Betrayal

Outside the valley shrouded by the Radiant Barrier, Li Zhenguo and the other Xia Kingdom players continued attacking with all their might, making the barrier shake ever more violently.

Suddenly, as Li Zhenguo swung the Han sword in his hand, he sensed an unknown force touch the edge of his mind. Alarm bells immediately rang within him, but an instant later, this unexpected presence left a spoken message in his mind before vanishing without a trace.

"Be careful! Other players are..."

What? Foreign players are going to surround and attack us? Aren't they afraid of the punishment instance? And who was that person who just warned me?

As the captain who currently represented the Xia Kingdom team, and a young man with a higher education, Li Zhenguo had a standard command of foreign languages. He easily understood the voice message left by the unknown presence: their Xia Kingdom team was now surrounded by other Earthstar players.

The warning had admittedly caught Li Zhenguo off guard at this critical moment. He was busy rescuing Wang Zhifan from the barrier and had no time to analyze what had just happened. Still, his responsibility as captain made him take precautions. Whether the information was true or false, he quietly sent a message to Gu Xingchen behind him.

His longtime partner Gu Xingchen reacted quickly. While maintaining his offensive spells, he discreetly used a covert spell to scan their surroundings. Sure enough, he detected unusual movements and hurriedly relayed his findings to Li Zhenguo at the front.

This convinced Li Zhenguo that the mysterious person's warning was most likely genuine. Realizing they had probably fallen into a dangerous situation, he had no choice but to devise a response.

"Captain, what do we do now?"

Through their mental channel, Gu Xingchen asked Li Zhenguo to