Chapter 662 - 432: Do Your Best to Kill Me [2]

"Damn it! What the hell is this monster?!"

A kilometer away, through the curtain of rain.

On the rooftop of a high-rise.

A young man in black was trembling all over.

He stared intently through his scope, a cold sweat instantly drenching his back.

The Barrett M82A1 anti-materiel sniper rifle in his hands was equipped with .50 BMG armor-piercing rounds and had an effective range of two thousand meters.

It was powerful enough to pierce light steel armor and shoot down aircraft. In front of it, a standard concrete wall was like paper, easily torn to shreds.

A weapon of this caliber was arguably the most powerful firearm allowed into Shenmu City, and it wasn’t something just anyone could get their hands on.

He had paid a steep price to acquire it.

And yet, the bullet he just fired hadn’t even managed to break the target’s skin.

"Kong Ying, what happened?"

A teammate’s question came through his earpiece.

They had noticed Hu Qi a while ago.

The man was acting too strangely.

Especially with that Damaged Black Banner in his hand, which was practically gushing black energy. It was clearly no ordinary item.

So they decided to kill him and take it for themselves.

But they never expected this.

’Impossible... I don’t believe it... According to the Reincarnation Bookstore, this is just a Trial World.

How could a monster like this exist here? Unless... he has some kind of defensive ability... and even if he does...

Yes, that’s it! It must have only been good for one block. One more shot and he’s dead for sure...’

With that thought, Kong Ying’s face twisted into a snarl. He ignored the question coming from his earpiece.

And pulled the trigger again.

The sniper rifle was semi-automatic.

He fired again and again, spitting flames as a volley of deadly bullets tore through the air.

However, the bullets that whistled toward the distant Hu Qi were all deflected the instant they made contact with his body. The ricocheting warheads erupted around him in a series of sharp CRACKS.

Sparks flew like rain, tracing fleeting crimson arcs through the air. But it was all for nothing.

Hu Qi’s figure remained perfectly still.

The metal slugs, powerful enough to tear through walls, hadn’t even managed to damage the hem of his clothes.

Kong Ying saw it all with perfect clarity through his high-powered scope.

Just then.

The Hu Qi in his scope suddenly looked up.

His cold eyes seemed to pierce the kilometer-long distance and lock onto Kong Ying’s position.

Before he could react, Hu Qi flicked his finger.

TSST!

In that instant, the air compressed to its absolute limit, transforming into a blinding white light that tore through the sky.

The light flashed like lightning, ripping across the sky.

Wherever it passed, falling raindrops instantly vaporized, turning into scattered clouds of white steam.

All Kong Ying saw was a searing afterimage burned onto his retina, gone in a flash.

"SPLAT!"

The next moment.

Kong Ying’s head exploded like a watermelon, a Crimson mist blossoming over the rooftop.

As his headless body collapsed, the sniper rifle in his hands clattered to the ground, followed by silence.

"Kong Ying...? KSHH..."

The earpiece, splattered with gore, had rolled to the side. It crackled with static, either from the impact or the rain.

...

Meanwhile, on another street two hundred meters away from Hu Qi, a fine curtain of rain shrouded the city like a vast, gray veil.

A figure darted through the rain like a phantom, speeding toward Hu Qi’s location.

His form was obscured by the sheets of rain, making him nearly impossible to spot.

As he ran, he listened to the static crackling in his earpiece, and his heart suddenly clenched.

’This is bad,’ he thought, recalling the terror and despair in Kong Ying’s voice over the comms.

A chill shot up his spine.

He didn’t dare linger. Without a second thought, he spun around to flee the dangerous area.

However, the moment he turned...

"SPLAT!"

A dull thud echoed out, like a ripe watermelon being struck by a sledgehammer.

His head exploded, splattering blood everywhere. Dark red blood spread rapidly across the cold pavement, instantly staining the ground before mixing with the rain.

It was then washed away by the downpour, the color fading.

Where he’d stood, a previously invisible figure was revealed.

Only, the man’s entire upper body was gone.

It was as if he’d been hit by a cannonball.

All that remained were two legs and a bloody lower torso, which swayed twice before collapsing.

After doing all this, Hu Qi, still inside the convenience store, looked completely unfazed.

It was as if he had just crushed two insignificant ants.

’So weak, yet they dared to attack me. How utterly foolish.’

The very next moment, however, the familiar voice of the Reincarnation Bookstore stopped him in his tracks.

Because after notifying him of the sixty points of remuneration he’d received, the voice didn’t stop.

[Ding! Detected that you have killed ten Intern Readers. Hidden Mission Triggered: The Harvest.]

Mission Description: As an Intern Reader, your strength is unimaginably great. You are ruthless, showing no mercy even to your fellow Intern Readers.

Objective: Kill all remaining Intern Readers, excluding your own squad.

Mission Rewards: one A-Level Book Ticket, one thousand points of remuneration, and a one-level increase to your official reader status.

(Note: If you accept this mission, the main objective for all other Intern Readers will change. Their final goal will become killing you. Furthermore, your exact location will be revealed to all Intern Readers, and you will be hunted by every one of them.)