[Current threat level, level five.]
The highest level of threat has emerged, as Wen Xishu has finally arrived at the administrative layer.
Compared to the level four situation, the level five administrative layer will have more law enforcers.
And unlike the functional layer, there are fewer flashy buildings here; what Wen Xishu and Horn see is an expansive terrain.
This also means that Wen Xishu is in for a tough battle.
When Wen Xishu arrived at the open terrain, there were already more than a hundred law enforcers guarding the critical passage.
When Horn saw this, he couldn't help but worry about whether he and Wen Xishu could defeat these powerful enemies.
With the change in vision brought by a blink, Wen Xishu gave the command to charge and kill.
Horn had to admit, Wen Xishu had a heavy killing intent. But that was needed right now!
If the rise of the blue sun had slaughter as its final obstacle, then Wen Xishu was enough to clear all barriers!
Wen Xishu's figure leapt into the sky, intending to directly jump into the center of all the law enforcers and use his Qi Blade to open a gap.
Horn's combat strategy was correct.
But at this moment, both Horn and Wen Xishu were startled by a loud shout from outside the field.
"Horn! Is that you! I knew you had problems! You actually dared to try to overthrow the captain's rule!"
Inside the spherical building, it was very quiet, and the sounds from the industrial area hardly reached the functional layer and the administrative layer. And this shout, in such a quiet environment...
was like a thunderclap.
Hugo was stunned.
The law enforcers here didn't possess intelligence and couldn't possibly speak.
Being able to talk meant that the enemy came from outside.
How could external law enforcers arrive so quickly?
In Hugo's understanding, external law enforcers would only be weaker than those inside, but he suddenly saw the fear on Horn's face.
Horn indeed felt fear.
He recognized that voice.
It was Renault.
The third ranked ability user on the entire Ark. But Renault's greatest strength was not his combat ability, but his excellent mind.
How was he here? How could he support this fast?
"Our time is running out. We must quickly operate Wen Xishu to complete the projection." Horn's hand speed increased.
Wen Xishu landed and began the slaughter of the law enforcers.
This was a race against time; Horn's hand speed had never been this fast, and Wen Xishu's movements became increasingly smooth and sharp, steadily taking down law enforcers.
Horn felt fear towards Renault... or rather, towards the top ability users on the Ark, especially the top three ranked ones.
The first and second ranked ability users could even face the Sea Beast besieging the Ark directly, but later, under the captain's orders, they no longer acted.
As for the third, Renault, it was due to the special nature of his ability.
Horn knew he had to be quick.
His fingers moved so fast they broke through his limits, even Wen Xishu himself felt amazed.
But even so, Horn was still too slow.
Antoine and Nikola, like teleporting, were directly pushed into the sky by a tremendous force, ignoring gravity, and finally landed on the open terrain of the administrative layer.
Wen Xishu's enemies now included not only these law enforcers but also two ability users from the Ark.
Antoine, Nikola.
Wen Xishu didn't expect these two to descend directly onto the battlefield.
If the other side possessed such speed, it was not something he could contend with.
Horn suspected that the sudden appearance of these two might have something to do with Renault.
Horn wasn't sure of Renault's ability, but it was said that neither the first nor the second could do anything about Renault because they couldn't touch him.
Renault's ability wasn't highly offensive, but it kept him invincible.
In the next instant——
The third-ranked ability user on the Ark, Renault, descended onto the battlefield.
Renault's figure appeared next to Antoine in an instant, as if attracted by a huge magnetic pole.
Wen Xishu frowned.
"You are not Horn."
Renault looked at Wen Xishu, certain that he didn't know this person.
Wen Xishu also looked at Renault; he found that Renault's arrival on the battlefield seemed not to be by his own foot power but as if he was pulled by something next to him.
At this moment, the Code of Conduct manual began to issue orders, requiring Renault to deny these people access to the administrative layer.
Renault's mind was anything but simple:
"You intend to invade the administrative layer to promote something, right?"
Wen Xishu didn't expect such a troublesome character to be in this city.
He and Horn had no way out. Here, they could only fight to the death with the other side.
Renault's figure retreated.
"No matter who you are, as long as I am here, you cannot enter the administrative layer."
Wen Xishu didn't trade trash talk with the other.
Under Horn's control, Wen Xishu launched an extreme kick, approaching Renault with incredible speed.
But facing the charging Wen Xishu, Renault seemed completely unconcerned.
As Renault's subordinates, Nikola and Antoine stood in positions even closer than Renault; facing Wen Xishu's charging assassination, the two showed no concern at all.
They didn't even make any defensive moves.
Wen Xishu's speed was fast. Antoine had to admit this was an opponent to be dealt with cautiously.
But in this world, no one could harm Renault.
Wen Xishu suddenly realized...
As Renault's lips moved slightly, even though he was rushing to stab, the distance between him and Renault was growing.
A hundred meters.
Wen Xishu's charge ended, but he ended up steadily stopping a hundred meters away from Renault; this sudden explosive charge not only didn't shorten the distance but actually widened it.
Then, Renault's lips moved again.
Wen Xishu could hear it clearly.
The other was speaking, to be precise, issuing a command.
"Distance, three hundred meters."
Without any sensation, Wen Xishu just felt the scenery in front of him continually moving forward. That was because his body was continually moving back.
Slaughter Sequence 56·Distance of Separation and Union.
This was Renault's ability; if it were about killing Wen Xishu, Renault wouldn't have much confidence, but the Code of Conduct manual only required preventing the enemy from invading a certain area.
To Renault, this task was extremely easy.
Because his ability was to change the distance between himself and a certain target.
"No matter who you are, where I stand is already a forbidden area for you."
Horn didn't expect Renault's ability to so thoroughly restrain their current operation.
The surroundings started moving forward again, and Wen Xishu didn't expect the range of the other's ability to be so large...
His body would retreat again.
"Distance, one thousand meters."