Chapter 19: The Loving Guidance of Teacher Lu

“I’ll be damned!”

Lai San’s face flushed red with anger as he roared. In a moment of extreme frustration, he managed to briefly break free from Lu Wenwu’s grip, leaping high with the support of the tentacles.

“Bang!”

The sudden gunshot seemed to pause the chaotic battle within Che Shuo.

Hanging from the ceiling, Lai San’s expression shifted from fierce bluster to confusion, then to sheer terror.

His strong body instantly drained of all strength, he fell straight down.

The few tentacles remaining behind twitched helplessly, like fish writhing in agony after being gutted.

Lai San looked at the short shotgun in Yuan Shi’s hand, disbelief and helplessness written all over his face.

“I have... four hearts... how could I... die...”

A low, eerie voice struggled to escape his intestines as thick clots of blood poured out from the gaping wound in his abdomen.

Until his last breath, Lai San couldn't comprehend how a single bullet had taken him down.

Wasn’t that guy’s marksmanship notoriously poor?

And that shotgun, which looked like a makeshift firelock—how could it penetrate my defenses?

In his dying moments, everything seemed utterly absurd.

He died utterly unwilling.

But to Lu Wenwu and Yuan Shi, none of this was surprising.

It was all because of that peculiar short shotgun.

【Name: Legendary Gun·Nationbreaker】
【Quality: Fine】
【Type: Weapon】
【Attack Power: None - Peerless】
【First Shot, Known by All: Regardless of distance, the first attack will always miss, causing all enemy targets to lose lock-on and become confused for five seconds, while notifying all allies of the user’s position】
【Second Shot, Traitor’s Judgment: Within ten meters, the second attack is guaranteed to hit and instantly kill the target (this skill only affects targets below level 17), causing death by heart rupture within one second】
【Description: A roughly handmade double-barrel shotgun crafted from wood, black tape, 18650 batteries, a toggle switch, wires, pipe plugs, DN20 seamless steel pipe, and PVC dividers, requiring loading of black powder and steel pellets before firing. Famous for being used by a legendary assassin to successfully kill a prime minister, imbued with miraculous powers】
【Note: Remaining reloads: 1/2】

The Legendary Gun·Nationbreaker!

This was an extreme weapon.

Empowered by a legendary assassin who single-handedly and divinely assassinated a prime minister of a nation, it carried immense power but came with strict limitations.

This gun could kill at most two targets.

If it could kill endlessly, its quality would surely transcend “Fine.”

【You have defeated Lai San (lv16)】

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【You have completed the side quest—Shattered Dream】
【Quest Description: A wrongly evolved life form sought to ascend the throne of eternity, but you, my friend, stopped it all. This is undoubtedly a heroic feat】
【Your overall personal rating has greatly increased】

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