It was almost midnight.
The outcome of the battles elsewhere had become clear.
In Gu Weiyang's eyes, Fan Baoluo, Zhu Haifeng, and Guan Fuhai were all dead.
Yet the people who had killed them-Manderson, Janice, and Zhong Dingming-had not returned to the battlefield.
Manderson and Janice's absence was understandable, since they might have been working with Royt to arrange the World-Destroying Church's final death trap.
But [Heavenly Lord] Zhong Dingming had not returned either, which made Gu Weiyang curious.
He wondered whether that unfathomable professor from Western Glory had noticed something amiss and withdrawn early.
On the main battlefield, however, both sides were still fighting furiously, as though the battle had only just begun.
Although Zone 1's people were numerous and generally had high Sequence Levels, very few were truly formidable. They must have sparred regularly in Zone 1 to keep themselves in fighting shape, but there was still a gap between them and people who had lived on a knife's edge for ten years. Drills could never produce true warriors.
And after Zhou Bi and Xie Chunqiu had both been killed, the last vestiges of their fighting spirit had been shattered.
Surrounded by ruthless fighters, they could barely hold on.
When they discovered that an enemy they had fought so hard to kill could come charging back shortly afterward, alive and kicking, they felt even more helpless.
Their opponents were not only powerful, but impossible to kill. How were they supposed to fight?!
Unable to win or escape, Zone 1's people were engulfed in despair.
Some were already considering surrender.
But...
Zhao Longfei and the others would never accept their surrender.
What would happen after they surrendered?
Once today was over and the death trap here had been dealt with, they would still return to Zone 1. Then they