From Abyssal Invasion to Bursting Stars with a Single Sword-Chapter 84 - 81: Firearms Enhancement and Bullet Time

Hong Qiang, the top gun enhancement expert in the Coastal region, was skilled with dual shooting and he possessed a rare arc shooting technique.

This was the information known before reincarnation.

Back then, superpower users would jokingly call this man "Bald Qiang."

Of course, he didn't actually resemble a bald eagle, but because he was bald and his name was Hong Qiang, he got the nickname.

Hong Qiang had spent his early years as a mercenary on the Great Food Sea Battlefield, and after the Abyss Descent, he brought back a team to his country and established the superpower user team "Bullet Mark," quickly growing into a notable power in the Coastal region.

Having been a mercenary, one could imagine just how ruthless he could be.

Once he confirmed that Lu Heng was the target Gong ZhenTeng wanted dead, he opened fire without hesitation.

As for interrogating or anything else, that too would have to wait until after he'd shot him down.

Seeing Hong Qiang pull the trigger, Lu Heng made no moves to dodge; instead, he leaned forward and rushed ahead.

This rushing action made Hong Qiang's eyebrows rise as a trace of astonishment flashed across his eyes.

Generally, a normal person's reaction to seeing an opponent fire a weapon would be to find cover immediately.

Hong Qiang had also assumed that Lu Heng would take cover, allowing him to use his trump card, "arc shooting," and to shoot Lu Heng dead behind the cover.

But Lu Heng didn't show any inclination to dodge; he charged straight toward the gun's muzzle.

Although this move caught Hong Qiang off guard, his extensive combat experience kicked in instantly. He fired both guns in rapid succession, bang bang bang, targeting Lu Heng's limbs, abdomen, head—all vital areas, leaving no room for escape.

The moment Lu Heng lunged forward, he activated his new skill "Bullet Time."

Buzz!

As a droning sound filled his ears, the whole world seemed to slow down.

In the super-sensing state of "Bullet Time," Lu Heng could even see the trajectory of the bullets.

The first bullet, initially aimed at his chest, had its course altered as he lunged forward, leaning his body and lowering his center of gravity, causing the bullet that was headed for his chest to now aim for his throat.

Lu Heng saw the bullet coming and, in the state of "Bullet Time," tilted his body to the left by 10 centimeters.

The bullet skimmed past the right side of his neck at a distance of 3 centimeters, his skin feeling the hot airstream dragged by the passing bullet.

Immediately after,

Bang!

The second bullet was fired, aiming for the abdomen.

Lu Heng continued to tilt to the left, almost sliding horizontally beneath the bullet.

Bang!

The third bullet, aimed at his right thigh.

Lu Heng planted his left hand on the ground and propelled himself with both legs, spinning into the air just above the trajectory of the bullet.

Bang!

The fourth bullet was fired, targeting the head.

Lu Heng, now airborne, unable to change direction, saw the bullet coming and drew out the Aurora Blade, holding it in front of him to "ding" the bullet away.

Then, landing, he thrust a stab forward, plunging the blade into Hong Qiang's chest.

Thud!

Hong Qiang's eyes bulged as he slowly lowered his head to look at the sword stuck in his chest, his face filled with disbelief.

"You..."

"You're not as good as Lei Jinhao; you didn't even force out my Essential Skill."

Lu Heng pushed his head with one hand and withdrew the sword.

Hong Qiang fell straight down, thumping onto the ground, his body twitched and the gun in his hands dropped.

Gong ZhenTeng had originally wanted to see how Hong Qiang would kill Lu Heng, but unexpectedly, in just an encounter, Hong Qiang was dead.

During the brief exchange of blows, everything in Lu Heng's view had been in slow motion, the entire process lasting several seconds.

But in Gong ZhenTeng's eyes, it happened in an instant.

Hong Qiang fired his gun, bang bang bang, and by the time the firing ceased, Lu Heng had already rushed to Hong Qiang's front, and then Hong Qiang fell down.

Gong ZhenTeng's face instantly showed a look of terror, and he turned to flee.

Lu Heng picked up Hong Qiang's Browning and with two shots, bang bang, Gong ZhenTeng was brought down.

Gong ZhenTeng struggled to continue crawling forward; he had already awakened, his life force stronger than a regular person's, but having never been conscripted, his combat power was negligible in front of Lu Heng.

He struggled to crawl forward, dragging a blood trail behind him.

Lu Heng walked over and aimed the Browning at the back of his head.

Gong ZhenTeng, feeling the reaper's scythe hanging over his head, hurriedly looked back and pleaded, "Don't! Don't kill me! I can give you whatever you want."

"I only want... you dead."

Having said that, Lu Heng pulled the trigger.

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Bang!

The bullet burst Gong ZhenTeng's head, splattering red and white everywhere.

...

Outside the vault.

The three of Hong Qiang's subordinates who stayed outside had also been mercenaries in the Great Food Sea, equally ruthless.

They were initially guarding the door, but upon hearing gunfire from inside the vault, they instantly drew their guns and charged in.

Just then,

An Elemental Arrow was shot out, killing one of them.

A falcon with a wingspan of three meters swooped down, toppling a man and piercing his heart.

The last man saw his two companions fall and immediately turned to aim his gun, but after looking around, he saw nothing.

It wasn't until a flaming arrow flew out from a corner, felling him.

The security personnel at the vault door were so scared out of their wits that they squatted down, held up their hands, and shouted, "Don't kill me! Don't kill me!"

Su Muyu paid no attention to the two men and quickly took two steps into the vault to see the fight inside was over, then hurriedly said,

"The vault alarm has gone off; the law enforcement team will be here soon."

"Let's go." Lu Heng packed away two Browning pistols into his inventory and pulled Su Muyu away.

As they stepped out of the vault, the siren from the law enforcement team could be heard from outside the building.

If they took the elevator down now, they would have to go to the Detective Bureau for a 'tea' with the law enforcement team.

So, Lu Heng and Su Muyu headed upwards through the fire escape to the rooftop and glided away from the sky, carried by the falcon.

...

After reviewing the scene, the Detective Bureau handed the case over to Iron Blood.

Half an hour later, Iron Blood's senior inspector Chen Linian, along with his apprentice Gao Zhitin, arrived at the Gongteng Group building.

As they stepped into the vault, Chen Linian had a sense of déjà vu.

This was an intuition formed from many years of case work, often knowing the answer without the need to see the evidence, and it had a very high accuracy rate.

The law enforcement team had already surveyed the scene and recreated the ballistic trajectory.

Several stands were placed on the floor of the scene, with laser pens mounted on top, indicating the trajectory of the bullets.

At Hong Tao's position, four shots had been fired from two pistols.

Gao Zhitin followed the paths of the four laser pens to look for bullet holes.

He found three bullet holes, all in the walls, not far apart, but the fourth bullet hole was missing.

"Master, why can we only find three bullet holes? Weren't there four shots?" Gao Zhitin, scratching his head, was very puzzled.

Chen Linian was silent for three seconds before saying, "The fourth shot was blocked with a sword."

"Blocked... with a sword?" Gao Zhitin's face showed astonishment.

Although the Abyss Descent brought Superpower Users into the world, most of them weren't strong, and were no match for firearms.

In a normal world, blocking bullets with a sword was basically impossible.

Clearly, the world was no longer normal.

Chen Linian pointed at the ceiling to the left and said, "The bullet hole is there; this person's swordplay has gotten faster."

"Faster?" Gao Zhitin once again showed a puzzled expression.

Chen Linian patted his naive apprentice on the shoulder and said, "It's the same person you chased last time."

Gao Zhitin swallowed hard, surprised, "This person can block bullets with a sword?"

Chen Linian shook his head with a smile, correcting, "Not block bullets with a sword, but dodged three bullets and blocked the fourth with his sword, then killed the opponent."

Gao Zhitin swallowed again, his face full of disbelief, "That can't be true?"

Chen Linian went to where Lu Heng originally stood and began to analyze the fight: "This person stood right here, the opponent shot at him, and he didn't dodge; he just charged forward.

"Then he dodged to the left and right, avoiding three bullets, jumping up in the air, blocking the fourth bullet with his sword, and as he landed, he stabbed through the opponent's chest."

As he analyzed the fight, Chen Linian twisted and turned, mimicking the dodging movements.

"No way, this isn't The Matrix, is it? At such a close distance, he could dodge bullets?" Gao Zhitin was still full of disbelief.

Chen Linian nodded in confirmation, "Yes, this person is that terrifying. Last time, when you chased him, he didn't kill you. That also confirms my profile that this person is very stable emotionally."

Gao Zhitin swallowed again, suddenly a bit afraid.

During the investigation of the case at 921 Guanchao Road previously, Chen Linian told him not to chase, but he still did, reluctantly following, but in the end, he did not catch up.

Now hearing his master's words, he suddenly felt afraid.

A Superpower User who could dodge bullets was someone he could not handle at all.

What about the three outside the door?

The three outside were not injured by a sword.

"Outside there were two arrow wounds with signs of burn from flames, not ordinary arrows, most likely Source Energy Arrows, or flames enhanced arrows. There's another injury caused by a raptor, so there were two people and a raptor involved here."

Chen Linian had nearly finished analyzing before he called the security personnel over to ask about the situation.

"Did you see the suspects?"

Both security personnel shook their heads quickly: "No... we didn't dare to look."

"Where's the monitoring room? Take me there."

Chen Linian and his apprentice arrived at the monitoring room, asking the security guard to replay the surveillance video.

"We've already watched it with the law enforcement team, two hours before the incident, besides the people brought by the chairman, no one else took the elevator," the monitoring room security said.

Chen Linian watched the surveillance video, then suddenly noticed a segment where the elevator was empty, but the button for the 27th floor lit up.

The button was too small and when placed in the nine-grid surveillance video, hardly noticeable if one didn't pay attention.

Chen Linian pointed to the surveillance video in the top right corner of the grid and said, "Zoom in on this."

After the video was enlarged, he pointed to the button for the 27th floor in the video and said, "What's going on here? How did this button suddenly light up?"

The monitoring room security showed a surprised look, "Eh! How could this light up? Sir, we really don't know what's going on, and the 27th floor requires a card to press, otherwise it won't light up."

Chen Linian immediately said, "Who has a card? Get everyone who could have used a card to stop at the 27th floor here!"

After inquiring, it was found that a security team captain's access card was missing.

After Chen Linian finished asking, he slowly reached a conclusion, "The suspect has invisibility, and it's invisibility that can block infrared scanning. Invisibility, dodging bullets, energy arrows, a raptor, and…"

He didn't finish his last sentence, which was "a familiar swordplay"—he had recognized it the last time, it was Step Sword Seven Styles.