The sniper's timing was very good. It was the most critical moment for Xiao Yan's abnormal blood vessels to burst and reshape blood vessels.
All of Ding Ning's attention was focused on her. Even though his beast-like intuition made him feel the danger, he did not dare to let go of Xiao Yan to avoid the bullet. As long as he let go, his True Qi could not be maintained, and Xiao Yan would die.
What troubled him most was that the angle of the shot was extremely tricky. Even if he could tilt his head to avoid the bullet at the moment when the bullet approached, Xiao Yan's head would be blown up directly.
Should he avoid it or not? It was an extremely difficult choice for Ding Ning.
If he avoided it, Xiao Yan would definitely die. As long as she died, his troubles would come one after another!
If he did not avoid it, he did not know whether he would die or not. He was confident that even if an ordinary sniper bullet could penetrate the protective shield of the Vajra Charm, it would only hurt him a little.
But the problem was that if it was a special sniper bullet fired by an anti-material sniper rifle, the Vajra Charm would be useless. Even if he did not die, he would be seriously injured.
The enemy dared to risk universal condemnation and even used a sniper rifle at the foot of the emperor. It could be seen that they were determined to kill him.
This was the first sniper shot, but it would not be the last. Once he was seriously injured, he would be a lamb waiting to be slaughtered and would not have the strength to fight back.
Human beings were selfish. Was it worth to take the risk for Xiao Yan? Ding Ning hesitated for a thousandth of a second.
But soon he became determined and decided not to avoid it. He would gamble with his life.
After all, Xiao Yan was Xiao Nuo's cousin. She was an innocent person implicated by him. If he let her die here, he would not feel at ease for the rest of his life, and he did not know how to face Xiao Nuo.
The most important thing was that he felt that the probability of winning the gamble was very high.
China had the strictest gun management in the world. The possibility of a gunman using an anti-material sniper rifle was less than one in ten thousand. As long as it was not an armor-piercing bullet, his survival probability would be greatly increased.
All this happened in a split second. The moment Ding Ning made up his mind, he did not hesitate anymore. The Vajra Charm had been activated, and he was ready to take the shot head-on.
When the gunshot rang out, most of the people on the scene did not react. They looked around blankly and were still wondering what the sound was.
After all, Yan Jing was the political center of Shenzhou Country. Shooting in public was too far-fetched for them. That was something that could only happen in war-torn areas.
Therefore, even if some of the people in the crowd had military experience, or those who worked in the military and police heard that it sounded like gunshots, they didn't think about it at all.
The scene was still joyous and harmonious. The reporters did not realize that the person they were talking about could very well fall into a pool of blood in the next second.
In this short moment, there were no more than five people on the scene who could react that Ding Ning was being attacked and lend a helping hand in time.
Yan Tong, Jiang Wuhui, Green Bamboo, Director Duan, and Yagyuu Asamayu. Although Junior Sister Qingyun had great potential, her cultivation was still shallow, so she could not perceive the life-or-death crisis that Ding Ning was facing.
Even if she realized it, she could not do anything. After all, she had no friendship with Ding Ning.
As for Yan Tong and others, they had no reason to help Ding Ning block the bullet, and they even hoped that he would be shot in the head.
Although Director Duan was the deputy director of the Bureau of Religions, the fight between ordinary people was not within his jurisdiction. Moreover, in order to avoid getting into trouble, he watched the scene from a distance. Even if he wanted to intervene, he could not do so.
However, life was always full of drama. They took an indifferent attitude toward Ding Ning's life and death, but they cared a lot about the Ice Spirit Body that they were determined to get.
Therefore, when Yagyuu Asamayu stood in front of Ding Ning without hesitation, Yan Tong, Jiang Wuhui, and Green Bamboo were anxious at the same time.
"Get out of the way!"
Green Bamboo let out a clear shout. Suddenly, a dark green bamboo appeared in her hand. It transformed into a green shadow in the air, and swung towards the sniper bullet.
With a "clang" sound, Jiang Wuhui's sword intent swept across the sky, and a sword light cut through the sky like a waterfall, trying to block the bullet.
But no matter how good their aptitudes were and how fast they were, they were still in the Earth Martial Arts Realm. In a split second, if they wanted to block the fleeting sniper bullet, it was tantamount to a fool's dream. As expected, they all failed.
Yan Tong shouted and rushed to the front of Yagyuu Asamayu, his whole body emitting a faint spiritual light, but when he felt the threat brought to him by the sniper bullet, he hesitated.
Was it worth risking his life for an Ice Spirit Body? It was this moment of hesitation that made his movement pause for a thousandth of a second.
The speed of the sniper bullet was so fast that it was such an inconspicuous moment of hesitation that he brushed past the bullet and shot directly at Yagyuu Asamayu's chest.
Like an old hen protecting her chicks, Yagyuu Asamayu stood in front of Ding Ning and opened her arms. Her eyes were clear and peaceful, without sadness or joy. There was no distracting thought in her simple mind except for one thought, "Dad must not die."
If Ding Ning had some grudges because of Yagyuu Asamayu's identity as the black-robed man, at this moment, when he saw her block the bullet for him without hesitation, her dependence and obsession with him during this period of time flashed in his mind. Like a little girl who was afraid of being abandoned, she timidly pulled the corner of his clothes and hugged him every day to sleep peacefully …
Those scenes made him feel heart-wrenching pain. It turned out that she had entered his heart unconsciously and made him treat her as a younger sister or even a daughter.
This made his heart ache as if it had been bitten by a poisonous snake, and remorse constantly devoured his soul. He shouted hoarsely, "Money Bag, get out of the way!"
Unfortunately, everything was too late. Even if he gave up Xiao Yan at this moment, it was too late to save Yagyuu Asamayu.
He could already foresee the scene that Yagyuu Asamayu's chest would be pierced and she would fall in a pool of blood in the next moment.
The panic and heartache that he had never felt before made his eyes turn red in an instant, and he no longer cared about holding back. A ray of colorful light came out of his body like a dreamy rosy cloud.
"Clang!"
As soon as the flowing light came out, no one could compete with it, let alone a sniper bullet. The colorful light disappeared as soon as it touched the bullet, as if it had never appeared.
However, the fatal sniper bullet had already been cut in half and fell to the ground with a "thud". It no longer had the ability to take a person's life.
Time seemed to be frozen at this moment. Yagyuu Asamayu blinked her eyes in confusion and did not understand why she was safe and sound.
Yan Tong was dumbfounded, Jiang Wuhui was dumbfounded, Green Bamboo was also dumbfounded, and so was Director Duan.
Even though they had high cultivation, they only saw a dreamy ray of colorful light flash by, and the sniper bullet was cut into two pieces, eliminating the crisis of life and death, but they did not see clearly who did it.
This made them have an inconceivable idea. "Is there a senior in the God Martial Arts Realm or the Holy Martial Arts Realm hiding here, and he can't bear to see the Ice Spirit Body die, so he dauntlessly took action?"
The crisis was resolved, but the panic at the scene had just begun. When the onlookers found that a shooting had taken place under their noses, the whole scene was like a hornet's nest exploding.
"Murder, murder!"
People with poor psychological endurance let out shrill screams, and those with a little better psychological quality also began to run, wanting to stay away from this troublesome place.
No matter how lively it was, it was not as important as their own lives. The whole Shengzeyuan was in chaos, and people with their friends and friends were everywhere, screaming and fleeing in all directions.
Zhao Zifeng's face was as black as the bottom of a pot, and he staggered because of the rush of the crowd, but surprisingly, he did not get angry. He walked with the crowd in a daze, and there was a panic in his heart.
He roared wildly in his heart, "Jin Gang, f * ck you, I told you to tie up that guy at night, break his five limbs, and then take back my weakness, but I didn't ask you to kill him. But you f * cking did it. Not only did you use a sniper rifle in Shengzeyuan, but you also brought me great trouble. The most important thing is that you didn't f * cking kill that guy. F * ck, am I going to be killed by you?"
Shengzeyuan was the property of the Zhao Family, and he was the person in charge of Shengzeyuan. Since a shooting happened here, whether it had anything to do with him or not, he knew that he was in big trouble.
He slipped to a remote place with no people and kept calling Jin Gang's phone, but he couldn't get through. He was so angry that he cursed and smashed his mobile phone hard.
On the roof of Shengzeyuan, Director Duan appeared like a ghost. Looking at the Type-79 7.62mm sniper rifle left by the gunman in a hurry, he could not help frowning slightly. "This gunman is really cunning. He escaped thousands of miles away when he failed to hit the target."
However, this was not within the scope of his authority. He could only report it to other departments as a witness on the scene and let them deal with it. It was not a good thing to use a gun in Yan Jing.
The police came very quickly. Shengzeyuan was blocked layer by layer, and nearly 5,000 people on the scene were all taken back to the police station to make statements. As the person in charge of Shengzeyuan, Zhao Zifeng was also taken back for key questioning.
Before the police arrived, Ding Ning finally cured Xiao Yan. In addition to the excessive consumption of True Qi, the first use of Flowing Light also let him know that the divine weapon was not so easy to use. It almost drained all his spiritual force, making him look extremely dispirited and listless.
Mr. Jiang and other national masters of traditional Chinese medicine thought that he was too frightened, so they comforted him with gentle words and expressed great indignation at the gunman's assassination.
It had to be said that doctors were a group that was extremely easy to make friends. When a group of national doctors united, the energy they could exert was extremely terrifying.
Several national doctors even made a phone call to Zhongnanhai and directly asked to investigate the murderer. Even the big shots of the Central Agency were alarmed.
When the big shots of the Central Agency learned that Ding Ning, whom they had just met in the afternoon, was almost assassinated, they immediately became furious. They held an emergency meeting overnight and even extended it to the international level. They suspected that foreign forces were fishing in troubled waters and wanted to take the opportunity to destroy the inventor of the Rice Bean Oral Solution.
After a short meeting, the big shots made a decision immediately and ordered the establishment of a special investigation team to strictly investigate the origin of the gun, the origin of the gunman, the culprit behind the scenes, and the truth behind the shooting. No matter who was involved, they would be severely punished without any tolerance.
The whole Yan Jing was in a state of panic. A large number of armed military and police officers poured into the streets. There was a sentry every few steps, and they strictly investigated every suspicious person. The scale of martial law was comparable to that during the Olympic Garden Games.
This was only on the surface. The National Security Bureau also handled the case overnight, retrieved every surveillance video before and after the crime, and investigated the suspicious people involved in the case.
Unidentified plainclothes people frequently went in and out of every street and alley near Shengzeyuan, carefully looking for clues.
Ding Ning returned to his residence in Yan Jing Hotel under the personal escort of Luo Zhicheng. The scale of security was comparable to that of a head of state traveling.
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