Cao Qinglin's Ability was interesting too. She was a jewelry appraiser, and as the two men closed in on her from both sides, she activated her Defense Artifact and said, "Judged to be fake!"
The two men had Items in use. At her words, they suddenly stopped moving and instead grabbed their Items and tossed them away.
"Friends from afar!" Taking advantage of the opening, Cao Qinglin used an Item to put some distance between herself and the two men, then threw out a pair of explosive Items.
They seemed to be One-Time Items, and their explosions were powerful. The two men had been pushed back, but they chose not to take the blasts head-on and instead retreated farther.
Cao Qinglin then regrouped with Qiu Ming. Meanwhile, Xu Huo had gotten a rough sense of the group's abilities. The strongest of the six was probably the man wearing a mask, but he was only a C-class player—not particularly strong.
Rather than finish them off, Xu Huo switched from the Eye of the Deceased to the Cake Cutter. He slashed vertically, severing the corridor in front of him, then swept the blade back and held it behind his arm. He instantly appeared in front of the mask man and swung horizontally, blade and arm aimed at his throat!
The mask man hadn't expected Xu Huo to suddenly speed up, but it didn't put him under much pressure. It was normal for players to conceal their strength in a fight, keeping one or two trump cards in reserve, so... But just as the thought flashed through his mind, a sudden force struck him in the back, sending him crashing toward Xu Huo.
Ahead of him, Xu Huo had just raised his long blade again after being pushed back by a Defense Artifact.