Chapter 24: Trying to Run? I'll Drag You Back

Kamiyu faced the desperate situation of a cornered beast. Unwilling to be trapped, she was determined to fight her way out.

She thought to herself, originally she didn’t want to waste her precious Magic Bullet, but now she had no choice but to use it.

Kamiyu silently chanted, “Load, 【Magic Bullet – Delayed Implosion Round】.”

As soon as she moved, the two enemies in front and behind also sprang into action.

Xu Liwen admired this little figure before her. She had thought the muscular man Jack, who seemed the most threatening, would act first, but unexpectedly, it was this Pink Hair who took the initiative.

Seeing the opponent preparing to fire, Jack ignored the sharp debris on the ground, stomped the floor barefoot, and charged toward Kamiyu.

Seeing the two of them about to converge, Xu Liwen realized this was a perfect opportunity. She also rushed forward, aiming to get within six steps of them to capture both Players in one move.

Kamiyu knew she would be caught in a pincer attack from front and back. She pulled a gun from the void and aimed it at Jack, ready to fire.

But then Jack shouted, “Activate Barbarian Skill 【Taunting Battle Roar】.”

Forcibly changing the direction of both their actions.

Xu Liwen, who had been running toward Kamiyu, now ran toward Jack;

Kamiyu, who had been facing away from Jack, now turned to face him, her hands forcibly raised as she aimed the gun at him;

The special forces outside also trained their guns on him.

The room was small after being damaged, and the three of them quickly came together.

Kamiyu thought, what is he doing? Using skills recklessly?

Xu Liwen thought, this idiot actually ran into my six-step range on his own. Your skill has already been nullified by me.

At that moment, Xu Liwen’s Nullification Talent Silenced the Supernatural Abilities of both Jack and Kamiyu.

Just as Xu Liwen was about to pull out her game item whip to bind the two of them,

She seemed unaware of the danger posed by Kamiyu and Jack.

Even without her Player Supernatural Abilities, Kamiyu had a gun in her hand and the experience and instincts of an FPS Game in her mind. At such close range, she could blow Xu Liwen away with a single shot.

As for Jack, a man of few words who let his strength speak for itself, he directly kicked Xu Liwen, sending her flying.

Xu Liwen flew backward, crashing into the special forces members. The people outside the room were knocked down in a heap by the powerful force.

Xu Liwen’s biggest mistake was underestimating Jack and Kamiyu’s individual capabilities. Even as ordinary humans, they possessed formidable personal skills.

“Why did you kick her away? I already had her in my sights,” Kamiyu complained.

Jack didn’t answer, instead warily watching Kamiyu.

Because now, Xu Liwen was beyond six steps, and their Player Panels had been restored. Jack didn’t know what Kamiyu’s next move would be, nor did he understand why she had fired downward earlier.

In the blink of an eye, there wasn’t even a second to think.

Kamiyu casually fired a shot in the direction Xu Liwen had been sent flying, embedding the Bullet into the wall.

There was no time for a second shot. Jack was too close—if she shot him and the explosion triggered, she’d be caught in the blast herself.

Moreover, whether this type of Bullet could penetrate Jack’s Defense and embed itself in his body was a major question.

If she were facing a “soft and weak” enemy like Mohawk, Kamiyu wouldn’t hesitate to empty her entire Magazine.

The next second.

Kamiyu shouted, “Detonate.”

The Delayed Implosion Bullets could be controlled directly by the player’s thoughts and will, allowing them to determine the exact timing of the explosion.

Since it was her first time using them, and the situation was too urgent, Kamiyu couldn’t precisely control the explosion timing and power of each bullet, so she simply detonated them all at once.

With a “boom,”

the floor beneath Kamiyu’s feet was blown apart, and she felt a sudden sense of weightlessness.

Cool, this was exactly the feeling she had imagined. She never thought she could replicate the kind of maneuver she’d seen in anime and movies. Kamiyu thought excitedly.

By shooting at the floor around her feet and then blowing it up, she could escape this desperate situation.

In addition, the bullet she had fired at Xu Liwen earlier, which had embedded itself in the corridor wall, also exploded now, triggering the automatic sprinklers in the hallway. The chaos caused by the smoke, flames, and water mist would be enough to give them a hard time.

Just as Kamiyu was preparing to land in a cool one-knee kneeling pose and then make a quick escape,

a merciless large hand intercepted her fall.

Jack actually ignored the explosion. The moment it happened, he defied all physiological logic, enduring the flames and debris from the blast, immediately dropped to the ground, and reached his hand into the hole where Kamiyu was falling.

A large hand grabbed her belt, lifting Kamiyu back up as if she were a little kitten.

Kamiyu widened her eyes, thinking in disbelief, “Is this even possible? Aren’t you afraid of getting blown up?”

Was this 【Steel Great Wall】 Talent really that invincible?

She had indirectly confirmed that the explosion of the Delayed Implosion Bullets couldn’t break through Jack’s defense.

However, these were just the normal version of the Delayed Implosion Bullets. She hadn’t used 【Headshot Strike】 yet, which would stack triple the damage.

Jack pulled Kamiyu back from the hole, shattering her escape plan.

But Kamiyu didn’t give up. She didn’t surrender; instead, she kept firing.

“Bang, bang, bang, bang.”

At such close range, she couldn’t use her Signature Sniper.

Holding the gun with one hand, she reached into the void with her other hand and pulled out a Legendary Tier Ceramic Blade, aiming to stab Jack in the head.

She swung it forward with all her strength.

Jack tilted his head to the side, dodging Kamiyu’s attack.

So fast.

Seeing that she wasn’t gaining the upper hand, Kamiyu started taunting again, saying, “Hey, weren’t you acting all arrogant earlier?

Weren’t you just standing there without even dodging?

Why are you dodging my knife now? It’s just a knife I use to trim my nails. Are you scared already?”

Getting desperate, resorting to trash talk when she couldn’t win.

Jack’s eyelid twitched slightly. He had indeed felt a lethal threat just now. The Attack Power of this knife could break through his defensive Talent.

He noticed that this was the same knife she had used to instantly kill the first player back in the Black Sphere space, and she had even mentioned the word “Enhancement” at the time.

It seemed her Talent was Enhancement.

Now, Jack was even more wary of this Ceramic Blade.

Seeing that Jack remained silent, Kamiyu knew he was backing down.

She couldn’t understand why, even though the Ceramic Blade and her Signature Sniper were both Legendary Tier, this person wasn’t afraid of the gun but was afraid of the knife.

Could it be that her knife was stronger? More destructive?

Or perhaps, was it a weakness of his Steel Great Wall Talent—high Defense Power against Ranged Weapons but lower Defense Power against Close-Range Weapons, as a way to balance it?

Kamiyu felt a flicker of inner delight. Whether it was because her blade had grown sharper or because she had discovered the opponent’s weakness, it meant she had found a way out—a glimmer of hope.

She quickly tucked away this joy. The crisis was not yet over; she had to wield this blade first to escape the still-unending dire situation.