novelraw Chapter 864 458: With the Power to Stop Time, This Is What You Want to Do? (Part 2)
Chapter 864 458: With the Power to Stop Time, This Is What You Want to Do? (Part 2)
"The bad news is you're right," said Gu Shanhai, then added, "The good news is we don't have to worry about the BOSS bypassing my summons because as soon as it comes in, it will enter Huahua's feeding range."
As time ticked by, everyone felt this BOSS was extremely sly, and just as they thought they'd get wiped out if it didn't show up, a deafening tiger roar echoed.
The roar was so loud that several houses cracked from the sound.
"It's here, finally," Lan Qiushui perked up.
Gu Shanhai frowned upon hearing the roar, feeling that this tiger demon seemed a bit off.
A massive, tank-sized striped tiger leaped in, directly engaging in battle with the Blood Flesh King Flower.
The two fought evenly matched, although the Blood Flesh King Flower seemed at a disadvantage.
"Weird, why isn't this tiger using any demon arts?" Gu Shanhai was puzzled.
Humans use martial arts, while demons use demon arts, and this tiger demon purely relied on physical combat.
Okay, even without demon arts, demon races like tiger demons have multiple divine skills, such as the awakened wraiths or innate abilities in metal or wind elements.
A tiger demon would at least have a few wraiths boosting its morale, yet none had appeared.
"Seems like it's not, it's overpowering your summon, at best, it might be mutual destruction," analyzed Lan Qiushui, noticing that Gu Shanhai's summoned Blood Flesh King Flower wasn't its match.
"No skills or talents, just high attributes, it's basically a blank slate," noted Base Station Old Liu, his expression serious.
Initially, he hadn't noticed, but after Gu Shanhai's reminder, he saw the issue with the tiger demon.
"You mean this tiger demon isn't the true final BOSS, but a secondary BOSS created by the real final BOSS," discerned Lan Qiushui.
"Damn, why don't you throw a healing spell on the tiger demon and make it a flower too," Lan Qiushui was thinking about exploiting a bug.
The main reason was they couldn't beat it, or they'd have acted already.
"Uh... are you sure?" Gu Shanhai hesitated; it would work, but he couldn't guarantee the consequences.
"Never mind, I think there's still a chance to salvage," Lan Qiushui backed down; if not for Gu Shanhai's questioning, he would've gambled, but now he'd pass.
If the tiger demon evaded immunity, wouldn't it just recover instead?
"Here, take this, get ready for long-range support, let's kill the tiger demon first," said Base Station Old Liu, handing a rocket launcher to Gu Shanhai, then transformed his hands into cannon barrels, firing two rockets.
Boom—
The explosion engulfed both the Blood Flesh King Flower and the tiger demon.
"Roar!" The tiger demon, feeling pain, glanced at Base Station Old Liu, deciding to abandon the Blood Flesh King Flower and charged at them.
Thankfully, the Blood Flesh King Flower wouldn't let such a massive piece of meat escape, so it used numerous tentacles to forcibly drag it back.
"Are you sure that's support and not drawing aggro," Lan Qiushui, who was about to shoot a basketball, felt a bit speechless seeing this.
Luckily, the Blood Flesh King Flower held aggro firmly through physical means, otherwise, they'd indeed be in trouble.
"Why not count it, at least the flower is on our side, if the tiger demon wins, we're definitely losing," defended Base Station Old Liu, firing two more rockets without hesitation.
Lan Qiushui agreed verbally, but didn't slow down, continuing to dribble between his legs.
He was channeling.
Seeing this, Gu Shanhai casually fired two more rockets, directly hitting the tiger demon; the power was decent.
"Black Hole Three-pointer, hit it!"
Once Lan Qiushui finished channeling, he tossed the basketball.
The basketball turned into a black hole mid-air, generating a massive gravitational pull.
With a thud, the black hole struck the tiger demon's head, instantly shattering it, causing significant damage.
A large patch of the tiger demon's fur and skin was torn off, revealing bloody flesh and bones, and in this immense pain, it furiously charged at Lan Qiushui, but before it could take a few steps, the Blood Flesh King Flower dragged it back again.
The Black Hole Three-pointer not only harmed the tiger demon but also tore part of the Blood Flesh King Flower.
"By the way, does your skill get stronger the more exaggerated and loudly you shout? With that momentum, if it were more exaggerated, wouldn't it have blown the tiger demon's head off?" Gu Shanhai curiously asked.
"That's the principle, but there's a limit, mainly my basketball has a bonus, otherwise, those maniacs would be invincible," joked Lan Qiushui, pulling out another basketball.
To him, the basketball was both equipment and a consumable.
Skills like the Black Hole Three-pointer would destroy the basketball unless used in a game.
Not all basketball skills damage the ball; it depends on the ball's durability and the skill's power and effect.
For instance, the Hundred-Split Tornado Demon Kill dunk wouldn't damage it, but its power is less than the Black Hole Three-pointer.
Lan Qiushui continued to channel and dribble, having teamed up with Base Station Old Liu because the latter could help draw aggro and protect him, allowing repeated use of the Black Hole Three-pointer for offense.
They complemented each other.
"Do you have any time-stopping basketball skills?" Gu Shanhai inquired curiously.
"I do, but they're kind of useless, in the basketball world it could reverse a game, but outside, it stops time for only 0.0001 seconds with a one-month cooldown," Lan Qiushui complained.
If this wasn't essential for developing his system, he wouldn't have bothered; it's expensive and limited, only useful in games and in specific gaming worlds.
It's necessary though, as he needs to compete in basketball or sports worlds to enhance his system, where players are absurdly powerful, able to counter time stops, even control space or fate, but only on the court; off the court, they're just regular people.
To earn skills, talents, etc., he must win, or there's no reward for losing.
"That's a pity; if you could stop time, we could do some special things," lamented Gu Shanhai.
"Those special things are probably illegal, right?" Lan Qiushui looked at Gu Shanhai's odd expression, recalling certain time-stop themed films.
"Do you think what we're doing isn't illegal? We're poaching tigers," Gu Shanhai noted that players are always outlaws.
Base Station Old Liu chimed in while loading ammo, "Have you heard of the right to emergency avoidance?"
"I'm ignorant of the law, never heard of it, what's up?" Gu Shanhai responded righteously.
"Then never mind," Base Station Old Liu didn't argue, instead launching his loaded ammo.
"Using time-stop for non-consensual deeds surely isn't related to emergency avoidance," Lan Qiushui reminded.
"What's non-consensual got to do with it?" Gu Shanhai wondered, "I meant we'd time-stop and shove a mace up the tiger demon's rear, or stuff some explosives in there."
"Damn!" ×2
Lan Qiushui and Base Station Old Liu underestimated Gu Shanhai's twisted tendencies.