He couldn't stay in the stairwell!
Hearing the dense whirring from downstairs, Xia Xu felt his scalp prickle and made his judgment instantly.
The stairwell was narrow and enclosed, with almost no room to dodge. With his physical abilities, he would be riddled with holes if several armed drones opened fire on him. Even stray bullets ricocheting off the walls could kill them.
"Back!"
Rather than face several drones in this environment, Xia Xu felt dealing with the one in the corridor behind them was a safer bet. He decisively turned and ran out of the stairwell, shouting, "A Tuo! Get to work!"
A Tuo's ability to follow unseen was absolutely first-rate. Xia Xu didn't know where A Tuo was hiding, but he was certain the dog was nearby.
Although he was wearing a bulletproof vest, guns were simply too dangerous. This was no time to hold anything back, so he immediately unleashed his ultimate Summoner move.
Well, all right. An archer with a dog-perhaps Hunter was a more fitting description.
"My name isn't A Tuo."
Pan Long, who had suddenly found himself with an arrow pointed at his face before inexplicably getting caught in an intense gunfight, finally recovered his senses.
From Xia Xu's reactions just now, he had more or less realized that Xia Xu wasn't an enemy. Thinking Xia Xu was calling him, he voiced his objection while drawing two throwing knives to prepare for battle.
"I wasn't calling you."
Xia Xu glanced at him, but there was no time to say anything more.
As they retreated into the corridor, the drone they had missed earlier was already whirring toward them, almost upon them.
But just then-
Woof!
A Tuo lunged out from the ward corridor, his body streaking through the air in an orange blur as