Chapter 488: Dizzy, Can't Hold On... There are usually two possibilities for Orochi Power to go berserk.
One is receiving a higher concentration of Orochi Power, triggering a bloodline resonance, but at the same time not being controlled by Orochi. This is what happened to Leona when Goenitz forcefully injected power, causing her to go berserk.
The other is the weakening of one's own power, unable to suppress the bloodline power within the body, leading to orochi blood becoming the dominant consciousness, which is Iori Yagami's current state.
The player indeed had some tricks. Normally, at this point, with the Hell Band members all captured and Goenitz, the leader of the Eight Hakkesshu, having died early, almost the only thing that could trigger Yagami's berserk state was Orochi's personal presence. However, Baobao Fan's Baobao Fan Circle Kill clearly drained him too much, and coupled with Iori Yagami's self-harm as a prerequisite to resist the hypnosis, his main consciousness became blurred, and his bloodline instinct became dominant.
If one had to rank the power forms of the two, the latter would certainly be weaker than the former... but only relatively speaking.
The berserk Yagami had become the most special, neutral BOSS unit in this competition, capable of indiscriminately attacking everyone, even Orochi himself!
Cheng Tian, whose equipment was locked and temporarily unable to use the blazing sun mask, couldn't see Iori Yagami's specific information, but the dangerous aura emanating from him was undeniable.
So, the question is... does the match continue?
Cheng Tian looked at Xiao Huzi, who quickly shook his head with a nervous expression.
There was no movement from the organizers.
As a long-standing sponsor, the organizers, with the Kagura Conglomerate's involvement, naturally knew what state Yagami was in at this moment. But the problem was, this wasn't a foul!
As long as Iori Yagami himself didn't commit an active foul or actively surrender, the match should continue.
The dangerous aura Iori Yagami was currently emitting was perceived more intensely by those with stronger abilities. The audience mostly felt uncomfortable because their heartbeats were forced into resonance for a while, but most audience members simply thought Iori Yagami's appearance was some kind of transformation... Ignorance is bliss; if a bit of bloodlust were added, there would only be excitement left.
Like an engine in operation, Iori Yagami exhaled a large cloud of steam, his completely bestialized eyes fixed on the Baobao Fan player not far away.
Baobao Fan remained motionless, not because she didn't want to move or surrender, but because she was pinned down.
She was one hundred percent certain that she had been targeted by the 'snake.' Any slight movement would cause the 'snake' in predator mode to launch a lightning-fast attack!
Even surrendering would be useless; the opponent would unhesitatingly continue to bite her.
Iori Yagami, whose instincts were dominated by orochi blood and whose consciousness was blurred, but who still remembered who he wanted to attack, temporarily didn't affect the surrounding danger... provided Baobao Fan could hold on!
Perhaps due to extreme tension, Xiao Zi in the waiting area below the stage suddenly felt her nose itch intensely, followed by a thunderous sneeze.
"Achoo!"
This sound not only made the tense Baobao Fan instinctively flinch, but it also directly triggered Iori Yagami's hunting mechanism—
He charged towards Baobao Fan at high speed, as if gliding along the ground!
"Possessed by a ghost! I f***ing—"
No matter how much she wanted to curse her teammate for causing trouble, the immediate crisis had truly arrived.
The fighting spirit, which had originally been absorbed from Yagami and acted as a catalyst for her body, also soared to its peak at this moment. A black and red fighting spirit erupted from Baobao Fan, then converged entirely onto the ring blades she held.
Just as the berserk Iori Yagami, who knew nothing of dodging and chose a frontal assault, touched Baobao Fan again, Baobao Fan, gripping the handles of her ring blades with both hands, began to spin in place clockwise, from slow to fast—
Unrivaled Skill: Ring Blade Cyclone!
In the 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms Warriors' series, named generals generally knew how to use a common ability called 'Unrivaled Musou.' What Baobao Fan used was the 'Ring Blade' weapon's exclusive Musou Skill, learned from the Wu general 'Ding Feng' in 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms Warriors 7: Xtreme Legends.'
The original intention of Unrivaled Musou was for breaking through or making desperate comebacks on densely populated battlefields. It was a battlefield skill capable of taking on a thousand men. Therefore, Unrivaled Musou generally had a 'during its duration, the general is in a semi-invincible state' buff. Moreover, the longer the general's fighting spirit bar, the longer the Unrivaled Musou would last.
In the series games, there were buff items called 'Sake' and 'Imperial Seal.' The former instantly replenished 100% of the general's fighting spirit (Musou bar), while the latter, in addition to also fully replenishing fighting spirit, granted unlimited fighting spirit for a short period, allowing for arbitrary use of Unrivaled Musou.
If one moved and obtained the above two items during the release of Unrivaled Musou, the duration of Unrivaled Musou could also be extended.
Accompanied by a crisp sound that only colliding metal could make, the berserk Iori Yagami's claws, capable of tearing apart fighters, were deflected. This even caused a questioning "Hmm? (en, second tone)" from deep within Yagami's throat.
Dancing in place, Baobao Fan instantly transformed into an indestructible Ring Blade Cyclone. The semi-invincibility during Unrivaled Musou basically allowed her to be immune to most physical attacks and many types of magical attacks.
"This combo is a bit tricky, isn't it... Did she do it on purpose?"
However, Cheng Tian only took a few seconds to figure out some of the details.
Baobao Fan's Unrivaled Musou duration had already exceeded the limit that ordinary generals could unleash. Even if all six of her item slots were filled with sake, it shouldn't be able to sustain such a large-scale consumption of the Musou bar. So, the answer actually lay in the ring blades in Baobao Fan's hands!
As a player, Baobao Fan, upon learning the Unrivaled Musou skill, also gained an entire exclusive Musou bar. This Musou bar was independent of the mana bar and could not be used interchangeably. Normally, the Musou bar could only be accumulated by attacking enemies or taking damage... But Baobao Fan's 'Baobao Style Good Baby Health Gymnastics' could directly absorb others' fighting spirit to power her Unrivaled Musou!
And the one responsible for providing this power was the berserk Iori Yagami himself!
The berserk orochi blood provided a continuous stream of berserk emotions and fighting spirit release. Baobao Fan, using ring blades as the medium for her Musou release, could even continuously absorb Yagami's fighting spirit with her rings during the skill's duration. The semi-invincibility during this period prevented Iori Yagami from getting close, and at the same time, because Yagami's fighting spirit was being absorbed, he couldn't accumulate enough energy to release 'Eight Wine Cups,' causing him to only be able to circle around and stare, like a snake facing a hedgehog.
A peculiar offensive and defensive balance had actually formed between the two sides!
If there was anything that could limit Baobao Fan—
"It's probably the human semicircular canals."
No sooner had Cheng Tian finished speaking than Baobao Fan, who had hard-controlled the berserk Iori Yagami for dozens of seconds with her bizarre skill combination, finally swayed and fell to the ground, spewing a rainbow mosaic from her mouth with a 'wah' sound.
Struggling to prop herself up, Baobao Fan, whose body had returned to its small pudding-like appearance, looked towards her teammate's direction with a pained expression.
"Dizzy, can't hold on..."