As Skuk was flung upward along a parabola and reached its peak, Evan decisively pulled the trigger.
Amid the orange-red muzzle flash, a bullet streaked through the air in a brilliant trail of fire. In Strong Strike Mode, there was no consideration for concealment—only speed, power, and lethality!
Before even half a second had passed, before the sound could reach him, it drilled viciously into White Shark Skuk's right shoulder. With a boom, it blasted open a bloody hole larger than a bowl.
"Aaargh—"
"Wha... what...?"
If he had not instinctively drawn back at the critical moment with his powerful Beast Intuition, that shot would have pierced straight through his chest. Suspended in midair with nowhere to brace himself, even though he had sensed Evan's killing intent when he took aim, he had no room at all to evade.
Even after being hit, White Shark Skuk had never imagined that anyone could interfere in the battle between Peak Knights on his side!
Skuk's strength might have been nearly six times the Mortal Limit, enough to call him superhuman without exaggeration. But let alone White Shark Skuk, even a whale shark possessing ten or dozens of times a human's strength might not have been able to withstand that Strong Strike shot.
Piercing through a surface with a single point, leaving only a bowl-sized hole was already proof of his extraordinary physique.
But it was not over yet. Just before White Shark fell back into the water, the second bullet followed close behind.
"Ah! Don't even think...!" Skuk's already monstrous and ugly face twisted hideously as the lethal threat forced an inhuman roar from him.
Clang—
Amid a long metallic tremor, White Shark, now on guard, barely blocked the bullet with the curved blade in his left hand. The price was that