Chapter 161

Chapter 161: Attack of the Protagonist (13)

Translator: Sigma Editor: Sigma

If there’s a word to describe this tactic, it must be ‘despicable’ .

But they couldn't deny the fact that Feng Bujue’s trick was flawless .

It took Copernicus and Galileo only three seconds to comprehend Feng Bujue’s plan . They almost tacitly ordered to retreat at the same time, turning to the three from Order and yelled, "The ones who don’t have the halo should back off with us!"

Invincible Hero and Ye Zhi were hesitant looking at Zen In Scary Dream . As the captain of the team, at such moments, he was responsible for making decisions .

"You two go with the GMs, stay away from here . " Zen In Scary Dream was still calm . "I’ll stay with Feng-Ge . " Seeing his teammates were about to say something, he added, "No more words, even if I die, I won’t take Feng-ge’s Halo . I won’t affect the general picture . "

During that time, K3, who was around ten meters from them, also recognized something . He didn't want the others to continue their conversation as he walked straight forward .

Since they were in the world of the Sakura Town, K3’s competence couldn't be compared to the time he was fighting in the Kingdom of the Dead Souls . However, the speed and strength he was showing now were still tremendous . It was better than what the two GMs had performed .

It was out of people’s expectations to have someone able to stop him relying on their strength alone .

Zen In Scary Dream, the one who had spent all the money he had in the game for smoking and drinking, besides the suit vest – the union's uniform, he only had the newbie costume . In the middle of the sparks from the flint, his eyes flared with a cold look that could suffocate people .

The body slightly swayed; the blade flicked . He skillfully waved his wrist, stabbing forward in an inclining angle .

Although this strike from Zen In Scary Dream looked hurried, in fact, he had it done carefully . He not only blocked K3 but also made a cunning attack at an angle that forced the other to use his arm to ward off .

From fighting aspect, under a limited time, moves that players could complete and some minor details like accuracy and skilfull angles of attack were the criteria to measure the gap between hotshots .

Of course, this was the difference between real hotshots and average players, not the difference between hotshots and hotshots . Let alone the external facts and fortune, in such activity that had rules to bind hotshots together, the only thing they could compare was… natural gifts .

"Oh? Interesting . " K3 eyed Zen In Scary Dream . "Can a player really make it this far—" Something happened when he hadn't finished yet . Two arms were protruding under his armpits and blocked his shoulder .

The one who had used the first strike of Rozan Sho Ryu Ha (1), of course, was Feng Bujue, who was standing aside . At this moment, he had activated his [Body-Spirit Congregation Technique], and that was how he could finish his deed before the other could recognize it . Right now, Feng Bujue didn't care about the loss of his Survival Value . Anyhow, he had the halo, so it was impossible for him to die just yet . He was afraid that if he didn't use this skill, with only his character's physique, he couldn't stop the opponent .

"Go! Are you guys waiting for death there!" Feng Bujue held K3 tight, turned and shouted to the other four .

Invincible Hero and Ye Zhi exchanged looks then fled away . The two GMs, who saw them moving, also quickly turned around and came to the front, leading them out of the scene .

"You two think it’s fun doing that?" K3 sneered . "Or you’re playing the superheroes?" His face suddenly darkened . "Oh… No . Heroes will die, but you guys will only be teleported . " The latter part was made with a despising tone .

"We just want to talk to you . " Feng Bujue cocked his head and talked to Zen In Scary Dream, "Right, Zen-Ge?"

Zen In Scary Dream got it now as he deeply felt how cunning Feng Bujue was .

Feng Bujue’s plan looked like he wanted to take the Protagonist’s Halo, using this invincible status to deploy his research and assessment in the Derivative, also to assist the GMs in doing their tasks . In fact, this plan had another advantage, which was to let the other members of the party leave the scenario and he would contact the Derivative alone . Now that the GMs weren't here, he could try to negotiate . In case the other didn't agree, it wasn't too late to continue fighting . He got the Halo anyway, nothing to be afraid of though .

Zen In Scary Dream just wanted to collect intelligence . To him, if they could communicate verbally with the Derivative, it would be much better than talking with the fists . Thus, he followed Feng Bujue and said, "Yeah, Mister Derivative… If you agree to stop fighting and—"

However, K3 interrupted their chorus, "The relationship between you guys and I is like the lobsters locked in the fish tank in a restaurant and the customers… Do we really have many things to discuss?" His tone became more serious . All of a sudden, a flow of air burst out, breaking Feng Bujue’s restraint and blowing Zen In Scary Dream away simultaneously . "Do I bear the responsibility to explain your doubts!"

Zen In Scary Dream was still okay as he was just pushed several steps backward, but Feng Bujue, who was clutching on the other’s back, was blown away with a strong force, knocking hard against the Torii .

BANG! Feng Bujue’s body banged onto a thick pilar, breaking it into two pieces . His Survival Value immediately plunged down to 1% which automatically dissolved his [Body-Spirit Congegration Technique] . Moreover, due to the pillar rupture, the shrine’s entrance lost its primary support and started to collapse obliquely onto K3 and Zen In Scary Dream .

At this moment, the moon began to shine, and they could see the surroundings within a certain distance without using lighting devices . Zen In Scary Dream could see Feng Bujue exaggeratedly gush out a mouthful of blood and grimaced his face in pain . It was good that the boy just fainted . With the large broken object next to him as the evidence, K3’s competence indeed made people hopeless .

Cold sweat rolled down on Zen In Scary Dream’s forehead as he thought, "If this kid didn't have the Protagonist's Halo, he would have been killed in just one strike . "

Of course, he didn't care about the other much . As the Torii was falling towards his spot, he should get away first then think about it later . Zen In Scary Dream jumped backward to make room that could support him to defend or attack (or at least that was what he thought), while paying attention to K3 not far from him .

K3 didn’t bat an eye; he only stared at his opponent retreating . Moreover, facing the gate falling down, it seemed he didn't need to dodge it .

Perhaps K3 wanted to let the two players widen their visions as he decided not to dodge . He raised his right hand, pressed the index finger on the thumb, then flicked it forward .

BOOM!

The area above K3 had an effect like that of an explosion . The power of this strike diffused upward in a funnel shape that burst off the falling part of the torii into countless wood chips .

"Such combat competence is… the Young Toguro in standard physique version . " Feng Bujue backed against the broken pillar, trying to get up . A smile was still hanging on the corner of his mouth . "I’ve become more curious . Facing such a tremendous opponent, how could the Halo will keep me alive . "

K3 coldly stood there, slowly turned his head around, then looked at Feng Bujue . "Oh? You aren’t dead yet?"

"Ah… If I knew that, I wouldn't speak up . Turns out you thought that I was over with that strike," said Feng Bujue .

K3 did think so, indeed . The reason was simple . As a Derivative, he had observed the data of players' levels, and he could calculate the others' Survival Value . And, the strike he had just used, in theory, was enough to make Feng Bujue game-over . Thus, after he had blown Feng Bujue away, he didn't watch over in that direction anymore . Unexpectedly, this kid could stand up and talk again… It's like when you launch a significant skill on the enemy in your map, and you've expected that the other would turn into your game coins already, but then, several seconds later, he gets up again with his very last drop of blood .

"Well… I’ve mastered the peerless skill in the martial world – The Immortal Divine Technique…" Feng Bujue was about to adapt Duan Fei’s tactic [2], which was to babble to make more time and stabilize the situation first .

Too bad K3 didn’t want to listen to him as he immediately raised his left hand, flickered his middle finger to release a flow of air as sharp as a flying knife which darted towards Feng Bujue .

BUZZ!

The sound that arose in Feng Bujue’s ears was like it came from a laser saber . However, he only felt a chilly wind swept over his cheeks, but he didn't get hurt .

"What the…" K3 was suspicious . The logical calculus module told him that he couldn't miss that strike, but the information from his vision displayed clearly that this player didn't do anything fast and sufficient enough to duck his attack .

"What did you do?" K3 seemed to be interested in Feng Bujue all of a sudden . "Distort the space? Or interfere with my vision?" He just made assumptions with common understanding and gave out a question . Feng Bujue’s answer sounded both nonsense and reasonable at the same time . "Your brother here just cocked his head to avoid your sluggish attack . "

"Is it?"

When K3 said ‘is’, he was around seven or eight meters away from Feng Bujue, but when he let out the word ‘it’ he was in front of the latter . "Well… Your current speed and attack power are over the maximum value of the data . At least, two times stronger than I’ve expected . Seems you aren’t quite simple…"

"Nonsense . I’ve just used skill . I should be two times stronger though," Feng Bujue muttered in his mind, but he still tried to be more mysterious . "Well… Nothing at all . Using the data to assess people’s fighting competencies is a meaningless act . We, humans on Earth, have different ways of cultivation compared to you guys . Usually, we can hide our aura, and we can completely burst it out in fighting . "

"If you don't mind, just talk about the Dragon Ball too…" Zen In Scary Dream was completely shocked .

As Feng Bujue saw K3’s complexion, which was 70% of having-no-clue and 30% of curiosity, he continued to talk again and again . "Don’t just look at me like how I am today . I used to be really wild… I’ve undergone the long-term hell training on the wild island, mounted the hundred thousand meters totem of a flying saucer tower, and I used to drink the potion to stimulate the human potentials, which could have killed me right away . Lastly, I’ve saved the Earth from the hands of aliens several times…" [3]

"My gosh… He not only copied my verse but also spoke of strange tales…" Zen In Scary Dream exclaimed, instinctively heaved out another beer from his bag then took a sip to console himself .

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(1) Rozan Shō Ryū Ha (廬山昇龍覇; Rising Dragon Punch): is a skill of Dragon Shiryu (龍星座「ドラゴン」の紫龍, Ryū Seiza (Doragon no Shiryū); Literally meaning "Purple Dragon") in manga Saint Seiya .

[2] (A character in ‘The Final Combat’)

[3] (These are the details in Dragon Ball series by Akira Toriyama – TL)