Chapter 40: Ambusher

Li Wei remained calm.

He made a very discreet gesture to Cai Yutong beside him, indicating to decrease the firepower.

Cai Yutong, puzzled, complied nonetheless.

In this regard, her quality was quite high. In a cooperative mission, trusting your partner was an excellent quality.

It had nothing to do with virtue or character but rather practicality. It was impossible for one person to handle everything, so in areas where you couldn't manage, trusting your partner without reservation was safer than baseless skepticism.

With Cai Yutong reducing the firepower, the mushroom person could gradually take some other actions. Initially, it could only defend itself with all its might using the large mushroom on its head, but now it seemed to have intentions of counterattacking.

With a short knife in hand, Li Wei charged forward.

Under the cover of Cai Yutong's gunfire, he struck with a Steel-Cutting Flash, leaving a wound on the mushroom person's body.

Being attacked and with Li Wei now beside it, the mushroom person finally couldn't hold back and began to launch attacks towards Li Wei.

This was exactly what Li Wei was expecting!

Intentionally leading the mushroom person towards the unusual place he had discovered earlier, Li Wei dashed forward. Midway through, when the Steel-Cutting Flash was almost completed, he struck again.

Calculating the distance and seeing the faint white energy fluctuating on his arm and the short knife, Li Wei felt it was about right.

"Get ready!" Li Wei shouted.

In reality, Cai Yutong didn't know what Li Wei meant by "get ready," but it didn't stop her from trying to cooperate as much as possible.

Seeing Li Wei suddenly accelerate as if trying to break away from the mushroom person's pursuit, she directly intensified her firepower. Her white revolver fired two ice crystal bullets, while the black gun, with a very high frequency, kept shooting explosive rounds at the mushroom person.

Under the suppression of firepower, the mushroom person couldn't continue chasing Li Wei. Especially with the ice crystal bullets from Cai Yutong's white revolver, the freezing power greatly affected the mushroom person's agility and speed.

After a moment, Li Wei created some distance from the mushroom person.

He pulled out his handgun and fired directly into a nearby clump of bushes.

Then, a figure clutching their shoulder flashed out from it.

"Damn, we've been found out! Attack!" The person shouted and then pulled out a handgun, shooting at Li Wei.

This person's marksmanship was decent, but the handgun only contained ordinary bullets.

But that was alright. According to the information they received earlier, Li Wei hadn't even completed extreme conditioning yet, so firearms still had a considerable killing effect on him. Moreover, he had to consider what would happen if he were shot dead by a barrage of bullets?

He touched his shoulder and thought bitterly, If I get shot and go down, so be it! He hadn't expected this lowlife from the Lower District to be carrying piercing rounds. That really stung.

However, what he didn't expect was that the barrage of bullets he fired didn't seem to have any effect on Li Wei at all!

Mage Armor, a spell that constructs an invisible armor around the caster, strengthening defense for eight hours.

Li Wei had already cast this spell on himself.

The defense of this Mage Armor was equivalent to wearing a weightless suit of metal armor at all times, practical and reliable. Perhaps it might struggle against particularly powerful attacks, but ordinary handgun bullets definitely couldn't harm him.

Now, Li Wei wasn't afraid of bullets.

Li Wei didn't know who this attacker was, but Cai Yutong nearby seemed to recognize him.

"Cui He? What are you doing here? If you're here, then is that guy, Wells, here too?" She frowned, maintaining her firepower on the mushroom person while questioning sternly.

"Hey hey, our Rising Star is angry," said the newcomer with golden hair. "Indeed, I'm here. Surprised?"

Li Wei looked at the man. He was tall with golden hair, fairly handsome, but there was an unpleasant aura about him, one that made people not very fond of him. Beside him was a slightly overweight young man.

They were obviously accomplices of the man who had just been shot by Li Wei.

They seemed unfriendly, but also familiar with Cai Yutong.

Li Wei was cautious towards these individuals and didn't act directly.

Of course, the main reason he didn't act was not because of Cai Yutong, but because these guys were indeed a bit formidable.

They were three extreme-level individuals, especially the golden-haired Wells, who gave off a dangerous vibe to Li Wei.

He withdrew quickly and came to Cai Yutong's side, asking, "Who are these people?"

"They're all from our branch, a bunch of scoundrels. Wells is their leader, and the other two, one's called Cui He and the other's called Alu, follow Wells around like lackeys every day. They love to follow me and snatch my commissions. Sorry, Mr. Li Wei, this time I've brought trouble to you. Their original target was me."

Li Wei shrugged and said, "So what now?"

"We can't let them succeed. We found this mushroom person, and it's almost taken down by us. It's absolutely unacceptable for them to come out now and try to steal the prey!"

"I agree." Li Wei smiled and looked towards the battlefield.

Earlier, he had noticed some anomalies in the surrounding environment, sensing that someone was ambushing nearby. Subsequently, he attracted the attention of the monster and opened fire, all as preparation for the next move.

The effect was certainly there. Due to their position, the guy called Cui He had inadvertently become the mushroom person's primary target. Moreover, as he was injured in the shoulder, he was obviously at a disadvantage when facing the rampaging mushroom person.

His situation was a bit miserable now. Li Wei had withdrawn from the battle, and Cai Yutong had ceased her attack on the mushroom person. His two companions, Wells and Alu, also had no intention of acting. Right now, he was essentially dealing with the mushroom person alone, injured.

After a moment, Cui He anxiously shouted, "Hey! Stop standing there! I can't hold on much longer!"