The old man's killing move had covered most of the trapped players. Only a handful had been within the tenth of the area that was cut off. The reason so many had survived was mostly thanks to life-saving items. Only three players had sensed the danger in advance and leaped into the air to avoid being cut in half. The masked youth had also sensed something was wrong, but before he could react, a hand suddenly reached up from beneath his feet, grabbed him, and yanked him down. The old man's line skimmed right over his head, taking his mask with it.
The two ring walls in the city center had already been destroyed by the players. The remaining Outer District Players had scattered, trying to blend into the crowds. They'd been tricked once already, which was how Agor had managed to trap them. The ring-wall barrier wasn't the point; the old man had gathered them together simply to make it easier to attack. The outer ring-wall barrier was still up, so the best course now was to mingle with the city's residents. Agor couldn't possibly round up and kill everyone in the city.
The dead had truly been unlucky. Those who had survived couldn't help feeling relieved, and the close call made them all the more cautious. But the atmosphere between Xu Huo and the masked youth was a little awkward.
Of course, the masked youth no longer had his mask. After Xu Huo pulled him out, the two stood facing each other from five meters away, neither saying a word.
Xu Huo had originally been separated from Agor headquarters by three layers of ring-wall barriers. After he'd painstakingly broken through the ground to dig a passage, only two layers remained. As it happened, the two barriers ahead had