As the red-haired woman attacked, the other two Players backed her up. Seeing her shift her attention, they focused on keeping Xu Huo occupied. Unfortunately, neither their items nor their Abilities worked on him. It was as though he were surrounded by an impenetrable barrier.
"The stronger the item, the more obvious its weakness. We can't attack him, but he can't attack us while his barrier is up either!" The long-haired man stamped his foot, and the ground in the alley sank, taking the surrounding apartment buildings with it.
Hearing the screams from inside the buildings, Xu Huo sighed. "That's the inconvenient part."
He turned the Ring of Time on his hand, drawing the nearby apartment buildings into stopped time. Then he turned to face the two assailants closing in from either side and pulled them both into the mirror space in an instant, using his Manifestations to swiftly strip away the items they carried.
But people this vicious, who treated human lives like weeds, were also, in a sense, exceptionally resolute. It was difficult to throw them off quickly, and even harder to control them. But with the stacked item Call the Roll, forcing them under control for a second or two was enough.
In the blink of an eye, Xu Huo appeared behind one of them. After his Manifestations repeatedly weakened the man's defenses, Xu Huo easily drove his black knife through the man's heart.
Seeing their companion die so cleanly, the other two looked terrified and no longer dared to stall. They immediately tried to use their Tickets to escape into the game. The red-haired woman, who had been entangled with the painted woman, managed to get away. But the long-haired man, who was closer to Xu Huo, wasn't so lucky. Xu Huo's mental power seized control