From Abyssal Invasion to Bursting Stars with a Single Sword-Chapter 126 - 110 Sniper Duel, Hunter and Prey_3

Time ticked away anxiously.

Lu Heng was breathing heavily, tense. Although he had come up with a response, facing a sniper was still a highly dangerous affair.

Once he failed to grasp the right moment and was hit by a sniper bullet, he would be dealing with nearly 500 points of Attack Power. Even at a greater distance, with bullet power attenuation, it would still be around 300 Attack Power.

Taking a gunshot wouldn't result in death but certainly major injury.

A shot to the chest or head, and not even gods could save the victim.

Lu Heng's gaze was intense as he eyed the sniper's probable position.

In the sky, the invisible scout eagle circled overhead, equally searching for the sniper.

Huff... huff...

As Lu Heng stood still, holding the head of the "Ghost-faced Man," waiting for the time it takes to breathe seven times.

In the middle floor of a building on the north side of the overpass, a flash of light appeared.

That was unmistakably the flash of a sniper rifle.

Sniper bullets are supersonic, usually traveling at speeds over 800 meters per second.

Which means, if you want to react after hearing the gunshot, it's over.

Because the bullet travels faster than the sound, by the time you hear the shot, you've already been hit.

However, light is much faster than a bullet.

Under the cover of night, the flash from the sniper rifle was strikingly conspicuous.

The instant Lu Heng spotted the flash of light, he activated "Shadow Traversal."

0.5 seconds later, the bullet whistled by, "whooshing" through the air where his chest had been and striking the road behind him.

Lu Heng exhaled sharply and immediately burst forth at five times his normal speed, charging towards the building where the sniper was positioned.

At the same time,

Su Muyu reacted too, commanding the scout eagle to dive towards the direction of the building.

Just as Lu Heng and the scout eagle started their move, a second sniper flash lit up atop the Eastern Tower of Coastal Bridge Three.

Two snipers?

Lu Heng's first thought was exactly this, and he felt a moment of concern, but then he relaxed, realizing he was in a Shadow Traversal state, immune to all physical collisions; even if there was a second sniper, he wouldn't be hit.

But around him, there was no sign of anyone being hit by a second bullet.

And the light from the sniper atop the main tower was elongated.

If one were the target of a sniper, the flash would appear round, a single point. An elongated flash indicated the sniper was firing in a different direction.

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Soon, Su Muyu's voice came through the comm channel.

"The sniper's been hit."

Now Lu Heng was sure of his guess; the second one to fire, targeting the first sniper, was obvious.

The building where the first sniper lay was only 800 meters from Lu Heng's original position.

Sprinting at five times speed, Lu Heng reached the first sniper's location in a matter of seconds, confirming the sniper had been shot dead, then spoke through the comm channel:

"You go to the main tower on Coastal Bridge Three and pick up Lin Zeyu. The second shot must have been his."

Support from Huan Yu had arrived; this attack operation was a failure for the instigating power behind it.

So, after about fifteen minutes of combat, the remaining attackers scattered and ran.

The superpower users from Huan Yu caught some while the rest fled into residential areas, becoming hard to pursue.

The scout eagle delivered Lin Zeyu, injured with a sniper rifle in tow, connecting with Lu Heng.

Lin Zeyu, with a sniper rifle and limping on one leg, grinned at Lu Heng, "How about it? Did I pass the entry test for the team?"

Although Lu Heng had the ability to deal with enemy snipers, that was because the opponents weren't very strong; against stronger foes, someone capable of countering enemy snipers was needed.

So, Lu Heng had to admit that Lin Zeyu's performance tonight was quite impressive.

From being ambushed at the start, to sustaining a leg injury, then lying in wait, and finally counter-sniping the attacker.

That was indeed the quality of an excellent sniper, and his shooting was accurate, a shot to the head.

In fact, Lin Zeyu had always been competitive. Before entering Evil God's Burial Ground, he had wanted to form his own superpower user combat team.

However, meeting Lu Heng inside the Burial Ground made him realize his own strength was not enough to entice Lu Heng to join.

The Ultimate Auction presented a [Contract], a great opportunity to become teammates with Lu Heng.

Yet, if Lu Heng only reluctantly teamed up with him because of the [Contract]'s effect, Lin Zeyu would feel somewhat dissatisfied.

He hadn't expected attackers to appear tonight. When they did, his competitive spirit flared up, and after discarding his communicator, he found a place to hide.

While in the car, he had been shot by a sniper among the attackers, wounding his leg.

Worrying that the blood might be traced, he had jumped directly into the river, swum to the base of Bridge Three, then used an [Energy Hook] to climb out of the water and up to the main tower on the eastern side of the bridge.

Then, his counter-hunting began.

The duel between snipers was like two hunters hidden in the shadows; the one who fires first, if he doesn't succeed, exposes his position.

So, Wang Xiangfeng's desperate escape in the car was actually prearranged to lure out the attackers.

But the attacker's sniper was patient, not shooting even when Wang Xiangfeng crashed the car.

It was only when Lu Heng held up the head of "Ghost-faced Man" as a taunt that the sniper was forced to fire.

Having taken his shot, the sniper's position was revealed, and the outcome was inevitably a headshot by Lin Zeyu.

"All right, stop showing off. Hurry up and get to a hospital for your leg," said Lu Heng as he helped him into the car and sent him off for medical treatment.

After boarding the car, Lu Heng curiously asked, "Where did you put the [Contract]?"

"Heh heh..."

Lin Zeyu chuckled, pulling out the [Contract] from his pocket, "Something this important, I would never let go, not even in death."