Chapter 1615: Barehanded

Atop the clock tower, Su Xiao crouched halfway. The Duke of Silence was mounted on a hydraulic stabilization device. At a distance of nearly 3 kilometers, even a 0.1-millimeter error during aiming could cause the bullet to land more than half a meter off target.

Although the Duke of Silence had a locking function, for a Fourth Tier Qiyuezhe, they would sense a feeling of crisis the moment they were locked onto. With a full ten seconds of locking time, it was not impossible for the people of the Blood Gate to cross the 3-kilometer distance. In other words, Su Xiao could only rely on his personal ability to snipe.

Click, click...

Su Xiao was adjusting the "Adaptive Magnification Scope." At the moment, the scope had been adjusted to 50x magnification. The target, a full 3 kilometers away, now seemed as if it were right in front of him.

It was already 7:00 PM, and the pedestrians on the street were rapidly decreasing. Inside a cafe in the Central Street area, three men and one woman were leaning in a booth discussing something, while in the restaurant opposite, there were also several men and women talking in low voices.

The people of the Blood Gate appeared to be scattered across Central Street, but in reality, they had already sealed off the area. Whether they were the Qiyuezhe in the cafe or the restaurant, they were all bait. Once these people were attacked, Central Street would be instantly locked down; not even a fly would be able to fly out.

Inside the cafe, just as the three men and women were talking, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, who had merged into the environment, activated the coordinates on its body and opened the surveillance equipment to provide Su Xiao with images from inside the restaurant.

Atop the clock tower, Su Xiao first locked onto Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's coordinates, then, based on the terrain inside the restaurant and using Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang as a reference, he judged the positions and distances of the four Qiyuezhe.

Two melee fighters, one long-range, and one control-type; it was evident that this squad only intended to trap the enemy for a short time to buy time for the main force.

With a click, Su Xiao pulled the bolt of the Duke of Silence, ejecting the thunder-attribute ammunition and replacing it with a standard round.

At present, the Duke of Silence had 73 rounds left, of which only 9 were elemental rounds: 4 thunder-attribute, 3 fire-attribute, 1 dark-attribute, and 1 earth-attribute.

A single standard round for the Duke of Silence cost 1,000 Paradise Coins, so Su Xiao did not stockpile too many. It was only because he hadn't used the Duke of Silence much on the Dark Crow Continent that he still had 73 bullets left.

Su Xiao leaned his head close to the scope, and the red crosshair appeared before his eyes. With his breathing and heartbeat, the crosshair would fluctuate significantly.

Taking a deep breath, Su Xiao completed the final adjustment of his aim and placed his finger on the trigger. As his breathing slowed, the crosshair gradually stilled.

Through the scope, Su Xiao saw a man in a suit holding a coffee cup. He had a high probability of being the squad's control or perception type, so he was the primary target. If he were to snipe a melee fighter at such a long distance, he couldn't guarantee a one-shot kill unless he used thunder-attribute ammunition.

The man in the suit in the scope put down his coffee cup and said something to the woman beside him. According to Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's observation, every time the man in the suit drank coffee, it would take at least 1 to 2 minutes before he picked up the cup again. During this time, the probability of his upper body moving was very low.

Su Xiao slowly squeezed the trigger. With a loud boom, the bullet left the chamber. The powerful recoil of the Duke of Silence caused cracks to spread across the clock tower, and a shockwave expanded in mid-air with the clock tower as the center point.

At a distance of three kilometers, the man in the suit inside the cafe in the city center couldn't hear the gunshot at all. Judging by the expression on his face, he seemed to want to ask the female Qiyuezhe beside him for a one-night stand, but the female Qiyuezhe had no interest in him. Death was gradually approaching at this moment.

The bullet spun through the air, creating a spiral airflow behind it, heading toward the man's head at ultra-high speed. The female Qiyuezhe was right beside the man in the suit, so even if this shot missed him, it might hit her.

The man in the suit, who was currently fawning over the female Qiyuezhe, saw his expression change drastically. He tilted his body forward almost instinctively, but unfortunately, it was too late.

With a crash, the cafe's floor-to-ceiling window shattered, and the bullet penetrated the glass shards, hitting the man in the suit behind the ear.

Splat!

Blood and bone fragments splashed, exploding into a large mist of blood. The two melee Qiyuezhe opposite the man in the suit felt a warm sensation on their faces and subconsciously closed their eyes.

Compared to the man in the suit whose head was blown apart by the shot, the female Qiyuezhe beside him was even more unlucky; she was blown flying sideways, a large mist of blood exploding from her chest.

After this shot, there was a deathly silence in the restaurant for 0.5 seconds. The two melee Qiyuezhe widened their eyes and leaned back almost simultaneously, the booth behind them flipping over to form a cover for them.

Atop the clock tower, Su Xiao quickly put away the Duke of Silence. The Boundary Breaking Line popped out, wrapping around the stone railing in front of him. He leaped off the clock tower, and as soon as he landed, he disappeared into the night with a few leaps.

15 seconds later, a figure suddenly appeared below the clock tower. This figure, like a gecko, quickly climbed to the top of the clock tower.

Boom!

An explosion spread from inside the clock tower. The gecko-like figure leaped high, slowly descending with the help of the explosion's impact.

"Damn it!"

The gecko-like figure was a bespectacled man. He stomped on the ground beneath his feet, and large cracks appeared all around.

Inside the cafe on Central Street, Stan looked at the two corpses in front of him, his eyes filled with surprise.

"At least 3 kilometers? And sniping at night, no less."

As Stan spoke, he looked at the two melee Qiyuezhe whose faces were covered in blood. At this moment, the two were standing in a row with their heads bowed, seemingly wanting to say something, but out of fear of Stan, they didn't dare to speak.

"Just a little trick."

Stan stopped paying attention to the two corpses on the ground. Just then, he suddenly turned sideways. The clothing on his chest was torn open with a rip, and a palm-sized metal plate shot out.

With a clang, the bullet collided with the plate, and an impact spread to the surroundings. All the glass windows within a radius of dozens of meters shattered, and dense cracks appeared on the walls.

Stan, wrapped in black-gold energy, stood where he was. His right hand was raised in a fist in front of him, and the black-gold energy on his hand slowly drifted upward, the surrounding air beginning to distort.

Stan opened his palm, electric light flickering, and a twisted, deformed bullet fell from his hand, bouncing on the ground with a tinkle.

"He locked onto our position."

Stan flicked his hand nonchalantly, shaking off the electric light. Beside him, Old Man Shi gulped; if he had been the target of that shot, he definitely wouldn't have been able to withstand it.

Several patterned spiders crawled out from Numa Seka's collar. These spiders were extremely fast, turning into afterimages and disappearing from everyone's sight.

"Don't just stand there, southeast direction, go quickly!"

Old Man Shi roared, leading his men to rush in the direction from which the bullet had come.

Seeing his subordinates run far away, Stan slowly put his hands behind his back. His right hand was trembling, and fine cracks were appearing in his palm.

"That must sting."

Numa Seka smirked. Stan glanced at her without a word. Stan had appeared calm and composed just now, but in reality, that was not the case.

A thunder-attribute bullet, combined with the bonus from the Demon's Mark branch ability "Demon's Gaze (Active)," was not so easy to withstand.

10 Additional Ability

Demon's Gaze (Active): When performing a long-range attack, you can cover weapons such as bullets or arrows with demonic power to perform a long-range attack. This attack will add 80% of the final damage value as true damage (e. g., if the final damage of a bullet hitting an enemy is 100 points, Demon's Gaze (Active) will add 80 points of true damage).

Tip: Each use of Demon's Gaze (Active) consumes 1 Soul Crystal (Small). Soul Crystal (Small) can be converted into the demonic power required to cover the weapon.

Tip: The cooldown for Demon's Gaze (Active) is 72 hours.

At this moment, Stan's right hand was completely numb, blood dripping down his fingertips, and a stifling sensation surged within his chest; yet, he could not show the slightest sign of it. The leader of the Blood Gate... could not be defeated.