The Internet might have been in an uproar, but it couldn't change what was happening on the ground. Elite Players in many parts of Country X were once again locked in a bitter struggle. There were only so many people stationed in District 014, while Outer District Players kept pouring in. The prolonged fighting had left everyone utterly exhausted.
And at that moment, Nie Xuan finally picked up the trail of Bai Tiaoyi of the Ghastly Sound Knights.
Like Dou Shengnan, Bai Tiaoyi was a core member of the Ghastly Sound Knights. Both served as enforcers, and Bai Tiaoyi had killed no fewer people than Dou Shengnan during the Super Artifact incident.
Dou Shengnan specialized in mental attacks and used relatively crude methods, while Bai Tiaoyi was better at scheming and manipulating people.
The main reason Nie Xuan's team had managed to find his trail was the Dungeon that had appeared in Ting City.
That was right—the entire city of Ting City had been trapped inside a Dungeon, cut off from the outside world. The Dungeon had appeared without warning. Beforehand, Ting City's monitoring equipment hadn't detected the usual spike in energy fluctuations that came before a Dungeon appeared. In other words, this Dungeon was very likely brought in by someone.
With the outbreak of Random Instances, there were more types than before. Instances that swallowed entire cities weren't unheard of, but they were extremely rare.
It couldn't be a coincidence that one had appeared in Ting City. The target hadn't been chosen at random. Since Ting City was Xu Huo's home, the only ones who might deliberately strike there were the Ghastly Sound Knights, lurking in the shadows and waiting for a chance to retaliate.
The group of Wanted Criminals they had brought with them had been driven back