CHAPTER 78: CHAPTER 78: HERE COMES THE GUN

Rita and Nuoshan were dumbfounded, completely unprepared for the sudden twist that occurred in just a few seconds.

That incredibly powerful Slippery Gourd was severely injured in rapid succession!

"This powerful?"

Usually aloof, Nuoshan couldn’t help but growl lowly, his face full of disbelief, clearly indicating that what happened before his eyes shattered his worldview.

"If we could have such hidden weapons, how could the world be like this!!"

Having been struggling to resist Slippery Gourd, now it was easily crushed into a severe injury.

Even Rita was incredibly shocked. He had seen Lu Ren shoot before, but it was only to open a few bowl-sized holes in Slippery Gourd, with bullets carrying flesh away. As absurd as now, it was completely beyond his imagination.

Too damned absurd!!

Bam! Bam!

Two consecutive shots, though they hit the Slippery Gourd, the opponent’s body was rapidly recovering, even the shattered knee was regenerating cells at a speed visible to the naked eye, covering it up.

As expected, against foretold attacks, there’s no way to kill it.

Lu Ren hesitated no more, ignoring the system notification in his mind. After emptying the magazine, he quickly reloaded, inserted the empty magazine into the slot under his waist-side backpack, then darted out like a lynx, his black combat suit blending into the dark shadows without leaving any trace.

Boom!

The Slippery Gourd slammed through the rubble with a ferocious crash. Watching Lu Ren swiftly slip away, he couldn’t help but grimace at how it charged with its shoulder wound—just the look of it hurt.

Without hesitation, he shot, the pistol nimble as could be, truly hitting wherever he aimed.

"Ding! Slippery Gourd has deeply remembered you and has vowed to be relentless until it touches you."

"Ding! Constant use of firearms on the enemy has led you to a firearm realization, you suddenly understood Gun Skill (Beginner)!"

The system notification in his mind made Lu Ren feel quite pleased. Even though it was at the beginner level, the Hongxing Type 21 pistol in his hand at that moment felt incredibly familiar, as if he had been practicing with it day and night at the range for three or four years.

Even if he didn’t have any talent for using firearms, with such continuous practice, even an ordinary person would become a sharpshooter, let alone Lu Ren who possessed physical qualities far beyond normal people.

Bam bam bam!

Concealing his form out of Slippery Gourd’s sight, he fired a series of shots, the high-explosive incendiary bullets blasted holes in Slippery Gourd, igniting flesh. The final shot hit directly in the face, causing Slippery Gourd’s entire massive head to explode, its huge body paused, then crashed to the ground.

Thud!

Flames slowly consumed the massive body of Slippery Gourd.

Only then did Lu Ren press down his bullet and walk out from another direction.

Shooting and moving is the best way to deal with Slippery Gourd.

"Did it die?!"

Nuoshan looked excited; he never thought the mighty Slippery Gourd would meet such an abrupt end.

"No!"

Rita couldn’t help but pour cold water: "It’s already prepared, though it indeed gave it a heavy blow, but still far off, it might even transform!"

Hearing this, Lu Ren turned around decisively and walked toward Li Xiaoguo’s central area.

Rita shouted after seeing this: "Brother, we have a hideout nearby, with horses hidden!"

Lu Ren rushed back with thumping steps, urging: "Hurry up, hurry up, this thing is not something we can handle, leave it to the thirteen pillars of Li Xiaoguo!"

The trio hesitated no more, with a chance to escape now, how could they stay here waiting for death? If they remained, in their current state, they were just offering themselves.

Every transformation of the Slippery Gourd results in a significant boost in power!

Lu Ren’s group quickly moved away.

Ten minutes later, the fire on Slippery Gourd was extinguished, leaving only a mass of blackened, charred matter.

However, shockingly, this mass began to wriggle continuously, tender flesh buds interweaving, finally forming a large meatball. Then the meatball contracted abruptly, cells rapidly proliferating. As time ticked by, the meatball changed color, from tender pink to black, and finally to a dark purplish-black, undergoing some peculiar transformation.

At last, a figure three meters tall, covered in bone spurs, with elbows and knees sporting spikes, the flesh and bones crisscrossing its body, hands resembling eagle claws, emerged in an incredibly terrifying form, sweeping its gaze swiftly around.

"I see now..."

Then Slippery Gourd sniffed with its nose, taking a fierce step, leaping towards the direction Lu Ren and the others had fled.

"We’re here, this is our hideout!"

Though calling it a hideout, it was a manor outside Chentai City. With trouble arising in Chentai City, everyone inside had already fled without a trace.

Looking at the messy scene within, Lu Ren couldn’t help but mock: "Seems like your organization doesn’t have strong cohesion."

Rita shrugged: "Fear of death is human nature."

Then quickly entering the warehouse hidden by mechanisms in the manor, he tossed two small porcelain bottles to Lu Ren.

"This is an ointment for external application. I noticed your arms seemed weak; this ointment has miraculous effects."

Lu Ren opened the porcelain bottle and sniffed, a refreshing fragrance wafted out, uplifting the spirit.

Next to him, Nuoshan also spoke: "You’re in luck, often this ointment is so precious to Rita that it’s hard to make."

Lu Ren understood Rita was repaying the favor of having saved both of them earlier, so he didn’t feel embarrassed.

On the same note, Lu Ren asked without hesitation: "Do you have any martial arts manuals here? I really need them."

Rita responded with mild annoyance: "I beg you, everyone is short of martial arts manuals, alright?"

Saying this, he hesitated, knowing Lu Ren was deeply indebted to him and took out a scroll and handed it to Lu Ren: "Consider this a personal gift from me. It’s excavated from a large tomb, but I haven’t had the chance to study it carefully. The true copy can’t be given to you, this is a facsimile."

"Thank you!"

Nuoshan, witnessing this, opened his mouth but eventually didn’t speak, clearly realizing what Rita gave was extremely precious.

Stashing the scroll in his backpack, the characters of this world were indistinguishable from ancient Chinese script in the real world, somehow resulting in this way.

Lu Ren took out a bit of ointment from the porcelain bottle and applied it to his arms; once applied, a cool sensation seeped through the pores into the flesh, and he could clearly feel the micro-capillaries tearing were rapidly healed.

The effect was quite magical, completely exceeding Lu Ren’s expectations.

Lu Ren didn’t hesitate further, half-removing the combat suit on his upper body to his waist, revealing his torso, then emptied the small porcelain bottle onto his arms under the painful expressions of Rita and Nuoshan.

The Phoenix Falcon Fist had precise control over the body’s minute details, accompanying the flow of force, muscles writhing, pores wide open to absorb the medication with all its might. Lu Ren could clearly feel his arms growing stronger.

After gathering gear, the group went to the stables, each mounting a horse.

Seeing Lu Ren a bit stiff, clearly relying solely on his physical ability to mount, Rita puzzledly asked: "You can’t ride a horse?"

"Is it shameful not to ride a horse?"

Lu Ren’s expression was calm: "A person’s energy is limited."

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