Bang! Bang! Bang!
Like champagne shattering against paving stones, the Grain Rain on the gun trembled, rose, and hung suspended in midair.
In the nearly frozen time, smoke slowly drifted from the gas port on the gun, carrying tiny sparks with it. In that fleeting instant, the sound of friction became a deep roar.
The bullets spun within the chamber, scraping along the rifling and throwing off sparks. Three red-hot rounds flew from the muzzle, tearing through the air and smashing through the frozen curtain of rain.
The burning glow shone upon the shattered raindrops, refracting an unknown phantom light in that instant.
Then, along with the Grain Rain, that phantom light was torn to pieces by deafening gunfire.
After crossing a long distance, killing intent solidified into metal came whistling in, shattering the windshield of the lead vehicle and plunging into an unfamiliar face in the passenger seat.
Blood sprayed.
The blast spread.
Huai Shi stood where he was, staring through the sights at the shattered windshield as he pulled the trigger again. The stock struck his shoulder, shaking the droplets from his raincoat into the air, where they merged with the fragmented mist.
Then the shriek of brakes rang out in the distance. The lead car seemed to skid, careening wildly through the rain and throwing up a spray of water.
At last, it abruptly lost its balance and began to roll and slide, finally coming to rest upside down on the ground. It no longer moved. Amid the gradually rising smoke, only several wheels continued to spin slowly on their own, breaking loose from their axles, falling to the ground, and rolling away.
The gunfire continued without end, just like the rain.
Until one bullet detonated the fuel tank completely. Viscous flames erupted from the wreckage and