overwhelming force
"Too arrogant!" One of Brother Liang's players leaped onto the boardwalk leading to the center of the lake. Using a shield item to block the incoming bullets, he charged through two-thirds of the distance in one go. Then he hurled a metal pellet toward the lakeside clubhouse. Purple smoke billowed out, and the two black-robed men with guns directly in front of him collapsed, unconscious.
But just as he was about to reach the clubhouse, two grenades flew in from afar and exploded on the boardwalk. The powerful blast sent him and his shield flying several meters. Before he could even hit the ground, another fierce barrage erupted from the clubhouse!
"Dazzling Chaos!" Two players on the lakeshore rushed to help. One tossed a flash ball to disrupt the others' vision, while the other caught the man and stomped the ground. The boardwalk planks sprang upright, forming several layers of shields in front of them. They barely weathered the barrage.
Meanwhile, several players from Brother Liang's group who had arrived later ran into the First Association players coming to rescue Tan Yang. The two sides launched an attack from the opposite bank, drawing some of the fire.
Another dense hail of bullets and powerful grenades cut short the attacks from both sides of the lake. They hadn't even made it to the clubhouse, let alone rescued anyone!
"The firepower's too heavy!" On Xu Huo's side, the three players had managed to retreat. Only the first one out had been wounded by shrapnel, but his enhanced body and a timely dose of Self-Healing Agent had stopped the bleeding, leaving him in no serious danger.
"How are we supposed to get over there?" Huang Junjie had already spotted Tan Yang and Pu Kang. "One of those people on the table