Dark Sand: My Players Are All Actors
Chapter 145 - 140: Dog Luck Shooting Technique (Subscription Plus)

Chapter 145: Chapter 140: Dog Luck Shooting Technique (Subscription Plus)

Zhao Haiping looked at the firearm in Li Hongyun’s hands, his face betraying his concern.

"Are you sure it’s wise to carry so many firearms? It’s not that I don’t trust your marksmanship, but the accuracy of these things really doesn’t depend solely on shooting skills."

Li Hongyun chuckled, "That’s exactly why I brought them!

"Don’t worry, leave the covering fire to me."

Zhao Haiping instinctively distrusted the firearms of the era; after all, once the distance increased, who knew where the bullets would end up, with no comparison whatsoever to the high-precision firearms of later generations.

Indeed, their power surpassed that of bows and arrows, but their range and accuracy were indeed not very trustworthy.

Nevertheless, Zhao Haiping still had to trust his comrade.

"Then I’m going in!"

Before the echo of Zhao Haiping’s words had faded, he had already leapt out.

After much effort, they had climbed from the foot of the mountain to half way up the slope and had now arrived near the watchtower; this process had already taken quite a bit of time.

The battle at the main gate of Puning Port still hadn’t progressed much; the Sheng Army had nearly reached the gate several times, only to be driven back by the thieves’ firearms and arrows before they could completely break through the gate.

It seemed they were only a little short of success, but the repeated charges had failed to achieve any significant results.

Thus, Zhao Haiping knew they could no longer delay; the situation in Nanhe City was definitely not optimistic, and they had to take the risk and capture Puning Port as quickly as possible!

"Enemy!"

The thieves in the watchtower had been fully focused on the Sheng Army advancing from the front, aiming and transporting supplies, without ever considering someone would dare to climb up from the mountainsides. It was not until Zhao Haiping leapt from the mountain into one of the watchtowers that one of the thieves spotted him and cried out in shock.

"Swish!"

With a swift motion, Zhao Haiping drew his sword and cut down a thief who was loading a bullet into a firearm.

One of the thieves reacted quickly, swinging a Barbarians’ Sword towards Zhao Haiping, but he raised his rattan shield just in time to block it, then thrust forward with his body and plunged his waist sword deep into the thief’s abdomen.

Kill!

Surrounded by enemies, Zhao Haiping’s unique talent as a warrior, "Zeal in the Midst of Battle," was instantly activated. At this moment, he cast aside any cares, brandishing his rattan shield and waist sword, desperately fighting the thieves on the watchtower!

There were several watchtowers here, with the thieves on the two biggest ones still focused on the Sheng Army at the front. But more and more thieves began to take notice of Zhao Haiping.

After Zhao Haiping had successively cut down a few thieves with firearms or Barbarians’ Bows, the others could no longer ignore him and swarmed over.

On a nearby watchtower, an archer drew his bow to shoot Zhao Haiping!

The archery skills of these thieves were also quite formidable, while Zhao Haiping, engaged in close combat with other thieves, had no time to take down the Zhenyuan Bow he carried on his back to retaliate.

In an instant, Zhao Haiping made a decision, slightly shifting his body, doing his best to use the rattan shield in his hand to block the incoming arrows.

However, the arrows didn’t fly his way.

There was a "bang," and the archer drawing his bow fell to the ground.

Zhao Haiping looked towards the source of the gunshot, somewhat surprised, to see Li Hongyun casually blowing the smoke away from the muzzle of his gun and reloading his bullet.

The reloading process was intricate, the bullet needed to be pushed down with a ramrod after loading, and he had to load the priming powder and hang the lit match back in place...

But Li Hongyun performed this whole sequence smoothly, his reloading speed significantly faster than the typical sharpshooter.

Especially while loading the priming powder, he didn’t need to measure the quantity, a casual pour guided by muscle memory was the exact amount of powder needed.

Of course, Li Hongyun hadn’t forgotten to protect himself; he was hiding behind a rock on the mountain and had made sure not to expose too much of himself.

After all, this was a trial with 100% pain sensation, and he wasn’t a warrior player without the pain-reducing talent, currently a fragile ranged profession, so he still had to focus on protecting himself.

Zhao Haiping’s spirits lifted.

Could it actually work?

Indeed, an emperor of luck and a luckless player weren’t playing the same game at all.

In fact, Li Hongyun was far from the fallen thief, and the accuracy of the matchlock gun was very low—explaining this shot as skillful was difficult; it seemed more like pure luck.

But to Li Hongyun, luck was also a form of strength!

He quickly loaded the next bullet, and with the sound of a gunshot, another bandit attempting to attack Zhao Haiping fell to the ground.

Zhao Haiping couldn’t help but be greatly energized and slashed even more confidently towards the bandits on the watchtower!

The two of them stirred up such chaos in the watchtower that even the surrounding ones couldn’t help but take notice.

After all, the watchtowers were mostly filled with gunmen or archers, and even if some of them knew how to use swords and carried them, they couldn’t react in time. Zhao Haiping was like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, moving around at will.

What terrified the bandits even more was that the sharpshooter beside them, for some unknown reason, could make the extremely low hit rate of a matchlock gun work like a sniper rifle, and with every gunshot, a bandit would fall to the ground.

The sound of a matchlock gun was loud and accompanied by thick smoke; it was already a psychologically daunting weapon. Now, paired with Li Hongyun’s "lucky" marksmanship, it created immense pressure for the bandits.

As Zhao Haiping continued his assault, Li Hongyun also began to move up to the watchtower.

The first watchtower had already been cleared by Zhao Haiping, and Li Hongyun, relying on the wooden barricades for cover, started shooting at the other watchtowers.

Although the bandits attempted to fight back, it was futile.

With the natural low accuracy of matchlock guns, the chances of Li Hongyun getting hit were extremely low under the influence of his "good fortune," while the probability of his bullets hitting others was comparatively high.

The bandits fired five or six shots at Li Hongyun but didn’t hit him once, whereas Li Hongyun could take down a bandit with a casual shot.

With such a vast disparity in hit rates, what good was the number of muskets?

If it were a modern firearm with high precision, Li Hongyun’s "good fortune" talent would have had no chance to show its effects; but with the notoriously inaccurate matchlock gun, it instead provided him with a great opportunity to excel.

"Kill that gunman first!"

The bandits shouted in anger, and soon three Wandering Warriors wielding Barbarians’ Swords tried to ascend the watchtower from below with the goal of killing Li Hongyun first.

But Li Hongyun was clearly prepared.

He raised his gun at close range and with a "bang," the lead Wandering Warrior fell.

The remaining two Wandering Warriors, knowing he wouldn’t have time to reload, hurried forward, hoping to close in quickly.

However, Li Hongyun didn’t bother to reload and instead drew a short spear from behind and hurled it with force!

The forward-most Wandering Warrior had no time to react; the short spear pierced his chest, propelling him down from the watchtower.

The second Wandering Warrior was somewhat quicker to react. Seeing Li Hongyun throw another short spear, he hurriedly dodged but was still struck in the shoulder.

The force of the short spear made his figure stagger sharply, and by the time he managed to barely stand, Li Hongyun’s waist sword was already upon him.

The Wandering Warrior quickly fumbled in his chest and then threw a pellet-like object at Li Hongyun.

With a "pfft," the pellet burst open, scattering a large cloud of smoke and completely obscuring Li Hongyun’s vision.

Under normal circumstances, such a disruption would make it difficult to maintain an attack already in motion, especially with the bandit dodging.

That slash at best would only have injured the bandit, not proven fatal.

However, as soon as the bandit moved slightly, he saw a streak of cold light penetrate the smoke and strike accurately on his neck.

With a "pfft," the head was severed from the body!

Although his vision was obstructed by smoke, Li Hongyun could still feel that the blade had struck exactly where he intended.

The assassin’s inherent talent "Fury of a Common Man" had been triggered, completely ignoring any distractions or obstructions—lethal in a single strike!

Originally, this talent could only be activated after meticulous preparation, but after being upgraded, it could also occasionally activate automatically, albeit at a lower probability.

"Sorry, my luck is indeed quite good."

Ignoring the stare of the lifeless bandit, Li Hongyun swiftly wiped the blood off his waist sword and sheathed it.

Then, he continued to load his matchlock gun, aiming at the next target threatening Zhao Haiping.

At this point, Zhao Haiping had also cleared the bandits from the next watchtower and began to take down the Zhenyuan Bow, exchanging shots with the bandits on the neighboring watchtower.

The bandits on the entire watchtower were thrown into complete disarray by Zhao Haiping and Li Hongyun.

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