Chapter Eighty-Four: The Fighting Style of the Gun Duelist...

Fang Mu had already realized what was happening. After all, this had happened before—when he had broken through to the Iron Rank.

But the promotion from Iron Rank could not compare with that of Bronze Rank. Moreover, rising from an ordinary human to Iron Rank was, in effect, the first step onto the path of evolution, and the genetic primal energy consumed was actually quite limited.

Even so, afterward Fang Mu had devoured one Iron Rank meal after another before the ghastly hunger inside him was finally filled.

Yet this time, advancing to Bronze Rank, he had not expected the process to begin so abruptly, and in an instant to have swallowed a full tenth of his genetic primal energy.

Did that not mean that, in the time to come, he could very likely fall into that terrible state in which hunger controlled him?

He had to know, he was in the midst of battle right now!

The five sawtooth hyenas were already putting immense pressure on him. He had to remain utterly focused; he could not afford even the slightest mistake!

If he fell into that dreadful state, who knew what would happen?

And if the sawtooth hyenas seized the chance, would he not die in the most unjust way imaginable?

At that thought, Fang Mu no longer hesitated. Without a second thought, the weapon in his hand was finally brought into play!

Fortunately, his mind had always been incomparably clear… it seemed that after cultivating this primal energy refining scripture, his intellect had become far more effective than before… the more fierce and desperate the situation, the calmer his mind seemed to become…

Fang Mu did not know whether this was simply an innate trait of his, or a power he had gained after cultivating the primal energy refining scripture.

But in any case, though his heart was shaken, his mind remained calm.

Once again, after evading an attack in a manner that challenged the imagination, Fang Mu, suspended in midair, keenly seized an opening.

Bang!

A gunshot rang out.

A moment later, there came a deafening boom as terrifying flames erupted at once from the body of a sawtooth hyena!

A screeching howl burst from the sawtooth hyena as it staggered backward in frantic struggle.

The dreadful fire engulfed it in an instant, and a pungent stench of scorched flesh spread through the air.

And the power of that shot left Fang Mu shocked, then overjoyed.

The power of the fire had greatly increased!

Before the breakthrough, although the amount of genetic primal energy within Fang Mu had grown substantially, the might of the fire had not increased much. At most, by injecting more genetic primal energy, he could extend the duration of the burning—but the temperature of the flames had not risen greatly.

Now it was different. That earlier breakthrough had obviously caused a tremendous transformation in the quality of Fang Mu's genetic primal energy, and that in turn made the power of this shot's fire far exceed what it had been before!

With just one shot, a sawtooth hyena was sent tumbling away. It could not withstand the power of this fire shot; in agonized howls, it struggled wildly, even crashing headlong into a companion beside it, causing that companion to be swept up in the flames as well and let out a cry.

In an instant, the offensive of the five sawtooth hyenas fell into disarray!

Fang Mu let out a long breath of relief, but his expression changed again almost immediately, because another tenth of his genetic primal energy had been devoured by his own body in the process!

Fang Mu knew there was not much time left. He did not dare delay in the slightest and raised his gun once more…

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"Fire! It's the Fire Gun Combat Art!! He really is a gun duelist!!!"

At the very moment Fang Mu fired that shot and severely wounded a sawtooth hyena, far away at the same time, Zhou Xiaozhou had already screamed in excitement.

Her little face was flushed with exhilaration as she shouted, "Zhou Xiaolin, get it clear, get it clear!!"

She was filming herself, her hands trembling slightly from excitement, and did not forget to call to her younger brother beside her to make sure he recorded it clearly.

"Holy crap, holy crap!... This is the real master! He really is a gun duelist? Gun duelists can even play like this?!"

Zhou Xiaolin was also stunned, able only to exclaim in disbelief, and when he heard Zhou Xiaozhou's excited shriek, he was startled badly, hurrying to say in a low voice, "Zhou Xiaozhou, calm down! If you attract the sawtooth hyenas, then it'll be a fine joke!"

But Zhou Xiaozhou paid him no mind at all. She stared intently toward the battlefield, her lovely face red with excitement.

Zhou Xiaolin quickly glanced around, then secretly breathed a sigh of relief…

There were no sawtooth hyenas nearby. The closest ones were still one or two kilometers away, and at that distance they could not hear Zhou Xiaozhou's voice.

"So strong! He, he should only be a Bronze Rank gun duelist, right? How can he be this strong?!"

Looking at the figure below, Zhou Xiaozhou felt as though she were staring at a god!

During this period she had been here on the Thousand Ghost Desolate Plain, and had herself faced sawtooth hyenas…

And precisely because she had faced them, she knew just how terrifying the sawtooth hyenas truly were!

Their speed was great, their strength immense, and their bodies were extraordinarily tough. Often, even after suffering severe injuries, they still retained the ability to fight. In every great battle, their team had to be extremely careful.

That was with four melee combatants in the team!

Yet this scene before her was practically a challenge to her understanding of reality!

One gun duelist, alone against five sawtooth hyenas?

Especially when she saw him, in the instant of evasion, strike one of them dead on with a shot, the brilliant flames exploding at once like dazzling fireworks. The sawtooth hyena that was hit let out a pitiful shriek, faintly audible even from where she stood…

That composure, that splendor, formed an incomparable visual impact, giving rise to an indescribable sense of elegance and magnificence…

Yes, magnificence!

This was different from the brute force and frenzy of a heavy blade fighter's battle; different from the intersecting agility and grace of a berserk blade warrior; and different from the boiling, blood-quickening blows of a fist duelist striking flesh to flesh…

This was an indescribable magnificence!

Clearly one touch would shatter it, yet somehow it could never be touched. Clearly one extra step of evasion would mean death, yet each step was precisely perfect.

Imaginary-defying evasions at the limit, a storm of breathtaking violence…

That figure was like a master dancer, performing a magnificent dance of life and death!

The bursts of flames erupting one after another were like fireworks blooming at the edge of the stage…

Violence and beauty blended perfectly in this battle.

It made one's heart tremble.

Zhou Xiaozhou's eyes had already turned to hearts, and her whole body shook with excitement.

And after the first shot, the battle below reached its peak…

Shot after shot, that figure, amid the ultimate evasions and under the terrifying speed of the sawtooth hyenas, did not miss a single time!

Every shot exploded into a brilliant bloom of fire!

At last, when the final sawtooth hyena cried out and fell, that figure finally came to a stop…

He stood tall and straight, casually holding the handgun, while the five sawtooth hyenas engulfed in raging flames surrounded him, becoming the final radiant backdrop of the stage…

Beautiful to the extreme!

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No one knew how much time had passed before Zhou Xiaozhou finally came back to her senses. Then, overwhelmed with excitement, she could no longer hold it in and shouted at the top of her lungs, "Master! Master!!!"

Still shouting, she leaped from where she stood and rushed straight down toward the battlefield below.

Zhou Xiaolin beside her was completely dumbfounded.

"Holy crap! Zhou Xiaozhou, have you lost your mind?! What are you doing?!"

Had Zhou Xiaozhou gone crazy?! To go provoke that terrifying existence at a time like this?

Did she not know how to write the word death?