The stone-hard ground began to melt rapidly under the effect of the item, like wax catching fire from below. Chunks fell away one after another, and the collapse soon reached the ground beneath Xu Huo's feet.
As the ground sank, he fell with it. At the same time, the surrounding dirt rapidly pulled back and closed around him from the neck down, pinning him firmly in place!
Another buzz-cut Player then lifted him with a levitation item and stopped the man who had attacked first. "Chang Sheng, Mr. Kang is the one who gets to decide what happens to him!"
The Player called Chang Sheng seemed furious. He swung his knife, intending to cut off one of Xu Huo's ears, but the other two men joined forces to hold him back. The buzz-cut Player said, "We haven't even figured out what happened. If you kill him, how are you going to explain that to Mr. Kang?"
"We can't just let him off easy! Eleven of us went out this time, and not one came back!" Chang Sheng snarled.
The buzz-cut Player and the other man both frowned. Together, they shoved Chang Sheng away. The former said, "We still have to wait for Mr. Kang to decide. Those are his rules. Are you going to break them?"
At the mention of the rules, Chang Sheng calmed down a little. He glared at Xu Huo before saying, "Fine! We'll go see Mr. Kang first. Then I'll ask him to hand this guy over to me... Just wait and see what I do to you!"
The last words were directed at Xu Huo.
Pinned in the dirt, Xu Huo said nothing. He made no attempt to resist as they took him to Mr. Kang.
Mr. Kang seemed to have already heard what had