The golden light slowly receded like the ebbing tide, revealing its true appearance underneath.

In the center of the clearing, a Barrett quietly lay.

The gun body seemed to be forged from the purest sun, presenting a heavy yet restrained dark golden color throughout.

The smooth lines extended all the way from the stock to the muzzle, filled with an interwoven aesthetic of power and violence.

On the gun body, it was not smooth, but carved with countless intricate and ancient patterns.

Those patterns flowed slowly under the dim light like living things, as if recounting epic tales of forgotten wars.

The huge muzzle brake presented a ferocious fangs-like shape, and most eye-catching of all, on the lengthened and thickened barrel, two archaic seal script characters were engraved.

Twilight.

Just by taking a single glance, Li Gang's breathing completely stagnated.

His heart beat wildly out of control, as if it wanted to break free from his chest.

Legendary-grade?

This aura… This heaviness that seemed capable of crushing the soul…

Could it be, truly legendary-grade?

He took a step forward, his body trembling slightly from extreme excitement, approaching slowly step by step.

When he walked close, the attribute panel of that golden Barrett finally clearly emerged in his mind.

【Twilight Judgment】

【Quality: Legendary】

【Level: LV40】

"Hiss—!"

Li Gang couldn't help but gasp a breath of cold air.

It really is legendary-grade!

And it's a level-40 legendary-grade weapon!

This is simply outrageous!

It's not like he hadn't seen legendary-grade equipment before.

But those legendary-grade equipments were either swords or armors.

A legendary-grade weapon modeled after a sniper rifle, let alone seeing one, he had never even heard of it!

If there weren't outsiders around, he would be eager to give himself two hard slaps in the face right now to verify whether he was dreaming.

He cautiously squatted down, extended his hands covered in calluses and scars, and gently stroked the cold gun body.

That heavy texture, that perfect touch, that magical feeling as if resonating with his soul…

At this moment, Li Gang's eyes were filled with burning fervor.

It was like seeing a long-lost lover from his dreams.

Compared to it, the Epic-grade "Dragon-head Heavy Sniper" that had accompanied him for nearly a decade suddenly didn't smell as sweet anymore.

Li Gang swallowed hard, still somewhat in disbelief as he raised his head and looked toward Lin Wei.

"Are you sure… Master Ou Yezi, asked you to give a legendary-grade equipment… to me?"

Lin Wei's face always maintained that calm and elegant smile.

She nodded gently, her voice affirmative.

"Master Ou Yezi said, as long as Minister Li can successfully lead people to defend Donghai City, this 【Twilight Judgment】 will be yours."

Boom!

Li Gang only felt a surge of hot blood rush straight from the soles of his feet to his crown!

His whole body trembled, and an unnatural flush instantly surged onto his face, which was always filled with exhaustion and heaviness.

All previous exhaustion, all despair, at this moment, vanished completely!

"In that case! I, Li Gang, shall not decline!"

Without a shred of hesitation, he scooped 【Twilight Judgment】 up from the ground and into his arms, his movements as gentle as if he were embracing a newborn infant.

That treasuring look was for fear that Lin Wei would suddenly go back on her word.

He paused, raised his head, and within those usually steady tiger-like eyes, an unprecedented brilliance flickered.

"However, I, Li Gang, do not like owing others favors, nor do I have the habit of taking other people's things for free."

"You go back and tell Master Ou Yezi."

"If Donghai City can truly be defended, and I, Li Gang, am still alive."

"In the future, as long as he has any requests, provided they do not violate military regulations, I, Li Gang, will not shrink from anything!"

Lin Wei nodded again, indicating that she would definitely convey the message.

"Hahahaha!"

Li Gang let out a hearty and uninhibited laugh.

He abruptly stood up, hoisted the heavy 【Twilight Judgment】 onto his shoulder, and turned to walk towards the soldiers who had just been summoned.

Looking around, there were less than a hundred people.

Almost everyone was injured and looked disheveled.

But when they saw the terrifying heavy sniper emitting brilliant golden light on Li Gang's shoulder, a spark of hope reignited in those dim eyes.

Li Gang didn't have any superfluous nonsense.

He just slammed the heavy sniper in his hand heavily onto the ground!

"All of you fucking pull yourselves together!"

"The West Gate is in critical danger! That Hell-level beast is still on a rampage there!"

"Brothers! Follow me!"

"Yes!"

…

Meanwhile, at the West Gate.

Above the ruins, the battle between Yasuo, Xiang Yu, and the Rock Spirit Giant Serpent was still continuing.

Facing the siege of two SS-Rank Experts, this arrogant Hell-level BOSS fought with extreme grievance.

Especially the burly man who came out later; he was simply a stinky, hard piece of tough meat.

After several rounds of attacks, they finally managed to beat his outrageously long health bar to below half.

As a result, the lower the opponent's health, the higher the armor.

And it fucking kept regenerating health.

That health line was exceptionally stubborn and simply wouldn't go down.

From time to time, it would also give you a damage rebound, making the Rock Spirit Giant Serpent itself feel terrified while fighting.

The most crucial thing was that whenever it wanted to burrow into the ground to temporarily avoid their sharp edge,

that burly man would either roar it out with a single shout or rush right over and forcefully pull it out from the ground.

Seeing its health getting lower and lower, about to drop below half,

a trace of craftiness flashed within the Rock Spirit Giant Serpent's pale green vertical pupils.

It suddenly opened its bloody maw, spitting out a large swath of thick black smoke, instantly shrouding an area of several hundred meters in radius.

"Using this trick again?"

Inside the smoke, Xiang Yu let out a cold snort.

Relying on his sharp perception, without a moment of hesitation, he took a stride forward, and his huge palm precisely grabbed the pitch-black snake tail that was rapidly sinking once again.

"Get out… here!"

The muscles on Xiang Yu's arms bulged fiercely, and with a furious roar, he wanted to repeat his old trick and pull this slippery rotten snake out from the ground once more.

However, this time, the tactile sensation coming from his hands made him slightly stunned.

It was slippery.

Slippery to an abnormal degree.

Before he could even react,

"Puchi—!"

with a soft sound,

he only felt his hand grow light.

That Rock Spirit Giant Serpent had actually forcefully detached itself from that hard layer of snake skin, successfully burrowing deep into the underground like a cicada shedding its shell!

And in Xiang Yu's hands, only a huge snake skin tens of meters long, still radiating residual warmth, remained.

Zhou Huai's consciousness transferred over to Yasuo.

Looking at that huge snake skin, there was not the slightest surprise on his face.

Sure enough.

This Rock Spirit Giant Serpent was as slippery as a loach.

Even with two SS-Rank Experts joining forces, wanting to completely resolve it was by no means an easy task.

Right at this moment,

several members wearing the exclusive trench coats of the Evernight Guild appeared at the edge of the battlefield.

In their hands, each carried a weapon emitting brilliant light.

One was a slender tachi with an archaic design and lightning currents flowing over the blade.

On the other side was a pitch-black giant shield as heavy as a mountain, engraved with a ferocious beast head.

They came close, collectively kneeling on one knee, raising the weapons in their hands high above their heads.

"Lord! The weapons have arrived!"

Zhou Huai didn't even look.

He merely manipulated Yasuo to summon with a single hand.

"Hum—!"

Under the traction of the electric arc, that tachi and giant shield abruptly soared into the air!

Transforming into two streaks of light, they tore through the pervading dust and smoke, landing precisely in the hands of Yasuo and Xiang Yu.

These were precisely the level-40 legendary-quality weapons that had just been forged by Ou Yezi.

Upon taking the weapons in hand, they even carried a bit of scalding heat from just coming out of the forge.

Feeling the terrifying power coming from the blade that seemed capable of resonating with the soul, a cold arc hooked up at the corner of Zhou Huai's mouth.

Now that the weapons were also in hand,

it was also time to begin his plan.

He manipulated Yasuo, his figure turning into a dazzling golden lightning bolt, quickly leaving this battlefield without a shred of lingering attachment.

As for that Rock Spirit Giant Serpent that had just escaped underground…

leave it to the thick-skinned Xiang Yu to slowly torture each other with it.

Tonight, he was going to use Yasuo, to slay a Dragon!