Chapter 1142: A Well-Matched Opponent
At this moment, Xu Huo on the plane had also figured out the current situation of the aircraft. Judging from the fighter jets occasionally shuttling by in the distance, combined with the terrain below, they were still flying towards Jing City according to the original plan. However, the plane had been concealed, and internal and external communication was impossible.
The fact that the fighter jets could follow them indicated that the Special Defense Department must have a basis for determining that the plane was still on its original flight path. This meant the plane had not left Zone 014 and was not inside a special space.
The Magician had simply used the most common trick in magic—sleight of hand—to hide the plane.
The female player had previously used an item to make two paper boxes transparent, successfully selecting the box with the ball. But the next round changed to picking the box with the ball from multiple boxes, and this time the boxes had added colors—red, blue, green, and purple in addition to black and white.
Because the female player had cooperated with a performance, she was asked to step down, and another player was brought in to make the first selection.
This player also tried to interfere with the boxes using items. Among them, the black and white boxes began to tremble automatically under the influence of the item, allowing one to judge by sound whether there was a ball inside, but the others did not react.
The remaining players turned their gaze back to the female player, who said with a dark expression, "Only the black and white ones can be seen through."
In other words, the other four colors of boxes had increased the difficulty once again.
Another player failed. The Magician raised a star-shaped magic wand and pointed it through the air. The person standing in front of the paper boxes vanished. Then the magic wand pointed at the Young Master. "Next lucky audience member, please!"
Only one of the Young Master's four bodyguards remained, and the one left clearly had no spirit of self-sacrifice for him. Having watched so many "performances," the Young Master was already drenched in sweat. The Magician's operations had eliminated most possible methods. Without item assistance, they absolutely could not "guess" which box had the ball, because even if they guessed correctly, the ball would shift in the second before the box opened... But even if they tore off all pretense, it was useless. They couldn't even break through the barrier the Magician had created, let alone damage the plane!
They were trapped in a small space called the Magic Performance Show, unable to advance or retreat!
"I'll take this round." Xu Huo pressed the Young Master's shoulder, raised his hand to check the time, and spoke to the Magician ahead.
"Another lucky audience member volunteering to come on stage!" The Magician waved his magic wand to pull him forward, his mouth splitting wide to reveal a row of white teeth. "As a special reward, the number of boxes in this round will increase to ten!"
With a raise of his hand, several more boxes of different colors floated in the air. Even without testing, it was obvious that the texture of these four newly appeared boxes was different from the previous ones.
However, Xu Huo didn't even blink. He pointed a finger and swiped downward, and all ten paper boxes were flattened, naturally exposing the small balls hidden inside.
"Bang! Bang!" Several confetti cannons exploded in the air. Amidst the fluttering confetti, the Magician let out another manic laugh and sent a rose as a reward for completing the performance.
"I estimate that this plane will be shot down before it reaches its destination," Xu Huo spoke up at this moment. "I wonder if your space barrier can withstand missiles."
"But even if it can, it doesn't matter. Mental influence doesn't work on me. This isn't an instance, so I can enter the station."
As he spoke, he took out the "Magician's Gift" playing card and held it out. "Is this why you came?"
The Magician's eyes shifted slightly, and he immediately reached out to grab it. But just as his hand was about to touch the card, Xu Huo curled his finger back, and the card returned to his palm.
Raising an eyebrow slightly as he looked at the man before him, he said, "This isn't your thing."
"Ha!" The Magician suddenly burst into loud laughter. As the arc of his mouth widened, his body also began to swell. His tuxedo exploded in an instant, and a massive amount of confetti gushed out, filling the entire cabin and obscuring everyone's vision. In this chaos, several thin lines shot forward from the front, some landing on seats and players, but one landed on the playing card!
The immense pulling force sent seats and players flying forward uncontrollably. The swirling confetti seemed to become an additional force, causing everything inside the plane to shake violently. Any object without a force anchoring it flew toward the direction where the Magician had vanished!
But the "Magician's Gift" was in Xu Huo's hands. After returning it to his item slot, he charged forward, using "Inviolable Domain" for defense while unleashing "Holder's Demise." A dull thud sounded, and someone hit the ground.
But it wasn't the Magician.
A small whirlwind struck from behind Xu Huo. Amidst the tumbling confetti, the Magician's top hat appeared, colliding with the "All Things Want to Cut Everything" he had set up. The hat was sliced into several pieces, but what scattered down was still fluttering confetti. The Magician himself remained unseen.
These confetti pieces severely interfered with Xu Huo's judgment of his surroundings. Coupled with the Magician's professional traits, he seemed able to swap positions with any player inside the plane. So every time Xu Huo chased after him, the person he finally grabbed wasn't the real one. Meanwhile, the Magician used the confetti to interfere with space power, launching surprise attacks repeatedly.
"Inviolable Domain" was broken through twice in a row. Xu Huo simply pulled the entire plane into his spiritual realm. But to his surprise, the moment the Magician entered the spiritual realm, his body exploded into another burst of confetti!
Not only that, countless confetti cannons appeared within the vast space of the spiritual realm. With successive popping sounds, the entire spiritual realm was quickly occupied by drifting confetti!
The opponents Xu Huo had encountered in the past were usually single-aspect super evolvers. This was the first time he had met a player with both space and mental super evolution like himself... A glint of interest sparked in his eyes. He strode forward, and as he walked, one spiral staircase after another appeared, interweaving from above and below, quickly pushing the confetti out of the space. At the same time, he opened several doors and built a library tower within the space, locking a large amount of confetti inside.
"Using confetti as the gateway to the spiritual realm—truly admirable." He looked at those pieces of paper no larger than a finger and offered a sincere compliment.
But these words seemed to anger the Magician. The top hat spun out from a piece of confetti again. With a flash of white light, "Inviolable Domain" was sliced open once more. Anywhere the confetti drifted could become the Magician's gateway, so when the paper flew into the broken space barrier, the Magician appeared right before Xu Huo's eyes, slashing diagonally at him:
"Please cooperate with the performance!"
As if it were truly a magic show, Xu Huo was sliced diagonally in two without any pain or even awareness!
(Chapter End)