Chapter 93: The Night of Annihilation (1/2)

[Volume 3 - The Place Where My Heart Feels At Peace]

Most of the people in the bar continued to drink and chat as if they hadn’t heard anything. They didn’t care at all. Even the soldiers and officers that wore their expeditionary army uniforms didn’t react. In this city, what day would they not hear gunfire?

A small number of people slightly furrowed their brows because they could tell that the gunfire came from a high caliber sniper rifle. Although they could tell from the sound that it was a normal gun, even in the army, very few people used sniper rifles. Regardless of which corps they were in, snipers in the expeditionary army had very high statuses. No one in Darkblood City would be bold enough to offend them.

Under the cover of night, Qianye pulled the bolt of his gun and put a bullet as large as a missile into the gun’s chamber. Then he adjusted his position and once again locked onto the Sky Snake Gang’s headquarters.

His tactical scope slowly swept across the building’s rooftop, doors, and windows one by one. Then Qianye locked onto a man pressed up against a corner of the outer wall. He was obviously so afraid that he didn’t dare to even peek at the surroundings, simply trying his hardest to hide himself. However, he wasn’t aware that his position didn’t do much against someone at a high vantage point and exposed nearly half of his body.

Qianye calmly pulled the trigger. Moments later, he watched through his scope as a human-shaped hole suddenly appear in the wall. Each of the Sky Snake Gang members that had been hiding behind it were virtually split into two pieces!

All of the Sky Snake Gang was already a mess. Everyone in the courtyard was desperately running into the building, looking for things nearby that they could hide behind. None of them wanted to look for the sniper that had fired the bullet.

Qianye pulled the bolt of the gun again and exchanged the spent casing for another bullet without any sign of panic. Then he stood up and carried his gun away, jumping from one building to another like a ghost under the night sky. He quickly found a new position, and after another gunshot rang out, a Sky Snake member hiding behind a window on the third floor of the headquarters lost his arm and half of his shoulder.

Qianye’s current sniper rifle was not much smaller than the Eagleshot. “Repelling Wind” had a formidable size and was a gunpowder weapon, but its enormous 15mm barrel guaranteed its power. This terrifying sniper rifle could be used to shoot airships from low altitudes. It was the peak of traditional gun development.

As a gunpowder weapon, it had an advantage that origin guns could not replace; range and ammunition. As long as a sniper was skilled enough, a Repelling Wind could kill a target at two thousand meters away. In comparison, the Eagleshot’s maximum range was one thousand meters. In theory, the gunpowder weapons would be able to fire as many times as the number of bullets there were. This was another advantage the Eagleshot couldn’t match. As he was now, Qianye could only fire his Eagleshot once.

However, the recoil of this abnormal sniper rifle was shocking, so only those with physiques equivalent to that of a rank one Fighter could use them. Qianye was a little depressed that his Repelling Wind was one of the original models. He couldn’t find a more powerful, higher-ranked version in the storehouse of the Home of Hunters. The Red Scorpions once ordered a type of 25mm caliber gunpowder sniper rifle for veteran Black Scorpion soldiers. It was extremely powerful, almost on par with rank three origin rifles. However, only rank five Fighters could use them. The recoil of just one shot would immediately shatter the hearts of people with slightly weaker bodies.

At this moment, Qianye was like a lone wolf hiding in the shadows that was patiently running circles around its prey. Whenever given an opportunity, he would viciously pounce and ruthlessly tear off a piece of flesh.

Gunshots continued to resound through the air, each one signifying the fall of a member of the Sky Snake Gang Chaos reigned throughout the Sky Snake Gang’s headquarters. Even the outer walls did provide a feeling of security.

With every gunshot, a shout rang out clearly to all of the Sky Snake Gang.

“Release her!”

If Sky Snake didn’t let Yu Yingnan go, Qianye might actually kill all the members of the Sky Snake Gang tonight, one by one.

Some gang members already couldn’t handle the immense pressure of death flying past each of their heads. They formed crowds to charge out of the headquarters, as if searching for Qianye’s location, but all of them left without returning. Only a few of them died to Qianye’s gunfire. The vast majority sprinted down the streets No matter how one looked at it, they were taking this opportunity to flee.

Flying Bird hid in a blind spot behind the wall, panting over and over. His originally handsome face twisting constantly, making it hard to tell whether he was excited or afraid. Of the entire Sky Snake Gang, aside from Sky Snake himself, he was that only one of the four experts that remained.. After the debacle in the wasteland, Hornet quietly left the Sky Snake Gang.

A gang member ran into the room and saw Flying Bird. He was stunned at first, then became elated. “Brother Flying Bird! This is terrible! The sniper outside is too skilled, our brothers are being pressured so hard that all of us are too afraid to even show our heads. If this continues, we’ll be trapped until we die! You should go out personally and take care of that arrogant guy!”

Flying Bird had a faint smile on his face as he said, “Me? Go out personally?”

The gang member had yet to realize what was wrong and even said, “Yes! Of course, if it’s you…”

Halfway through his sentence, astonishment filled that gang member. He suddenly realized that Flying Bird’s gun was pointed at his head! Origin power flashed from the gun’s muzzle, and the gang member’s head immediately exploded into a bloody mist.

Flying Bird laughed hysterically and slowly stood up. As he did, an enormous puddle of blood became visible in the place he had been sitting. Blood constantly flowed from his waist.

Flying Bird had also suffered from being sniped. The bullet had traveled over a thousand bullets without any warning. The moment it did, Flying Bird had been moving rapidly. That bullet was shockingly accurate. If he hadn’t listened to his gut in the instant that disaster was about to strike or moved desperately, the shot would’ve hit his spine. Even then, the bullet had still opened an enormous wound in his waist.

He managed to once again brush past death!

Flying Bird had essentially gone insane trying to escape in every direction. He struggled greatly until he found a position that was safe for the time being. From the moment he began hiding here, his pulse had never dropped below two hundred beats per minute!

This was his first time being so intensely afraid of death. Every time he murdered his opponent, seeing the pain and fear on their face gave Flying Bird such elation, a pleasure that was nearly more enjoyable than sex. But today, in this moment, he finally discovered how overwhelmingly terrifying death was. It was as if the entire world were being swallowed by a beast, and all he could do was run nonstop even though he couldn’t actually see any light in the distance.

He definitely did not want to confront Qianye!

In the top floor of the headquarters, Sky Snake’s expression was dark as he stood at the center of an enormous, extravagant room. He would carefully approach the window every so often, hiding behind the curtains and looking outward. Sky Snake’s movements were extremely cautious even though this kind of gunpowder weapon wasn’t much of a threat to him. However, each time a gunshot rang out, his heartbeat would increase and he would subconsciously imagine himself being struck by the Eagleshot.

Sky Snake strode to the door of the room, opened it, and shouted, “Is there any news from the expeditionary army?”

Weeping could be heard from the gang members outside as they answered, “No, nothing! We haven’t even seen a patrol. It’s been nearly an hour!”