The other party fell silent at Xu Huo's words, then cut off the call. They clearly knew he wouldn't help. The law enforcement team was now busy watching the battle in the city center. Even though the players near Xu Huo and the others had noticed them, no one dared approach.
"They've got their eyes on us," Zhou Juanjuan said.
Xu Huo nodded and turned to leave. But as soon as he turned his head, a force shot toward them from ahead. Acting on instinct, he used My Heart is Gloomy to swallow himself and Zhou Juanjuan's group. He stayed in the dark space for only an instant before bringing them all back out. Zhou Juanjuan and the others hadn't realized what had happened. They followed his gaze on reflex and saw a vortex of power that had appeared high in the sky.
The force itself was invisible, but the impurities churning within it formed a sharp cone that shot toward the man in the city center. Thousands of meters from the man, the cone of force struck the defensive barrier. The instant they touched, the barrier—like a wall that could never be breached—dissolved at once, and the debris rolling outside it came to a stop.
In a flash, more than a dozen law enforcement players closed in on the man and formed a small containment zone, suppressing all his items.
But the man was clearly no pushover. As he flexed his fingers, more than a dozen thin needles flew from his Glove. They seemed to have eyes, each locking onto a nearby law enforcement player and pursuing its target with repeated attacks. The players couldn't focus on the man trapped in the middle, giving him an opening to escape.
With two fellow players covering him, the man made it