“Son of a bitch…”

“Shift” Ma Twelve seemed to be unable to run anymore.

In order to successfully lure Xuanwu behind them into the “Cat’s” encirclement, he, along with “Air Suspension” Wu Thirteen and “Worry-Free” Luo Eleven, had been running with her almost the entire way.

During this time, they heard many chaotic explosion sounds and fighting sounds coming from the distant square. They could only secretly pray that the “Extreme Path” had great fortune and could snatch that giant bell from Baihu’s hands.

“Eleven… haven’t we reached the ‘encirclement’ yet…” Ma Twelve asked.

“Don’t… don’t talk… if you have that energy, you might as well keep running…”

The marker round on Xuanwu’s body continuously emitted dense red smoke, transmitting signals to all the nearby “Cats.”

More and more people began to continuously converge toward the red smoke, but it was taking far too long, making the people leading Xuanwu in her escape feel their backs growing increasingly cold.

Fortunately, today Xuanwu didn’t know what illness had afflicted her. She had been obediently following behind everyone the whole time. Although she clearly had “Phase Shift,” she never appeared beside the several people, only moving her body forward section by section.

During this time, she had never used her “Pickpocket” to attack the several people either. She seemed to also be waiting for the development of events to come.

Although they said they would bring Xuanwu into the “encirclement,” from Xuanwu’s perspective, these people seemed to just be leading her in aimless circles. After all, they had been circling in place among the many small buildings the entire time. Her patience was also about to completely disappear.

After turning a few more circles among the low buildings, Xuanwu discovered that everyone still had no intention of taking her away. She could only sigh and use “Phase Shift” to instantly appear in front of the several people, blocking their path on the spot.

Luo Eleven and the other two hurriedly braked, then gasped for breath with large gulps.

After all, Xuanwu could use “Phase Shift,” but the three people had already been running desperately for over ten minutes.

“Why won’t you come kill me?”

Luo Eleven lowered his head and waved his hand left and right. “Let us rest for a bit first… Damn, too fucking tired…”

“Come kill me.” Xuanwu said again in an unquestionable tone.

“Wait a moment…” Luo Eleven finally calmed his breathing with difficulty. “We still can’t kill you right now. You have to wait a bit, until we reach the encirclement, then…”

“Constantly circling in place, how can you reach the encirclement?”

Xuanwu was obviously somewhat puzzled, feeling that she had been played.

“We’re rushing toward the encirclement right now…” Luo Eleven slowly raised his head. “Even though it looks like we’re circling in place, we’re about to arrive…”

“Audacious.”

Xuanwu extended her pitch-black, shining arms. She was obviously about to enter attack mode.

“I can allow you to kill me, but I don’t allow you to delay time. After all, there are still many rules that need me to guard them, and many ways of dying waiting for me to try.”

“Who the fuck is delaying time…” Luo Eleven shook his head. “Our group of people thought of so many methods to lure you into the encirclement. Isn’t it just to kill you?”

“Oh…?”

As the words fell, red signal flares suddenly shot up into the sky from the centers of the low buildings in all directions.

“Whoosh!”

First one, then quickly the second, the third. A total of eight directional signal flares successively shot into the high sky, like eight insignificant suns reflecting off each other against the dark red sky. Looking at the positions of these eight signal flares, they surprisingly formed exactly a circle.

And Xuanwu was the center of this circle.

“Encirclement…” Xuanwu murmured. “So it wasn’t that I was looking for the encirclement, but rather the encirclement was looking for me.”

“How is this not being surrounded?” Luo Eleven smiled. “Xuanwu… now we’re going to do everything we can to kill you…”

On the rooftops of the low buildings, familiar figures continuously emerged.

Song Qi, dressed in black, walked to the edge of the rooftop while removing the hair tie from her wrist to tie up her disheveled hair. Then, with a grave expression, she stared down below.

“Sixth Sister said that this time’s Xuanwu was rather unusual, but I didn’t expect it to be outrageous to this extent.”

From this point on, Wang Eight, Bai Nine, Jiang Ten, and other members each led two or three people and appeared on different low buildings. Except for Qian Five, all the “Cat” team members ranked up to twenty-one had made their appearance.

With Qian Five and Zhoumo not present, Song Qi became the highest-ranking person on the scene.

Xuanwu slowly rotated her body, sweeping her gaze around the circle at the people surrounding her. She clearly felt that all these people possessed considerable “Echoes.”

This was a situation that made Xuanwu feel torn. Most of these people didn’t look crazy, but the aura of being battle-hardened permeated out from them. Their mastery of “Echoes” perhaps couldn’t be classified as “powerful”—it should be called “skillful.”

They had accumulated a large amount of practical combat experience, causing each person’s “Echo” to be used just right.

Xuanwu lowered her head again and saw a few people dressed in black leather jackets standing in twos and threes on the ground.

It seemed the other party had indeed formulated a strict plan to kill her. Some people were responsible for long-range assistance, while others were responsible for ground combat.

After all, in her memory, there had never been this many people surrounding her in the center with such murderous intent.

“So what’s it going to be?” Xuanwu swept her gaze across everyone. “Do I attack first, or do you attack first?”

Song Qi frowned as she looked down at the entirely pitch-black Xuanwu below. Although Zhoumo had only described Xuanwu’s appearance in a few words, Song Qi also knew that many plans could no longer be implemented.

She turned her head back to look at the man and woman standing behind her, then asked the man, “Fourth Brother, you’re older than me. Are you really sure you don’t need to personally command?”

Officer Li lowered his head to light the cigarette in his mouth, gently exhaled a puff of smoke, and said, “I’m not familiar with everyone’s abilities. It’s better if you command.”

“Alright.” After Song Qi finished speaking, she turned her head again to look at Su Shan. “So… what’s the situation with Xuanwu now?”

After hearing this, Su Shan walked forward a step and also came to the edge of the rooftop, looking down below.

Her eyes became as brilliant as gemstones in an instant. A faint light lingered around her pupils.

Everything Su Shan’s gaze fell upon suddenly began to change. They were like their original appearance, yet would produce faint halos out of thin air.

She stared at Xuanwu and looked her up and down. Very quickly, her expression became troubled.

“Can you still see the eyes?” Song Qi asked.

Su Shan sighed and continued to squint her eyes as she swept her gaze across Xuanwu, like a precise scanning instrument from top to bottom.

“Forget about the ‘eyes’…” Su Shan said softly. “That bizarre thing… I can barely even determine whether she’s a ‘person’ or not.”

“What do you mean?” Song Qi asked.

“Her entire body is covered in ‘ripples’…” Su Shan explained. “How should I describe this feeling… Originally, we would see ‘ripples’ on people’s bodies, but now we’re barely seeing a person within the ‘ripples.'”