Chapter 494: Sound-Controlled Grass
Selene shook his head with a smile, however. "He wants to kill you. If you approach him willingly, you're just walking into a trap. I pulled you back to save you."
The young girl glanced at Xu Huo. "Can he really kill me?"
"All the players who boarded the ship were investigated. Their player levels are very low."
She then shifted her gaze to Selene. "How did you get on board?"
Selene revealed his black bracelet. "One of the ship's supervisors said he could offer my friend a job. It just so happened that my friend couldn't make it, so I came in his place."
"But it's a fortunate coincidence. There are many people on this ship who can be developed into followers."
"Little sister, were you sincere when you said you wanted to join my sect earlier?"
He said this as he walked towards the girl.
Sensing the danger, the girl quickly took two steps back and yanked open the door. The two red bracelet players who had been pretending to be pursuers waiting outside immediately stepped in. One of them threw something like a ball of light into the room as soon as he entered. When it exploded, it was like a smoke bomb, pungent and irritating, instantly making people's eyes tear up.
Xu Huo quickly put on his "Oxygen Supply." Amidst the violent coughing of the other players nearby, a figure swiftly crossed through the smoke and charged directly at him. Almost at the same time, he felt the seaweed on the ground grab onto his legs like tentacles, preventing him from moving.
With his feet controlled and an attack coming from the front, weighing his options, he could only try to block the red bracelet player's incoming fist. However, the opponent's strength was too great. Xu Huo was knocked backward. Before he could even recover his balance, the leaping red player stomped down from mid-air!
It was impossible to completely break free from the seaweed's control in such a short time. He drew his hand, cut the seaweed beside his right leg, quickly adjusted his stance, and used "Two-Part Magic" to buy himself a precious two seconds.
The red bracelet player stomped on empty air and landed with a moment of confusion and distraction. But he quickly realized his body's separation was just an effect of a trait or item, snapping back to reality from the illusion. By then, Xu Huo had just stood up and retreated. Before he could even steady himself, he felt something stick to his back. The next second, his clothes suddenly tightened, as if even his skin and flesh were being sucked away by whatever was on his back!
Unable to see what was on his back, Xu Huo first tore his clothes off. Fortunately, the thing was attached to the outside of the fabric and fell off with the shirt. Looking back, he saw it was a worm wriggling like a leech.
"Haha!" The red bracelet player let out a strange laugh. Both his arms were now fitted with a pair of metal gauntlets. Like a tiger released from its cage, he instantly accelerated and attacked again.
"Boom! Boom!" Blocking the red bracelet player's attacks repeatedly, Xu Huo retreated to a corner of the room. He drove the tip of the Crimson Sword into the wall, using the resistance to absorb some of the opponent's force. Steadying the sword with one hand, he pulled out the Water Blade Gun with the other and aimed it at the person in front of him.
But he hadn't expected this red bracelet player to be so formidable. The moment he drew his gun, the opponent used something like a rubber stopper to plug the muzzle. When Xu Huo pulled the trigger, the water blade that pierced through the rubber had already lost most of its lethality, turning into a meaningless stream of water.
"Boom!" A fist grazed his cheek and smashed into the wall behind Xu Huo. He immediately used the String to loop around the red bracelet player's neck, but the opponent didn't care about the pull at all, ignoring the String and throwing punch after punch at his face!
Xu Huo continuously dodged the attacks. Seizing a gap, he released a distracting item, then took a punch head-on. At the same time, he jammed the "Real Wooden Man" directly onto the opponent's fist!
The red bracelet player's body instantly stiffened. Xu Huo didn't dare delay. He drew his sword and swung it at the opponent's neck!
"Clang!" The seemingly fragile, empty neck made a sound like metal striking metal under the sword's slash. The first strike missed, so he changed his aim and stabbed towards the opponent's heart!
The protective suit the red bracelet player wore provided some resistance. Although this thrust didn't completely pierce his heart, a large amount of blood still gushed from the wound.
Just then, the three seconds were up. The red bracelet player, startled by his injury, swung his sword away and retreated. However, during those two attacks, Xu Huo had already attached the Kite String to him. As soon as the opponent retreated, he was yanked back.
Although the Kite String could fly a person's body like a kite, it didn't change the player's actual weight. So when the red bracelet player was pulled back, the punch he threw hit Xu Huo's shoulder, knocking him backward.
Xu Huo could have dodged that punch, but he took it deliberately in order to apply "Hurt Others, Not Myself."
The red bracelet player, caught by the C-grade item, sensed something was wrong. A soft, water-like rubber suddenly oozed from the places where the string had wrapped around him.
This stuff had neutralized the power of the Water Blade Gun earlier. Xu Huo's brow furrowed. He grabbed both ends of the item and pulled them tight. When the string transformed into blades, it sliced through the red bracelet player's arms without any hindrance, then pierced through his body and popped out the other side.
Blood droplets trembled and fell to the ground. The red bracelet player's corpse dropped. Xu Huo kicked it away, then flung the Kite String to his left—over there, Selene was just knocking another red bracelet player flying.
The red bracelet player crashed right into his Kite String. Giving the opponent no time to react, Xu Huo cleanly severed one of his arms.
This was just an attempt, but he hadn't expected the opponent's protective suit to be so weak. Now, he didn't hold back. He swung his sword horizontally and severed both legs.
The red bracelet player screamed in agony as Selene, who had rushed over, grabbed him by the throat. Selene looked at him with pity. "God cannot feel the pain of the mortal world, but He can end that pain."
With that, he snapped the player's neck.
With the two red bracelet players dead, the remaining young girl saw the situation was dire and tried to escape, but the female player blocked the door. "You killed someone and you think you can just leave!"
While Xu Huo and Selene were busy dealing with the red bracelet players, the girl had taken the opportunity to kill one of the other players.
The remaining three players simultaneously blocked the doorway. As the smoke bomb's effect gradually dissipated, in the dim light, they saw that the two red bracelet players had been killed. The little girl left was no threat!
The girl looked at them, then after a moment, grinned cheekily. "I advise you to get out of my way, or you'll definitely regret it!"
"You're young, but you've got a big mouth!" The female player swung her whip. "Let's see who regrets it!"
"Ah." The girl stood still, just opening her mouth to make a short sound. Immediately, the female player's whip was deflected by a fast-moving black shadow. The force was so great that it pressed the whip back, lashing the female player herself!
"It's the seaweed." Xu Huo had seen the black shadow clearly and quickly figured out the girl's trait. "Her voice can control the seaweed!"
(Chapter End)