Chapter 366: Is This the End of His Rope?

"Gu and the others are actually dead?"

"This... how is this possible!"

After hearing the account from the group of guards, the Awakened present were as if struck by an Immobilization Spell, almost all of them frozen in place with fright.

This news was like a bolt from the blue, making it difficult for them to accept for the moment.

Are you kidding! Gu possessed the Metalization Ability; that was something even firearms couldn't damage in the slightest. Even if hit head-on by artillery, it would only spark against him; it couldn't hurt a single hair on his head.

Shangguan Xu's Gravity Ability was even more terrifying. It is said that even an Elite-level Fierce Beast, once struck by his Gravity Cannon, would be instantly crushed into a pulp.

And Yan, his strength was even more unfathomable, so how could he have died so easily?

Just how much ability would it take to kill Yan, Gu, and Shangguan Xu all at once while they were together?

Yet, looking at the words and actions of these guards, it really didn't seem like they were lying.

After all, even if they were given ten times the courage, they would never dare to fabricate such a lie.

Suddenly, an Awakened seemed to think of something, their face turning deathly pale, and they hurriedly asked: "Then what about the President? Did you see our President?"

The lead guard was slightly stunned, then slowly nodded, his voice sounding somewhat hoarse as he said: "The President... he, he is gone."

"Gone?" Hai Qiong asked with a look of confusion, pressing: "What does that mean?"

"After we saw with our own eyes that the City Lord and the others were brutally killed, the President suddenly just disappeared from where he was."

The Awakened looked at each other, a thought occurring to them all at once: Does that mean the President ran away?

Thinking about it carefully, in that kind of extreme danger, running away really seemed like the wisest choice.

After all, even the City Lord and the others working together were no match for that killer, and the President's strength had a large gap compared to those three.

"But, since the President has already escaped safely, why hasn't he answered our calls until now?"

"Yeah, it's been more than half a day, hasn't it?"

"Could it be that the President is still being hunted by that person?"

The crowd was full of doubts, truly unable to figure out the reason.

You have to know, many of them carried teleportation items on their persons, let alone the President.

Once a teleportation item is used, it is basically equivalent to escaping to safety.

After all, even if the pursuer also possesses a teleportation item, it is impossible for them to know exactly which direction you fled to like a tapeworm.

"And then, did you just hide here the whole time afterwards?" Hai Qiong looked at the guard and continued to ask.

"Later, that killer also disappeared..."

"The killer disappeared too?"

"Could he have gone to chase the President?"

The Awakened were all stunned upon hearing this.

"I... I don't know." The guard swallowed nervously and said with fear and trepidation: "We thought he had left at the time and had just caught our breath, but who would have thought that in the next second, he would appear over there again, and... and he even glanced in our direction."

"What!" The Awakened were shocked.

"He glanced in your direction? That is to say, he discovered you?"

"Yes, he definitely discovered us," the guard said with lingering fear, a look of terror still remaining on his face.

"We were so scared out of our wits at the time that, let alone running, we couldn't even stand up.

Just when we thought we were dead for sure, that person actually turned and left, but he took the bodies of the City Lord and the others with him.

Even so, we still didn't dare to act rashly, fearing that the person would suddenly return, so everyone just kept waiting here."

At this moment, the Awakened present were completely stunned. All of this was just too contrary to common sense.

Since that person had the ability to kill Yan and the others, solving these guards would have been an effortless task.

The most critical point is, he had clearly discovered these people, so why didn't he kill them?

You have to know, these people had witnessed his actions; by leaving these survivors, wouldn't the killer's identity be a foregone conclusion?

In reality, after Lu Yu killed Qi Yuangu and returned here, he had indeed considered killing these guards.

But firstly, he thought that even if he killed these people, his identity would still be hard to keep hidden, because there was still one Wei Xiong who knew about him.

Secondly, he was not the type of person to kill the innocent indiscriminately.

Since these people didn't come to look for trouble with him, he didn't mind letting them go.

"You say, could it be that guy was already at the end of his rope?" Suddenly, someone had a flash of inspiration and said: "Because of this, he didn't have time to deal with these people and could only choose to leave in a hurry?"

As soon as these words were spoken, they immediately resonated with many of the Awakened.

"I think it's very possible. If it were me, I definitely wouldn't leave any survivors, unless it was truly impossible to do so."

"Yeah, Yan and the others were several people; no matter how strong the killer was, to kill them, he must have paid a heavy price."

"It must be that!"

The crowd became more and more excited as they spoke, and even the group of guards kneeling on the ground began to wonder if they had missed a golden opportunity for success.

However, only Hai Qiong and a few other Awakened had expressions that remained as heavy as frost.

Intuition told them that things were definitely not that simple.

Because if that killer was really at the end of his rope, why would the President choose to run away instead of taking the opportunity to counterattack?

Could it be that the President, as the person involved, could see the situation at the time less clearly than they, the outsiders?

"You, tell me in detail from beginning to end, what exactly happened?" Hai Qiong pointed at the lead guard and said sternly.

"Yes, yes." The man hurriedly told everything he had seen and heard in detail.

As the guard recounted the story, a look of deep fear gradually appeared in the eyes of the many Awakened.

Is that guy really human? To be hit by Shangguan Xu's Gravity Cannon so many times in a row and remain unscathed?

What was most terrifying was that he later directly slashed out a Blade Qi three or four meters high, and Gu, with his astonishing defensive power, was instantly killed by this single strike?

And Yan? He was also killed by a single strike?

Of course, what made them feel puzzled was that, according to the description of this group of security guards, there were quite a few people present at the time, nearly six people.

Then, who exactly were the other two people? And where did they pop out from?

After the guard finished speaking, the atmosphere at the scene once again fell into a deathly silence.

The Awakened were all silent, and as they recalled the words they had just spoken, they could not help but feel so ashamed they wished they could hide in a hole.

At the end of his strength? Have you ever seen someone at the end of their strength be able to kill Yan in one strike?

If someone at the end of their strength is this formidable, then how powerful must he be in his prime state?

"Brother Hai Qiong, wh... what should we do next?"

"That's right, Brother Hai Qiong, such a huge incident has occurred in the city, the City Lord and the others are all dead, and the President is currently missing..."

"Brother Hai Qiong, in my opinion, we should report this matter as soon as possible? This... this is too terrifying."

"Could it have been done by those Awakened from the Evil Cult?"

"What! The Evil Cult! Could it be that the Evil Cult has set its sights on our place?"

The atmosphere instantly became panicked. If even the City Lord could be easily killed by Evil Cult followers, how could it be difficult for them to kill people like them?

"Quiet, everyone!" Hai Qiong let out a low shout and said, "No one is allowed to spread what happened here today, do you hear me! Especially you lot!"

His gaze was like lightning as he looked at the dozen or so guards in front of him, "If I find out that you have leaked a single word, you know the consequences yourselves."

"We wouldn't dare, we wouldn't dare."

"We will absolutely not leak a single word."

The guards were trembling with fear.

"As for what happened here," Hai Qiong looked at the crowd and said with a grave expression, "I will report it to headquarters immediately after I return. With such a serious incident occurring, headquarters will definitely send a Hunter over, so everyone need not scare themselves."