Su Xiao pulled back the bolt. Because the Duke of Extinction was longer than usual, he pulled it back farther than before.
A bright-red shell ejected from the chamber, with some earth element still clinging to it.
He chambered a new round. It was an ordinary bullet, but Equipment Effect 2 of the Duke of Extinction treated ordinary bullets as armor-piercing rounds by default.
This time, Su Xiao did not fire immediately. Instead, he activated the Duke of Extinction's locking function. The red circle in the scope gradually tightened. When it condensed into a single point, the lock was successful.
10, 9...
The locking function required ten seconds in total. The target was Yupi.
Yupi still stood motionless in the basin. Its gaze swept the surroundings, paying no attention to the Contractors fleeing toward the top of the basin.
Yupi sensed in an instant that it had been locked onto by something terrifying. That hair-raising feeling grew increasingly distinct.
The muscles in Yupi's lower limbs writhed. In just two seconds, it evolved four legs. Its lower body became horse-like, complete with hooves.
Its four legs tensed, and Yupi charged forward at full speed. It was not fleeing—it was heading straight for Su Xiao. This was Yupi, one of the Three Guards. Even after sensing the fear of death, it would not retreat.
Yupi became a red blur, instantly overtaking the nearby Contractors. This terrified more than a dozen ranged Contractors. Their legs were too short, and the melee Contractors had left them far behind.
Yupi ignored them. Compared with these "rats," the enemy in the distance was far more frightening.
Just as Yupi had charged nearly four hundred meters at full speed, a figure rushed toward it head-on. It was Amu.
Things had turned out somewhat differently from Su Xiao's