If Bai Tiaoyi hadn't been giving his all in the earlier fight, the moment the "Magician Person" card appeared, he finally grew serious. It was only a robot, but the aura it gave off was extraordinary. Instinct made him retreat at once, drawing his black-card barrier in around himself.
"Magician Person" was a B-class item, but the Magician had made it himself, basing its stats on 50% of his own strength. For one minute of high-efficiency combat, it could give even an A-class player a real fight. That was why Bai Tiaoyi had briefly retreated.
That was exactly the opportunity Xu Huo had been waiting for!
"Everything Wants to Cut Everything," which he hadn't used until now, suddenly appeared around Bai Tiaoyi. Its only purpose was to cut through his defensive barrier. Since "Everything Wants to Cut Everything" was also a space-time item, Xu Huo added the Space Sharp Blade in case its effect proved unreliable. He also brought out the "City Sandbox," while expanding his Spiritual World and keeping it within a radius of fifty meters.
Opportunities often depended on luck and long waits, but seizing one could be a long, fleeting, and perilous process:
Even with its effect weakened, "Everything Wants to Cut Everything" still broke through the black-card barrier. It pierced three more layers of defenses before the item stopped it from going any farther. The Space Sharp Blade, which could appear anywhere at any time, slipped through the opening along the cut, using its meager power to weaken the barrier between them. Then a black blade formed from Xu Huo's mental power forced its way through the gap, effortlessly slicing open Bai Tiaoyi's mobile defensive item and stabbing toward his left flank at a tricky angle!
This entire series of attacks happened almost simultaneously, but it