Firing now would only make things worse. Su Xiao needed to observe every subtle movement of the Ant King, whose reaction speed was extremely fast. Sniping the Ant King while he was unimpeded had a very low hit rate.
There were only three opportunities to snipe him. The first was when the Ant King failed to notice Su Xiao and Su Xiao killed him from a distance. That would be a surprise shot, which was clearly unrealistic under the current circumstances.
The second was when the Ant King's movements were restricted. In that situation, the shot would almost certainly hit.
The third was when the Ant King was moving at high speed. An Ant King moving at high speed had no time to dodge a predicted bullet, because the bullet had not originally been flying toward him—it was he who had crashed into it. Unless the Ant King could foresee the future, his senses would not warn him. The hit rate of a predictive shot was around 30%. If the Ant King made a charging motion and exposed his direction, the hit rate would rise above 80%.
Firing recklessly without absolute certainty, with the mindset of drawing a random prize—what else could that be but making things worse?
Su Xiao really wanted to turn around and shoot that Sniper, letting him know the consequences of making things worse. Unfortunately, he had to keep his full attention on the Ant King.
Su Xiao made no move, but that did not mean Old Smoke, Shui Saki, and Chen were doing nothing. They all hoped Su Xiao would finish off the Ant King as soon as possible. They were the ones fighting, not the Contractees in the distance. Their positions were different, so their mindsets were different as well. Those people were simply