"Activate, Annihilation-Decomposer Mode!"
As Luca's words fell, the Dominator pistol in his hand rapidly expanded.
Azure particles continuously gathered, and a massive energy sphere rapidly contracted with a buzzing sound.
However, before he could truly unleash this high-energy particle sphere,
Inside the building, a large number of gang members, armed with firearms, charged out with ferocious expressions.
Dun Shan's expression immediately changed. He raised his gun and shouted loudly,
"Covering fire!"
"Da da da da —"
Dense gunfire continuously echoed all around, and golden-yellow bullet casings rained down onto the ground.
However, Kingpin's subordinates were, after all, just reckless gang members. How could they compare to true veterans like Dun Shan and his team, who had seen countless battles?
The situation instantly became a one-sided affair.
Screams rose and fell one after another, and four or five gang members fell backward instantly, some not even having managed to raise their guns.
However, Luca was the first to notice that many of the gang members inside the building had aimed their guns at White, who was pushing the cart.
Looking at the energy sphere that had finished accumulating in his hand, Luca immediately roared,
"White! Come back!"
"Okay!" (●—●)
As White flashed away from his original position, countless bullets from the gang's own members struck the Mercedes' windshield, creating spiderweb-like cracks.
However, the Mercedes itself was able to escape, stepping hard on the accelerator and rushing rapidly into the building.
At that moment, however, the Dominator in Luca's hand had already instantly fired a green light.
"Buzz —"
A cyan-blue high-energy particle beam instantly struck the ground behind the car's tail.
Previously, due to concern about affecting White, and because the Mercedes had kept its foot on the accelerator, its starting speed was extremely fast.
This resulted in Luca's shot failing to hit the car body.
However, even so,
At the point where the particle beam impacted the ground, azure and white light instantly surged, transforming in the blink of an eye into a giant, crackling energy sphere.
The Mercedes, which had only moved half a meter forward, had nearly a third of its body enveloped within this massive light sphere.
In just that instant,
The car's armor, which possessed VR7 level protection, was instantly melted and disintegrated, a section of it disappearing.
The entire rear half of the car, including most of the wheels, looked as if it had been gnawed by an invisible giant mouth, leaving only a row of neat cuts emitting a scorching red glow.
However, perhaps because the disintegration was too rapid, the car's body did not explode from such damage.
It merely relied on its previous inertia, rushing headlong into the building in front of it without stopping.
After successively knocking away several gang members, it crashed with a "boom" through a distant wall, then fell silent.
Seeing this, Luca nodded in satisfaction and re-holstered his Dominator.
Luca was able to calmly put away his gun for a few reasons.
Firstly, White had quickly come to his side, shielding him from any stray bullets that might threaten him.
Secondly, even though the firefight had just begun, the enemies who had rushed out of the building had already been dealt with by Dun Shan and the others.
Especially Hammerstone, the bald strongman standing beside Luca.
After giving up on shooting the bulletproof Mercedes, he directly turned his gun and began indiscriminately sweeping the direction of the warehouse building.
The rapidly spitting tongues of Fire were like the God of Death's scythe, turning everything in its path into a hornet's nest.
And while this guy was wildly sweeping, he kept laughing maniacally.
"Die! Die! You scumbags! Hahahahaha~~~ Taste Grandpa's hot big gun!"
However, even in this seemingly Frenzy state, Hammerstone's machine gun remained incredibly accurate and stable. He could even switch to burst fire between sweeps and quickly change magazines during attacks to ensure longer sustained firepower.
It wasn't until all 200 rounds in another ammunition belt box were emptied, and the empty chamber's "click" sound continuously echoed, that Hammerstone seemed to regain his sanity.
His expression suddenly stiffened, and he looked at the gun barrel, which was already somewhat red, scratching his bald head awkwardly.
"Uh, Luca, young master, I don't usually act like this..."
Luca, hiding behind White, saw this and his mouth twitched slightly a couple of times, not knowing what to say for a moment.
In fact, what Luca didn't know was that Hammerstone's current state wasn't his 'usual state.'
Today, because the battle was within the city and against a gang, he only used an M249 light machine gun.
In contrast, Hammerstone, when fighting on overseas battlefields as the squad's heavy gunner, typically used an XM556 micro-gun with an electrically driven tactical backpack ammunition box, which is commonly referred to as a handheld Gatling for suppressing fire.
In those situations, Hammerstone's laughter would be even louder, and his expression even more maniacal. It was indeed quite different from his state today.
Back to the main topic.
As all the enemies in front of them fell, the roaring gunfire finally ceased.
Bullet casings were scattered everywhere on the ground, the thick smell of gunpowder filled Luca's nostrils, the faint echoes of gunfire still lingered in his ears, and before him lay gang corpses riddled with bullet holes.
However, among these dead, Luca's true target for today was clearly absent.
"Longbow, Wrench! Did anyone escape from the building just now?" Dun Shan quickly asked his other two teammates over the comms.
"No." Longbow's calm voice was the first to reply.
Wrench's response was a bit slower, taking a few breaths before answering.
"I've been watching the screen here, and I didn't see anyone either."
However, Dun Shan, noticing Wrench's abnormality, immediately asked in return,
"Wrench, report your situation."
"There was a car, likely Kingpin's subordinate, that passed by my location. I've taken it out. But I think you guys need to speed up; the target might have other reinforcements arriving."
Wrench replied quickly.
Dun Shan didn't dwell on Wrench dealing with a car full of gang members, but as he had analyzed,
Kingpin was, after all, the overlord of Hells Kitchen, and they were attacking his stronghold. It was indeed possible that more of his subordinates could arrive as reinforcements at any moment.
If they didn't want to be surrounded by those people here, they had to speed up now.
Without any hesitation, Dun Shan's gaze immediately turned to Luca on the other side.
However, he didn't even need to remind him; Luca had already pressed his hand to the temple of his crime tracking glasses again, activating his thermal imaging.
'1, 2, 3, 4....'
His gaze quickly swept across. Kingpin was indeed still in a non-monitored room on the third floor, protected by his last few subordinates. Judging by the thickness of the defensive walls, it was highly likely that special reinforcement had been done.
'Preparing to hold out for reinforcements? No!'
"Watch out for grenades!!!"