The Post Sky Tipping Era
Chapter 209 - 166 Naive Thoughts

Chapter 209: Chapter 166 Naive Thoughts

The changes came too quickly, so fast that the other Qi Cultivation Experts of the Meng Family didn’t even have time to react until Meng Kuohai was hit by two bullets. Covered in blood, he roared as he charged out with his battered body, and only then did the remaining five people realize that the battle had already begun.

"Spread out and rush over, although their attack is terrifying, as long as we close in, we win. Don’t even think about escaping. With such might at this distance, even if you flee three miles away, survival would still be extremely difficult."

Meng Caijiao shouted, then abandoned her horse and dashed towards the pavilion where Li Yi was, her Jin Qi furiously surging out as if it cost her nothing.

Her figure moved with incredible speed, and for a moment, she surpassed even the pace of a galloping horse.

There was no longer any concern for conserving energy at this point. If they couldn’t close the gap, another strike from that strange weapon would guarantee their deaths.

"Charge!"

Meng Yuan, Meng Yanwei, and the brothers Fang Xiong and Fang Jin leapt off their horses and ran as soon as they realized what was happening. Their Jin Qi roared within them, sparing no breath, each charging like tigers and cheetahs towards the pavilion, without any hint of wanting to retreat.

After all, the Gang Refining Realm Expert of the Meng Family was still in play. With the enemy’s attack distracted, this moment provided a rare opportunity to act.

Any further hesitation, and there was no telling how many more lives of Qi Cultivation Experts would be lost across this distance of five hundred steps.

Realizing this, they sprinted as if insane, no one wanting to experience the kind of strike that had just happened, for even Gang Refining Realm Experts couldn’t withstand it. If it hit them, death was certain.

Li Yi no longer had time to pay attention to the other five Qi Cultivation Experts; his focus was entirely on Meng Kuohai.

The fifth shot fired.

Boom!

This shot too did not hit; the bullet was dodged once again.

But Li Yi remained calm as he worked the bolt to chamber another round.

The sixth shot rang out.

This time, it was a near miss against Meng Kuohai. The bullet flew just past his entire body.

"He’s reaching his limit. Beyond four hundred meters, he’s doomed." Li Yi could confirm the other’s strength with this shot.

Because the closer the distance, the less time there is to be hit by the bullet, making it extremely hard to dodge. Especially within the final one to two hundred meters—it’s practically like being a sitting duck for a sniper. No matter how quick your reflexes, your body can’t move fast enough to dodge.

At this moment, Meng Kuohai, flying with the aid of Gang Qi, had already passed the final flag, closing the distance to five hundred meters—and still, it was rapidly shrinking... Seizing the gap as Li Yi was reloading, he had closed in to four hundred meters... three hundred meters. It seemed he truly had a chance to reach Li Yi. According to his estimate, the attacker only had two more chances to shoot. If he could just get to within fifty steps, he could slash down this damned man with his Gang Qi.

Across the few hundred meters remaining, Li Yi could feel Meng Kuohai’s fierce intent to kill. As a sniper, though, a strong mental fortitude was essential, and Li Yi had scored perfectly in close-range, moving target shooting back at the training base.

"Bang!"

Li Yi pulled the trigger once more, the powerful recoil causing him to stagger back.

A special model bullet flew out again.

The seventh shot.

A distance of less than three hundred meters was dangerous for Li Yi, but similarly so for Meng Kuohai. It meant he had less than half a second to dodge. In such a situation, unless one could predict in advance and start dodging before, the moment you perceive danger, it’s already too late because your body simply can’t respond in time.

Meng Kuohai sensed the danger once again. He thought he could dodge it narrowly as before, but this time his pupils shrunk in shock, his battered body involuntarily twitching.

The interval from the emergence of danger to its arrival was too short, so short that it was almost simultaneous.

How could one dodge that?

Only if one could predict the enemy’s actions and have foreknowledge would it be possible.

Even though Meng Kuohai had broken through and reached the characteristics of a Refining God, he was still not a Refining God Realm Expert because his damaged body hindered him, preventing him from sensing everything around him like a Refining God Realm Expert could at any given moment.

The bullet hit him again.

But fortunately, his wounded body had still made a dodging motion, avoiding a direct hit: the bullet grazed past his back. Yet even just that caused a large chunk of flesh on his back to be torn away, leaving him like he had been skinned alive.

And it seemed his spine was damaged too, causing his Gang Qi to collapse in an instant.

Bang!

The tall frame of Meng Kuohai toppled to the ground, rolling over a dozen times before finally coming to a stop.

"Just as I expected, in the last few hundred meters, he couldn’t dodge the bullets. It looks like this guy is finally going to die. Good, let me send you one more bullet." Li Yi aimed once more, and without any hesitation, he fired another shot.

In this moment,

Meng Kuohai knew his end had come, for now he could no longer wield Gang Qi. He was unable to cover the last bit of distance, and with such severe injuries, plus the next attack already prepared by his opponent... death seemed inevitable.