Infinite Ebullience
Chapter 709 - 51: Counterattack

Chapter 709: Chapter 51: Counterattack

The boy, upon seeing Tang Zheng on top of the vehicle attacking the queen’s clone, immediately notified Zhuo Lie. None of the Conquerors who survived in the Trojan World are easy marks, they would never easily trust anyone. Old Zhou is the sharpshooter, naturally taking on the responsibility of being the sniper, serving as a deterrent to prevent them from moving recklessly.

"You guys are too cautious, Tang Zheng is a good guy, he definitely won’t harm his own. " Yi Ting expressed her own observations, laughing, "I’ve never seen such an idiot before, it’s too interesting. He’s actually thinking that saving even one person counts, and wants to bring the newbies back."

"Hmph, remember your place." Zhou Xiong coldly huffed unsatisfied, his eyes examined Yi Ting’s chest and thighs critically, swallowing his spit, "What, did he service you well in bed? You’ve returned and you’re still speaking good of them? Have you no shame?"

"Zhou Xiong, are you seeking death?" Yi Ting’s expression changed, her voice turning stern. She understood his intention was to make Zhuo Lie look down on her, reducing her status in the team so that if they needed a scapegoat, Zhuo Lie would first set his sights on her.

"Who dies is still uncertain." Zhou Xiong fiercely retorted, licking his lips while greedily staring at Yi Ting’s chest, "Boss Zhuo, this woman must’ve leaked all our intel, what should we do?"

"Enough squabbling, another one on top of the vehicle to help Uncle Zhou." The boy said, lightly closing his eyes while pressing his forehead.

"Go." Zhuo Lie ruffled the boy’s head, nodding at Zhou Xiong. He was no fool, women like Yi Ting were naturally inclined towards the strong. But Zhou Xiong, too restless, was always aiming for the top spot.

"Fine then!" Zhou Xiong shrugged his shoulders, getting up, about to climb atop the vehicle. However, he saw the boy suddenly open his eyes, bellowing out loud.

"Gunfire, evade!"

Zhuo Lie reacted extremely fast, his hand immediately clamping onto the steering wheel, harshly spinning it. The armored vehicle skewing to the side with a grind.

Bang, Old Zhou didn’t wait to steady himself before shooting. His high-explosive armor-piercing bullet directed towards the Command Vehicle. The moment Chu Baichuan raised his muzzle, he knew something was wrong and immediately retaliated. Being a Conqueror, he’d at least have this level of decisiveness.

"Missed!" Chu Baichuan’s expression darkened upon seeing the armored vehicle dodge the Thunderball, not caring about ammunition, he started firing indiscriminately.

"Dodge." Dantai yelled out, a reminder to Bi Yun.

Dantai is speechless, he’d figured Chu Baichuan was a greenhorn and would recklessly attack ’friendly forces’, but he didn’t expect this guy’s aim to be so poor, missing his target. Seeing the other side retaliate, he knew he was in trouble. Continuing the stalemate would be unfavorable to both sides.

Bi Yun’s driving skills fell short of Pang Meiqin’s which made evading bullets even more difficult. Seeing a high-explosive shell flying towards them, Tang Zheng prepared to take the hit as a human shield, but Marilyn suddenly turned her gun muzzle and pulled the trigger.

Bang, the high-explosive shell has been detonated, Marilyn then took aim at Old Zhou, planning to take him out.

"Shoot the vehicle." Tang Zheng quickly stopped her, he didn’t want to lose a thousand points, once the face-off begins, there’s nothing to worry about.

Seeing the blonde woman, seventy meters away, detonate his shell with a single shot, the old hand’s face instantly changed. Seeing her aiming at him, he shouted for an evacuation, and jumped off the roof of the vehicle.

"Evacuate." After the armored vehicle dodged the first Thunderball, the boy immediately pounced at the vehicle door, flinging it open and jumped out. Without any hesitation, Zhuo Lie grabbed hold of their target, tagged along and ejected out of the carriage like a bullet.

Yi Ting followed close behind, she has always been afraid of death. Regardless of whether there’s danger or not, it’s better to run first.

Zhou Xiong was half a beat slower, reaching just at the door was when the armored vehicle exploded. He was cast away by the shock wave.

"Fucking hell, these bastards, they want to use us as bait!" Zhou Xiong tumbled, swearing as he climbed up, then fired towards the command vehicle.

"Could this child have a prophetic seed ability?" Yi Ting finished rolling to depreciation the force, swiftly getting up to stand beside Zhuo Lie.

"Fire at will, destroy them." As a third-order explosive type Conqueror, Zhuo Lie had never been so badly treated. He instantly flared with anger, raising his S-Class Heavy Magnetic Storm Shotgun and opened fire on the command vehicle.

Unlike the regular Magnetic Storm Rifle which emits a blue electric arc of ten or so meters, the weapon Zhuo Lie held fired out a dark blue electromagnetic storm. Initially, it was a fist-sized sphere roaming with electric currents, the moment it hit its target, it suddenly exploded with dozens of electrical currents surrounding the target and destroying it.

Sophie and Alizeh were still attacking the queen’s clone, after nearly a minute and more than a dozen attempts, the woman in leather couldn’t get close to the command vehicle. This completely infuriated it, it swings its arm, continuously releasing energy blades.

Lu Fan climbed on the roof, released his ability. The ground crumbled and floating sand shields rose, located at the rear of the armored vehicle, blocking the energy blades.

Sizzle, more than a dozen Electromagnetic Storm Balls were shot forth. Seeing the imposing manner they came with, Chu Baichuan immediately knew it wouldn’t be easy to deal with, his face changed slightly. He wanted to intercept it, but the speed was too fast, his aim was off.

"Marilyn, blow him up." Tang Zheng had already scanned Zhuo Lie’s weapon so he knew how powerful it was. He then stomped on the vehicle, reminding everyone, "Prepare to abandon the vehicle at any moment."

Marilyn’s eyeballs constantly moved, locking onto each one while her gun muzzle moved subtly, continuously firing. Shortly after, the Gravity Balls and the Electromagnetic Storm Balls collided, causing a bunch of electrical currents to explode. The shockwave even shattered the ground into pieces.

The crisis was resolved, and Dantai and Tang Zheng breathed a sigh of relief. They believed their marksmanship was good, but intercepting others’ bullets was a skill they certainly lacked unless they were at the second-order Explosive Type, where their nerve response and body functions dramatically improved, possibly allowing them to achieve this.

Seeing his own Electromagnetic Storm Ball being destroyed, Zhuo Lie tensed, sternly eyeing the three provocatively figured female musketeers.

"Is this Tang Zheng’s first ability? Tough." Thinking of the information he obtained from Yi Ting, Zhuo Lie felt a pang of fear. He had already taken that man seriously. But when the opponent truly demonstrated his ability, it was so terrifying. These three female musketeers were extremely hard to deal with. Even in an explosive state, he admitted he could dodge their attacks. But as the frequency of their attacks increased, errors were inevitable. A single mistake could result in potentially paying with his life, as defense was always passive compared to offense.

"With S-Class top-grade firearms and ambush tactics, Tang Zheng could take out many survivors," Zhuo Lie quickly adjusted his emotions, but he lost the opportunity to attack the command vehicle. Seeing humans jump off the war chariot, the mechanical soldiers immediately pounced and fired their weapons.

Zhuo Lie, a powerful conqueror indeed, whilst dragging a person, ran frantically and fired his weapon simultaneously, managing to ensure every bullet hit their target.

The Electromagnetic Storm Ball hit the mechanical soldiers, first bursting their bodies, followed by a burst of electric current to destroy them. Zhuo Lie’s weapons completely countered these soldiers due to their electronic components.

Old Zhou also increased his shooting speed to the fastest, continuously firing. He didn’t even have to pull the bolt before mechanical soldiers could charge, he shot them in the head one by one, shooting down more than a dozen.

Zhou Xiong and Yi Ting were conquerors after all. Suppressing the soldiers with their Thunderstorm Rifles was no problem, and their personal safety was even less of an issue.

"Tang Zheng, Old Zhou’s Gauss Rifle seems better than yours. The bolt-action rifle’s shooting speed is too slow," Chu Baichuan, no longer anxious, remarked, as the two female musketeers eventually frustrated the queen’s clone. The latter, seeing Zhuo Lie and the mission target, simply left the command vehicle to kill them first.

"I asked Trojan. With 500 points, you can upgrade the Gauss Sniper Rifle to an automatic rifle, but the power and range will diminish. This service they provide is always deceptive and frustrating," Lu Fan interrupted. Then she turned to Zhuo Lie who was yelling angrily.

"That S-Class Heavy Magnetostorm Rifle is really nice, I really want one," Lu Fan sighed. She knew the current situation was critical, so she didn’t insist on delaying until the two parties fought each other to a standstill.

"You bastards, I won’t let you go." Zhuo Lie, seeing the queen clone rushing towards him, screamed. Facing the minor boss-like monster without concealing his strength, he instantly triggered his explosive skill.

Old Zhou also triggered his explosive skill. Holding the Gauss sniper rifle in one hand, he drew a limited edition Desert Eagle from his leg holster with the other. With both guns firing, he created a forbidden area around himself. Any soldier who intruded was instantly killed.

The queen clone, experienced in combat, fired an energy blade. Her first step was to try to disperse their team formations.

Zhuo Lie swept fiercely while the queen clone increased her speed to the limit, activating her position shield and continuously dodged their attacks. Aided by the mechanical soldiers, she eventually approached him within ten seconds.

An S-Class Moon Blade suddenly flew out of Zhuo Lie’s chest, aiming for the queen clone’s head.

With a swish, a position shield bounced out. As the Moon Blade hit it, it flew back to Zhuo Lie’s chest.

The queen clone raised her hand and fired a blade of light, and in a blink of an eye, her hair filled with writhing snake-like tendrils straightened out, aiming at Zhuo Lie’s head and opening their mouths to fire beams of red light.

"Steel Barrier!" Zhuo Lie didn’t dodge. Instead, a five-meter high steel gate suddenly appeared from thin air. With a rumble, it pounded the queen clone into the ground, while the other side blocked him.

The queen clone fired a position shield to block these attacks. Simultaneously, a snake-like tendril shot out like an arrow towards Zhuo Lie’s face.

The steel barrier vanished and Zhuo Lie, quick as lightning, raised his hand to catch the tendril and slapped it onto the queen clone’s shield with his other hand. With such force, the shield broke apart and exploded into a shower of sparks.

"Impressive," Chu Baichuan had to admit, Zhuo Lie was indeed strong. In the first exchange, he steadily suppressed the queen clone.

"That’s why I said tricking him was the right move." Lu Fan had just aimed at a mechanical soldier when it was shot into scrap metal by the musketeer. She was frustrated," Sophie, can’t you leave one for me? It’s not dangerous anyway."

"Enough fooling around, kill them all." Tang Zheng didn’t want to take risks. Evaluating the distance, he asked, "Can you still hit her? Will it cause accidental injury?"

"No problem," Sophie confidently responded, preparing to shoot the queen clone, but was stopped by Dantai.

"Don’t overdo it, safety first," Dantai explained, and then Xu Biyun’s voice rang out.

"The rescue team is in sight."

The remaining vehicles saw their combat mates on the radar. A wave of relief spread through them, and they had the sense of having survived disaster.

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