Chapter 1249: The Deck That Can Never Be Completed
The flower cards held by the players present originally totaled eight—five black flower cards and three white flower cards. After Xue Lang entered, one black and one white were added.
Currently, there are two ways to circulate the playing cards. One is to kill and take the cards; all cards of the killed player automatically transfer to the killer. However, there is a problem: if the total number held exceeds six, then all cards taken by the killer will undergo random loss until only six cards remain.
Therefore, this method carries a certain risk of losing good cards.
The second method is to use six exchange cards to directly swap. The prerequisite for a swap is that the holder of the exchange card must clearly know what cards the other party has. Blindly calling out won't work, and trying one by one is even more impossible.
It was unclear who held the previous eight cards, but the Black Gem Cloak and White Rainbow Diamond Necklace that appeared last were firmly in Xue Lang's hands.
Faced with Xu Huo's question, Xue Lang glanced at the flower cards lit up ahead. "Six black, four white. Dare you say you have more white flowers?"
"Maybe I really do have more white flowers," Xu Huo said. "You can think of it this way: if I have more white flowers, that means I have no black flowers. The remaining five black flowers are with other players, so you still have a chance to complete a set."
"But you should also note that there are quite a few exchange cards here."
"Everyone knows what cards you have—one black, one white. You're exactly one short of each."
Xue Lang laughed silently. "Do they dare to call out cards? Whoever calls out cards will die. Everyone here, including you—are they my match?"
"Besides, there are only six exchange cards in a deck, and only four are here now."
On the poker wall, only four exchange cards were lit up: Black 3, White 3, White 10, and Black 17. Even if all were used, only four cards could be exchanged.
"Is that so?" Xu Huo stretched a bit. "Then I'll call out."
"How about I trade my white card, the Gem Cloak, for your black card, the Gem Cloak?"
Number card 3 is an exchange card, and Xu Huo happened to have one in hand. He called out Xue Lang's card, meaning the exchange was established.
Xue Lang probably didn't expect him to still have an exchange card. He was slightly surprised but then sneered fiercely. "Too bad. Your black flowers will never be complete."
Xu Huo understood his meaning. "Either the black cards transfer to you, or you can kill everyone here and send the cards back into the maze, right?"
Xue Lang didn't refute it, and his gloomy expression also told the others that Xu Huo was right.
Aside from the people Xu Huo had brought, only eight of the remaining players had reached the finish line. After two more were killed, only six were left, looking weak in this situation.
Of course, being a C-level player meant they had some strength, at least not losing face on the surface. Just as they were quietly deploying their props, a thin line silently swept across the ground, directly cutting off the feet of two of them!
The sudden change stunned the players, especially the two who lost their feet. They hadn't noticed what prop it was, let alone who had done it!
"Using that trick again." Xu Huo released his spiritual realm, using a materialized object to block that space ray. He also moved the two injured players behind him and said to Xue Lang, "If everyone dies, this game can't continue. Do you want to fight again?"
"I don't believe that prop of yours can be used a second time," Xue Lang said darkly.
The more powerful a prop, the more restrictive it often is, let alone one with such an almost unavoidable killing effect!
"You can guess again," Xu Huo said. "Just now you guessed that I have more black cards. Now you can also guess that my prop can't be used consecutively. Maybe your guess is right."
He took out the "Precise Hit" again and held a pen in his other hand.
Xue Lang squinted, sharply sizing him up and the paper in his hand. After a moment, he said, "I don't believe your prop can still be used!"
As his words fell, four rays shot out from both sides to encircle them!
Mu Yan, who had been traveling with Xu Huo from the start, knew best how deadly these rays were. She immediately said, "Ordinary props can't block that thing. Dodge quickly!"
"Don't underestimate us!" Jiang Zifeng laughed heartily, pulling out a meter-tall crystal pillar and slamming it into the ground. As a gentle breeze swept through the room, the moving rays were indeed affected, becoming more visible than before!
He didn't waste words and reminded Ye Bingxin and the others to use space props to counter. "Although spatial super evolution is powerful, like temporal and mental super evolution, as long as you find the right instrument, you can deal with it. This jammer was bought at a high price from a player at another wormhole point. It's enough to handle a B-level evolver!"
Although injury didn't hinder the intensity of using super evolution power, it affected the timing. Xue Lang was wounded by space power, and the injury wouldn't heal quickly. After forcing himself to return to Zone 001 from another district, he couldn't use space rays as freely as before. Now, with the jammer in play, the ray's power was reduced, making it no longer the almost invisible and intangible thing it was before.
"Just a B-level player!" The players who dodged the rays perked up—even if they hadn't obtained higher-level props from the instance, who couldn't buy a B-level prop?
One middle-aged man with an impressive amount of hair threw a transparent sphere forward. Upon landing, it exploded into dozens of diamond-shaped thin pieces. These pieces connected to form a large shield!
Unfortunately, the ray's power remained. The large shield was cut in half from the middle.
The middle-aged man was only startled for a moment before he manipulated the two halves of the shield to overlap. After being cut again, four pieces stacked together, then eight, then sixteen... After stacking several times and moving their positions several times, they seemed to finally hold the ray in place.
The middle-aged man breathed a sigh of relief, but the next second, Xu Huo suddenly appeared in front of him. A hand seemingly wrapped in a layer of black liquid lunged for his neck!
The middle-aged man instinctively moved to fight back, but his feet found no ground. He fell into a door that suddenly appeared on the floor, then dropped from the air two meters away. By then, Xu Huo had already grabbed the ray released by Xue Lang.
All other rays in the room disappeared. One end of the ray was in Xu Huo's hand, the other under Xue Lang's finger. The latter smiled smugly. "It seems that prop of yours can't be used consecutively."
As he spoke, he raised his hand to block an attack from Jiang Zifeng behind him. With a flick of his finger sheath, he sent the man flying. But in that instant, he realized something was off—Jiang Zifeng, after being knocked away, quickly turned around and used a prop to lock onto him, creating a gravitational pull. Normally, he would return along the previous trajectory, but Xue Lang sensed him appearing on the other side!
His perception was off. He immediately looked up at the person in front of him.