The flickering light source vanished, and no figures appeared through it. Covered by the Dungeon's thick fog, Capital City sank into a prolonged silence.
Nie Xuan, who had retreated into the distance, the military and Special Defense Department Players lurking nearby, and the handful of unaffiliated Capital City Players who had come to help all held their breath involuntarily.
The detection equipment was being interfered with, and their perception range was too limited to find out what had happened in the thick fog—or, more importantly... who had survived.
The area affected by Xu Huo and Jin Feixue's clash hadn't been very large. The battle had actually taken place near the Safe Zone, and everyone in the vicinity had been evacuated long ago. None of those caught in the crossfire were ordinary people. Of the Players who'd arrived first, only Nie Xuan had survived. The others had merely watched from a distance through the thick fog. They couldn't make out the details, but the Safe Zone, reduced to a mess of rubble, showed just how fierce the battle had been.
They couldn't have helped even if they'd wanted to. They probably would have been torn apart before they could get close to the two fighters. At this level of combat, even the slightest change on the battlefield could decide the victor and determine who lived or died.
By the final showdown, even Nie Xuan had to keep as far away as possible so he wouldn't interfere with Xu Huo. Never mind the other Players.
But now, no one cared whether they could really seize this chance to kill the Ghastly Sound Knights. They cared more about Xu Huo surviving. The Ghastly Sound Knights' combat strength had been plain for all to see, and Xu Huo and the Special Defense Department had