“Rustle rustle rustle!”
In the gloomy mountain forest, Xiao Zuiji, seemingly wearing a ghillie suit, burst out from a pile of stones. He had just fired another shot, killing a Rain Drizzle Tower assassin on the spot.
This guy was truly like a ghost, impossible to guard against.
Jun Changxiao in the shadows didn’t make a move.
In his view, this harsh mountain forest environment was undoubtedly the best opportunity to train Xiao Zuiji.
The frequent gunfire and six dead companions enraged Rain Drizzle Tower. More assassins rushed out, numbering as many as thirty to fifty.
Among them were quite a few gold-rank assassins, and they had determined that the fellow hiding in the shadows had a weapon similar to hidden weapons, so when searching they would also more deliberately stay close to cover.
It was useless.
As long as they were locked on by Xiao Zuiji in the shadows, with one thunderous boom, even if gold-rank assassins heard the gunshot, they simply had no time to dodge before being directly pierced through the chest.
The Type 88 sniper rifle was just this domineering and merciless.
Jun Changxiao thought to himself, “If an AWM sniper rifle were refreshed, shooting would definitely be even more thrilling!”
“Bang!”
“Bang!”
…
Half an hour later.
Xiao Zuiji had fired ten shots, killing eleven people, achieving zero wasted bullets.
But the drawback was that the sniper rifle’s sound was too loud. He could only fire one shot and change locations; otherwise, staying in the original spot, he’d definitely be discovered.
After training in the wilderness with Ye Xingchen, he had better adapted to outdoor combat. Sometimes lying motionless in grass thickets, assassins would walk right past without discovering him.
Jun Changxiao said, “Although the sniper rifle’s power is good, the commotion is too great. If there were a silencer, it would be perfect.”
…
“Click—”
Xiao Zuiji sat on a tree branch, mentally communicating with the crystal core to fuse it into the magazine groove. After loading 10 bullets, he skillfully pulled the bolt to chamber a round.
This motion was very professional.
“There’s someone in the tree!”
A gold-rank assassin, relying on assassin’s intuition, discovered Xiao Zuiji and immediately shouted loudly.
In the past, it was always they who hid in the shadows, not daring to make any sound. Now it was reversed—truly a bit ironic.
“Swish!”
That gold-rank assassin who had reached Grade Three Wutu, after notifying his companions, leaped into the air the next second. His right hand waved, and his sleeve immediately flashed with cold light.
“Whoosh whoosh whoosh!”
Three cold lights shot forth in irregular succession.
Xiao Zuiji didn’t even look through the scope, directly firing a shot. The flowing light bullet shot explosively forward, shattering the hidden weapons while directly penetrating the opponent’s chest.
Due to shoulder-firing, the impact from the recoil shook him off the tree, then he spun gracefully in midair and landed like a wild cat, burrowing into the grass thicket.
His front foot had just left when several assassins rushed over on his back foot.
But they only saw their companion’s corpse and didn’t discover any human figure in the tree at all.
“Tsk tsk, this kid used the impact force from the recoil to retreat, then calmly escaped. Truly a natural-born sniper.”
Jun Changxiao praised.
“There’s someone here!” Suddenly, a shout came from the tree behind him.
“Bang!” Jun Changxiao raised the Desert Eagle and fired a shot backward, directly blasting that silver-rank assassin dead. He said coolly, “Noisy.”
“Swish!”
His toes touched down, and he flew away from his original position.
…
An hour later.
Hiding in the shadows, Xiao Zuiji had fired two magazines of bullets, killing over twenty assassins.
Jun Changxiao didn’t make another move, secretly observing the overall situation.
Rain Drizzle Tower’s side was enraged, successively sending out over fifty assassins. Although they couldn’t find the person in the shadows, based on the gunfire, they gradually spread a large net, forming an encirclement.
As long as they kept contracting it, they would definitely find him!
“Coo coo!” A bird call came.
Xiao Zuiji, who had already exposed his gun barrel and was preparing to shoot, retracted the Type 88 sniper rifle and silently withdrew from their encirclement, hiding in a cave several miles away.
Before long, Jun Changxiao arrived.
“Sect Leader.” Xiao Zuiji said, confused, “Why retreat?”
Jun Changxiao sat down and took a puff of his cigar. “Do assassins linger in battle after killing someone?”
“They don’t.” Xiao Zuiji said.
Jun Changxiao said, “So today we’re just giving Rain Drizzle Tower a greeting gift. There’s more excitement to come.”
Whether assassins killed their target or not, as long as they made their move, they wouldn’t linger in battle but would immediately disappear.
Jun Changxiao had Xiao Zuiji retreat also to use their own methods against them, to ambush them until they were sick of living.
…
Rain Drizzle Tower’s organization headquarters wasn’t a tower pavilion, but a natural cave on the cliff face not far from a waterfall.
Being in the killing business, they had naturally offended quite a few forces, but relying on the intricate and complex terrain inside the cave, they had avoided many crises of being wiped out.
But these past two days, Rain Drizzle Tower was rather troubled.
Because hiding in the shadows was an assassin even more professional than themselves, appearing from time to time, killing several members then disappearing.
“Damn it!”
In a certain cave chamber at headquarters, Rain Drizzle Tower’s second-in-command, the ace assassin with the code name ‘Scorpion’, slammed the stone table angrily. “Just who is it, ambushing us from the shadows!”
As an assassin organization that assassinated others, having members continuously assassinated—anyone with a temper definitely couldn’t tolerate it.
Moreover, Rain Drizzle Tower had very few assassins, and training them was extremely difficult. Forget dying dozens—even three to five deaths was a huge loss.
Inside the cave chamber were also three other ace assassins, with code names Viper, Lynx, and Black Eagle respectively.
These four were Rain Drizzle Tower master’s right and left arms. Except for special missions, they would generally guard headquarters, responsible for arranging various tasks.
The ace assassin called Viper said in a deep voice, “The deceased members were all pierced through the head or chest by some kind of force. It should be an extremely formidable hidden weapon!”
“Not long ago on Lingquan Mountain, Iron Bone Sect disciples held a hidden weapon called Divine Might Fire Blunderbuss that intimidated several Wuzong.” Lynx speculated, “Could the person in the shadows be using this thing?”
“It’s possible.” Black Eagle said.
Scorpion said furiously, “So you’re saying the ones ambushing us from the shadows are from Iron Bone Sect!”
“Our Rain Drizzle Tower sent assassins one after another but couldn’t resolve that sect leader, yet he dares send people to assassinate our people. His guts are really too big!”
“Second Brother, they’re in the shadows and we’re in the open—it’s really too passive.”
Black Eagle’s face was full of killing intent. “Why not take the brothers to Iron Bone Sect and wipe out that sect in one fell swoop!”
Young man, your thinking is naive.
Since Sect Leader Jun dared to come play assassination, he had long since activated the sect protection array and ordered disciples not to go outside.
If you send assassins over, not only would it be a wasted trip, but you might instead become live targets, getting picked off one by one by Xiao Zuiji.
“Sigh.”
Viper shook his head. “I said before, without the tower master’s approval, we couldn’t take the mission to assassinate Iron Bone Sect’s sect leader. Now look, we’ve run into a hard case and lost so many members.”
Scorpion’s face darkened.
Taking Lingquan Sect’s money to assassinate Jun Changxiao was a mission he had taken on.
But at that time, he simply hadn’t thought that a ninth-rate sect’s sect leader would be this difficult to deal with. Not only had they failed repeatedly, but they’d also lost several gold-rank assassins!
“Bang!”
Another thunderous boom came from outside.
The four didn’t need to think—definitely another member had been ambushed!
“Smack!”
Black Eagle slapped the table angrily. “Second Brother, I’ll take people out and catch that guy!”
Viper cautioned, “You must be careful!”
“Mm.” Black Eagle put on night-traveling clothes, equipped himself with various hidden weapons, and left headquarters with over ten assassins he had personally trained.
On a tree several hundred meters directly opposite the cave, Jun Changxiao took a bite of an apple. While chewing, he smiled and said, “Peak Wutu—the big fish has finally come out.”