Bai Bi brought two heavy metal boxes.
"Phew, these are the Sealing Bullets, 2000 rounds per box, a total of 4000 rounds."
"Mr. Zhou, please check them."
Zhou Yi said, "No need, I definitely trust you guys."
He handed over a Guangna Box, its content being the Light Seeds required for payment.
The Witch Hunter beside him had already independently started to open the ammo box. She grabbed a bullet the thickness of a finger and directly stuffed it into her mouth, beginning to eat the bullets.
Bai Bi gestured for Zhou Yi to follow her and spoke in a low voice, "The Witch Hunter is still young and has a bit of a temper, so please don't take it personally."
"Is she different from you all?" Zhou Yi asked.
"We are all Weapon Princesses, it's just that we were 'born' at different times. Don't be fooled by how I look, I have been on the battlefield since the days of the United Resistance Army."
She smiled and said, "It's not an exaggeration to say that I am battle-hardened."
Zhou Yi further confirmed, "Are you saying that cybernetic lives, Guangna Species and humans formed the United Resistance Army to fight the Heavenly People... back then?"
"Yes."
Bai Bi nodded: "Our batch of Weapon Princesses, being the earliest, has sufficient experience to know how to control our desires and instincts. But the Witch Hunter was born in a time of peace, and the child is only 5 years old now. Although she is talented, she is still too young."
The Witch Hunter is actually a five-year-old child.
Zhou Yi felt a mix of emotions.
However, speaking of which, the Wasteland Company was also established in its fifth year, making it somewhat fateful.
"Everyone really adores her. But she is arrogant and because she is too young, her abilities and self-development are not yet fully realized, thus she often loses to us in internal contests and hides alone to cry."
The rabbit-eared girl showed a helpless expression: "In battle, different mechanisms between individuals inherently have certain restraining effects."
"Being formidable one-on-one doesn't necessarily mean having the opportunity to show it on the real battlefield. Each Weapon Princess has a time and environment that suits her best. As long as there are no class differences in life levels, there actually isn't an absolute claim to who is the strongest..."
Zhou Yi nodded.
He really agreed with this point.
"But in free firing mode, Witch Hunter indeed can't defeat most Weapon Princesses. Because she isn't a type to fight on her own, she manifests her strength in cooperative fights."
"She can amplify and enhance the capabilities of her owner."
Bai Bi explained, "That means the stronger the owner, the more powerful she can become."
Zhou Yi asked, "What exactly is the mechanism?"
"This is an inherent elemental power of each Weapon Princess. The fewer who know about it, the better it works. However, since you own her, it shouldn't be a problem to tell you."
Bai Bi solemnly said, "Witch Hunter can extend the owner's abilities through bullets."
"The commonly seen Sea Horse Shooter's High-Speed Light Gun has a range of 75 meters. If fired through Witch Hunter's bullets and barrel, the range can be extended to 175 meters and comes with a Sealing effect."
"That's where Witch Hunter truly excels; she's a top-tier combat support."
Zhou Yi gasped in amazement.
The mechanism of the Witch Hunter, increasing the range and including an active Sealing capability.
And the most crucial thing.
His strongest attack skill, Life Strike, allows exchanging life for life. But it must be close combat to be effective, which is highly restrictive in real battles.
Now, with Witch Hunter's mechanism, the range can be directly extended to 100 meters!
Life Strike has now a bullet mode!
The future holds great potential.
Zhou Yi glanced back.
The silver-haired Weapon Princess was still consuming bullets one by one.
It didn't seem like eating but more like she was working, serious and inspecting each bullet to ensure its condition before swallowing.
Zhou Yi asked Bai Bi again: "Is there a place here where we can test firing or assess capabilities?"
"Of course. We need to test the performance and combat power of many weapons, so we have shooting ranges."
Bai Bi said, "I'll take you there."
Once the Witch Hunter had swallowed all the bullets, Bai Bi led Zhou Yi and his group away from the Water Factory, bidding farewell to Hong Xing guarding there, and moved to an open area beside.
She said, "Hang on, I'll contact Sister Qing Zheng. She manages the shooting range."
Moments later.
A cyan light circle emerged on the ground.
Bai Bi stepped in first, waving to Zhou Yi, "Stand here, we are going to the shooting range."
Zhou Yi, Yuan Xiao, and Witch Hunter all stepped in.
A green light scanned each person from top to bottom—including the atmospheric creature shaped like a golden pen on Zhou Yi's chest.
It seemed to be performing an individual confirmation.
Suddenly, Zhou Yi felt a sense of weightlessness, and the space around him began to warp and stretch.
"Don't worry, this is normal," Bai Bi said with a smile, "Our Heavenly Road leads directly to the shooting range, safe and swift."
After ten seconds.
All the anomalies disappeared.
Zhou Yi found himself within a vast courtyard surrounded by tall walls.
The ground was composed of perforated stone slabs, giving a strong bounce back underfoot, somewhat like the rubber flooring of a gym.
Two peculiar rubber men popped up from the ground, one taller than the other, with rings around their bodies and a red target center on their torsos.
The two rubber men faced Zhou Yi and his group, mimicking a boxing gesture, as if challenging them.
"This is our range's target."
Bai Bi pointed at them: "Just aim and shoot at them. Since it's a basic test, we haven't activated capabilities like high-speed avoidance or combat retaliation, just to test for damage."
No sooner had she finished speaking.
Two bangs sounded by Zhou Yi's ear.
The wrist of the Witch Hunter had transformed into a silver double-barrel gun, smoking.
Zhou Yi noticed that the hit rubber man bore two bullet holes.
Above those holes, two pieces of information emerged.
"Damage 822, with 'Sealing' effect for 3 seconds."
"Damage 822, with 'Sealing' effect for 3 seconds."
Each bullet from Witch Hunter inflicted 822 points of damage.
Zhou Yi remembered that the Sea God's B+ class Death Light fish damage ranged from 360 to 994, but each shot required a 16-second cooldown.
The Witch Hunter's output could stably reach 822 per second.
The difference between A class and B class in strength was quite obvious.
The effect of the "Forbidden Altar" was significant in real combat. It could continuously lock down the opponent's active skills, maintaining firing to achieve suppression and sealing in the ability domain.
However, what Zhou Yi wanted to test the most at the moment was something else.
"Witch Hunter, I need you to extend my capability."
The silver-haired Weapon Princess said, "Put your hand inside my body."
Zhou Yi tried placing his left hand on her shoulder, then the Witch Hunter grabbed it and moved it to her back.
His entire arm was swallowed by her back.
Zhou Yi grabbed a delicate multi-segment metal structure.
The touch was cold and smooth.
His fingers clasped onto a metal trigger.
"That's it, it's my spine."
The Witch Hunter said, "Deploy ability, pull the trigger to use my [Demon Hunting Spine Storage]."
Holding the spine, Zhou Yi felt he became one with the Weapon Princess.
The Witch Hunter's body turned into an extension of his arm.
He could even read her thoughts clearly.
All she had on her mind was—Fire, fire, just fire!
The two became unified.
At this moment, the Witch Hunter suddenly said, "Don't read my mind, focus on combat firing, that's the most important thing."
"Okay."
Zhou Yi came back to his senses.
He adjusted his breathing and activated [Life Strike].
The Witch Hunter's gun barrel flickered, and she shot at the target figure in front.
The rubber figure staggered a bit.
[Damage 1822, with 'Forbidden Altar' effect for 3 seconds]
Zhou Yi was very satisfied.
He just dealt the minimum damage of Life Strike, using 1000 life value to deal 1000 points of damage.
And it was stacked with the Witch Hunter's damage.
The major range limitation of Life Strike was resolved through this external connection.
From now on, he could also participate in the A-class life battlefield!
Zhou Yi felt delighted inside.
Being backstage as a commander was safe, but it was more thrilling to directly engage in battle on the field.
Add me, I'm not very good at fighting.
...
After continuously test-firing over a dozen shots, the Witch Hunter's accuracy and stability were quite good.
Zhou Yi raised a question: "Do I have to hold your spine with my hand to use [Demon Hunting Spine Storage]?"
"Yes."
"Or maybe it would be simpler if I revert to a purely weapon state, holding me instead."
Zhou Yi thought for a moment: "Let's just keep it this way."
No wonder Bai Bi said, the Witch Hunter is a top-level support on the battlefield.
Her ability is quite covert.
The Witch Hunter hasn't participated in external combat yet, and there's no data about her.
This allowed Zhou Yi enough to use [Life Strike] to instantly deal high damage and lethally strike the target enemy.
Weapon Princess indeed needed to keep her elemental abilities hidden.
But soon, Zhou Yi found out that maintaining the Witch Hunter wasn't easy.
"Half of the bullets are used up."
The Witch Hunter naturally opened her hand: "I need more bullets, buy them for me."
Zhou Yi: "..."
4000 rounds of bullets, she fired them off as if playing.
Using grandpa's money without remorse.
Rich kids are really hard to raise...
Beside them, Bai Bi couldn't watch anymore, she stepped forward and said, "You need to know, Mr. Zhou is now your owner, you can't keep demanding resources limitlessly like you did here before, you have to consider him."
"Don't be capricious!"
Faced with Bai Bi's scolding, the Witch Hunter looked annoyed: "Annoying! If you don't feed me bullets, how can I become stronger! It's because you guys refused to give me bullets before!"
Zhou Yi instantly said: "I'll buy another 10,000."
"20,000."
The Witch Hunter held up two fingers: "At least for today, I want to have a blast!"
"Alright."
Zhou Yi nodded.
"Don't worry, I'll use them sparingly in the future." The Witch Hunter added another sentence: "I'm not barbaric or unreasonable, nor am I wasteful. I just need a large volume of firing bullets to improve. I will prove that these spent bullets are valuable."
The kid seemed suffocated.
Had never had a really good time shooting before.
Zhou Yi smiled and said, "We'll do as much as we have the money for, I still have some savings now, so I can feed you more bullets. If we run out of money later, then we'll have to tighten our belts and live a hard life."
The Witch Hunter nodded, showing a smile for the first time: "That's more like it, unlike the old things who clearly have money, always pinching and scrimping on me..."
"Insolence!"
Bai Bi shouted angrily, glaring at her.
The Witch Hunter snorted, but didn't say anything more.
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