Chapter 186: Chain Reaction
The armored titan was racing at full speed, and a large number of scouting Corps members were chasing after it.
Su Xiao was standing on the armored titan's shoulder, holding a gun, and every now and then adjusted its angle and carefully controlled his breathing.
*Boom!*
The bullet flew out of the gun...
*Ding!*
There was a sharp sound of metal colliding.
No one fell this time.
After Su Xiao shot down more than a dozen members of the scouting corps, they all untied the UPM from their waist and positioned it in front of them, creating a very peculiar but effective shield for their upper body.
Although some of them still fell off the horse, at least they were still alive after being hit.
However, previously there were about 800 of them, and now there were only about 600.
Now, he couldn't kill the members of the intelligence corps so easily, but Su Xiao wasn't stupid. Just because he couldn't kill people, it didn't mean he couldn't kill horses.
If even one horse fell, a couple of Scouting Corps members would definitely be seriously injured, if not die.
Soon, Mike Zacharias stopped chasing them because his horse was killed and he suffered a serious leg injury..
After the armored titan ran for more than an hour, Su Xiao fired more than 200 bullets.
The gun in his hand was hot, and its durability was reduced by one-sixth.
Su Xiao's accuracy had obviously improved significantly. After all, hitting a horse was much easier than hitting a human.
*Boom-boom-boom!..*
After firing another six bullets, the gun spun several times in Su Xiao's hand.
His marksmanship was getting better and better.
Six bullets struck four horses, and their owners either fainted or died, but it didn't matter, because none of them continued the chase.
Falling off a horse in their current situation was a terrible event. Even if they weren't trampled to death by their comrades, they would still break at least a few bones.
Su Xiao started waiting for the bullets to recover, and Annie and the others were no longer nervous.
The scouting corps will definitely not be able to catch up with them now.
As long as they don't run into a forest or some city, the UPM will still be a pile of useless iron.
Two minutes later, the bullets were recovered, and Su Xiao fired another six shots. This time, three horses fell, but fortunately, one of the members of the reconnaissance corps had his head blown off.
Waiting again...
Su Xiao was feeling pretty good, while the intelligence corps was in a deplorable situation.
— It's not going to work, we have to find a way." He'd never been so angry before. If they were defeated in a head-on battle, he wouldn't have any objections, but they weren't even able to get close to them.
— Can we throw out the UPM? Then we'll speed up, " Petra Rahl suggested, but immediately vetoed her own suggestion. It was a very stupid suggestion. Dropping the UPM, even if they caught up with the enemy, how would they be able to fight the Titans?
— If the unit throws out the UPM and accelerates, we'll have a chance — " Hanji Zoe quickly made a choice.
— It won't work, " Levy said.
— Why? Hanji Zoe looked at Levi doubtfully.
— If the head was still alive, it would definitely work, but your order in our situation will create too many problems.
Hanji Zoe didn't want to admit it, but Levi was right.
The order to throw out the UPM and go straight to certain death... If she issued such an order, they would definitely run into trouble.
Hanji Zoe looked at Su Xiao with hatred. He deliberately killed their leader first.
The chase continued as before, and Su Xiao still fired six bullets every two minutes.
After two hours of chasing, approximately 500 people remained of the reconnaissance corps.
Su Xiao's accuracy became more and more good. He almost always hit four horses now.
After the gun generated new bullets, Su Xiao pointed the gun towards Hanji Zoe.
His earlier sense of uncertainty was gone. Su Xiao wasn't a marksman, but he now had basic shooting skills.
A strength of 21 points made his hand as hard as a rock, and 17 points of agility allowed him to see all their movements, while 17 points of intelligence along with a discerning heart allowed him to predict the movements of these people.
Now, if he had been on the shooting range, he would not have fired once past the target.
As for causing real damage with each shot, it was still a pipe dream for him.
After calming his breathing, he felt that even the butt of his gun had become extremely hot.
It could take a thousand shots, but this gun couldn't.
A light red bullet flew right over Hanji Zoe's hair.
Feeling a burning sensation, Hanji Zoe subconsciously ducked down.
Another shot rang out.
The bullet passed over the left side of Hanji Zoya's horse. It was a well-trained horse, and it didn't react when the ground suddenly exploded right next to it.
Third shot...
The bullet hit Hanji Zoya's UPM and her body immediately fell back, but she managed to hold her horse's belly tightly with her legs.
Fourth shot...
Blood started pouring out of Hanji Zoya's lower abdomen — a fist-sized bloody hole appeared in the lower part of her abdomen.
— Ah-ah-ah! Hanji Zoe screamed, but her legs were tightly gripping the horse's belly.
Fifth shot...
Hanji Zoe's horse screamed and faltered.
Hanji Zoe flew slightly forward, while her horse was a couple of meters away from her.
This caused a chain effect — more than half of the members of the intelligence corps pulled on the reins and stopped the chase..
Hanji Zoe, the temporary head of the corps, was badly injured.
However, this was just an excuse. Many did not want to continue being targeted, and many of them had already reached the brink.
They weren't afraid to fight titans, they weren't even afraid of death, but this kind of fighting where they couldn't even get close to their enemy took a big hit on morale.
The titan's pace didn't slow down at all, so many people already knew that they would die if they continued chasing them.
Of the initial 800 men, only about 300 were ready to continue the pursuit. 100.
It wasn't that the scouting Corps was weak. All the members of the Intelligence Corps worked day and night to push their skills to the limit. It was already an incredible feat for their horses to be able to maintain such a pace for such a long period of time.
The remaining 100 people began to hesitate, but continued their pursuit.
Now Levi is their last spiritual support.
Su Xiao also noticed Levi coming to the fore.
Smiling, he waited for the bullets to recover.
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