Chapter 12: "Ding, congratulations, a Cupid that appeared near you has been successfully taken down.

"This can actually work..."

The Tuberculosis Rabbit still crouched on the rooftop stared at the huge damage number above Cupid's head with a stunned expression.

He really didn't expect that Cupid could be attacked in such a way.

Those two men riding motorcycles really had some wild ideas.

"It is quite impressive,"

Chen Yi, also lying on the rooftop, glanced at the damage leaderboard.

He was still at the top.

The 120,000 damage was split between those two boys.

Each was credited with causing 60,000 damage, which had landed them on the leaderboard as well.

Without pausing, he silently took another shot.

"Bang."

As the gunshot rang out again and just after pulling the trigger, he skillfully rolled several times, evading the arrows fired at them.

He had already figured out the pattern.

Cupid only retaliated with arrows when facing ranged attacks.

In other situations, he would only use his bowstring to counterattack.

And at this moment—

No less than four tracked armored vehicles and fully armed soldiers arrived at the scene.

But they did not fire immediately.

Firstly, there were too many civilians crowded around Cupid; firing at this point would not be accidental harm, it would be a mass burial.

Secondly, this was a city's bustling district.

Many high-powered weapons couldn't be used here due to the excessive danger they posed.

Among those surrounding Cupid, only a portion left after seeing the military arrive, while many others, instead of leaving, clenched their teeth and focused their attention. They dodged Cupid's attacks while constantly striking at him with their weapons.

The most strenuous among them was a young man in his early twenties.

This man was biting his lips hard, wielding a short dagger in his hand, dodging and repeatedly stabbing his dagger into Cupid's feet.

He was the young man who had gathered his entire family's Points to buy an 88 gift package.

From the package, he drew a C-grade Prop, a dagger.

The effect of this dagger was to cause continuous bleeding damage.

And with each attack, the bleeding effect would stack another layer.

In other words, as long as he attacked sufficiently often, he could inflict enough bleeding buffs on this monster to cause substantial damage!

He was not a smart man.

But he could clearly feel that the world order was slowly changing; although it was a disaster for humanity, it also presented an opportunity to change the class structure.

Reflecting on history,

Every widespread disaster always shifted the classes.

He knew that if he wanted to have enough strength to protect his family in the future, he needed to seize as many opportunities as he could now.

"Slash!"

An evasion that wasn't timely led to Cupid's bowstring grazing past his scalp.

The young man, feeling a sting and with a look of fear and disgust, touched the top of his head, then realizing it was just a scalp wound with no serious harm, bit down on his teeth and charged back into the fray without any hesitation.

...

"This kid."

The Tuberculosis Rabbit curiously looked at the damage leaderboard above Cupid's head and the young man darting around with a dagger between Cupid's feet, uttering in surprise.

"Based on the live combat stats, the young man wielding the dagger should be Han Yu, who is third on the leaderboard."

"This kid must have a Prop or something like a Skill Fragment, I guess,"

"The damage value he's causing on the leaderboard keeps rising, and it seems like each attack causes more damage than the last."

And at this time—

This Cupid had only less than 47% of his health left.

The health was dropping rapidly.

Chen Yi had caused the most damage among them.

And the soldiers below had also taken to the field with combat knives, as they realized that ranged attacks not only risked harming civilians but would also provoke Cupid's arrow retaliation.

A loss not worth the gain.

Better to just engage in close combat.

Although they had shouted for the civilians to leave, leaving the battlefield to them, the situation was sadly that no one wanted to leave, and they could not resort to force.

Finally.

Cupid's health bar had dropped to 7%.

Chen Yi lay prone on the riddled rooftop, resting the sniper rifle on the Tuberculosis Rabbit's shoulder, rubbing his own sore shoulder, eyes fixed on Cupid's dwindling health bar.

This thing really does have some serious recoil.

"Understood, understood."

The Tuberculosis Rabbit silently took out a cigarette, placing it in his mouth, and propped his shoulder against the butt of the sniper rifle, finding a comfortable position before he mused.

"After all, Yi, you've fired so many shots, the recoil is huge, it does indeed make the shoulder hurt."

"Using my shoulder to bear the recoil is only right, I totally get it," he said.

"The only thing I don't understand, Yi, is why you made me lie on the ground, and then you on top of me?"

"Honestly, it's not really about the pain."

"It just feels a bit awkward, even though we grew up together in the orphanage and aren't that squeamish, it's just that I always feel..."

Just as Tuberculosis Rabbit was about to keep rambling on.

Chen Yi, eyes locked on Cupid's health bar now at 5%, didn't hesitate and pulled the trigger then and there!

"Bang!"

The huge recoil instantly shut Tuberculosis Rabbit up.

And at that same instant.

A voice rang in the ears of everyone nearby.

"Ding, congratulations, Cupid nearby has been successfully killed."

"Next, according to the damage ranking list, we will divide 'Cupid's Big Gift Pack.'

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'Damage Ranking'

'First place: Chen Yi'

'Damage caused: 530,000 points.'

'Second place: Han Yu.'

'Damage caused: 122,399 points.'

'Third place: Li Shipeng.'

'Damage caused: 60,000 points.'

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'The player who dealt the final blow, "Chen Yi," will receive an additional reward package.'

'We hope you all enjoy the game.'

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The top damage dealer was undoubtedly Chen Yi, despite the two boys on the motorcycle causing a terrifying 120,000 damage in one hit.

But it was just a one-time thing.

Not like Chen Yi, who might only cause 30,000 damage at a time, but could do so consistently.

The second place, Han Yu, was the young man wielding a dagger.

With his sustained bleeding damage, he also caused a total of over 100,000 damage.

The third place was the boy on the motorcycle, with a full 60,000 damage.

The middle-aged man manipulating the crane to hook Cupid's crotch did not do low damage either, it just wasn't sustained; once his mechanical arm was cut off by Cupid's bowstring, he was somewhat out of commission.

And at that time.

Chen Yi had already vanished from the rooftop, appearing in an unoccupied underground chamber.

It wasn't that they knew which nearby residential building had an underground chamber.

But for some special reasons.

Most of the basements in this residential area had not been sold or rented out, the developer hadn't allocated them to tenants, so they remained empty.

They had become the secret bases of many children.