In fact, just as Fecor had anticipated, Fang Li was aware of the current situation. That’s why he deliberately continued to hide in Seireiden, conducting ambushes.
Rather than breaking out in the heavily surrounded external environment, facing the encirclement of thousands of soldiers without any cover, it was more advantageous for Fang Li to remain within the restricted terrain of Seireiden.
After all, Seireiden could only be so big. Where could it accommodate a large number of troops running amok?
So, the number of people who could enter Seireiden for pursuit was certainly limited.
Coupled with the intricate structure inside Seireiden, with numerous corridors and rooms, Fang Li could easily rely on the Assassin’s Skill to hide and go unnoticed.
Of course, just avoiding detection was not enough.
As mentioned earlier, Seireiden was only so large, and once the “Bal Masqué” teams started searching, Fang Li would sooner or later be discovered.
In that case, Fang Li chose to utilize the terrain for ambushes, creating chaos on one hand and reducing the enemy’s numbers on the other, creating favorable conditions for his escape later on.
A captive human, gathered in a place filled with Crimson World Denizens, not only did not rush to escape but instead began a widespread massacre. Fecor was impressed by the decisiveness and ruthlessness of the opponent.
Although Fecor already regarded Fang Li highly due to Trinity’s attention, he never expected Fang Li to demonstrate such behavior.
However, even if Fecor was astonished, it couldn’t change the course of events.
Next, with the help of the hearth-shaped Treasure Tool, Fecor and the countless Jaegers in Seireiden discovered Fang Li’s traces numerous times.
However, once people rushed over, Fang Li had already disappeared, leaving only corpses and remains.
Helpless, Fecor had to reorganize the teams, with several or even dozens of Wanderers leading each search team, forming larger formations for searching within Seireiden.
This way, even if Fang Li continued to conduct ambushes, it would at least buy some time for the other teams to catch up.
However, what Fecor did not anticipate was that things continued to unfold unexpectedly.
Indeed, after reorganizing the teams, even Fang Li could not kill everyone in an extremely short amount of time and then continue to hide.
But who said Fang Li had to kill everyone to leave?
After reorganizing the teams, Fang Li continued to launch raids as before but without engaging in prolonged combat. Each time, he would retreat decisively just before the other teams arrived.
And those who luckily did not die, after witnessing Fang Li’s scenes of slaughter, were already scared out of their wits. They couldn’t stay and face Fang Li; they could only watch him escape, with some even feeling secretly relieved.
In this situation, Fang Li would stop each time after inflicting casualties, and disappear before anyone arrived, leaving behind a field of corpses and remains, continually weakening the numbers of the “Bal Masqué.”
The slaughter continued.
It’s worth mentioning that Sabrac had also been chasing Fang Li, but they never encountered each other. Fang Li always sensed Sabrac’s whereabouts in advance, avoiding him directly.
This frustrated Sabrac to some extent.
In the past, as an assassin, Sabrac used to ambush enemies, causing chaos, panic, and unpreparedness. Now being treated in the same way by someone else, Sabrac realized how much resentment he had sown.
Even Fang Li seemed to be planning to get even. Once, when Sabrac arrived at the scene, Fang Li deliberately hid, and when Sabrac was about to leave, he suddenly launched a surprise attack, nearly cutting Sabrac’s body into two, almost killing him.
Since then, Sabrac became more cautious, no longer boldly riding the fiery waves like before in Seireiden but rather hiding his figure, gradually approaching.
As a result, Fang Li and Sabrac, both raid-type assassins, unexpectedly engaged in simultaneous stealth. They circled each other for a long time without encountering each other.
For Fang Li, this result was inconsequential.
Anyway, Fang Li’s ultimate goal is to escape, not to raid.
However, for Sabrac and Fecor, Fang Li’s actions were truly headache-inducing, and they had no idea what to do.
With no other option, Fecor had to continuously command in real-time from the command room.
“First, second, and third squads, head to the east side, and thoroughly search every corner!”
“Fourth, fifth, and sixth squads, go to the west side, and coordinate actions with the Jaegers!”
“All squads maintain a certain distance, lure the target out, and ensure immediate arrival when the target appears!”
“External forces, begin narrowing the encirclement, allow more manpower to enter Seireiden for support!”
“Don’t be careless; although the opponent is a human, he is a formidable enemy. Have members with keen senses and quick reactions join the pursuit!”
In this way, Fecor coordinated with Sabrac while continually deploying and maneuvering troops.
The entire Seireiden was in complete chaos.
However, Fecor and Sabrac were oblivious.
In fact, they were gradually being manipulated by Fang Li.
“The target has appeared on the west side!”
“Hurry over!”
“Quick!”
Inside Seireiden, the squads received the usual message and began rushing towards the direction where Fang Li was said to be, creating a tumult of chaotic footsteps and shouting throughout the corridors, reaching the extreme.
However, as the squads started moving towards the west side, in a corner of an eastern corridor, Fang Li slowly walked out from behind.
Sensing the auras of strangers in Seireiden gradually shifting towards another direction, making this side sparse, Fang Li took a breath, releasing the hand covering his chest.
“It seems the bleeding has stopped.”
With Fang Li’s current impressive Endurance (VIT), his recovery ability has significantly increased.
“Now that the members of ‘Bal Masqué’ are gathering in another direction, it’s time for me to escape.”
Fang Li wasn’t just stealthily ambushing within Seireiden. Constant back-and-forth movement had allowed him to grasp the terrain of Seireiden somewhat.
At this moment, on the side of the corridor where Fang Li was, there was a window.
However, outside the window, there was a team of guards on alert, surrounding Seireiden tightly.
Hiding beside the window, Fang Li’s gaze fell subtly in one direction.
There, a gap had appeared in the encirclement.
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