Their eyes met. The person who had been suddenly dragged over looked far more flustered. Looking at Xu Huo, he instinctively tried to use an artifact, but his hand had barely risen when it stiffened against his will. Then he saw the person opposite him extend a hand.
What did that mean?
The Player was suspicious and uncertain. Yet the next second, he handed over the Scroll in his hand.
He had not understood Xu Huo's intentions just now, but now he did. At the same time, he found it unbelievable—but it was impossible to take the Scroll back!
"Abandon the artifact," Xu Huo ordered.
The Player standing there widened his eyes. He instinctively found it astonishing, and even as he realized something was wrong, he was completely unable to stop himself from doing exactly as Xu Huo said.
The instant the artifact changed hands, the painting that seemed to have shrouded the city in another space abruptly vanished. But at that same moment, an even larger painting crashed down. It encompassed not only the few streets from before, but most of the city as well.
Apart from those already nearby besieging the governor, the local Players watching from afar, the local forces at the other end of the city, and the ordinary people who had not been moved at all, nearly everyone had been sealed within the artifact.
This Scroll was an artifact that assisted spiritual attacks. It could multiply the holder's Spiritual World and temporarily increase their mental strength. As a result, the instant the Scroll took effect, most of the Players inside mistakenly believed they had entered a container artifact. It was only natural that they could not open their Personal Panels.
"What's going on?!" The Players closing in discovered that they could no longer see their