Chapter 1028: Return to Zero

Finally, he had made sufficient judgment in his heart.

With an extremely flamboyant gesture, he put away the silver revolver in his right hand.

Then he drew the golden revolver inserted at his left waist with his left hand.

He had two guns.

The silver revolver [Yellow Sand Sunset], and the golden revolver [Sigh of Fate].

The silver revolver represented the romance of the western cowboy.

While the golden revolver paid tribute to the ballads mourning the dead.

"Click-clack—"

He expertly spun the revolver's cylinder, checked the ammunition, then snapped it back into the firearm.

Then he aimed at Zhuque and raised his golden revolver.

"[Zero Out]!"

When the muzzle pointed at Zhuque, an immense, deathly crisis instantly enveloped her.

Every hair on Zhuque's body stood on end. She didn't understand why this sense of danger had suddenly emerged.

But one thing was certain—Canero was about to unleash an attack countless times more powerful than his previous silver revolver!

"[Ice Prison Zhuque]!"

More turbulent flames erupted from her body, flowing explosively in all directions like an outburst.

Where the flames passed, the earth directly withered. The icy aura penetrated dozens of meters underground, completely draining the last remnants of life from this land!

Ice Flame Zhuque possessed the ability to forcibly plunder power.

In a certain sense, Zhuque's ability was considered to have the potential to advance to Epsilon level.

Countless ice-blue flames converged into one, transforming into a massive, nearly materialized blue Zhuque!

It emitted a sharp cry, its wings spanning nearly a hundred meters as it charged fiercely toward the area where Canero stood, wrapped in overwhelming ice flames!

Canero's expression remained cold as steel, completely unmoved.

In his eyes, a ring of destiny was slowly closing.

It was a strange serpent biting its own tail. When the head caught the tail, it marked the end of fate.

In that instant, six bullets shot from the muzzle almost simultaneously.

Time seemed to freeze at that moment.

The six bullets tore through space, colliding with the massive Ice Flame Zhuque.

Zhuque's head instantly shattered, simultaneously coating the bullets with a layer of blue.

Yet this momentary pause seemed unable to change anything.

They continued advancing with unstoppable momentum, their final destination being Zhuque's body!

Crash—

The sound of shattering ice.

The air had frozen due to the Ice Prison Zhuque, yet it couldn't halt the bullets' trajectory.

Because Billy the Kid's ability was called [Zero Out].

This ability was simple, without any flashy effects—it could simply ignore almost all physical defenses.

Combined with his gunslinger skills, this made him nearly invincible.

If you didn't know about his ability, you would die the moment you saw him.

Even if you knew about his ability, it was still extremely difficult to block his bullets.

It was purely a difference in level!

"Thud!" "Thud!" "Thud!"

The massive Ice Prison Zhuque rapidly disintegrated.

The enormous ring of flames around Zhuque was quickly pierced.

The six bullets fired from the golden revolver carried an unstoppable momentum as they shot toward her body!

In that moment, Zhuque's mind even flashed with memories of her entire life.

But she forcefully broke free using her powerful willpower.

At this critical juncture, she unleashed the most powerful energy of her lifetime, burning all her superhuman abilities within her body to release supercharged flames!

She indeed managed to affect the bullets' trajectory.

She was among the few who could influence the timing of Canero's bullets.

But merely achieving this didn't mean she could evade this attack.

Even after exhausting all her strength, she only managed to dodge three bullets—three others still found their mark.

One bullet slowly pierced her shoulder, another grazed her forehead bone leaving a long scar, and one bullet struck her thigh.

The battle ended with astonishing speed.

This was the nature of a gunslinger's combat.

Zhuque was instantly severely wounded. She nearly collapsed to the ground but struggled to remain standing, immediately having her combat suit administer medication.

Billy the Kid stood in the distance, looking at Zhuque with considerable appreciation.

"You're the first person who didn't die after taking this move from me."

"However, I don't think there's any need to continue this fight. Your life is your own—how about surrendering? You know we always treat prisoners well."

Though he spoke these words, his hands never stopped reloading.

Zhuque's heart turned ice-cold.

She had originally thought that with her abilities, she could at least hold her own against Canero for a while.

She never expected she would be so utterly powerless against him.

Was the gap in levels really this immense?

Thinking about how many high-ranking officials in the East Sea Region had called her the superhuman most likely to become their navy's second Epsilon, she felt overwhelming shame.

Facing the olive branch extended by Canero, Zhuque gritted her teeth and sneered coldly:

"Don't treat me like a three-year-old child! I'd rather die than become your lab rat!"

Canero smiled faintly. "Don't underestimate your own value. If you surrender, I can guarantee you'll receive better treatment than in the East Sea Region."

"Coincidentally, we've lost a few members recently. I could write you a recommendation letter to join [Hell's Lock]. What do you think?"

Canero's words were actually sincere.

In his view, fighting was merely for certain people's objectives, forcing soldiers like them into life-and-death struggles.

He didn't enjoy such matters.

This was just a job—punch in, do the work, no need to risk your life!

Zhuque breathed heavily, staring at Canero without responding.

But soon, a glimmer of hope appeared in her eyes.

"Surrender? In your dreams!!"

Canero's eyebrows twisted up and down helplessly.

"Then I have no choice!"

He raised his gun toward Zhuque.

Just at that moment, sharp whistling sounds came from the distance as two phantom images shot straight toward Canero!

Canero raised his hand and fired two shots.

"Boom!" "Boom!"

The two phantoms, after being hit, landed on either side of him in the distance and immediately exploded!

They turned out to be two micro-missiles.

Canero knew that Zhuque's reinforcements had arrived.

He didn't plan to delay any longer and was about to finish off Zhuque.

At that moment, a massive figure descended from the sky with a thunderous impact, landing in front of Zhuque.

It was a giant panda-shaped robot, standing three meters tall with a somewhat bulky yet robust build, entirely covered in the hardest military-grade alloy armor!

Canero aimed his pistol at it and fired three rapid shots: "Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The massive mech puppet was sent flying backward!

The armor shattered into pieces, revealing the mechanical core within.

But it had bought enough time for both Zhuque and the arriving Baihu.

Author's Note