Victory Is Certain?

"Damn it, I can't break through its defense at all. I'm so useless." Little Deagle started blaming himself again.

As a Desert Eagle, being able to fire Explosive Shots and pierce ordinary armor was already quite impressive. Unfortunately, when facing high-level dark-type monsters, he was still lacking.

Xu Jiang was busy dodging attacks and had no time to answer him.

Sparkles, who had just left the field, offered ample encouragement to her loyal little fan.

"Don't be discouraged. You're already amazing. Keep it up, Little Deagle—charge! Eek eek eek."

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

"Eek eek eek, it's not hard at all. I can teach you!"

"Really? I want to learn!"

Their conversation suddenly kindled hope in Xu Jiang's heart.

What was Little Deagle best at? Learn from the enemy to defeat the enemy, of course. Both Telekinetic Bullet and Explosive Shot had been learned through insight. Could he do it again this time?

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

Hearing this kind of lesson, Xu Jiang felt utterly hopeless.

Sparkles flashed twice in his weapon slot, as though she had demonstrated flipping a power switch, complete with a short sound effect. That counted as teaching? Who could possibly understand that?

"I understand!" Little Deagle suddenly cried out. "So making light means bling~ bling~."

He could learn that? What exactly had he learned?

Congratulations. Through diligent study, Major Sand Eagle has successfully comprehended the birth of light. Skill comprehended: Silver Bullet Lv1

Silver Bullet Lv1: Adds the light attribute to bullets, dealing massive damage to dark-type creatures.

He had comprehended it just like that? So what exactly was that "bling bling" supposed to be?

Forget it, there was no time to worry about that!

"Switch magazine, Silver Bullet!"

Xu Jiang performed a forward roll to evade the attack, reloaded his magazine, and the moment he slammed it in, the bullets' properties changed.

He raised his gun and fired.

Bang!

The bullet left the barrel. This time, it was no longer wreathed in flames; instead, it trailed a pure white streak through the darkness and struck the monster.

It lacked the ferocity of an Explosive Shot, but when the Silver Bullet hit, it gave off a "sizzle~" as though melting, leaving a deep bullet hole in the Bonefiend's body.

It worked!

How could Xu Jiang hesitate now? A full magazine poured out like meteors streaking through the night—brief flashes that carried immense power.

"Caw!!!" A crow-like shriek rang out.

It was clear that the monster was in immense pain. An absolutely restraining force was burning it, and even frenzy energy could not restore it in a short time.

Its hateful gaze turned toward Xu Jiang. Raising its claws, it tried to rush over and tear him apart.

Fortunately, Old Tie appeared in time. Holding up his totem in front of Xu Jiang, he forcibly withstood the monster's attack through brute strength.

Gritting his teeth and turning his face to the side, Lan Tie gave Xu Jiang a dashing smile. "Don't worry. As long as I'm here, I'll definitely protect—"

Bang!

The monster extended its other claw and sent Old Tie flying. Still, that was good enough; at least he had bought Xu Jiang some time.

Reloading once more, Xu Jiang fired as he retreated.

The Silver Bullets' restraint caused the Bonefiend to falter repeatedly. Combined with his movement speed boost, Shadowstep escapes, and grenade cover—

Before Xu Jiang's nimble escape techniques, this clumsy giant simply could not catch him.

Xu Jiang was extremely confident now. It seemed he could kite this thing to death.

As long as he had enough time to shoot through that thing's hood and blow out its eyes, the monster would undoubtedly die.

But just as Xu Jiang was brimming with confidence, bad news came from Pess.

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

"Great? Great my ass! Old Tie! Don't die just yet! Get up and help me hold it off again."

The passage had connected, but Xu Jiang could not be happy at all, because he felt that he might not last until reinforcements arrived.

The Bonefiend was too powerful. It had actually only been playing around while fighting him earlier.

Its true power had been devoted to sealing the exit. Now that it saw it was losing, it directly revealed its hand and drew that power back into its body. Frenzy energy caused it to grow a pair of enormous wings.

Bone butterfly. That was the only description Xu Jiang could think of.

A pair of bizarre skeletal wings grew from the back of its malformed body. As they flapped in the sky, a violent wind that stung the skin slowly formed.

Without question, this thing was about to unleash its ultimate move.

A powerful suction force was pulling everything around it inward, tearing it apart and grinding it to pieces. Xu Jiang could barely remain standing, much less escape.

Bang!

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

He drove the totem in his hand fiercely into the ground and stood before Xu Jiang, helping him stabilize himself.

Lan Tie truly wanted to die. Charging forward to risk his life was the most direct way to sacrifice himself, but he did not want Xu Jiang to die.

Along the way, he had come to regard Xu Jiang as a comrade. Becoming Xu Jiang's final shield was the only thought in his mind at this moment.

Unfortunately, even if the two of them gave it everything they had, their strength was still far too weak.

Xu Jiang braced himself behind Lan Tie and raised his gun to fire.

The Telekinetic Bullets pushed forward against the violent wind, but ultimately lost and were all swept away without striking a single target.

Bullets that could not hit were useless no matter how powerful they were.

As the violent wind grew fiercer and fiercer and the devastating ultimate move neared completion, Xu Jiang began to despair.

He tried asking Qianji, "Qianji, if I use Shadowstep to escape at full speed now, do I have a chance of breaking out?"

"Run? We are about to win, General. Why would you run?"

"What! We're going to win?" Xu Jiang shouted this time.

In his eyes, they had reached a life-or-death moment.

The Bonefiend flying in the air was an invincible existence. There was no way to fight this battle. How were they supposed to win?

"Eek eek eek, we really are going to win! When we get back, I'm going to hold another concert."

"Whew, warfare really isn't suited for me. I still want to be a medic. After this battle, I'll apply to leave the grenade corps."

"Looks like there's nothing left for me to do. General, as a useless weapon, I request more attachments after we return."

"Tsk tsk, this monster is simply courting death. Oh right, I only have one cigarette left. I'll need to restock later too."

The mechas had already begun chatting, all of them utterly confident that they would win this battle that should have been certain death.

But could you at least tell me how we were supposed to win this battle?!

Not one of you was making a move. You couldn't possibly be hoping for the other side to blow itself up, could you? Seriously...

"No, not everyone. There's still one who hasn't spoken. Could it be!!"

"Hehehe~~ Hahahaha!!" A slightly manic laugh rang out beside Xu Jiang's ear.