A battle was about to erupt in front of Bay City's main gate. The nine Violators opposite them were no pushovers either. Realizing they could not avoid a fight, they took the initiative and prepared to meet the enemy.
The nine had all been capable of entering Bay City to explore, so none of them were easy prey. They kept their distance from one another, as most Violators were accustomed to acting alone. Their visit to the World of Treeborn was an extremely rare exception.
The melee fighters stood at the front, while the ranged fighters stayed behind. Even a barely coordinated team would arrange itself this way. Among the nine, the bald Strong Man and the ponytailed woman were melee fighters, while a short, hunched man made several backward leaps and hid behind the others.
The others were already used to the hunched man's sneaky behavior. He had acted the same way inside Bay City. What they failed to notice was that there was something strange in his eyes now.
The hunched man leaped behind the group, both hands slipping beneath his cloak. He looked as though he were standing with his hands behind his back.
Ding~
A crisp sound came from the pull ring. The few people facing away from him paid it no attention. Inside Bay City, they had all witnessed the hunched man's "compressed bombs." Hearing the pin being pulled, they assumed he was about to throw several of them at the enemy. But two seconds passed, and no "compressed bomb" came from behind them. They immediately realized something was wrong.
Boom!
A muffled explosion rang out. Strangely, the sound was exceptionally deafening at close range but barely noticeable from a hundred meters away. It was an improved sonic ring blast, designed to prevent the noise