Chapter 1357: Chapter 1358

(Wait for modification) However, this is of little use. The stone lion, emphasizing brute force, directly dug a hole in the ground. It’s fine not being able to leave the mat; it can carry the floor slab along.

Da Mao was difficult to deal with, Xu Huo and Yan Jiayu were no less challenging. Yan Jiayu fought in close combat, while Xu Huo assisted with props and would swiftly jump in. After three minutes of combat, both sides suffered injuries.

Xu Huo glanced upward and then started climbing the stairs. When he reached the third floor, he felt someone quickly descending from the middle of the building, immediately positioning Shelter 101 directly below!

The fleeing player had been using props to move between floors. Unexpectedly, he stepped onto Shelter 101, a metallic prop from the game he couldn’t breach. Upon spotting Xu Huo next to it, he aimed a crossbow arrow at him!

The crossbow shot wasn’t a solid arrow but a semi-transparent ice, which melted rapidly after imbedding into the wall!

“You’re not the person I’m looking for.” Xu Huo stated his position. Due to this moment’s hesitation, the pursuing player had already descended from the floor above. However, just as he showed his feet, a strange force hit him, opening a deep groove in the ceiling, halting only at the wall.

In the next moment, both individuals and a stone lion landed on the same floor as Xu Huo and Yan Jiayu.

“Da Mao, charge!” Yan Jiayu called for the stone lion to attack, and simultaneously, she put a muscle doll sticker on her face. Her speed soared instantly, turning her into an undetectable projectile crashing towards the person by the wall!

The player evidently didn’t consider her reckless fighting style anything noteworthy. With a pat on his shoulder, a blue light arc spread out in front of him as protection. With the light arc safeguarding him, he didn’t spare Yan Jiayu another glance, focusing instead on the stone lion jogging past.

However, as the player was preparing to handle the stone lion, the living bomb called Yan Jiayu crashed into him—unsure if she had any invisible defense props, but when she slammed into the light arc, she pierced this player’s body through the wall while cracks splintered across the light arc!

“What!” The player couldn’t hide his shock as he was slammed to the outermost wall of the building and repelled by a barrier on the wall.

Yan Jiayu, on the receiving end, was far less disheveled. She landed steadily in the middle of the room, swinging the Demon-Subduing Pestle wildly!

“Bang bang bang” echoed as a shield prop was battered with cracks. The player quickly evaded, using his characteristics to momentarily slow Yan Jiayu, then sprinted towards Xu Huo!

His real target was the government player who hadn’t escaped yet. Just halfway there, a cold flash swept across aside!

The pursuing player swiftly dodged sideways, launching dozens of Cowhair Needles from his sleeve.

Temporary inability to use the air barrier, Xu Huo simply shifted Shelter 101 forward and back instantaneously, employing “Extreme Fatigue” and “Progress Bar Disappearance” simultaneously during the attack.

The player instantly felt props’ effects applied on him. Pressing his sleeve, his clothing began to flutter like scales, settling once more. With the color change of his clothes, there wasn’t a trace of fatigue visible on his face!

Yan Jiayu and the stone lion moved in. The lazy Da Mao was smacked on the bottom, unleashing all its fury on the pursuing player, forcing him into retreat.

“The vase’s effect!” The pursuing player dropped a mat on the ground. Da Mao’s foot slipped onto it amidst the struggle, with one claw pinned to the surface.

However, this was of little use. The stone lion, emphasizing brute force, directly dug a hole in the ground. It’s fine not being able to leave the mat; it can carry the floor slab along.

Da Mao was difficult to deal with, Xu Huo and Yan Jiayu were no less challenging. Yan Jiayu fought in close combat, while Xu Huo assisted with props and would swiftly jump in. After three minutes of combat, both sides suffered injuries.

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Considering the props and characteristics used by the opponent, the fake player is most likely engaged in craftworks. His characteristics indeed make surrounding objects, including prop secant lines, momentarily stiff and tough, not invulnerable but certainly more challenging to destroy.

The duo had already moved far ahead, prompting Xu Huo to retract the secant line and follow them.

Using teleportation prop can swiftly create distance, though it’s easy to lose track. Upon locating them again via the “Thousand-Mile Fate Thread,” ten minutes had already passed.

Noticing Xu Huo catching up, the fake player released another batch of dummies to distract while continuing to flee with Dr. Duor.

“You won’t get far with me,” Dr. Duor’s mental state seemed poor. He remarked to the fake player, “Though I don’t know who you are, you’d better escape alone. That player shouldn’t be from the Ya Clan. If he needs to clear, he’ll certainly take me to the Secondary City… *cough* *cough*…”

The previously silent fake player finally turned back, checking Dr. Duor’s condition, “Are you hurt?”

“No…” Dr. Duor replied breathlessly, “But the person from before gave me a shot, unsure what potion it was; I’m feeling somewhat fatigued…”

The fake player let go of him, produced a monitoring device from which he drew a drop of blood from Dr. Duor’s fingertip, eliciting warning beeps from the device. Annoyed, he clenched his fists but quickly relaxed, telling Dr. Duor, “It might be poison. I’ll give you an antitoxin shot.”

Dr. Duor didn’t suspect anything and willingly accepted the injection. Indeed, his condition improved rapidly, as the fake player remarked again, “He’s caught up again; we have to go.”

Dr. Duor promptly stood up yet urged, “If we can’t shake him off, seize an opportunity and escape alone.”

The fake player didn’t reply, switching direction towards east.

The Secondary City lay north, previously always heading there.

Xu Huo, trailing close, first noticed the directional change; they’d covered about half the path of Heaven’s Ladder, being in the central area now. Safest would be to pass quickly, yet the opponent, with Dr. Duor, not hastening but moving deeper… Trying to lose him this way?

After brief contemplation, Xu Huo closed the gap to attempt an attack twice. This time, the fake player retaliated fiercely rather than focusing solely on escape.

The combat noise started drawing the attention of surrounding Aliens; assorted grotesque yet quick mutated creatures appeared first—strikingly, numerous unusually large insects were among them.

Dr. Duor knew the direction had altered but didn’t inquire, followed dutifully as the fake player hurried him along non-stop; yet soon enough, they were caught again. After several repeated attempts, Xu Huo