Chapter 2161: Clash (Part 2)
Sensing the faint flow within his spiritual realm, Xu Huo turned around and looked at the woman who had already stopped on a building a thousand meters away, slowly rotating the Time Ring on his finger.
The two sides faced off, neither intending to speak. The collision and friction of their two spiritual forces had never ceased, and the fight that had lasted less than half a minute had already activated the defense system of the Double-Bright Bird Administrative District. Defense barriers appeared in various parts of the city, but due to the failure of some instruments, the city did not receive comprehensive protection.
Various visible and invisible attacks came in turns. The surrounding buildings had long since collapsed one after another, and the streets were constantly cracking open. The Enforcement Team and players from player organizations arrived upon hearing the news. Both Xu Huo and Dou Shengnan were targets for capture.
But neither Xu Huo nor Dou Shengnan paid any attention to the surrounding players.
The "Harmonious Atmosphere" had not yet worn off, and Dou Shengnan seemed to be using some special props to make the players approaching her continuously retreat.
Dou Shengnan wanted to kill Xu Huo, and Xu Huo wanted to kill Dou Shengnan. Entangling with the players from District 008 would only bring more trouble, so both sides kept their eyes fixed on each other.
Dou Shengnan walked out from the flying stone debris. A layer of space barrier wrapped around her body not only blocked the attacks but also split several thin threads of space power from her hand. With a flick of her fingers on both sides, the interconnected space threads flew out like interlocking giant rings, pulling against each other, growing larger and larger, soon reaching a zhang in length.
This was not Dou Shengnan's advantage, so the next second, a overwhelming black tide descended from the sky, instantly sweeping Xu Huo and Nie Xuan away in opposite directions!
Xu Huo had to adjust his position to come to Nie Xuan's side. The rising spiral staircase carried them both to a higher place, gradually moving away from the black water. But as soon as they came up, Dou Shengnan's materialized object began to shuttle rapidly within the blockade barrier, instantly turning this space into a giant meat grinder. Although this power was not enough to cut through A-grade instruments, it was pervasive. Xu Huo, also a Mental Evolver using his materialized object to defend, was injured multiple times. Nie Xuan was not much better, with particularly many wounds on his legs.
The advantage of the Non-Game Area Simulator was that while it blocked props, it also formed a venue similar to an independent space. Super prop effects couldn't enter, and time-space instruments were no longer interfered with.
"Moreover, you suffered a loss at the hands of the District 008 players."
Xu Huo paced towards Nie Xuan, saying at the same time, "I didn't intend to let the players here participate in the first place. You had an advantage in prop usage, but now that everyone has lost their props, your advantage isn't so obvious anymore."
Unfortunately, the plan was good. Just as they crossed the blockade barrier, every single one of them was "invited" out by Dou Shengnan. Then the barrier appeared, cutting off inside and outside, and all the players of Double-Bright Bird were blocked outside!
Under the light of the barrier, the empty square was illuminated as brightly as day. Dou Shengnan stood in the center, first looking at Xu Huo on her left front, then at Nie Xuan on her right front, and suddenly let out a light laugh, "Using a borrowed knife to kill? I've seen this trick no less than a hundred times since I became an advanced player. You think you're worthy?"
After a certain warning from the Enforcement Team, Dou Shengnan used a cluster of long whips materialized from her spiritual power to sweep away everyone around her, then sent them all flying towards Xu Huo!
Her materialized space range exceeded a thousand meters, while Xu Huo's was only two hundred meters. The two sides were incomparable in both range and volume. So after barely blocking one attack, he rushed into the range of the Non-Game Area Simulator.
As he spoke, he pointed to his left shoulder, hinting that Dou Shengnan's injury was on her left shoulder.
Flying stones, broken ground, and the space barrier released through Nie Xuan's instruments were all easily cut by it. Xu Huo activated the wormhole flower space interference instrument on his wrist. After the lines of those rings became soft, he cooperated with Nie Xuan to use instruments to press them against the blockade barrier, while activating several other instruments.
Of course, they didn't expect to kill someone with just a few instruments. The purpose of this round of attacks was to consume Dou Shengnan's instruments and stall for time. They estimated a time of ten minutes. Within ten minutes, they had to contain Dou Shengnan as much as possible. No matter how powerful a player was, they couldn't maintain concentration indefinitely, especially since Dou Shengnan had already fought several rounds with the District 008 people. After ten minutes, the interference instruments Nie Xuan had placed near the simulator would take effect, and the entire blockade barrier would disappear. The moment the barrier vanished would be the real opportunity!
The instruments provided by the Special Defense Department this time were not bad. In just two or three minutes, they had destroyed four of Dou Shengnan's defense instruments. The instruments she wore were limited, and under the mutual attrition, she was already having trouble keeping up.
As he finished speaking, the energy weapons in his and Nie Xuan's hands fired simultaneously, unleashing a barrage of bombardment on Dou Shengnan. Nie Xuan had difficulty aiming due to the influence of spiritual power, but Xu Huo would adjust his position to bring him along. Within a minute, the square was blasted out of shape. However, neither of them dared to stop, because based on their perception, these weapons hadn't injured Dou Shengnan at all.
The people near the square had already been evacuated. The Double-Bright Bird players also intended to drive the two of them into the blockade barrier, so Xu Huo's retreat played right into their hands. Seeing Dou Shengnan follow without hesitation, the Enforcement Team and player organizations immediately split off some members to enter the square with the two.
Almost flush against the edge of the blockade barrier, a layer of space barrier automatically emerged. The arc-shaped barrier continuously contracted inward, while substantial space compression bodies exploded continuously around Dou Shengnan. As a supplement, several glass-like space slices also circled her for cutting, followed by supplementary attack-type weapons—Xu Huo and Nie Xuan, one on the left and one on the right, had already surrounded Dou Shengnan tightly with high-frequency space instruments.
Dou Shengnan looked at the energy weapons placed behind Nie Xuan. "Your trump cards?"
"Of course not." Xu Huo picked up an energy cannon, not bothering to ask where Nie Xuan got it from. After a simple adjustment, he aimed it at Dou Shengnan. "Have you ever heard of a good person's trump card being a weapon? It's justice!"
The materialized object meat grinder lasted less than two minutes before Dou Shengnan seized the opportunity to either snatch or destroy the instruments held by Xu Huo and Nie Xuan, until their responses gradually became difficult.
Her materialized object, which had been wildly swinging like giant octopus tentacles, finally slowed down and gradually retracted. By this time, Xu Huo and Nie Xuan were covered in wounds, panting heavily. Xu Huo was especially worse off, as he had to assist Nie Xuan while bearing the spiritual pressure.
"Now let's talk about the issue of advantage." Dou Shengnan's expression was cold and fierce, her eyes like knives.