The Post Sky Tipping Era
Chapter 208 - 165 Instant Hit

Chapter 208: Chapter 165 Instant Hit

Li Yi assumed the most stable shooting position, his sniper rifle already adjusted to its optimal state. A red special-model bullet was loaded into the chamber, and at this moment, the scope had locked onto a target over a kilometer away—a Gang Refining Expert. Li Yi had also mentally rehearsed the scenario in his mind.

To ensure the success rate of the sniping, he didn’t plan to fire just one shot.

"While shooting at the target, I must consider their evasive actions and simultaneously cut off their escape routes..." Li Yi’s brain began to continuously ponder, while his finger was already on the trigger, his entire being at this instant seemed to halt breathing, his body in a state of absolute stillness.

After all, any slight movement could influence the accuracy of the sniping, especially since the opponent was a powerful being from the Upper Three Realms and should not be regarded as a stationary target on a training field.

However, at the moment Li Yi took these series of actions.

On the plain a kilometer away.

The group of experts from the Meng family who were riding horses towards the pavilion all paused in surprise, seeing from afar that Li Yi, who had been standing in the pavilion just a moment ago, had suddenly lain down.

"What’s that guy doing? Lying down to sleep?" Meng Yuan’s gaze shifted slightly, revealing a bit of confusion, but then he vaguely noticed that there seemed to be a strange device placed at Li Yi’s position as he lay down.

It was something they had never seen before; it didn’t look like a bow and arrow, nor could it be a weapon.

Yet for some reason, Meng Yuan instinctively felt a sense of vigilance rise within him. After all, the opponent had come prepared and wasn’t likely just standing in the pavilion waiting to die.

But soon, Meng Yuan felt he was overthinking things.

At such a distant range, with a vast open plain ahead, even if there were any movements, he would be able to detect them in an instant. There was nothing to worry about.

He wasn’t the only one with such thoughts; the other Qi Cultivation Experts were brimming with confidence at this moment, not the least bit worried that Li Yi would resort to any sneaky tactics. After all, Li Yi was exposed under their watchful eyes, and with so many of them looking on, they could detect anything Li Yi did in an instant. There was nothing to worry about.

Meng Kuohai, who was in the lead, now sat on the back of a horse, his burly figure towering. In his view, the enemy within the pavilion wouldn’t last a round against him. He hadn’t even planned to make a move himself; his visit this time was just to ensure that the mission was completed without fail. Soon, he would have Meng Cai take action and kill that man.

Meng Kuohai had made a name for himself across the Four Seas and Eight Continents, carrying with him an air of invincibility. He had no interest in weak opponents and only wished to clash with warriors of his own level.

Sadly, once he reached the Gang Refining Realm, the experts of his own level were all from Noble Families; he could only spar with them, not fight to the death. While Martial Artists in the Gang Refining Realm did exist among the common folk, their foundations were unstable and their strength was not formidable, failing to satisfy his craving for battle, thus he lost much of his joy.

However, while he was lost in these thoughts, the steed beneath him had already crossed the second flag marker and continued to advance.

Within a kilometer range, everything seen by a sniper was his target.

"Boom!"

At this moment, a thunderous explosion erupted from the ground.

Before the sound could reach them, a bullet had already torn through the air at a staggering speed, flashing towards them faster than the Martial Artists could react. These Qi Cultivation Experts didn’t even realize what was happening when the fatal bullet had already arrived before them.

"Hmm?"

However, as a Gang Refining Expert, Meng Kuohai suddenly sensed an ominous threat. The hairs on his body stood on end instantly, and his robust body tensed up in a flash. A fearsome Protective Gang Qi burst forth from his body, forming impenetrable walls of energy to safeguard himself.

This powerful Protective Gang Qi could shatter the Iron Arrows shot by an Eight Bull Crossbow, and to kill him, one would need to form a crossbow array with continuous firing, depleting his Gang Qi before possibly taking his life.

Despite Meng Kuohai’s awareness of the danger and his astonishing reaction, taking defensive measures at once, all of this was still too slow, far too slow, for a bullet that had been fired.

The special bullet from the Transcendent M200 had reached a terrifying speed of two thousand meters per second, meaning that as soon as Li Yi fired, the bullet would reach the enemy before the sound of the shot was even heard. With Meng Kuohai less than a kilometer away from Li Yi, this meant that from the time of the shot to the time of the hit, he had less than half a second to react.

In that half-second, Meng Kuohai needed to carry out highly efficient evasive maneuvers to have any chance of escaping the sniping.

But the Martial Artists of the Four Seas and Eight Continents had no experience in dodging bullets, and the first reaction of Meng Kuohai, the Gang Refining Expert, was to use his Protective Gang Qi to ensure his safety.

Without preparation, without experience, traditional habits... these factors combined to result in Meng Kuohai being struck by Li Yi’s sniper rifle.

The terrifying force easily tore through his burly and large body, which blades couldn’t harm, now no different from the body of ordinary flesh and blood. In an instant, it exploded into a mess of flesh and scattered bones; even the large steed beneath him had half of its body abruptly torn apart, then lost balance and collapsed heavily to the ground.

The enormous shockwave rolled through the air, the bullet penetrating that body of flesh and falling to the ground behind it.

The residual energy, undiminished, blew up a clump of earth, then burrowed into it, disappearing from everyone’s sight.

Boom!

At this time, the massive sound finally traveled from afar, reaching everyone’s ears.

But it was already too late.

Meng Kuohai had been shot, his eyes wide open, his resolute face showing a trace of disbelief. Then his blood-stained body, together with the half-remaining steed, collapsed heavily onto the ground.

At this moment, he couldn’t even feel pain, only a sense of indescribable bewilderment.

What had so grievously wounded him?

"Mr. Meng."

"Mr. Meng."

"..."

The people behind him changed their expressions drastically, and a hint of terror appeared in their eyes as they saw a Gang Refining Expert’s body blown open, half of it collapsing into a pool of blood.

The horses, spooked, reared and neighed, sensing some terrible danger and attempting to flee, but they were quickly subdued by the attendants who had since recovered their senses.

"Mr. Meng, how are you..." Meng Cai immediately dismounted and, with fear still evident in her eyes, hurried over to assess the situation.

Meng Kuohai was not yet dead. After a brief moment of confusion, an immense rage engulfed him. He was invincible in battle, possessed Innate Divine Strength, and was considered unbeatable within the Gang Refining Realm. How could he have suffered such a humiliating defeat today, without even seeing the face of his enemy, and fallen so heavily wounded?

What kind of attack was this, that he didn’t even have time to react?

He glanced down at his injuries.

Almost half his left chest and his waist were gone, reduced to a pile of flesh, with his innards and intestines clearly visible. Countless bones in his body were shattered... Such injuries would undoubtedly be fatal even for a Gang Refining Realm Expert, and the only reason he was still alive was the astonishing resilience and tenacity of such an expert, clinging to life by a final breath.

"Boom!"

However, at that moment, another thunderous sound erupted.

No sooner had she heard it, Meng Cai felt something explode beside her. Upon looking, she saw deep fear in her own eyes.

Meng Kuohai had been hit by another shot. His lower body blew apart completely, his legs shattered into pieces, splattered who knows where. The air was filled with a thick, pungent smell of blood, and all that remained was a ringing in the ears.

"Ahh!"

Meng Kuohai let out a painful scream.

"Three breaths, the interval between his attacks is three breaths, and he can only attack one person at a time. Charge him down, force him into close combat."

But Meng Kuohai was not dead yet, he roared abruptly, and then his pale, bloodless face suddenly seemed to regain some color.

With his heart unscathed, he did not hesitate to use his Heart Blood to briefly forget the pain and ignore his injuries, reviving his battered body to its peak condition.

Following his roar,

Meng Kuohai’s entire body erupted with Gang Qi, which then lifted his bloodstained, broken body off the ground. He flew through the air like an arrow, covering the less than a kilometer distance toward Li Yi with astonishing speed, as if determined to take down his formidable enemy before dying.

"Boom!"

A third gunshot rang out, and another bullet sped toward Meng Kuohai.

But this shot missed, as Meng Kuohai’s flight close to the ground, propelled by his Gang Qi, made him an extreme challenge to hit due to his velocity.

"Is this a Gang Refining Expert? Isn’t he even human? Damn ridiculous, the first bullet only missed his heart by a bit because of the distance, yet he didn’t die despite half his body being blown away. I didn’t feel safe, so I fired a second shot, and even when his butt and legs were gone, he was still able to summon a burst of Heart Blood and thrust himself towards me using Gang Qi?"

Li Yi’s face darkened upon seeing this through his rifle scope. He had thought that after one shot followed by another, the opponent would be surely doomed. He did not expect the man to pull off such a resurrection.

If you could fake your own death, you should have said so earlier. If I had known, I would have doused my bullets with my child’s urine.

Shock aside, Li Yi continued to aim at the Gang Refining Expert rushing towards him using Gang Qi, his sniper rifle firing once again with a bullet following a predictive trajectory.

At this moment, Meng Kuohai was hanging onto a sliver of life, roaring furiously, venting his vigorous Gang Qi. And on the verge of death, his spirit appeared to break through, the threshold that hadn’t budged for years suddenly seemed to loosen, and a strange premonition emerged in his heart.

Refining God, this was the Refining God Realm... He was excited, but then that excitement turned into a deep hatred and unwillingness.

It was too late to enter the Refining God Realm right before dying; without having condensed a Yin God, dying this way meant true death, unable to persist in this world.

Nevertheless, the transformation brought about by Refining God allowed Meng Kuohai to, much like a clairvoyant, vaguely sense the direction of danger. His Gang Qi erupted, he changed positions continuously, and he actually managed to dodge Li Yi’s successive three bullets, which were fired with predictability.

Such action to evade bullets was no longer something that could be achieved by human reflex alone.

"Spiritual Sense?" Li Yi’s pupils suddenly contracted upon witnessing this.

This scene seemed familiar.

He had seen it before in Evolvers at the Spiritual Realm, Evolvers of this realm could foresee danger in advance and easily avoid bullets.