Within the Celestial Essence City, the ruins of the tavern continued to burn fiercely, and the battles in nearby areas were still ongoing.

However, compared to the previous chaotic situation, everything was heading towards an orderly conclusion because the high-end forces that ruled the Celestial Essence City had entered the scene.

Currently, besides the rioting "enemies" being forcefully suppressed by the city’s experts, some cultivators skilled in Ice and Snow Dao Skill were also dispatched to eliminate the spreading fire and rescue possible survivors in the ruins.

Many ordinary Postnatal Realm cultivators and even civilians were assisting in a city-wide search to find the troublemakers who had fled earlier.

As one of the faces of the Celestial Essence City, the Martial Venerable Hall was naturally involved in this process.

Although Wang Zhifan himself was not present, his affiliate forces could still make some contributions.

For instance, his capable first disciple, He Kuang, helped search for any hidden enemies within the city, and three players who were well-acquainted with the Demon Extermination Team of the city came to help suppress the riots.

But at this moment, the three players did not participate in the battle; they were merely observing from a distance.

Because their team leader was Qingyangzi, one of the four major figures in the Celestial Essence City, there was no need for them to intervene in the combat.

"Shouldn’t we go explain the situation? Maybe the NPCs will spare them."

While watching Qingyangzi repeatedly pummel the dwarf Asian male turned monster into the ground, the female player from Island Country lowered her voice and asked the Xia Country sunglasses-wearing young man beside her.

They used to be allies with the player currently being beaten, and although they weren’t very close, the current situation was truly disheartening.

Despite being high-level players themselves, they could watch as bystanders, while the other was mistaken for an enemy by allied NPCs about to be beaten to death, erasing the fruits of his countless efforts in clearing levels.

"If you want to speak up, go ahead. I have no confidence at all... Look at him now; he no longer has any semblance of a human. If we speak for him, we might get entangled ourselves."

The Xia Country sunglasses-wearing young man shook his head upon hearing this, expressing his stance.

In fact, he wanted to help this unfortunate player too, but the other had, to their misfortune, turned into a bizarre monster through a puppet tool, becoming not only extremely aggressive but losing any normal means of communication, and apparently going insane. They had no suitable way to assist him, and any mistake could get them involved.

While the two were talking, the strange freckled white female player was also nearby, but this peculiar player was even less inclined to help others. To this day, whether she could even speak remained a mystery; expecting her to help with anything other than combat was utterly fanciful.

Instead, her eyes were glowing red, her mouth revealing several wriggling tentacles, looking very interested and eager to devour the dwarf Asian player turned monster.

This peculiar player had once been suspected of being a demon by Daoists of the Celestial Essence City and almost got dealt with jointly.

However, she was very lucky that Wang Zhifan, who had been monitoring her, stepped in and bailed her out, using his extraordinary influence to spare her subsequent troubles.

In fact, if Wang Zhifan were currently here, as long as he was willing to help, there was also a great chance to save the player being severely beaten by Qingyangzi; he had precisely that level of influence.

But other players who had turned to him did not have this possibility, as people like Qingyangzi would not truly value their opinions, only slightly listening out of respect for Wang Zhifan.

So after finishing their quiet discussion, they had no choice but to give up on this unfortunate Asian player, attributing it to his poor decisions, turning himself into a form similar to a demon, making it impossible for them to rescue him.

Conversely, there was still hope for rescuing the black player in another location.

That guy hadn’t turned into any monster, but merely being too dark led the NPCs in this instance to misidentify him, prompting them to rush over quickly.

When they reached the alleyway entrance, the fight was still ongoing.

A dozen Innate Realm Daoists had surrounded the black player, unleashing countless Sword Techniques to engulf him, so that the flames on his body became covered by the sword light, obscuring whatever was inside.

As soon as the two arrived, they loudly urged these Daoists to stop their attack, knowing that some of them were from the Demon Extermination Team and had interacted with them, recognizing them as people of the Martial Venerable Hall, holding some mutual respect.

But as the Daoists ceased their siege, the reality remained extremely harsh; the black player had already perished.

He had been sliced into hundreds of pieces by the sword light, looking like charred remains with lingering embers, utterly miserable.

"In the end, we arrived too late."

The Xia Country sunglasses-wearing young man felt a bit helpless for the moment, thinking that if their intention to aid had been clearer earlier, they might have saved them, but now any word was too late.

"It was just their bad luck... It looks like only that white player might survive."

The Island Country female was also rather speechless; they originally wanted to gauge the power of Otherworld players through these three, so they had delayed stepping forward.

Unexpectedly, these players didn’t die at the hands of Otherworldly players but instead fell to NPCs, making one both laugh and cry.

"I suspect there are other players we haven’t discovered in this instance. Moving forward, we can’t be this careless, losing potential allies in vain."

As he spoke, the Xia Country young man and the Island Country female walked forward, rummaging through the wreckage of the black player’s body to find little trinkets like rings or necklaces as a small consolation for their oversight.