Chapter 1 The Transformation

"Ha!" With that shout, Gui Xiao's transformation was finally complete.

A dense, golden Battle Qi solidified around him, reaching a certain degree of saturation and stabilizing.

His long red hair also flipped backward, standing straight up, making him look like a golden-haired hedgehog from afar.

"Heh... though the hairstyle looks like Super Saiyan 3, it's really just Super Saiyan 1." As Feng Bujue spoke, he put away his snacks, patted his hands, and brushed the crumbs off.

"As if you could beat Super Saiyan 1..." Gui Xiao retorted, unwilling to be outdone. "But, come to think of it... you didn't even try to ambush me while I was transforming. That's rare..."

"I said I'd let you fight until you're 'satisfied.'" Feng Bujue replied. "So... as long as you want to transform, I'll let you." He paused. "Besides, considering the existence of 'artifact counters,' the longer this drags on, the better it is for me. Why would I be in a hurry?"

"Cut the crap..." Gui Xiao continued, "You and I both know that the 【Crown's】 continuous damage is just a tickle to me..." As he said this, his expression changed slightly. "If you ask me... your unhurried attitude suggests some kind of conspiracy, doesn't it?"

"If you're scared, you can keep observing," Jue-ge replied with a smile.

"Is that a provocation..." Gui Xiao wasn't stupid. He could see through that kind of trick. "Hmph... whatever. Since you want me to attack quickly, then I'll grant your wish!"

As soon as he spoke, a flash of golden light erupted, and a sense of powerful energy surged.

Gui Xiao, transformed into a Super Saiyan, caused the wind and clouds to change color simply by rushing toward his opponent; the vast energy on his body stirred the particles in the surrounding space as he moved. To others, it looked as if the scenery around him was being distorted by golden energy.

Bang--

In an instant, Gui Xiao threw a punch. Feng Bujue met it with a punch of his own. The two clashed, fist against fist, neither giving way, producing a resounding crash.

"Ho~ This baldy form of yours is pretty strong..." Gui Xiao's attack was blocked, but his expression was still full of fighting spirit. Clearly, he still had power to spare. "I just wonder where your limit is..."

With that, he shifted his stance and swept his leg around in a reverse kick.

Seeing the move, Feng Bujue didn't panic. He took a half-step back, barely dodging the attack, and said calmly, "Are you misunderstanding something?" He spread his hands. "I'm still just warming up."

"Then you can keep warming up... until you turn into coal!" At this, Gui Xiao's Battle Qi suddenly soared, and he attacked with at least twice the speed he had used before.

The lightning-fast offensive came menacingly, and in an instant, they had exchanged more than a dozen life-or-death blows.

Gui Xiao's speed was so fast it was almost invisible. His every movement was accompanied by Battle Qi, scattering in thousands of directions; though he was only using close-quarters combat, he created a scene of wind and clouds shifting, ground cracking, and mountains shaking.

As for Feng Bujue, he seemed to be constantly dodging and blocking, retreating step by step, but in reality, he hadn't taken any damage; relying on his 【Zero Hour Calculation】, he was clearly fighting Super Saiyan 1 Gui Xiao with ease.

"Tch... to think I can only manage a draw against me in this state." In between attacks and defenses, Gui Xiao thought to himself. "And this guy is only defending, not attacking. He must have discovered the weakness of this form..."

"If I'm not mistaken..." Just as Gui Xiao was pondering this, Jue-ge, who was on the defensive, spoke. "You've only mastered the 'first stage' of this transformation, right?"

His words hit Gui Xiao's weak point—that's right, Gui Xiao only knew the "Super Saiyan 1 First Stage."

Even if Jue-ge didn't have a data perspective, he knew that... the 【Super Saiyan 1】 transformation had many different forms hidden within it.

The "Super Saiyan 1 First Stage" that Gui Xiao was using was a basic form that increased the user's normal combat power by fifty times. However... this stage of transformation had the disadvantage of consuming a lot of stamina; the golden flames swirling around Gui Xiao looked very cool, but in reality... they were all energy leaking from his body, wasted for nothing.

And above this stage, there was also Super Saiyan 1 Second Stage (muscle expansion, speed and strength become stronger, but energy consumption is faster, unable to fight for long), Super Saiyan 1 Third Stage (muscle extremely expanded, strength greatly improved, but consumes a large amount of energy rapidly, and severely affects speed), and Super Saiyan 1 Full Power (the completed form of Super Saiyan 1, also the strongest form of Super Saiyan 1, the appearance is the same as the first stage, but the energy is contained within the body, only released at the moment of battle, and the mind becomes more calm), and so on.

Gui Xiao hadn't mastered any of the above stages... it wasn't that he didn't want to master them, but he usually didn't even need to use the first stage to be unmatched. So even if he wanted to cultivate, he didn't have the opportunity.

"Enough nonsense!" Provoked again, Gui Xiao's attacks intensified, and he retorted, "I don't believe it... your bald head form doesn't have any consumption, does it!"

At this point, Gui Xiao was in a difficult situation... just now, under Jue-ge's provocation, he had taken advantage of the situation to transform (one of the conditions for Super Saiyan transformation is anger). He thought that this would quickly determine the outcome, but he didn't expect that with his Devouring Sky Gui Xiao's fifty times normal combat power, he couldn't defeat this "baldy". In other words... Feng Bujue's form was at least equal to Super Saiyan 1.

After deducing this, and recalling the punch that 【Treading Night】 had taken not long ago, Gui Xiao couldn't help but feel lingering fear... if Treading Night had been smaller, he might really have been killed in one hit.

In any case, at this point, Gui Xiao definitely wouldn't undo his transformation, because he didn't want to be killed by a single punch.

In addition, considering the opponent's combat power, Gui Xiao, who had already lost a third of his stamina, couldn't use any other summoned creatures... summoning something that would be killed by a single punch would only further waste his stamina.

He could only pray that the opponent's transformation, which possessed combat power no less than Super Saiyan 1, also had a consumption rate no less than Super Saiyan 1.

But what was the truth?

Causality abilities, what consumption was there? Just like Gui Xiao's "left and right hands," from a data perspective, they didn't use that normal calculation method at all.

"Don't lie to yourself." After fighting for another dozen rounds, Feng Bujue replied in a relaxed tone, "Can't you see for yourself what my consumption is like?"

Both of them had data perspectives, so many things were understood without being spoken.

"Now your stamina is depleting faster than mine, and as for your Survival Value... although you have extremely strong recovery, the effects of the 【Crown】 can't be completely erased after all." Jue-ge said as he fought, "I've already told you that 'a war of attrition is beneficial to me.' You'd better bring out some other tricks, or this will be boring."

"Hmm..." In between exchanging punches and kicks, Gui Xiao let out a depressed groan, "This calm attitude... it really makes my blood boil!"

As he shouted, his right hand formed a palm, raised in preparation, and swung out.

Jue-ge knew that the other party wanted to force him back, to find space for his next action, so he played along and leaped backward, jumping out of the range of the palm force.

In the next second, Gui Xiao took out a strange prop from his inventory...

【Name: Sega Sanshiro's Black Belt】

【Type: Other】

【Quality: Legendary】

【Effect: Gains the power of Sega Sanshiro】

【Remarks: The black belt used by segA_sAturn Dao Master, the legendary man, Sega Sanshiro, who is proficient in various martial arts.

ps: I'll beat anyone who plays products other than segA.

ps's ps: The Nintendo dogs must die!】

After taking out this item, Gui Xiao used his Super Saiyan-level hand speed to quickly tie it around his waist.

At that moment, although his appearance didn't change, the flames overflowing from his body immediately disappeared, and the vast aura that made the world tremble vanished, as if he had instantly become an ordinary person with a black belt and a mullet hairstyle.

"As expected..." Seeing the other party's change, Feng Bujue's expression couldn't help but become serious.

He had known for a long time that Gui Xiao had something like the 【Sega Sanshiro's Black Belt】 in his inventory, but the other party had never taken it out to use, and its specific effect couldn't be known from the item description alone. But... based on experience, Jue-ge could basically determine that this was probably a "super-limitation prop" similar to 【Chuck Norris's Razor】.

At this moment, Gui Xiao, who had tied on the black belt, verified Jue-ge's speculation. His data strength had also entered the realm of "unknown"... from this second on, neither of them could use intuitive "values" to judge the comparison between their own strength and that of their opponent.

"segA!" Just as Jue-ge was still thinking about how to test the other party, Gui Xiao suddenly let out a roar. Although the content of the roar was inexplicable, it didn't affect his attack.

At that moment, for some reason, all the live broadcast screens underwent a "cut"-like jump. After that "scene transition," Feng Bujue was already lying on the ground, and Gui Xiao's movements looked like he had just performed an over-the-shoulder throw on Jue-ge.

"Crap?" This time, Feng Bujue was also shocked, because from his point of view, his life seemed to have been "cut off" for a few seconds due to editing. By the time he came back to his senses, the process of being hit had already passed, leaving only the fact of pain and Survival Value damage.

…………

"What did he do?"

At the same time, in the viewing space, the members of Hell's Frontline also didn't see anything, as if the scenery in their eyes had been edited and jumped like the things they saw on the screen.

"Could it be that he... stopped time?" Hua Jian muttered thoughtfully.

"That's impossible..." Xiao Ling said, "Abilities related to time should only affect the players on the battlefield. Even if he 'stopped time,' what we see from this viewing space would be synchronized with him, not with the 'stopped party.'"

She was right. Even if Gui Xiao stopped time, it would only affect his opponent on the battlefield. How could the viewers who were watching the live broadcast be affected across the screen?

So... this was clearly not time stop, but some other ability.

…………

Back on the battlefield.

After the over-the-shoulder throw, Gui Xiao's offensive didn't stagnate at all. He grabbed Jue-ge's wrist and immediately launched a combo.

"segA!"

Like the previous move, he had just shouted, and the "attack" was already "completed"...

The scene in front of people's eyes changed, and Feng Bujue had already been put in a "katahajime" chokehold from behind.

"Playing ground game with me?" Although he was the one being strangled, everyone knew about Jue-ge's tolerance for pain... and he immediately thought of a way to counterattack.

"Desert Burial!" No sooner said than done! When Feng Bujue shouted out the name of this move, he grabbed a handful of dust from the ground with his right hand and threw it at Gui Xiao's face behind him.

Regardless of why he had to shout a name when using such a low-down trick, the result... was that he succeeded.

Gui Xiao, whose eyes were full of sand, instinctively turned his head and closed his eyes, and the strength in his hands also loosened somewhat. Feng Bujue seized the opportunity, used his rich ground combat experience to break free from his opponent's chokehold, and pounced on Gui Xiao to apply a "kesa-gatame" hold.

"segA!" Gui Xiao, whose eyes were full of sand and who was being pinned down by Jue-ge, cursed on the spot. However... as you have all probably seen, after tying on the 【Sega Sanshiro's Black Belt】, Gui Xiao lost the ability to speak normally. No matter what he wanted to say, he could only utter the two syllables "segA" in the end.

"Haha! No wonder you were so conflicted before using this prop... so there's such a silly side effect." How could Feng Bujue miss this opportunity to mock his opponent? While suppressing Gui Xiao, he said, "Are you afraid that I'll give you another nickname besides 'one meter six' and call you 'Timmy'?"

"se--gA--" Gui Xiao's face turned red with anger, and he attacked again.

With a roar, the scene jumped for the third time. After the jump, Feng Bujue was the one being suppressed, and the scene became Gui Xiao using a "juji-gatame" arm lock on him.

"Hmm... I roughly understand..." A near-breaking pain came from his arm, but Feng Bujue's mind was still calmly thinking, "It doesn't seem to be a time-based technique, but a causality ability that 'skips the process and directly generates the result.' The disadvantages are the loss of language ability, and... becoming only able to use some judo moves."

In the past few dozen seconds, every response Feng Bujue made had meaning.

At first, he also guessed that the opponent was using a time ability, so he immediately used several methods to test the specific effects of Gui Xiao's skill. But from the falling dust before and after the "cut," and the transition of the ground fighting postures between the two... he found that "time" was not affected. It was other factors that were affected.

Crack--

As he was thinking, Jue-ge's arm was broken.

Note that it was "broken," not just "fractured"... at that moment, Feng Bujue's left arm broke backward at the elbow, and half of a ghastly white bone poked out of the torn flesh... the sound of the bone breaking could even be heard by the viewers in front of the screen. Just listening to it made them feel pain, not to mention the visual impact of the protruding bone and the blood spurting out of the wound.

But, at the same moment, Feng Bujue's other hand had grabbed Gui Xiao's right ankle.

"segA..." Gui Xiao didn't take it seriously at first, preparing to use another move to cripple the opponent's other arm. Unexpectedly...

"segA?" A second later, he was surprised to find that this time, the ability had failed to activate.

"Hehe... a little surprised, are you?" Feng Bujue's voice, panting but still with his characteristic cheapness, came from beside him. The pain still had some effect on his body, but it wouldn't reduce the cheapness in his tone. "Perhaps this is fate... I just so happen to have something on hand that can take care of your segA ability."

With that, he grabbed Gui Xiao's foot with his right hand, which was wearing an 【Energy Glove】, and "threw" the latter into the air.

"segA!" Gui Xiao, who had been thrown into the air, bent his legs in the air, turned around, and looked back.

He saw Feng Bujue standing up with a carp-like flip and activating a skill.

【Greedy Grimoire】, which could "randomly summon a weapon with a quality of at least perfect from the void," and the cost of activating it was 35% of his maximum Stamina Value and Spirit Value, and "one pint of human blood."

Right now, Jue-ge had ready-made blood at his wound, and his Stamina and Spirit, in his bald state, were almost infinite. It could be said that he wasn't using it for nothing.

The originally "random" skill, when used by Feng Bujue today, could be directly modified from the data level. Therefore, he directly took what he wanted—the 【Super Scope】 (a short-lived peripheral for the Super Nintendo console, shaped like a hand cannon, requiring six AA batteries to operate, and like the Energy Glove, was an early gimmick product in the video game industry).

After summoning this "hand cannon," Jue-ge immediately used rewrite to repair his arm, then picked up the weapon with both hands, aimed at Gui Xiao, and fired a shot.

Chew--

Instantly, a beam of light flew out, accompanied by the poor sound effects characteristic of early video games.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Gui Xiao spun his body rapidly in mid-air, avoiding the vital point, but was still grazed by the beam on the outside of his thigh, leaving some minor injuries.

"segA!" Gui Xiao wouldn't give the other party a chance to fire consecutive shots. He hadn't even landed when he launched another attack.

The ability was activated, the scene changed again, and in the blink of an eye, Feng Bujue had been grabbed by the neck from behind again.

But this time, Jue-ge wouldn't be so passive. He grabbed Gui Xiao's arm with his right hand, which was wearing the Energy Glove, successfully pried open his opponent's arm, and rolled forward again to escape the chokehold.

"He's indeed difficult to deal with..." Feng Bujue thought as he rolled, "He can still activate his ability when the Energy Glove is not touching him. I need to get some more NES equipment to strengthen my defense..."

Thinking of this, he activated 【Greedy Grimoire】 once again.

Some people might be wondering why he immediately released this skill, which had a 24-hour cooldown.

It's simple, because he immediately used rewrite after releasing the skill, "partially rolling back" his character. Therefore, the fact that this skill "entered cooldown" was also rewritten.

In this way, he summoned his next "composite weapon"—the 【Laser Scope】 (first, whether you believe it or not, this garbage was released by konAmi... secondly, this is undoubtedly also one of the bizarre peripherals for the NES. Like the Super Scope, it's a "light gun" used on game consoles, but it's a head-mounted type and is activated by voice control. It can even be used as headphones on a Walkman or Game Boy, of course, if you think wearing such a thing on the street won't make you look like an idiot).

After putting this item on his head, Feng Bujue was equipped with three "NES garbage peripherals" at the same time. Even he didn't know that... after meeting this condition, the hidden ability of this series of items would be triggered.

Just like the "Infinity Stones" attract each other (see the Avengers Illuminati series of comics for this setting), Jue-ge's three pieces of equipment also summoned their companions when they came together...

Deng deng deng deng deng deng deng deng deng deng deng deng...

And so, to the surprised gazes of the viewers, a piece of BGM played by an electric guitar suddenly rang out. After a brief prelude, a song sung by a male voice began to play—

he's_gonna_take_you_back_to_the_past~

to_play_the_shitty_games_that_suck_ass~

While this song was playing, Feng Bujue... began to "transform."

Without a doubt, this was an effect similar to the "Useless Uncle Magical Girl Transformation," which came with the ability to "make the opponent stand and watch until it's over before moving."

In short... in a melody that was about 53 seconds long, composed of numerous profanities and complaints, and was easy to sing along to, Feng Bujue was "gorgeously" armed.

At the end of the transformation, he wore the 【Laser Scope】 on his head, draped the 【Power Pad】 over his shoulders (imagine the alpha test version of the dance mat before it was invented), hung the 【U-Force】 in front of his abdomen (a black technology game controller with infrared rays as its core technology, roughly in the shape of a foldable black panel, ps: although the name has force, it has nothing to do with the Force), the 【Power Glove】 (that is, the Energy Glove) on his right hand, the 【Super Scope】 on his left hand... the entire 【A.v.g.n Combat Set】 was complete.

"se...gA~" Looking at the opponent in front of him, Gui Xiao couldn't say what he wanted to say, but judging from his tone, the word he was saying at the moment should be—"Damn it."

"Hehehe... Hahahahaha!" Feng Bujue lowered his head and glanced at his own state, then laughed loudly. After laughing for a few seconds, he suddenly raised his right hand with the Energy Glove on it, raised his middle finger at Gui Xiao, and shouted loudly, "Fuck!"

As this clear and correct English swear word came out, the firing port of the 【Laser Scope】 on his head actually spat out a beam of light. It seemed that it was indeed a "voice-controlled weapon" in name and in fact.

"segA!" Attacked, Gui Xiao cried out miserably, did a backflip in place, and dodged this attack in a way that was either embarrassed or suave.

What he was thinking in his heart at this moment was: "Are you kidding me! This guy can actually become immune to my ability just by dressing up like an asshole? And he's flipping the bird and dropping swear words... is there anyone in charge of this?"

"Hahahahaha..." Of course, no matter what Gui Xiao was thinking, Feng Bujue was currently high to the extreme. He broke out in an extremely hateful laugh, flew up, and used the two kinds of beam weapons on his hands and head to constantly shoot at his opponent.

For a time, the sounds of "chew chew..." and "bang bang..." rose and fell on the field.

For the viewers, the viewing experience of this "peak showdown" was definitely full of ups and downs. A few minutes ago, they were watching an epic battle at the level of 《Dragon Ball》, and unknowingly transitioned to a bloody and crude ground brawl. And now... just listening to the sound, those who didn't know would think they were watching a tournament of red and white machine games.

"Too much!" A dozen seconds later, Gui Xiao, who was being chased, undoubtedly realized that the 【Sega Sanshiro's Black Belt】 was countered by the other party, and there was no point in maintaining it. Therefore, he quickly untied the black belt, restored his normal Super Saiyan 1 state, and shouted as he dodged, "Eat my 【Left Hand of Judgment】!"