"Put down the ramp, launch a staggered attack." Kai gave the simple order, his gaze never leaving the strange boy and girl. The two sides were now very close, and Kai could even see the faint expressions on the boy and girl's faces. They seemed to be looking at the pirates, but they also seemed not to be looking at them, or simply put, they were ignoring them.
What exactly are these two doing? Kai couldn't help but wonder. As he was thinking, he suddenly seemed to realize something, looked up, and saw the boy looking up at him with a slight smile. The smile had an indescribable mockery in it, as if he were mocking him for being a dead man.
Kai was shocked. The boy's smile gave him a very bad feeling. Although it was a gentle and sunny smile, it suddenly conjured up an image in Kai's mind of a blood-soaked skull with its gaping maw. An infinite chill instantly rose in his heart, as if he had heard the terrible call of the devil in hell.
He instinctively raised his AK47, ready to riddle the boy with bullets. Only by seeing the boy fall would he feel the chill lessen. But before he could pull the trigger, the boy suddenly blew a gentle breath at him, as if it were just a breath. If Kai hadn't been watching him closely, he would have been completely unaware.
Then everything went black before Kai's eyes, his consciousness suddenly became blurred, and his body fell backward uncontrollably. He didn't even feel the slightest pain before leaving the world he had lived in for thirty-six years. The last thought that emanated from the depths of his subconscious was: those two people were demons, not humans.
"Hey, Kai, Kai, Kai! What happened to you?" Adams, horrified, grabbed Kai's limp body, watching in horror as mouthfuls of blood gushed from his mouth, mixed with clots of shattered internal organs. The strong former Marine Corps special forces soldier hadn't even managed to launch an attack before dying silently.
The sudden, unexpected event nearly drove Adams to utter madness. He couldn't understand why Kay had died so suddenly and without warning; it was like a bolt from the blue.
He just kept calling out Kai's name, his comrade-in-arms who had followed him for eight years, his most loyal subordinate and friend. The two of them had gone through countless missions that were far more dangerous than the one before them. But unexpectedly, when the enemy was so weak and vulnerable, Kai suddenly died. God, what kind of joke is this?
Kay was still vomiting blood mixed with pieces of internal organs, and he mumbled a few words: "Adams... retreat quickly." After saying this, he turned his head completely to one side and stopped moving.
Adams, his eyes bloodshot, put down Kay's body, drew his Browning pistol from his waist, and stood on the bow of the ship, shouting, "Kill everyone on the ship except the women! I want them to be buried with my brother! I want their bodies thrown into the sea to feed the sharks!"
The pirates roared as they charged down the prepared platforms like a pack of savage wolves. Years of life at sea and arduous training had forged their incredibly strong physiques, making each of them an elite warrior. As soon as one in front rushed onto the platform, the others immediately followed. In the blink of an eye, dozens of pirates filled the four platforms. The pirate at the front had already reached the deck of the smuggling ship, and after a leap, he was less than ten meters away from Ling Yun and Xiao Rou.
They weren't afraid of Ling Yun and Xiao Rou's MA4 and carbine at all. Apart from the MA4 being slightly threatening, the carbine bullets wouldn't penetrate their high-grade outdoor combat uniforms even at close range, unless these two seemingly weak teenagers could get headshots every time. But the pirates weren't targets to be shot at. They could just stand there and let the two shoot them. With a casual flick of their AK47s, they could kill the two of them on the spot.
Bang!
Ling Yun raised his gun and began firing at the nearest pirate. The biggest advantage of the MA4 is that it can be used for both single shots and bursts of fire. Since a silencer was installed in front of the barrel, the bullets only made a slight thud when they were fired. The pirate fell to the ground with a bloody hole in the center of his forehead.
Xiao Rou also raised her carbine and fired at another pirate. Her gun wasn't equipped with a silencer, so after the deafening gunshot, a large hole exploded in the pirate's chest. His advanced combat suit, which could protect against steel-core bullets at close range, was pierced without even a 0.1-second delay. Half of the pirate's body, including his heart, disappeared. As blood and mangled body parts flew everywhere, he was sent flying by the powerful force, soaring over the eight-meter-long deck before crashing heavily into the sea.
A silence that seemed to freeze time.
The pirates who rushed onto the ferry were stunned. Everyone gasped. If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they would have thought that what Xiao Rou was holding was not a 5mm carbine that could only fire 50 meters, but an enhanced cannon. In terms of both sound and consequences, it was definitely not something that the former could cause.
The air seemed to freeze for a second, but that moment was broken when Xiaorou aimed her gun at another pirate. The pirate, who had been grinning as he lunged at Xiaorou, panicked and retreated after seeing the fate of his companion. He even turned and ran away like a headless fly. After this tragic test by one pirate, the pirates finally realized that even bulletproof vests were not foolproof.
In that instant, the difference between elite warriors and fugitive pirates became apparent. Despite having the same robust physique, the same rigorous training, and the same standard equipment, under the test of life and death, the warriors, tempered by blood and fire, would only roar and charge forward, while the pirates would turn tail and run away in terror.
However, the escape did not save the pirate's life. The deafening gunshot rang out as usual, and a burst of intense fire shot out from the barrel, tearing a bloody hole the size of a plate in the pirate's back. The pirate's body was thrown forward by the huge shockwave, and he caught another unsuspecting pirate in his arms. The two of them embraced each other intimately, and with the huge momentum, they broke through the railing in front of the bow of the ship and fell into the blue sea.
Bang bang bang...
While Xiao Rou was fiddling with the carbine-like cannon, Ling Yun was not idle at all. He kept firing his MA4 in random bursts without pausing. The gunshots rang out one after another, seemingly without end.
Pirates fell one after another like straws. Every pirate who died under Ling Yun's gun was shot in the head, each shot hitting the center of their forehead, as if measured beforehand with a laser ruler. Ling Yun did not aim, nor did he need to aim. Each shot seemed to be fired randomly, but in fact, it was already locked by his mental field. No matter how the pirates dodged or sought cover, it was useless. Even through cover, as long as a trace of telekinesis was added to the bullet, the pirates and Ling Yun were transparent to each other.
Xiao Rou's method was far more violent than Ling Yun's. Having undergone brutal training since childhood, she was no stranger to, and even somewhat fond of, bloody combat. It was as violent as a carbine-style cannon. It had been a long time since she had attacked an enemy using a mental force field. In her eyes, she could clearly see bullets that turned into liquid fire as they were fired from the carbine, spiraling through the air in an attack pattern. On the back of the bullets, there was a storm of silver ripples and a boosting telekinetic force. Under the influence of the powerful mental force field, the bullets turned into fiery red liquid, with both speed and power greatly increased. In other words, the gunpowder propelling force of the bullets was negligible, and the effect was entirely formed by Xiao Rou's telekinetic power.
The pirates were terrified, watching their companions die one by one without warning. The boy and girl who had just been lambs had transformed into two ferocious tigers, radiating a deathly aura. They raised their scythes high, relentlessly reaping the lives of their pirates. The icy chill and the shadow of death extinguished their burning desire. The pirates finally understood why these two had been so calm and fearless.
At this point, Adams' order to capture them alive was no longer a concern. If they waited any longer, dozens of pirates would likely perish at the hands of the boy's deadly accurate MA4 and the beautiful girl's explosions, which sounded like gunfire or cannon fire. Every pirate had already begun a frenzied counterattack, their AK47s unleashing a deluge of bullets, forming a fiery red net of bullets in front of Ling Yun and Xiao Rou, descending upon them. If they showed any mercy now, they would only be destined to be killed pirates.
However, what the pirates could hardly believe happened again: they were bombarded with bullets, and even though Ling Yun and Xiao Rou were covered in bulletproof vests, they would still be riddled with bullets.
However, what happened to the pirates was that when countless bullets hit Ling Yun and Xiao Rou, they seemed to hit thick, solid soil, slowing down to an extremely low speed. The bullet shafts were clearly visible in the air, moving slowly towards the two like snails at a speed visible to the naked eye, and then stopping a meter in front of them. A second later, they all began to fall freely.
Chapter 287 Automatic Attack Shells
The pirates watched all this in despair, their faces showing signs of collapse. Something incomprehensible had occurred, like a deity they had always believed in suddenly descending to earth after devout prayers. Often, this would not bring joy, but rather cause the worshipper to faint from fright. Some incomprehensible beings can only exist in legends or movies. Once they appear in reality, they often cause excessive panic and mental breakdown in those who witness them.
The strangeness of the man and woman before them exceeded the limits of any bizarre things the pirates had ever seen. What kind of people could be immune to bullets, even having bullets fall down in front of them on their own? Only the devil. Since most pirates were Westerners, while busy with their business of robbing and killing at sea, God became the only faith for most of them. And the devil was often a legendary creature with great power, standing in opposition to God.
Legend has it that when the devil descends to earth, he always takes the form of handsome men and beautiful women to tempt people. In the end, righteous people, with the secret help of a righteous God, always see through the devil's true nature. Then, through a series of bizarre coincidences, justice triumphs over evil, God defeats the devil, and the handsome men and beautiful women turn back into their hideous devilish forms and slink back to hell.
And now, standing before them, a man and a woman, seemingly impervious to bullets and ruthlessly slaughtering fully armed pirates with unbelievable power, were they not the embodiment of devils? While the man was far from handsome, the woman was a stunningly beautiful woman, and an extremely bloodthirsty and violent one at that. Under her command, almost no pirate remained unscathed; most were missing half a body or half a head. It was a truly horrifying sight.
Adams stared blankly at the massacre unfolding below deck, somewhat bewildered. Like his rough-and-tumble subordinates, his simple mind, filled with desire and violence, couldn't comprehend why this was happening. Instead of immediately abandoning ship and fleeing rationally, he chose to stand like a wooden statue at the bow, frozen in place.
The pirates screamed in grief and anger as their AK47s fired indiscriminately. Some pirates were so terrified that they became delirious, turning their guns on their own men and firing wildly. However, at this moment, the high-grade bulletproof vests actually proved effective. The pirates who were hit by the stray bullets were forced back by the force of the impact, but the bullets could not penetrate their bodies. They could stop their own men's bullets, but they could not stop the bullets from the devilish men and women who were wielding weapons of a lower grade. It was a huge irony for the pirates.
The monotonous and dense barrage of gunfire continued unabated. The only pause was when Ling Yun temporarily changed his magazine. He had ample time to calmly change bullets in front of dozens of pirates, and then continue shooting them, seemingly treating the pirates in their high-class combat uniforms as targets. Countless pools of still-flowing blood had already pooled on the deck, the last marks of life left by the twenty-odd pirates who had been shot.
Some pirates bravely charged at Ling Yun and Xiao Rou. Since bullets were useless, they decided to fight hand-to-hand. Judging from the delicate skin of these devilish men and women, it shouldn't be any stronger than the composite carbide steel military daggers tucked diagonally in their combat uniform pockets. Even if they died, they would still stab them and see if these two were really devils. Otherwise, how could they have unloaded bullets out of thin air?
However, without exception, all the pirates who rushed at them were kicked away by Ling Yun and Xiao Rou with a light kick. The gleaming military daggers were rendered useless before they could even be drawn. It seemed that Ling Yun and Xiao Rou did not exert any force, but the pirates who were kicked did not even groan. Their bodies were lifted into the air, crossing a distance of more than ten meters or even dozens of meters, and were thrown far into the sea. The high-frequency mental energy field vibration shattered the pirates' internal organs the moment they were kicked. When they were airborne, the pirates were already dead.
The pirates, with nowhere to run, were frantically running around like headless flies, shouting and hoping to find a way to survive. The smarter pirates had abandoned their pointless attacks, turned around, and stepped back onto the ramp, heading towards the pirate ship. But leaving their backs to the hunters was the most foolish thing to do; four or five pirates had already become victims of Ling Yun and Xiao Rou's guns.
Some pirates simply jumped off the ship's railings. After all, their battle suits were waterproof, and even if they weren't, the pirates were all skilled swimmers, so they might still have a chance to survive on the sea. But Ling Yun seemed to have eyes. Every time a pirate jumped off the ship, a gunshot would ring out the instant they landed, turning the pirate who tried to escape into a corpse in mid-air.
Now that the pirates have witnessed his superpowers, he absolutely cannot let them go. Ling Yun is not a butcher who enjoys killing, but he is also not a bookish youth who vomits at the sight of blood. He will not offend others unless they offend him. Since the pirates want to kill him, then he will kill the pirates. Life and death are up to fate, and each should rely on their own abilities. It's just that these pirates are unlucky to have encountered two superpowered individuals.
Bang! Another loud gunshot rang out, and as the headless corpse of a pirate slowly slumped onto the deck, the carbine in the girl's hand finally reached the end of its service life in just a few minutes. According to common sense and its designed lifespan, a carbine should last at least three years with proper maintenance. But now, in just five minutes, the barrel had become as tough as a fire poker. This was only because Xiao Rou had precisely controlled her mental field; otherwise, the carbine would have been completely destroyed.
Seeing the faint smile on the boy's lips beside her, the girl, somewhat annoyed, snapped off the red-hot barrel of the gun. The temperature, exceeding 100 degrees Celsius, didn't even scorch her delicate, snow-white hands. In a few swift movements, Xiao Rou dismantled the now-broken carbine into a pile of smoldering, black parts. A dozen or so yellow bullets, covered in black iron filings, landed in her delicate, almost fragile palm. After a faint flash of silver light, the black iron filings vanished as if blown away by a gust of wind.
Looking at the pirates in front of her, whose numbers were roughly equal to the number of bullets, Xiao Rou's beautiful face broke into a cold smile. Suddenly, she pinched a bullet between her slender thumb and forefinger and threw it at a pirate like a dagger.
With a deafening roar, like a thunderclap, the bullet thrown out of thin air was several times more powerful than a bullet fired from a carbine. Before the bullet pulverized the pirate, the pirate was already pale, with four thin lines of blood appearing in his eyes and ears. He was first killed by the deafening sound of the bullet piercing the air, and then his body was pulverized in a flash of light that only an explosive charge could produce. But strangely, the deck where the pirate, whose body was blown to pieces, stood remained completely undamaged, as if separated from the violent explosion by a layer of worlds, leaving only a pair of shallow black footprints.
Xiao Rou hurled bullets in quick succession, followed by the deafening roar of over a dozen grenades. The remaining pirates were wiped out, almost all blown to pieces, and the decks where each pirate stood remained completely undamaged. Xiao Rou suddenly became stunned. She abruptly raised her pair of small, white, jade-like hands and examined them closely. Even after touching the scalding, rusty gun barrel, her hands remained flawless, radiant like the purest white jade. However, Xiao Rou's attention wasn't on these hands, but rather on the sudden, unintentional control of her telekinetic powers. She realized that, without realizing it, her strength had increased dramatically. This increase came so unexpectedly and rapidly that Xiao Rou couldn't help but be momentarily distracted.
Ling Yun slowly lowered the MA4. His gunfire had long since ceased. Although he had given Xiao Rou time to unleash her full power, the main reason was that the MA4 was out of ammunition. Ling Yun simply smiled, leaning on the barrel of his gun as he watched his girlfriend go on a killing spree. He could certainly sense Xiao Rou's astonishing progress. The telekinetic power emanating from her even surprised him. When did Xiao Rou's strength increase so rapidly? It had even reached a level similar to his own. But Ling Yun had gained his abilities and experience through countless battles, while Xiao Rou clearly hadn't experienced nearly as much.
Despite some doubts, Ling Yun was still happy for Xiao Rou. After all, power is the foundation of a superhuman. Every superhuman is constantly pursuing the pinnacle of power, just like cultivators. Every cultivator hopes to achieve the path of immortality, but from ancient times to the present, no superhuman has ever been able to reach that pinnacle of power. Even Yu Xiujie, after touching the pinnacle of power, found it difficult to take the final step.
The remaining pirates, though terrified, tried to surrender, but Ling Yun and Xiao Rou acted too quickly. They didn't even have time to cry for help or surrender before they were dead. In the blink of an eye, the deck was deserted. In less than ten minutes, over fifty pirates had been slaughtered. Besides a small number who had been thrown into the sea, over thirty nearly intact pirate corpses lay scattered across the ferry's deck, their heavy weight even causing the bow to sag slightly.
Suddenly, a heavy rumble of wheels on the deck came from above. Ling Yun and Xiao Rou looked in the direction of the sound and were both taken aback. They didn't know when, but the burly Adams had pushed the heavy cannon to the edge of the pirate ship's deck all by himself. The dark muzzle, which was at least fifty centimeters in diameter, had been adjusted downwards and was aimed directly at the spot where Ling Yun and Xiao Rou were standing.