Chapter 155: Why Is My Career Panel in 2D Anime Style? Chapter 66

Looking at the four worms about to reach him, Li Ang did not retrieve his anti-tank cannon, but instead decisively used Junyan.

As his blazing golden pupils ignited, a violent explosion of surging fire erupted in the center of the street.

Boom—!

Shattered stones flew everywhere.

The heads of two giant worms were instantly blown to pulp.

Lu Ke, hiding inside the house, widened his eyes in shock: "Is he really a Level-Two combat professional?!"

He was certain a Craftsman simply couldn't possess such direct combat capability.

After eliminating two of the worms, Li Ang exhaled lightly, then pulled the anti-tank cannon from his ring and fired two shells at the remaining two worms.

Boom—!

【Killed enemy with heavy firearm, Career Experience +41】.

Fortunately, the burrowing worms had kept their spiral mouthparts wide open, otherwise the anti-tank cannon might not have finished them off.

Too bad, these four worms were merely appetizers.

Immediately after came an endless swarm of insects.

Seeing this, Li Ang's expression didn't change; he simply kept firing the anti-tank cannon at the swarm.

With 【Firepower Insufficiency Phobia】 boosting him, each shot took out dozens of insects.

【Killed enemy with heavy firearm, Career Experience +13】

【Killed enemy with heavy firearm, Career Experience +22】.

Information began to flash wildly across Li Ang's career panel.

'Power is decent—stronger than a typical Level-One careerist.'

'And the insect swarm is indeed a great source of experience.'

After testing, Li Ang had assessed the strengths and weaknesses of 【Gunner】: the advantage was greater lethality than careerists of the same level.

The downside was obvious.

That was the limitation of ammunition supply.

For instance, after this barrage, the ammunition he had stored was nearly exhausted.

Now, the insect swarm had trampled over the corpses of its kind and surged toward Li Ang.

Inside the house, Lu Ke grew tense upon seeing Li Ang run out of ammo.

'He must be a ranged attacker—what if he gets cornered, he's done for.'

It wasn't surprising he misunderstood; Li Ang's earlier performance clearly didn't suggest close-combat ability.

But then Lu Ke's mouth dropped open—he seemed to have witnessed something unbelievable.

As another violent explosion erupted, a white figure burst through the flames and slammed a fist into the ground.

Thud—!

In the muffled sound, the earth rolled outward like a wave.

Li Ang kicked aside the shattered remains of a worm beside him, his expression cold.

'Tch.'

'Still easier to just pull the trigger.'

Though the anti-tank cannon's damage was far less than Li Ang's current raw power, ease of use mattered.

The former only required pulling a trigger; the latter demanded Li Ang expend his own strength.

Not to mention that if Li Ang later mastered automation technology, he could even skip pulling the trigger entirely.

At that moment, a worm as large as a small house arrived before Li Ang.

This creature looked like a grotesque fusion of a centipede and a lizard.

'Level-Two.'

Li Ang silently made his judgment.

"Sss!"

The next instant, the clearly special-grade worm emitted a piercing screech and charged at Li Ang.

At that moment, Li Ang sharply noticed a crimson fluid circulating within the worm's abdomen.

Recalling the special-grade creature he'd encountered in Technical Talent Settlement Zone Two, he immediately formed a hypothesis.

Sure enough, before the worm reached Li Ang, it began spewing thick, molten-like fluid.

The crimson liquid rained down, flooding over half the street and corroding smoking pits into the ground.

But this had little effect on Li Ang.

After all, Odin's Indra's Wrath hadn't killed him—let alone this tiny worm.

With this thought, Li Ang remained silent and charged forward.

The crimson viscous fluid struck him, instantly triggering a milky-white energy.

But that was all.

The fluid only corroded Li Ang's skin.

The next instant, he was already before the worm.

His white right hand, wrapped in a howling wind, slammed into the unknown creature.

The moment they made contact, a massive hole appeared in the worm's chest.

'Weak Level-Two.'

This was Li Ang's current thought.

But he could understand—after all, insect swarms relied on numbers; evolving into elite variants would be putting the cart before the horse.

Just as he had expected, several bugs identical to the ones before Li Ang appeared once more in the swarm.

Seeing this, Li Ang twisted his neck and stared straight at the swarm before him, as if trying to see through them to that rising star of the insect race.

"Want my template?"

A mocking smile appeared on Li Ang's face.

"Come."

The moment the words fell, a pure-white figure had already parted the air and appeared within the swarm.

Boom—

The cannon-fodder bugs were sent flying everywhere by the tremendous force.

And inside the house, Lu Ke's eyes nearly popped out of his head at the sight.

"No way, bro."

He had truly assumed Li Ang was a fragile ranged-class profession, but he never expected the style to be completely different.

One could say it went from one extreme to the other.

Although Lu Ke could understand that an artificer needed a good physique for forging, the physique he was seeing now was absurdly good.

Watching Li Ang like a tiger among sheep, Lu Ke silently compared him to the brothers and sisters in his memory.

And the answer he reached was that most of them would not be a match for this artificer.

Just as he was thinking this, a red figure smashed into the battlefield like a meteor.

"Ma Kusi"

Seeing who had arrived, Lu Ke couldn't help but feel relieved, knowing he was probably fine now.

But recalling Li Ang's performance just now, he figured even if the other party hadn't come, he most likely would have been fine anyway.

This damned sense of security!

At this moment.

Ma Kusi, looking at the bug corpses strewn across the street, couldn't help but twitch at the corner of his eye.

"It's you again, Li Ang."

This Director of Public Security hadn't expected his former subordinate to be this unlucky, with worms appearing near him every time.

Of course, if he knew there were dragons among Li Ang's race, he probably wouldn't find it strange.

Li Ang casually flicked the juice from his hands, stood atop the corpse of a massive bug, and said somewhat helplessly, "These bugs have no eyes, there's nothing I can do about it."

He certainly couldn't directly expose his secret.

Actually, for Ma Kusi, he wished it could be like this every time.

After all, getting a Second Energy Level combatant for free—who wouldn't want that?

Just as he was thinking this, Li Ang continued, "Lu Ke is at my house right now, be careful and don't let the bugs get over there."

Ma Kusi was stunned. Before he could react, a familiar roar suddenly came from the sky.

The two looked up and saw the giant dragon that had appeared before attacking the Pioneer City's barrier once more.

Under the scorching breath, the azure energy shield rippled like water.

Only Li Ang didn't know if it was his illusion, but this time the energy shield seemed to have trembled slightly.

Before he could think further, a beam like thunder pierced through the giant dragon's abdomen.

It was Brando's electromagnetic railgun.

And having suddenly suffered such a severe wound, the giant dragon modified by the swarm could only flee in panic.

Seeing this, Li Ang narrowed his eyes slightly:

'Missed again.'

A guess surfaced in his mind, though he didn't know if it was correct.

Just then, the swarm retreated like a tide.

What was happening now was exactly the same as last time, except Brando wasn't present.

Seeing that it seemed safe outside, Lu Ke snuck over to Ma Kusi and the other.

He looked at Li Ang's golden pupils like a blazing sun and couldn't help but swallow.

This kind of pressure he had only ever felt from his own father.

After briefly calming his emotions, Lu Ke said in an extremely strange tone, "How do you guys still have a living dragon here?"

"The dragons on this planet should be extinct."

Li Ang jumped down from the corpse, and upon hearing Lu Ke's words, he instinctively asked, "What do you mean the dragons on this planet are extinct?"

Facing his question, Lu Ke scratched his cheek, "It's normal you don't know. To be precise, the Federation is the second batch to colonize here."

"The first batch was those bugs."

?

Good lord.

So those bugs weren't natives, but invaders just like the Federation.

At this point, some of the doubts Li Ang had earlier were answered.

No wonder a planet full of bugs had a product like "Introduction to Alchemy."

And no wonder the swarm could obtain dragon corpses—after all, dragons were the natives of this planet.

Just as Li Ang was thinking this, he heard Lu Ke continue, "But Aio Group is the partner enterprise of Colonial Star 9527. Logically speaking, dragon corpses should all be reported by the local Pioneer City to them and then recovered."

"How did you guys miss one?"

Saying this, this Young Master scratched his head in confusion.

"Maybe it was hidden by those bugs," Ma Kusi replied indifferently, offering a guess.