The air trembled, and gunfire erupted.
At such close range, a Psionic Bullet struck Bai Xiaotian's head the instant it left the barrel.
Bang!
A deafening blast rang out. Rather than blowing the child's head apart, the bullet hit a transparent barrier and instantly ricocheted away!
The destructive projectile punched through the nearby rock wall, spraying fragments that knocked down a torch planted in the ground.
The flames flickered, and the light in the cave dimmed with them.
The child turned around, still grinning.
"Lord Liu, you're ruthless. You'd even shoot a child!"
"A child couldn't stop a bullet!"
Liu Zheng backed away several steps, raising a Psionic Shield around himself.
"Let's see how many you can stop!"
As his words fell, gunfire roared.
The Psionic Pistol fired repeatedly, sending bullet after bullet at him.
Several bangs rang out as every bullet ricocheted away. The transparent barrier around Bai Xiaotian did not even quiver.
"You don't have a Psionic Belt. How did you raise a shield?"
Liu Zheng's expression changed.
"A belt? I don't need one."
Bai Xiaotian smiled faintly, raised his hand, and formed a finger gun.
"Bang!"
He uttered a single word. The air around his fingertip rippled, and a Psionic Bullet appeared from thin air, streaking straight into Liu Zheng's Psionic Shield!
"You!?"
Startled, Liu Zheng cried in horror, "Your talent isn't Accelerated Learning!"
"Isn't analyzing people's minds and expressions your specialty?"
Smiling, Bai Xiaotian said, "Only a mix of truth and lies can fool you inspector dogs!"
With that,
he opened his mouth again!
"Bang!"
Another Psionic Bullet appeared from thin air, shooting toward him at exactly the same speed.
Liu Zheng hurriedly fired back, retreating all the while.
But after barely a dozen shots, his pistol ran out of bullets.
His Psionic Shield was also on the verge of collapse!
"Inspector Liu, stop struggling."
"I know exactly how many bandits you killed on the way here, and exactly what you have left."
Bai Xiaotian advanced relentlessly, his finger pointed at Liu Zheng.
At the sight,
Inspector Liu's face twisted with anger, as though those words had struck a nerve.
He reached out and drew a sharp military saber!
"Die!"
With a furious roar, he lunged forward and slashed.
Bai Xiaotian wore an ambiguous smile. His small, thin body neither dodged nor retreated; he met the attack head-on!
He crouched low, pouncing like a fierce tiger, and chopped down with the edge of his hand!
Roar!
A roar sounded from nowhere. His tiny hand actually shattered the military saber, then continued down onto the Psionic Shield.
The Psionic Shield shook violently. Spiderweb cracks appeared across its surface and spread.
Liu Zheng hurriedly reached for his waist, but before he could switch out his Psionic Battery, Bai Xiaotian delivered another hand chop!
Roar!
A second tiger's roar rang out. The hand chop shattered the Psionic Shield and struck Liu Zheng's arm directly.
"Aah!"
He screamed as his arm was severed.
Bai Xiaotian lunged into his chest, his small body crashing into him like a fierce tiger. The tall Liu Zheng was sent flying and slammed into the rock wall with a bang.
The "nine-year-old child" chuckled, walked over, planted a foot on his head, and formed a finger gun.
He spoke slowly.
"Bang!"
He looked like an innocent child and revealed his talent and attributes right from the start.
Watching everything clearly from a distance, Wu Yu's heart sank slightly.
From the moment he entered the Mysterious Tower, Bai Xiaotian had been disguising himself and deceiving others, even exploiting Liu Zheng's arrogance!
A blue talent, Accelerated Learning?
Simulating a Psionic Pistol and Psionic Belt, and simulating the Tiger Roar Eight-Slash Saber!
This was clearly copying and imitation-a simulation that transcended dimensions and manifested things in reality!
He looked just like a child. Did he have dwarfism?
With a grave expression, Wu Yu began setting traps around himself.
Then he peered through the darkness, carefully observing the scene over there.
But Bai Xiaotian did not approach. After searching Liu Zheng's corpse, he went to the Silver Chest and began opening it!
With the torch knocked down, the cave was pitch-black.
Bai Xiaotian bent his arm, and firelight actually appeared around it, illuminating the area around the chest.
Just like... the torch from earlier!
Wasn't this talent... a little absurd?
Wu Yu could not help marveling.
Considering that everyone entering the Mysterious Tower was an ordinary person, only a talent could have given him such extraordinary powers!
He could imitate anything, copy anything...
No!
Suddenly, something occurred to Wu Yu.
[Bi Fang Sigil] was one of the skills granted by a red talent, yet it still required vital energy to inscribe.
Whatever the quality of Bai Xiaotian's talent, it had to come at a considerable cost as well.
Otherwise, why would he scheme against Liu Zheng and make him expend his bullets and Spirit Energy?
Besides, Wu Yu kept feeling that something had been off about Liu Zheng just now.
Why had he ambushed Bai Xiaotian?
The surprise he showed afterward clearly meant he had not known about Bai Xiaotian's ability beforehand!
Killing someone solely for a Silver Chest did not quite make sense!
And he had seemed strangely clumsy during the fight...
Just then, Bai Xiaotian took out a pill and swallowed it. It appeared to be a Blood-Replenishing Pill!
Wu Yu saw it clearly, and an idea stirred in his mind.
A Bronze Chest took five minutes to open, a Silver Chest took fifteen, and a Golden Treasure Chest took thirty!
If he let his opponent rest for half an hour, Bai Xiaotian would surely recover enough strength to fight.
I couldn't let this chance slip away!
Rather than recklessly charging in, he climbed to higher ground, took out a small stone inscribed with [Bi Fang Sigil], and hurled it!
After three vital energy enhancements, Wu Yu's arm strength far surpassed what it had been before.
The small stone shot through the air, traveling a tremendous distance while wrapped in blood-red vapor.
"Huh!?"
Startled, Bai Xiaotian decisively leaped up, abandoning his attempt to open the chest.
Boom!!!
The cave itself seemed to shake. A golden divine bird flashed past, and flames engulfed the area around the chest.
Bai Xiaotian raised a Psionic Shield and escaped, glaring viciously toward Wu Yu.
In the darkness, the indistinct figure kept swinging his arm.
"Who's there!?"
Bai Xiaotian shouted angrily and hurriedly dodged to the side.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Three explosions erupted in succession. Flames swept outward as deafening blasts echoed through the cave.
The Psionic Shield around Bai Xiaotian shook repeatedly, and his small body slammed into the rock wall, leaving him in a pitiful state.
"Fuck!"
He cursed, gritted his teeth, and held up his Psionic Shield to block the flames as he charged deeper into the darkness!
Before long, Bai Xiaotian vanished from sight.
A moment later,
Wu Yu finally emerged from the darkness and approached the Silver Chest.
After placing some stones around the area, he carefully examined Liu Zheng's corpse.
The Level Three Inspector's body was badly damaged, and most of the Psionic Equipment left on him was broken. Bai Xiaotian had probably taken everything still intact.
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