This Spiritual Energy is Lethal!-Chapter 108 - : Forest Sniper
Chapter 108: Chapter 108: Forest Sniper
Chen Ke reached inside his suit, only to find his holster empty, the Holy Diamond gone, and even the folding knife hidden in his sleeve had been taken.
The enemy now had his back to him, but fortunately was armed. A barehanded stealth attack could backfire if countered, creating an extremely dangerous situation.
He crouched and followed quietly, trying to get close enough for a sudden attack to subdue the enemy.
The sniper was taller than Chen Ke, holding a black M24 sniper rifle with a custom stock, fitted with a silencer and a high-magnification scope.
He drew closer to the sniper, at this moment his stealth level had reached 80%. Coupled with crouching to silence his movements, the sniper would not be able to detect him.
“It’s not an illusion, you’re dead,” Chen Ke whispered to himself.
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He suddenly stood up, fiercely choked the sniper’s neck, and kicked out at his right calf. The sniper stumbled and half-crouched, falling to the ground.
Even at the end, the sniper didn’t let go of his rifle, instead pushing it into Chen Ke’s abdomen, attempting to shoot.
Chen Ke was startled; he exerted force with both arms, flipping the sniper over, his knee pressing into the opponent’s back as he reached for the sniper’s weapon.
The sniper yelled fiercely and, carrying Chen Ke, stood up, throwing him to the ground with a brutish back slam.
He quickly turned the rifle around, aiming it at Chen Ke’s head.
“+90 minutes”
“+90 minutes”
“+90 minutes”
…
The enemy was sporting a pile of Holy Diamonds and a sniper rifle, possibly even a few handguns, and being a Spiritual Ability User on par with Chen Ke, he posed a tremendous threat to the unarmed Chen Ke.
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Chen Ke grabbed a handful of dirt with his right hand, rolled aside quickly, as the sniper rifle made a muted bang, and the 7.62x51mm bullet bored into the soil with a thud.
Chen Ke quickly got up, threw the dirt at the sniper’s face, and then immediately rushed forward, seizing the sniper’s rifle.
The sniper rifle was an impractical weapon at close range, because the long-range scope it was equipped with couldn’t allow for aiming at nearby objects.
Even with adjusted magnification, close-range targets still appeared too large in the scope’s frame, which is why sniper teams usually consisted of a spotter and shooter, and also required a stable rifle stand.
But at close range, firing the rifle with the barrel pushed against someone could be catastrophic, while holding it at waist level and aiming by chance could work like a blunderbuss.
He grabbed the rifle with one hand and with the other snapped his fingers at the sniper’s chest.
An hour’s worth of Spiritual Energy burst forth!
The man’s expression faltered, and with a “buzz,” his hand slipped, releasing the sniper rifle that was blown far away by the immense force.
But as he was about to hit the ground, a white light sprouted from his body, and his clothes transformed by the Holy Relics.
The sniper’s upper body was now clothed in a loose, teal hooded robe, his face covered by a mask, and his legs were clad in Medieval-style hardened leather pants.
The man fell into the mud, rolled a few times, and quickly got up, a smile on his face.
Chen Ke frowned, the three Holy Relics from the Fan Hede Kingdom were the Teacher’s Mask, Battle Robe, and Hardened Leather Greaves!
If he wasn’t wrong, the opponent also had his Crossbowman’s Tower Shield, Faralis’s Unyielding Fury… as well as a PPQ.45.
Chen Ke raised the rifle and shot at the man based on instinct. The man summoned the Crossbowman’s Tower Shield to protect himself, akin to a section of a city wall.
“HAHAHAHA! Even you have days like this!” the sniper laughed, pulling out a PPQ.45 from behind the shield and shooting at Chen Ke.
Chen Ke cursed and rapidly retreated, raising his rifle. He had flung his enemy at least 60 meters away with a burst of Spiritual Energy, making him difficult to hit from that distance with wild firing.
The enemy now possessed a full set of Holy Relics, and getting close to him would be suicidal. Chen Ke had to find an opportunity to widen the gap, ideally around 100 meters, to exploit the advantage of his sniper rifle and Killing Aura Radar to snipe the opponent.
The sniper folded his shield and chased after Chen Ke, but as he moved, he split into three, one running left, another running right, and one sprinting straight ahead.
That was the sniper’s Transcendent Skill. Chen Ke glanced back and realized that even the Killing Aura Radar couldn’t distinguish which of the three figures was the true sniper; all were covered in red outlines.
It seemed that the Killing Aura Radar could be deceived by Illusion Techniques. But, it appeared that this guy could summon at most three Phantoms.
Chen Ke darted into the dark woods and immediately crouched down; his Dark Concealment was at 100%! He raised his sniper rifle and aimed at the three red outlines.
Without a sniper rifle, the shooter was reluctant to recklessly enter the edge of the woods. His every move was within Chen Ke’s grasp, with the only challenge remaining to distinguish between the illusion and the true body.
In the scope, the three snipers in different directions seemed indistinguishable, each assuming a different form, as if they were three separate people.
There had to be slight surprises; the true body and the illusion couldn’t synchronize perfectly.
Although he didn’t know which one was the real body, it didn’t matter to Chen Ke. If there were three, he would take down all three.
Chen Ke aimed at the sniper on the left and pulled the trigger. In the quiet woods, even though the M24 had a silencer, a muffled shot sounded, more like a quiet fart, though the muzzle flash was indeed suppressed.
Within just over 100 meters, there was no need to calculate wind direction and trajectory like a sniper would. Even Chen Ke could hit the target.
Though Lin Mo was a precise shooter, the training of a precise shooter was quite different from that of a sniper, leading to a sense of unfamiliarity for Chen Ke when using a sniper rifle.
The long-range scope mounted on the M24 was prepared for engagements at distances up to 500 meters, as the assassin’s mission was to kill targets from beyond the visual range of Chen Ke.
The woman’s duty was to engage in close combat, sneak up on Chen Ke in close quarters, and instantly kill him.
The assassin who killed with light was to hide among the crowd, create accidental deaths, and deliver preemptive strikes early on.
At the record store, Chen Ke hadn’t figured out what the latter was supposed to do, since he had killed him before he could make a move.
He couldn’t help but admire the professionalism of Si’s consortium’s assassins.
The bullet passed through the sniper’s body and hit the wood behind him, splintering off wood chips. That was an illusion.
Among the remaining two Phantoms, one still maintained a searching posture, but the other, looking anxious, glanced around nervously.
Got you…
Chen Ke changed his position and took cover behind a tree, aiming at the anxious figure. Then, the red outline on the target suddenly disappeared…
“Huh?” Chen Ke wondered.
That’s not right. The sniper had dispelled the illusion! He knew he had been spotted and had summoned new Phantoms…
That inadvertent action had also released the mark from Chen Ke’s Killing Aura Radar!
Now the enemy couldn’t find him, naturally unable to absorb his killing intent…
“Damn it, why…” Chen Ke silently cursed.
Nevertheless, the sniper was likely to have dispelled the illusion on the spot; he wouldn’t have moved too far away.
Chen Ke followed his last recollection, scanning ahead. When the enemy had a red outline, it was like giving the sniper rifle’s scope thermal imaging capabilities in the dark. But now, the scope revealed nothing but pitch-black, blinded to any sight.
The assassins had set out in the afternoon when it was still daylight, which is why the rifle wasn’t equipped with a night vision scope…
Chen Ke cycled the bolt of his gun. The M24 could hold ten bullets in total. Counting the shots he had just fired, seven rounds remained in the chamber.
