Chapter 281: Impotent Rage

“It hurts, it hurts, it hurts so much, gwah oh,” the Fear Emperor screamed inwardly.

But he was the “Human Emperor,” he couldn’t say it hurt; he had to swallow his bitterness and tears.

A beam of electro-optical particle cannon, white on the outside and red on the inside, poured energy wildly into the tree hollow, scorching and burning the bark. If not for the tree trunk’s thickness of a hundred meters, coupled with it being the purest and hardest part of the Fear Emperor’s energy, Jack’s Super-Phase Energy Cannon would have truly pierced through the Fear Emperor Tree’s hollow, opening another hole in it.

After firing the cannon, the powerful recoil caught Jack off guard, causing him to tilt backward. He quickly tightened his legs around the Royal Pegasus to keep from falling off.

The continuous recoil from firing even forced the Royal Pegasus in mid-air to retreat several steps.

“What fierce firepower, what immense recoil,” Jack gasped, nearly losing his grip on this anti-materiel sniper rifle.

He was both shocked and impressed, wondering how Kamiyu, with her small frame, managed to use it to achieve such precision—hitting targets with pinpoint accuracy, striking bullseyes from over ten or twenty kilometers away, hitting wherever she aimed.

Jack recalled memories of Kamiyu using the sniper rifle in the past. Whether she wielded the NTW-40, the Barrett-skinned Sound of Chaos, or the shotgun Demon-Repelling Holy Flame, she handled them all with ease, as if she had hacks for no recoil and auto-aim.

Jack glanced back at Kamiyu on the ground and suddenly remembered her profession was a Gunsmith. Could it be her profession that allowed her to achieve all this?

No, it wasn’t that simple. Her composure in the face of powerful enemies, even her ability to withstand pressure and toy with opponents, indicated she possessed deeper strength and confidence.

Without that strength and confidence, even with mercenary experience like his own, she couldn’t have done what she did.

In short, Kamiyu was incredibly formidable—so much so that even he, who had always been by her side, had never truly understood the extent of her strength. Her power was bottomless, no wonder enemies couldn’t defeat her; she always managed to surprise us.

Kamiyu’s voice came through the headphones attached to his eyepatch: “What are you thinking about? Don’t space out, hurry up and shoot this Fear Emperor dead.”

Jack snapped back to attention and said, “Your gun is so powerful, I almost couldn’t suppress it.”

“Hey, and you said you were a mercenary. Turns out you’re this amazing. I can’t even bring out 1/100th of this weapon’s potential,” Jack added.

Because it was visibly clear that what he fired could only be called a phase energy beam. The energy density and radius of the electro-optical cannon were far smaller compared to Kamiyu’s.

“Hmph, it’s good that you know. And yet you kept blabbering about what if someone stole my weapon, giving me unnecessary anxiety,” Kamiyu complained unhappily.

Jack didn’t want to explain. He was never one to explain. The only way to make Kamiyu happy again was to do exactly as she said and thoroughly hurt and damage the Fear Emperor.

So Jack quickly reloaded and fired wildly, using every combination he could think of. And he didn’t have to worry about durability because the new NTW-40’s durability had been tripled by Kamiyu to 600. Even if he used up all the bullets Kamiyu gave him, the weapon wouldn’t break.

Phase Energy Cannon, Hammer of the Thunder God, Frenzied Lightning Arrow, Delayed Implosion Bullet.

“Boom, boom.” “Clang, clang.” Sounds rang out one after another.

The tree trunk burst into sparks, its originally green, moss-covered surface now charred black by Jack’s destruction, pitted with large craters that made it look as pockmarked as the moon’s surface, extremely unsightly.

Kamiyu looked up at the sky and saw Jack attacking wildly, without any pattern or strategy. She shook her head, thinking to herself, “This Jack, did you get a hack and just start using it like crazy, not even bothering to pretend? If this were a game, you’d have been reported long ago.”

But in the Black Sphere War Room, everyone watching the latest battle developments wore expressions of joy, excitement, and victory.

“First combat objective completed—Miss Kamiyu successfully seized the Fruit Core and even took all the Skill Fruits. This is a huge harvest, couldn’t be more satisfying,” said one intelligence officer, his mouth curved like a crescent moon.

“And the second combat mission is also proceeding very smoothly. Big Brother Jack is absolutely slaughtering it, wreaking havoc like crazy,” Chu Feng said, watching Jack on the screen like a warrior, filled with envy.

“Big Brother Jack is still Big Brother Jack. Even as a Mage, his fighting style remains unchanged—going all out, leaving no breathing room for the Fear Emperor,” Chu Feng continued.

“Increase the efforts of the frontline Rescue Unit to buy more time. Don’t give them any chance to fall back. Also, have the Artillery Position ready at any moment, calculate the lead time. Even if the Ability Users escape, blast them all to pieces,” Li Changde added, covering any gaps for Jack and Kamiyu fighting on the front lines.

Jack fired a shot and then moved to another spot, leaving the Fear Emperor utterly defenseless. The Fear Emperor’s tree vine tentacles seemed weak and listless.

That was because Kamiyu had already reduced the Fear Emperor to 60% of his strength and stolen the Fruit Core. Now, the Fear Emperor had less than 50% of his power left. On top of that, Jack was bombarding him relentlessly, forcing him to flee in panic.

The Fear Emperor was furious—so angry it could be described as raging. A powerful earthquake erupted, its intensity growing stronger and stronger. From the outside, the entire Tree Realm in Dragon Roar City was shaking violently. The Behind-the-Scenes Players, seeing the data on the seismic monitoring stations, were terrified and hurriedly urged the Beta Tester Players to rush to Dragon Roar City to stop the Fear Emperor’s rampage.

Inside the Tree Realm, tree branches and leaves rustled and fell, as if someone were angrily tearing out their own hair in a frenzy.

“Insects, despicable insects!” “It’s you again, Kamiyu!” Recognizing the familiar Lightning Element attacks, the Fear Emperor assumed Kamiyu had personally taken action.

“How did you cross the Tree Wall and enter this sovereign’s palace?” “This sovereign will kill you!”

After realizing his tree vine tentacles couldn’t catch “Kamiyu,” the Fear Emperor began to shout and rage: “Protect your sovereign! Someone, come quickly and protect your sovereign! The enemy has broken into this sovereign’s palace—why aren’t you protecting your sovereign?”

Seeing this scene, Kamiyu said, “Quick, keep up the pressure. The Fear Emperor is just throwing a tantrum in his helpless rage.”

Who else was left? Everyone had been eaten by him. The Ability Users had all been dispatched, and even if the High-Tier Ability Users could hear the Fear Emperor’s call, they were pinned down outside.

“This Fear Emperor not only loves to sleep but is also truly blind. Jack under that cloak is as big as a small bull—how could he mistake him for me?” Kamiyu was utterly speechless.

With that said, while Jack was causing trouble up above, she took the opportunity to stir things up on the ground, running like the Flash.

Just running wasn’t thrilling enough, so Kamiyu, with no regard for manners, littered as she ran, tossing modified Poison Shells one after another. She was planning something big, circling around the tree trunk as she went.