"Armstrong Spiral Acceleration Jet Armstrong Cannon?"
Although the name was quite a mouthful, Ning Rongrong still repeated it in full, word for word.
Now it was Su Xiaoqi's turn to be shocked. He had previously asked Zhu Zhuqing to read this name aloud in front of him once, but she would either leave out the "Spiral" in the middle, or miss the "Acceleration" part.
"Could it be… Ning Rongrong is actually a stand-up comedian whose career got delayed by becoming a soul master?"
Su Xiaoqi decided to test her with a few more jokes in the future, but right now, the most important thing was to give Dai Mubai across from them a good blast.
He handed a lighter to Ning Rongrong, taught her how to use it, and then said,
"Rongrong, wait for my signal. When I tell you to fire, *then* you fire."
Although Su Xiaoqi also felt that lighting a cannon with a lighter was a bit absurd, Sakata Gintoki had sworn up and down to him that in *their* world, the Armstrong Spiral Acceleration Jet Armstrong Cannon was operated exactly this way.
Ning Rongrong nodded excitedly, then walked to the ignition mechanism, took a deep breath, and waited for Su Xiaoqi's order.
Su Xiaoqi began adjusting the cannon's aim. According to Sakata Gintoki, the *real* Armstrong Spiral Acceleration Jet Armstrong Cannon could blow up a house as easily as drinking water and peeing, and its effective range was about 3,000 meters.
Originally, Su Xiaoqi wanted to use the firearms from his own world—after all, everyone knew how reliable Sakata Gintoki's stuff *really* was.
But in the end, he couldn't resist the guy's enthusiasm, and with his firm promise that "nothing will go wrong," Su Xiaoqi decided to trust him just this once.
The four people from Shrek Academy had already entered the firing range. Zhao Wuji and Dai Mubai walked in front, while Oscar and Ma Hongjun followed behind.
To improve the hit rate, Su Xiaoqi decided to wait until they came a little closer before telling Ning Rongrong to fire.
It didn't take long before Su Xiaoqi saw Ma Hongjun suddenly clutch his stomach and walk into the nearby forest. Shortly after, Oscar followed.
"Rongrong, now! Fire!"
Hearing the order, Ning Rongrong, a bit nervous, pressed the lighter button. Perhaps due to the nerves, she pressed it three times before finally producing a flame that lit the fuse.
The fuse was indeed lit, but…
After waiting a long while without hearing anything, Ning Rongrong couldn't help but ask,
"Su Xiaoqi, why isn't it reacting? This isn't like what you just said."
"Damn that white-haired guy. I never should have trusted him."
Su Xiaoqi was furious inside. He wanted to find that damn white-haired man right now and ask him what he meant by "as easy as drinking water and peeing." This thing was more like having a completely blocked urethra—you couldn't fire anything at all, so what damn power was there to speak of?
Fortunately, Su Xiaoqi had prepared a backup plan. Just as he was about to pull a sniper rifle out of the chat group's red packet, the Armstrong Spiral Acceleration Jet Armstrong Cannon suddenly fired without any warning.
"Whoa!"
"Ow!"
Completely unprepared, Su Xiaoqi and Ning Rongrong were knocked to the ground by the recoil when the cannon fired.
On the other side, Zhao Wuji and Dai Mubai, who also heard the deafening sound, saw something hurtling toward them at high speed.
"Mubai, watch out!"
Zhao Wuji pushed Dai Mubai aside, then immediately activated his Martial Soul True Body, swinging his bear paw toward the incoming object.
**Boom—**
The moment Zhao Wuji's bear paw touched the shell, a massive explosion echoed through the forest. Flames shot up into the sky, illuminating the pitch-black night.
Su Xiaoqi, with Ning Rongrong lying on top of him, urged her,
"Rongrong, get off me, let me see what happened."
"Oh… okay." Ning Rongrong reluctantly got up. That sensation just now… actually felt rather nice.
However, when the two of them stood up and looked at the sea of fire ahead, their mouths formed identical "O" shapes.
Su Xiaoqi felt he'd been scammed by Sakata Gintoki again. This… was *supposed* to be the power to blow up just one house?
Ning Rongrong, on the other hand, was awestruck by the power of the Armstrong Spiral Acceleration Jet Armstrong Cannon. Suddenly, her pistol no longer seemed appealing—she wanted a cannon.
As she imagined showing off a cannon in front of her father in the future, Su Xiaoqi's voice interrupted her thoughts:
"We can't see clearly from here. Let's go around and check from the front."
Before leaving, Su Xiaoqi fired a ki blast at the Armstrong Spiral Acceleration Jet Armstrong Cannon, blowing it to pieces. This jam-prone piece of junk—he'd never use it again.
"No!" Ning Rongrong let out a heart-wrenching scream as she looked at the shattered remains on the ground. Her Armstrong Spiral Acceleration Jet Armstrong Cannon… was gone.
Seeing her crouching and picking up the broken pieces, Su Xiaoqi said irritably,
"What are you doing? If you don't leave, I'm going without you."
Ning Rongrong threw the shards aside and stomped over to him, fuming,
"Su Xiaoqi, I hate you. I'm going to tell Zhuqing on you later."
"What's with this girl now?" Su Xiaoqi thought helplessly, watching her walk ahead.
As they approached the blast site, they heard groans coming from within the sea of fire.
"Dai Mubai's still alive after that? You've got to be kidding me."
While Su Xiaoqi was wondering how to finish him off, three figures emerged from the flames.
"Holy crap, that's Dai Mubai? And those severed limbs in Ma Hongjun's hands—are they Zhao Wuji's?"
Beside him, Ning Rongrong, seeing this scene, immediately threw up. The gore before her was so extreme that even the time Bu Le was riddled with bullets seemed tame in comparison.
Looking at the current Dai Mubai, Su Xiaoqi thought maybe letting him live wasn't a bad idea. His golden hair was completely gone, half his face was destroyed, much of his body was badly burned, and he only had one arm left.
As for Zhao Wuji?
Judging from the way Oscar and Ma Hongjun were bawling, all that remained of him in this world were one arm and two short legs.
Su Xiaoqi sent Zhu Zhuqing a message, telling her the matter was settled and to come meet up. Then he looked at Ning Rongrong and said,
"Done puking? If you're done, let's go find Zhuqing—the real show's about to start over there."
Ning Rongrong snapped,
"Su Xiaoqi, can't you show me a bit of tenderness? I—ugh!"
Seeing her miserable state, Su Xiaoqi patted her back kindly, then handed her a bottle of water.
"Since you're so pitiful, next time I'll give you another cannon to play with."