Chapter 60: Heartache Mode
The sounds of slaughter echoed throughout the entire street. The merchants and civilians who had lived in this area had already evacuated after the auction began, and the facts proved that these people were quite prescient.
Su Xiao kicked and broke the neck of a Nilapan, his long blade sweeping through as several Nilapans were slain on the spot.
"Brother Ruthless, there are way too many monsters. Should we keep breaking through?"
A bloody claw mark appeared on the face of the leader of the National Football Team. The Three Brothers of National Football were closest to Su Xiao. Their attack capabilities were average, so they could only follow Su Xiao's advance.
"Keep breaking through."
Facing the overwhelming tide of Nilapans, Su Xiao felt a hint of doubt.
This number of creatures wouldn't appear out of thin air. Even if they were transported here using teleportation abilities, the quantity was still too exaggerated.
"Get down."
Su Xiao sheathed his Dragon-Slaying Flash, assuming a draw-slash stance.
The three National Football members suddenly felt a chill run down their spines and immediately dropped to the ground upon hearing Su Xiao's shout.
*Clang!*
A pale blue circular blade aura spread outward. This sharp blade aura flew right over the head of the second National Football brother, shaving off his slicked-back hairstyle and leaving him with a bald patch in the middle.
Surrounded by the Nilapan race, Su Xiao used a 360° attack move like Ring Break, and the killing power was easy to imagine.
With Su Xiao as the center point, the Nilapans within a dozen meters in all directions froze in place, deep blue bloodstains appearing across their chests.
*Plop, plop...*
Bodies cut in two fell to the ground. The thick smell of blood spread, and the clamorous battlefield fell into dead silence at that moment.
"Gulp..."
The second National Football brother swallowed hard. He suddenly felt a cool breeze on his head and reached up to touch it, finding it unexpectedly smooth.
Among the nearby Nilapan corpses, the Fangirl stood up with lingering fear. She had almost been caught in the attack just now.
"You trying to kill..."
The Fangirl was about to stand up, but when she saw Su Xiao's current stance, she ignored the blood and severed limbs on the ground and quickly lay back down.
Su Xiao had assumed the draw-slash stance again, waiting for the surrounding Nilapans to swarm in.
"If you're not afraid to die, then come on."
Although his right arm was a bit sore, using Ring Break twice in a row wasn't a big problem. Previously, he could only use it three times a day; any more would damage his right arm. But after his various attributes had greatly improved, the daily usage limit increased from three to five times.
Moreover, with his Blade Master level increasing, the power of Ring Break had also risen significantly.
The surrounding Nilapans seemed to be provoked by their companions' corpses and didn't dare to approach immediately.
"Woof woof."
Bubu Wang's bark came through. Hearing this sound, Su Xiao raised an eyebrow.
"Follow me."
Su Xiao canceled his draw-slash stance, and a large number of small white spiders crawled out from his sleeve. These were Alchemy Bombs in their split form.
Dozens of small white spiders quickly scattered around. Once they were over a dozen meters away from Su Xiao, these Alchemy Bombs were activated.
*Boom, boom...*
Flames shot into the sky, and an invisible shockwave spread outward, sending the nearby Nilapans flying in disarray.
Taking this opportunity, Su Xiao charged in a certain direction with his blade in hand. The National Football members hesitated for a moment before choosing to follow.
The Fangirl, dizzy from the explosions, got up and glared fiercely at Su Xiao's back before also choosing to follow.
Whether it was Su Xiao or the Fangirl, the few of them were a makeshift team with no coordination whatsoever. It was lucky they hadn't accidentally injured each other.
As the five of them broke through in one direction, the gunfire behind them had already stopped. It wasn't because Vini had been taken out.
At that moment, Vini had already reached the top of a nearby clock tower. This clock tower was a landmark of Youk Xin City, standing at least over a hundred meters tall.
As a sniper, Vini naturally wouldn't let go of such a high ground that could support the entire battlefield. She had placed bomb guards—doll-shaped bombs—on every floor of the clock tower.
These doll bombs weren't inanimate objects. They patrolled around inside the clock tower, and once they detected any other creature entering, they would immediately activate. These bombs were distributed on every floor of the tower.
The night wind blew as Vini laid a thick blanket on the top floor of the clock tower. She lay on the soft blanket, her calves swaying, with a sleek, long-barreled sniper rifle beside her. This wasn't the same rifle as before; she had two sniper rifles—one called "Destroyer" and the other "Sighing Goddess."
Using Destroyer put Vini in turret mode, while using Sighing Goddess, she called this mode "Heartache Mode." The reason for this name was that the bullets for Sighing Goddess were so expensive that every time she fired a shot, she felt a pang of heartache.
[Sighing Goddess]
Origin: Reincarnation Paradise · Fifth Workshop
Quality: Light Gold
Category: Heavy Sniper Rifle
Caliber: Milne Ammunition
Magazine Capacity: 1 round
Durability: 65/65
Attack Power: 98～165
Equipment Requirements: Strength 36, Agility 42, Stamina 25
Mystic Rune Imprint: Imprinted Light Gold Rune (Deception)
Equipment Effect 1: Hyperspeed (Passive), Bullet flight speed +280%.
Equipment Effect 2: Valkyrie (Passive), Bullet penetration +16.
Equipment Effect 3: Sigh (Passive), When attacking targets below 40% health, triggers a killing effect (this effect is ineffective against Lord or higher-ranked creatures, and its effect is halved against Contractors, meaning it triggers only when attacking Contractors below 20% health).
Imprint Effect: Deception (Passive), Can deceive the enemy's perception, causing them to be unaware they have been locked onto.
Rating: 306
Description: Want this goddess to serve you? You need substantial assets.
Price: 98,600 Paradise Coins
Milne Ammunition: Price: 7,800 Paradise Coins (per round)
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One shot cost 7,800 Paradise Coins. No wonder Vini felt heartache. Even Su Xiao would feel the same. This wasn't firing bullets; it was using money to blast the enemy to death.
Vini pursed her lips, holding a large bullet in her small hand. The bullet was covered in patterns, with a silver warhead—clearly not an ordinary item.
"Clown, you ******, huff~ A lady shouldn't curse, unless she can't help it."
Vini took a few deep breaths, shoved the bullet worth 7,800 Paradise Coins into the chamber, and gritted her teeth as she pulled the bolt.
*Click-clack.* The bullet was chambered. Once loaded, there was no way to remove it, and it had to be used within two hours, or it would be wasted.
"My heart hurts so much."
Vini pressed her hand to her slightly heaving chest and leaned her head toward the scope. From now on, whenever she pulled the trigger, she had to take the enemy's life, or else it would be a huge loss.
Through the scope, Vini saw Su Xiao and the others breaking through. Their direction was correct. As long as they pushed forward another two hundred meters, the Nilapans wouldn't be able to encircle them.
"Not bad. They found the breakthrough direction pretty quickly."
Vini slightly adjusted the scope's angle. Suddenly, she noticed a figure not far from Su Xiao's breakthrough path. The figure was hiding behind a building, only their head exposed.
Needless to say, this figure was waiting to intercept Su Xiao and the others at the most critical moment of their breakthrough. It was undoubtedly a clever move.
Vini's slender, jade-like finger rested on the trigger. She aligned the crosshairs with the figure's exposed head. Thanks to the Mystic Rune (Deception) effect, the figure had no idea that a deadly weapon was already aimed at them.
*Bang!*
The powerful recoil forced a muffled grunt from Vini. Before the sound of the gunshot even spread, the bullet had already arrived.