Chapter 410: Chapter 410

The shape of the Demon Core is roughly like a sphere, but its surface has many equally sized polygonal cut planes. The color of the Demon Core is blood-red, and because it resembles a crystal, it has a beautifully transparent appearance.

Inside, there are faintly discernible energy lines flowing, and one can sense that the energy inside is extremely volatile and unstable, with flame-shaped energies occasionally popping up out of nowhere, causing the surrounding energy to ripple restlessly, before vanishing again.

It can be confirmed that once shattered, it will inevitably trigger a massive energy explosion, flattening an undetermined area within a radius of several meters.

Qian Qi held up the Light Brain, taking several photos of the Demon Core back and forth. After tapping on the crack previously left by the Snake Stick and studying it for a while, she began to ponder how to shatter the Demon Core.

Unable to shatter the Demon Core from up close, it must be shattered from a distance. And if she wants to attack from a distance...

Qian Qi rubbed her chin, recalling that the system had once said that if she detonated a bomb near the Magic Beast to kill it, the reward would be hers.

But where could she find a bomb capable of destroying an A-level Demon Core...

Thinking of something, Qian Qi’s gaze shifted towards Sheng Qing.

"If Xu Jinghong uses a sniper rifle to shatter the Demon Core, whose reward is it?" she asked the system.

The system lazily looked at her, saying nothing.

Clearly, the answer to this question is something suitable for sale. If the system refused to answer, then Qian Qi would have to experiment to find out.

But using an A-level Demon Core as an experiment has too low a cost-effectiveness, and since she can’t enter other instances to verify her guess, the best way to save costs is to spend money.

"Fine, fine, I’ll pay you. I’ll transfer the money to you right after we get out." Qian Qi akimbo, "Seriously, you’re even more money-grabbing than a cash register, but I just have to spoil you!"

The system rolled its eyes and answered her previous question, [Xu Jinghong’s.]

Qian Qi burst into laughter immediately, turning her head, "Sheng Qing, can I borrow your sniper rifle for a bit?"

Sheng Qing tilted his head to look at her, "Of course."

Qian Qi promptly led everyone to a position outside the blast zone, "I need your help to aim the sniper rifle at the Demon Core, ensuring Xu Jinghong can accurately hit the crack."

Sheng Qing spread open his palm and conjured five bullets, loading them into the magazine.

In fact, when she uses her own sniper rifle, she doesn’t need to specially conjure bullets. After some training, gunmen can fire bullets directly using the gun.

But if Xu Jinghong uses it, then the bullets need to be specially conjured and loaded into the magazine.

Once the bullets were loaded, she conjured the sniper rifle stand again, mounting the sniper rifle on it. After aiming at the position designated by Qian Qi, she released the position, "Although the sniper rifle conjured by Awakeners makes no sound when firing, its recoil is very strong, so if Xu Jinghong uses it, you’d better hold him steady."

Shooters come with skills to immunize recoil or the strength to draw a bow, but given Xu Jinghong’s small stature, he might be catapulted by the A-level sniper rifle’s recoil.

Qian Qi nodded and pressed down on Xu Jinghong’s shoulder.

Sheng Qing watched Qian Qi take action, and out of a strange sense of trust, she believed Qian Qi had held Xu Jinghong steady.

At this moment, no one realized the severity of the situation.

Until Xu Jinghong pressed the sniper rifle’s trigger through the scope.

The bullet missed its target, grazing over the Demon Core and leaving a not-too-deep crack on its surface. Meanwhile, Xu Jinghong, like a deflated balloon, flew speedily backward.

Qian Qi looked at her hand, then looked at Xu Jinghong who had flown off, completely stunned: Is the recoil of the A-level sniper rifle really this strong!

She thought a little force would be enough to counter the sniper rifle’s recoil!

Sheng Qing coughed lightly, "Use a bit more strength."

It’s said that the recoil of an A-level sniper rifle is at least equivalent to D-level strength, so not everyone can shoot bullets with someone else’s sniper rifle.

Xu Jinghong was very confused when flying out, especially when he returned hugging the sniper rifle. Qian Qi and the others all lowered their heads, pretending they hadn’t seen anything, though their subtly trembling shoulders betrayed everything.

The three of them tacitly remained silent, seemingly to save his face, but Xu Jinghong was virtually dying of embarrassment.

After using bitter tea seeds to wipe his butt, he now got catapulted by the recoil using Sheng Qing’s sniper rifle in front of her! ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ novel·fıre·net

These few days had been full of his black history here!

He never wanted to see Xi Pingzhe and Sheng Qing again after this! He begged the heavens to make sure they never met again!

Xu Jinghong, filled with grief and anger, placed the sniper rifle back on the ground, "Again!"

Sheng Qing coughed again, then crouched down to readjust the aiming direction, letting Xu Jinghong attempt another shot.

This time, Xu Jinghong wasn’t catapulted away, but he did slide over a meter backward after losing grip, and if it weren’t for wearing Xi Pingzhe’s jacket, he suspected a layer of skin would have been scraped off.

"Hey, this is really bizarre," Qian Qi stepped over Xu Jinghong’s back, using both hands, pressing down on his back, "I’ll use a bit more force."

The third time, Xu Jinghong finally didn’t get catapulted away, and the Demon Core finally, amidst his excessively pitiful and resentful expectations, successfully exploded.

With a loud bang, a massive energy wave exploded, so powerful that even Yan Shuiyue and others at the instance’s exit could feel it. Meanwhile, the fire elements overflowing from the Demon Core’s explosion became so intense that they set the entire forest ablaze!

[Instance strategy success! Congratulations to your teammate Little Hong for obtaining an A-level Fire Attribute enhancement!]

[Instance boss defeated successfully, congratulations on obtaining an A-level Fire Silk Grass Seed Core!]

As a wave of peculiar strategic feeling swept over, Xu Jinghong merely felt his internal elemental space rapidly expand, soon able to accommodate the elements required to use A-level Fire Skills. Gazing at the surrounding burning fire elemental power, he took a deep breath and then opened his hand.

Subsequently, those wild fire elements seemingly grew eyes, surging into Xu Jinghong’s body, completely filling his dried-up elemental space!

"It worked! A-level Fire Element!" Feeling the tremendous strength within his body, Little Hong couldn’t help feeling somewhat excited, his gaze towards Qian Qi growing deeper. Striding towards her, he wanted to give her a grateful, affectionate hug, which was rare for him, "Qian Qi, tha..."

Before he could say a couple of words, he saw Qian Qi dash away as if scalded.

Xu Jinghong looked at his empty arms, and before he could feel gloomy, a sad and indignant face appeared right next to him.

"Damn it, so Master went solo to find the boss, just for you?!"

Besides Xu Jinghong, others didn’t know that the Demon Core was the key to clearing the instance. So when the Demon Core exploded and the instance strategy succeeded, Xi Pingzhe finally understood that Qian Qi’s decision to bring Xu Jinghong was to make him an A-level Awakened!

Xi Pingzhe felt like he was about to be swallowed by a surging sea of jealousy, and he sourly said, "I really envy the fact that brother knows how to cook~ It’s so easy for him to capture Master’s heart~ Brother, can you teach me too?"

What’s wrong with him?