# Chapter 1216: Being Targeted
Jiang Zifeng observed for a moment before saying, "I estimate that after we collect the props, these threads will quickly fill back in, and then it won't be easy for us to leave... Anyway, there's no way I'm crawling out."
The thread wall had trapped them perfectly, but there was a gap left at the bottom—just over a meter high. Obviously, no one could walk out standing up.
"I told you this guy is petty, definitely doing this on purpose." Jiang Zifeng complained. "If he wanted to kill us, he could have just sealed us off completely with the thread wall. Why bother leaving an opening?"
He picked up the guillotine blade he had used last night and poked it through the tent window at the threads.
As a result, the threads proved extremely tough and didn't break at all. Not only did they not break, but they left three shallow grooves on the guillotine blade.
Putting away the prop, Jiang Zifeng's expression turned serious. "If we don't find this guy, I'm afraid we won't be able to clear this instance peacefully."
Xu Huo agreed. As the female player used a prop to slide out from under the threads, he activated "All Things Want to Cut Everything" and wrapped it around the thread wall.
Even the A-grade tangent line, which could cut through some equivalent level items, couldn't destroy the thread wall immediately. It was only after Xu Huo forcibly manipulated the tangent line to move that he managed to snap a few threads.
But that meant the thread wall wasn't indestructible. So he spread the tangent line as wide as possible, and while retracting the shelter, he destroyed all the surrounding thread walls!
"Good brother!" Jiang Zifeng seized the opportunity to run out as well. Using a prop, he discovered the "tail" of the thread wall. His right hand was covered with a prop armor piece, which he pressed onto the thread, shouting, "Fate brings us together across a thousand miles!"
The thread first trembled violently and rapidly contracted toward Jiang Zifeng's direction, but within just one second, this momentum stopped. Then the thread in his hand, along with the thread wall behind it, disappeared entirely!
"Trying to run?" Jiang Zifeng stood up, exchanged a glance with Xu Huo, and chased in the direction the thread had vanished.
Xu Huo nodded to the female player and followed.
Jiang Zifeng guessed that the other party definitely wouldn't put the prop into their item slot immediately, so he had marked the thread. As it turned out, he was right—not only did the other party not put away the prop, but they had also set up traps along the way using thread walls.
Whenever a thread wall blocked their path, Xu Huo stepped forward. When it came to tracking, he lagged slightly behind Jiang Zifeng.
The two advanced like this for about ten minutes before stopping. It wasn't that they had caught up to the thread-using player, but rather that five players had blocked their way.
As soon as they faced off, a dense volley of flying arrows greeted Xu Huo and Jiang Zifeng!
These were no ordinary arrows. They came from a crystal-like bow held by a long-haired female player among the five. The bow had no string and no physical arrows—she simply pulled her hand through the air, and dozens of semi-transparent arrows flew out!
"Careful! It's a space prop!" Jiang Zifeng warned as he retreated.
Xu Huo expanded the coverage of the Cube Space, grabbing the space rays and pulling them forward. Although this wasn't enough to block the arrows, it could change their trajectory.
Dozens of flying arrows deviated from their original path—some flew into the maze walls, others embedded into the ground. The long-haired female player with the bow smiled. "This one's probably a spatial super evolver."
Her companions laughed along. A bald man standing beside her cracked his knuckles and stepped forward. "Then let me have a go at him!"
As his words faded, he had already flashed in front of Xu Huo. His fist, equipped with a prop, pierced through three layers of hastily erected space barriers and slammed into the "Inviolable Domain"!
Although the other party couldn't break the prop, Xu Huo was still startled by the sheer force. This guy was the strongest cannibal player he had encountered so far.
"Come on! Let me see what you've got!" The bald man didn't continue his close-range attack after failing to land a hit. Instead, he launched a series of prop attacks, trying to force Xu Huo out of the barrier—of course, this was also to probe for weaknesses in the "Inviolable Domain."
Xu Huo sold him this "weakness." After the "Inviolable Domain" barrier appeared three times in succession, he extended the gap between prop uses. The bald man seized this opportunity perfectly, charging at him like a cannonball. The prop he wore formed a human-shaped defense barrier as he crashed directly into Xu Huo's sword!
Xu Huo retreated repeatedly, instantly widening the distance between himself, Jiang Zifeng, and the four opposing players to over ten meters.
After landing and steadying himself, he used the tangent line to seal off the bald man's retreat and activated "Holder's Demise"!
The black metal bead pierced through the bald man's defense barrier and shot toward his heart. But in that extremely short distance and time—from the defense barrier to the bald man himself—Xu Huo suddenly swapped positions with the bald man, now facing "Holder's Demise" head-on.
At the same time, the bald man, who had swapped places with him, launched an attack from behind. The prop on his fist flashed, and a light arc solidified into a curved blade aimed at Xu Huo's back!
"Buzz!" The black metal bead and the light arc struck the "Inviolable Domain" simultaneously from front and back, causing the prop barrier to ring loudly and shatter within a second—though it wasn't the bald man's prop that did it, but "Holder's Demise."
Retracting the prop, Xu Huo quickly turned around, used "Cake Slice" to shatter the prop on the bald man's hand, and then moved back toward Jiang Zifeng.
By this time, Jiang Zifeng was already entangled by two players. When they saw Xu Huo approaching, they called out to the bald man, "Take him farther away, or we won't be able to split the props properly in the end."
The bald man laughed heartily and said to Xu Huo, "You hear that?"
As he finished speaking, another male player joined the fray, but this one came to intercept Xu Huo. He moved to Xu Huo's side, tapped the ground with his toe, and a light ring shot out five or six meters, enveloping him, Xu Huo, and the pursuing bald man. The light ring flashed, and the three vanished from their spot, reappearing in a new maze passage.
They hadn't gone far—just around a corner from the previous passage.
Now facing two opponents, Xu Huo shed his previous tension and wariness. He stood up straight, flexed his numb wrist, and said, "You five were deliberately waiting there. Who sent you?"
"Heh?" The other crew-cut player let out a strange laugh. "This guy's still putting on airs."
The bald man cracked his neck, making it pop. "He's holding back. Just from those props he used earlier, it's clear his strength is far beyond this."
"Deliberately showing weakness, probably trying to split us up."
The crew-cut player gave Xu Huo a sinister glare. "Kid's got quite a few tricks up his sleeve."
Ignoring their encirclement, Xu Huo said, "That thread-using player isn't among you. Is he your companion?"
"Doesn't seem like it."
"Are you following his orders?"
"Doesn't seem like that either."
"Then you're under his control. The five of you are subservient to that thread-using player."