84: Chapter 84 Void Sniper

The Void Sniper disappeared.

It was not death; it was a teleportation.

Chen Mo stood at his previous position, looking at the deep crater blasted out by the bullets.

In his 20-second Prediction, its next appearance location would be on the hillside five hundred meters away.

It was too fast.

Faster than a Dimension Walker.

"It can perform spatial jumps," Hawkeye's voice came from the side. "The interval between each jump is less than one second."

Chen Mo nodded.

In his Time Perception, the movement trajectory of that point began to become clear—left, right, forward, backward, with no pattern.

But after each jump, it would pause for 0.3 seconds to re-aim.

0.3 seconds.

That was enough.

Chen Mo activated Infiltrator and disappeared from where he stood.

Seven seconds of stealth.

He dashed toward that hillside.

The Void Sniper had just appeared and was adjusting the angle of its gun barrels.

It could not see Chen Mo.

0.3 seconds.

Chen Mo rushed in front of it.

He slashed down with his blade.

But at the moment of the strike, it disappeared again.

The blade cut through empty air.

It appeared in another location.

Two hundred meters away.

Chen Mo landed and turned around.

In his 20-second Prediction, it would fire again, targeting Hawkeye.

Hawkeye was already lying on the ground, his sniper rifle set up, aiming.

Chen Mo activated Rule Creation.

【Create Temporary Rule: Ballistic Deflection Domain】

【Domain Range: 30-meter radius】

【Duration: 5 seconds】

The Void Sniper's bullet shot into the Domain and instantly deflected in direction.

It hit the ground, blasting out a large crater.

Hawkeye's gun fired.

The bullet shot toward the Void Sniper.

But at the moment it was about to hit, it disappeared again.

Hawkeye cursed.

Chen Mo did not speak.

He was waiting.

Waiting for that 0.3-second window.

The Void Sniper appeared again.

This time, fifty meters behind him.

Chen Mo turned around.

In his 20-second Prediction, it would fire three consecutive shots and then jump.

The first shot.

He sidestepped to dodge.

The second shot.

He ducked to dodge.

The third shot.

He jumped up, and the bullet flew past beneath his feet.

All three shots missed.

The Void Sniper prepared to jump.

Just 0.3 seconds before it disappeared, Chen Mo moved.

He activated Eerie Power Burst.

All attributes increased by 50%.

Thirty seconds.

Speed instantly doubled.

He rushed in front of the Void Sniper.

He slashed down with his blade.

He hit it.

The blade cut into its shoulder.

Those golden lines snapped.

It let out a hiss, wanting to run.

But Chen Mo did not give it a chance.

He swung his blade continuously.

Second slash, third slash, fourth slash.

Every slash hit the same spot.

The Void Sniper's body began to disintegrate.

Those golden lines drifted into the air.

But it was not dead yet.

With its last bit of strength, it raised those two gun barrels.

Aiming at Chen Mo's chest.

0.1 seconds.

It fired.

That beam of light shot toward Chen Mo.

Too fast.

He could not dodge.

Chen Mo activated Rule Immunity.

【Rule Immunity: Immune to all rule-based attacks for 10 seconds】

That beam of light hit him.

But it had no effect.

The Void Sniper was stunned.

It did not understand why its attack had failed.

Chen Mo did not give it time to think.

The final slash.

Cut into its core.

Its body completely disintegrated.

Turning into countless golden fragments that drifted into the air.

【Killed A-Rank Ghost Shadow "Void Sniper"】

【Obtained: Void Core × 1】

【Obtained: Sniper Core × 1】

【Obtained: sequence fragment × 60】

【Current fragments: 880】

Chen Mo stood where he was, panting heavily.

Eerie Power Burst ended.

Rule Immunity had three seconds left.

He looked down at his hands.

Serialization progress: 0.9%.

It increased by another 0.1%.

But it was worth it.

Hawkeye ran over from the distance.

He looked at the golden fragments on the ground, then at Chen Mo.

There was something indescribable in his eyes.

"You... really killed it."

Chen Mo did not speak.

He put away those two cores and turned to walk toward the pickup truck.

Hawkeye followed behind.

"Thank you," he said.

Chen Mo stopped in his tracks.

"No need to thank me."

He sat in the driver's seat and started the engine.

Hawkeye stood outside the car window.

"That map, returning it to you," he said, handing the map inside.

Chen Mo took it.

"One more thing," Hawkeye said.

Chen Mo looked at him.

Hawkeye's expression was very serious.

"I owe you a favor. If you ever need anything in the future, just ask."

Chen Mo was silent for a few seconds.

Then he nodded.

"I'll remember that."

He pressed the gas pedal.

The pickup truck drove back the way it came.

In the rearview mirror, Hawkeye was still standing there, watching his car disappear.

Lin Wei was in the passenger seat, looking at him.

"You helped him just because of that map?"

Chen Mo thought for a moment.

"Not entirely."

"Then why?"

Chen Mo did not speak.

He just looked at the road ahead.

Why?

Because in this world, having one more friend is always better than having one more enemy.

Because Hawkeye is a good person.

Because good people shouldn't die.

The pickup truck drove on the gray road.

The sky gradually darkened.

Ghost Night was coming again.

But Chen Mo was not afraid.

Because he had friends.

People willing to help him.

Reasons to live.