She turned around, and when she looked at Inoue, her smile became even brighter: "I think you might have misunderstood. I called these Outsiders over just to have them surround you, to prevent you from running away later."
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Inoue stared blankly at Lily.
Suddenly, he burst into laughter as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world.
"It seems you have a deep misunderstanding of my strength."
Inoue lowered the muzzle slightly and quickly pulled the trigger.
What he needed was a hostage who wouldn't resist, so breaking Lily's legs clearly served his interests better.
The bullet shot out of the barrel. Due to the extremely close shooting distance and his sudden action in firing, he was absolutely confident that Lily couldn't dodge this shot. So, the moment he fired, he immediately aimed his gun at Lily's other leg.
Bang!
Shino hurriedly shouted: "Get out of the way!"
Get out of the way?
How could she get out of the way!
Inoue made to catch Lily, whose legs were broken and body tilting, but the moment he extended his left hand, he suddenly realized something was wrong.
Where was the blood? There was no blood on Lily's legs, no wounds either. What he saw through the torn holes in her pants was a slightly dented black one-piece armor.
Inoue's pupils constricted sharply.
What kind of armor could block a shot from his modified heavy pistol at such close range?
He didn't have time to think. This time, he aimed directly at Lily's foot. Armor usually didn't protect the feet. But the moment he pulled the trigger, Lily reached out and grabbed the muzzle.
A bullet fired, but the imagined scene of a shattered hand and flying flesh and blood did not appear. Lily's body didn't even sway.
"Are you sure this kind of thing works on me?"
A pleasant voice rang out, but to Inoue's ears, it sounded like the whisper of a demon.
His heart was in turmoil.
It was one thing for Lily's thigh to block his gunshot, but why could her hand as well? She was only wearing a pair of the most common black gloves!
Actually, this shot did cause a little damage to Lily, just a little. After all, it was a close-range shot, and this gun had tried very hard. If it were another gun, it wouldn't have dealt any damage at all. The blame lay with Lily for having such high physique and for having very carefully hardened her palms.
As Inoue was astonished, Lily's body rapidly retreated two steps, her right leg suddenly tensed, like a rapidly whipping long whip, and with a fierce whooshing sound, she kicked towards Inoue's chin.
Although she hadn't undergone professional combat training, she knew very well where to attack to quickly incapacitate an enemy.
"Oh no!"
Inoue had already realized the danger, but at this moment, he didn't even have time to use a slide step. He could only exert all his strength to circulate the Qi in his body to protect his chin.
Boom!
Inoue flew backward like a heavy tank, and two damage values simultaneously floated above his head.
"-41" "-3"
One was from being kicked, the other from falling.
With just one attack, Lily had knocked off nearly a tenth of his health!
Don't be fooled by Inoue firing a gun and Lily raising her leg; in reality, all of this happened within a few seconds. It wasn't until Inoue did a carp flip and jumped up from the ground that everyone around finally reacted.
"Holy cow, what's going on? Lily kicked that tough guy flying with one kick?"
"Our Lily is awesome!"
"This idiot is no match for Lily at all, brothers, don't be afraid, we're going in like kings!"
Amidst a flurry of shouts, nearly a hundred players surged like a tide towards the six Mutants. Those with guns fired, and those without pulled out cold weapons and began to move like snakes.
Unlike the players who quickly accepted this new reality, Shino and the others were completely bewildered.
Wasn't Lily a Spiritual Energy Prayer Master who provided support? When did she become capable of catching bullets with her bare hands when retreating, and kicking out a hopeful summer when advancing?
"Don't think you can beat me by kicking me with a sneak attack. You're looking for death!"
Inoue was completely enraged. It had been a long time since he had suffered such a great loss. Once he caught Lily, he would personally dislocate both of Lily's legs.
He endured the stinging pain in his chin and the dizziness in his head, and with a slide step, he quickly closed the distance with Lily. The moment he got close, his right fist, wrapped in a fierce, blade-like Qi, went straight for Lily's cheek.
Three consecutive punches, each more powerful than the last. With three punches, even a general-purpose power armor would be dented, let alone flesh and blood.
Shino, who knew Inoue to some extent, raised the gun in her hand when Inoue charged over. She fired continuously, trying to force Inoue back, but Inoue advanced instead of retreating, enduring a bullet with the enhancement of his Qi to fully unleash all three punches.
You scoundrel!
Shino reached behind her, and a flashbang appeared in her palm.
Just as she was about to throw the flashbang, Lily's voice rang out: "You don't need to worry about me, go help those Outsiders."
"How can I not worry... uh."
After seeing what happened before her eyes, Shino was stunned.
She clearly saw Lily simply raising her left arm to take Inoue's three consecutive punches head-on. Then, the moment Inoue revealed a weakness due to a momentary lapse in his Qi, Lily delivered a heavy uppercut to Inoue's chin, even knocking out a tooth.
"Ah--"
Inoue screamed and stumbled back seven or eight steps before barely steadying himself.
"Have you noticed that your stamina has been greatly weakened?"
Lily walked towards Inoue.
It was right that he was weakened. While she was messing around with Inoue just now, she used the combo skill of 'Power Surge (Inferior)' + 'Multiplier Boost (Inferior)' twice in a row on Inoue, directly reducing Inoue's stamina by 40%.
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