In her mind, Bai Feifei panicked when she heard the news that Dawn City was still going to be destroyed.
“What do you mean, a man-made disaster? Will the battle between these people here destroy Dawn City?”
Xu Mo yawned and said, “Edgerunners might just be small fry... but to human buildings and facilities, they are destructive enough. If they keep fighting like this, collapsing Dawn City won't be a problem at all.”
Bai Feifei's heart tightened. “Then what should we do?”
Xu Mo's lips curled up. “It's fine. Let's see how the fight goes first. They'll get even more anxious if they can't kill you. This is the perfect bait to see if any even bigger players show up.”
The battlefield was shifting rapidly, leaving no time for anyone to chat. By now, everyone had already begun chanting their Word Souls.
There was another Edgerunner present—the Dean of Tiandou Academy. However, instead of joining the fray, he used his ability to protect the students present: “Everyone, keep up! Get away from here and run toward the outskirts of the North District!”
After a brief thought, Xu Mo grabbed Ye Yu by her collar and threw her straight toward the Dean of Tiandou Academy. “This has nothing to do with you anymore. Hurry up and go with them,” Xu Mo said.
Ye Yu was thrown right next to the Dean. She shouted back at “Bai Feifei,” “Aren't you going to run?! Their target is you!”
Without even turning his head, Xu Mo simply waved his hand. “What kind of talk is that? My target is them too!”
To begin with, this chaotic battle was incredibly bizarre. The main reason it even started was because both sides were practically running toward each other. If he left now, wouldn't all of this fall apart?
The only thing that surprised Xu Mo this time was that he had unexpectedly gained two unexpected teammates.
By now, the chaotic battle had already begun.
The North District truly looked as though it had been hit by a man-made disaster, just as Xu Mo had described earlier.
Lights of various colors flashed in the sky above Dawn City, making it look as though a holographic projection of a disaster movie was playing out. Thunder and storms raged wildly, tearing through everything in their path.
Wan Qianhong clapped her hands together, and the blood-red light around her surged. An illusory river of blood manifested right above everyone's heads.
Her Word Soul worked by shifting the balance—weakening her opponents while granting her allies a stimulant-like effect.
At the same time, if their opponents let their guard down even for a split second, their blood would boil, and tiny wounds would burst open on their bodies, causing them to bleed continuously.
Li Tai had also long since made his move. The ground suddenly bulged upward as massive boulders erupted from the earth, fusing and reshaping into colossal stone arms.
Colossal fists swung from all directions, aiming directly at “Bai Feifei” in the center.
Nearby, Zhou Qingfeng waved his hand, conjuring a violent tornado that tore a neighboring building to shreds, turning the debris into a barrier that blocked the swinging stone fists.
His expression was incredibly grave as he shouted to Wan Qianhong: “Hurry and notify the Prophet! This is a completely meaningless war. Someone needs to put a stop to this! Whatever the issue is, we can sit down and talk! Fighting like this will only bring destruction to Dawn City!”
Wan Qianhong didn't even turn her head, her voice dripping with blatant murderous intent. “Then we'll just kill them all! They deserved to die anyway!”
Zhou Qingfeng choked on his words and let out a long sigh, thinking to himself that youth really was impetuous.
The heads of the three major families, along with six Edgerunners—how could they possibly kill them all? In Dawn City, they were part of the law itself. Even if they had truly committed a crime, executing them was out of the question!
Zhou Qingfeng said, “Stop talking out of anger. They are all Edgerunners; they all have Escape Arts and won't die so easily. You're an Edgerunner yourself, so you should know this. The longer this drags on, the more danger Bai Feifei will be in. She's the only one among us who could actually be killed in this battle.”
Wan Qianhong: ...
Right at that moment, a slightly exasperated voice drifted over from the side.
“I say, Miss Bai, do you plan on just watching the entire time?”
The speaker was Ye Hanshan, who was looking at “Bai Feifei” with a rather speechless expression.
To begin with, he didn't know much about what was going on; he had purely been summoned here by his daughter.
Looking at the situation, the Xu family had likely cooked up some conspiracy that had been exposed, and now they wanted to silence everyone. His mind spun rapidly, and he decided to help Bai Feifei.
But now, why was “Bai Feifei” just standing in the middle spectating? Did she really think the four of them were her personal bodyguards? Four against six was incredibly exhausting, okay?!
“How about this? We'll hold them off for you here. You run first,” Ye Hanshan said to Bai Feifei as he deflected another of Huang Xin's attacks. “Find a way to contact the City Lord or Prophet Liu. Present the evidence you have to them first, and then we'll figure out what to do.”
He was already offering advice from Bai Feifei's perspective.
After all, he knew very well that it was highly unlikely for Edgerunners from the five major families to be convicted, and with their current strength, it was impossible to kill them. For now, they could only focus on keeping Bai Feifei safe.
“Sigh, I didn't expect this either...” Xu Mo said, equally speechless.
Ye Hanshan was taken aback. “What?”
Xu Mo had been waiting this whole time. Since these people were so desperate to kill him that they would openly execute him in front of everyone, they surely had to have some sort of trump card.
Something like Zhulong's second-phase transformation, or some other special trump card.
But after watching for so long, it seemed they really were just six Edgerunners teaming up to kill him...?
No trump card? Then where the hell am I supposed to get the remaining forty-two percent of my storyline progress?!
How boring. I guess I'll have to speed things up myself.
Xu Mo immediately moved. Bending his knees, he lunged straight toward the Xu family elder closest to him!
At the same time, he called out to Wan Qianhong, “Hey, Wan Qianhong! Open up a wound on him for me, doesn't matter where!”
Hearing his words and seeing Bai Feifei's movement, Wan Qianhong coordinated with him almost on instinct.
Gritting her teeth, she focused the full power of her Word Soul onto the Xu family elder. In an instant, a one-inch-long gash burst open on the side of his neck, and blood sprayed out.
At that exact moment, Xu Mo had already reached the elder!
The two were now face-to-face. Seeing “Bai Feifei” take the initiative to step forward, the elder's eyes lit up as he roared, “What courage! You actually dare to show yourself!”
He then swung his long halberd, which carried the illusory silhouette of a roaring tiger, smashing it down toward “Bai Feifei”!
“What are you so surprised about? It's not like you beat me earlier anyway.”
This time, Xu Mo refused to dodge or block. He took the blow head-on, then tightly grabbed the elder's long halberd.
“Let's do a fun little experiment.” He grinned, his sinister expression causing the elder's heart to skip a beat.
His other hand shot out like lightning, touching the wound on the elder's neck.
Then, the Source of Bloodline Medal lit up on Xu Mo's game panel.
“Come! Let's see if you can become one of mine!”
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