This battle is bound to win?

"Damn it, I can't break through its defenses at all. I'm so useless," Little Deagle blamed itself again.

As a Desert Eagle, being able to fire Explosive Shots and penetrate ordinary armor was already quite good. Unfortunately, facing high-level dark-element monsters, it was still outmatched.

Xu Jiang was currently trying his best to dodge attacks and didn't have time to reply.

Sparkles, who had just stepped off the field, offered plenty of encouragement to her loyal little fan.

"Don't be discouraged, you're already doing great. Keep it up, Little Sand Eagle, go! Coo coo coo."

"I'm useless. If only I could restrain these monsters with light like Miss Sparkles."

"Coo coo coo, it's not difficult, I can teach you!"

"Really? I want to learn!"

This exchange suddenly ignited a spark of hope in Xu Jiang's heart.

What was Little Deagle best at? Wasn't it learning from the enemy to defeat the enemy? Both Telekinetic Bullet and Explosive Shot were learned through comprehension. Could it work this time too?

Sparkles continued, "Emitting light is actually very simple. Just think like this, bling~ bling~, and that's it."

Hearing this kind of teaching, Xu Jiang felt despair.

Sparkles flashed twice in his weapon inventory, as if demonstrating how to turn a power supply on and off, plus a little sound effect. Was that considered teaching? Who could understand that?

"I get it!" Little Deagle suddenly shouted. "So emitting light is bling~ bling~."

It learned from that? What did it even learn?

[Congratulations, Major Sand Eagle has successfully comprehended the process of light generation through diligent study. Learned Skill: Silver Bullet Lv1]

[Silver Bullet Lv1: Infuses bullets with light attribute, dealing massive damage to dark-element creatures.]

It learned it just like that? So what exactly was that 'bling bling'?

Whatever, no time to worry about that!

"Change magazine, Silver Bullet!"

Xu Jiang rolled forward to dodge an attack and reloaded his magazine. The moment he pushed it in, the nature of the bullets changed.

He raised his gun and fired.

Bang!

The bullet left the barrel, no longer trailing fire, but a pure white contrail that cut through the darkness and hit the monster.

It lacked the ferocity of the Explosive Shot, but after hitting, the Silver Bullet emitted a 'sizzling~' sound, as if melting. It left a deep bullet hole in the Bonefiend.

It worked!

Xu Jiang didn't hesitate any longer. He unleashed a burst of bullets, like meteors streaking through the night, fleeting but imbued with immense power.

"Gaa!!!" A raven-like scream rang out.

It was clear the monster was in immense pain. A power of absolute counteraction was burning it, and even its Madness Affliction energy couldn't allow it to recover quickly.

It glared at Xu Jiang with hostility, raising its claws, wanting to rush over and tear him apart.

Fortunately, Lan Tie appeared just in time, holding up a totem to block in front of him, enduring the monster's attack with sheer brute force.

Gritting his teeth and turning his head, Lan Tie gave Xu Jiang a dashing smile, "Don't worry, with me here, I can definitely protect..."

Bang!

The monster extended its other claw, and Lan Tie was sent flying. But that was good too, at least it bought Xu Jiang some time.

Reloading again, Xu Jiang retreated while firing.

The counteraction of the Silver Bullet caused the Bonefiend to pause intermittently. Combined with the movement speed bonus, the escape of Shadowstep, and the cover of grenades.

With Xu Jiang's agile evasion methods, this clumsy behemoth couldn't catch him at all.

Xu Jiang was now very confident. He felt he could wear the thing down and kill it with a kiting tactic.

As long as he had time, he could shoot through its hood and then blow out its eyes, and this monster would surely die.

But just as Xu Jiang was feeling confident, bad news came from Pace.

"Xu Jiang, the energy at the exit has dissipated. The passage is connecting, and someone will be here to rescue us soon. That's great!"

"Great? Great my ass! Lan Tie! Don't die on me yet! Get up and block for me again."

The passage was connecting, but Xu Jiang couldn't feel happy at all, because he felt he might not last until the rescue arrived.

The Bonefiend was too strong. It had been playing around with him earlier.

Its true power was reserved for blocking the exit. Now that it was losing, it decided to go all out, retracting its power into its body. Its Madness Affliction energy actually caused it to grow a pair of huge wings.

Bone Butterfly, that was the only description Xu Jiang could think of.

Behind its deformed body, a pair of eerie wings made of bone structure spread out. As they flapped in the sky, a wind that stung the skin began to form.

There was no doubt, this guy was about to unleash its ultimate move.

A powerful suction force was drawing everything around it, tearing and crushing. Xu Jiang found it difficult to even stand on his feet, let alone escape.

Bang!

"Get behind me!!" Lan Tie stepped forward at the critical moment.

He forcefully slammed the totem in his hand into the ground, blocking in front of Xu Jiang and helping him stabilize his stance.

Lan Tie truly wanted to die, and rushing forward to fight desperately was the most direct way to sacrifice himself, but he didn't want Xu Jiang to die.

Along the way, he had come to see Xu Jiang as a comrade, and being his final shield was his only thought at this moment.

Unfortunately, even with both of them giving their all, their strength was still too weak.

Xu Jiang braced himself behind Lan Tie, raising his gun to shoot.

The [Telekinetic Bullet] charged forward against the gale, but ultimately it was defeated, swept away entirely by the wind, with none hitting their mark.

Bullets that miss are useless, no matter how powerful they are.

Seeing the wind grow fiercer and the fierce ultimate move about to succeed, Xu Jiang fell into despair.

He tried to ask Qianji, "Qianji, if I use [Shadowstep] now to escape with all my might, is there a chance to break out?"

"Run? We are on the verge of victory, why would the General want to run?"

"What! We're winning?" Xu Jiang exclaimed this time.

In his eyes, they had reached a moment of life and death.

The Bonefiend flying in the air was an invincible existence; this battle was impossible to win, so how could they be winning?

"Hmph hmph hmph, we really are about to win! I'm going to hold another concert when we get back."

"Sigh, fighting really isn't for me. I still want to be a medic. After this battle, I'll apply to be reassigned from the grenade unit."

"It looks like there's nothing left for me to do. General, as the waste that I am, I request to have more accessories installed when we return."

"Tsk tsk, this monster is practically asking for death. Oh right, I only have one cigarette left, I'll need to stock up on those later."

The mechs had already started chatting, all of them expressing confidence in victory in this seemingly fatal battle.

But could someone please tell me how we're actually winning this fight!

They're not making a move, one by one. It's not like we can just pray for the enemy to self-destruct, this is really...

"No, not all of them, there's still one who hasn't spoken. Could it be!!"

"Hehehehe~~ Hahahahaha!!" A slightly manic laugh echoed in Xu Jiang's ears.