In an instant, Xu Huo tensed up all over. As "Mobile Metal" and "Absolute Safe Distance" activated, he sprang toward a corner of the room. The ability "Straight Line Distance" let him maximize his speed. On the way, he swung his sword at the spot where he had been standing. Only after completing this series of movements did he use his eyes to locate the "thing" that had patted him on the shoulder.
After his Spiritual World evolved again, his ability to sense space had improved. Under normal circumstances, he could sense the two or three spaces nearby. For instance, standing in the funeral home now, he could tell there were no moving people in the farewell room behind him, Bai Wenxian was pacing in the room ahead, and the spaces on either side, which should have been outside the building, had vanished, replaced by solid walls...
But he hadn't sensed the other person even though they had come up behind him in the same room. Either something was wrong with his perception, or their ability was far beyond his!
His first suspicion was the other Players who had come with him. If the three who had gone up first—Xu Ruosi and the others—had made it to this floor, he should have seen them. The Wax Figure Museum wasn't that big. If he couldn't see the living, he should at least have seen the dead. Besides, the room didn't seem particularly soundproof, so they should have heard the fighting. Since the three hadn't made a sound, they were probably hiding, unless they'd all been wiped out.
If they came out to meet up, that would be fine. If they were hiding, they probably had something up their sleeves.
"Crack!"
With a sharp snap, the upper half of a wax figure