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Most crucially, the design of this firearm strongly resembled the short-barreled blunderbuss—a veritable weapon—that Lord Smallfawk had drawn when committing murder in Tortuga Port! Both featured a dull black barrel and an exaggerated, unique shape. For a fleeting moment, Fang Senyan almost suspected that the very gun Lord Smallfawk used had been directly snatched away.

Fang Senyan gripped the handle of the firearm tightly. The material was likely pine, its patina, formed by resin and sweat, smooth yet easy to hold, making the weapon feel exceptionally comfortable in his grasp. The weapon's attributes were meticulously displayed on the Nightmare Mark:

Ambition (Trigger-Fired Flintlock) Origin: Navarre Equipment Rarity: Black Attack Power: 50~140 Material: Pine, Iron Attachable Devices: Wooden Stock, Sling Optimal Range (Range at which maximum attack power of 140 can be achieved): Within 10 meters. Effective Range (Range at which damage can be inflicted upon an enemy): Within 30 meters. Weight: 4.2 kilograms. Total Length: 350 millimeters. Magazine Capacity: (1 Round) Reload Interval: (1 minute) Equipment Use Conditions: Strength must be 10 or higher, Stamina 15 or higher. Unlimited Ammunition Perception +2 Agility +2 Active Ability: Song of Rum. When lead meets rum... the enemy's tragedy has already begun. Upon activating this ability, your next attack with this weapon against an enemy is guaranteed to hit and will stun the target for 3 seconds. If the targeted enemy's health has already dropped below 30% at that moment, the attack will result in a guaranteed 200% (double) critical hit damage. Activating Song of Rum incurs no cost, with a cooldown of 600 seconds. The stun effect generated by Song of Rum has priority, and its duration cannot be reduced below 2 seconds. Passive Effect for Flintlock Weapons: Muster: In a non-combat state, the next attack's critical hit chance will increase over time, rising by 1% every minute, up to a maximum of 50%. Critical hits triggered by Muster will see their bonus damage increase from 200% (double) to 250%. Hint: After firing, the additionally increased critical hit chance disappears and is reset to zero for recalculation. Hint: Attacks subsequent to using Song of Rum will not trigger the "Muster" passive effect. Additional Bonus Effect for Pistol-Class Weapons: Shooting Accuracy +10%, Shooting Distance -10%. Combat Rating Score for this Equipment: 19 A line of small text was engraved on the grip: "This gun has always longed to meet its brother after becoming stronger."

Fang Senyan took a few deep breaths as he regarded the weapon. He had gathered intelligence in the marketplace earlier; for high-tier firearm weapons, infinite ammunition was already an extremely rare and practical attribute, not to mention this weapon possessed an incredibly potent active skill? Although he had just lost the sinister gauntlet from the Terminator world, he had exchanged it for this weapon of extremely high burst potential. For someone lacking offensive skills and thus suffering from weak burst capability, this weapon arrived precisely when needed!

Seeing Fang Senyan draw this weapon, Davy Jones appeared greatly surprised and visibly pained, losing all interest in continuing the conversation. He waved Fang Senyan away with a dispirited gesture. Having secured the advantage, Fang Senyan had no desire to linger either; he bowed and turned to leave. Now calmer, he observed more carefully and noticed something: the shape of this black weapon, "Ambition," was indeed identical to the weapon Lord Falk had used earlier. Was this a coincidence, or was it... the truth?

Witnessing the confrontation between Blackbeard and Davy Jones, two titans, naturally stirred Fang Senyan's spirit. Combined with having just acquired a powerful black weapon, he allowed his guard to relax slightly. After all, Fang Senyan was still a young man; while his mind was more meticulous and his actions cooler than others', it didn't mean he would never make a mistake.

For instance, Fang Senyan had just made one.

After leaving the Captain's cabin, he failed to notice that most of the pirates were gathered along one side of the ship's railing—the side facing another legendary pirate vessel, the Queen Anne's Revenge. At this moment, Fang Senyan was preoccupied, considering the origins of the firearm in his hands while also planning his next moves, thus overlooking this detail. He took a few deep breaths, then stepped down the ladder and proceeded along the passage on the second deck toward the bow.

Suddenly, a chill ran down Fang Senyan's spine! After equipping "Ambition," although he lost the full attribute bonus from the Cobalt Steel Alloy Exoskeleton, the increase in Agility and Perception brought his Agility up to 10 points and Perception to 14—already quite formidable. Fang Senyan instinctively dodged to the side and saw a figure dressed as a pirate emerging behind him, but the weapon held in his hand was absolutely impossible for this era!

An "Uzi" submachine gun!

This type of weapon had appeared in the world of the Terminators, trading accuracy for an extremely high rate of fire. But this pirate was only six or seven meters from Fang Senyan, so the issue of accuracy was moot! Undoubtedly, they were also Contractors, just like him!

The muzzle of the "Uzi" submachine gun erupted in flames; the bullets, theoretically capable of firing at 1500 rounds per minute, instantly poured forth like a storm! This was a narrow passage, so the moment the gun was pointed at him, Fang Senyan's best evasive maneuver would be to slam into the cabin door on the right. This would not only allow him to avoid the vast majority of the bullets but also prevent the enemy from following up the initial barrage. Just as Fang Senyan prepared to execute the shoulder-charge evasion technique he learned in the space, he suddenly remembered something...

What would I do if I were setting up this ambush?

With that thought, Fang Senyan abandoned the idea of dodging. He covered his head and face with his hands and fell straight forward, rigid as a wooden post. Dozens of bullets, tracing fiery arcs, whistled past him. A few rounds sparked tiny blossoms of blood on his body, instantly soaking the fabric of his clothes. But just as Fang Senyan was about to hit the deck, his hands shot out, pressed against the floor, and his right foot coiled, pushing off! He surged forward in a motion reminiscent of a sprinter launching from the blocks!

Fang Senyan's Agility stat was now over ten; though not blindingly fast, it could barely be called nimble. The distance between him and the gunman was already short—six or seven meters was only a second or two. More importantly, while the Uzi's theoretical rate of fire was 1500 rounds per minute, that was just theory! In actual combat, the biggest limiting factor was magazine capacity; even a modified Uzi magazine rarely held more than fifty rounds, as going beyond that would compromise other performance aspects.

However, the Contractor ambushing Fang Senyan was clearly not weak; he hadn't anticipated that Fang Senyan would dare to absorb the bullets and counter-attack head-on instead of retreating! Yet, after only a moment's hesitation, the Contractor leaped backward! Simultaneously, mid-air, he raised the Uzi in his right hand. The magazine clearly slid out automatically, and another fully loaded magazine was already in his left hand, swiftly inserted with a light click! This entire process took less than a second, and because the Contractor possessed strong explosive power, his backward leap was significant, preventing Fang Senyan from closing the gap despite his ongoing charge!

The Contractor looked at the charging Fang Senyan, a sneer touching his lips. The Uzi in his grip began to glow a faint yellow, indicating he was using some sort of skill! Then, the bullets in the weapon poured out furiously, the "Chih-chih-chih-chih" sound indicating that most struck Fang Senyan!

But even as blood sprayed, Fang Senyan did not collapse as the Contractor expected. Instead, like a wounded beast, he lunged to his opponent's side and silently drove a heavy knee into his lower abdomen! The Contractor's face instantly turned ashen, and he involuntarily clutched his stomach, bending over as vomit streamed from the corner of his mouth. Seizing the moment, Fang Senyan raised both hands high and then smashed his elbows down, striking the back of the enemy's head with crushing force.

This blow was vicious; the Contractor's eyes immediately glazed over, and he slumped down limply. Contractors who specialized as gunmen often possessed high Agility and Perception but weak Stamina and Strength. Fang Senyan's Strength was now fourteen; despite losing the exoskeleton's boost, his power remained formidable! These few brutal strikes might not kill the man, but they were enough to incapacitate him for a significant time.

At this point, the Nightmare Mark displayed the sequence of combat records:

"Based on your Perception, you receive the following combat information."

"You were hit by an enemy's 9mm Parabellum round, inflicting theoretical damage of 32 points. After deducting Stamina-related damage reduction, the actual damage inflicted was 24 points. The check for your innate ability, Toughness, failed! The actual damage sustained was 1 point! Your accessory, Obsidian Fossil Anchor's passive ability, 'More Vexed, More Valiant,' activated, temporarily increasing your Stamina by 2 points for 300 seconds. This effect can stack five times."

"You were hit by an enemy's 9mm Parabellum round, inflicting theoretical damage of 31 points. After deducting Stamina-related damage reduction, the actual damage inflicted was 24 points. The check for your innate ability, Toughness, failed! The actual damage sustained was 1 point! Your accessory, Obsidian Fossil Anchor's passive ability, 'More Vexed, More Valiant,' activated, temporarily increasing your Stamina by 2 points for 300 seconds. This effect can stack five times."

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