Chapter 192 Chapter 192: Want to Have a Gun Duel?
Chapter 192: Want to Have a Gun Duel?
Skadi gathered her strength, stepped forward, and charged!
Like a fish flung into the air by a wave, she swung her cello case high overhead, bringing it down towards Dario with kinetic force sufficient to topple a building.
Wave-Leaping Strike!
Dario did not take the blow head-on, sidestepping to avoid the heavy, momentum-laden cello case.
His rapier thrust out. The clash between the two was as swift as lightning.
The Grand Inquisitor's sword was fast, and his mind was as sharp and decisive as his swordsmanship!
Although Skadi held the advantage in physical prowess, she was clearly holding back.
She feared bleeding.
No one understood better than her what kind of crisis her own blood could bring.
Bang!
The trigger was pulled, and the bullet shot from the barrel like a streak of light.
Outcast had fired!
Even though Dario and Skadi were locked in close combat, that bullet still unerringly sought Dario's head.
Clang!
The bullet was predictably sliced in two.
But at that moment, Dario's hair stood on end. Apart from the cello case whistling through the air before him,
another piercing chill had appeared behind him.
"Instant Slash [Cherry Blossom Finale]!"
The ice blade reflected the setting sun on the horizon, as if heralding the impending fate of the one beneath its edge.
Yet, even caught off guard, Dario still executed the most perfect response.
His rapier slid in from the side of the cello case, using a clever force to guide and fling it into the ground.
By then, the ice blade had already sliced through his Grand Inquisitor's robe, its biting cold almost tearing his skin.
He did not turn to block; it was already too late.
The lantern at his waist suddenly blazed with light!
The intense radiance caused FrostNova's figure to falter momentarily, finally giving Dario a chance to catch his breath. He hastily leaped back to evade the strike.
Simultaneously, he slashed twice, cleaving Outcast's bullets apart.
"Huff—"
Standing on the rooftop, his face beneath the mask was already drenched in sweat. Had he been even slightly less cautious at any point during that exchange, he might have already been bleeding.
Being run through would have been a relatively ideal outcome.
But where did so many experts come from in this small Salt Wind City?
And they were clearly holding back against him.
Dario looked at the woman in red. What exactly was she holding back?
In any case, he had to drive them out of here first.
Outsiders entering an Iberian city without registration had already violated the law.
Those who break the rules must be punished!
"Get away!"
A spark of flame bloomed from the hand cannon's muzzle. Skadi's pupils constricted; she only had time to shout a warning to FrostNova.
Boom!
Raging flames instantly engulfed the entire street. The ensuing fiery wind effortlessly tore through the surrounding buildings.
Although both women avoided the direct line of fire from the hand cannon, they were still sent flying by the blast wave.
Fortunately, the nearby residents had already been evacuated (driven away) by Irene.
Otherwise, just this one attack would likely have caused considerable casualties.
And Outcast, following Kevin's warning, had taken Anita and sheltered behind him.
The unstoppable wave of fire automatically parted before that man. A triangular wedge-shaped area with Kevin at its apex became a complete fire-free zone. Welcome to join [Night Raid's Monthly Subscription Group]: 6 9 4 9 3 6 1 3 5.
Anita felt no heat at all; only the fiery light painted her face crimson. She stared dumbfounded at this miraculous scene; the flames momentarily separated her from Salt Wind City.
Ash, smoke, rubble... all traces of the previous street were gone, completely transformed into a scorched black expanse.
"Did they dodge it?"
Seeing his attack had not succeeded, Dario wasn't surprised. It would be strange if an opponent of similar strength could be blown apart by one shot from him.
He raised his hand cannon again, tendrils of lingering gun smoke still coiling around it.
The barrel glowed red-hot. Even with special materials, unleashing an attack of that magnitude had plunged the Inquisitor's hand cannon into a brief state of overheating.
But Dario could no longer afford to care about that.
The dignity of the law could not be challenged. This time in Salt Wind City, it was only him and Irene; there were no other reinforcements.
But he must drive them out of Salt Wind City!
Once the thought arose, there was no more hesitation.
Dario narrowed his eyes slightly, his gaze like a hawk's searching for FrostNova and Skadi's figures.
"Huh?"
But before he could locate the two women who had been blasted who-knows-where by the shockwave,
a peculiar sight first entered his field of view—a triangular area.
The sole remaining intact stretch of street stood out starkly amidst the scorched blackness.
A man stood there, a man with an upright posture, arms crossed across his chest.
To be or not to be—it rested solely on his whim.
Whether in the past or now, it had always been so.
"Him... why is he unharmed?!"
After evacuating the crowd and taking cover further back to observe the battle, Irene exclaimed in shock.
That was her teacher's hand cannon!
And she had seen its power just now.
She admitted to herself that if she took that hit head-on, the end result would likely be two pounds total—her and her box combined.
But that Aegir man... was actually fine?!
"He... is strong."
Stronger than those two women. Dario instantly confirmed this in his heart.
This was absolutely a formidable enemy far surpassing the two he had just fought!!!
Shifting the muzzle, his hand cannon instantly aimed at the other's position. Given the current situation, he could no longer afford to consider the barrel overheating.
But what did he see?
What was that in that man's hand? A gun?!
"Is this... a gun duel?!"
Irene saw that an oddly styled firearm had also appeared in that man's hand.
White, black, red... it looked strangely beautiful. But with that caliber, how could it possibly match a hand cannon?!
Bang!
Dario pulled the trigger first. The thick pillar of fire wildly expanded, roaring towards where Kevin stood like a fiery dragon.
Its power was noticeably even more exaggerated than before.
Dario held nothing back; this was the maximum output of this hand cannon in his grasp.
His premonitions were usually accurate; he might not get a chance for a second shot!
In fact, his premonition proved true once again.
It was a point of blazing white—flawless yet impossible to look at directly. It was the radiance of a star!
Whoosh!
A path opened. The pillar of fire symbolizing destruction and salvation surged violently.
That fiery dragon from the hand cannon was mercilessly devoured before an even more intense brilliance, like swallowing a small snake.
Boom!
The pillar of fire predictably grazed past buildings and pierced through the sky!
Fortunately for all, Dario's position was on a rooftop.
Otherwise, what would have been pierced wouldn't be the sky, but this very Salt Wind City itself.
"Drawing lines" across a city sounds interesting, doesn't it?
Under the night sky, the light illuminated most faces in the city.
Even citizens most numb to their circumstances showed some flicker of change on their faces under that towering pillar of fiery light.
Fear? Astonishment?
Perhaps a bit of everything. But it was certainly better than unchanging numbness.
"Teacher!"
Irene was also stunned by that magnificent "miracle," but she snapped back to reality first and rushed towards where Dario had originally been standing.
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