Light Fortress
Chapter 141 - 129: The Person Behind

Chapter 141: Chapter 129: The Person Behind

Hit!

In "Eagle Eye’s" vision, the turbulent waters of the Da Jiang merged with the mist into a storm, and though the sight was obscured, it was clear that a spray of blood burst forth in the distance amid the river mist, evidently the red-silver bullet had hit its target—

But Qi Lv showed no joy.

In his heart, he didn’t feel the lightness of having killed the target, instead, a sense of unease was spreading within him.

The red-silver bullet hitting the target should not have produced such a massive mist of blood... Once the strong logic material penetrated the body, a Transcendent’s power would lose control directly, a truly effective shot should be quiet and silent, with far less commotion.

That boy would have been like a beetle crushed.

Quietly dying without a sound.

But now, it obviously wasn’t the case.

What exactly was going on with this shot?

Qi Lv gathered all his spiritual power, forcibly focusing his Eagle Eye vision to further magnify the blurred scene in the distance.

Until he saw a clear image of the distant ice floe—

The trajectory of the red-silver bullet and the faint blood mist that spread out, slowly scattered by the wind.

A richer shade of red began to burn within the river mist... From afar, it looked like a blood mist, but in reality, it was more like a plume of fiery mist, spreading, wafting, and eventually hovering at the position of the boy’s forehead.

The moment he maxed out the magnification of Eagle Eye, Qi Lv heard a "clack" in his heart.

A spike like force, incredibly rigid, attacked from that wisp of flame, as if it were a spiritual blade that could be transmitted through gaze.

Just one direct look, and it stabbed into the heart.

"...Ugh!"

Qi Lv’s already near-taxing spiritual power took further damage at that moment, his consciousness uncontrollably went into disarray, and with a muffled groan, fresh blood trickled from the corner of his lips...

This boy was a Spiritual Transcendent, and moreover, his abilities were extremely special, seemingly capable of transferring through eye contact.

In some sense, "Eagle Eye" had helped Chi Huo magnify his lethality.

But it was this exchange of looks that confirmed to Qi Lv the boy wasn’t particularly strong; if it had been a psychic on the same level as him, the outcome of that exchange of stares would have already been decided.

Good... Now that I know what I’m dealing with.

He swallowed the taste of blood in his throat, suppressed the discomfort in his heart, and quite fiercely readied the sniper rifle again.

This time, he didn’t load a red-silver bullet.

It was a Purple Silver.

...

...

The moment Chu Ling spoke, Gu Shen sensed the crisis.

His Chi Huo had warned him even before Chu Ling’s reminder.

Heeding the warning from within, he turned his head, and the next instant, a streak of blood-red line pierced across the Da Jiang, grazing his forehead, the red-silver bullet skimmed the flesh, not causing any substantial harm aside from drawing a trace of blood.

But Chi Huo roared past.

The bullet made of strong logic material had a deadly killing power for Transcendents, for its inherent powerful "order" would suppress the Transcendent’s own disorderly power.

But to Gu Shen’s astonishment, something happened.

The wound from being nicked on his forehead turned into fine droplets of bursting blood because of the bullet’s extreme speed upon contact, the next moment these droplets exploded on their own, transforming into a mist-like crystal spread.

Just a tiny amount of blood had burst into a quite fluffy cloud of red mist.

"This is the normal reaction of red silver material to a Transcendent’s blood,"

Chu Ling said softly: "This bullet, which is extremely poisonous to ordinary Transcendents, has quite limited effects on you."

The Chi Huo spread, engulfing Gu Shen’s blood.

The blood tainted with red silver, encountered an even more powerful "order", and at this moment began to retract, no longer expanding, but absorbed into the mist of flames.

"Your power is not ’disorder’, but ’order’... And the order of red silver is not as strong as yours,"

Chu Ling said: "Of course... this just shows that strong logic material has limited erosive effect on you, if you’re directly hit by the bullet, that’s a different story."

Is that so... Gu Shen touched his wound, finding almost no pain at all.

Incredible.

His Chi Huo ability was to re-establish order in matter to some extent; similarly ordering red-silver bullets that sought order simply couldn’t disrupt Chi Huo, on the contrary, they would be stripped of their own order by his Chi Huo.

On such a basis, he deduced that the strong logic material bullet’s erosion effect on him would be very minor... What he needed to consider was the frontal attacking piercing power of the bullet.

"So, I just need to dodge the bullets..."

Gu Shen looked into the distance, taking a deep breath.

The Chi Huo twined around his brow, his spiritual power extended outward like a barrier.

Qi Lv’s profile showed his ability was "Eagle Eye", practically a born top-quality sniper with exceptional dynamic vision; unless he could move as fast as Song Ci, it would be difficult to avoid being locked by his sights.

Gu Shen hardly moved his position.

He was well aware... his speed was still far from enough to dodge the "Eagle Eye’s" tracking, trying to cause Qi Lv’s sniping to miss by dodging was nearly impossible.

Moving or not, there was no difference.

"The moment Eagle Eye locks on to me, I can launch a spiritual spike at him... maybe even hypnotize," Gu Shen murmured softly: "Too bad, my spiritual power isn’t strong enough, these are just harassment tactics."

Qi Lv had earlier focused Eagle Eye and Gu Shen had already launched a spiritual spike.

But there was a significant gap in strength between them.

That strike was blocked; although burdensome for Qi Lv, it was still bearable.

"But... to make the bullet deviate, harassment is enough."

"The next time Eagle Eye locks on, I will concentrate all my spiritual power to attack; victory or defeat will be decided in an instant."

Gu Shen knew that this was the only chance he had to dodge the sniper shot.

During the previous showdown with Song Ci, Qi Lv had activated Hawk Eye more than once, and his spiritual power was on the verge of losing control. How many more shots could he fire?

As long as he could cause Qi Lv’s Hawk Eye to deviate under the harsh river surface conditions... Firing another shot would completely change his mindset from before.

"Come on."

Gu Shen rallied his spirit and concentrated all his attention.

He was waiting for the second gaze of Hawk Eye.

...

...

When the first red-silver bullet pierced through the river, shattering water droplets and leaving behind a long bloody crimson line.

Song Ci and Chen Mei were in the midst of a fierce battle.

The sound of the gunshot was very faint... but for Transcendents of their caliber, no slightest movement could escape their senses. Chen Mei’s expression remained unchanged as he actively grabbed Song Ci’s wrists, dragging the scene into a wrestling match.

"Bastard! Shooting a concealed shot..."

Song Ci’s pupils constricted. Unrestricted, he could have caught the bullet in time, but the action of pinching the bullet was impossible to perform as he was drawn into the prolonged wrestling by Chen Mei, and he could only watch helplessly as the bullet flew over the river.

Fortunately.

Gu Shen’s abilities were somewhat special.

So the bullet ultimately didn’t harm him.

His expression was grim as he stared at Qi Lv in the distance.

"Are you worried about that kid?" Chen Mei whispered, "Or think about how you’re going to deal with me."

Crow said in a low voice, "Tonight is the battle between you and me..."

"I’m not interested in fighting with you. My only target... is him."

Chen Mei looked towards Gu Shen, squinting involuntarily at the fiery red light emerging far away.

Chen Mei then refocused on Song Ci, speaking indifferently, "As for whether he lives or dies, it doesn’t really matter."

These words were spoken for Crow to hear.

He saw that Crow cared a lot about the young man’s life and death.

In fact, he cared too... The young man had successfully infiltrated the South Bay Building tonight and escaped.

He had to find out the truth behind this incident.

If possible, Chen Mei didn’t want to kill Gu Shen directly.

"Qi Lv’s ’Hawk Eye’ can guarantee a hundred percent hit rate, and the next bullet in the sniper rifle is the Purple Silver Bullet," Chen Mei reminded, "The only one who can stop that bullet is you."

"What are you trying to say?" Crow’s forehead bulged with veins.

"I mean... you don’t have much time left," said Chen Mei.

Chen Mei spoke slowly, "Really, not much time is left."

As his words fell to the ground.

Chen Mei glanced briefly backward, and with that glance, the flow of time in the entire world seemed to slow down.

At the other end of the river, Qi Lv, poised with his gun, exhibited a small tremor in his statue-like stance—a grimace and spasm across his face muscles, the result of the sniper rifle’s recoil at the moment of firing.

The purple-silver bullet’s light bloomed fully within the slowed flow of time, like a strange and lethal otherworldly flower.

Song Ci focused all his attention on that bullet, and in the world where time slowed down, his blurred figure barely returned to normal. As he turned his head, a look of surprise flowed from the depths of his eyes.

He stared at Chen Mei in disbelief.

The only person unaffected by the flow of time was Chen Mei.

Chen Mei instantly broke free from the deadlock of the wrestling pose.

Kneeling, bowing, treading water.

The whole action was incredibly smooth; in the slowed world, his speed was even faster than that of the purple-silver bullet, and the whole river fell into an eerie silence.

An invisible domain blossomed.

This domain came from Chen Mei, his brows exuding a terrifying silver light, time walking slowly while he remained unaffected—Da Du’s records in the Sincere Heart Association had no mention of Chen Mei’s abilities.

Because in Da Du, no opponent was worth him activating this domain.

In this duel, his goal had always been clear, not to defeat Crow but to take Gu Shen, so he was always waiting for a moment... a moment when Crow couldn’t manage both ends.

The Purple Silver Bullet and himself.

Now, the moment had arrived.

When the domain receded, only 0.5 seconds had passed in the real world.

Perhaps, one second.

When the domain was lifted—

Chen Mei was already standing in front of Gu Shen.

He didn’t make a move.

He just stood there quietly.

The second gunshot from afar did not sound.

The whole river was silent, as if all sound had been suppressed.

Sweat trickled from Chen Mei’s forehead.

He made no movement... because he felt...

Someone was standing right behind him.