Chapter 2792: Everyone Has Their Own Story
Gong Ying also came over. Like Xu Huo, she fought off the players trying to intercept her and stood by Ms. Ruo's side first. While trying to use an item to break the spatial power binding Ms. Ruo, she said anxiously, "Ms. Ruo, can you leave? Do you want me to help you?"
Ms. Ruo turned her head to look at her, revealing a fragile smile. "And how can you help me?"
Gong Ying glanced at the white-haired old man and the others. "I definitely can't beat them in a fight, but you can hide in a container item. I'll take you to any district, and you can get away!"
Ms. Ruo seemed tempted and gestured for her to come closer.
Gong Ying moved in, but suddenly saw a hand reaching for her neck. She instinctively tried to dodge, but her body froze in place. Her automatic defense item activated and blocked the attack, but in the next second, Ms. Ruo's other hand pierced through her chest and abdomen. With a powerful pull, Ms. Ruo's hand scraped out a large amount of internal organ fragments.
Gong Ying was caught by the red-haired female player, while the white-haired old man manipulated his item to shoot more spatial threads at Ms. Ruo, piercing her internal organs again and again.
A large amount of blood flowed out. Ms. Ruo lifted her head, blood at the corners of her mouth, and looked at the white-haired old man. "Liars deserve to die."
The white-haired old man immediately turned to look at Gong Ying, only to see that not only was her wound turning black, but even her lips and the whites of her eyes were turning black.
The red-haired woman had already injected her with an antidote, but the effect was not obvious. Anger flashed in the white-haired old man's eyes. He turned back and repeatedly pierced Ms. Ruo's body with spatial threads, not even sparing her hands and feet!
Ms. Ruo coughed up blood repeatedly, but her mental state was very good, even somewhat excited. She stared at the white-haired old man. "Is that all you've got? Don't you want to eat my flesh and drink my blood? Or is revenge just a cover, and you're more interested in getting the Game Government's secrets?"
Then she looked around, her gaze sweeping over the people in front of her—Gong Ying, Xu Huo, and the players targeting the instruments. "That's strange. The Holy Sword Society is usually so grand and impressive. Why have so few people come?"
"Or did you think that arranging for some strong players would be foolproof?" Ms. Ruo looked at Xu Huo.
The white-haired old man also glanced at Xu Huo, his expression suspicious. Even though Ms. Ruo had said to his face that Xu Huo was on her side, he didn't dare to let his guard down. Gong Ying was a perfect example.
"He's not from District 022," Gong Ying said at that moment. "He's here to clear the instance. He has nothing to do with that woman."
She gestured with her eyes for Xu Huo to leave.
Xu Huo didn't leave. Under the gaze of both sides, he said slowly, "I don't know much about your grudges, but I am quite interested in the Holy Sword Society."
His gaze shifted to Gong Ying and the others. "Are you people from the Holy Sword Society?"
His calm tone and cold eyes were already extremely oppressive, especially since this person had seemed so ordinary and unremarkable just a second ago.
Sensing trouble, the white-haired old man wasted no more time. He turned his spearhead towards Ms. Ruo. Ms. Ruo couldn't move now. If he could finish her off quickly and put her into a container item, everything else could be dealt with later!
But at that moment, the container item he had thrown suddenly failed. The spatial threads piercing Ms. Ruo's body, as well as a shockwave he had just released, disappeared at the same time!
With the item failing, Gong Ying and the others fell towards the ground. The white-haired old man quickly used spatial power to pull them back, but in the next instant, Ms. Ruo appeared behind him like a ghost, her face twisted as she grabbed for his head!
The white-haired old man was clearly not weak. How could he be killed so easily? His figure flickered, and he was several thousand meters away. But escape was impossible. The Enforcement Team players who had been ambushed near the island now surged out in full force, ten times more than before.
With such a disparity, the white-haired old man would gain nothing by continuing to fight. But instead of dealing with the pursuing Ms. Ruo, he used all his strength to break out of the island.
Xu Huo, of course, was also intercepted. But without being able to use items, he had an advantage over ordinary players. Passing through the instrument barrier and spatial tangents, he caught up with the white-haired old man and Ms. Ruo, seizing the opportunity to say, "You haven't answered my question yet."
The white-haired old man didn't know what he was trying to do, but his repeated interceptions were blocking his way. So when Xu Huo approached again, he struck to kill. Several rapidly compressed spatial bodies appeared around Xu Huo's head and chest:
"Get lost!"
The compressed spatial bodies didn't explode as the white-haired old man had expected, so he unsurprisingly actively collided with Xu Huo. The distance was too short, and Xu Huo had also cut off his spatial passage. The advantage of evolution rate alone was not enough to create a large enough gap in such a short time.
Not only did he block the old man, but Xu Huo also stopped Ms. Ruo and the others. "Whatever your grudges are, I should have time to ask a few questions."
Ms. Ruo narrowed her eyes, suspicion swirling within them, but she ultimately conceded.
Xu Huo looked at the white-haired old man. "Show me your badge."
"Do you have a conflict with the Holy Sword Society?" the old man hesitated.
Xu Huo's expression was visibly becoming impatient. Gong Ying yanked the badge from her clothes and held it up. "Whatever conflict you have with the Holy Sword Society, we have no enmity with you. We're here for revenge. If you knew what this woman has done, you'd be grinding your teeth in hatred too!"
"Do you know Ms. Gong?" Xu Huo's gaze shifted from the Old Holy Sword Society badge with the sword pointing at time to the old man.
"She was my teacher," the white-haired old man said.
Xu Huo nodded. "No wonder you look so similar."
Hearing this, it seemed like the revenge was turning into a reunion. Ms. Ruo interrupted them. "Mr. Xu, the people of the Holy Sword Society are evil and have committed heinous crimes in many districts. District 022 will never let them leave alive. You're just here to clear the instance. There's no need to get involved."
Xu Huo curled his lip. "You haven't told the truth since the first time we met. The split personality is real, but the weakness is fake. You suspected I was someone arranged by the Holy Sword Society, so you tried to get rid of me with a gem. Whether it was a trap or just to buy time, you had no good intentions."
"You said you were a gray player retired from the Game Government base. I'm curious, why did District 022 invest so much in you? To be honest, even if you were killed by the Old Holy Sword Society, it wouldn't be a big deal. You're definitely not worth District 022 going to such lengths for."
"She helped the Game Government launch a district-wide massacre!" The white-haired old man couldn't stop Gong Ying in time. She cut to the chase. "Some of the personnel in the Game Government have already been purged. She was originally from District 022, and District 022 was probably involved too, which is why they cooperated with her to lure us into the trap!"
Ms. Ruo showed no panic at being exposed. She coldly stared at Gong Ying and the others. "Those were the districts occupied by the Holy Sword Society. Everyone in the Holy Sword Society deserves to die!"