Chapter 1120: Cube Space
Just as the "Eye of the Dead" pierced through, a Space Ray Blade flew out, directly piercing the right lung of Xu Huo's younger personality—which was also Xu Huo's right lung. At the same time Mr. Kang turned to attack, he and the younger personality had swapped positions, enabling this unexpected strike.
Trading injury for injury had been anticipated, and the trait "Truth Transcends All" could block items and traits, but it could not block this solid weapon made of space itself!
Once again shocked by the power of this space item, he also took the opportunity to deliver a finishing blow to Mr. Kang's throat—the Space Blade piercing his lung was not fatal; even if he stabbed through Mr. Kang's heart, the opponent might not die immediately. He had to guard against a final counterattack!
Mr. Kang swung his hand back, and the Space Blade he released also slashed toward Xu Huo's neck!
Seeing him use a defense item again, Xu Huo's finishing strike failed, forcing him to retreat quickly. However, Mr. Kang had no intention of letting him go. As he turned, he used an item to close the distance between them, then stabbed at the "Inviolable Domain" barrier with his five fingers!
"Holder's Demise!" Xu Huo shouted, but the other did not dodge. Without hesitation, he broke through the barrier. Just as the item's effect faded, he trapped Xu Huo in a box full of sword slits, and then several flying swords appeared in the air, shooting toward the box!
Mr. Kang did not retreat. To guard against "Inviolable Domain," he maintained his distance, breaking the space barrier each time it formed, giving Xu Huo no chance to defend, willing to harm himself to ensure Xu Huo's death!
Holder's Demise!
The previous move had been a feint, but now it was real. Mr. Kang seemed sluggish due to his severe injuries, so he could not fully dodge. The black metal bead pierced his heart again, drawing blood as he lunged forward.
Xu Huo appeared trapped in the box, unable to escape or activate a defense barrier, but he had actually used "Ideal Skin." This A-grade item could form a defensive layer outside the body, requiring little space, lasting three minutes, and blocking some A-grade item attacks... Though it might not fully stop the flying swords, it was enough as protection, because even if he could not get out, he could still open a space portal.
Several flying swords rapidly shuttled through the sword slits of the box, stabbing through it again and again, seemingly piercing him repeatedly, but in reality, the blades merely passed through the gaps in the box's interior space.
Seeing blood flow from under the box, Mr. Kang's eyes trembled, his face twisted, but he managed a strange smile. The item's time was limited, and the game backend had not yet received a notification, so he held his breath and retreated. Just then, the item box dissolved, followed immediately by a cold flash!
The defense item on his neck was cut open by the "Eye of the Dead." Feeling the blood drain, Mr. Kang struggled to cover his neck, letting out an incoherent, guttural roar: "Don't... even... think..."
Seeing his raised hand, Xu Huo's brow furrowed deeply, but the time for "Truth Transcends All" had passed, forcing him to retreat!
"Boom!" A red light flashed, and Mr. Kang's body exploded into mist—he had committed suicide just before dying!
A player who kills another can inherit the victim's legacy, but if the player dies by suicide, then aside from items worn on the body that can be picked up, all items stored in the item slot will be reclaimed by the game.
Mr. Kang would rather die without a complete corpse than let Xu Huo gain any benefit. The most important space item was likely also placed in the item slot.
Of course, Xu Huo did not go far. While "Inviolable Domain" blocked the flying flesh and blood, he quickly downed two Self-Healing Agents. At the final moment, Mr. Kang could not have withdrawn all his items, so picking up two B-grade items was not a total loss.
Naturally, he was not the only one wanting to pick up items. He did not know how Uncle Guan's situation was, but he sensed a B-grade player approaching.
Xu Huo would not allow someone to reap the rewards at this moment. He released his spiritual power, incorporating the surrounding two hundred meters into his spiritual realm. Just as he prepared to search for items, an undeniable spatial power appeared within his spiritual realm.
Opening a door, he descended from midair to the ground. Among a pile of building debris, he discovered a thumb-sized transparent cube—more accurately, it was not a single cube, but a large cube containing a smaller cube inside.
The moment he obtained the item, he felt a sudden surge of spatial control power. The ground beneath him was instantly covered by spatial power, and this power was slowly expanding. At the same time, the space rays appearing in his vision became chaotic.
Normally, a stable space—such as the space ray distribution within a district—is relatively uniform and difficult to change. But merely holding this space item caused the nearby space rays to shift!
Xu Huo observed the chaotic rays, varying in thickness and density, and gently brushed one of them. With this light touch, the similarly aligned rays began to ripple, forming a path that appeared winding but was actually straight!
He stepped into it. The seemingly narrow path did not feel cramped as he walked, immediately delivering him to the end. Looking back, he saw a trail of overlapping, yet-to-fade shadows behind him...
At that moment, a flying arrow silently shot toward him. Xu Huo sensed it and prepared to open a door to send it away, but unexpectedly discovered that both the space portal he opened and the "Inviolable Domain" barrier were merging with this cube. In other words, his spiritual realm and space items were synchronizing frequencies with the space rays in the cube—no wonder Mr. Kang's Space Ray Blade could effortlessly pierce through "Inviolable Domain."
Moreover, this was not the cube's only use. When the flying arrow entered the cube's spatial power range, the space rays rippled. This ripple could be felt even with eyes closed and without using spatial power—like a stone thrown into water, the ripples spreading, allowing anyone within to detect the stone's direction and position.
What a pity, Xu Huo sighed for Mr. Kang. If he had undergone Super Evolution and could see space rays, he would never have used such a powerful weapon so clumsily.
Without even turning to look at the flying arrow, he simply grabbed the vibrating space rays. The converging rays automatically formed a temporary barrier, deflecting the arrow mid-flight.
At the same time, he used his evolutionary power to expand the cube's coverage area on a larger scale. In an instant, it reached four to five hundred meters away. Within this non-limit range, he easily found the player hiding nearby: no matter if there was one wall or two walls in between, as long as they moved, all their actions were reflected back through the space rays—everything that could hide or conceal was rendered as nothing!
(Chapter End)