The hotel's car left the twenty-seventh floor. Somehow, the other party had managed to follow them with pinpoint accuracy.
Xu Huo got out in a busy shopping district and pretended to browse before entering a mall. A sales assistant led him into a VIP room, and the Player tailing him soon came in with a wineglass. As he leaned over, he said, "One, two, three, Wooden Man."
Xu Huo paused in the act of reaching for his wineglass, then swung his sword at the man and tossed out the Fair Wallet at the same time.
The Player seemed surprised that Xu Huo could escape the Ability's influence, but quickly reacted. A wooden Long Sword covered in flowers appeared in his hand. The two swords clashed, and the flowers and vines on the wooden sword instantly grew around the Bright Red Sword. When the other man pulled back, Xu Huo was dragged along with it—but just then, the Fair Wallet took effect, and the wooden sword slipped from the man's hand!
The flower-covered vines around the Bright Red Sword instantly retracted, but the Player was extremely fast. Before the wooden sword could hit the ground, he kicked it back into his hand.
Xu Huo dodged the man's slash and retreated, controlling the Strings to loop around his neck. But, to his surprise, the Strings bounced off an invisible barrier before they could reach him. They fell to the ground, and the man said, "Wooden Man." The Strings immediately drifted down, out of control.
Xu Huo frowned. Could the Ability affect items, too?
"Who are you?" he asked, but the other man clearly had no intention of talking. His gaze darkened, and he lunged at Xu Huo!
Noticing that the man was stretching out his hand as if to touch him, Xu