Chapter 3142: The Angel's Left Eye
At this moment, everyone upstairs saw this massive statue. They had just experienced a near-death ordeal, with their physical strength and mental state at rock bottom. Now kneeling before this statue, they couldn't even stand up, and the more they looked up, the larger the statue grew, the red light released from that crimson eye becoming more and more intimidating, filling them with fear!
"Ahhh!" The young man was the first to lose control, letting out a loud howl. As if suddenly unable to restrain himself, he cast aside all dignity and decorum, immediately crawling on all fours in the opposite direction, shouting as he moved, "I don't want to die! I don't want to die!"
His two bodyguards tried to stop him, but they too were weak and unable to stand, barely managing to crawl toward him in an attempt to intervene.
However, the few people who seemed close at hand could never reach each other. Helpless, the two bodyguards turned their hopeful gazes to the person still standing ahead. They weren't sure if Xu Huo had also fallen victim, but he was the only one still on his feet.
"Save us... we'll reward you handsomely..."
The person standing ahead paid them no attention. The two bodyguards' eyes filled with despair as they watched the young man crawl away, his body half-vanishing into the darkness.
The second to break was Fu Kuan. He made no sound but simply collapsed onto the ground, squirming like an insect in the direction the young man had gone, blood already flowing from his nose and eyes.
Zhu Nuo and the person upstairs remained lying in place. They had reacted quickly enough, avoiding the statue's eyes at the first moment, but after lying down, they never got up again. Now they were curled into balls, motionless, their condition unknown.
The two bodyguards who had come with the young man were also A-Class players retired from their families. They might not have been exceptionally talented, but they were experienced, having climbed through the game's trials over many years to become truly capable players. Originally, accompanying the family's young master on this trip shouldn't have been too dangerous, but who would have thought they'd encounter someone unafraid of death, dragging them all down with him...
They were doomed!
The two began to cry, cursing Xu Huo with their eyes as they wept. They simply didn't have the strength to speak, or they would have certainly insulted Xu Huo's ancestors. But as they cried, they saw the person facing away from them raise an arm.
It wasn't his own arm—it seemed like another pair of arms extending from within his body. First one pair, then a second, and finally a third. The third pair looked much smaller than the first two, like a child's arms. But all these arms reached upward, as if trying to touch the statue...
The two bodyguards' vision began to blur. They felt they were seeing some deeper illusion, which also meant they were sinking deeper, with even less chance of survival...
But just as they were in complete despair, they saw that pair of childlike arms reach the statue's face—the statue that should have been as tall as a mountain seemed within easy reach, and the small hands directly grabbed its eye.
That's right, they grabbed the eye. Those hands plucked the crimson eye from the statue's face.
At that moment, the pressure on the two players suddenly lifted. Looking ahead, there was no towering statue—only half of a giant metal head. Most of the head was already missing, with only the left eye portion barely preserved. Now that the eye had been removed, the empty eye socket immediately collapsed, turning into a pile of fragments.
They immediately realized that this must be the remains of the Battle Angel's head, and what Xu Huo held in his hand was the Battle Angel's eye!
Before they could form new thoughts, Xu Huo, who had been standing motionless, finally turned around. Accompanying him was a child, who was holding the eye.
The two bodyguards weren't sure if they were still in an illusion or had fallen into a new one, but they then saw Xu Huo take the nearly head-sized eyeball from the child—an irregular, dark red round stone.
"Is this... the Angel's Eye?" The person upstairs had already regained consciousness. Unable to stand, he simply sat on the ground. "Is it a Primordial Stone containing spiritual energy?"
"Most likely." Even with the item completely detached, Xu Huo could feel the immense energy radiating from the eye. It was similar to the Primordial Stone he had obtained in the moving district, except that one was only the size of an eye, while this Battle Angel's eye was as large as a human head—roughly the same size as another Angel's Eye gifted by Dr. Wu.
"Sell it to me! Name your price!" The young man hadn't actually crawled very far, but the space was steeped in darkness, and most of his figure was obscured. Now that he had come to his senses, ignoring his embarrassment, he stared fixedly at the red stone and spoke without thinking.
Only then did Xu Huo shift his gaze from the Angel's Eye, looking at him with a faint, knowing smile. "Not in a hurry to pick up the face you dropped?"
The young man's face alternated between pale and green, but he gritted his teeth and said, "This is just a component of a Super Item anyway. It won't be of much use to you. Why not trade it for something more practical..."
Before he could finish, his mouth was covered by the two bodyguards. The others might not have seen it, but they had—the child who had plucked the Angel's Eye only disappeared after Xu Huo took the stone. At this point, even a fool would realize he was a Mental Evolver, and a powerful one at that. Otherwise, how could he withstand the power of the Battle Angel? Even if it was just the residual power of a damaged Super Item, among everyone present, was there a single person besides him who could still stand?
So don't say it would be useless. Even if such a statement were to be made, it would only be at the level of the Game Government, District Government, or Super Evolvers—not their concern!
Besides, this was no longer the time to consider such matters. They should be more worried about whether they could leave alive!
The young man finally came to his senses and instinctively looked at the three people upstairs. Their faces were also ashen, hands clenched into fists, not daring to touch the instruments on their bodies.
Don't mention that the Angel's Eye had lost the support of its bodily remains and was ineffective. Even if it were six against one, they might have a fighting chance, but just the pinnacle of Spatial Evolution power alone was beyond their ability to contend with!
However, Xu Huo was in a good mood now. Holding the Angel's Eye, he said gently to the group, "Do you need me to help you up?"
"No, no need!" The group quickly refused, wisely standing up. Seeing that he had no intention of silencing them, they finally dared to examine their surroundings.
After breaking free from the illusion, the area didn't seem as dark as before. Looking closely, they could tell this was originally a study. Collapsed bookshelves held many books, and the remains of the Battle Angel's head lay beside a pile of books. The wall behind it was completely shattered, looking like it could collapse at any moment. This space seemed barely stable.
"It seems spiritual energy was leaking before." Xu Huo walked slowly to the bookshelf, raising his hand. The books on the floor floated into the air one by one, their pages flipping rapidly.