Assassination System

Chapter 50 Life and Death

Before Dan pulled the trigger he took a look at the young man's stats and found that his true identity was just an Elder Lich, an undead creature capable of controlling hordes of undead for his bidding.

However, the Lich's cultivation was a realm higher than Dan. Meaning he couldn't afford a frontal clash else he would die with a single strike. After all, even if his flesh could resist the attack, his organs would collapse.

Inspecting the barrier, Dan realized that it still has two hours before it would automatically dissipate. Infusing his Desert Eagle with his Yang Rich Thunder Qi, Dan carefully aimed at the Lich and pulled the trigger.

Bang!

A deafening roar echoed followed by a wretched cry as a hole the size of a bullet bore its way on the back of the young man. Lightning crackled and the flesh of the young man melted.

"WhO thE fuCK is TheRe?!" The young man angrily turned around and screamed in a grating voice. However, after he pulled the trigger, Dan instantly activated Stealth, effectively escaping from the Lich's perception.

Reappearing at another direction, he shot and the Lich turned around once again. Only to find nothing which greatly infuriated it.

"Come out, come out, you bastard!!!" The Lich howled to the skies and Charlotte knitted her eyebrows, staring at the back of the young man, she found that it was riddled with numerous holes that crackled with lightning.

Her frown intensified and she stared at the area, awaiting the arrival of that mysterious assailant that infuriated her enemy.

Bang!

Another gunshot that broke the sound barrier itself whistled past her gaze. Charlotte followed the lightning trail and momentarily found the smiling figure of a young man whom she recognized as she mumbled, "He's the one who saved me! Why is he here?"

She calmed herself down and observed the finesse that the young man utilized in attacking his opponent.

Dan clicked his tongue, the Lich had quite the intelligence. Ever since he's tenth attack started, the former started catching up this location by sending fragments of Yin Qi flying in all directions.

At this time, Dan also needed to factor the arrival of those fragments so that he could safely evade before he could shoot. The combined mental strength and physical fatigue quickly took over his mind.

Gritting his teeth, he took another Desert Eagle and dual-wielded it. Even if the consumption of Qi would double, that wouldn't matter as long as he can reduce this bastard's fighting capability to the minimum.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Consecutive gunshots echoed followed by the intensified ghastly shriek of the Lich, Dan quickly tumbled down, barely evading a fragment of the bastard's Qi, glancing at his peripheral vision, he realized that he would run out of Qi before he could reduce the bastard's HP to the red region.

Assessing his current battle prowess and his enemy. Dan knew that he had to stop using Stealth or else his Qi reserves would run out. Holding a branch, Dan kicked in the air and turned, pointing his gun, he shot as his body that twisted in the air, evaded another fragment of Qi.

Charlotte who stared at his calculated movements and the increasingly enraged young man whose expression looked distorted and inhumane. Charlotte's mouth couldn't help but widen in amazement.

Just who is this young man? How is he so good at this? Even when his cultivation is at the lowest realm, he managed to step over a realm and battle against his enemy, toe to toe!

But now that she analyzed it, the young man had a natural advantage against the Necromancer, after all, his Divine Arts was affiliated with Extreme Yang, the natural nemesis of all Yin beings under the heavens.

But even so, it was an excellent feat, his fearlessness, and stoic appearance. Charlotte didn't realize it at first but all of it was imprinted, deep within the recesses of her mind.

The gunshots in the area intensified as numerous holes found its way at the Lich's body, soon, its flesh looked mangled and some of its limbs looked like they would fall from its root.

But at the same time, Dan's expression didn't look well off either. His average constitution showed its downside, his forehead dotted with beaded sweat and his face looked pale, the hand that held the trigger of both his guns trembled and his shoulders ached.

Huffing and puffing, he took a moment to regain his energy, but that moment revealed an opening that the Lich took advantage.

"Gotcha!" The Lich hoarsely screamed in excitement as it extended its hand, sending a beam of frigid Qi towards Dan's chest, the latter's eyes widened and with a sidestep, he avoided most of the Qi but his expression turned paler in pain when the attack grazed him.

He madly ran towards the barrier as the Lich chased him from behind, running in an erratic trajectory. He managed to dodge all the incoming beams of frigid Qi and landed inside the barrier on his butt.

Sighing in relief, he glanced at Charlotte and said, "Do you have any water with you?" His smile as casual as ever, as if he didn't enter a life and death battle with the Lich earlier.

Charlotte replied, "Water? I have two gourds of water here, you can take one," She revealed a small smile before taking a gourd and handing it over at Dan who chugged it down.

The two engaged in a small banter, with Dan asking some questions and the latter politely answering. In the end, Dan sighed in his heart, with what he witnessed earlier with the kids, it seems like everyone greatly misunderstood Charlotte.

She wasn't a cold, arrogant and spoiled young woman. She was just someone that wants to live a regular life; a regular life where everyone regarded her as an equal, not a Goddess.

The Lich outside the barrier stared at the chuckling duo with a light of shame and anger within his eyes, 'How dare they ignore me?! How dare they ignore someone like me?! The Bringer of Death and the Harvester of Souls?!' The Lich inwardly growled and flicked his wrist.

The surrounding undead madly intensified their attacks. But unfortunately for the former, the duo completely ignored his presence and continued talking to each other like nothing.

The continuous banging sounds on the barrier didn't do anything to disturb the two as they chatted like old friends that just met each other.

Finally, an hour later, the two stopped their banter and Dan scanned the area, "Charlotte, can you use your Spatial Artifact, yet?" Charlotte shook her head, "No, the bastard used a high lever formation to lock everything in a three-kilometer radius..."

"So that means if we escape from here for about three kilometers, we can escape the range of that formation and you can activate the Spatial Artifact?"

Charlotte's figure shook and he stared at the latter whose lips lifted into a defiant smile, "What are you planning? Could it be that you're planning on fighting with him?"

'Is he crazy? That guy is an Organ Tempering Practitioner and is a realm higher than yours! Are you mad?' Charlotte furiously thought but Dan replied with a single nod of his head as he escaped the barrier.

"Come back!" Charlotte reached her hand out but Dan shook his head, "There's no other choice when that barrier dissipates, we will eventually fight with him so why not fight him now so we won't give him a chance to recuperate?"

Dan took both of his Desert Eagle and rushed towards the Lich who started viciously laughing, "Hahaha," The Lich stretched its bony arms towards the skies, "How foolish, such creatures daring to attack the mighty me..."

Pointing at Dan, it grimly said, "Face your death!"

A surge of Frigid Qi exploded from its index finger, flying in high-speed at Dan's chest. But contrary to Charlotte's expectations, Dan didn't evade the Frigid Qi as it struck his chest, sending him flying towards a tree which exploded into fragments as a result.

"Dan!" Charlotte clicked her tongue, clenching her fists until it turned purple, she prepared herself to come out but Dan shouted, "Are you stupid?! Didn't I tell you that I have certain plan to kill this guy so just stay there obediently and watch me annihilate this bastard!"

His shout intensified his injuries and he coughed another mouthful of blood. His vision started swimming but he kept his defiant and courageous smile as he stood up, glancing at his peripheral vision, his eyes shone in a light of determination before rushing back at the Lich.

"I didn't expect that you would be such a cockroach. But this is the end, time to face your death and welcome to my army!" The Lich stretched its palm and an attack that was bigger than before surged towards Dan's body.

The attack melted Dan's chest and in an attempt to dissipate some of the force, Dan kicked off the ground and flew backward, rolling on the ground like a sack of potatoes.

Charlotte held her hand on her mouth. Gritting her teeth, she unsheathed her soft sword and raised it in the skies, aiming at the barrier in an attempt to destroy it and rush at his side.

"Do you really think that you've won? Undead Lich..." Dan's cold voice echoed and the Lich stopped its approach. Its expression indiscernible but the disturbed air around it indicated its shock and surprise.

'This bastard is still alive?' It inwardly thought.

Dan's vision looked dark and the only thing that he could see was the Lich's figure that stared at him with surprise, lifting his trembling arms, he stared at a system notification in the air as he mumbled,

[Rage Gauge Full; Do you want to activate? Y/N]

"Yes..."