Chapter 782: The Danger Level of the Other Party
"Everyone," the black-coated Player holding the iron box said, sweeping his gaze over the crowd. "I mean you no harm. I just need everyone's help with something."
"The owner of this hotel stole a very important Artifact from me. But they're a very troublesome person, so I have no choice but to borrow your lives for a while."
As he spoke, the Players already in the banquet hall and the security Players who had arrived later all moved toward him, surrounding him and his companions. At the same time, outside the hotel, a streak of light like a meteor flashed toward the banquet hall. It was visible through the only floor-to-ceiling window left in the hall.
But the intruding Players were completely unbothered by being surrounded. The black-line Player, the metal Player, and two masked Players retreated to the black-coated Player's side. Before the Players surrounding them could make a move, and before the light outside could enter the building, the iron box in the black-coated Player's hands transformed into a ten-centimeter-tall glass octagonal prism. He gripped both ends and pulled them apart, and a translucent barrier sprang from the glass prism, expanding into a massive structure three meters high and about ten meters long!
The air warped slightly as the structure emerged. As the Players either attacked or braced themselves, a black line suddenly slipped through the floor and dragged Jiang Jiang and the Player shielding her into the space inside the structure. The Players, who had suspected it was some kind of Defense Artifact, immediately sprang into action, but they were too late. The moment Jiang Jiang and the other Player were pulled inside, the octagonal space fully formed, even blocking the effects of some Artifacts!
Boom! At the