Chapter 1616: The Blood Gate's Counterattack

Since Su Xiao's first sniping of the Blood Gate adventure group from the clock tower, he would attempt a long-range snipe every 20 to 30 minutes on average.

The initial effect was significant; not only did Stan himself take a shot, but his subordinates suffered over 20 casualties. However, after 8:00 AM, the people of the Blood Gate withdrew from Fuyuki City one after another, abandoning Su Xiao, a target who seemed to be right before their eyes but could never be surrounded.

Everyone in the Blood Gate was puzzled. How could there be such a sniper in the world? They didn't know how many snipers stronger than Su Xiao they had encountered, but they had never died in such large numbers while dealing with a single sniper. The reason was simple: Su Xiao seemed to have locked onto their positions. The Blood Gate's detection-type Qiyuezhe had exhausted themselves, but no matter how they searched, they couldn't find out what means Su Xiao was using to detect their positions.

For this reason, Stan gathered all his members and interrogated them one by one. The members were almost ready to take off their underwear, but they couldn't find any trackers or positioning coordinates.

As for sending people to surround and kill Su Xiao, that was even more impossible. Su Xiao seemed to know how many people they had sent and could successfully escape from their encirclement every time. Fuyuki City that night could be said to have suffered greatly.

According to the deductions of Stan, Numa Seka, and Old Man Shi, there must have been a traitor among them. As for who the traitor was, Stan didn't investigate for the time being. At the moment, the members of the Blood Gate were sniped to the point of panic. An unlucky guy even got shot while going to the toilet. To this day, Stan still clearly remembered that member holding toilet paper, his eyes full of terror. The helpless look in the other party's eyes made Stan curse "fuck" in a low voice.

After 8:00 AM, Fuyuki City gradually became noisy. The members of the Blood Gate had withdrawn from Fuyuki City and returned to the unfinished building in the suburbs.

At this moment, in the unfinished building area, layers of large barriers protected an unfinished building. The people of the Blood Gate were driven back here again.

"Tell me, what countermeasures do you have?"

Stan still had his usual calm expression. Beside him were Numa Seka and Old Man Shi. Although the relationship between Stan and Numa Seka had begun to sour, Numa Seka would definitely be present for important matters in the team.

"Spread out, at least expand the encirclement to a 3-kilometer range. Next time that bastard ambushes us again, tighten the encirclement immediately."

Old Man Shi had bandages wrapped around his hands, and his left arm was clearly dislocated. Late last night, Old Man Shi had fought Su Xiao, but unfortunately, he couldn't keep Su Xiao there.

"Isn't that just returning to the previous situation? The enemy is in the dark, and we are in the light. This is the worst situation. Moreover, the 'traitor' among us is too fatal. As long as we solve this traitor, he actually can't do much to us. Using sniping to ambush, in the final analysis, is because his frontal combat power cannot compete with us. Actually, this is good news. He is gambling that we cannot surround him. Once we succeed, this thorn in our side can be solved."

Numa Seka was holding a piece of dripping fresh meat, and several colorful spiders were gnawing on it.

"In other words, you don't have any good ideas either?"

Stan could hear that Old Man Shi and Numa Seka were stalling him.

"If Yuan were still here, he would definitely have a way."

Numa Seka looked at Stan, the implication being obvious.

"Numa Seka, what do you mean?"

Old Smoker stared at Nairoi with burning eyes; if it were in the past, he would never have confronted Nairoi in such a tone.

"Wrong is wrong. You, me, and Stan cannot escape the blame for Yuan's departure."

Numa Seka didn't care about Old Man Shi's attitude, seemingly just stating a fact.

"Hmph."

Old Man Shi snorted and stopped talking. He had actually always known the fatal problem within the team: they weren't united enough and were completely supported by Stan's deterrence alone. As for the person under Stan, that was Yuan, a bald man who was clever to the extreme.

"Shut up, all of you."

Stan spoke, and both Old Man Shi and Numa Seka fell silent. On important decisions, Stan had the final say.

"How stupid it is to have infighting at a time like this, you should know better than me. And it's not like there's no way to deal with Bai Ye. What Numa Seka said isn't entirely unreasonable. Next, we..."

Stan's words stopped here. Afterward, he temporarily set permissions for the team channel, and the three began to talk secretly in the team channel.

Hearing Stan stop halfway through his sentence, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, who was crouching nearby, leaned forward. Unfortunately, it couldn't get any more information from Stan. Stan had vaguely sensed Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's existence—not by perception, but by guessing that Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang existed. This was the "traitor" among them.

The conversation between the three ended quickly, and the barrier outside the unfinished building was activated.

On the edge of Fuyuki City, under the hot sun, Su Xiao lay on the roof of a building, waiting for an opportunity to snipe the people of the Blood Gate.

Soon, news came from Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's side. Su Xiao immediately got up from the ground and set up the Duke of Silence in a half-crouched position.

The Blood Gate's actions surprised Su Xiao, but bad news soon followed: Stan, Numa Seka, and Old Man Shi had actually separated from the main force. The others of the Blood Gate were still inside the barrier of the unfinished building, and only these three had left the barrier.

Clearly, Stan had vaguely sensed Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's existence. The current dilemma was whether Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang should follow the three of them or continue to stay inside the barrier.

According to the news from Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, the situation on its side was very urgent; that barrier was about to be closed, and it would be very difficult for it to get out then.

"Follow Stan!"

Su Xiao gave the order to Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang without hesitation. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, inside the unfinished building, rushed out of the barrier in a few steps, following closely behind Stan and the others.

The goal of the three was Fuyuki City. The three were not afraid of Su Xiao sniping them; on the contrary, they wanted Su Xiao to snipe them even more.

On the roof of the tall building, Su Xiao's brows were tightly locked. He couldn't figure out what Stan was planning for the time being. Abandoning the numerical advantage and having only three people leave the barrier was clearly not a wise choice.

After pondering for a moment, Su Xiao contacted Bei Ni through the adventure group channel. Although Bei Ni was treasure hunting, it hadn't actually left Fuyuki City and arrived at Su Xiao's location in less than half an hour.

Bei Ni jumped onto the roof with a few leaps and walked to Su Xiao with an elegant cat's gait.

"Meow?"

Bei Ni tilted its head and looked at Su Xiao, meaning: "What are you looking for her for?"

"Watch that barrier."

"Woo meow~"

Bei Ni protested in a low voice. As a cat who longed for freedom, how could it tail someone? Was it possible? Impossible!

"According to recent accounts, you recently..."

"Meow meow meow~"

Bei Ni flicked its tail, meaning: "I was wrong, okay? As soon as they leave the barrier, I'll notify you immediately."

Su Xiao really couldn't do anything about the Qiyuezhe inside the barrier for the time being. The reason he could snipe so many Blood Gate Qiyuezhe before was mainly because those people didn't know about Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's existence, which was why they kept trying to surround him. Now, these guys had clearly learned to be smart.

As for going to fight Stan to the death now, that wasn't wise either. Once they fought, if the Blood Gate adventure group had the ability to gather quickly, Su Xiao would have to face the siege of Stan + Numa Seka + Old Man Shi + 129 Qiyuezhe at the same time. He would be dead for sure. Heaven knows how many layers of barriers would appear then. Once there was a barrier that blocked space, even if Su Xiao activated the Hunter's Moment, he would be besieged to death. Of course, the people of the Blood Gate wouldn't have a good time either.

The situation suddenly reached a stalemate. Su Xiao couldn't do anything to Stan, and Stan couldn't do anything to him. The good news was that Su Xiao could now act freely, meaning he had a chance to complete the hunting mission as soon as possible. He already had a clue about the whereabouts of the violator. ===== CHAPTER 1617 =====