The bullet spun out of the muzzle, tearing through the air with a shriek as it flew straight toward its target-that enormous bald head.
Almost at the same instant, the guard standing beside the general suddenly reached out. His arm swelled, growing huge and thick in a heartbeat, and he thrust out his palm to snatch the bullet!
But he failed.
Just as the bullet approached his palm, it suddenly curved downward at an utterly impossible speed, circled the Beastman's arm, then continued forward, mercilessly piercing the bald head.
For everyone present, it was an unimaginable moment.
Francis's acting president was still smiling, his right hand extended. Then, before his eyes, the left half of General Von Kaleman's head exploded. His eyeball spun through the air, flying amid shattered skull fragments, brains, blood, and flesh.
Then a dark shape emerged from the carnage and shot into the acting president's slightly open mouth, exiting through the back of his head. Only then did the bullet seem to lose its momentum and drop toward the ground.
But by the time it landed, the bullet had silently become a bomb.
And its countdown had reached zero.
BOOOOM!
Blazing fire and a violent explosion mercilessly engulfed the royal palace's entire entrance. Thick smoke billowed into the sky, and every nearby window shattered. Li Wei watched the soldiers throw themselves to the ground in terror, looking around uneasily. The Pack Beasts pulling the carts also let out loud roars, startled by the blast.
Soon, Li Wei saw several Kront soldiers turn to look in his direction. Their bodies rapidly transformed into densely furred, beastlike monsters. Then they leaped forward, charging toward his position at tremendous speed.
An ordinary sniper would have been thinking about running by now.
But Li Wei did not leave. He simply