Solo Kill

"Ah, that's not how you use it?"

The voice in his mind froze, and he loosened his control over the body a little.

Fu Junlin sighed helplessly. Things had come to this anyway, so he might as well try anything. Working together, they controlled the body to raise the sniper rifle, press an eye to the scope, and place a finger on the trigger.

He pulled the trigger, and the blue energy source flashed brilliantly.

Bang!

Sure enough, the massive recoil directly knocked Fu Junlin off the tree, while the fiery red bullet flew wildly off target.

But laughter rang out in his mind.

"Hahaha, this thing has some Intent!"

Meanwhile, the students watching before the giant screen were all dumbfounded by Fu Junlin's actions.

When they saw Fu Junlin crouch in the tree and pull out a Gatling gun, they had no idea what they were expecting.

But when he threw the Gatling gun in the Minotaur's face, they understood.

The crowd burst into laughter.

After Fu Junlin blasted himself out of the tree with a sniper rifle, some were laughing so hard they practically wanted to roll around on the floor.

"Is Fu Junlin planning to switch careers and become a comedian?"

A cold-looking male student wore a wicked smirk as he mocked him casually.

"Sigh, what was I even expecting..."

A girl who had been full of anticipation shook her head in disappointment.

Miao Ningxue, Class Three's vice class monitor, narrowed her eyes, with a cold glint of Flicker within them.

Miao Ningxue had a grudge against Fu Junlin.

Once, when Miao Ningxue was forming a squad for a mission, Fu Junlin had wanted to join. But Miao Ningxue had sarcastically mocked him a few times and refused to let him in.

Fu Junlin had been furious. He might have been timid, but he was still a qualified support! His grades in the War Banner class had always ranked among the best!

It was fine if she did not want him on the team, but why did she have to mock him?

Later, Miao Ningxue had an urgent mission and could not find a War Banner Master. At the time, Fu Junlin was the only one available.

Miao Ningxue reluctantly wanted to let Fu Junlin join the team. But Fu Junlin refused. As a man, as long as he was not fighting to the death, he still needed to have some backbone.

As a result, Miao Ningxue had no War Banner Master for that mission, and naturally, the mission failed.

Even though the mission itself had been difficult, and they might not have won even with a War Banner Master, Miao Ningxue still blamed Fu Junlin for it.

From then on, she looked down on Fu Junlin even more.

Miao Ningxue quickly walked over to the teacher and advised her,

"Teacher, I suggest we have him come back by dying as soon as possible.

"It's not that I have any Intent toward Fu Junlin. I'm only considering the bigger picture. We've already wasted too much energy, and the Teleportation Array is still consuming energy."

"The mission has failed too. There's no need to suffer unnecessary losses. This will only leave a bad impression on the Academic Affairs Office and do our Subspecies class no good!"

Miao Ningxue spoke forcefully, as if her argument made perfect sense.

But Shi Hongyu could not help frowning slightly.

How much energy could the Teleportation Array possibly consume?

Making Fu Junlin voluntarily die just because of that was inappropriate.

No one possessed the Intent to die. Every death was forced upon them. Asking someone to kill himself over a little energy was going too far.

At that moment, the mage from the squad walked over and said,

"I'll pay the energy cost for him! Miao Ningxue, it's not like you've never died before. Did that feel good? How many times have you voluntarily died?"

"That's right. Besides, we finally managed to reach a Minotaur BOSS. The few of us fought for a full hour and a half and cleared twelve Arena Zones. We won't give up so easily."

The Mecha Master also came over and spoke.

However, the heavy sword warrior captain merely shook his head and sneered. He did not support either side.

Even now, he was still upset over his own failure, even somewhat redirecting his resentment toward Fu Junlin, who was still alive.

He did not believe Fu Junlin could accomplish anything at all.

"What else can he do besides run? Are you expecting the Minotaur to trip and fall to its death by itself? What's the Intent of wasting all that energy!?"

Facing their questioning, Miao Ningxue responded in a tone of exasperated disappointment.

At that moment, even more people stepped forward to support Miao Ningxue.

"Yeah, Teacher, bring him back. Maybe we can still leave the school with a decent impression!"

"Exactly. It'll be too embarrassing if students from the other zones see this."

"Just look at Fu Junlin. He's clearly only grandstanding."

"..."

"Shut up, all of you!"

Shi Hongyu finally could not hold back any longer and shouted.

At that moment, someone behind them approached with a clipboard in hand, seemingly recording something.

After coming closer and glancing at the screen, he wrote something down and said to Shi Hongyu,

"Teacher Hongyu, Zone One is tallying the overall scores. Only your Class Three is left. Are you finished?"

The teacher could only answer stiffly,

"We... still have one person left!"

"One person left... Heh, all right. I'll come back later."

The statistician looked up at the screen, and his words caught in his throat. He nearly snickered, but in front of Shi Hongyu, he still had to maintain his manners.

Besides, school rules required them to avoid discriminating against classes of Subspecies as much as possible.

"Oh, right. A reminder: all the other classes have finished. Yours is the only one left, so the broadcast will switch over to your side soon."

After the statistician finished reminding her, he shook his head helplessly and left.

As he walked away, he had already begun writing the results on his clipboard.

The teacher could only clench her fists tightly.

She slowly took out her communicator, yet could not bring herself to say the words telling Fu Junlin to hurry up and die so he could return.

But if she did not say it, and they truly disgraced themselves before the academy's Academic Affairs Office, this Subspecies class would not survive at all.

The school planned to add a twenty-person Mighty Species class, but its resources were limited. It would have to cut six Subspecies classes with more than forty students!

They were already struggling on the elimination line. After losing the battle against the Minotaur, they had fallen below it.

She did not even know whether she could save Class Three!

But just then, a girl excitedly pointed at the screen and shouted,

"Look!!"

Everyone looked up at once. On the giant screen, Fu Junlin was crouching atop a protruding brick on the arena wall.

He held his breath, his expression solemn, and calmly pulled the trigger.

Bang!

The fiery red bullet shot from the barrel, tore through the sky, and accurately pierced the Minotaur's left cheek.

Its powerful penetrating force actually passed straight through the Minotaur's massive head, blasting a basketball-sized bloody hole behind its ear.

"ROAR!!~~"

With an earth-shaking roar, the Minotaur was completely enraged. It had already been on the verge of fury after failing to catch Fu Junlin again and again. Now that its face had been pierced by a bullet, it entered a full berserk state.

"What is Fu Junlin doing?! He's driven the Minotaur berserk!"

"Damn it, if we come here again in the future, the Minotaur will be even more likely to go berserk!"

"That damn piece of trash!"

"Wait, why was his shot so accurate? Did he take Mecha Master classes?"

"He got lucky! You seriously expect him to accomplish anything? At most, he'll get off this one shot before he's done for. And he made the Minotaur go berserk too. He really can't do anything right!"

The crowd sighed and shook their heads. Some complained, some cursed, some lamented, and some mocked.

But inside the Arena Zone, Fu Junlin leaped down from the wall. At the same time, he pulled a gray Battle Banner from behind his back and slammed it into the ground.

"Speed Aura!"

The instant he landed, a massive axe came crashing down from above with overwhelming force.

But the Battle Banner's aura erupted, and Fu Junlin nimbly dodged aside, darting right past the Minotaur's feet.

The students and teachers then witnessed a completely baffling scene.

Fu Junlin executed an unbelievably cool sliding tackle across the ground.

Yet Fu Junlin wore a terrified expression and howled in a warped voice,

"Don't! Don't, don't, don't go through here... Ah!"

After sliding past, Fu Junlin spun around stylishly, swung his long sniper rifle, and fired like a rhinoceros gazing at the moon, shooting straight through the Minotaur's thigh.

At such close range, the shot's power directly tore through the Minotaur's femoral artery.

Yet Fu Junlin cursed furiously,

"Don't stay there! Get farther away from him!..."

The Minotaur immediately spun around in rage, sweeping its massive axe horizontally.

But with the Speed Battle Banner's boost, Fu Junlin performed a backward aerial flip, narrowly grazing past the giant axe.

His movements flowed like water and pushed the limits, making everyone's hearts leap into their throats even as they had no choice but to admire his incredible technique.

After landing, Fu Junlin flashed backward more than twenty meters before suddenly turning around, dropping to one knee to steady himself, bracing his long rifle, and facing the charging Minotaur with extraordinary calm.

Bang!

This shot pierced straight through the Minotaur's left eye and opened a bloody hole in the back of its head.

The entire sequence was so cool it seemed capable of shaking heaven and earth, but one thing ruined the image: Fu Junlin's trembling scream,

"Run! Don't stand there striking a pose! You'll get smashed to pieces in a moment!"

That was how it went. With the mobility advantage of the Speed Battle Banner, Fu Junlin used his godlike footwork to repeatedly widen the distance from the Minotaur before landing snap shots.

One shot, two shots, four shots, nine shots...

Every shot hit a vital point!

Everyone even began wondering whether Fu Junlin's utterly pathetic wails came with some kind of special bonus.

Even a powerful monster like the Minotaur, which ranked highly among Level Two BOSSES, could no longer hold itself up.

Boom!

The mountain-like Minotaur crashed to the ground. Fu Junlin smugly swung his long sniper rifle around and blew on the muzzle.

Of course, the barrel was too long, and he nearly burned his lips.

While everyone stood frozen in disbelief,

Fu Junlin had already put away the sniper rifle. He stepped forward, picked up the giant Gatling gun, examined it for a moment, then aimed it at the Minotaur's head.

Ratatatatat!

As he fired, he ground his back teeth and cursed, "Don't desecrate the corpse, people are watching! What the hell is wrong with you?!"

The students and teachers were all utterly dumbfounded...

Was this the legendary move of being a pervert yourself and then cursing yourself for it, leaving everyone else with nothing to say?