CHAPTER 665: CHAPTER 662 THIS THING WORKS

Whoosh—

Airen’s physical strength had indeed become noticeably enhanced.

When he hurled a piece of ice, about the size of two knuckles, with the sheer force of his arm, its speed through the air could nearly match the effect of a tripwire.

Just seeing the momentum of this "ammunition" was enough to know it was a deadly, life-threatening attack!

Faced with such an attack, Yani reacted extremely quickly.

Without hesitation, she hugged the crossbow arrow to her chest and ducked, rolling to one side.

Although the "donkey roll" was a clumsy move, it was still a very effective way to evade; with this emergency strategy, Yani successfully dodged out of the original spot before the ice hit her body.

Snap—

A crisp sound.

The ice, flying at high speed, struck the floating ice beneath Yani’s feet, immediately shattering into finer crystals before scattering all around.

"..."

Yani looked down at the marks on the ground.

After the impact, a visible small dent had formed in the ice, causing her to frown.

Yani was very sure—

If she had failed to dodge Airen’s attack, she would probably have lost any ability to move immediately.

"Miss Yani, it seems you didn’t really appreciate the greeting I gave you!"

At this moment, Airen laughed aloud from the other side,

"When you shot at me earlier, didn’t you look quite happy?"

"Come on! Now I’m giving you the chance!"

"Let’s continue the game, you shoot me with an arrow, I throw you an ice chunk."

"We’ll take turns, a fair duel!"

Airen’s tone was filled with mockery.

However, Yani, having stabilized her mindset, had no intention of engaging with him.

Seeing him entering this frenzied state due to his power, the girl quickly scanned the surroundings, then immediately knelt on the ground, using both hands and body to brace the crossbow against herself.

Yani was adopting the most cautious approach.

She aimed her weapon at Airen once again.

"..."

Faced with Yani’s silent demeanor, Airen squinted his eyes:

"If you don’t wish to talk, then I don’t mind..."

Snap—

Buzz buzz buzz!

Just as Airen’s words trailed off.

A hand grenade, with its safety already pulled, was perfectly thrown onto the floating ice beneath the mercenary’s feet.

The timing couldn’t have been more perfect.

It resulted in a perfectly timed explosion.

The stun grenade, carrying over 160 decibels of massive noise and a million lumens of intense flash, exploded instantly at Airen’s location.

"Ah!!!"

The previously arrogant mercenary couldn’t help but scream uncontrollably.

After all, Ronald was extremely familiar with the feeling of enhanced physicality.

—Enhanced physical constitution.

—Resulting in enhanced sensory perception!

In this situation, Airen’s reaction to the explosion of the shock grenade was sure to be more acute. And through Yani’s probing movement just now, Airen’s action of dodging the crossbow arrow also proved that this guy’s actual defensive power was not astounding.

An ordinary, unascended body.

It was impossible for Airen to quickly adapt to such drastic noise or motion.

So, Ronald knew—the shock grenade was definitely the best means of attack!

Meanwhile, the mercenary who had taken a severe hit had already fallen to the ground. With his body’s balance terribly disrupted, he flailed his arms trying to block any subsequent attacks that might come his way.

Ronald’s analysis was completely accurate.

Although the feeling of newfound power made Airen feel stronger, it wasn’t so easy to adjust to such sudden strength. As a mercenary, Airen had now realized the mistakes brought about by his arrogance, and he started to recall things he had previously ignored.

Yani and Ronald, these two scholars sent for support by the company...

They possessed unbelievably sharp battle instincts.

First was Yani. Before she assumed that half-kneeling attack posture, the girl first scanned the surroundings—that action was to check on Ronald’s condition.

Then, in just the blink of an eye, the two communicated with glances and confirmed each other’s status.

Immediately, without any verbal communication, they decided on their tactics.

Yani adopted a very serious attack mode, using her own safety to attract Airen’s attention. At the same time, Ronald took advantage of the situation to pull out the pin and, timing it perfectly, threw that greatly impactful shock grenade at him.

This back-and-forth cooperation.

Even close friends who lived and worked together would find it hard to achieve in an instant.

Let alone...

Snap!

Suddenly, amid his panic, Airen’s movements hesitated.

At this moment, his condition was actually at its worst, with both hands and the area around his lower abdomen having been directly hit by Yani’s crossbow arrows. If it weren’t for his enhanced physical condition, the damage would have been enough to take his life.

But such arrow wounds were nothing now.

Because as Airen tried to push away the attacking hand, he inadvertently touched a small cylindrical object.

It was over—another bomb!

Boom!

The moment he realized the danger, a fierce explosion followed.

On the other side, on the ice floe, Ronald and Yani did not let go of their intention. After confirming with several crossbow arrows that Airen really couldn’t fight back, Ronald pulled out the high-explosive grenade in his hand and threw it over.

It was also the most correct choice at the moment.

Fragmentation grenade—Airen’s constitution would reduce the damage effect; incendiary grenade—there was lake water nearby, best not to consider it; smoke or gas would be ineffective.

Only a high-explosive grenade, this kind of siege equipment,

Was most suited for dealing with the now defenseless Airen!

The battle shifted just as Ronald had anticipated. Airen, along with the ice floe he was standing on, was blasted open by the high-explosive grenade, his mortal body incapable of withstanding such an attack.

And watching this scene, Ronald felt a bit of emotion for a moment.

The weapons brought by technological progress were just so pleasingly effective.

If it were the era of cold weapons, an Airen with such physical attributes could virtually, without any accidents, risklessly slaughter both Ronald and Yani together.

But now?

As long as they kept a proper watch over this guy, then gathered information to make an appropriate plan. Even with their purely ordinary human physical conditions, they could kill Airen so efficiently and swiftly.

A prime example of the weak overcoming the strong.

Thinking this, Ronald couldn’t help but look at his waist, where he had placed the few remaining grenades he hadn’t used yet.

"This little thing... is way more useful than any spell."

...

However, afterward, when Ronald stopped being emotional and looked up,

Something completely unexpected occurred within his line of sight.

During the explosion, the ring-shaped gemstone that Airen had been carrying happened to land right where Yani was now!