NABC Chapter 55 Drumbeats
Chapter 55 Drumbeats
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Gunfire erupted again, and the gunfight intensified.
A figure approached the dock and quickly fell. Then another person stepped forward to take over and continue the assault.
A phrase popped into Yang Jian's mind: fearless and undaunted.
The battlefield was relatively favorable for them. Many of their men had fallen, but even more of the Divine Symbol Society members had fallen at the docks, and fewer and fewer of them were still able to hold their ground. The scales of victory were tipping in their favor.
Yang Jian pointed his gun at the thatched hut area, ready to fire as soon as anyone rushed out.
Those who rush out at such times are unlikely to be innocent.
The red clothes those people were wearing were the symbol of the Divine Symbol Society.
"The fact that the Divine Symbol Society attaches so much importance to the dock area suggests they might have a backup plan. I need to be more careful."
The situation is currently very favorable, but Yang Jian is not careless.
As a support staff member in the rear, he naturally had to take this potential danger into account. When the people at the front were unable to deal with it, it was his turn to step in!
The gunfire intensified, and people dressed in red occasionally rushed out from the thatched hut area, trying to move towards the dock to provide support.
These people did not have firearms; they were mostly armed with melee weapons.
Upon seeing this, Yang Jian and his men opened fire from a distance without mercy.
At this critical stage of the battle, any oversight could affect the outcome.
"Thump! Thump! Thump!"
Just then, a peculiar drumbeat suddenly rang out.
The rhythm of the sound was sometimes fast and sometimes slow. At first, I didn't notice anything and thought it was war drums.
However, Yang Jian soon realized something was wrong; his heartbeat was beating in sync with the drumbeats!
"There's something wrong with this drumbeat. Don't follow the rhythm and disrupt your breathing."
"Just take a few deep breaths!"
Yang Jian shouted loudly.
The instant his heartbeat changed, he could foresee the consequences of the drumbeat quickening.
The human heart has a limited capacity; once the heart rate reaches a certain level, that is the limit of the human body.
Martial arts practitioners have a relatively stronger ability to withstand stress, and those who cultivate their internal organs are even more powerful, but there is still an upper limit.
The eerie drumbeat before us is designed to subtly influence those who hear it, causing their hearts to race beyond their physical limits and leading to their death.
Breaking this rhythm is not complicated.
A person's heartbeat rhythm is also affected by breathing; if breathing is disrupted, the heartbeat will also change.
After considering these points and finding the method effective, Yang Jian directly offered his advice.
Upon hearing Yang Jian's reminder, those who were feeling unwell quickly took deep breaths to adjust, and the discomfort soon disappeared!
But the drumming continued in the distance, without stopping.
After hearing the drumbeats for just a short while, the person will be affected again.
Upon seeing this, those who were launching a fierce attack had no choice but to stop their assault and take deep breaths to change their breathing rhythm.
On the dock, the members of the Divine Symbol Society were completely unaffected; instead, they took the opportunity to fire back.
"This method is somewhat similar to that of the woman in red who escaped last time."
"This drumming sound is too eerie. We need to find the person who made it and take care of them first."
"Otherwise, the situation might be reversed."
Yang Jian calmed himself down and began searching for the source of the sound.
Unlike the bell last time, this time the drumbeats seemed to come from all directions, deceiving the listener and making it difficult to find the source of the sound.
The drumbeats grew louder and louder, making one's heart race and making it difficult to calm down.
Yang Jian took a deep breath and adjusted his breathing rhythm.
"We can't judge by hearing; we should judge by the feeling of vibration."
"With such a loud drumbeat, the person couldn't be too far away; they can't be in the thatched hut area."
"It's even less likely from my location. The sound vibrations are different, and I can sense it immediately from my side."
"The area here is open and there aren't many places to hide."
"And then there are the boats on the dock."
As Yang Jian pondered, his gaze quickly swept across these possible locations.
He quickly identified his target.
On the Meijiang River, the positions of the moored boats are clearly visible.
The vibrations were more pronounced on those ships; that was the true source of the sound.
"Location confirmed!"
He moved swiftly, already carrying his gun and heading out.
Given the current situation, he had to deal with the person who made the drum noise first, otherwise Jiang Lang and the others wouldn't be able to hold out for long.
Jiang Lang and the others were weaker in martial arts than Yang Jian, so they couldn't possibly last long.
Yang Jian could feel that the effect of the second deep breath was not as good as the first, and his heartbeat was clearly affected further.
If you repeat this several times, deep breathing will lose its effectiveness!
Yang Jian stepped forward sideways, dodging the gunmen of the Divine Talisman Society, and quickly arrived at the side of the dock. He saw a red figure inside a ship beating a large drum with a special rhythm, and red mist was rising from her body, making her look even more eerie.
"It really was her."
"The closer you are, the greater the impact; this method is quite bizarre."
"No, we have to break that weird drum of hers first, we can't let her keep playing it."
As Yang Jian approached, he felt his heartbeat being further affected.
Jiang Lang and his men who attacked the dock were also in a bad situation. On the contrary, the people from the Divine Talisman Society took the opportunity to make a move and try to reverse the situation.
"Star-Splitter Gun, fire!"
Yang Jian held up a silver spear in his right hand, his killing intent surging, the spear tip pointing directly at the drum.
With a forceful stomp of the toes and a burst of power from the waist, the ball is thrown directly into the hand.
The waist and stance are unified, a means of unleashing the full power of the body.
He used the killing move from "Star Gun" as a throwing attack.
The moment Yang Jian threw his spear, the stone slab beneath his feet was crushed to pieces.
"Smash it for me!"
The moment the spear left his hand, a sound of air being cut rang out.
"middle!"
Yang Jian raised his rifle, aiming it at the large drum.
To prevent the woman in red from using other methods, he targeted the drum first.
Because of this distance, the woman in red still had room to hide, but the drum did not.
Since we're going to take action, the goal must be clear, and it must be effective.
Between the woman in red and the big drum, destroying the big drum is relatively easy, so this is the primary objective.
Otherwise, if the goal is to kill the woman in red, it will all be for naught.
"Quickly, someone stop that spear! Don't let it destroy the drum!"
Hongfu Nu Yu Yi naturally noticed Yang Jian's situation, but she did not stop what she was doing.
The drumbeats need to be continuous to be effective; otherwise, if they are interrupted, they have to start over, which is very harmful to her.
To produce that drumbeat again would require a much greater price, and the effect would be greatly weakened; it would be impossible to achieve the same effect as it does now!
Once the human body adapts to this sound, it will develop resistance, and the effect will not be as good!