Chapter 1139: Ready

"Don't worry, I will grasp the scale well."

Chen's hands were held in a void, and a black ball appeared between his palms.

"You grasp a fart."

Shui rushed out of the smoke formation quickly. Chen stretched his palms flat, and the black ball on his palm drifted toward Pouf.

This dark magic ball seemed to possess a very strong adsorption force. The closer it got to Pouf, the faster it flew.

The dark magic ball drew an afterimage and appeared above Pouf's head. Although Pouf knew this was not a good thing, the creature inside his body was affecting his control over his body.

"Dark Sky: Devour."

Black magic energy surged around Chen, and the magic ball above Pouf's head expanded rapidly.

Rumble...

The dark magic ball formed a black hole with extremely strong devouring power. This black hole didn't devour nearby matter, nor did it suck Pouf into it, but instead extracted a stream of black energy from Pouf's body.

As the black energy detached from Pouf's body, his body rapidly shriveled. A moment later, he turned into a dried corpse, fell to the ground with a thud, and lost all signs of life.

"How did you do it?"

Lao Yan, who was maintaining the smoke formation, spat out a mouthful of bloody saliva. He used the smoke formation to help Shui and Chen withstand many attacks; otherwise, the two wouldn't have been so relaxed.

Not only that, the smoke formation could also shield perception. Anything that happened here could not be perceived by the outside world.

"I have analyzed Nen energy. According to the π32.4x magic and energy equilibrium law, the existence of all energy is attached to..."

Chen naturally explained the cause of Pouf's death. Shui and Lao Yan looked at each other. They could understand all the words in Chen's mouth, but when these words were connected together, both of them were completely confused.

"So, after a certain element is completely extracted, Nen energy will become unstable due to the elemental vacuum, leading to internal imbalance."

Chen nodded to the two, and Lao Yan and Shui had an "I see" expression, although they didn't understand what Chen was talking about at all.

"Is this elemental vacuum effective against the Ant King? If you can create this environment, couldn't you kill the Ant King instantly?"

Lao Yan seemed to have grasped a "key point." Chen looked at him suspiciously, with a look that clearly cared for the mentally challenged.

"I can use a spoon to smash a piece of glass, but I can't use a spoon to smash a steel plate. All elemental laws are bidirectional. When the gap between the enemy and me is too large, it's the comparison between a spoon and a steel plate. Understand now?"

"Uh, understood."

Lao Yan took a deep puff of his cigarette to relieve the embarrassment.

"Do mages study these things every day?"

Shui looked at Chen with interest.

"I'm not qualified to call myself a mage yet. That requires a huge amount of knowledge and experience. As for me now, I can at most be considered an elementalist, and I'm still far from being a mage."

Elemental energy surged on Chen's body. He switched his attribute to lightning. This attribute had the fastest speed and strong attack power. As for why it wasn't the fire attribute with a larger attack range, it was because Chen had already given up on the fire attribute. Among the attributes he mainly practiced, there was the ice attribute. If he were to practice the fire attribute again, it would be simply stupid for an elementalist.

Chen's ability was not to release skills, but to fight using the power of elements. As long as his mana was sufficient and his body could withstand it, he was a turret.

Rustle...

The walkie-talkie on Lao Yan's body rang. This was a white-quality piece of equipment.

"I'm done on my side."

Su Xiao's voice came from the walkie-talkie.

"Oh? The speed is unexpectedly fast. We're done here too. As soon as I withdraw the smoke formation, the Ant King will discover that Pouf is dead."

"Is Netero ready on his side?"

700 meters from the palace, behind the palace, on a watchtower built of concrete.

This watchtower was about 60 meters high and belonged to a military building. The top of the tower was equipped with two heavy machine guns and one small anti-aircraft gun.

This watchtower was to prevent the palace from being air-raided. As for the point of prohibiting modern items, the East Gorteau royal family wouldn't comply with this at all. This could be seen from the gorgeous palace and the various electrical appliances inside the palace.

This was almost a perfect sniper point, and the situation in the entire courtyard was in full view. Such a perfect sniper point had of course been occupied by a sniper. Before Su Xiao approached the watchtower, a bullet flew toward him.

In the following two minutes, Su Xiao let that sniper know what "a sniper's melee literacy" was. After that desperate sniper cursed, "You're not qualified to call yourself a sniper at all," he died peacefully.

Su Xiao hung up the walkie-talkie and threw a corpse with a twisted neck off the watchtower.

The top of the watchtower was relatively flat. The side with the heavy machine gun was protected by steel plates, while the side with the anti-aircraft gun had no steel plate protection because this side faced the palace.

From the layout of this watchtower, one could see how selfish and cowardly the East Gorteau royal family was. The side facing their residence didn't allow soldiers to have protection, so as not to be difficult to deal with if the soldiers rebelled.

Su Xiao took a thick canvas from his storage space and spread it on the side without steel plate protection. The view here was more open.

Placing the Duke of Silence in front of him, a smile appeared on Su Xiao's face. He would be very comfortable in the early stage of the battle. No wonder so many people developed toward long-range classes. Now he only needed to watch Lao Yan and the others besiege the Ant King, and fire a shot when the timing was right.

Of course, this comfort couldn't last until the end of the battle. When the Ant King showed signs of defeat, he would go to engage the Ant King in melee.

Did Lao Yan and the others not expect Su Xiao to do this? The answer was that they had expected it long ago, but so what? Should they let Su Xiao, who held a +13 gold-quality sniper cannon, go into melee? Not to mention whether Su Xiao would agree, the Duke of Silence's reinforcement level and the three gems embedded on it wouldn't agree.

Therefore, Lao Yan and the others could only pinch their noses and accept it. The Ant King's threat was right in front of them, and even if they wanted to turn against each other, they would have to wait until the Ant King was dead.

As for the reason for rushing forward for melee, there was no need to worry about that at all. Su Xiao had a reason that was so legitimate it could make Lao Yan and the others vomit blood.

The Duke of Silence had 7 bullets left: 4 ordinary bullets + 3 elemental bullets.

The Duke of Silence had a capacity of 5 rounds. Su Xiao loaded 4 ordinary rounds into the chamber and placed the remaining 3 elemental rounds aside, preparing to use them to deal with emergencies.

Su Xiao put a piece of chewing gum into his mouth. Chewing this gum could restore mana. His battle with the cat-girl earlier had consumed nearly 1000 points of mana.

Su Xiao put on a wireless headset. This thing was a green-quality item provided by Chen, which could maintain communication within 5 kilometers, avoiding various interference and shielding. After 1 hour, the battery would be exhausted, and the item would be scrapped.

"Test, can you hear me?"

Shui's voice came from the headset.

"No problem. I'm ready to withdraw the smoke formation. Chairman Netero has entered the palace, and the battle will start soon. The battle location is set in the palace."

Lao Yan's voice also came.

"No problem."

Chen's side was buzzing, seemingly brewing some move.

"I will only fire when the timing is right."

Su Xiao was chewing gum, the Duke of Silence had been adjusted to the best state, the various data in the scope were stable, and he could fire at any time. ===== CHAPTER 1140 =====