Chapter 1028: Killed
The item blocking mental interference had failed!
Before the bespectacled man could react to what was happening, a stream of black liquid seeped out from beneath his feet, then surged up like a spring to engulf his ankles!
Unable to break free through sheer strength alone, he quickly tossed out a firecracker-shaped single-use item. As it detonated, the black liquid splattered outward in all directions. Seizing the moment before it could reconverge, the bespectacled man moved to the third floor of the book tower, gripping a spherical bomb in his hand. He raised it high and addressed Xu Huo, whose location he couldn't pinpoint, "This bomb is powerful enough to level this entire villa to the ground, and it will also deal severe damage to your mental world. I'll give you five seconds to think it over!"
Five seconds?
Xu Huo didn't need even one. Having attempted to drag him into the book tower over a dozen times during their fight without success, he had no choice but to use the "Door of Idealism" to connect his mental world with the book tower—within the scope of the mental world, the "Door of Idealism" could not only traverse spaces created by the mind but also pass through real physical spaces like walking through walls. Of course, using it as a door for the book tower was overkill, but for now, he had no better option.
This B-rank player was exceptionally well-equipped, whether in terms of items, traits, or combat experience—nothing like the broke players he had encountered before. So far, he had used at least four A-rank items, and the items he used as replacements were of no low grade either. It would be difficult to drag things out until he ran out of resources, so Xu Huo had to act while the opponent was trapped in his mental world!
The book tower began to rotate in a staggered fashion, and at the same time, the doors on each floor started moving, rapidly shuttling between the bookshelves.
The bespectacled man shifted his position slightly with the rotating floors, then levitated off the ground. He spotted a door rapidly approaching from ahead and was about to reach out and open it when, unexpectedly, another door dropped down from directly above, nearly swallowing his head!
"Don't even think about it!" The bespectacled man produced a silver, shimmering thread. With a flick of his fingers, the thread moved through the air at a speed the naked eye couldn't follow, instantly ensnaring the door above. With a pull, he effortlessly sliced it into over a dozen fragments.
His item could cut through the doors within the mental world—this caught Xu Huo off guard. However, it also meant the opponent couldn't escape the mental world; otherwise, he would have simply walked out.
With a subtle motion of his hand, door after door appeared within the book tower.
"Impressive." The bespectacled man sneered as he found himself surrounded by countless doors in the blink of an eye. He retrieved the bomb he had just put away, activated it, and hurled it out!
But the bomb didn't explode in the book tower as intended. Mid-air, it was caught by a small door and vanished without even a sound of detonation.
Only then did genuine wariness appear in the bespectacled man's eyes. "You're definitely not a C-rank player!"
Even for a Super Evolver, evolution was a gradual process. This process depended not only on the player's talent but also on their evolution rate, which represented the degree of physical enhancement. All super evolution was based on this—without a strong physique, how could one sustain the energy required for the super evolution process, let alone mental super evolution!
Excessive mental strain placed a heavy burden on the body. If Xu Huo were truly a C-rank player, it would be impossible for him to not only control his mental world while fighting at full capacity but also to open it multiple times. Especially since he had been forced to retract his mental power under item attacks each time, which itself was a drain...
Being completely unable to hear the explosion within the mental world either meant his mental strength was sufficient to affect a B-rank player, or that his mental world's range was vast enough to compensate for the weakening of mental interference through distance. Either way, it was a burden that a C-rank player's evolution level shouldn't be able to bear!
Xu Huo didn't respond to his words, letting his imagination run wild. Instead, he attacked through the floating doors. He didn't believe he could kill the bespectacled man directly with the items he currently had; instead, he planned to use "Holder's Demise" again—in fact, this was currently his only possible method to kill this B-rank player!
"Hiding? I'll make you come out!" Annoyed by the lack of response, the bespectacled man angrily manipulated the thread in his hand, shredding all the doors within three meters in one go. He even leaped into one of the doors himself, trying to find Xu Huo inside!
Xu Huo fought while retreating. At close range, it was hard to avoid being detected. Often, after using an item two or three times, he would be forced to open a new door. Eventually, he grew increasingly strained and could only flee between doors.
A flying ice bead struck his right leg, causing Xu Huo to lurch to the side. The bespectacled man immediately caught up—the surrounding doors had been mostly destroyed, and the sweating Xu Huo seemed to have no energy left to open more. A mist-like substance began to condense about five centimeters above the ground. The bespectacled man first used a restriction item before swinging his fist down!
"Whoosh!" A small metal bead flew out from a door that suddenly opened beside him. The man, who should have had all his attention focused on Xu Huo, instead leaned back, dodging the attack with perfect precision. Keeping his chin raised, he looked at Xu Huo and said contemptuously, "Did you think I wouldn't see that coming..."
Before he could finish, his body jerked forward, and a bloodstained bead burst out from his chest—this was the mental world. Doors could open anywhere, allowing passage for people, and naturally, for items as well!
By now, Xu Huo had already blocked the ground attack. Not bothering to retrieve the item, he immediately moved in for the kill. Unfortunately, piercing the heart wasn't as effective as piercing the head. The bespectacled man wasn't dead yet. He raised his hand, and the threads he had pre-arranged in the surroundings coiled around Xu Huo, trapping him along with his space barrier!
"Don't think you can leave..." The bespectacled man stared at him with bloodshot eyes. As he spoke, dozens of bombs clattered to the ground!
Seeing the obviously different power level of these bombs, Xu Huo's pupils trembled. He closed his mental world while activating his trait "Truth Transcends All 2.0," shaking off the threads wrapped around him and preparing to flee the explosion's epicenter. The previous bomb he had sent away hadn't caused much damage. Since they were in an instance, the bespectacled man wouldn't gamble with such heavy stakes right away—that had just been a test. Xu Huo had also thought it was a test. But now, the opponent clearly intended to drag him down with him. This amount of explosive power was probably enough to destroy more than just a villa. He wasn't sure if "Truth Transcends All 2.0" could withstand it, so the farther he ran, the better!
However, just as he was about to use "Destination Arrival," he suddenly realized that his mental world hadn't completely closed. Thinking the bespectacled man had tampered with it, he frowned and turned around, only to see a spike formed from a shadow piercing through the man's head. Blood slid down the face of the man who had died with his eyes wide open, dripping down. Just before it hit the ground, it was caught by an expanding shadow, which also caught the bombs!
(Chapter End)