Chapter 86: One Shot, Headshot

Chapter 86: Chapter 86: One Shot, Headshot

Seeing how unyielding and arrogant Harvey Fletcher was, everyone present understood that a vicious fight was now unavoidable.

Their opponents’ combination of abilities was simply too bizarre and difficult to handle.

The longsword in Dustin Sullivan’s hand trembled slightly, as if sensing its master’s will to fight. It began to emit a faint glow, ready to change form and deliver a fatal blow at any moment.

Seraphina Sullivan, meanwhile, quickly used her `Eye of Resume` to scan the two other unfamiliar Players standing beside Harvey Fletcher and Henry Jennings.

[Name: Tom Parker]

[Gender: Male]

[Professional Skills and Talents: Blood-based Tracking: Can accurately locate a target’s position within a certain range using a previously contacted blood sample.]

[Weaknesses: Fear of poverty]

[Name: Wendy Lewis]

[Gender: Female]

[Professional Skills and Talents: Hair Entanglement: Can control her own hair to grow infinitely, making it as tough as steel wire for binding and cutting.]

[Weaknesses: Trypophobia]

Seeing Tom Parker’s "Blood-based Tracking" Ability,

Seraphina Sullivan instantly understood how Harvey Fletcher had found them so precisely.

Apparently, the blood Lily Underwood had shed from her earlier injury was acquired and used for a lock-on by the Player named Tom Parker!

"Attack! Leave no one alive!" Harvey Fletcher ordered with a cruel grin.

Wendy Lewis, who was beside him, immediately activated her Ability. Her long, black hair began to grow wildly as if it had a life of its own, transforming into countless writhing black vipers that swept toward Seraphina Sullivan and the others, attempting to strangle them all.

Henry Jennings attacked at the same time. He made a grasping motion with his hands, and Seraphina Sullivan immediately felt the air around them grow incredibly thin. Breathing suddenly became extremely difficult, her chest tightened, and her head began to spin.

Henry Jennings had actually developed a terrifying new use for his `Air Compression` Ability: extracting oxygen from a localized area!

Just as Lily Underwood and Dustin Sullivan were about to counterattack, they were once again precisely disrupted by Harvey Fletcher’s `Emotion Control`.

A huge, irresistible wave of fear and helplessness instantly washed over them. It felt as if anything they did would be futile, and it would be better to just give up and accept their fate.

This mental blow, originating from within, was more despair-inducing than any physical attack.

Seraphina Sullivan was also affected, but she fought to maintain a sliver of clarity by biting the tip of her tongue and enduring the sharp pain.

’This can’t go on!’ she thought anxiously.

She started thinking about how to deal with their opponents.

The lack of oxygen made Seraphina Sullivan’s heart race.

And just as a smug smile of assured victory spread across Harvey Fletcher’s face, believing he had his opponents completely under his thumb—

BANG!

A single, deafeningly crisp gunshot shattered the silence of the night forest!

It was so loud that it momentarily drowned out the rustling of the dancing hair!

The cruel grin on Harvey Fletcher’s face froze instantly, replaced by utter shock and disbelief!

A ghastly bullet hole had appeared between his eyebrows, from which warm blood was gushing.

His eyes widened, staring intently at Seraphina Sullivan, who was holding a pistol in front of him. His lips twitched.

’He seemed to want to say something. He never would have imagined that in this world full of bizarre abilities, his opponent... his opponent would have the fucking audacity to break the code and just pull out a gun?!’ ℴℴ𝘮

’This was clearly wrong. After going through a few instances, Harvey Fletcher had come to believe that things like guns were useless.’

’Shouldn’t duels between Players be a clash of Abilities, a showdown of Skills?!’

’How could this person use a gun against me?’

’But this thing was certainly effective.’

’A one-hit kill!’

Harvey Fletcher never imagined he would die by the one thing he looked down on most: a firearm.

With Harvey Fletcher’s death, the effect of his irritating `Emotion Control` Ability instantly dissipated.

Lily Underwood and Dustin Sullivan felt their bodies lighten.

The despairing sense of fear and helplessness receded like a tide.

Both of them gasped for breath, looking in shock and suspicion at Seraphina Sullivan and the pistol in her hand, from which a wisp of smoke was still rising.

Seraphina Sullivan held her shooting stance, feeling the slight tingle in her palm as she watched Harvey Fletcher’s corpse slowly topple over. She acted as if she was only just now processing what had happened.

She blinked, and in a slightly apologetic tone but with an unwavering gaze, she said:

"Ah, sorry, I couldn’t help myself. I just wanted to give it a try. I really didn’t expect it to be a one-shot kill!"

Everyone: "..."

The entire area fell into a dead silence.

Henry Jennings, Tom Parker, and Wendy Lewis were scared out of their wits by this sudden turn of events and their boss’s instant death. They froze on the spot.

Their Abilities also came to a halt.

No one had expected Seraphina Sullivan to use a gun.

Nor did they expect Harvey Fletcher to die in such a manner.

Even Dustin Sullivan was completely stunned by Seraphina Sullivan’s utterly unexpected move.

’He had indeed fallen into a mental blind spot.’

’He had been focused on figuring out how to use his `Big Sword` to break through their opponents’ Control and attacks, but he had completely forgotten.’

’Sometimes, eliminating the person causing the problem is the most direct and effective solution.’

’Physical extermination is the ultimate form of Control!’

But the battle was not over.

Now that a line had been crossed, there was no need to hold back.

Seraphina knew that this infighting would severely weaken the overall strength of their ’Pork Slaughterhouse’ faction, potentially putting them at a disadvantage in the competition against the ’Chicken Slaughterhouse’.

But Seraphina understood even more clearly that the danger of leaving Harvey Fletcher’s group alive to stab them in the back was far greater.

These potential enemies had to be eliminated. Otherwise, they wouldn’t be able to hunt in peace.

"Attack!"

Seraphina Sullivan’s shout shattered the dead silence, jolting everyone out of their shock.

The first to react and carry out the order, as always, was Sean Chandler.

As Seraphina Sullivan’s absolute puppet, her thoughts were his commands.

The moment Seraphina Sullivan spoke, Sean Chandler moved!

He let out a low growl and partially activated his `Beastification` Talent.

His hands instantly transformed, his nails turning sharp and black like wolf claws. The muscles in his legs bulged abruptly, and his ankles twisted into a beast-like, reverse-jointed structure, granting him astonishing jumping power!

With a sudden leap to the side, he nimbly dodged the strands of Wendy Lewis’s hair that snaked toward him like living creatures.

Immediately after, he used the surrounding thick trees as footholds. His legs erupted with terrifying power, and with a few swift kicks and leaps, his figure darted through the woods like a phantom, closing in on Henry Jennings in the blink of an eye!

Seraphina Sullivan’s judgment was extremely accurate.

With Harvey Fletcher dead, Henry Jennings—who possessed the `Air Compression` Ability and could deplete oxygen—was now the greatest threat!

This area-of-effect suffocation attack was nearly impossible to dodge. If they delayed, everyone could be choked to death!

Henry Jennings had just snapped out of his shock from seeing his boss get shot when a partially beastified figure lunged at him with terrifying speed, scaring him out of his wits!

He subconsciously tried to gather his `Air Compression` to form a shock wave and blast his opponent.

But Sean Chandler was too fast!

The agility from his `Beastification` and the explosive force from his `Monster Power` were a perfect combination!

Sean Chandler’s hand, now a full-fledged claw, sliced through the air with a vicious gust. It gave Henry Jennings no time to react or gather his Ability before it slammed viciously into his temple!