The shouting didn't last long. The players responsible for the city's security soon arrived in force. The people who had been bought and sold didn't beg them for help or cry out to them. Instead, they fled in a panic. If the city government took them back, they might not fare any better than they had before.
These players hadn't come to put out the fire. Their first move was to surround the person responsible.
"Stop!" Young Master Xuan shouted when he saw this. "I told him to do it!"
"Who's that?" a white-haired young man asked the person beside him from the roof fifty meters away.
"Captain, he's from the Dong family. He's classmates with the young lady of the Cai family. His name is Dong Jingxuan."
The white-haired young man leaped to the ground. He nodded first to Brother Lei, then greeted Dong Jingxuan.
"Are you all right, Young Master Dong?" he asked with feigned concern, making no move to call off the men surrounding Xu Huo.
"Thanks to my new bodyguard." Dong Jingxuan was just as resentful toward the players of Xiaoyang City. He said coldly, "Otherwise, I might've died on your turf today."
"New era, new age—and I never thought I'd still get ambushed on the street!"
"This was a failure on our part," the white-haired young man said. "Why don't you return to the hotel and rest, Young Master Dong? Leave things here to us. We'll make sure you get a satisfactory explanation afterward."
"Take it up with him." Dong Jingxuan pointed at Brother Lei, then at Xu Huo. "That man's coming with me."
He made it clear there would be no discussion.
The white-haired young man looked troubled. "He's an Outer District Player, and he's killed so many people. If our guards just let