"Monster..." The thug was stunned.

He couldn't even muster a thought of resistance.

The tide-like darkness engulfed him, swallowing his courage.

Gunfire rang out, and the thug's body was instantly tossed by the raging wind.

Xu Xiaoyou adjusted the muzzle towards the truck's carriage ahead, where the machine gun was still spewing.

"What... what's your situation?" Ling noticed the anomaly.

"Don't look," Xu Xiaoyou said casually.

"I'm about to lose it!"

In this crisis, Ling felt her consciousness was about to be torn apart, as if a lead ball was falling from a height at every moment, harshly striking her head.

Blood kept seeping from her eyes, mouth, and nose, her face as pale as paper.

"Then withdraw the barrier."

Xu Xiaoyou gripped the gun in her hand tightly, tilting her head slightly, her gaze slanting, locking on the frenzied expression of the machine gunner in her sights.

"Are you crazy?" Ling instinctively asked after noticing her actions. "At this distance, can you hit him?"

They were at least several meters away from the truck ahead, and in this chase, both vehicles were constantly changing positions, making it difficult to aim, not to mention considering factors like wind speed and direction. Even a trained sharpshooter couldn't claim a one hundred percent hit rate at this distance, let alone shoot through the bulletproof glass on the machine gun for a fatal hit.

"If we don't take care of that guy, we're done for!"

"The bullets can't penetrate that kind of bulletproof glass; they'll bounce off!"

"Or do we wait to die?" Xu Xiaoyou countered.

Ling wasn't sure if it was her illusion, but after the other party opened her third eye, she seemed to change into a different person, like a cold-blooded killer from a movie—calm, confident, decisive, emitting an aura that made people's hair stand on end.

"That machine gun will run out of bullets in two seconds," Xu Xiaoyou said quickly. "Now's the time!"

Ling buried her whole face in the steering wheel and couldn't think about it any longer. No matter how absurd the proposal seemed, she had to pin all her hopes on Xu Xiaoyou, and she quickly withdrew the barrier.

The bullet spiraled out of the muzzle, sweeping up flames!

With a sharp whistle, the bullet zinged into the bulletproof glass, leaving a bullet hole. Spider-like cracks instantly spread across the entire pane.

It didn't deflect, but it didn't penetrate either.

Ling felt utterly hopeless.

Despite the bulletproof glass being shattered, it was only the outermost layer that broke; inside, it remained intact. Even if bullets continuously hit the surface, they couldn't break through.

They were doomed. Once those lunatics reacted, without a doubt, they would be torn apart, bullet-addled along with the convertible sports car. She thought of lotus pods then—green, tender, with a slight bitterness that she quite liked, much like her bitter heart.

Despair and helplessness surged.

The thug behind the machine gun grinned. Just as he leisurely intended to reload, he suddenly noticed the fleeting smile on the golden-haired girl's face, as if she held the winning ticket.

Before he could fathom where this confidence came from, the second flash of light flickered.

Xu Xiaoyou pulled the trigger, releasing a second bullet.

This bullet hit precisely at the divot left by the previous one!

Thud—

In the thug's astonished gaze, a bullet hole appeared on his forehead.

The massive body fell forward, along with the machine gun in his hands, hitting the ground, flung away by the speed of a hundred kilometers per hour.

The motorcycles of several thugs pursuing them got tangled and collided, finally being thrown far away by an explosion.

"Holy shit..."

Ling gaped, looking at Xu Xiaoyou as if she were looking at a monster.

No, this guy is a monster.

This was something humans simply couldn't do!

Underneath that seemingly innocent facade must lie a demon; could she actually be a certain evil god in human skin, whose power hasn't fully awakened, extending tentacles to devour or bewitch a few unlucky passersby every night?

Of course, Xu Xiaoyou didn't know what nonsense Ling's mind was concocting, as using the Spiritual Gaze intensely was mentally draining.

After Bai Youyou cleared the Dissector's nest, she couldn't feel the connection between this eye and the scarlet heart anymore.

The Spiritual Gaze's ability to discern the essence of things was a godsend for the Card Maker. As long as she had used that skill card before, she could analyze it with the Spiritual Gaze and forcefully gather it.

To gain is to grasp.

But when she used the Spiritual Gaze, it was as if a voice inside was tempting her, tempting her to continue using this power, to walk deeper and farther down this path.

She had a foreboding sense that if she relied on this unexplored power, her soul would be twisted, her limbs distorted, turning into a second Heart of Desire.

She shook her head; now was not the time to think about such things.

There were bigger crises waiting for her to resolve.

Two skill cards with golden patterns floated simultaneously in her hand.

——[Swordsmanship Training]

——[Fireball Bombardment]

She placed the long blade horizontally in front of her, her hand gently brushing over the blade that shimmered with a cyan glow, her fingertips intersecting with the metal, sparking dancing flames.

The two skill cards adhered to the blade, slowly transforming into golden light and melding within, and flames suddenly blazed from the blade!

The [Dawn Blade] has gathered.

"You're an Elemental Swordsman!" Ling was stunned. "Why didn't you say you're such an amazing combat profession earlier?"

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