Xu Huo went to the city center alone. By then, the surrounding buildings and decorations had all turned into metal, and the encirclement was several times tighter than before. He had no choice but to risk revealing his position and use every Defense Artifact at his disposal. With the "Time Ring" and the water Rubik's Cube barrier to back him up, he forced his way through.
Clearly, the person controlling the metal wouldn't allow outsiders into the city center. The surrounding buildings twisted and warped one after another. The outer walls of some skyscrapers peeled away and then tore apart in midair, breaking into countless fragments. Combined with the arrow rain, they all but sealed off the way ahead!
But as long as he wasn't caught in the grip of a mass of metal all at once, none of the other metal attacks could break through the water Rubik's Cube barrier, his final line of defense.
After several attempts to advance were blocked, his opponent seemed to change tactics. During another arrow-rain attack, Xu Huo sensed several unusual forces mixed in with the barrage. His instincts told him to avoid the Flying Arrows and metal fragments carrying those strange forces, but he couldn't dodge them all in time. Two of them grazed his lower back and neck.
Xu Huo watched as the metal fragments struck the water Rubik's Cube barrier and warped the spatial barrier. His pupils contracted sharply. The next instant, a Flying Arrow shot forward at incredible speed and struck him in the chest!
Bang! He was sent flying out of the metal downpour, crashing through several buildings and hurtling a thousand meters away. But it wasn't over. Before the massive impact had fully dissipated, a dark shadow blotted out the sky above him.
With no time to