What was worse, Yu Ze had already used a Reputation Potion capable of a full recovery just to maintain the powerful electromagnetic interference! This meant the trump card he most likely possessed—a desperate final gambit—had already been revealed! At this point, a string of combat notifications finally popped up: "Analyzing... Your Perception exceeds the opponent's by 10 points or more; you may receive detailed combat information." "Opponent's Strength is 16 points; your Strength is 44 points. Your Strength is 2.75 times that of the opponent." "Analyzing... Your Strength exceeds the opponent's by more than double. Even if this strike does not result in a critical hit, it will inflict an additional Crushing Damage!" "Crushing Damage equals 50% of the base damage." "Crushing Damage is counted as an extra attack, ignores your Defense and any damage reduction effects, and holds high priority when conflicting with other effects." "Analyzing..." "Calculating Base Melee Attack Bonus." "Calculating Connoisseur of Fine Wine Critical Hit Rate Bonus." "This attack is theoretically calculated to inflict 61 points + 30 bonus damage (Crushing)." "The opponent's Defense is 10 points, resulting in 28% damage reduction." "The actual damage dealt to the opponent is 61 * (1 - 40%) * (1 - 28%) = 26 damage points." "The actual Crushing bonus damage dealt to the opponent is 30 points." "The actual total damage dealt to the opponent is 56 points!!" "Your normal attack dealt to Reserve Colonist 19011: 25 + 30 (Crushing) = 55 actual damage points." "23 damage points from your attack were absorbed by Reserve Colonist 19011's Psychic Shield." "Reserve Colonist 19011's Psychic Shield shattered." "Your normal attack dealt to Reserve Colonist 19011: 24 + 28 (Crushing) = 52 actual damage points." "Your normal attack dealt to Reserve Colonist 19011: 26 + 31 (Crushing) = 57 actual damage points." "Your Crushing Damage resulted in a critical hit! You dealt to Reserve Colonist 19011: 23 + 48 (Crushing) = 71 actual damage points." "Reserve Colonist 19011's Health is about to hit zero. Because the attack type is between Contractors, Reserve Colonist 19011 enters a Severely Wounded/Near-Death state." "Reserve Colonist 19011's Team Ability activated: Reserve Colonist 19011 gained a Life Shield (100 Health). You cannot inflict damage upon him until this Life Shield is broken." As these two prompts appeared, a milky-white shield once again manifested over the body of Yu Ze, who was kneeling five meters away. He was already frantically trying to bandage himself to recover health! In this moment, every bit of recovered health was precious!

Fang Senyan once again endured two strikes from Riel. His health was already below maximum. Because Riel was attacking from behind, his critical hit rate seemed unusually high, and Fang Senyan couldn't parry or block. Yet, Fang Senyan seemed to completely disregard Riel's presence, immediately activating the team ability: Radiant Healing! A series of data points flashed through his mind.

"Raptor Speed will take at least 20 more seconds to trigger." "The Life Shield has 100 Health, and it will inherit the target's defenses." "I need to land at least two punches to break the Life Shield." "I need to land at least three punches to kill this guy." "The distance between us is five meters, and Riel is currently slowing me down; it will take another seven seconds just to walk over there." "Under normal circumstances, I would need at least fifteen more seconds to finish off Yu Ze. During those fifteen seconds, I will be continuously hit by Riel's frenzied attacks from behind. If Riel triggers a critical hit and uses his weapon's extra attribute that ignores defense... plus Yu Ze is frantically recovering health... this will introduce a large number of variables! The chance of my original plan being disrupted is over 73%!"

These countless thoughts raced through Fang Senyan's mind in an instant. Without hesitation, he drew a firearm that looked remarkably exquisite and deep black.

As this weapon was drawn, countless birds exploded from the treetops above the surrounding forest! It rested quietly in Fang Senyan's palm, like a sleeping demon with smooth breathing and a peaceful visage, but when the pitch-black muzzle spat acrid gunpowder smoke into the air, the resulting roar was earth-shattering, promising bloodshed and chaos!

Then, Fang Senyan simply aimed at Yu Ze, five or six meters away, and pulled the trigger.

The searing lead bullet shot forth!

Fire flashed, seeming to sear itself onto the center of Yu Ze’s brow—a brow etched with a desperate yearning for survival. No blood splattered; instead, a tiny red dot appeared, from which a stream of vivid crimson began to flow.

Yu Ze’s expression froze at that moment. The patch of color on his brow began to spread, darkening, clinging to the eye in the lingering glow of the setting sun. The cold, cruel hue seemed to permeate the very air, chillingly absorbing the warmth of life.

The theoretical damage of Ambition's normal attack was 420 points. Even with the 40% rule and Yu Ze's 28% defense reduction applied, that single hot lead slug was more than enough to erase him from this world.

Yu Ze’s eyes filled with utter despair and disbelief as life mercilessly abandoned his body. He crashed down, kneeling, then fell flat, never to rise again.

"You have killed Reserve Colonist 19011!" "V, Milestone Achieved: Suspect 3."

Watching the prompt transmitted by the Nightmare Imprint, Fang Senyan slowly turned. Even as Riel continued his frenzied assault from behind while the trigger was being pulled, stabbing Fang Senyan three times and hitting him four times with a dagger, Fang Senyan's gun-holding hand and the weapon itself remained as steady as bedrock.

Then, the gun was slowly, inch by inch, brought back to rest.

The instant Fang Senyan pulled the trigger, Riel knew his comrade was beyond saving. He ceased his attack and retreated five meters from Fang Senyan, his expression cold. Fang Senyan walked to Yu Ze’s corpse, picked up the Blood Key he had dropped, and glanced sideways at Riel:

"How does it feel to watch your brother die?"

Riel backed away step by step, his eyes blazing with savage fire. He ground his teeth and spat, "I will tear out your heart as an offering to him! I swear it!"

Fang Senyan replied coolly, "Then what are you waiting for?"

Riel offered no reply; the muscles in his face twitched incessantly, and then he continued to retreat rapidly, step by measured step.

Fang Senyan began to bandage his own wounds and pulled out a green apple, biting into it with a crunch. Only then did he mumble indistinctly, "Actually, I know exactly what you're waiting for, friend. You’re waiting for the curse potion on you to wear off, aren't you?"

Riel, who had already retreated behind a tree, felt his pupils contract sharply. In that instant, true terror for the "Sailor" before him finally took hold!

Fang Senyan continued with confident assurance, "Actually, this isn't hard to guess. For a Reserve Colonist maximizing their efficiency, they undoubtedly strive to keep their primary attributes right at the 49-point threshold. Then, they just need one extremely common piece of gear that grants a +1 bonus to a single attribute, ensuring they can break to the 50-point extreme value whenever needed. You were contaminated by my poison mist just now, lowering your Agility by a full 4 points. So even with your prepared gear equipped, you can't break past the extreme value and awaken! Am I wrong?"

Riel had vanished into the woods, but Fang Senyan knew he hadn't truly left; like a wolf, he was hidden in the shadows, silently licking his wounds. Fang Senyan stood still, his eyes slightly closed. The only reason he had said all that was absolutely not to show off or deliberately give Riel a reprieve. In truth, Fang Senyan wished he could have annihilated Riel right then, before he could even awaken his extreme value!

But under the previous circumstances, Fang Senyan simply couldn't have held him! Ambition's CD was one minute, Fury of the Horns' CD was 180 seconds. The only way to restrain someone was the thrown poison bottle, but even accounting for the one second of stun, Fang Senyan’s 32 Agility could absolutely not catch up to Riel's current 45-odd Agility!

Moreover, Riel possessed a Frost Boomerang that could slow enemies down. This item wasn't just useful for chasing; it was equally useful thrown behind him to slow pursuers while escaping! Furthermore, throwing weapons like this used a dedicated equipment slot and were quick and simple to deploy.

"Calculating this way, the effects of my curse potion should last on Riel for about thirty more seconds." With this thought, Fang Senyan took a deep breath. He knew the battle ahead was likely to be a brutal one.

Riel was no fool. If he hadn't figured out by now that his top three attributes were Strength, Perception, and Stamina, he would have long since dissolved into ash in the Space. Therefore, the fact that Riel wasn't fleeing now, but waiting for the negative status to expire, meant Riel was absolutely certain he had a method to kill Fang Senyan once he awakened.

So, Riel would certainly monitor him instead of rushing off to the other battlefield to vent his anger. The rocks, Mo Gansa, and Jin Ximin on that other front were temporarily immobilized. He could easily deal with this situation first before joining them.

Holding this thought, Fang Senyan closed his eyes and sat quietly on the ground. He first switched to the Black Iron-grade Title: Connoisseur of Fine Wine. He gulped down two mouthfuls of vodka, then switched to the Treant's Boon (Speed), aiming to recover every scrap of health possible.