With Gallagher's death.
The arena Audience had created collapsed.
Lu Xiu reappeared in Midir's cavern.
In the distance.
The Prison Rock and Nine Provinces players fighting in a chaotic melee all froze when they saw what had happened.
Then.
The Prison Rock players smiled bitterly and gave up resisting completely.
They were dead.
Every last one of them.
Gallagher, Finn, and Gareth had fought Lu Xiu three-on-one, with a dragon on their side, and still couldn't beat her.
What was the point of holding out?
The Nine Provinces players, meanwhile, were invigorated. They shouted and chased after the Prison Rock players with even greater enthusiasm.
The scales of victory had tipped decisively.
As soon as Lu Xiu left the arena created by Audience, she saw Jian Li and Shen Nian standing right in front of her.
Clearly.
The two of them hadn't been stopped by any of the other Prison Rock players. After all, the undead buff from the Lord of Cinder Domain made them immune to most forms of control. How could control skills possibly hold them back?
Of course.
They had made it to Lu Xiu, but there had been no chance for them to join the fight.
By the time they arrived, Gareth had already been sent flying by Secret Technique: Dragon Flash----
Lu Xiu had killed them too quickly.
"Lu Xiu!"
When Shen Nian saw her emerge, she immediately grabbed Lu Xiu's free hand and shook it vigorously, making her short, pretty hair bounce. "How do you have such a powerful Domain Skill? Why didn't you tell us?! And when did you get it? Didn't you say you weren't a Chosen Player? Also, is that Sunlight Spear from Dark Souls? You can get a reward like that from farming?!
"And why did your eyes turn red?