Maxim Machine Gun
With a crisp "crack," the small round shield she had painstakingly crafted over many years was shattered into pieces by the subsequent barrage of bullets, its fragments scattering everywhere.
Without any protection, Su Wan had no time to dodge. A barrage of bullets rained down on her, hitting her all over.
The violent impact abruptly stopped her forward momentum, and the enormous thrust propelled her body violently backward.
In mid-air, blood and flesh flew along with tattered clothing. In a short moment, she was severely injured by the dense barrage of bullets, and her broken body crashed heavily into the woods, where she fell silent.
Ahead on the official road, Li Mo and Han Laoliu joined forces to besiege Xiao Mingshu, their swords flashing and their attacks ruthless.
Han Laoliu had spent years licking blood from the edge of a knife, possessing extremely rich combat experience. His short knife was cunning and ruthless, forcing Xiao Mingshu to retreat step by step.
Li Mo, sword in hand, circled around, delivering finishing blows, all the while muttering curses in a low voice:
"Damn it, wasn't this female cultivator only at the Qi Refining Sixth Layer? How did she become a seventh-level cultivator?!"
Han Laoliu thrust his short knife aside, forcing Xiao Mingshu's sword to meet his attack, and said in a muffled voice:
"She must have just broken through last night. Stop talking nonsense, don't rush. Let Su Wan deal with those two little ones and come over. Then the three of us will surround her and prevent her from escaping."
No sooner had they finished speaking than a series of dense, ear-piercing explosions suddenly erupted from behind the carriage, "Clatter-clatter--", the sound was deafening, neither like a clash of Technique Method nor a battle of Law Artifacts, it was a sound the two of them had never heard before in their half-lives.
Li Mo and Han Laoliu were both taken aback, and their attacks slowed down slightly.
Immediately afterwards, Su Wan let out a short, shrill scream, which abruptly stopped.
Li Mo's heart sank. He subconsciously looked in the direction of the sound and saw his wife flying backward from the woods like a tattered rag doll, her body spraying blood mist, crashing heavily to the ground, and then remaining motionless.
His mind went blank and he froze on the spot, his eyes filled with disbelief.
In that brief moment of distraction, Xiao Mingshu immediately seized the opportunity.
She was already struggling under the pressure of the two men; Han Laoliu alone was difficult to deal with, let alone Li Mo added to the mix. She had even considered pulling out her life-saving talisman.
Seeing that the opponent was distracted, he immediately threw the magic sword in his hand into the air, stepped on the back of the sword with his toes, and retreated rapidly with the help of his Spiritual Power, instantly opening up a distance of more than ten meters.
With a flick of her wrist, she took out a Maxim from her Storage Ring, hung the canvas bag around her neck, and the bullets were already pre-loaded.
She steadied the gun with one hand and smoothed the ammunition belt with the other, pointing the dark muzzle directly at the two people in front of her, and pulled the trigger without hesitation.
"Da da--"
Another burst of rapid explosions rang out, and sparks flew from the muzzles of the guns.
Han Laoliu was the first to come to his senses. Alarm bells rang in his mind, and almost instinctively he circulated all his Spiritual Power to condense a thick Spiritual Qi shield.
At the same time, he took out a Geng Metal Talisman, activated his Spiritual Power with his fingertips, and the talisman burned away, creating a golden shield that appeared out of thin air in front of him.
He didn't forget to yell at Li Mo:
"Don't just stand there! Defend!"
Li Mo reacted a beat too slow and hurriedly activated his Spiritual Power to protect himself, but the bullet was already upon him.
The Spiritual Qi shield barely blocked most of the force, but a bullet still managed to penetrate the remaining force and pierce his shoulder.
Li Mo groaned as a sharp pain shot through him, and blood instantly soaked through his clothes.
He was both shocked and furious, finally realizing that Su Wan had been tricked by this strange artifact. He quickly took out a defensive talisman from his Storage Ring, activated it, and with a flash of yellow light, held it firmly in front of him.
After Shen Jingchuan dealt with Su Wan, he turned around and saw Huan'er standing by the carriage, sword in hand, staring in shock at the corpse in front of her.
He walked over in a few steps and hung the Maxim in his hand around Huan'er's neck.
"Hold on tight, point the gun at the person, pull here and you'll shoot."
Huan'er hurriedly sheathed her sword and gripped the gun tightly with both hands. She had seen her young mistress test the gun and knew how powerful it was, but she never expected it to be so easy to defeat a high-level cultivator.
She felt the object was incredibly heavy, and immediately channeled her Spiritual Power, eager to try it out.
Shen Jingchuan quickly pulled out a new bullet chain from his Storage Ring, neatly put it on her, and said in a deep voice:
"Keep your eyes on the front, watch out for recoil, charge in and take them down."
After instructing Huan'er, Shen Jingchuan flipped his wrist and took out a Maxim that was already attached to a chain of bullets from his Storage Ring, then hung it around his neck.
He steadied the gun with one hand and smoothed the ammunition belt with the other, keeping the muzzle firmly locked on the two masked men in front of him, urging Big Black forward.
Huan'er had already rushed out ahead. She gripped the gun handle and held the trigger, but at first she was completely unsure of what to do. The recoil made her shoulders go numb, and the muzzle rose and fell, with some bullets going up into the air and others going into the ground.
The long bullet chain dragged behind him, sweeping up dust from the ground.
She gritted her teeth and staggered back two steps, then forced herself to move forward against the recoil. After firing dozens of shots, she gradually figured out the trick, gathered her strength in her arm, and slowly stabilized the muzzle of the gun.
Seeing the two people in front of her pinned down by the barrage of comments, she suddenly felt energized, quickening her pace and shouting at the top of her lungs:
"Miss! I'm here to help you!"
Despite her small frame, which was only at the Qi Refining Third Layer, she managed to withstand the recoil of the machine gun. Her body swayed and staggered forward, like a duck struggling to move forward, her face full of barely suppressed excitement.
Shen Jingchuan glanced ahead from his horse and almost burst out laughing, thinking to himself that this girl was really bold.
On the official road ahead, Xiao Mingshu's Maxim suddenly stopped firing; the ammunition belt had been emptied.
Han Laoliu grunted, and seeing the firepower suddenly stop, he immediately growled:
"Opportunity! Charge!"
He and Li Mo simultaneously withdrew half of their defenses, then lunged forward, intending to finish off the leading female cultivator at close range.
But before the two could take even half a step, a dense hail of bullets suddenly swept in from the side, slamming into the shield and the golden shield with a crackling sound, sending sparks flying.
Huan'er caught up, and bullets rained down on the two of them like water. Han Laoliu gritted his teeth and could only push his shield to its limit again, barely managing to withstand this wave of flanking fire. He was both shocked and furious—how could even a little girl at the Qi Refining Third Layer be such a ferocious beast!
Taking advantage of the moment, Xiao Mingshu pressed down on the gun with her left hand, took out a whole box of new bullets from her Storage Ring with her right hand, and clicked the end of the ammunition belt. With a slight release of Spiritual Power from her fingertips, the ammunition belt smoothly slid into the gun barrel.
She let the ammunition box fall to the ground, her fingertips tracing the gleaming ammunition belt as she swiftly reloaded it in the blink of an eye.
Just then, Shen Jingchuan also rode Big Black to the flank. He deliberately circled around to Huan'er's side, not daring to get directly in front of the girl's gun barrel.
Given her inconsistent shooting technique, charging forward would only invite friendly fire. He steadied his horse, aimed his gun at the gap between the two men's shields, and pulled the trigger without hesitation.
In an instant, two dense barrages of fire poured out from the front and flanks simultaneously, weaving together a dense net of fire that trapped Li Mo and Han Laoliu within it.