# Chapter 1964: East District Player Combat Characteristics
As long as one hadn't arrived at Jade Spring City on their first day, after understanding the methods of East District players, they would find a way to prepare some emergency supplies—either obtaining the ear-mounted anti-interference devices used by East District locals, or preparing corresponding props and instruments. Therefore, after the interference device was activated, the outer zone players present were not too greatly affected.
For them, it was very unwise to entangle themselves with East District players on their home turf, so upon realizing that the East District players had targeted them, the trench coat man and his group intended to leave.
Of course, Xu Huo and his two companions shared the same thought. Unfortunately, the East District players had no intention of letting them leave easily—space teleportation items were nearly ineffective under the interference, and the East District players had already used a blockade barrier to seal off all directions the moment they arrived. Even if players wanted to escape using speed or other transfer items, they first had to break through this barrier.
The East District's blockade barrier was clearly meticulously designed. Besides the street-by-street segmented layout, the barrier itself was also refined—it was composed of combined, long strip-shaped barriers arched into a semicircle. Damaging any part of the barrier could only carve out a corner, not cause the entire barrier to disappear. Therefore, for every outer zone player, the barrier blocking their path was the same; there was no such thing as one person paving the way for others.
The outer zone players automatically dispersed, and the East District players began to move swiftly. One of them moved to the center of the blockade barrier and made a hugging gesture toward the air. The next second, three players were forcibly pulled toward him. As these three were forced back and used items to counterattack, another five East District players quickly moved in. In an instant, multiple items collided with each other, but no immediate victor emerged—they were only scattered by a three-zhang-diameter multi-ring track item that appeared around one outer zone player.
That ring track item was stacked together, constantly rolling, and each ring was like a guillotine blade, capable of shredding everything that got caught inside. One East District player died on the spot, along with several items he was wearing, all sliced to pieces.
Of course, the East District players weren't all pushovers either. Another East District player passed through the ring item like a shadow and appeared behind the outer zone player. Suddenly, he whistled, and then both he and the outer zone player, who hadn't yet deactivated his item, flipped upside down, heads first, rapidly plummeting toward the ground!
As soon as these two left, the central position was immediately occupied by three others. The trench coat man faced three opponents, first engaging in close combat with them. Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed a corner of the blockade barrier was missing, so he squeezed a rubber ball-shaped item. Immediately, a surge of air pressure erupted around him, sending the three East District players flying. However, just as he was about to escape through the barrier, one East District player suddenly shouted, "Super Heavy Cold!"
This should be a type of trait. The trait couldn't actually make people truly sick, but it caused everyone within the attack range to have their heads and feet inverted!
The closely coordinated East District players, the moment their bodies flipped over, combined their attacks on nearby outer zone players. Two more outer zone players were unfortunately injured, and one of them happened to crash into Xu Huo.
Xu Huo had just been hit head-on by item power. He held the black blade horizontally in front of him and retreated several steps. Before he could deal with the two opponents in front of him, three more players came chasing after the injured player beside him. As he and the injured player converged, the five East District players closed in and quickly changed their combat formation—three in front, two in back, avoiding potential harm to their comrades when using items simultaneously. Meanwhile, two more people on the periphery filled in gaps, ensuring that items could take effect without interruption.
The five advanced or retreated, used items or traits, and coordinated extremely well. In fact, it wasn't just these five—the more than ten East District players involved in the encirclement were all in sync. They changed positions and combinations multiple times mid-battle, but no matter how they shifted, they almost never appeared flustered during combined operations. They also maximized the effectiveness of their items, rarely getting tangled up by their own teammates' items—this far exceeded what training could achieve.
A thin blade of light swept beneath the black blade, severely injuring two East District players. Xu Huo then casually tossed them far away before using tangent to force back the remaining three. Just as he was about to retreat toward the broken blockade barrier, the entire space seemed to be stuffed up. Everyone, including the East District players, was stuck in the air!
The East District clearly had a player highly skilled in manipulating space power. Xu Huo had already experienced this once in the West District. Although he didn't know exactly how the other party did it, when the space ray tightened, it nearly halted all people and things within its coverage range. It was like stuffing the entire space into a giant jelly—at first glance, it even looked like time had been stopped.
But the difference was that the East District players had long prepared countermeasures. One of them threw a metal shard item. After leaving his hand, the metal quickly moved within the blockade barrier, accurately passing through every East District player, freeing them all. The path it traveled also became a channel, allowing people to move within it, no longer affected by the tight space ray. The freed East District players quickly killed the surrounding outer zone players.
Although the outer zone players used defense items, as long as they couldn't immediately escape the space ray, they became sitting ducks. As a result, two players were killed under the pincer attack.
However, since it was space power, there was always a way to break through—the same principle as using items to break the space ray barrier. But this space blockade was more troublesome. Still, given enough time, players could try one attack item after another to find a way out. So this passive situation was only temporary.
Xu Huo released his "Cube Space" range, allowing it to capture the altered space ray. After succeeding, he first opened a channel for himself and then disrupted all the tight rays within the blockade barrier. By the time he broke through one barrier panel, the other outer zone players had also used their items to break through.
At this point, it was the East District players who were restricted instead. The space blockade hadn't completely disappeared, and the outer zone players were all holding decent items. Breaking a path wasn't a problem. The East District players had only been able to move through the channel created by their item earlier. Even if they used items now, it was too late—they simply couldn't catch up...
Just as several blockade barrier panels were breached, the space ray power disappeared. What followed was a sky full of armed flying machines, equipped with tracking programs that pursued every outer zone player with missiles. However, they seemed to be set at a certain altitude—they stopped descending when approaching the ground to avoid crashing into nearby buildings. This ground-level gap was then filled by the East District players who arrived later.
The outer zone players were caught in the middle, unable to escape easily. Whether it was players or flying machines, they could easily lock onto them. The city had also entered a wartime state due to this conflict, meaning a large number of buildings had activated their automatic defenses. It was very difficult for outer zone players to use buildings to escape; they could only flee through the city.
Xu Huo fought while retreating, unconsciously making his way near a hospital. He slashed open the outer defense barrier with one stroke, broke through the encirclement of armed robots, and charged straight into the surgical building!
(This chapter ends)