Bang!
Just as Li Qiuzhi and Amber spotted the Doctor, a gunshot rang out behind them, and a faint sense of danger welled up within him.
Almost instinctively, he pulled Amber behind him, in case the shot was aimed at her.
However, Li Qiuzhi had worried a little too much.
The instant he shielded Amber, the speeding bullet, wreathed in dense Pyro, struck him squarely in the forehead. Then its kinetic energy and the heat of its Pyro vanished instantly.
It did not even bounce off, simply dropping to the ground.
Not a single hair on Li Qiuzhi was harmed. Even abilities such as damage sharing never activated, while the energy stored in his "Charging Body" rose ever so slightly.
It seemed the shot had been aimed at Li Qiuzhi from the start.
Good. Now this is a serious grudge. Of course, if they had attacked Amber, it would have been even worse!
Li Qiuzhi calmly turned his golden gaze forward.
As expected, the figures who appeared there were members of the Fatui.
A Pyro Debt Collector, an Anemoboxer, an Electrohammer Vanguard, a Cryogunner Legionnaire, a Hydrogunner Legionnaire, a Geo Chanter Bracer, and the Pyroslinger Bracer who had attacked him.
Practically every common type of Fatui soldier was present.
And they were no weaklings, either.
The lowest was level sixty-the Hydrogunner Legionnaire-while the highest was the level-seventy Debt Collector.
It seemed these were the people the Doctor had stationed outside to ambush him and Amber.
With strength like that, they counted as elites even among the Fatui. He certainly had spared no expense.
Was he not afraid of losing them all here?
Right. When has someone like the Doctor ever cared about that?
"Captain, the Pyro rifle doesn't work on him!" The Fatui Pyroslinger Bracer could scarcely believe his eyes.