Chapter 2068: Who's So Shameless
However, the sweet girl wasn't so easy to deal with. She launched an attack without a word, knocking back the short player before releasing a red lightning arrow aimed at the puppet!
Everyone had witnessed the power of the red lightning. Zuo Yu had been completely taken down by it, and if not for the Painting Woman's intervention, he would have been crippled on the spot.
So at the critical moment, the short player abandoned the puppet in his hands to save himself!
"Smack!" The puppet was blasted into pieces, and the stones inside rolled out. The long-robed man casually picked one up. "Hmm, this is an item I made."
Turning the stone over, everyone saw the words "Yun He" engraved on it.
Without a doubt, this was one of the counterfeit items he had produced that morning.
The one who had swapped the short puppet was none other than himself.
"Are you crazy? Swapping your own puppet, and you think the situation isn't chaotic enough?" A player who hadn't gotten a puppet was furious.
The short player slowly straightened up and faced the crowd. "You can't blame me. There are plenty of people lurking around, eyeing us. How else could I ensure the puppet's safety?"
He had planned to bring out both the real and fake puppets during dinner to confuse everyone. "What if someone disregards the risk and tries to drag others down with them?"
Only the long-robed man's puppet had been destroyed, and his combat strength was obvious to all. No one wanted to face him alone and waste their energy, nor did they want to bear the risk of him deciding to go down with everyone.
"How about we join forces to eliminate this threat?" the short player suggested.
The crowd fell silent. Swapping someone else's puppet was difficult, but swapping one's own was simple. The short player had given them an idea, though the risks were still there. The destructive power of a high-level player was far beyond that of a low-level one. Destroying a puppet or two was nothing. Using a fake puppet as cover was essentially betting that no one would dare to flip the table in front of the instance boss, gambling that he wouldn't recklessly expand his attack range and could only resort to underhanded tricks.
But the short player's proposal had indeed stirred something in some people's hearts.
As the expressions of the crowd shifted, the long-robed man's attitude also changed. He placed a book with the title "Kai Hui Jing" on the table and slowly opened the first page. The moment he opened the book, his entire aura underwent a dramatic transformation, momentarily making people feel an urge to bow in reverence.
Unfortunately, after only a few pages, the book flew out from under his control and landed steadily in the Painting Woman's hands.
"Clang!" The long-robed man's calm and composed demeanor vanished without a trace. He lunged forward to reclaim the item, but the next second, the scripture book scattered in midair, turning into individual pages that fluttered downward. In an instant, they transformed into countless sharp blades, swirling wildly throughout the entire dining hall before surrounding the long-robed man and forcing him back to the restaurant's exit.
The long-robed man was also a Super Evolver, skilled at controlling objects around him. He tried several times to regain the upper hand but failed. Forced to use an item to create a gap in the pages, he shouted toward the Painting Woman's direction, "Form is emptiness!"
He had used this move yesterday, and it had worked well. But the Painting Woman wasn't human, so it had no effect. With a wave of her hand, the pages stuck one by one onto the long-robed man's body.
This bought some time for the other affected players. Regaining their senses, they surged forward, coordinating to surround and kill the long-robed man.
Although the scripture item had temporarily been seized, the holder was still the long-robed man. He tore off the pages covering his face and began reciting the words on the book. Astonishingly, each word he spoke detached from the page, floating in the air. They stuck to anyone they touched, quickly forming a line that tightened around their throats.
Three players nearby fell victim to this. The long-robed man's primary target was the Painting Woman, so most of the words went toward her. Although she was strangled, she felt nothing, letting the words wrap around her neck several times. She leaped onto the man's back and, mimicking his move, wrapped her hands around his neck.
The long-robed man tried several times to shake her off but failed. Raising his hand, he sent over a dozen items flying, attacking the Painting Woman from both sides.
"Bang!" The items were blocked by an invisible barrier. Xu Huo appeared behind the two, lifting the Painting Woman while kicking the long-robed man away. He didn't need to pursue; the other players would naturally take over.
Since the fight had started, there was no room for holding back. The purple-clad woman, the short player, and others took turns attacking, forcing the man into the long corridor—a more open space where the castle's decorations wouldn't be easily damaged.
However, the long-robed man's spatial manipulation was masterful, and he had plenty of items. He could create an airtight meat grinder within a ten-foot radius around him. Other players' defensive barriers could block three or five items, but not ten or twenty. This fighting style maximized quantity over quality. He didn't even need to coordinate items to keep players at bay!
"Water conducts electricity!" The sweet girl sprayed water from her gun ahead. As purple lightning crackled, the long-robed man and the items he controlled momentarily lost control. Though the effect was brief, it was enough. The sweet girl charged into the item blockade, ignoring the wounds from the shattered defensive barrier. To save time, she let several sharp objects pierce her body, avoiding only fatal injuries. She forced her way to the long-robed man, raised her hand over his heart through the defensive items, and asked with deep emotion:
"Do you feel a flutter in your heart for me?"
The long-robed man frowned, about to react, when the next second, a bolt of lightning shot from the sweet girl's palm, striking his heart!
It felt as if even his soul had been electrocuted. The long-robed man staggered back, unable to hide his shock. He immediately turned to flee, but before he could take a step, his shadow suddenly moved. A thin line slithered along his skin, quickly reached his neck, and made a light cut before retracting before the blood could spurt out.
The long-robed man's steps faltered. He probably hadn't realized what had happened. This pause gave the sweet girl a false impression. Seizing the opportunity, she threw a stone that pierced through his chest!
The stone item penetrated the heart area, leaving a gaping bloody hole. There was no way he could survive. To prevent others from picking up the items, she lunged forward to carry away the corpse. But upon closer inspection, she noticed another wound on his neck. Seeing his pupils dilated but receiving no system notification, she glared at the others and shouted, "Who's so shameless, sneaking in to pick up the scraps?"