"Hmm? An unexpected gain," Zhang Wei thought, a smile forming as he heard the system prompt in his mind. He hadn't expected to get a 'gift' on Xiao Xue's birthday.
However.
Zhang Wei didn't have time to dwell on it; his gaze fell upon the ghost leader.
At this moment.
Facing Zhang Wei's gun-fu, the ghost leader's expression grew increasingly grim. Although the battle between them was back and forth, with the clashes of gun-fu and the greatsword being highly watchable, the ghost leader couldn't find any joy.
The reason was simple.
While fighting Zhang Wei, Zhang Wei, in addition to engaging him, had also taken the opportunity to fire at the surrounding ghosts. The speed of each bullet fired was incomparable to ordinary bullets, and many ghosts were headshotted by Zhang Wei.
Bang!
A shot was fired.
Beside the headless ghost, a ghost's forehead erupted with blood, revealing a bullet hole that pierced through its brain from front to back. The ghost's body then crashed down. Similar scenes were continuously unfolding.
[Ding! Ghost Leader... Damn it, stop shooting, you motherfucker, stop!]
[Host gains System Points +520]
Seeing the headless ghost being shot and killed by Zhang Wei's surprise shot, dying with eyes wide open, its body, after falling, transformed into a silvery-white Western-style shield that hovered around Zhang Wei, protecting him from other ghost attacks.
The ghost leader could no longer maintain composure and roared:
"Zhang Wei!"
As soon as he spoke.
Zhang Wei looked over, somewhat surprised, and said in English:
"Huh? You know me?"
[Ding! The ghosts want to curse... Globally, who else could reach the Half-Step Town Guard level at your age? You're stating the obvious, aren't you?]
[Host gains System Points +3000]
Clearly.
As the battle continued, not only the fallen headless ghost and the ghost leader, but many other ghosts also recognized Zhang Wei's identity. After all, the country of thieves had never heard of such a young Half-Step Town Guard, except for Zhang Wei, who was currently an exchange student there.
At this moment.
The ghost leader shouted to his subordinates in Italian:
"Go, go kill his companions. As long as his companions are subdued, Zhang Wei will surely surrender."
Although Zhang Wei couldn't understand the language the ghost leader was speaking, he understood the intention from the direction of the leader's gaze towards Lu Lianxue and the others.
Instantly.
Zhang Wei said slowly:
"That's not right, is it? How can the performers attack the birthday star of the day?"
As the words fell.
Under the gaze of the ghost leader, he saw the first ten or so ghosts charging towards Lu Lianxue suddenly stop, then scream as their bodies exploded like fireworks, transforming into transparent walls that surrounded Lu Lianxue and the other two, forming a closed viewing platform.
"Holy crap, it can be like this?"
Zhang Chao stared wide-eyed at the transparent walls forming a viewing platform around him. He was about to intervene, as it was Lu Lianxue's birthday today, and if she got hurt, Zhang Wei would probably scold him to death.
Wunian clasped his hands together and said confidently:
"Amitabha, Zhang Chao, you worry too much. Since Zhang Wei prepared this birthday performance for Miss Lu Lianxue, he certainly wouldn't let anything happen to her."
In his words.
Wunian implied, "You still don't understand Zhang Wei enough."
Concurrently.
Although Lu Lianxue and the others were safe and didn't have to act, it didn't mean Zhang Wei wasn't angry. Today was a special performance he had prepared for Lu Lianxue, and the ghost leader had caused such a scene. Zhang Wei, unable to contain himself, lunged directly at the ghost leader.
This time.
Zhang Wei stopped shooting and strode directly towards the ghost leader. Along the way, he casually grabbed a ghost, turned it into a weapon, and hurled it at the ghost leader, as if walking through an empty space.
[Ding! The ghosts... Are we surrounding Zhang Wei, or is Zhang Wei surrounding us?]
[Host gains System Points +3100]
Faced with Zhang Wei forcibly turning ghosts into weapons, the ghosts were terrified and retreated, even distancing themselves from their companions, fearing that Zhang Wei would turn a companion into a weapon and kill them.
Thus.
Zhang Wei charged straight through, like a great dragon, breaking into the ghost crowd and reaching the ghost leader.
In response.
The ghost leader roared, unleashing his full power, and swung his blood-red greatsword at Zhang Wei.
However, this time.
The offensive was the most ferocious and terrifying, yet Zhang Wei didn't resist at all. He simply stood before it, letting the blood-red greatsword descend. Then, just a millimeter away from Zhang Wei's head, the blood-red greatsword stopped.
[Ding! The ghost leader's expression changed... Damn! What's going on? Slash it down!]
[Host gains System Points +530]
No matter how hard the ghost leader tried, the blood-red greatsword, as if possessing sentience, refused to strike its 'creator,' Zhang Wei, and broke free from the ghost leader's hand, turning back towards the ghost leader.
At the same time.
Zhang Wei's voice drifted over:
"You can't use my weapon to hit me."
As the words fell.
The blood-red greatsword seemed to understand Zhang Wei's words, like a berserk demon sword, it rioted in the ghost leader's hand, broke free from the ghost leader's grip, and turned to strike the ghost leader.
Simultaneously.
Zhang Wei's voice said leisurely:
"The performance must end."
As the sound finished.
Zhang Wei swept his gaze across all the ghosts present.
The next second.
A shocking scene unfolded. The remaining over two hundred ghosts all exploded, transforming into weapons of various kinds, turning the place into a display of a hundred weapons, with hundreds of weapons appearing.
Immediately after.
They all flew towards the ghost leader, a hundred weapons unleashed at once, a spectacular scene deeply imprinted in the eyes of Zhang Chao, Wunian, Lu Lianxue, and the ghost leader.
The ghost leader died.
Covered in weapons, he knelt on his knees. Before dying, he stared blankly at Zhang Wei:
[Ding! The ghost leader died with eyes wide open... I was killed by my own subordinates, wasn't I?]
[Host gains System Points +550]
Finally.
With a bang.
The ghost leader, impaled by weapons, fell to the ground and died with resentment.
At this moment.
Zhang Wei performed a Western-style half-bow gentleman's courtesy to Lu Lianxue, then grinned and showed a smile:
"The birthday performance is over, Xiao Xue, happy birthday."
As the words came out.
Lu Lianxue's beautiful face lit up with an enchanting smile:
"Thank you, Zhang Wei."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Wei dragged the ghost leader's corpse over and waved his hand, whispering into Lu Lianxue's ear:
"It's nothing. There's another performance at the hotel tonight. You can thank me properly then."
Lu Lianxue's face flushed upon hearing this. Just as she was about to lightly punch Zhang Wei, she remembered the elaborate performance he had prepared for her. She blinked her beautiful eyes and boldly replied:
"Okay, however you want me to thank you, I will. It's my birthday, and it shouldn't just be me happy, you should be happy too."
...