As long as they hadn't arrived in Yuquan City that very day, anyone who had learned about the East District players' methods would have taken steps to prepare a few things for emergencies. They either got the kind of in-ear devices East District players used to block interference or prepared suitable tools and equipment. So when the interference device was activated, the Outer District players present weren't affected too badly.
For them, getting entangled with the East District players on their own turf was extremely unwise. So as soon as they realized the East District players had set their sights on them, the man in windbreaker and the others decided to leave.
Of course, the three with Xu Huo had the same idea. Unfortunately, the East District players had no intention of letting them leave easily. The Space Teleport Artifact could barely function under the interference, and the East District players had blocked the use of all sorts of Artifacts with a barrier as soon as they arrived. Even if players wanted to escape through sheer speed or another teleportation Artifact, they first had to break through that barrier.
The East District's lockdown barriers had clearly been meticulously designed. Besides dividing the area street by street, the barriers themselves had been carefully constructed. They were made of interlocking sections, with long, narrow segments arranged in an arc to form a semicircle. Breaking through any part of a barrier only opened a corner; it couldn't bring down the entire thing. So every Outer District player faced the same barrier, and no one could benefit from someone else's efforts.
The Outer District players split up on their own, and the East District players sprang into action. One of them moved to the center of the lockdown barrier and opened his arms as