"I’ve known all along you’ve been holding onto a weapon, how could I let you succeed?" Li Zheng’s figure appeared two meters away from where he was before; what was shattered by the bullet was merely the afterimage left by the short distance teleportation.
I must say, Old Pu is really more useful than any ability in situations .
Even if Kato Junwa was always half-concealed, pretending to be afraid of Li Zheng, not daring to face him directly.
But similarly hiding behind the door, the sniper rifle always in his hand, was an item from the "equipment" category.
All of it detected by Old Pu, nothing hidden.
It was a Platinum Level anti-material sniper rifle, incredibly powerful; even turning into a force demon, Li Zheng wasn’t sure he could take a shot without injury.
But the gun had a (rental) suffix, obviously something Kato Junwa had rented from someone in advance.
When Li Zheng first saw this gun appear on the opponent’s attributes panel, he felt something was fishy.
Whether it was the choice of campsite, or renting a high-level sniper rifle, or even some inconsistencies in speech later on.
All kinds of signs showed that Kato Junwa was guarding against something.
Only Kato Junwa and Li Zheng were in the entire channel, neither dared to sleep in the middle of the night, and whom he was guarding against was obvious.
Dragon Country has an old saying: A person who does nothing wrong in the day, does not fear ghosts knocking on their door in the middle of the night.
Kato Junwa might as well carve the words "guilty conscience" in bold on his face. If Li Zheng, with Old Pu assisting, couldn’t see he was up to something, he really ought to have Old Xiao check his brain.
"Dodging one shot doesn’t mean you can keep dodging!" Kato Junwa was at his wit’s end too; he knew that if he didn’t eliminate Li Zheng today, it would lead to endless trouble, so he openly turned the sniper rifle to aim at Li Zheng.
"Heh..." Li Zheng wasn’t flustered at all having a sniper rifle pointed at him. He let out a cold snort and shouted, "Sakura!"
Just as Kato Junwa was about to pull the trigger again to shoot Li Zheng dead on the spot, the ground suddenly shook violently.
It felt like a magnitude nine earthquake had suddenly erupted; Kato Junwa, holding the heavy sniper rifle, could barely keep his footing.
"E... earthquake?" Kato Junwa’s expression changed, and he instinctively reached out to grasp the door frame, trying to steady himself.
As a Mud Furnace person, his sensitivity to earthquakes had reached a reactive level, and his body’s movements were faster than his thoughts.
The side of the capsule residence suddenly lifted high, with a sturdy stone ridge appearing underneath, like a jack magnified dozens of times, forcibly lifting the capsule residence off the ground.
A Diamond Level ability can’t break the defense of the capsule residence, but easily shakes a weight of a few tons.
The capsule residence tipped over, forming a rhombus at a forty-five-degree angle, wedged between the ground and a side wall.
To avoid being thrown out of the residence, Kato Junwa had to free up a hand to grip the door frame tightly to barely stabilize himself.
Li Zheng slightly raised his head, looking at Kato Junwa, and smiled, "Mr. Kato, honestly, at the start, even if you admitted to attacking me, I might not kill you; at most, disable your limbs and leave you to fend for yourself in the form of a human swine."
"You know, my doctor wants me to be a gentle and virtuous person; I really don’t want to use overly cruel means to torture and kill you."
"I now give you two choices: One, come out and face your death, and I’ll give you a swift end."
"Two, continue resisting stubbornly, then be cut to pieces by me."
"Trust me, breaking through this capsule residence is really not difficult for me."
As he spoke, Li Zheng lightly shook the longsword in his hand, and his smile was as warm as a spring breeze, as if he wasn’t at all worried about Kato Junwa shooting him right now.
Can Li Zheng really break through the capsule residence?
Kato Junwa didn’t know, but he knew that if a real fight broke out, Li Zheng could easily kill him.
Looking at Li Zheng with the longsword in hand and a gentle smile, Kato Junwa suddenly shivered, feeling chilled to the bone.
At this moment, he didn’t dare to risk it and even regretted provoking Li Zheng a bit.
This Dragon Country man before him, who had only shown a mysteriously fast speed so far, had an unknown number of other tricks up his sleeve.
"Mr. Li, I’m willing to pay a price, for us to reconcile our differences." Kato Junwa caved in.
The situation had reached this point, and Li Zheng hadn’t even made a move personally.
The strength displayed by the seemingly foolish and harmless pet always by Li Zheng’s side was already at a level he found difficult to contend with.
Lifting a capsule residence weighing several tons with ease, the claim of being able to break through it was likely not an empty boast.
If a temporary truce could be bought at a price, it wouldn’t be at a loss!
If worse comes to worst...
Kato Junwa secretly tightened his grip on the sniper rifle.
"Pay a price?" Li Zheng seemed intrigued but still shook his head and said, "Mr. Kato, speaking from within a turtle shell lacks any sincerity."
"If you want to negotiate, come out openly, kneel and apologize, and I might consider sparing your life."
"Or... you could try taking another shot; maybe this time I won’t be able to dodge it?"
Li Zheng’s words struck a chill into Kato Junwa’s heart; he felt as if all his thoughts were seen through by the gentle demon before him.
"So, what’ll it be? I’ve already made a significant concession; hurry and pick one." Li Zheng maintained his smile, but a glint of danger was in his eyes, "Will you choose to come out of the capsule residence to negotiate, or will you raise the sniper rifle and try another shot?"
Negotiation might mean survival.
Rebellion certainly meant death!
The two paths seemingly required no consideration.
But Kato Junwa hesitated; he saw something inexplicably unusual in Li Zheng’s impatient gaze, something that flashed quickly but was identifiable as "nervousness."
Why would he be nervous when already standing in an unbeatable position?
Unless... he was stalling!
That mysteriously fast ability to dodge bullets at close range couldn’t be used a second time in a short period!
A flash of insight hit Kato Junwa, and with a cold smile, he leaned against the doorframe, swiftly raised the sniper rifle: "Almost got fooled by you!"
If Li Zheng was really capable of breaking through the defense of the capsule residence, would he have bothered to talk so much nonsense?
He would’ve already been headless by now, right?
He almost got tricked, nearly stepping out of the residence, kneeling, and kowtowing.
"Die, Li Zheng, avoid saying so much nonsense in your next life!" His finger touched the trigger, slowly tightening, and Kato Junwa already envisioned Li Zheng being shattered with one shot.
As he raised his gun, Li Zheng also moved!
Li Zheng jumped lightly, the hover propulsion device at his back spurted a violent airflow, and in the blink of an eye came before Kato Junwa, gripping the protruding sniper barrel with one hand.
His crimson lips parted slightly, forming a cruel smile, the voice filled with a frenzy straight from the Abyss: "You’ve been tricked!"
You thought I was stalling for time?
In fact, I was just waiting for you to stick the barrel out again!
This way, I can drag you out of the capsule residence!
With a firm grip, the unmatched strength was transmitted along the sniper rifle to Kato Junwa’s hands.
Already struggling to stand, leaning against the door frame, Kato Junwa was easily pulled out of the capsule residence by Li Zheng, falling to the ground.
Li Zheng kicked off the exterior wall of the residence, turning in mid-air, and grabbed the sniper rifle snatched from Kato Junwa’s hands.
Kato Junwa’s leg was severed on the spot.
A scream like that of a slaughtered pig echoed in the small room.
The stench of blood mixed with the foul odor of voided bowels from pain filled the air.