At that, Xu Huo realized the two had probably already met He Pu.
When he said that Mr. Dong, the butler, was probably the one who had ambushed him last night, he had also been trying to get them to help him sound out He Pu.
He said nothing more and simply shut the door.
Only after the footsteps outside had faded did Xu Huo turn back to speak with the Chen Brothers.
Chen Tu explained how the Substitute Mirror worked.
It was simple to use. First, the mirror had to capture the user's reflection. Then the user had to flip the mirror upside down and use it to capture the target. The preparations were complete as soon as the target's reflection appeared in the mirror.
The mirror could protect up to three people, and it could transfer damage to up to three targets. Notably, once the mirror was activated, the people being protected and the damage-transfer targets had to be in the same space, no more than fifty meters apart.
But there was one crucial restriction: the mirror could not be put away in the inventory while it was in use, or all the prior preparations would be invalidated. Each person could use it once. If someone suffered several kinds of damage at the same time, the mirror would transfer only the most severe instance. The weapon causing the injury was also subject to a clear restriction: it had to be a metal cold weapon.
The mirror was also easily damaged. Each time it broke, it was equivalent to losing one life, up to the limit.
Its conditions of use and restrictions were harsh, but its effect was powerful. It could transfer fatal damage while inflicting a third of that damage on the opponent. It gave its user an