Lin Qun succeeded with one Mid-air Sniper Shot, and immediately tried for a second.
This time, he simply stopped running, instead circling the airship on the ground, leaping back and forth!
At the same time, he frantically activated his ability.
Though the airship's Autocannon had an astonishing Caliber, it was mounted beneath the airship, fine for strafing the ground, but the moment Lin Qun jumped, it immediately struggled to Track him, and that gave Lin Qun his opening.
Of course, with Lin Qun moving in high parabolic arcs through the air, the airship's Autocannon simply couldn't keep up with him.
But for those few Bakatan people, if Lin Qun used his Mario ability to leap far away, they might not be able to keep up, but if he leapt straight toward them, he'd be a sitting target — they could simply raise their guns and get a clean shot at him as he came rushing in, as easy as waiting by a stump for a rabbit. This was also why, when Lin Qun had suddenly charged at them earlier, they'd assumed for a moment that he was seeking death.
It was precisely because of this that the risk had seemed too great, and Lin Qun hadn't dared try it before — only being pushed to this point had he gambled on it.
But after his first attempt, Lin Qun discovered that his earlier worry had been completely unnecessary. He had a way to solve this problem, one that kept the Bakatan people from being able to open fire in time on him while he was airborne and unable to evade.
That was to suppress them with even more powerful "Firepower."
Offense was the best defense.
However fast the Bakatan people's guns were, they were no match for the speed of Lin Qun's eyes.
The instant they turned their gun barrels, Lin Qun's gaze had already landed on the arms holding those guns.
Before they could even pull the trigger, a horrifying hole of blood and flesh had already burst open on their gun-holding hand — or somewhere on their body!
It couldn't score a Headshot Instant Kill, but it could blow them into crippled, useless wrecks!
That left them with no way to fire on Lin Qun, who was airborne and unable to evade.
As expected, only practice could reveal whether something was truly viable!
Leap after leap, attempt after attempt — at first, Lin Qun had spent most of his effort on evasion, since his flesh and blood body couldn't withstand even a single bullet. But as he grew more practiced, he advanced step by cautious step, gradually turning from defense to offense, transforming into a figure flying through the air, and in the midst of the Entangled fight, frantically unleashing his "Mid-air Sniper Shot" again and again!
Moving at high speed, Lin Qun found it hard to aim precisely, but whatever he saw, he blew apart. After a few jumps, he had already crippled two of the four Bakatan people, alive and screaming!
His precision, too, gradually improved!
By the time he leapt again, they had no idea what means Lin Qun was using to detonate their bodies. They no longer dared to strafe the ground and instead threw themselves into desperate evasion.
They had nearly collapsed!
"What kind of ability is this?!"
"Where is he! Shoot him, quick!"
"Ah... my leg's been blown off! He's too fast!"
"He's jumping back and forth, back and forth, he's too agile, too agile!"
"Run! Run!!"
And so, after a brief spell of entanglement and slaughter, the situation reversed in a way that left everyone stunned.
The four Bakatan people, their livers and gallbladders split with terror, turned the airship around and fled!
Behind them, Lin Qun leapt in extreme parabolic arcs, using the height of the wrecked vehicles on the ground to launch himself up to eight or nine meters at his highest.
The four armed Bakatan personnel, their souls scattered in terror, turned the airship around and fled.
Lin Qun downed an entire bottle of the Energy Recovery Potion he had just exchanged for.
And gave chase relentlessly from behind.
Strike while they're down!
The grudge was already set — who knew whether these Bakatan people would go call for reinforcements?
Lin Qun meant to kill every last one of them right here!
Meanwhile, Jiang Bin had already rapidly closed in with his men.
Hearing the gunshots and shouting from this direction, they had assumed for a moment that the Bakatan people were in an exchange of fire with their own side, and had rushed over anxiously to Reinforce them — only to find themselves staring, dumbstruck, at the scene before them.
A man wearing a Zhu Bajie toy mask was leaping in parabolic arcs down the street like a flea, chasing after the very airship they had been cautiously tailing, in a manner both ridiculous and yet inexplicably impressive!
Ridiculous, because Lin Qun's jumping posture defied the laws of physics, giving off the surreal feeling of an anime character invading reality.
Inexplicably impressive, because he was a single man, ferociously chasing down an airship full of Bakatan people who were fleeing in terror, wailing for their mothers and fathers!
Wang Desheng rubbed his eyes. "Am I seeing things? Is that a Zhu Bajie... flying through the sky, hunting down a Bakatan airship?"
"You're not seeing things. That man doesn't even have a gun in his hand — he's just jumping, jumping, so how is he making those Bakatan people flee in terror like that?" Jiang Bin was startled too, his voice low. "He's not one of ours, he's a civilian — since when do civilians have experts like that?"
From their angle, they couldn't see the higher position — they could only see Lin Qun leaping wildly on the ground.
The Bakatan airship skimmed past at its extreme flight ceiling of over ten meters.
From their angle, naturally, they couldn't see the bursts of Bakatan blood erupting inside the airship each time Lin Qun made another leap.
All they felt was disbelief.
And even less understanding.
Just by jumping back and forth, how had he slaughtered that gang of Bakatan thugs like this?
After all, Jiang Bin and the others had spotted this gang of Bakatan Thugs some time ago and had been tailing them ever since, well aware of how powerful they were, cautiously searching for an opening while calling for Reinforce.
And according to the information available, each person had only awakened a single talent — meaning only one ability each — so no matter how hard they tried, they could never have guessed that Lin Qun, who clearly had a jumping ability, also had a second Superpower: "blink and kill."
That was why, seeing this same gang of ferocious Bakatan people — a group their entire squad would have had to approach with caution — get utterly wrecked by that Zhu Bajie-masked man's seemingly harmless "devil hop," they naturally found it unbelievable.
It was like watching someone defeat Thanos with a dance-off and trash talk.
"Perhaps... his ability comes with some kind of attack effect we don't understand?" Wang Desheng said in a low voice. "Or maybe our earlier judge of this group of Bakatan people was wrong. Maybe they're actually all bark and no bite..."
"The Bakatan people practice Everyone is a Soldier — they must have survived multiple rounds of Civilization War to get here. Even the ones who make it to be among the first wave to land in our world, even if they're not regular army, can't possibly be weak. That man is definitely an expert, with a special ability—
"We can't let him die. Follow him, cover him!"
Wang Desheng added, "Right now is exactly when we need people. The higher-ups are also recruiting capable civilians — if we could pull this man into the Military, that would absolutely be a good thing."
Jiang Bin's group quickly shifted from staying hidden to a proactive attack, with the Military Vehicle giving chase from behind.
Jiang Bin personally manned the anti-tank gun and fired a thunderous shot, striking true — by this point, Lin Qun had already blown two of the Bakatan people on the airship to pieces, and the remaining two were half-crippled, their full attention fixed on Lin Qun below, completely unaware of the human military's strike.
A massive Ball of Fire flared in the sky.
Lin Qun scored a Headshot on the last Bakatan man and landed steadily on the ground.
The airship's Wreckage crashed down in the middle of the road, cutting Lin Qun off from the Military's group on the other side.
Lin Qun was gasping violently for breath.
Of the four Bakatan people, he had killed three himself, and the last one had been blown apart.
During the chase, to guarantee his Energy stayed up, Lin Qun had drunk two bottles of Energy Recovery Potion.
As a result, after this whole Rampage Kill, the Contribution Points he ended up with totaled only three.
He had 8 points of Energy left.
But he had gained 250 points of experience.
On the Regional Ranking, Lin Qun's total Contribution Points climbed once again.
To Lin Qun's delight, this time he had even moved up further, landing at third place in the ranking!
Ahead of him now were only Xia Qing and Qi Zhichuan, whose total Contribution Points still far outstripped his own.
If he could hold onto third place before today's settlement,
then he would earn a Reward of 10 Contribution Points.
That was entirely 4 more Contribution Points than fourth place.
Which was equivalent to four Bakatan people and one precious Card Draw Opportunity!
This was absolutely an unexpected windfall!
What excited Lin Qun even more,
was that his Mid-air Sniper Shot had been successfully developed, and after today's "training," it could already be called a minor success.
And this Combo Skill was extremely practical in Actual Combat — enough to greatly boost his chances of survival.
By now, the last streak of sunset on the horizon was being devoured by Darkness.
Lin Qun, his stamina badly drained from constant use of the Mario Skill, lifted his head slightly, still catching his breath, and caught sight of the Military soldiers on the other side.
He had already noticed the Missile the Military had used to bring down the airship.
The road was blocked by the airship's Wreckage — Lin Qun couldn't get across, and for now, they couldn't get across either.
Just then, from the other side of the street, the sound of marching suddenly rose up.
One of Jiang Bin's reconnaissance soldiers came running over urgently. "Squad Leader, we've spotted fifteen Bakatan people approaching us from the east — they're carrying Heavy weapons and vehicles!"
Jiang Bin's expression changed.
Hearing this from a distance, Lin Qun's expression changed too.
The commotion on their end had been far from small — there was no way the Bakatan people wouldn't have someone coming to check.
Jiang Bin knew they had to retreat now.
He gave Lin Qun, standing across the firelight, one long, deep look, and called out, "What's your Name? How can I find you?"
Lin Qun paused for a moment, something stirring in his heart, and as he retreated, he called back, "I'm Li Xinghe.
"—Dragon City Imperial Scenery!"
Watching Lin Qun's Figure vanish, Jiang Bin murmured softly, "Li Xinghe. I'll remember you..."
Building 5, Dragon City Imperial Scenery Residential Area.
Li Xinghe jolted awake from his sleep, letting out a sneeze so thunderous it seemed to shake the whole world.
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