Chapter 140 Triggering the Stun Effect

Holy shit!
Chen Yun was utterly shocked upon hearing this: an SSS-rank quest!
In games, quests were categorized by difficulty, and the higher the difficulty, the higher the rank. In the vast majority of games, the ultimate difficulty level was SSS-rank!
Damn it, last time I almost kicked the bucket on an A-rank quest, and this time things are even more ruthless—a top-tier one pops right up. System, are you fucking messing with me?
Chen Yun glanced at the quest prompt, and his face turned as green as grass.
"SSS-rank Chain Quest - Annihilate the Reaper Guild. Phase One - Eliminate the Invading Assassins: Kill all invading Reaper Guild assassins and lackeys. Rewards will be calculated based on quest completion."
Oh my god, it's even a chain quest! Do you have to be this savage? System, I literally just called you brain-dead and easily gullible—did you really have to treat me like this? What good would it do you if I die?
"Who are you?!" Wang Hong stood up, slammed his desk, and demanded, "Are the security guards outside all dead?"
"Hehe, are you referring to that bunch of all-show-no-substance trash outside? Sorry, I just sent them to heaven," the masked man walked in, brandishing a still-dripping dagger.
"You..." Wang Hong drew a sharp breath. "You killed them all?"
"Of course," the masked man sauntered over and said, "Not just them; tonight, everyone in this place is going to die."
The members of the Wang family present instantly turned pale. This... this was the rhythm of a total massacre!
"It was Wang Lihong who sent you, wasn't it?" Hearing this, Wang Hong composed himself and asked.
"Wang Lihong? Heh, he doesn't even have the qualifications to command people from the Reaper Guild," the masked man sneered. "It's just that we saw you still have some wealth and wanted to make a little extra cash."
"Hmph, so it's the Reaper Guild," Jiang Shan glared. "This is the Tianlong Empire; we won't allow you to run wild here! Do you believe that I can notify the imperial authorities right now and wipe all of you out in one sweep?"
"Do you think I'll give you the chance to notify anyone?" The masked assassin stepped forward and said, "I'm terribly sorry, but I won't give you that chance!"
"What? You mean to tell me you're going to kill even me? Do you have any idea who I am?"

"How could I not know? You're Jiang Shan, the grandson of Grand Marshal Jiang. There are plenty of people in the empire who are dying to see you dead. After tonight, there will be no more Jiang Shan! Attack!" The moment he finished speaking, the masked assassin brandished his dagger and lunged straight at Jiang Shan, the martial artist whose combat power was second only to his own at the Tier 5 level!
"Uncle Jiang, watch out!" Chen Yun cried out in alarm, instantly drawing the Ultimate-Kill Pistol and firing a shot right at the masked assassin. Unfortunately, the assassin had anticipated this; the split second Chen Yun drew his gun, he dodged out of the way. However, the three lackeys behind him weren't nearly as lucky—they were blasted into absolute fragments by the Ultimate-Kill bullet, which boasted 9999 attack power and a 100% chance to trigger a 5x critical hit!
Such terrifying speed! Chen Yun's eyes narrowed as he fired another shot. Once again, it was evaded, and the immense destructive power of the Ultimate-Kill bullet blasted a massive hole straight through the hall's wall!
Damn it all! Chen Yun was furious. Both of his precious Ultimate-Kill bullets had been wasted. Seeing that there were only three bullets left in the Ultimate-Kill gun, he hesitated for a moment and put it away, then pulled a vintage brick-sized mobile phone out of his pocket.
Damn it, so your speed is fast? So I can't hit you, huh? Come on, let's see whether the system-produced throwing skill with auto-targeting and tracking functions is more powerful, or your dodging skills.
"Throw!" Chen Yun tossed the mobile phone high into the air and silently chanted the command in his mind.
The phone in mid-air instantly zoomed toward the masked assassin's forehead.
Watching the incoming phone, the masked assassin paused for a fraction of a second, then wanted to laugh. Even bullets can't hit me, and you think you can hit me with this piece of junk? Are you kidding me?
The assassin calculated the trajectory, tilted his head slightly, and let the phone brush past the edge of his head.
"Kid, have you lost your mind? This piece of trash isn't going to—whoa, ouch!" The masked assassin mocked Chen Yun, but before he could finish his sentence, the back of his head took a heavy blow. The next second, a swirling vortex icon appeared right above the masked assassin's head, accompanied by the bold characters: "Stunned!"
Chen Yun was overjoyed at the sight—the stun effect of the throwing skill had been successfully triggered!
The masked assassin immediately began to sway unsteadily, acting as if he had chugged five kilograms of high-potency liquor, unable to even stand straight.
Jiang Shan, who was currently parrying the masked assassin's onslaught, was stunned. What on earth was going on? Why did this assassin suddenly become full of openings and sway around like that? Could he be charging up some ultimate technique?
Thinking of this, Jiang Shan mustered twelve-tenths of his mental focus to guard against this "ultimate technique."
Seeing that Uncle Jiang wasn't attacking, Chen Yun grew anxious. The stun effect would only last for three seconds; trying to trigger it again after those three seconds would be immensely difficult, considering the throwing skill only had a 1% chance to induce a stun.
"Uncle Jiang, hurry up and attack! He's stunned by me!" Chen Yun shouted at the top of his lungs.
"Stunned?" Jiang Shan was baffled, but trusting Chen Yun's words nonetheless, he lunged forward, channeling his cultivation qi to unleash a rapid barrage of consecutive strikes. Watching the hundreds-of-damage numbers pop up continuously over the masked man's head, alongside his rapidly plummeting health bar, Chen Yun finally witnessed the true terror of a cultivator.

A martial artist who had converted all their cultivation power into cultivation qi, completely transcending the mortal realm and capable of initially utilizing cultivation qi for body protection and combat, was a Tier 5 cultivator.
They said that beneath Tier 5, all were mere ants, and that statement was entirely accurate. Tier 4 cultivators had initial access to cultivation qi, but couldn't actively deploy it; at most, it slightly enhanced their physical damage resistance, putting their strength on par with Bruce Lee at best.
A Tier 5 cultivator, however, belonged to an entirely different realm—akin to a martial arts master possessing inner energy, roughly equal in strength to the Seven Heroes of Wudang.
A Tier 6 cultivator was even more extraordinary, capable of fighting to a standstill with Nie Feng and Bu Jingyun from The Storm Riders.
A Tier 7 cultivator reached the level of a demonized Lord Conqueror (Xiongba).
Beyond Tier 8 lay the level of the Wine Sword Immortal.
Tier 9 reached the level of Li Xiaoyao.
As for a Tier 10 cultivator... they were stronger than the Moon-Worship Leader, not weaker.
Currently, Chen Yun's own strength hovered between Tier 2 and Tier 3; factoring in the bonuses from the Gun God profession, he could barely manage to fight a Tier 4 cultivator. Of course, if one factored in his mount, the Skysapce Combat Vehicle, provided the Tier 9 cultivator didn't deploy an ultimate technique to blow up the mount, he could exchange a few blows with them before running for his life as far as possible.
When experts fight, victory or defeat is decided in a fraction of a second, let alone a lengthy duration of three full seconds. In the blink of an eye, the masked assassin was beaten down to less than 1/6th of his health. Seizing the opportunity, Chen Yun drew the Power Gun, activated the elemental bullet state, and delivered a definitive headshot straight to the masked assassin's forehead: -4210!
"Player Chen Yun has killed Level 37 Reaper Guild ordinary assassin Author-Too-Lazy-To-Name-15, gaining 30,000 experience points and 200 gold coins."
Hearing this, Chen Yun felt thoroughly depressed. Good grief, after expending so much effort and wasting two of my precious Ultimate-Kill bullets, the assassin turned out to be nothing more than a trash mob? How ridiculously overpowered must a boss monster be then?
"Old Wang, I remember you saying there is a secret passage in your house. Quickly take your people and escape through the secret passage! Chen Yun and I will hold off the people outside for a bit. Hurry up and call the police!" Jiang Shan shouted as he struck a lackey flying with a single palm strike.
"Alright, then you two be careful! Everyone, follow me to the secret passage!" Old Wang said through gritted teeth.
"A secret passage? You aren't going anywhere!" Another eerie voice echoed from the entrance.