Chapter 144 - sonic burs (1/2)

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The moment Lan Qi sensed the danger, a cold light appeared between his eyebrows. And then, Lan Qi saw it.

It was a sniper's bullet, spinning at high speed through the surging waves of the Lamarson River. The wave that hit the reef was slapped high into the air, but was shattered by the sniper rifle's rotation. It split into countless spots of light reflected by the sunlight and then shot out a rainbow of colors.

However, in this enchanting beauty, there was a thick layer of makeup to cover her death.

Lan Qi absolutely believed that this bullet would accurately pierce between his eyebrows and destroy his life.

If he didn't have that ability.

Without any hesitation, Lan Qi couldn't care less about hiding his strength. The moment he activated his ability, he disappeared. The sniper shells carried a huge amount of kinetic energy through the place he was standing before, while a hurricane blew across the Lamarson River, causing Atasha to be unable to stand firmly.

The warhead eventually left a cedar tree the size of a bowl, covered in cracks around the bullet hole. Finally, the cedar couldn't hold on anymore and fell down with a groan, landing horizontally on the ground.

On the other side of the Lamarsson River, Zero's figure appeared between the reefs. With the help of the reef, he made his way to the other side of the river, where Zero finally picked up the warhead. The bullet, stained with blood and bits of powdered meat, had hit Lange. However, the Parkland assassin disappeared. The speed at which he left was so fast, he instantly disappeared into the wind from the forest. This meant that Lan Qi had instantly broken through the sound barrier.

Zero could also achieve this kind of speed while in berserk mode, but the speed needed to be increased gradually. It was impossible to instantly reach the highest peak like Lan Qi did. From this, it could be determined that Lan Qi had an ability that Zero didn't know about. This made him feel as though the Adept world was very wide.

The ability to let Lan Qi escape from the Sickle of the God of Death was known as' sonic boom '. It was an ability that Lan Qi could transform on his own.

There were a total of three sources of ability: self transformation, learning enhancement, and drug production.

Self-transformation was when a certain ability was frequently used. With the increase of one's proficiency as well as the advancement of one's basic ability, the user of the ability would at some point transform into an ability suited for one's own battle style.

For example, when he reached the fifth step of strengthening his agility, he transformed into the Phantom avatar. That was based on his belief in interfering with his opponent in order to deal a fatal blow. Lan Qi's sonic speed breakthrough was also a transformation ability. The only difference was that Lan Qi's ability was activated for survival in the dangerous world of the Southwest.

As for the other two capabilities, they must be based on the resources of the company or organization. After summarizing the experiences and practices of countless predecessors, a mature conclusion has been drawn in the field of competence research. That was, when his ability reached the fourth step, he had already completed the foundation for the next ability evolution. Through the guidance of a teacher, or the catalysis of a mature potion, it was possible for a capable person to evolve into an even more powerful ability in a situation with sufficient preparation.

For example, Agility enhancement, one could already evolve the ability of Swift Stealth on a Rank 4 basis. However, if it was someone who had grown up in the wilderness, like Zero, he would not know about the existence of the advanced ability even if he did not have the support of his mentor and potions, much less having the ability to evolve it. The only thing Zero could do was to follow the habits of the user and naturally transform into the user.

But even the ability to evolve on its own is rare, and there is a lot of unpredictability. Thus, Adepts from large corporations and organizations had an advantage over those from the wilderness.