Chapter 1027: Silver Revolver

Zhuque's attack made Canero raise an eyebrow slightly.

"I originally wanted to resolve this matter in a more elegant manner."

His hand rested on the revolver's grip.

Facing the massive blue-flamed Zhuque rapidly flying toward him, he didn't draw the revolver from its holster, but simply adjusted the muzzle and pulled the trigger.

A white light like a sharp sword instantly pierced through space, also piercing through the blue Zhuque's chest!

Ice-blue flames scattered through the air like falling snow.

Billy the Kid looked at Zhuque with resignation.

"It seems I'll have to subdue you first before we can discuss afternoon tea!"

Though his words remained elegant, his eyes had already turned sharp.

His right-hand revolver continued firing, and in an instant, five bullets had already cut through space, shooting toward Zhuque!

His attack speed was incredibly fast. If one wasn't prepared in advance, it would be difficult to even notice he had attacked.

But this wasn't the first time the East Sea Region had dealt with Hell's Lock.

Coupled with the precedent of the entire Ironblood Squad being wiped out, Zhuque had been guarding against this move from the very beginning.

Surging ice-blue flames shot skyward, forming a massive firestorm in front of her!

The whirlwind obscured Zhuque's figure as it swept toward Billy the Kid.

Those bullet-like streaks of light cut through space, but as they passed through the firestorm, the white layer of special ability on their surface began to scatter and dissipate bit by bit.

The bullets' speed also noticeably began to decrease.

"Oh?"

Billy the Kid raised an eyebrow slightly, quite interested in Zhuque's ability.

"It seems... it can absorb my attacks?"

The bullets that passed through the firestorm had slowed to a speed that Zhuque could capture.

Zhuque raised her hand, a flame whip materializing in her palm. The whip swept fiercely around her, coiling like a massive python and deflecting all those bullets!

"Do you think it only absorbs your attacks?"

Zhuque said coldly.

Ice-blue light flashed in her eyes as the flames around her body grew even more intense.

Torrents of flame surged out, transforming into countless fiery tongues that pierced through the ground, heading straight for Billy the Kid!

This attack was even more ferocious than before.

Billy the Kid's gaze showed slight surprise.

While calmly reloading his revolver, he swiftly dodged sideways, avoiding the pursuing fiery tongues.

In an instant, the reloading was complete.

Through the surging flames, he could vaguely make out Zhuque's beautiful figure standing within the fire.

"Bang!"

Billy the Kid kept moving while pulling the trigger.

The muzzle spat out chilling white light, like sharp swords stabbing straight toward Zhuque.

Yet these supposedly unstoppable white lights all shattered upon touching the surging fire ring surrounding Zhuque for hundreds of meters, transforming into scattered points of white radiance.

Even his most prized rapid-fire attacks had their speed reduced.

Simultaneously, the flames around Zhuque grew even more intense!

These flames didn't give off a feeling of heat. Instead, the closer one got, the more Billy the Kid felt an intense cold.

Just brushing past them made the combat suit on his body crystallize with a layer of frost.

Even the edge of his thick felt hat developed a white, furry coating.

"Cold flames, is it?"

"It seems her flames can not only absorb my attack power but also reflect it back to herself."

"What a terrifying ability!"

Canero couldn't help but marvel.

Hearing Canero's words, Zhuque frowned deeply.

Truly worthy of being Hell's Lock's second-in-command, to have discerned the essence of her ability in such a short time after their exchange.

East Sea Region, Four Spirits, [Zhuque].

Ability codename [Ice Flame Zhuque].

Special-type, fire attribute superhuman.

But her flames weren't ordinary fire—they were cold fire, a substance opposite to conventional flames.

The essence of fire is an exothermic combustion reaction.

Yet her flames could absorb all energy, thereby strengthening themselves as abnormal fire.

Any substance possessing energy could be absorbed by her flames.

Even the kinetic energy of human movement would become extremely slow when passing through her flames, eventually being completely absorbed.

This was why Canero's rapid-fire attacks lost their effectiveness against her.

Zhuque's eyes remained fixed on the constantly moving Canero.

Even though she was prepared and had blocked Canero's lethal shots, she didn't dare let her guard down in the slightest.

Because no one would think that Hell's Lock's second-in-command would be so easy to deal with.

Anyone who had ever thought that way had long since perished.

Her hands hung at her sides, releasing even more surging flames from her fingertips, forming a massive blue fire ring surrounding her!

The surging firestorm emitted bone-piercing cold while also serving as an absolutely unbreakable defense.

For Canero's bullets to penetrate this hundreds-of-meters-thick defense, they would need to lose at least 50% of their energy.

By that point, Zhuque would definitely be able to block them.

Against such a powerful enemy, Zhuque didn't dare show the slightest carelessness.

Her only thought at this moment wasn't to defeat Canero, but to stall him until Baihu arrived on the battlefield, then combine their strength to overcome Canero.

At the same time, she didn't forget to use the surging fiery tongues to pursue and attack Canero!

From Canero's perspective, Zhuque now resembled the core of a blue sun.

And this sun's flames were exceptionally unstable, with long coronae extending from the stellar surface, constantly trying to lick at his body.

"Truly dangerous! If this thing touches me, I feel like my special ability and even body temperature would be rapidly drained."

Canero nimbly dodged, avoiding Zhuque's attacks.

His speed didn't appear exceptionally fast, but it gave off a feeling of agile dexterity.

Every movement and foot placement was extremely stable.

He continuously changed positions, but his eyes never left the center of that blue star.

The silver revolver in his right hand constantly shifted positions as he attacked.

"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"

His bullets were specially made, each one rose gold in color, transforming into brilliant white light when fired from the silver revolver.

The white beams impacting the ice-blue star would produce dull sounds like blacksmithing.

This massive power couldn't be completely absorbed even by [Ice Flame].

After passing through Zhuque's massive fire ring, it would still reach in front of Zhuque, forcing her to actively defend.

After Canero exhausted three rounds of ammunition, he gradually began to understand Ice Flame's defensive capabilities.

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