The player bound by the Spider Lock didn't hesitate. The Mental Portal sucked him straight inside. The other three didn't seem to trust it much; they simply went around the portal and crossed the boundary of the area.
Once they crossed the boundary, the toy people behind them stopped pursuing them and quickly switched to Happy Mode. The two toy rabbits did the same. But the battle dolls didn't give up. In the blink of an eye, they surrounded the players again and repeated their old trick, using the sonic devices.
This time, though, the middle-aged man and the others were prepared. They immediately knocked the devices out of the hands of several battle dolls. Two blasts of air swept through, scattering the nearby dolls as well. The three men leaped in different directions, putting distance between themselves as they turned back and formed several spatial bombs. At last, they managed to shake off the battle dolls completely.
Meanwhile, Xu Huo had led the Yongta Kingdom Player to a small playground. He removed the Spider Lock from the man and used spatial confinement to contain the shock wave from the self-destruct. The muffled explosion didn't attract the attention of the toy people nearby.
"Cheap bastards," Xu Huo muttered.
The battle dolls were one thing, but they'd even put self-destruct devices in the Spider Locks they released. Their whole approach seemed to be making sure nobody else got the slightest advantage.
"I know who you are now." The middle-aged man had caught up with them. He looked Xu Huo over. "I heard there was a powerful Outer District Player at Lian Qingkong's funeral. He supposedly had players from the other two kingdoms too scared to raise their heads... The people who caused trouble at the funeral were all useless, sure, but