight spot. At that moment, this veteran character of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group had a downcast expression, as he did not know what to do.

The main reason was the scream from the warrior. It was far too wretched and panicked. It was as if he had encountered an extremely frightening thing. And in the party channel, they could also see the HP of the three Heavy Armor Warriors dropping. The HP of the Warrior who had screamed had already dropped to less than one-third of its original.

"Captain. There are monsters. Hao Zi fell inside the monster horde… Damn it, these damn monsters. Weird!" It was a good thing that a Heavy Armor Warrior inside the smoke field directly shouted to them and told them the reason.

The Heavy Armor Warrior was not positioned too far forward, so he only had one Grasshopper that was about two feet long, sucking on his leg that was not covered by the armor. It also shocked him a lot. It was not only because the Mutant Grasshoppers looked disgusting, but also because their attacks were extremely odd and ignored defense, reducing HP according to a certain ratio.

It was a good thing he reacted quickly and immediately swung his leg forcefully, sending the huge Grasshopper that had not yet fixed itself firmly on his leg flying away. However, what he did not know was that this Grasshopper behaved as if it did not want to surrender the food that was already in front of it. After it fell onto the ground with a leap, its soft and wet body landed once again on his shield inside the smoke, and it slowly snuck toward his brain.

"Hurry up and retreat!" Roaring Dragon Ruinous Star shouted with a dark face.

"But… Hao Zi!" The Heavy Armor Warrior was a bit hesitant.

"Forget him!"

Indeed, they could not bother with the Heavy Armor Warrior in the Grasshopper horde since more than a dozen large Mutant Grasshoppers were attached to his body, face, and head. Under the skill of Blood Drain—which ignored defense and decreased HP based on a certain percentage—within ten seconds, his HP had already been depleted, and he turned into white light. One could only hope that this player remembered that this was only a game and wouldn't have any post-traumatic stress because of this.

"Yes!" Seeing that his comrade had already died, the Heavy Armor Warrior immediately replied with a yes!

Bang!

An armor-piercing bullet flew less than five centimeters away from and past his body as if his position was determined by his voice.

"Sniper!"

The unique sound of sniper rifles allowed this player with decent PK experience to immediately notice what was going on. He straightened his alloys shield in front of him.

Pow!

The next bullet came immediately after, as expected. However, they were inside a thick smoke, after all, so the opponent clearly could not aim accurately, so the next shot was directly blocked by the shield.

But why does the noise of the bullet hitting the shield sound a little weird?

Following his doubts, blood accompanied by a foul smell splashed onto his shield and body. It was actually the Mutant Grasshopper that was on his shield; it was hit by the bullet, and its body exploded like a balloon, spurting out a huge amount of liquid.

"F*ck! Unlucky!"

After he reacted and realized what was going on, the Heavy Armor Warrior felt disgusted, but he did not dare to stop moving. Instead, he immediately lifted the shield and continued retreating. But what he did not know was that after that Mutant Grasshopper was hit by Feng Luo's bullet and exploded, all of the other Mutant Grasshoppers' bodies trembled slightly. They turned their heads to look toward him as if they had smelled something unique.

After that, most of the Grasshoppers' bodies contracted. Then they sprang toward the Heavy Armor Warrior as their bodies straightened again. Their speed was much faster than before when they had been slowly crawling.

******

Feng Luo felt a bit of regret because he could not see his target after all. Only one of the two shots that he fired, based on estimated position, managed to hit. Moreover, that shot only landed on a shield.

He initially wanted to see if he could deal any damage special effects by firing a few shots. If any of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group's players had the "bleeding" effect, then one of the attributes of the Mutant Grasshoppers—their "bloodthirsty" special characteristic, to be exact—would undoubtedly make them chase after and attack the group of players. By then, the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group players would certainly fall into chaos.

However, it was extremely difficult for a player's attack against another player to create a damage special effect unless the skill or the attack itself had a unique effect. Otherwise, normal shots would not be able to inflict a bleeding effect. However, what Feng Luo did not know was that his idea had already been realized due to other reasons.

Although the two shots did not cause the Heavy Armor Warrior to bleed, the Mutant Grasshopper's blood was splattered on his body and shield, and the Grasshopper horde in front of them had already smelled it and was flying toward the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group like a swarm of flies.

"Are you two okay?!" Roaring Dragon Ruinous Star raised his shield and stood in front of his girlfriend, who was a Doctor, Lonely Qing Wu, and another Doctor. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the two battered Heavy Armor Warriors rushing out of the smoke.

The three Heavy Armor Warriors who had gone scouting had encountered an ambush, which made his heart sink. The decision to rashly scout ahead had been made by him, and for something like this to have happened, he would have to take some responsibility.

If this had happened before, it would have been fine. However, right now, he was a little worried since his position within Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group was no longer as safe as it had once been.

Although he was a veteran who had followed Roaring Dragon Invincible since the beginning, as the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group expanded, more and more capable new members joined, and many of the veterans in the group were being forced to give up their positions to these new members. He was already considered one of the few veterans left, but his position was coveted by many new members.

In addition, he had made mistakes the last few times he'd led groups outside, which had caused his prestige within the group to drop to a dangerously low level. If another big problem were to occur this time, it was certain that his rivals would seize this opportunity.

Good thing only one died! Roaring Dragon Ruinous Star thought.

However, just as Roaring Dragon Ruinous Star celebrated in his mind, his expression changed drastically. Because a moment later, everyone saw a huge horde of giant grasshoppers behind the two Heavy Armor Warriors. They were leaping toward them.

They had brownish-red slimy bodies with blue-colored, snake-like forked tongues, and the most disgusting round mouths filled with sharp teeth. There was nothing about these monsters that would indicate that they were pushovers.

"Ah!"

"Hurry, help me!"

"F*ck! These monsters!"

******

Upon hearing the panicked shouts and screams from the people from the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group, although Red Queen was not sure how it happened, she still guessed that they were being attacked by the Grasshoppers. So she immediately made a decision, which was for everyone to attack.

"Arctic Rain!"

Glazed Ice waved her staff and cast the Level-25 Water Manipulator skill, Arctic Rain. Cold rain fell in a wide range and blew away the smokescreen in front that was already starting to dissipate, making it so that everyone's line of sight was no longer blocked. A short moment later, she used the rainwater that had just come down to create a half-transparent wall of water that could decrease the damage effects of long-range attacks: the Level-30 water skill Water Curtain.

Bang!

Feng Luo aimed through the sniping scope, and after he pressed the trigger, a double armor-piercing round flew a little more than 30 meters before accurately hitting between Lonely Qing Wu's two eyebrows. A splash of blood burst into the air and dyed her white doctor's gown red.

Coincidentally, her pose and confused expression when she fell to the ground were exactly the same as the last time she had been killed by Feng Luo.

Tsk, tsk! Feng Luo himself could not help but lament in his mind, feeling that he was getting more and more cold-hearted.

However, the M110 in his hand never stopped working. Bullet after bullet flew at the scouts of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group who were trying to evade the large grasshoppers in the midst of the chaos.