Those weren't ordinary materials but props with exceptional flexibility. A mass of hair strands hung down, and without a defensive barrier to stop them in time, it was easy to get tangled up. Xu Huo had activated his defensive equipment at once, but he and Qi Cong were still trapped amid the hair. The barrier had instead turned into a box that locked them inside.
The hair wasn't just trying to trap them. It was dragging them deeper into the game tent.
"Let's fight our way out!" Qi Cong said. "There's definitely nothing good inside that tent!"
No sooner had he spoken than the two of them were hurled into the air. They were caught again mid-flight, then spun around on the spot like tops as cheers rang out all around them.
By the time the hair gradually loosened its hold, they had been transported from the tent entrance to a sizable performance arena. From the outside, the game tent hadn't looked very large, but the arena was several times bigger than the tent itself. Clearly, they had entered a location prop.
And what held them now was no longer the spatial barrier generated by the defensive equipment. It was the translucent palm of the giant, wide-mouthed doll, which was holding them and playing with them.
The spatial barrier had vanished, but the doll's palm had formed a square cavity around them. It simply held them there.
"What are they trying to do...?" Qi Cong asked, looking at the audience stands. But when he saw Xu Huo staring behind them, he followed his gaze and realized that the massive doll was slowly approaching. The next second, one enormous eyeball met their eyes!
"W-why...?" Qi Cong could barely get the words out. He was a C-class player, after all. Even without