Chapter 57: Encounter Battle (Please Vote!!)

The werewolf had just mentioned that there was another Sequence Eight's Feng Zi behind, and Lei Kedun saw the spot where that werewolf had been, a shadow writhing.

A twenty‑something young man of plump build, bronze skin, small eyes and nose, messy dark brown curls, wearing a one‑piece work jumpsuit, stepped out of the shadow.

The other's face bore an immaculate smile, his already tiny eyes narrowed to a slit. The smile seemed frozen on his face, remaining unchanged.

Staring at that smile for long made one feel the other's mind was abnormal; Lei Kedun cast a slightly uneasy glance aside.

"Take it," Mr. Ke Si handed Lei Kedun a few enchanted bullets.

Lei Kedun froze for a moment, not reaching out to take them.

"Take them, the reasoning trainee's means are limited; you need these more than I do," Mr. Ke Si extended his hand a bit closer.

Lei Kedun hesitated, then accepted the enchanted bullets Mr. Ke Si passed over.

"The alien‑path Sequence Eight 'Feng Zi' can voluntarily sacrifice reason, unleash desire, and exchange that for power, gaining improvements in all aspects. Be careful not to let him get close, don't linger in battle, just run; I'll help you drag him back," Mr. Ke Si said unambiguously.

"Mm." Lei Kedun gave a slight nod.

"Have you finished your dying words?" the Rose Sect member wearing a brown cowboy hat said mockingly.

At the same time, his arms suddenly swelled, short gray hairs sprouted on the backs of his hands, his nails grew long, sharp, and sturdy. His body turned into an afterimage and rushed forward.

"Run!" Mr. Ke Si shouted.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" Mr. Ke Si didn't dodge but fired three shots at the opponent.

The bullets aimed at vital points were easily evaded by the werewolf, striking other parts of his body. For a werewolf's regenerative ability, those were hardly injuries.

The werewolf on Lei Kedun's side also lunged fiercely at the opponent, and the two werewolves tangled together.

Lei Kedun ignored the werewolf melee, and when Mr. Ke Si shouted, he immediately turned, cradling Tu Ba Ge, and ran toward the madman's direction.

The madman standing ahead on the road kept his smile, silently watching Lei Kedun approach while cradling the rabbit.

Lei Kedun paid no mind to how the opponent greeted his approach; he simply patted the Tu Ba Ge in his arms, and the rabbit tucked its head even lower.

Lei Kedun kept holding Tu Ba Ge and ran to a spot not far from the Rose Sect madman's side; the Sequence Eight madman made no move.

Lei Kedun was already ready to meet the opponent's attack, but the expected strike never came. He was a bit surprised yet indifferent, continuing to run forward.

Until Lei Kedun stepped into a shade of trees ahead, an intense sense of danger surged, but his stride could no longer be halted.

A shadow beneath the trees writhed; Lei Kedun felt his left foot, dragged into the darkness, seized by a hand, and he was violently pulled into the shadow.

Lei Kedun shut his eyes tightly, still clutching Tu Ba Ge, and murmured, "Flash."

Tu Ba Ge, cradled in Lei Kedun's arms, had its pupils dilate as a sudden burst of light erupted ahead, turning the surroundings white. The original shadow was instantly dispelled, revealing the madman shrouded in darkness.

But at that moment the madman painfully covered his eyes; the flash that had just erupted had badly injured the sealed eye he used for shadow abilities.

Lei Kedun, taking advantage of his leg being freed, rolled twice on the ground to steady himself, set Tu Ba Ge down, and quickly rose to his feet.

"Mental Shock!" a draconic word burst from Lei Kedun's mouth.

A jet‑black talisman that Lei Kedun had somehow gotten into his hand turned to ash and vanished, while a fierce mental wave enveloped the madman who was painfully covering his eyes.

The opponent's action shifted from covering his eyes in pain to lying on the ground wailing, as if subjected to immense torment.

Lei Kedun didn't pause; he drew the gun already loaded with bullets from his holster and fired at the opponent in a burst.

Although they were ordinary bullets, being unleashed in such a volley at close range inflicted considerable damage even on the extraordinary opponent who relied on bodily enhancement.

After the magazine ran empty, Lei Kedun turned and fled, a single.

There was no hesitation nor any thought of going back for a finishing blow.

"Use fog, then run!" Lei Kedun reminded Tu Ba Ge, who had hidden to the side after the flash, and then started running.

Tu Ba Ge brushed the great magician's top hat on his head, and a veil of mist spread around the madman ahead.

Having done all that, Tu Ba Ge sprinted to keep pace with Lei Kedun, running toward the city.

A roar echoed through the mist, and Lei Kedun's spiritual intuition blared a warning. He knew the madman was actively sacrificing his reason, unleashing desire to exchange for power.

The madman didn't need intellect to begin with; in fact, this granted him strong resistance to certain mind‑disrupting, spirit‑affecting extraordinary abilities.

That is why Lei Kedun employed the Mental Shock talisman from the start; otherwise, once the opponent abandoned reason, the talisman would be useless, so better to use it early for a damage wave.

Lei Kedun sprinted forward while swapping enchanted bullets into his pistol.

"Good thing I practiced reloading before, otherwise I'd be done today," Lei Kedun thought to himself.

"Later, watch out: when that madman behind catches up, use ice on the ground beneath it. Timing is key; you only get one chance—fail and you'll become rabbit cookies," Lei Kedun told the four‑legged Tu Ba Ge beside him.

"Boss! Can I dodge first and then use it?" Tu Ba Ge asked timidly.

"No, he's too fast; if you dodge, there'll be no time to use it," Lei Kedun rejected the rabbit's suggestion.

The sound behind and his own sense of danger told Lei Kedun that the madman had caught up.

"Use it now!" Lei Kedun shouted, then spun around and fired continuously at the madman charging at him from behind.

"Bang! Bang!" one ordinary bullet, one enchanted bullet.

This was a technique Lei Kedun had learned from Mr. Ke Si: first fire an ordinary bullet to lower the opponent's guard, then follow with an enchanted bullet for damage.

The enchanted bullet left a scarlet flame tail in the air and, concealed by the ordinary bullet, struck the opponent's shoulder precisely, a flash of fire flickering before extinguishing.

"Roar~" the madman struck by the enchanted bullet.

When the irrational madman closed to within five or six meters of Lei Kedun at high speed, he stepped onto the ice, fell back onto his back, and because his charge had been so forceful, he kept sliding forward a long distance after hitting the ground.

Lei Kedun and Tu Ba Ge, seeing this, immediately dove to opposite sides, evading the human bowling ball that slid along the ground.

After diving aside to avoid the sliding body, they quickly braced themselves in a half‑crouch, and while the opponent was still recovering on the ground, they drew their guns again and fired.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Three bullets, each with a burning effect, all hit the opponent's exposed neck and shoulders at close range.

"Sizzle~ sizzle~" the sound of flesh being burned rang out, crimson flames spreading over the opponent's flesh; though it faded quickly, the damage was terrifying.

Lei Kedun quickly rose from the ground, approached the opponent, and fired two more shots at the already wounded neck, emptying the magazine.

The Sequence Eight madman lacked the werewolf's terrifying regenerative ability; after his vulnerable neck was struck consecutively by three extraordinary enchanted bullets, the madman who sacrificed his reason finally met his end.

After his reason returned, the opponent's body convulsed a few times before he died. Lei Kedun finally saw the madman, who had always kept a smile, display another expression—fear.

More than half of the other party's corpse's neck area had been carbonized, which is also why they died so quickly.

"Fortunately the other party was a madman, not a werewolf; otherwise those few bullets could not have caused this degree of injury, and might even have killed them instantly." Lei Ke Dun sighed.

"Waaah~ boss, did he just die like that?" Tu Ba Ge only dared to approach after seeing the madman's corpse fall to the ground motionless.

"Yeah, he's dead." Lei Ke Dun said, nodding lightly.

"But wasn't he very strong? How could he die so easily?" Tu Ba Ge asked, puzzled.

"Heh~" Lei Ke Dun chuckled lightly.

Only then did he speak: "He is indeed very strong, but he is only a Sequence Eight; even if he is skilled in combat, when one's sequence is not high, the shortcomings of each path are obvious—for example, he tends to lose his rationality in battle."

"Moreover, you used your flash very well, basically destroying the seal on him and also affecting him somewhat; the same goes for the later freeze." Lei Ke Dun praised Tu Ba Ge.

"Hehe! I'm super strong!" Tu Ba Ge said, holding his head high and chest out.

Lei Ke Dun nodded, saying nothing more. The entire series of combat just now had been rehearsed by Lei Ke Dun in his mind, including his coordination with Tu Ba Ge.

By using the seal on Tu Ba Ge's head to flash and destroy the madman's seal, as well as the later thick fog to buy time, and then using freeze on the ground.

The only unstable factor was whether Tu Ba Ge could seize the opportunity to use his trick; for this Lei Ke Dun had prepared a series of contingency measures, but none were needed.

(End of chapter)