The Thousand-Mechanism Fluid transformed into a giant silver hammer, which Apu brought crashing down, smashing the Craftsman's Fire into an explosion of flames that spread across the entire street.
Seven Players blocking the southern side were engulfed in flames and let out agonized screams.
With that strike successful, the injured Apu stopped fighting and rushed out through the southern opening, his body repeatedly disappearing into shadows as he tried to escape quickly.
Thud, thud!
Just then, hurried footsteps suddenly came from the main road to the left of the Desire Restraint Center.
A middle-aged man with half-white hair shouted, "Yu, we're here!"
Yu Weifeng, who was giving chase, was overjoyed to see the white-haired man. "Old Qu, save them! Stop that brat!"
Yu Weifeng's team had entered the gate with fifty-three Players in total, and the white-haired Old Qu running over from the side was one of the team's minor leaders. He had brought a dozen or so Players he was usually close to, deciding to formally join Yu Weifeng's team shortly before entering.
These people had previously been scattered across the Seven Villages when they were teleported in. Now they had all come to the Desire Restraint Center to buy Antianxiety Medication, allowing them to regroup for the time being.
Hearing that Yu Weifeng was fighting someone, Old Qu had immediately brought eight people over to help.
As he ran down the street, he shouted, "The rest of you, cut off that brat's escape! I'll save them!"
"All right!"
"Got it!"
"...!"
As the other eight companions answered, they had already spread out, each unleashing their Mystical Abilities to stop Apu from fleeing.
At the same time, Old Qu leaped several meters into the air, raised a celadon bottle out of thin air in his left hand, and called