With one eye shot apart, the black bear was driven into a frenzy. It grabbed the arrow and forcibly pulled it out, tearing out its eyeball along with it.
Then, the now one-eyed black bear glared viciously at Luo Dahai and charged toward him on all fours.
Bears might look chubby and rather docile, but in reality? They could run faster than humans.
This black bear Fierce Beast was more like a tank hurtling along at high speed.
"Ah!"
Knowing that a ranged attacker could not afford to let an enemy close in, Niu Dagang also roared and blocked the black bear's path. At the same time, he activated Overlord Body, greatly boosting his defenses.
Brother Niu, isn't he being way too earnest? Watching Niu Dagang practically risk his life to shield Luo Dahai from the Fierce Beast's attack, Luo Fan muttered inwardly.
Weren't we just discussing how to take down the Luo father and son?
So now that we're actually fighting together, is he really treating them as teammates?
Buzzz!
Almost simultaneously, a gray shield appeared around Niu Dagang. An Xiaoran had cast her shield skill on him.
Nicely done! Seeing An Xiaoran quickly give Niu Dagang a shield as well, Luo Fan silently praised her.
Bam!
The frenzied, charging black bear slammed hard into Niu Dagang, sending him flying like a ball. The shield around him was as flimsy as paper and shattered on impact.
Missile!
Luo Xiaohai was also desperate to save his father. He raised his hand and fired a Missile.
The fist-sized energy Missile exploded against the black bear's face, but the bear ignored it, its remaining eye still locked on Luo Dahai.
Clearly, all its hatred was now focused on Luo Dahai.
About ten meters away, Zhao Chunfeng's face was deathly pale. Several coins had fallen to the ground, but he did not pick them up. He raised his handgun toward the black bear while silently counting, One... two... three.
Bang!
Without the slightest hesitation, Zhao Chunfeng fired his handgun, sending a bullet out of the muzzle.
After firing that shot, Zhao Chunfeng went limp. Unable even to remain standing, he collapsed to the ground.
"Sap!" Just then, Luo Fan reached the black bear's head again. Shouting, he struck its head with the hilt of the Beast-Fang Short Blade.
Although bears ran very fast, far faster than humans, Luo Fan was, after all, a Lv2 Assassination Sequence user. His running speed also exceeded human limits.
That was why Luo Fan could catch up with the black bear.
Struck by Luo Fan's Sap, the black bear's head reeled again, though only for an instant.
But that instant of mental shutdown while it was running at full speed sent the black bear crashing to the ground under its own momentum. With a boom, its heavy body scraped a long trail across the ground.
Almost simultaneously, Zhao Chunfeng's bullet struck the black bear's other eye with pinpoint accuracy.
Even more agonized roars and screams rang out. Blinded in both eyes, the black bear thrashed and destroyed everything around it.
The bullet had not merely blown apart its eyeball; it had penetrated straight into its head.
Seeing the black bear thrashing in its dying frenzy, Luo Fan immediately retreated, putting distance between them and coming to Zhao Chunfeng's side.
"Brother Zhao, what a shot! You're a sharpshooter," Luo Fan said, looking at Zhao Chunfeng in amazement.
Neither Luo Dahai nor Zhao Chunfeng belonged to a combat Sequence, so they had an Uncanny Artifact bow and handgun respectively as weapons. But were both of them really that accurate with ranged attacks?
"Brother Zhao, what's wrong?" Luo Fan asked worriedly as he looked at him lying on the ground.
"Don't worry about me. Do it..." Pale-faced, Zhao Chunfeng felt utterly drained, but he still forced himself to speak to Luo Fan.
Do it? Do what?
Hearing Zhao Chunfeng's words, Luo Fan immediately understood.
"Uncle Luo, that arrow just now-you're a master archer. Impressive." Luo Fan walked toward Luo Dahai with a smile.
"Your Sap was perfectly timed too. By the way, how's Brother Zhao?" Luo Dahai replied with a smile.
"He's fine. An old problem," Luo Fan said, waving a hand.
"After fighting side by side like this, our two teams are practically brothers. Once this black bear dies, we'll split all that meat evenly," Luo Dahai continued.
"Of course. From now on, we're like brothers." Luo Fan nodded along with Luo Dahai's words.
"Luo Fan, watch out!" Niu Dagang shouted as he struggled to his feet in the distance.
Luo Fan immediately moved, darting toward Luo Dahai like a fleeing hare.
Whoosh!
Almost simultaneously, a fist-sized Missile grazed past Luo Fan and struck the ground, blasting a large crater into it.
"Sap!" Luo Fan shouted as he thrust his Dagger at Luo Dahai.
Luo Dahai raised his bow and blocked Luo Fan's Dagger. Looking at the sharp beast fang pointed at him, he gritted his teeth. "Weren't you using Sap? This doesn't look like it."
Indeed, Sap was activated by striking someone's head with the hilt, yet Luo Fan had thrust straight at him with the blade. Was this Sap?
Sure enough, a Lv2 Sequence is still too low-level. This old fellow isn't from a combat Sequence, but his level is high enough that his physical attributes are better than mine, even though I am. With his attack blocked, Luo Fan silently grumbled.
As for why he had been shouting "Sap" ever since the fight with the black bear, Luo Fan was not that childish. He had done it deliberately, even specifically for the Luo father and son to hear.
When I raise my Dagger and shout the skill's name, do you think I've activated it or not?
Whether I have or not, you have to take it seriously as though I have, don't you?
It was like Duan Yu's Six Meridians Divine Sword in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, whose sword energy was invisible and formless.
So whenever Duan Yu extended a finger, whether he had actually activated the Six Meridians Divine Sword or not, his opponent had to dodge or block as though he had.
Those complaints flashed through his mind in an instant. They had just been working together against a Fierce Beast and calling each other brothers, only to turn around and stab each other in the back. Luo Fan felt no inner turmoil; in fact, he had expected it.
He closed in on Luo Dahai again, smashing the hilt toward Luo Dahai's head as he shouted once more, "Sap!"
"Again?!" Blocking Luo Fan's attack once more, Luo Dahai could not help cursing as he stared at the sharp blade right before his eyes.
Was he crazy? The hilt had originally been swinging toward him, only to change halfway into a downward thrust with the blade.
"Sap!"
"Sap!"
"Sap!"
He followed up with several more moves, pressing his advantage.
Luo Dahai had no chance at all to draw his bow and nock an arrow. Forced back step by step under Luo Fan's assault, he used his bow as a weapon and barely managed to fend off the attacks.
Although his Sequence level was higher than Luo Fan's, Luo Dahai did not belong to a combat Sequence, after all. He could only rely on the raw physical attributes of a Sequence User to hold his own.
Smack.
Once again, just as Luo Fan thrust his blade toward Luo Dahai, he suddenly turned his wrist. His attack speed instantly surged as he activated Sap.
Luo Dahai's swinging bow struck Luo Fan's left shoulder, making his face pale as his shoulder instantly lost all sensation.
But the hilt landed on Luo Dahai's head, immediately leaving his eyes unfocused.
Then, taking advantage of that moment of confusion, Luo Fan drove the Beast-Fang Short Blade straight into his throat...
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