Chapter 3067: Impromptu Performance
The poisonous juice flew wildly with the wind, completely unpredictable in where it would land, but the six-person group was wrapped up tightly and wore helmets, so even the toxins couldn't possibly harm them. This method could only injure their teammates who were dressed in tatters, so the two players attacking Xu Huo didn't take it to heart at all, their speed not slowing in the slightest due to the blizzard.
Xu Huo's gaze briefly fell on their protective suits. Good stuff.
The wind and snow continued unabated, somewhat obstructing the view. One of the players, like him, wore gloves that were never removed items, and even when they couldn't be used, they weren't covered by the protective suit. Of course, it might also be for the flexibility of operating instruments, so he took advantage of this opening. As they passed each other, he made a minimal sacrifice to slash the back of the opponent's hand.
That player immediately injected himself with an antidote upon landing. Perhaps the medicine worked, as he paused briefly before using his instrument to roll up a column of wind and snow, sweeping it across the entire arena toward Xu Huo!
At the same time, another companion activated a snowflake-shaped instrument. The falling snowflakes around them instantly condensed into solid ice, which, under his control, struck at Xu Huo's back.
Just as Xu Huo was being flanked from front and back, a faint "I surrender" drifted into their ears, unclear and uncertain whether someone had actually given up. But the two players simultaneously retracted their instruments, and the player controlling the ice blades forcibly changed direction, smashing all the snowflakes against the barrier beside them!
"Player Xu Zhi's A Team has a member who surrendered. First round ruled a loss."
In an instant, Xu Huo's score dropped from 2203 to 100. Not caring about the two players still on either side, he looked up at the sky, which was impossible to see clearly.
Although the two players were also shaken, seeing Xu Huo act as if he feared being killed by Challenge Island, they felt a bit of contempt, but more regret that they hadn't struck faster, allowing this group to seize the chance to surrender.
No matter. After the arena match ended, they could still harvest this group.
According to the arena rules, once someone surrendered, the winning team couldn't kill anymore, and the second round would begin.
"Sorry..." Ding Xiang and the others gathered around. Old Duan said with some shame, "I thought it would only count if all members surrendered..."
Double Head interrupted him, "Don't talk nonsense. The second round is coming up. Who's going up?"
In Team B, the player with the highest score was one of those who had attacked Xu Huo earlier. He could control ice blades and was also a Spatial Super Evolver. After averaging with Xu Huo's team's points, his score had exceeded 4,000, making him the challenged party.
"I'll go." Wood untied the cloth strips wrapped around his hands, looking at Wolf Fang and the others. "I can still fight. If I die, you all have to fight too."
He patted his brother's shoulder as he spoke, but unexpectedly, Xu Huo stepped forward first. He didn't say much, only signaling them to fall back.
The man across from them, dressed in a white protective suit, didn't underestimate Xu Huo. After the second barrier isolated them, he said, "Are you confident you can kill me?"
His voice was very hoarse, as if his throat had been injured, and the wind and snow distorted it somewhat.
"Killing you isn't hard." Xu Huo said flatly. "But I'm more curious to see if Challenge Island really can smoothly kill players from the Wasteland Zone."
As he finished speaking, he turned into a blur passing through the wind. At the same time, the man across from him charged head-on. Before they even got close, spatial power probed ahead first. The white-suited player thought he had the upper hand, but he was knocked back by a wall of Space Blades ahead of him. Before he could steady himself, two more Space Blades from behind pierced straight through his spatial barrier, hitting the instrument barrier directly!
The instrument barrier actually showed cracks!
He was stunned and instinctively looked forward, only to see blood beneath Xu Huo's nose. He felt a bit relieved. Even if Xu Huo's spatial evolution skill surpassed his, it seemed he couldn't hold out much longer. Degeneration was a hurdle for all players!
But he was thinking too optimistically. As Xu Huo had said, killing him was easy. Xu Huo wiped the blood while pacing to one side, raising his hand to control Space Rays. One, two, three... countless Space Ray Blades formed on the arena. If one couldn't break the instrument barrier, then two; if two weren't enough, then three...
Layer after layer, until the instrument barrier, disrupted by spatial power, could no longer fully form.
The white-suited player swung his long blade while releasing the remaining attack instruments on him. For a moment, various instruments of different shapes moved back and forth within the relatively narrow space, occasionally changing trajectory as if hitting something, but none could break out of the fifty-meter range, naturally unable to affect Xu Huo, who was still farther away.
"Pfft!" Finally, a Space Blade pierced the white-suited player's arm. He faltered, then his left leg was cut. Even though he tried his best to steady himself, he was completely pinned to the ground by spatial power in less than half a minute.
"Team A member challenge successful. Second round ruled a win."
The number above Xu Huo's head jumped rapidly, finally settling at 2801.
The white-suited player, like his other companions, saw his score drop to 100.
Ding Xiang and the others weren't swept away by excitement and immediately became wary of the other members.
The second round's arena hadn't disappeared yet. Even though the match was ruled a loss, Xu Huo hadn't killed anyone, so the white-suited player was still alive.
At this moment, Xu Huo seemed to finally be unable to hold on. He swayed slightly, and the Space Blades around him and pinning the white-suited player all vanished.
The white-suited player felt the restraints loosen and immediately leaped up like a cheetah, charging forward!
"Bastard..." Ding Xiang's curse hadn't even spread when a beam of white light shot down from above!
Just like those killed by Challenge Island before, the white-suited player was blown to pieces.
Xu Huo blocked it with a defense instrument and casually stuffed the blood-wiping cloth into his pocket.
The arena had already disappeared. Ding Xiang and the others immediately gathered around. Seeing that Xu Huo intended to hide his degeneration symptoms, they wisely didn't point it out. They had to be on guard against the remaining five players.
Their points were all lost, but these five still had their strength.
Just as both sides were at a standoff, one of them suddenly lost his footing and fell to the ground.
Both groups were startled, only to see him tear off his glove, revealing a hand that had turned completely black-purple.
"What kind of poison is this powerful!" This was the player who had been injured while attacking Xu Huo earlier. His expression was vicious. "Give me the antidote, or I'll kill you all!"
"That's rich," Double Head said. "As if you wouldn't want to kill us even without the poison. But instead of threatening us, you should think about your own situation."
"Eight against four," Wood said to the other four. "You probably won't have an easy time getting your points back."
"Are you all stupid?" the poisoned player roared. "If you don't get the points back, where else will you find such an easy team to take down!"