Chapter 2358: A Sparring Partner Delivered to the Door
"What a coincidence." The one who entered was none other than the player with the giant-eye fish mask who had previously tried to invite Xu Huo and the others to form a team.
Compared to their group earlier, they had clearly reduced their numbers. The mermaid female player was nowhere to be seen. Although the giant-eye fish players showed delight upon seeing two injured people in the room, when they turned back to look at the maskless Painting Woman and Xu Huo, their faces involuntarily darkened.
The door behind them closed, and the atmosphere in the room became tense. The two injured players took the initiative to speak: "The room is big enough. Why don't we each take a corner and rest?"
Xu Huo and the Painting Woman hadn't made a move, clearly meaning the same thing.
However, the giant-eye fish group wasn't having it. One of them tossed out a ring. After landing, the ring quickly spread into the ground like water, then split into three rings, each encircling the Painting Woman, Xu Huo, and the two injured players respectively. Barriers rising from the ground completely sealed them off.
Probably intending to deal with the two who looked weaker first before focusing on Xu Huo and the Painting Woman, the player immediately pulled the two injured ones over to their side after releasing the prop. The giant-eye fish group also had a circle under their feet, and now the two circles merged together, forming a larger ring, seemingly pushing the Painting Woman aside as if in rejection.
The two groups fought within the rings. The giant-eye fish player didn't join the battle but instead watched Xu Huo and the Painting Woman from the side.
The Painting Woman fiddled with the barrier for a while, found she couldn't tear it open with her bare hands, and her backpack was tossed aside, making it impossible to retrieve the props inside. So she waved at Xu Huo, signaling him to let her out.
Xu Huo tossed the last bite of food into his mouth, took a big gulp of water, then stood up. He drew the Black Blade and pierced the barrier, then attached the ring hanging from the Black Blade's hilt to the pommel. With a horizontal sweep of the blade, he also cut through the other two barriers in the room.
The two injured players immediately distanced themselves from the giant-eye fish group, simultaneously activating their props. A strong wind suddenly swept through the room, shredding some of the items and small props into pieces, with debris flying everywhere. In the midst of this chaos, one of the injured players seized the opportunity to kill one of the giant-eye fish's companions. But before he could retreat, a metal ornament that suddenly extended from beside him pierced through his neck.
The one who struck was the giant-eye fish player. He looked at the player's corpse with a cold smile. "Can't handle the high-floor players, but dealing with you lot is a piece of cake, isn't it?"
The two players originally in the room had also met and teamed up halfway, so there wasn't much deep camaraderie. Naturally, the remaining one was furious when his companion was killed, but the disparity in strength was clear. So he used a trait that could interfere with vision and then made a run for the door.
Unfortunately for some players, visual interference doesn't cause much trouble. So just as he touched the doorknob, a prop from behind nailed him to the door. The killer was again the giant-eye fish player, but this time he used his own prop—a black metal rod. In his hands, this rod could thin and lengthen, turning into a several-meter-long spike. It was this spike that pierced through the injured player's defense barrier.
After retrieving his prop, the giant-eye fish player finally turned his attention to dealing with Xu Huo and the Painting Woman. But before he could make a move, Xu Huo was already behind him. Even though the giant-eye fish player immediately distanced himself and stacked several layers of defense props, he was still pinned to the wall by "Door Seal." Thanks to the prop's assistance, this time it didn't hit his heart, only opening a hole in his chest, so the injury wasn't severe.
But the giant-eye fish player was fast, and Xu Huo was no slouch either. Moreover, Xu Huo didn't just rely on props to reduce the time needed for movement; he could directly bring the giant-eye fish player to him through the portal. As long as the giant-eye fish player couldn't break through the Water Cube Barrier's blockade, getting close would only put him at a disadvantage.
After being sent flying for the fifth time in a direct confrontation, the giant-eye fish player could barely hold onto his metal rod. He spat out a mouthful of blood and said viciously, "You look like a decent person, but I didn't expect you to be a Cannibal Player!"
Xu Huo flicked the blood off the Black Blade's edge and smiled at him. "What's the matter? Can't believe there's a player at the same level with a stronger physique than yours?"
Realizing his misjudgment, the giant-eye fish player squinted and added, "An evolution rate stacked with potions—I don't believe you can last much longer!"
With that, he charged forward again in a single bound. Their props clashed, and both suffered backlash from the force. At the same time, their defense and attack props activated simultaneously. In the violent collision, the props canceled each other out. But spiritual power was always available and could attack from any angle. After tangling around the giant-eye fish player's ankle once more, Xu Huo delivered a fierce kick that sent him flying again!
He rarely engaged in such hand-to-hand combat. After a satisfying workout, Xu Huo felt as if his body had awakened. Whether it was the physical enhancement from his trait evolution or the leap in physical ability from Perfect Evolution entering another level, it clearly demonstrated to him what a state of super-evolved physicality was like.
The giant-eye fish player's body had undergone secondary evolution, so the wound on his chest could recover to a point where it didn't hinder his combat within a short time without needing a healing potion. But after fighting for so long, going all out with prop attacks, it was somewhat exhausting. He wasn't completely drained, but Xu Huo's state of growing stronger the longer he fought was clearly abnormal!
So he naturally assumed that Xu Huo's body had also undergone secondary evolution. Gritting his teeth, he shouted angrily and jealously at one of his companions, "Why aren't you all attacking together!"
The other two surrounded him from left and right—originally five, one was killed, and another was being held back by the Painting Woman, so including the giant-eye fish player, only three remained.
Facing three opponents alone, Xu Huo still held the upper hand. Many times, he didn't even need to use more attack props. He would just put up a defense barrier, neutralize the traits and props, and then directly engage the three in close combat.
These three players had all supplemented their knowledge of combat, learned fighting techniques after becoming players, and had rich practical experience. For a time, the fight was evenly matched. Because Xu Huo's speed was increasing, the three of them could barely activate their props in time without coordinating.
Even so, they were struggling to cope. Xu Huo's spiritual power materialization was unpredictable, but he didn't go for the kill, as if he was just trapping them in the room for sparring practice!
The more they fought, the angrier the giant-eye fish trio became. They simply pulled out their high-damage props. The room was bombed twice, but Xu Huo was completely unharmed. Instead, the explosion injured the player fighting the Painting Woman—that person was already at his wit's end dealing with her and had no energy to pay attention to the situation over here.
"I'm not playing with you lunatics anymore!" The giant-eye fish player was already standing by the door. He pulled it open to escape, but was met with a crisp sound!