Chapter 46: Firepower Overwhelm (Revised)

"Ping-ping pang-pang!"

Bullets struck the shield, scattering countless tiny energy sparks; those explosives also exploded on contact with the shield, fire and shock waves swept out, yet they could not budge the shield in the slightest.

Qi Junyi's muscles bulged, the immense energy within him surging even more; an attack of this level, even without shield protection striking him directly, wouldn't even count as a tickle.

"You're asking for death!"

A cold light flashed in Qi Junyi's eyes; he casually threw Lin Hao to the ground, then prepared to charge into the private room where Ying Duo was, to crush this attacker who was like child's play and oblivious to death.

However, just as he moved his foot, a strong palpitation forced him to halt his charge, and he sharply turned his head toward the auction platform.

Only a black mist nearly blending with the shadows was seen, silently approaching the life-support cabin, its front condensing into a strangely shaped short blade.

Thus, Bai Mu Yun, who had sneaked here, acted.

The short spike he held was purely made of energy, able to bypass most defenses and strike directly at the soul.

This strike should have been utterly unnoticeable, and would have gone unnoticed in the chaos caused by Ying Duo.

However, at the instant the short spike was about to touch Ye Lin's skin.

"Roar——!!!"

Lin Hao, thrown to the ground, took in the deadly danger Ye Lin was about to face; his gold-and-red intertwined pupils suddenly contracted into dangerous needle-points.

An invisible mental shock, like the dying roar of a wild beast, erupted unreservedly toward Bai Mu Yun's direction.

This mental shock was not particularly exquisite or strong, but it came so suddenly that it just disturbed the illusion energy field Bai Mu Yun maintained around himself.

Bai Mu Yun's utmost skill lay in his illusion arts, but now he had to focus more energy into his hand-held attack to ensure a lethal blow.

Amid the accumulation of many factors, Lin Hao's desperate mental attack, though lacking skill, did indeed reveal his position.

"Hum!"

The black mist surrounding Bai Mu Yun underwent a violent fluctuation, its concealment effect broken; his figure became clearly visible in midair, holding the short spike, only a stone's throw from the target.

"A sneak attack?!"

Qi Junyi's expression changed; he instantly realized this was the true killing move, while the earlier child's-play attack was merely a feint. He immediately abandoned Ying Duo, spun his body, and gathered thick energy on his fist, aiming straight at the now-revealed Bai Mu Yun.

But just then——

"Boom!!!"

An energy cannon blast far more dangerous than any previous explosion, like a roaring beast, blasted out from the private room where Ying Duo was.

It was Ying Duo.

Seeing that previous attacks seemed unable to break this NPC's defense, Yang Yixie immediately recalled the experience card he had obtained from completing a side quest earlier, realized this was undoubtedly a good testing opportunity, and thus used it.

After all, such experience cards are usually given to players to try out the game's various paid weapons, equivalent to a one-time cheat opportunity, and should be used against these early-game NPCs that seem invincible.

After using the experience card, the game backpack suddenly filled with numerous high-tech weapons marked with an "infinity" symbol in the lower-right corner, as well as various strange and novel items.

With no time to examine the weapons' detailed stats, he would certainly use the best one right away; Yang Yixie unhesitatingly flipped to the page of the red-quality weapons.

He casually picked a shoulder-mounted energy cannon that looked powerful, then aimed at Qi Junyi and gave him a fierce shot.

The only problem was that this cannon was somewhat too heavy; after equipping it, moving even a single pixel would take a long time.

However, he no longer needed to move now.

Ying Duo had already become a stationary turret with infinite ammunition.

"Pfft——!"

Qi Junyi's indestructible shield first showed a spiderweb-like crack; the violent energy wave struck him precisely, and he spat out a large amount of blood.

Ying Duo did not hesitate, and immediately followed up with another shot at him.

This time, Qi Junyi's body flew out uncontrollably, slamming hard into the twisted metal wall behind him, embedding deeply, as rubble and dust spread.

Seeing that Qi Junyi could not reach in time, Bai Mu Yun also seized the opportunity to thrust his short spike at Ye Lin, appearing about to succeed.

"Hum!"

A blood-red crystal wall instantly coalesced before Ye Lin, blocking Bai Mu Yun's attack.

A blood-colored silhouette appeared silently before Bai Mu Yun like a ghost.

Chi Jinan!

He had somehow left the private room at some point, still radiating that lazy aura, yet when he appeared on the auction platform he inexplicably gave people a creepy feeling.

Even amidst this chaos, he was strolling over leisurely.

Chi Jinan didn't even glance at Qi Junyi embedded in the wall; he simply flickered, disappearing from sight, and the next second delivered a simple, direct, extremely fast side kick that slammed into Bai Mu Yun's waist and abdomen.

Bai Mu Yun's alarm bells rang loudly; he hastily raised his short spike horizontally in front to block.

"Clang!"

A huge force transmitted from the short spike, causing severe pain in Bai Mu Yun's arm; his whole body was flung backward uncontrollably, barely managing to shed some of the force before staggering to a safe landing, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth.

He lifted his head, solemnly gazing at the disinterested Chi Jinan before him.

"Blood Lotus" Chi Jinan—this name itself signifies an extreme threat.

In terms of madness alone, this guy is another kind of "extreme" completely different from their department head.

His golden horizontal pupils took in the entire scene; Bai Mu Yun was weighing the pros and cons, his already wavering killing intent beginning to be replaced by retreat.

Chi Jinan's aberrant arts were quite strange, able to control his own and others' blood; the spatial ring he carried stored vast amounts of aberrant species' blood, amounting to a mobile blood bank.

Of course, to Chi Jinan, that was his arsenal.

Although the mission was important, sacrificing himself for it wasn't worth it.

However, another battlefield that Bai Mu Yun was unaware of was developing toward an even more uncontrollable state.

Crawling out of the human-shaped crater, Qi Junyi looked disheveled, his luxurious suit torn in multiple places, with blood streaks at the corners of his mouth.

"Tsk, this outfit is really expensive......" He probably shouldn't have to pay for the clothes, right?

Qi Junyi raised his hand to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth, his face showing a bitter smile.

It had still turned into the most troublesome development; the power of Ying Duo's shot just now far exceeded his expectations.

The only force capable of producing a Rune weapon with this level of destructive power must be the Dome, right?

He glanced at Bai Mu Yun, who had been blocked by Chi Jinan; with Chi Jinan's strength, that side didn't need his concern at all, so he directly fixed his murderous gaze on Ying Duo's private room.

"Little mouse, you finally provoked me!" Qi Junyi growled low, the ground beneath his feet cracked, and he lunged again toward Ying Duo.

However, what met him was an even crazier, more concentrated barrage of artillery.

Boom—boom—boom!

Thud—thud—thud!

Tap tap tap tap—!!

Ying Duo saw a cannon blast Qi Junyi into the wall; the Blood Bar above his head, which had been perfectly still, began to ripple, showing a noticeable effect, and then… he began the real "firepower crush".

With the support of the Unlimited Equipment Item Experience Card, he didn't have to consider any ammunition or energy consumption at all.

The only thing he needed to do was probably to pick the most powerful weapons from the dazzling array available.

He simply, expressionless, kept pulling various seemingly formidable guns, energy cannons, rocket launchers from his Game Backpack…

Various models and types of ammunition and energy beams, as if money were no object, rained down on Qi Junyi, delivering indiscriminate area bombardment.

At a time like this, the only thing Yang Yixie truly despised was that Ying Duo had only two hands, two slots for equipping weapons.

Although he could freely check each weapon's stats in the Game Backpack, the stat panel was one thing, actually handling them was another.

To be fair, Yang Yixie equipped every weapon he liked onto Ying Duo for testing, aiming to experiment with the feel of each weapon's strike.

For a moment, everywhere Qi Junyi could see was exploding firelight, flying shrapnel and twisted energy streams interwoven, and he felt his own retina being struck.

The terrifying explosion sounds kept rolling on, deafening.

He boasted that his defense was still top‑tier, but these attacks were far too dense, and their power varied wildly.

This forced him to continuously expend massive energy to maintain his shield, making it impossible to advance a single step, let alone find a gap for a counterattack.