Chapter 21: Surrounded by Strong Enemies.

“You are responsible for shooting, and I will observe the effects, then go get those keys.”

Sylvia said this. Seeing the confused look in Xiao Fen’s eyes, Sylvia continued: “My Skill Points are mostly invested in melee combat. In terms of shooting accuracy, there is no difference between you and me. I just opened a Skill Point; you use this Skill Point.”

Xiao Fen nodded, did not refuse, and summoned the World Tree console again.

This time, no spell was needed. With a simple gesture, the console appeared before his eyes.

Compared to the simple console when he was still a “guest,” after becoming a Trialist, the World Tree console was much more refined, and many options that were not there before were added. There were also many more skill types.

Xiao Fen glanced at it and invested his existing Skill Points in Sharp Vision. He did not have time to read the detailed introduction, but he generally knew that this skill could extend his vision when performing long-range attacks. In such mist, Sharp Vision could allow him to see the shapes of targets behind the thick fog more clearly.

Dismissing the projection screen, Xiao Fen’s Revolver was already handed to him. Of course, the gun was already loaded.

Sylvia said: “Hurry, it’s nearly 11 o’clock now. We must act quickly. It looks like these Stitched Monsters get stronger as time goes on. The sooner the mission objective is achieved, the better.”

Xiao Fen nodded without refusing. He raised the gun with both hands and pulled the trigger at a Stitched Monster in the distance.

With a “bang,” the bullet grazed the head of this Stitched Monster and hit the brick wall nearby. The falling powder made the Stitched Monster’s body gray and white.

It was indeed not a wasted shot. It didn’t necessarily hit the target, but as long as he fired, he always hit something.

Xiao Fen had a clear realization of his previous Shooting Talent. He curled his lips slightly, didn’t think much, and continuously pulled the trigger with his right hand. After five consecutive “bang bang” gunshots, two Stitched Monsters fell on their backs. A large amount of strange purple liquid was gurgling out from the terrible wounds on their bodies. As this liquid flowed, it caused wisps of light smoke to rise continuously from the surface of the Stitched Monsters’ bodies and corroded the skin into black traces.

“Their defense has improved,” Sylvia stared over there and suddenly said in a low voice: “You must move faster. At this rate, in at most half an hour, your bullets will be unable to penetrate the skin of those Stitched Monsters. As long as no wound is caused, even Acid Poison Bullets will have no effect.”

Xiao Fen nodded, quickly grabbed a handful of bullets from the ground, stuffed them into the cylinder one by one, and without thinking, raised the gun and fired continuously.

This time, two more Stitched Monsters fell to the ground. Before one of them fell, a faint light emitted from its body, a sign that a key was about to drop.

Xiao Fen lowered his head to pick up another handful of bullets. While reloading quickly, the corner of his eye suddenly jumped slightly.

The mission record was 15/100 just now. In other words, besides the four Stitched Monsters Xiao Fen killed just now, and the one Sylvia killed, during that time, the Li Family’s trial squad had already killed 10 Stitched Monsters.

The problem was, since just now, this data had stopped changing. In other words, the Li Family’s trial squad had stopped killing those Stitched Monsters for a while.

Stopping the slaughter at this time meant only one possibility: the Li Family’s squad had disengaged from battle and was moving towards here along the sound of gunshots. They likely had already sneaked nearby.

Thinking of this, Xiao Fen suddenly yanked Sylvia, who was preparing to rush out. His strength was much greater this time; even Sylvia’s great strength was held back by him. This action stunned Sylvia. She turned her head to look at Xiao Fen but saw him make a gesture to keep quiet. She immediately understood. The two crouched down, quickly packed up the bullets and other things on the ground in the mist, and silently left the original location.

Keys were good, but safety was more important.

Less than 2 minutes later, two people wearing dark gray coats appeared at the place where Xiao Fen had just fired. Their coats were stained with blood, but the coats showed no signs of damage. This meant that the blood on them belonged to the Stitched Monsters, while they themselves had not suffered any harm.

The two turned around in place, looked at each other, and simultaneously took out short blades from their sleeves. As soon as these four knives appeared, they showed a eerie green color in the dim light. As the two men held their right-hand daggers in a reverse grip in front of them, their faces looked sinister under the green reflection of the knives.

“He is right here. He hasn’t been gone long. The gunpowder smoke hasn’t dissipated yet.”

One person whispered to his companion. In the dim light, this person slowly turned to face those Stitched Monsters that were still rushing forward one after another, frowned slightly, and said: “Looks like special bullets. Should be the effect of manufactured bullets.”

His companion was the person who had been slapped to his knees by Li Ruran by the Thames River before. He also slowly turned his head to look at the situation over by the Stitched Monsters and said: “That’s right, bullets with strong corrosive effect, but the gun used to fire them seems poor. And that guy doesn’t know how to use a gun; several shots missed. Look at the bullet holes in the wall.”

“What should we do? Search again, or go back and notify the Young Master?”

“Let’s leave here. That guy has long been like a bird startled by the mere twang of a bow. He must have realized we were sneaking up just now, so he escaped. In such thick Mist, finding that guy is harder than reaching the sky. Conversely, he has a gun. If he decides to disregard the World Tree’s punishment and fire at us in the dark, that would be terrible.”

The two whispered a few more words and settled on a strategy for how to report back to Li Ruran. Then, the man who had previously knelt on the ground suddenly looked up at the sky and said: “Strange, why are these Webs only attacking those Monsters and not attacking us?”

His companion was also stunned and immediately realized, whispering: “Traces of Lux. That guy activated Traces of Lux and Radiance of Lux. He probably established communication with the Web. From now on, the Web will not attack Trialists. This is good news. We must notify the Young Master immediately.”

The two unified their stories and, without staying, quickly turned around and merged into the mist.

With the Sharp Vision talent, Xiao Fen watched the two from afar. Seeing them leave, Xiao Fen whispered: “We can’t stay here. their main force could come at any time. We must leave.”