The painted woman, wearing the Happy Invisibility coat, had already walked away from Brother Shi's corpse. She seemed especially curious. Instead of sneaking off to the side like Xu Huo had told her to before he acted, she went over to the female Player.
After she blended into her surroundings, Xu Huo could no longer see her. When he noticed she was standing still and saw a strand of the female Player's hair lift slightly, he didn't call her back. Instead, he asked Fang Penghui and the others, "I killed him. Any objections?"
They certainly had objections, and plenty of them. But Brother Shi, who was no pushover, had been killed in a single move, and the two Players who had gone after the others hadn't returned. There was no point in fighting to the death.
"Our only goal is to stop them from setting the place on fire," Fang Penghui said. "You killed him, so of course the item is yours."
"But we can't let these people off so easily." He pointed at the female Player and the others. "We can't let them drag everyone else down with them."
The Players he'd pointed at weren't having it. "The idol can bewitch Players. What's wrong with burning it?"
"Have you got any brains?" the square-faced man said. "The house can burn down, but the idol will still be there. You'd be digging a pit for everyone!"
"If there's no problem when you don't look at the idol, then even if it's exposed, it shouldn't be a big deal," the other man replied, as if it were obvious.
Fang Penghui and the others were so angry they laughed. "I swear, I can't figure out how the hell you made it to a D-class instance!"
Before the two sides could settle things,