48: Chapter 48 You've been marked!

Lu Yuan pulled the control levers hard with both hands.

Accompanied by a dull and piercing sound of mechanical friction, the thick barrel of the Red Wolf Tank's Explosive Flame Collapse Cannon slowly turned its direction, aiming dead at the distant bell tower.

As a professional camper, he knew the importance of using his ultimate move first.

The Explosive Flame Collapse Cannon requires five minutes of charging to reach its maximum power.

Therefore, he had already begun charging the main cannon five minutes ago.

At this very moment, the Explosive Flame Collapse Cannon's charge had reached its five-fold limit.

But that wasn't all.

Without hesitation, Lu Yuan activated the [Tyrants Rage] skill on the system panel.

[After activation, the power of the next ten main cannon shots will be forced to increase ten-fold!]

[Twenty times the recoil generated will be converted into engine power for storage.]

"Buzz—!"

A soul-shuddering hum emanated from deep within the cannon barrel.

The violent energy even caused the entire tank to tremble violently.

"Hey, whoever you are, move aside! Careful not to get flattened!"

Lu Yuan's voice came through the tank's external loudspeaker, warning Bai Li who was beside the vehicle.

Bai Li didn't dare to be careless; her keen combat instincts were sounding alarms frantically.

She could clearly sense just what kind of world-destroying violent energy was compressed inside that cannon barrel.

Enduring the searing pain of her wounds tearing, she gritted her teeth and rolled more than ten meters away, finally diving behind a massive piece of ruin rock to completely hide herself within the cover.

A thousand meters away, at the top of the bell tower.

The sniper, Hawkeye, looked through his high-powered scope. Seeing the tank turn its barrel toward him and the black-and-white light at the muzzle as blinding as a miniature sun, his blood ran cold instantly.

An unprecedented fear of death gripped his heart tightly.

Run!

He had to run!

If he didn't run, he would die!

Only this one thought remained in Hawkeye's mind. He didn't even care about his beloved heavy reinforced sniper rifle anymore, scrambling on all fours to climb down the bell tower.

But it was already too late.

"Fire!"

Lu Yuan slammed down the fire button.

"BOOM—!!!!!"

Between heaven and earth, it seemed only this world-shattering, terrifying roar remained.

A massive beam of black-and-white energy, carrying a terrifying stat damage of 100,000 points, crossed the thousand-meter distance in an instant like divine punishment.

As the white light flashed, only one thought remained in Hawkeye's mind: "F*ck you, Butcher! I should never have taken this job!!!"

There was no explosion, only pure energy annihilation.

The hundred-meter-tall ancient bell tower couldn't hold out for even a second under the impact of the black-and-white beam; it was instantly vaporized into ash!

After destroying the bell tower, the shell's residual power remained undiminished. Carrying terrifying thrust, it shot straight into the sky, eventually turning into a shooting star and disappearing into the waves at the edge of the map.

Meanwhile, in a pile of abandoned cars a hundred meters away.

Butcher, his face covered in blood, pushed aside the scrapped car door weighing on him and stood up shakily.

He had intended to wait for an opportunity to launch a sneak counterattack, but when he looked up and saw the bell tower a thousand meters away—where not even debris remained—his pupils shrank violently, and his blood seemed to freeze instantly.

"What kind of monster-level firepower is this..."

Butcher gritted his teeth hard, swallowing the metallic sweetness surging in his throat, and looked at that terrifying main cannon, which was still emitting high-temperature white mist, with immense wariness.

As a top-tier player who lived on the edge of a blade all year round, he had beast-like instincts.

Today's round was a total loss.

If he continued to stick his neck out, Hawkeye, who didn't even have ashes left, would be his cautionary tale.

"Red Wolf, is it? I'll remember this blood debt. This game is still long; we'll see!"

Butcher coldly spat out a threat, then, enduring the sharp pain of his broken ribs, he disappeared into the shadows of the ruins behind him without looking back, retreating in a panic under the cover of smoke and dust.

Equally shocked was Bai Li, who was lying in the ruins.

When she saw the site of the bell tower a thousand meters away, which had been completely wiped flat, her usually calm and cold beautiful eyes were now trembling violently.

"This... what level of weapon is this?"

Vaporizing a hundred-meter building in one hit.

There was no shockwave from an explosion, only energy consumption in its purest form.

Even with her super-alloy tiger claws, it was absolutely impossible to achieve this level!

Bai Li subconsciously turned her head to look at the red war machine parked not far away, its cannon barrel still emitting white smoke.

Recalling that she had actually been thinking of finding a chance to deal with the other party earlier.

An indescribable lingering fear and sense of helplessness suddenly rose in the depths of Bai Li's heart.

This man called Red Wolf simply couldn't be measured by common sense!

Lu Yuan didn't notice any of this. In his mind, a series of pleasant notification sounds popped up.

[Ding! Killed Hawkeye in Sector C-5, gained 1 Kill Point!]

[Ding! Successfully plundered Hawkeye's supplies!]

[Obtained Body Strengthening Blueprint +1],

[Obtained metal block +500],

[Obtained Gasoline +20 liters],

[Obtained...]

Listening to the crisp notification sounds in his mind, Lu Yuan stretched his muscles, and a satisfied curve once again hooked the corner of his mouth.

"That felt good."

However, the smile on his face didn't even last a second.

The system panel inside the cockpit suddenly turned a blinding crimson!

[Warning! Warning! Zzt... Zzt... Warn...]

[Highest Level Calamity Alert!]

[Your aggressive behavior has provoked the deep sea overlord!]

[You have successfully enraged the deep sea overlord—Leviathan!]

[The opponent has marked you!!!]

[Good luck!!!]