Chapter 264: Making Proper Use of the Game's Rules
Without hesitation, he followed up with another slash. The translucent Sword Qi barrier instantly constricted to neck-width when the String Controller appeared before it. The strike should have hit its target, but unexpectedly, the other player turned into a floating afterimage again, reappearing to his front left!
Xu Huo paused. Was this an Ability?
The Tattooed Man, crouched in a tree, laughed and said to the String Controller, "We'll leave this side to you. I'm going after the girl!"
With that, he headed toward Yan Jiayu. Meanwhile, the player who had ambushed Xu Huo earlier conjured a remote control that looked like a game console. At his command, the vines in the woods began slithering like snakes!
Wary that they might be hiding Little Hats on their bodies, Xu Huo didn't dare go all out against them. The other players were just as cautious, so the vines only attacked the parts of him left exposed. He chopped down two trees to block them, then swiftly slashed at the Remote Player.
But the vines formed a barrier before his Sword Qi could reach its target. The Remote Player watched him from a distance. "Your sword can only hit the nearest thing to you. It's a long-range weapon, I'll give you that, but it has too many flaws. It's nowhere near as practical as my item!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the vines surged like waves!
Xu Huo wasn't surprised that they'd figured out how his item worked so quickly. The more often an item was used in battle, the easier it was to expose its weaknesses.
Gripping the Strings, he flew up to the net of lines strung with Little Hats. He wanted to use the String Controller's trap to secure