Chapter 1473: Ten-Day Monitoring Protection
It still felt similar to the kick from before, as if the thing grabbing him wasn't a real human hand. The moment Xu Huo dropped "Dead End" on the ground, he drew the Black Blade again and slashed!
In fact, "Dead End" had already severed the opponent's extended hand. Before the laser barrier had even disappeared, the man ghostly moved behind Xu Huo, raised a thin sword, and thrust it at him. A beam of power as slender as light shot through the air straight toward his back.
Sensing that the beam seemed to have a physical form, Xu Huo turned and blocked it with his blade. After a crisp collision, the slender beam of light broke into several pieces. However, unexpectedly, inside the solid light beam was an even thinner ray of light that, bypassing the blade, stabbed right toward his eyes.
This had already exceeded the range of "Inviolable Domain." Xu Huo used "Ideal Skin" stacked with "Flower Bloom." The petal-shaped defensive barrier blooming outward weakened the thread of light, but since the item was activated a bit late, it didn't completely stop the beam. In the end, it was the nearly skin-tight "Ideal Skin" that successfully blocked it.
After adjusting his stance, he used the "Goalkeeper" barrier to push the swiftly approaching player ten meters away. Then he retrieved the item and simultaneously activated "Snow Dagger" and "Snowflakes Falling." The former, composed of paper blades, could conduct indiscriminate sweeping attacks within a fifty-meter range. The latter was a trap item that automatically attacked anyone entering a certain area.
The player was only about ten meters away from Xu Huo, well within attack range. But after a few exchanges, he suddenly shouted toward the front: "I surrender!"
As soon as the words fell, "Snow Dagger" and "Snowflakes Falling" both failed simultaneously.
"Bang!" The moment the items lost their effect, he once again flashed in front of Xu Huo with his thin sword!
The icy tip of the sword gleamed like a twinkling star. Xu Huo, defending with "Inviolable Domain," unleashed "Stars Falling to the Ground." The invisible spatial power repeatedly tracked the opponent's thin sword, knocking it off course several times and also blocking several subsequent item attacks.
Seeing the opponent about to speak, Xu Huo shifted his gaze, used the trait "Important Notice," and said, "Do you want to know what my relationship with Miss Koukou is?"
The new extended trait obtained from the "King's Gem" instance could force an opponent into silence for half a minute. The player indeed stopped attacking and pressed, "What relationship do you have?"
Xu Huo pulled out "A Request Not Easily Refused" and said, "Guess. But for the next while, I'd like you to stay quiet."
The player's face showed anger at being toyed with. He seemed about to curse, but when he opened his mouth, no words came out. His expression changed, and he closed his eyes, tossing out a blinding item!
A dazzling light flashed across the street, forcing Xu Huo to close his eyes—there was no time to put on a protective mask, because in the blink of an eye, the opponent's thin sword was already swinging at his throat!
The defensive barrier wasn't pierced, but just as he was about to move, Xu Huo sensed some barely perceptible power fluctuations spreading across the ground. He stopped and, after parrying the opponent's attack, retreated from the street through the air.
"Buzz!" After moving only a few dozen meters, he slammed into a barrier. The silent, murderous player pursued him relentlessly.
Not being able to open his eyes wasn't a major problem for Xu Huo. He reversed his grip and stabbed the Black Blade into the barrier, then, moving in the opposite direction of the opponent's attacks, sliced the barrier in half!
The moment the barrier broke, sounds from outside flooded in. Enforcement robots, which had already detected the street sealed by special power, immediately cordoned off the area inside and out. Enforcement players had also arrived and were issuing a final warning.
As the barrier disappeared, capture nets sprayed out from all directions. Seeing the situation was hopeless, the attacker fled the scene instantly. Xu Huo merely dodged the capture nets and didn't go far.
Xin Rong and the others arrived upon hearing the commotion. Seeing hundreds of weapons aimed at Xu Huo and the enforcement players forming a tense standoff, they quickly stepped in to intervene and personally explained the situation to the enforcement officer.
Xu Huo had been sleeping peacefully in his room when he was suddenly attacked. He was undoubtedly the victim, and there was surveillance footage to prove it.
With the evidence laid out, the enforcement officer didn't make things difficult for Xu Huo. He simply followed standard procedure and asked if Xu Huo knew the reason, to assess whether similar attacks might occur again.
"I suspect the attacker was targeting Miss Koukou," Xu Huo said with a hesitant expression. "The person who attacked me just now mentioned Miss Koukou."
The enforcement officer's expression turned serious. His fingers began rapidly tapping on the opaque light screen projected by his enforcement device. "He mentioned Miss Koukou?"
Xu Huo nodded. "It seems he wanted to probe Miss Koukou's personal connections through me. But I don't have a close relationship with Miss Koukou, so I couldn't answer his question. From his tone, there should be others behind him."
Since Miss Koukou was involved, the enforcement officer didn't continue questioning about related matters. After recording the attacker's appearance, physical characteristics, and the items used, he said, "To ensure your safety, the enforcement team will implement a ten-day monitoring protection for you. This includes, but is not limited to, enforcement team members, enforcement robots, and real-time surveillance. If you accept, please sign here. If you leave Platinum Eye early, it will be considered automatic termination of the monitoring protection."
After a pause, the enforcement officer added, "If you go to areas protected by law, you can apply for a temporary suspension of monitoring protection."
Xu Huo readily signed and thanked him.
A large number of flying robots and aircraft withdrew from the ground and air, leaving only a few robots locked within a twenty-meter range around him. Two enforcement team players also remained. Like the robots, they maintained silence and did not interfere with Xu Huo's words or actions.
The large-scale deployment of enforcement teams alarmed the entire villa district. Since most of the residents were players, no one came out to gawk. Only Xin Rong's parents sent someone to ask about their son's safety. Upon learning there were no casualties, the matter quickly subsided.
The enforcement robots didn't enter the villa, but the enforcement players had to maintain a certain distance from Xu Huo. On the way back, Xin Rong was bursting with questions but couldn't ask with others around. However, Liao Ying, a devoted fan of Bai Kou, used an item to block sound and eagerly asked, "Do you know Miss Koukou? How did you meet? Are you friends? Why didn't you say you knew Miss Koukou earlier? Was that stalker after Miss Koukou? Did you find out anything else?"
After finishing, she said with some surprise, "I can't believe you're friends with Miss Koukou... I haven't even become friends with her yet..."
"You're asking too much," Xin Rong interrupted her, then stared at Xu Huo with bright eyes. "You stayed in the Mechanical Castle for so long—were you with Miss Koukou?"
(The chapter ends)