Otherworld Advance Team
Chapter 473 - 466

Chapter 473: 466

However, he couldn’t act now, because as the main signal for the ambush, he had to wait for Baiyue’s gunshot to begin firing. Baiyue would prioritize high-value targets, so her gunshot served as the attack signal for the advance team.

Baiyue was ambushed in a treehouse built in the trees. It had the advantage of a high vantage point and an open view, making it suitable for sniping. The only downside was there was no escape route when under attack.

Knowing this, Baiyue made some preparations. Not only did she cover herself with a ghillie suit made from leaves, but she also attached a silencer to her sniper rifle. Her shots could be almost ignored in the heat of battle, effectively concealing her presence.

However, as a sniper, she had to prioritize high-value targets, and this could potentially reveal her position with the first gunshot.

Instead of lying on the treehouse floor, Baiyue sat up, with her sniper rifle propped on her knees. This position allowed her to get up and run quickly when faced with a counterattack.

Baiyue quickly locked onto a machine gunner from the hunting team. This man held a Lewis light machine gun. If he were to counterattack, its firepower would surely put the advance team at a disadvantage.

After calculating the parameters, Baiyue was ready to shoot. Her index finger was on the trigger, and she gradually applied pressure.

"Thud!"

The silenced sniper rifle emitted a strange noise. At a little over a hundred meters, the bullet barely needed any flight time. The moment the gunshot sounded, the bullet lodged itself into the target’s temple.

The machine gunner from the hunting team fell, as if hit hard in the temple by a hammer. His head jerked to one side, and he collapsed, defenseless. The Lewis machine gun fell to the ground.

Seeing the machine gunner fall, the hunting team immediately became tense and raised their weapons. They heard a strange sound and unexpectedly saw a comrade fall. Blood splashed onto those nearby, scaring them half to death.

With Baiyue firing the first shot, it signaled the advance team to open fire. As soon as Baiyue took the first shot, Hu Daoke immediately pulled the trigger without hesitation.

"Ratatat!!!"

The extreme firepower of a light machine gun was unmatched by ordinary rifles. Hu Daoke’s priority targets were the enemy’s machine gunners, and he quickly shot down several men.

The other concealed members of the advance team also began firing. They all set to full auto, spraying a rain of bullets into the hunting team. The idea behind using full-auto was to rely on powerful firepower to suppress the enemy, to bewildering them in the first wave of attack.

Cheng Ziang was fully aware that the five-person advance team alone couldn’t defeat so many enemies. Once these people began to fight back, the advance team would surely be overwhelmed. So, they had to confuse and hurt them in the first wave, causing them to lose their will to fight.

Of course, this tactic only worked against the backward armies of Otherworld. If used against conventional units on Earth, such a plan would undoubtedly backfire. For that reason, few special forces on Earth could face conventional military forces head-on.

The bullets used by the advance team were special magic-breaking bullets, not ordinary ones. These bullets had astonishing destructive power against rune armor, able to break their weak rune defenses. Once the rune defense was broken, the thin layer of iron armor couldn’t withstand the rifle bullets.

Being the only advance team of the headquarters at present, they had abundant resources. Once the advance team obtained the anti-magic glyphs, these magic-breaking bullets became the team’s standard ammo.

Of course, the only downside of such bullets is their scarcity, once exhausted, no more left. Previously when using conventional bullets, headquarters could commission Blaiqi merchants to resupply the Advance Team, or they could directly purchase from the black market. However, these kinds of bullets can’t simply be handed over to any merchants. If they were tempted by profit and decided to sell these bullets, the consequences would be quite severe.

Because currently, only the headquarters can manufacture Magic-breaking Bullets and they are only deployed to the Advance Team. The headquarters have not planned to normalize these kinds of bullets, so it’s better to keep them as confidential as possible.

Under the hail of bullets from the Advance Team, the hunting team was caught off guard. Their first wave of attack took down over a dozen individuals in an instant. Especially Hu Daoke, who used a 100-round drum magazine and never paused once he pulled the trigger, the roaring gunfire dumbfounded the hunting team.

Fortunately, not all members of the hunting team are unorganized slobs. After a brief chaos, they steadied themselves. The Magicians activated the Defensive Magic, blocking incoming bullet fire while the shooters began to search for enemy firing positions.

What Cheng Ziang feared most was this situation. Once these people regained their bearing, the Advance Team would actually be in a passive situation. However, they were well-prepared for this. After the first wave of gunshots, they began to shift their positions and switched to special shield-breaking bullets.

These bullets are specifically for dealing with Magician’s shields, currently still in the experimental stage, awaiting the Advance Team to test their effects.

The heads of the Shield-breaking Bullets have a black ring around them and are specifically loaded into different black magazines. During their move, everyone began to pull out black magazines, loading their rifles with the Shield-breaking Bullets.

At this time, Hu Daoke was still shooting at his original position, providing cover fire for his teammates. After his teammates opened fire, he too would have to change positions to avoid becoming the focus of enemy gunfire.

However, his bullets could now only do minimal damage to the Hunting Team’s protective shields. Bullets hitting the shield would ignite a white light, instantly reflecting the bullets.

Although the Magic Shield indeed protected the Hunting Team, it also prevented them from shooting at Hu Daoke. Currently, all they could do was to mark Hu Daoke’s position, and wait to lift the shield and open fire after he ran out of bullets. Thus, Hu Daoke remained safe for the time being.

Soon, his drum magazine was emptied. Hu Daoke didn’t hesitate to pick up a light machine gun, jumped straight off the roof, and began to change his position. Seeing his escape preparation, the magicians from the hunting team immediately lifted their shields and started firing, but a gunman who was itching to move was struck in the temple by a deftly directed bullet and instantly fell to the ground.

This was Baiyue’s merit, her purpose was to provide cover for Hu Daoke’s retreat. As she fired, the hunting team had no choice but to awkwardly reactivate their shield while looking for her position.

However, by this time, all other Advance Team members had already moved and switched to the special Shield-breaking Bullets. Cheng Ziang ran to a position less than ten meters away from the enemy, cocked his rifle, and directly pulled the trigger at enemies surrounded by the white shield.

"Da Da Da Da!!!"

The fierce firepower of the compact 74U in his hand didn’t match its size. As it used Shield-breaking Bullets, he could clearly discern the distinct sound compared to the Magic-breaking Bullet.

When the bullets hit the shield, they instantly exploded into clusters of white dots. However, since it’s a Shield-breaking Bullet, it naturally would not be deflected that easily. After hitting the shield, the built-in rune initiated due to the compression, each bullet that carried a rune along with a tiny open source Magic Crystal was a testament to Earth’s industrial capabilities.

The Physical Defense Magic was meant to defend against physical attacks. To resist magic attacks, it must be converted into a Magic Defense Shield. However, obviously, these magicians didn’t have this chance.

The lethal rune inside the bullet was activated the moment the bullet was compressed. The power of the rune, fueled by Magic Crystal, is far more potent than normal magic of the same volume. Consequently, clusters of fire erupted inside the invisible shield, some flames even exploded right on the magicians’ faces, leaving them horribly disfigured.

Magicians struck by the built-in magic howled in pain, instinctively lifting the shield that protected their teammates. As soon as the shield was lifted, what awaited them was only havoc. Hu Daoke reloaded a new drum magazine, directed a volley of bullets at the hunting team, the overwhelming firepower led to a further reduction of the hunting team.

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