Chapter 1226: Xiao Liang
The Cube Space was an advanced technological instrument capable of assimilating with any spatial prop that suddenly appeared within its coverage area in an extremely short time, rapidly generating the same spatial rays as that prop. Therefore, ordinary spatial props could not interfere with it. However, what Xu Huo did not expect was that Xue Lang's rays could actually cut through this mixed and complex space!
After dodging the rays for the first time, Xu Huo's first action was to check the Cube Space.
Within the Cube Space, there were many scattered chaotic rays that he could not touch. Previously, the frequent disappearances of players in Xiaohe City had led him to suspect it was one of the side effects of the Cube Space. That kind of chaotic space, resembling a spatial rift that could swallow living people, was still within his blind spot. Therefore, when using the Cube Space, he made sure to avoid disrupting areas where chaotic rays intersected, so as not to cause uncontrollable consequences...
Seeing him distracted during the fight, Xue Lang's face turned cold. His figure blurred, and he flashed behind Xu Huo, swinging a fist at his head!
The punch missed, as expected, leaving only a pierced afterimage. Xue Lang turned his head just in time to see Xu Huo's foot kicking toward his face. He sneered and reached out to grab it, but what he caught was another afterimage!
After another miss, he first swept the area with his rays, then leaped into the air, clapping his hands together—two massive palm-shaped spatial barriers closed in from both sides!
This move was certainly not meant to kill. Xue Lang, seeing the spatial barrier break at a certain point, quickly moved to pursue, crossing his hands and slashing, cutting through the space along with his own prop barrier!
Xu Huo had already changed positions. After dodging the rays, he glanced at the cuts left on the maze wall and silently widened the distance.
Soon, he noticed that Xue Lang only used his rays extensively when the two were very close. At longer distances, he preferred to use props.
This was, of course, not because the rays couldn't cover that distance or were hard to control. With a little attention, one could see that he was deliberately limiting the scope of the battle.
There was no friendship between them, so Xue Lang's restraint was certainly not mercy... His strength far exceeded that of an ordinary C-level player. Appearing in a C-level instance didn't mean he was a C-level player. If he were a B-level or A-level player, entering a lower-level instance and destroying it recklessly would easily get him wanted.
Naturally, he wouldn't appear in this C-level instance for no reason.
"Being a wanted criminal makes it inconvenient to move around in the game, and certainly inconvenient to work for Dr. Zhang," Xu Huo said, taking out a lighter. "Do you have business in Zone 001?"
Xue Lang was about to speak when he saw Xu Huo flick the lighter with a "click." As the flame shot out, a section of the maze wall caught fire!
"You have concerns about becoming a wanted criminal, but I don't." Xu Huo continued setting fires, pulling out a "Mini Mushroom Cloud" with his other hand, and smiled at the person opposite. "How about I blow up the maze wall and see if the blame falls on you?"
Xue Lang let out a cold laugh. "Go ahead and try. Let's see if you can pull it off!"
Not trying wasn't Xu Huo's style. Before Xue Lang finished speaking, he used "Destination Arrival" to quickly widen the distance. Whether or not he was being chased, every time he emerged from the prop, he set fires. The "Mini Mushroom Cloud" had a ten-second cooldown, so he couldn't deploy it immediately, but fire had fewer restrictions.
"Do you think this will drive me away?" Xue Lang followed closely, sneering. "Becoming a wanted criminal isn't that easy. Do you think the game is a pushover..."
Before he could finish, a earth-shattering explosion occurred two or three corridors away. The immense energy blasted two large holes in the thick maze walls. Though it didn't penetrate them, it damaged the core plant roots. In an instant, the two walls began to wither from the ground up.
Withered plants burned more easily, and soon a raging fire broke through the thick fog!
Xue Lang realized he had been tricked. He didn't even bother looking at the "Xu Huo" in front of him, slicing it in half with a ray before turning to leave.
But Xu Huo was still nearby.
"Xiao Liang," he called out to Xue Lang.
Xue Lang abruptly stopped, turning back with a terrifying glare. "Xu Huo, you're asking for death!"
The rays in his hand multiplied from four to eight, evenly covering the height of an adult. In an instant, the hundred-meter-long maze corridor, along with the walls on both sides, was sliced into strips. Due to the nature of the rays, the cut plants slid down rapidly. Without support, the maze walls began to collapse.
Thanks to the densely intertwined vines, the walls didn't immediately fall apart but toppled as whole sections. When the two sides met, they seemed to stabilize, but were then struck by rays shooting upward from below. In moments, the massive plant walls tilted from the sky, quickly blocking the corridor gap and burying the two inside!
Before the corridor was completely sealed, Xu Huo had already retreated from the middle. However, he didn't expect Xue Lang to be so fast. In an instant, he had circled ahead and pushed Xu Huo back into the collapsing corridor with a palm strike from a distance. Through the crumbling plant walls, eight rays swept rapidly, cutting the large chunks into smaller pieces!
Some of the plants were toxic. When damaged, they released venom and mucus, which continuously corroded other plants while gradually gluing the remaining wall fragments together. Soon, they fused into a large, grotesque mass.
"I know you're not that easy to kill," Xue Lang said, looking up at the person now standing high in the air, pressing his hands downward.
Seeing the rays suddenly appear above his head, Xu Huo hurled "Eternal Time" downward as he descended. The sub-class stone was sliced in half as it passed through one of the rays!
Retrieving the stone, Xu Huo rubbed the cut surface and quickly raised a spatial barrier.
Within the Cube Space, he could raise spatial barriers infinitely, even if they weren't very sturdy.
Starting from a hundred meters above the ground, he constantly changed positions to dodge the rays while opening his spiritual realm, layering spatial barriers within it, and using two spatial props to block the rays.
"Still don't get it? Your little tricks are nothing in front of me!" Xue Lang shouted, clapping his hands together and then apart, turning eight rays into sixteen!
The more rays there were, the larger the coverage area, making it harder for Xu Huo to move. And after retracting, the rays seemed to be able to appear from anywhere... He paused briefly, then tried to widen the distance again.
(Chapter End)