Chapter 1026: Assassinating the Opponent's Scalp
The moment the wall vanished, the bespectacled man used an item to retreat within the spiritual realm, widening the distance again as he said, "I heard you're a Super Evolver. Looks like you're not weak."
"Your young master really can't stand losing," Xu Huo said with a faint smile. "Losing a small Space Teleportation Item, and he still has to send someone to snatch it back."
The bespectacled man chuckled. "The item is nothing, but the young master doesn't like you, and he doesn't want you showing up at the Dong Clan again."
[Based on known data from both sides, the opponent's danger level is roughly equivalent to a mutated giant bear facing an evolved human.]
Xu Huo roughly estimated the opponent's combat power using an item. Even with one Super Item and three A-Grade Items, his chances of victory were still slim.
"Dong Qifeng really overestimates me, sending an A-Grade player," he said.
The bespectacled man across from him still wore that harmless, smiling expression. He lifted his eyes and said, "Killing a C-Grade player doesn't require an A-Grade colleague to step in."
The moment he finished speaking, a sharp pain swept through Xu Huo's brain. As his concentration wavered, the light points that had ambushed him earlier came raining down like raindrops again, surrounding him from almost three hundred sixty degrees!
"Inviolable Domain" successfully blocked the opponent's items, but at the same time, the bespectacled man had also appeared behind him. His speed was astonishing, almost slipping through the gap just as "Inviolable Domain" vanished to strike!
Even an item might not be able to defend against such speed, so Xu Huo decisively fled through space, simultaneously bringing out the spiral staircase, sending himself and the bespectacled man to different locations.
But this only bought him a very short time. A long, thin nail-shaped item in the opponent's hand completely ignored spiritual interference, tracking him along the path he had taken through space. After being blocked by "Inviolable Domain" for a moment, it pierced through the space barrier with a high-speed spinning motion!
This nail item was originally aimed at his heart, but when it passed through "Inviolable Domain," it deviated slightly. However, by now its speed and force had been reduced, making it not impossible to block head-on!
In an instant, the sword in Xu Huo's hand was replaced by the white cube!
"Ding!" The nail item struck "Angel's Fangs" and snapped into two pieces!
The bespectacled man not far away watched with a cold glint in his eyes, then sneered. He made no move, but the next second, Xu Huo was struck in the lower back by a force—the special item "Lifelike Wax Figure" hanging on him automatically shifted behind him to block the attack. Even so, the residual force was strong enough to send him flying forward, straight toward the bespectacled man!
Having apparently just lost a decent item, the bespectacled man's expression turned grim. He leaped down from the spiral staircase, a gauntlet forming on his clenched right hand, and punched at Xu Huo from a distance!
The very air seemed to warp under this immense force. The high heat generated by the powerful shockwave distorted the surrounding air as if it were boiling!
"Boom!" The shockwave struck the air barrier of "Inviolable Domain" head-on. Though it failed to break through the item, Xu Huo was half-suspended in the air. The impact sent him crashing to the ground, the air barrier pressing him into the earth along with him!
"You think that just because you countered two B-Grade players on the train, you can take on a B-Grade player with your C-Grade strength without any pressure?" The bespectacled man floated in the air, looking down at him. "Some people get lucky and clear simple instances to become high-level players, but those who rely on real strength have all crawled out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood. You? You're not qualified!"
Xu Huo's expression didn't change at all. He quickly opened a portal in the spiritual realm and went upstairs. Before the bespectacled man could follow, he threw out the all-metal chair he had just bought and said to the man rushing up, "Please sit!"
The bespectacled man, who had just come up, uncontrollably moved toward the chair. But halfway there, he stabilized himself with an item. Just as he turned to search for Xu Huo's whereabouts, a tiny, almost imperceptible gust of wind shot straight toward the back of his head!
The bespectacled man seemed to notice it a little late, or perhaps the detection time was too short for a full reaction. But he bent forward and downward at an angle and speed impossible for a normal human, narrowly dodging the attack—though a bloody gash was left on the back of his scalp.
Stunned, he looked up to see Xu Huo reach out and catch the small, finger-sized black metal bead, flicking the blood off it and saying, "Trash."
Xu Huo wasn't insulting the bespectacled man; he was talking about "Holder's Demise."
Earlier, in the secret room, when he had blocked the bespectacled man's ambush, he had first used "Holder's Demise." This item assassinates the holder player before assassinating the target, so he had chosen a moment when the opponent wouldn't easily notice, aiming for a surprise attack in the middle of the fight.
Even players of the same grade had varying levels of strength. The bespectacled man was clearly among the stronger ones. Whether he was sent by Dong Qifeng or was a companion of the players who had hijacked the train, both sides knew roughly how strong Xu Huo was. Since the opponent dared to come alone, it meant he was confident in his strength.
Xu Huo didn't dare to be overconfident, which was why he had opened the spiritual realm immediately. Even if it couldn't fully affect the opponent, a little cover was enough.
The opponent was wearing an item that countered spiritual interference, and this item even affected his mental control. But narrowing the range and holding on for a bit wasn't impossible... Unfortunately, this assassination attack, which boasted a ninety percent success rate, had only scraped off a layer of the opponent's scalp. Truly outstanding!
But this only delayed things for a moment. After activating "Inviolable Domain," Xu Huo used "Holder's Demise" again. This assassination came from behind. Without turning his head, he pulled the bespectacled man back into the spiritual realm.
"Your spiritual power can't affect me. Haven't you learned your lesson yet!" The bespectacled man stood up and threw another punch from a distance!
"Talking with a bald head, you sure have a big mouth."
This time, Xu Huo dodged. At the same time, he had figured out a bit of the opponent's item usage pattern. At least the item that had been layered on top of the nail item earlier seemed to require specific conditions to use. Before "Lifelike Wax Figure" blocked the attack, he had been dodging the nail item, lingering in the same spot for a very short time.
So this time, he rapidly changed his position. Instead of relying on speed, he moved through space. Walking through space also added a layer of space barrier around him. During this time, his defensive items couldn't be used, but some of the bespectacled man's attack items also had difficulty taking effect.
His spatial movement range exceeded two hundred meters. Moving within a single room or a single building was no problem. At the same time, he kept "opening doors" as visual interference and tried to pull the bespectacled man into the library tower.
Even so, he was still struggling, mostly on the defensive and dodging. But during the process, he made a new discovery. "You're deliberately avoiding my spiritual realm."
(Chapter End)