“This guy… is really annoying…” Oda Ai muttered angrily after the nth "successful attack."

Bugs Bunny's astonishing dodging ability and the "can't kill him no matter how much you cut" trait made Oda Ai feel like she was "trying to cut water with a sword."

However, she didn't dare stop attacking, because her battle intuition told her—"Absolutely must not stop suppressing him; if this rabbit gets a chance to counterattack, the situation will be very bad."

"Ai…" Amidst the fierce battle, Akachi Shin suddenly asked, "Can you hold out alone for a minute… no… forty seconds?"

Oda Ai fully understood the purpose of his question, because she had also seen the other battle with her peripheral vision.

"Ah…" she replied confidently, "Don't mention forty seconds, I can do forty minutes…"

Although it was a boast, her answer was indeed full of momentum, and for her teammates… it was undoubtedly a kind of mental encouragement.

"Good!" Akachi Shin heard this, bounced his blade back, turned around, and rushed towards the pillar of light dozens of meters away, "I'll be right back!"

…………

At the same time, on Wang Tanzhi's side…

"Be careful, kid." Bro-Bunny's first act after being encircled in the pillar of light was to remind Xiao Tan, "Leaving the range of this pillar will cause you serious damage."

After hearing this, Xiao Tan, who had already approached the edge of the Jisatsu Heavenly Pillar Domain, quickly stopped his steps: "But standing in this pillar, it seems like I can't do anything… isn't this just sitting ducks?"

"Don't worry, the people outside can't hurt us for now either," Bro-Bunny replied.

There was no doubt that Bro-Bunny could see through the specific effects of the Rakshasa Jisatsu Heavenly Pillar. In the next dozen seconds, he used the most concise words to inform Xiao Tan of this move's special effects.

"I see…" After hearing this, Xiao Tan immediately turned his gaze to Uesugi Jin outside the pillar of light, "Then… if nothing goes wrong, that person is already timing it and brewing some kind of ultimate move…"

His prediction was very accurate…

Among the five members of the Sengoku team, Uesugi Jin's weapon was the longest; its name was Kudarakagi Sadamasa, which was a katana with a pure length of over 1.6 meters.

The length of this weapon had obviously reached the point where it could change the nature of the weapon itself. To give a more vivid example… using a normal-length kitchen knife to cut vegetables, and using a kitchen knife with a blade twice as long as a normal kitchen knife to cut vegetables… the techniques used, the strength required, the posture, and so on, are all very different.

Sadamasa was such a unique weapon.

It could not be used as an ordinary katana, nor could it be used as a long weapon.

Although Uesugi Jin now possessed the physical qualities of a level 50 character, and had also done a lot of practice, she still couldn't use this "legendary" weapon very skillfully. Overall… the current her, in an ordinary weapon fight, could only exert about 60% of Sadamasa's power.

However, Uesugi Jin still insisted on equipping this blade as her main weapon, and had been using it all the way through the competition. One of the reasons was because… Sadamasa had a built-in skill that could cooperate with Takeda Chi's Rakshasa Jisatsu Heavenly Pillar.

[Name: Kudarakagi Sadamasa]

[Type: Weapon]

[Quality: Legendary]

[Attack Power: Extremely Strong]

[Attribute: Fire]

[Special Effect: Dakuu Kyouretsuzan (After charging for twenty-four seconds, consume all of your stamina and spiritual power to launch a slash; the power of the attack is directly proportional to the stamina and spiritual power consumed. Note: Once charging begins, even if it is forced to stop, the corresponding consumption will still be deducted)]

[Equipment Requirements: Melee Specialization A, Height taller than the blade length, Level 40 or above]

[Remarks: A unique weapon passed down through generations by the prestigious martial arts family, the Ichinose. The one who uses it to its highest level can sweep through armies with their own strength and be invincible.]

It's not hard to see that the activation conditions of "Dakuu Kyouretsuzan" are… very, very harsh; to put it another way, even if the skill is successfully unleashed, if it misses… then the user himself will fall into a dangerous state of having no stamina and spiritual power.

To put it more simply, it's… this move is difficult to "pull off", and can be interrupted or killed at any time during the process, and it's a dead end if it's pulled off but doesn't hit.

In summary, this can be said to be a very impractical skill.

But, as a skill built into a legendary weapon, this move naturally has its extraordinary aspects.

That is… power.

The vast majority of skills in Thriller Paradise are instant, and those attack skills that require chanting… such as Dragon Break… usually have very astonishing destructive power.

Then let's look at Dakuu Kyouretsuzan… the consumption of this move is so great and the preparation time is so long that it almost makes people lose confidence in it… Under this kind of cost, the final power it presents is undoubtedly god-slaying level.

Even if the Time Lord, whose barrier has not been broken, stood here, it would be very likely to have its defense broken by a single slash and be put into a near-death state.

However, the Time Lord obviously could not allow the opponent to successfully read the bar for twenty-four seconds in front of it, it would definitely interrupt the opponent; even if Takeda Chi and Uesugi Jin used the Rakshasa Jisatsu Heavenly Pillar plus Dakuu Kyouretsuzan combo attack when fighting the Time Lord, the latter could pause time in the instant between "Rakshasa Jisatsu Heavenly Pillar disappearing" and "Dakuu Kyouretsuzan arriving"… and make an evasion move during the twelve seconds of time stop.

Of course, there is also a more extreme situation… that is, "the players launched this combo against the Time Lord during the cooldown gap of the time stop", in that case… the Time Lord actually has a way; it can completely choose to pay 95% of its health and directly walk out of the range of the Rakshasa Jisatsu Heavenly Pillar; anyway, it has self-healing ability, as long as it retreats away from the players, its blood will recover a lot before the opponent can come around to chase. Furthermore, it has a divine power barrier and a silent domain… If you want to end it, the other three people besides Uesugi Jin and Takeda Chi must bypass the Rakshasa Jisatsu Heavenly Pillar in time after discovering the Time Lord's intentions, and at least offer an A-level attack ability that does not belong to ordinary skills to the Time Lord, then they can end this Boss.

This set of strategy methods has too many restrictions and variables. A slight mistake will ruin all previous efforts, and a single wrong step will lead to complete failure… Without detailed discussion or practice beforehand, the Sengoku team members naturally cannot use it.

However, the current situation… is different.

Wang Tanzhi and Bro-Bunny… do not possess the Time Lord's versatile god-level passive ability. If they were to eat Dakuu Kyouretsuzan… then it would definitely be an instant kill, without any suspense.

And if they leave the range of the Rakshasa Jisatsu Heavenly Pillar Domain, they will be intercepted by Akachi Shin, who is rushing over from another direction… With only 5% of their survival value, the opponent will definitely use some extremely difficult to dodge attack methods at all costs.

Anyway, Akachi Shin's goal is to "take down 5% of the target's health", she doesn't need to do anything extra. To put it in terms of an analogy, it's like playing Japanese mahjong, having already entered the South Fourth Round, and Akachi Shin only needs to win (hu) one more hand to win this hanchan; at this time… she doesn't need to do anything big or roundabout at all, she only needs to pursue speed, quickly win a hand, and she can definitely achieve victory.

And for Xiao Tan and Bro-Bunny… the situation after they forcibly leave the Jisatsu Heavenly Pillar Domain is like two people who only hold one last chip in their hands playing roulette; although this situation is a little more optimistic than buying lottery tickets, overall, there is still a very high probability of being finished.

"Twenty-two… twenty-one… twenty…" Takeda Chi, who had overdrafted her spiritual power, was now lying on the ground unable to move, but she was still looking at the pillar of light on the side, silently counting down the skill's time limit in her heart.

"Nineteen… eighteen… seventeen…" Like her, Uesugi Jin was also silently counting down the time.

Dakuu Kyouretsuzan… if it's released too early, it will be offset by the pillar of light; if it's released too late, it will be avoided by the opponent… Uesugi Jin must also be releasing it at the exact second.

The best timing is only for an instant, that is, the instant before the Rakshasa Jisatsu Heavenly Pillar fails…

"What to do?" In this almost desperate situation, Xiao Tan asked Bro-Bunny, "Are we going to resist it head-on, or…" he gestured with his eyes towards the outside of the pillar of light, "…rush out and try our luck?"

"Don't worry, I have a way." Bro-Bunny's first half of his response gave Xiao Tan a reassurance, but his second half of the sentence was, "However, you may have to suffer a little."

"Uh… what are you going to do?" Xiao Tan suddenly had an ominous premonition.

"I suggest you put your hands in front of your abdomen, with your palms facing outwards, stacked together, ready to receive the impact." Bro-Bunny did not answer Xiao Tan's question, but directly gave an instruction.

"So…" Xiao Tan did as he was told, and asked the question again, "…what exactly are you going to do?"

"Hey! Barney!" Bro-Bunny still didn't answer, and the next second, he turned his head and howled at Bugs Bunny, who was dozens of meters away.

"What's up? Cuz," Barney's long ears were not decorations, he clearly heard the other party's call, and responded loudly, "I'm a little busy over here." As he spoke, he dodged a few more slashes.

Just as they were talking, the countdown in Takeda Chi and Uesugi Jin's hearts had already approached the end: "Eight… seven… six…"

"Come over and take a super-sized slash for me, and by the way, bump Xiao Tan outside the attack range," Bro-Bunny continued to shout.

"Five… four… three…"

"Hey hey… what do you mean by 'bump'?" Xiao Tan narrowed his eyes and read to Bro-Bunny, "Besides, you guys are rabbits, not cows… what are you going to use to 'bump'?"

Before he finished complaining, Barney had already responded: "Okay~ No problem, when do we 'switch'?"

"Two… one…"

"Hmm…" Bro-Bunny answered, "Now!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the blade light appeared.

The slash arrived, and the heavenly pillar scattered.

In that flash of lightning, something unexpected happened…

Bro-Bunny in front of Xiao Tan and Bugs Bunny dozens of meters away… actually switched places.

It was seen that Bro-Bunny suddenly appeared in Barney's previous position, raised his hand and performed a bare-handed blade grab, catching the blade that Oda Ai swung.

And Barney replaced Bro-Bunny and appeared in front of Xiao Tan…

No sooner said than done! As soon as Barney completed the switch, the cutting edge of Dakuu Kyouretsuzan brushed his rabbit tail, but he didn't care about his own damage at all… In the second that his body was cut open, he jumped up and came to Xiao Tan, who was close at hand, with a "flying knee" (this move is the most rogue and effective attack method in Double Dragon II, whoever uses it knows).

At this moment, Xiao Tan finally understood why Bro-Bunny wanted him to "be prepared to receive the impact."

In an instant, accompanied by a "bang" explosion, Xiao Tan was bumped and sent flying by Bugs Bunny's flying knee impact. The speed of that horizontal flight was beyond Akachi Shin's reach, and she couldn't catch up even if she wanted to…

"Ugh…" At this moment, Xiao Tan himself only felt his eyes go dark, and with a muffled groan, he lost control of his body. In the brief moment before he lost consciousness… the last scene in his eyes was—Barney being hit by a fiery, shark fin-wide energy slash.

…………

About ten seconds later, amidst a ringing in his ears and a feeling of dizziness, Xiao Tan came back to his senses.

He endured the excruciating pain of the fractures in both arms (all fractures from his hands to his shoulders), spread his body to resist the wind pressure, and used his feet as brakes… stepping on the Millennium Plate to decelerate.

In this way, after retreating another hundred meters or so, he finally regained his balance.

The action of treating his wounds was already an instinct, even if his hands hurt so much that he wanted to go crazy, he could still take out medicine from his knapsack to treat himself.

In this process, even though he knew that he had flown far away from the original place, he still did not relax his vigilance.

Almost at the same time as he stood still, he had already activated Eagle Eye Vision, looking at the battlefield from afar.

Two seconds later, the scene that entered Xiao Tan's vision shocked him…