The moment the gunshot rang out, Lu PingAn realized this confrontation was completely different from the previous ones.
"No killing intent, yet the resolve to kill?"
The theme of this battle had already been decided: not only would they determine victory and defeat, but life and death as well.
"Tyranny."
The phantom of the Two-Headed Snake flickered and vanished as berserk tentacles lashed everything around them.
If combat had set routines, then this wide-area Whiplash that deliberately created a vacuum zone—"Tyranny"—was Lu PingAn's favorite opening move right now.
And when it was imbued with the Two-Headed Snake's soul, its power was nothing like it had been before.
"One, two, three..."
Lu PingAn counted under his breath, but his feet never stopped moving.
He repeatedly observed and scanned those "rabbits." Yet in the next instant, he realized he had been wasting his effort. Their numbers and speed exceeded the limits of what his attention could lock onto.
"Ground Shrinking."
Gritting his teeth, Lu PingAn stepped forward again and completed a short-range teleport.
This time, the distance of his Ground Shrinking was at least four times what it had been before. Turning one step into four might not seem like a fundamental change, but it meant low-level Ground Shrinking could transform from an evasive skill into a mobility technique.
This was not progress that could be crossed through hard work. It was the passive improvement brought by Lu PingAn advancing from a third-rank Runner to a Law Decree-level Runner, along with a tremendous increase in his control over space. Advancing in profession rank meant improvements across the board.
And the moment he landed, Lu PingAn sensed that he could use Ground Shrinking again.
The fourth-rank Runner's advancement had brought enormous all-around improvements. The limitations of most first-rank abilities could now be overcome,