Chapter 1318: Station Slaughter
After a brief period of recovery, Fresh Flower City distributed welfare benefits to ordinary citizens and also provided substantial compensation to the surrounding small cities affected by the incident. Now, several cities were preparing celebrations, under the guise of healing wounds.
Xu Huo watched the jubilant clips of citizens playing on the Message Collection Terminal, fell silent for a moment, then shut off the communicator.
Killing any one person, let alone a rising star of the Han Clan, or even the leaders of the Han Clan and various factions in Fresh Flower City combined, could not change the current landscape of this city. A faint spark cannot start a prairie fire, but with a spark, there is the possibility of hope for one.
Of course, doing something might be meaningless, but doing nothing yields nothing at all.
Glancing around the lively and peaceful streets, Xu Huo vanished from the crowd.
The next second, he reappeared in the station.
The moment he landed, a thick, foul stench invaded his nostrils. At the same time, two players emerged from the corners of the station, which was covered in blood and severed limbs, attacking him from left and right!
Two invisible gusts of wind, sharp as blades, struck the barrier of the "Goalkeeper," rebounding with a resonant sound before being deflected by the two players who then smashed them into the ground.
"Little bunny, be good and open the door!" one of the players, who had a small braid, shouted at Xu Huo. A portal automatically disintegrated on the "Goalkeeper" barrier. Although it quickly closed again, the braided player still managed to squeeze through the gap during that opening, charging in front of Xu Huo with a sinister grin, a long scythe aimed at his neck!
The Cube Space had already spread out upon entering the station. Xu Huo hooked his left hand in the air, and three Space Barriers materialized between them. Of course, ordinary Space Barriers couldn't block some high-attack-power items, but as the braided player broke through the first two barriers, Xu Huo teleported behind him, his right hand wielding the Black Blade in a horizontal sweep!
The braided player's defensive item shattered. At the critical moment, he turned back and used his scythe to parry the Black Blade. Although the item scythe was cut in half and one of his arms was severed, he managed to save his life. He turned to flee, but hadn't run more than a few meters before a tremendous force struck his lower back. With a crisp crack of his spine, he was sent flying into the "Goalkeeper" barrier. After the heavy impact, he fell to the ground, where he was shredded by a sudden gale that surged up from the floor.
Simultaneously, the other attacking player was also shredded, though he was outside the barrier.
The two were brutally minced, lying on the ground in a bloody mess, barely recognizable as human. Xu Huo swept a cold glance over them, then turned his gaze to the other players in the station.
This station had experienced countless slaughters, the filthiest of all the stations he had visited. Old and new bloodstains overlapped and intertwined. The floor, windows, and even the ceiling were covered with indescribable dried grime. Although there were no bones or rotting corpses, there were plenty of fresh dead bodies.
The surviving players were roughly divided into three groups.
The two who had just attacked came from two of these groups. These two groups seemed to have formed an alliance. One was led by a female player with purple eyes, and the other by a middle-aged, one-eyed, burly man. They both stared at Xu Huo with fierce eyes.
The remaining group was relatively scattered and showed no obvious hostility towards him.
"Don't go over," the purple-eyed female player stopped her companion, pointing her chin at the ground. "There are traps."
"What are traps!" the one-eyed burly man retorted. He threw a handful of metal beads onto the ground. The beads scattered and rolled across the floor, activating all the hidden traps of "Snowflake Scattering" outside the "Goalkeeper" barrier. Over a dozen wind gusts shot into the air. Then, the one-eyed burly man twisted a fist-sized round box. As the box rotated, his position swapped with Xu Huo's!
"Kill him!" The moment the position swap was successful, the one-eyed burly man charged back, holding a broad, long cleaver. With Xu Huo's departure, the "Goalkeeper" barrier had vanished, and the fastest update, please input the URL - M..COM - into your browser to read the latest chapter.
"All Things Want to Cut Everything" and "Horizontal Cut" were all activated.
The Tangents, relying on the air, were enough to cover the entire station, while "Horizontal Cut" had a three-second buffer time. After three seconds, it would form a hundred-meter-long cutting plane at a height of five centimeters from the ground, but as a supplement, that was sufficient.
Controlling the Tangents with his left hand while avoiding the ground-level cutting plane, Xu Huo instantly passed through the one-eyed burly man and his group, attending to each one of them without exception.
Six died on the spot. Of the remaining eight, including the one-eyed burly man, half were injured. Within the next ten seconds, Xu Huo harvested them one by one. Less than half a minute into the "battle," the one-eyed burly man's numbers had dwindled from fourteen to four, and this was not the end.
Xu Huo's speed might not be top-tier among players of the same level, but his Spatial Super Evolution power was enough to compensate for this flaw. He could change direction and close distances at will, using Space Barriers as shields to maximize the chance that his opponent's items wouldn't take effect. Without needing to rely on his Spiritual Realm, he could cleanly and efficiently deal with these people.
His figure was as elusive and unpredictable as flashing lightning. Unable to pinpoint the enemy's location, the one-eyed burly man and his group fell into a disadvantage. Their defensive barriers were as fragile as dried paper skins against the Black Blade, shattering on contact. Thus, this group had no power to resist. Even those who weren't injured couldn't last a minute against Xu Huo.
Ending the fight in less than two minutes, Xu Huo stood in the center of the station. He surveyed the remaining people, and seeing them intentionally or unintentionally avoiding his gaze, he flicked the blood off the Black Blade and wiped the blade clean with a handkerchief.
"Someone come here." Putting away the Black Blade, he addressed the group led by the purple-eyed female player.
The purple-eyed female player's expression turned ugly. She glanced at the projection screen showing the train's arrival time, stopped her companion who was about to step forward, and walked towards Xu Huo herself.
Xu Huo pointed at the corpses on the ground. "Collect all the items. For every one missing, I'll chop off one of your people's limbs..."
He said with a smile, "Go on."
The purple-eyed female's expression grew even more sour, but the train wouldn't arrive for another five minutes. She had no choice but to go through the bodies. Not daring to turn her back on Xu Huo, she tried to move as lightly as possible, ensuring he could see every item she picked up.
However, Xu Huo wasn't even looking at her. He pulled out a folding stool, sat down facing the station's large screen, offering only his silhouette to her and the others.