You're All Ability Users, Why Can You Use a Gun?

However, the bullet didn't hit him immediately.

The instant his hair stood on end, Chen Xuan had an extremely profound sensation. The movements of the person before him seemed to turn into slow motion. He could even see the burst of flame from the gun barrel and the projectile that had just left the muzzle. To be precise, the thing looked more like an exquisite syringe, with its short head needle and the fanned-out stabilizing fins at the tail clearly visible!

This was precisely the effect of the "Divine Eye Method"!

Good, it worked exactly as he had hoped, entering a divine vision state the moment it sensed danger!

Chen Xuan used all his might to condense his first qi sword and place it directly across the bullet's path. Unlike the Spirit Sword Technique, the Thousand Thoughts Sword didn't need to attach itself to any physical object. It could form out of thin air, existing as a physical entity itself. It was no different from the flying swords in immortal cultivation that could decapitate an enemy from a hundred paces away, only lacking self-awareness.

The divine vision state lasted only about half a second, but that was enough.

With a light clang, sparks flew.

The bullet was precisely blocked by this sword!

Meanwhile, Joan of Arc hadn't even registered what had just happened.

"Your Excellency Divine Envoy? What is this...?"

Chen Xuan felt a surge of confidence. He had actually intercepted a bullet; how cool was that!

Although

He previously thought the opponent wouldn't be a match for Joan of Arc in a head-on confrontation, but now it seemed that guess was completely wrong! Joan of Arc couldn't keep up with the witch's movements at all. In the time it took the witch to swing her chain once, she had already kicked once and teleported twice!

"It seems your reaction time is nothing special. You can dodge bullets, but you can't dodge my legs." The witch raised her revolving grenade launcher again.

What, you want to play mind games too?

Chen Xuan realized he had to make a choice—should he use his half-second divine sight before firing, or wait until she launched a follow-up attack.

If he was even a fraction of a second too slow, he'd have to take that grenade head-on. But then again, was it really a grenade she fired? The previous one had already been split in half by a qi sword from the front, but judging by the scattered fragments, it seemed a bit too complex.

She knew perfectly well that guns were ineffective against him, so why did she fire first before every attack? Or perhaps... was it just a feint?

Chen Xuan pretended to be nonchalant and brushed the dust off his clothes. "Actually, I deliberately let you get close."

"What?"

"If I don't give you room to maneuver, how can I evaluate whether your abilities are worth stealing?" he said slowly. "Even if you get close ten more times, you still won't have any chance of winning. Joan of Arc, stay put, she can't hurt me."

Joan of Arc froze for a moment, then nodded seriously. "I understand."

The red-haired witch's expression grew colder, and she decisively pulled the trigger!

Chen Xuan had mocked her and had Joan of Arc watch just now to provoke her into doing it again! He followed the same tactic, thrusting one sword at the witch and keeping another hovering in mid-air, ready. However, this time, he didn't use the Divine Eye Method from the start; instead, he entered divine sight mode only after the muzzle flash appeared!

By the time he could see the bullet's trajectory, it was less than half a body length away from him.

At this distance, no matter how fast he dodged, he wouldn't be able to evade it!

It was at this very moment that the witch disappeared. The qi sword he had thrust forward missed, and at the same time, he detected a faint, elusive aura on the bullet.

So that's how it is!

A flash of lightning struck Chen Xuan's mind! These projectiles weren't simply weapons; they were also a special kind of locator. The witch could swap between these locators, making it seem as if she had suddenly vanished! She had been able to instantly appear before him earlier by swapping with the syringe that was fired first.

Is this her ability?

This time, she would definitely use the same trick again, because the bullet's position was even better than last time. In her eyes, he must not be good at close-quarters combat.

This meant that this bullet, about to hit him, would be replaced by the witch herself!

Chen Xuan didn't need to dodge, because he had a third qi sword as a backup! He just needed to summon the third qi sword and place it horizontally in front of him, forcing her to run onto the blade herself.

As the thought formed, the third sword took shape!

But the bullet didn't turn into the witch; instead, it collided with the qi sword and exploded with a roar!

No, this thing can actually explode!

With a deafening boom, Chen Xuan was once again thrown against the wall by the shockwave of the explosion. Fortunately, the bullet seemed to be some kind of shaped charge, and most of its energy was blocked by the qi sword.

She had indeed swapped positions, but it wasn't with the grenade she had just fired!

"You can only see things that happen in a very short period of time, right?" A cold voice came from behind him. "When I kicked you, I also left you a little souvenir, but it seems you didn't notice."

The red-haired witch had appeared behind Chen Xuan at some unknown time. She held a dagger in one hand and cleanly stabbed it into his upper back—a vital spot that could simultaneously damage the lungs and heart, and extinguish the target's will to resist.