Chapter 16 A Deal?

With sixteen minutes left until the poison took effect, Feng Bujue successfully acquired the modified Contra Medal, courtesy of Billy, Olden, and Rabbit. The item's effects remained the same, but the "Can be taken out of the script" attribute was now set to "Yes," and there was only one medal.

Satisfied with the tangible benefits, Feng Bujue picked up the One-Hit Kill Handgun from the table and said, "I need to confirm one more thing. Just in case...and I mean just in case...I get one-shotted by Faster the moment I step out, this medal will immediately activate and revive me on the spot, right?"

"Correct. As long as you carry this medal, whether inside or outside the door, within or outside the prison, even on another Four Pillar God's territory, you'll be instantly revived at full health the moment you die," Rabbit replied.

Billy added, "Don't worry. We'll go out with you when you open the door. We'll help you block Faster's attacks. You just need to raise the gun, aim at him, and pull the trigger. I'll continuously imbue this gun with maximum destructive power. One bullet will be enough."

Olden chimed in, "After you kill him, you take the antidote and teleport away. We'll escape the cycle of reincarnation and break out of prison."

Billy said, "Then you and we will go our separate ways, leaving each other alone. We won't owe each other anything."

"Mm, that's exactly what I want," Feng Bujue said with a smile, summarizing, "Although you initially used a deceitful scheme to guide my actions, I believe that was due to our mutual misunderstanding and distrust...But now, we have clarified our respective goals and reached a win-win deal. Judging from your words and actions, I believe you are all honest and noble gentlemen who wouldn't resort to the kind of backstabbing I previously suspected, right?"

"Alright, stop being so long-winded!" Rabbit said impatiently. "Do you have victim complex or something? There's not much time left. You've got your reward, now hurry up and do what you're supposed to do!"

"No problem, I'm on my way." Feng Bujue turned around and was surprised to find that the entrances to all four corridors had disappeared, replaced by a wall with a large door in the center.

"Don't be surprised. The appearance and size of space are just a matter of form," Billy's voice rang out as the iron door of the cell creaked open.

Feng Bujue turned his head and found that the puppet had somehow sat on a small tricycle and slowly pedaled over to his side. Rabbit also came out of the second cell. He and Olden were both looking at Feng Bujue, waiting for the interdimensional traveler to open the door.

Feng Bujue glanced at the three of them, shrugged, and walked forward.

...

The door opened, and one human and three monsters filed in, entering a monotonous gray space.

Faster stood about ten meters away from the door, resembling a man wearing ancient Roman battle armor. His armor, skin, pupils, hair, and everything else were all cement-gray. If he hadn't turned his neck to look over here, he would have looked just like a statue.

"As I expected..." Faster said. "Traveler from another world, you've sided with the prisoners, have you?"

"Oh?" Upon hearing this, Feng Bujue immediately deduced a lot of things. "So, like the others, you obtained the antidote before I arrived at the prison and knew about my situation?"

"Correct," Faster replied. "I also roughly guessed that you would side with them. It's impossible for you to forcibly seize the antidote from them and find the door to get out on your own." He paused. "So...no matter what you experienced in the prison, you would definitely be in a state of hostility towards me when you came here."

"It's good that you understand," Feng Bujue said, raising the gun. His eyes were filled with murderous intent, and his grip on the gun was firm and strong.

Bang—the gun fired.

Rabbit's head exploded once again.

Everyone except Feng Bujue had a look of shock on their faces. Even Faster asked himself, "What's going on?"

After shooting Rabbit at close range, Feng Bujue didn't stop. He aimed the gun at Billy and fired several shots in quick succession. Amidst shock and anger, Billy's reaction was still fast. He immediately made the gun in Feng Bujue's hand disappear, and the trajectories of the bullets shifted. But even so, because the distance was too close, and Billy's physical skills were almost non-existent, and Feng Bujue's betrayal was sudden and unexpected, Billy was still shot in the right abdomen, injuring him.

"You..." Billy said viciously. "Olden! Kill..."

He couldn't finish the sentence, because an unparalleled, monstrous evil force emanated from Feng Bujue's body, a scene that was enough to silence and intimidate a monster of Billy's level.

"Heh...it seems like it was successfully activated..." Feng Bujue muttered with a cold smile. The moment the gun disappeared, he had already activated his only killing move—Evil King's Flaming Murderous Black Dragon Wave (Xie Wang Yan Sha Hei Long Bo).

Feng Bujue's Spiritual skill specialization was E, and the success rate of activating this skill was 40%. However, with the persistence of the Icy Alchemist bonus, the success rate of all his active skills would increase by 10%...Simply put, success or failure was a fifty-fifty chance.

A jet-black evil aura bloomed from Feng Bujue's right arm, spreading and enveloping his entire body. He was surrounded by a wave-like vortex of energy, and the Black Dragon Wave was about to erupt.

This ultimate technique of the Evil King's Flaming Murderous Fist had the force of an approaching storm even before the move was executed and the dragon moved. Leaving aside the user's level, the power of the move itself was absolutely unparalleled.

Feng Bujue separated his legs and assumed a horse stance, pressing his left hand on his right shoulder and extending his right arm straight out, his fingers slightly curved into a palm...Then, a dragon's roar was heard, and a jet-black flame dragon formed from energy suddenly appeared, opening its giant mouth and swallowing the puppet riding the tricycle whole.

This move was extremely fast, extremely powerful, and even homing. Billy was intimidated by the evil force before he could even react, and he couldn't escape at all. Even Olden, who was standing next to him, felt unable to move.

[Your item Contra Medal has been consumed]

This time, the medal was truly used up. The cost of the Black Dragon Wave was "100% of survival value." The move activated at this cost was truly astonishing. Billy, who had already been ambushed once, couldn't resist and was blasted into nothingness.

After Feng Bujue killed Billy, he was also swallowed by the black flames, but he immediately revived on the spot at full health and looked at the last remaining Olden with a smug look. "Before you angrily and impulsively rush over to kill me..." He slowly retreated, shamelessly standing next to Faster. "You'd better consider the current situation..." He smiled. "I remember Billy saying that only his strongest form was more powerful than Faster...So, if I were you, I wouldn't come over to die in vain, but would choose to return to the prison in my current state and prepare to welcome a certain monster that will be spawned in soon."

Faster seemed to belatedly understand the situation in front of him. He turned his head and looked at Feng Bujue beside him, and said sincerely, "You really are insidious..."

"You fooled, deceived, and used us..." Olden said through gritted teeth.

"Didn't you do that to me first?" Feng Bujue said. "It's just that you weren't good enough and failed. And I demonstrated the correct way to do it for you."

"You even used the gun we gave you, the medal we gave you, to deal with us..."

"Mm...you really are honest and noble gentlemen. During the negotiation, you almost revealed all the information I wanted to know...such as your abilities, the principles behind these items, and the comparison of your strength with Faster." Feng Bujue continued, "And you even gave me what I wanted first, giving me full confidence to carry out this plan."

"You filthy, despicable, evil..." Even when Olden was cursing, he was very particular about the accuracy and civility of his words. It seemed that his settings did not allow him to swear.

"Alright, Olden," Faster interrupted. "The hatred between you and this interdimensional traveler has nothing to do with me. But I have my duties. Now, I order you to return to your cell, or I will have to personally send you back."

Olden's blue eyes gradually dimmed. His gaze lingered on Feng Bujue for a long time, as if he wanted to engrave the image of this person in his eyes forever. After a dozen seconds, he sullenly retreated back into the prison door, and the door closed again...

"Phew..." Feng Bujue breathed a long sigh of relief when he saw Olden leave. As soon as he took the second breath, he pragmatically said to Faster, "Excuse me, that bottle of 'chemical potion of unknown composition' in your hand..."

"Understood...understood..." Faster stretched out a hand and handed the potion to Feng Bujue.

When Feng Bujue received the item, he received a system notification:

[Main Quest Progress Updated]

[Finding Chemical Potion (4/4)]

[Current Quest Completed, Main Quest Updated]

The new quest in the game menu was: [Combine the chemical potions of unknown composition (A) (B) (C) (D) into an antidote to remove the toxin]

The system voice paused for two seconds and continued: [Do you need to combine specific quest items?]

Feng Bujue clicked OK in the pop-up menu in front of him, and the other three potions in his inventory immediately disappeared. The potion in his hand turned into a white light, and after the data was reorganized, it became a new item: [Antidote].

Feng Bujue didn't drink the medicine immediately, but said to Faster, "I say...Big Brother, I helped you solve this prison break, don't you have anything to offer?" As he spoke, he looked up at Faster.

But the prison guard in front of Feng Bujue was as still as a statue. Upon closer inspection, this Faster had really turned into a statue.

"You didn't help me with anything. You just helped yourself," Faster's voice came from another direction.

Feng Bujue turned his head at the sound and found another Faster emitting a silver light walking towards him.

"It's the same no matter which side you stand on. They can't escape at all," Faster said. "They just come here again and again to kill the mud puppet I created."

"You..." Feng Bujue's expression changed slightly, and he pondered, "I understand...there is no such thing as the Time Lord's curse at all. From beginning to end, you were the one causing trouble here."

"Hmph...that's only natural," Faster sneered. "How could the master let a prison guard who is weaker than the prisoners guard the prison?" He walked up to Feng Bujue and continued, "This mud puppet is made of special magic materials..." Faster patted the gray sculpture that looked exactly like himself. "My own strength is naturally not below Billy's. In a one-on-one fight, none of them are my opponents. But...if the three of them join forces, it will indeed be more troublesome..."

"So you set a trap..." Feng Bujue took a few steps, tilted his head, and looked at the gray Faster sculpture as if it was a big deal. "The person who 'kills' this mud puppet will have their power taken away, right?"

Faster's gaze followed Feng Bujue closely. As he moved, Faster also slightly turned his body, facing away from the prison door.

"In fact...it doesn't matter who kills the mud puppet. As long as this mud puppet is destroyed, everyone in the 'door space' will have their power taken away," Faster said. "So, I have always been outside this space, remotely controlling the mud puppet to fight them. They have always naively believed that the mud puppet is me."

"Heh heh...every time they kill the mud puppet, their power will return to a very weak state. In this way, the real me can send them back to their cells without any effort."

"After several times, they will naturally be confused by this phenomenon..." Feng Bujue followed the other party's words and added.

Faster continued, "That's right, so I fabricated a so-called 'reincarnation' theory. I told them that this was the Time Lord's curse. No matter how many times they kill me, it's useless, they will only fall into a new reincarnation." He spread his hands. "I used this method to solve their frequent prison breaks. As for the other work here, it's relatively easy, just throwing a monster in from time to time to ensure that there is something to 'accompany' the few of them."

"Mm..." Feng Bujue licked his lips and said, "It seems...when it comes to being insidious, you are quite skilled too."

"Is that sarcasm?" Faster snorted coldly. "Hmph...I seem to be a little lacking compared to you in terms of deception."

"Heh heh heh...hahahahaha..." Feng Bujue raised his head and laughed, looking like a madman.

Suddenly, the laughter stopped abruptly, and a hideous smile remained on his face: "No...it's not a little lacking, it's far from it."

At this moment, Faster's expression was stunned, and he suddenly realized that he felt a piercing chill in many parts of his body. Looking down, clusters of black shadows were already bound to his neck, wrists, knees, and other parts...

"You'd better not move, your blood is flowing in my veins," Olden's voice rang in Faster's ear.

At the same time, the creaking sound of the tricycle moving came from behind him...

The puppet Billy slowly rode the tricycle in front of Faster, raised his sinister face, and calmly asked, "Have you ever been kicked in the face by a furry animal?"

"What..." When Faster heard this question, he had already realized something. He turned his face away...

He saw Rabbit jumping two meters high, spinning in the air, and using his thick rabbit hind legs to perform a spinning kick towards Faster's face, shouting, "I-YA—"