#499Chapter 499: GungnirAI Model: gemini-2.5-flash
Chapter 4: Gungnir
When Cheng Tian opened his eyes again, the first thing he saw was a pair of semi-circles that blocked almost half of his vision, and a parasol above them.
At this moment, Cheng Tian's mind was still a bit muddled, much like someone who wakes up naturally from a nap, dazed and disoriented. But relying on his excellent memory, he immediately recognized the two semi-circles blocking his view.
It was Fina, who had discarded her chest binder and started wearing a proper bra since entering this space, making her chest considerably larger than in her illustrations!
"You're awake ~"
Feeling the change in breathing frequency on her thigh, Fina knew that Cheng Tian had woken up. So, she lowered her head to glance at him, but this action caused Cheng Tian's entire face to be smothered.
Cheng struggled for a few seconds before breaking free from suffocation. He sat up and looked towards the arena.
Standing in the arena at this very moment were members of Team 996 and Team Rage.
Cheng Tian's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly opened his panel. He felt a slight sense of relief only when he saw that his item and equipment slots were both glowing red, indicating they were in a disabled state.
Since the restrictions had not been lifted, it meant that his group stage match had not been lost.
"What's going on?"
Feeling very dry in his throat, Cheng Tian took the water bottle Irene handed him, gulped down a large amount, and then asked.
"Simply put, our group's matches have been postponed. The organizers are letting the later teams decide their winners first. And this was an application actively proposed by the little general from the Scarlet Devil Mansion Team."
It turned out that after Cheng Tian fainted from eating something he shouldn't have, the original schedule should have had Bazett and Irene facing Remilia. However, the Scarlet Devil Mansion proactively applied to the organizers, wanting to continue their fight with Cheng Tian and willing to wait for him to wake up.
The organizers, who were more concerned with viewership ratings, were naturally overjoyed and immediately revised the match order, postponing the final match between Team Olililili and the Scarlet Devil Mansion Team.
Having experienced several rule changes before, the audience and players accepted this rule modification without much objection.
After all, to be honest, they also wanted to see what other tricks Cheng Tian could pull off.
Of course, a restriction was given: if Cheng Tian couldn't wake up before the other three group matches ended, then the normal order would be followed.
Cheng Tian looked towards the big screen in the direction Irene pointed. A smaller frame was displayed there, showing the current status of the teams progressing from the top eight to the top four.
The match between Team Tough! Invincible! Strongest! and Team Fatal Fury was won by Team Kaiba.
On one hand, Team Fatal Fury experienced a significant void due to Geese Howard's second death. Coupled with Terry's self-abandonment, believing he could never return to his former self, only Joe Higashi was left, unable to boost the average morale, ultimately leading to low fighting spirit for the entire team.
On the other hand, that kid Kaiba didn't shuffle his deck again.
According to classmate Irene's description, they personally witnessed the Blue-Eyes Maiden, under the effect of a purple card, temporarily transform into a terrifying three-headed Blue-Eyes behemoth, which once again caused devastating damage to the arena, even after its rules had been repaired.
It can only be said that the arena was the most dedicated entity in the entire main venue. Even if it was reduced to dust, it would restore itself after the match, allowing players to stand on it and battle.
"Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, huh..."
Just hearing classmate Irene's vivid description, Cheng Tian, who knew what Seto Kaiba had done, sighed.
However, what made him curious was how the soul aspect was calculated when the Blue-Eyes Maiden used a fusion card to transform into the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon. Were all three Blue-Eyes White Dragons the Blue-Eyes Maiden herself, or was only one feminized, while the other two White Dragons remained in their original form?
And would such an act of falling in love with the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon count as having three soulmates and triple the happiness simultaneously?
Next was Team Japan versus Team Art of Fighting.
The match between these two teams was, in the true sense, the most aligned with the audience's conventional understanding of what a fighting competition should look like.
However, everyone had been so heavily corrupted by the light pollution, explosions, summoned creatures, and other strange things since the beginning, that their threshold had been significantly raised.
As a result, the relatively unadorned combat of these two teams instead gave them a feeling of having eaten a belly full of konjac noodles—their stomachs were full, yet they still felt hungry.
A large quantity, but not satisfying, which was very awkward.
Even so, the matches between the two popular champion teams from the original work still garnered high attention. Without the participation of light pollution, people could focus more clearly on the techniques themselves.
All members of Team Art of Fighting practiced Kyokugenryu, but each developed their own unique style.
Ryo Sakazaki was fierce and powerful, Robert Garcia was elegant and agile, and Yuri Sakazaki... was wild and imaginative.
After all, very few martial artists actually enjoy slapping people's faces or bumping into them with their butts, but Yuri Sakazaki had absolutely no qualms about such things.
The three members of Team Japan, on the other hand, represented entirely different martial arts systems.
Judo master Goro Daimon, simply standing there, exuded a mountain-like sense of gravitas; anyone with slightly less strength wouldn't even be able to budge him.
Benimaru Nikaido, who in the original game could form the "Eternal Second Place Team" with Joe Higashi and Kim Kaphwan and had a special ending animation, displayed an even flashier and more agile movement than Robert. Incidentally, his flowing golden hair stood up entirely due to the static electricity he actively generated.
As for Kyo Kusanagi, his tempered Kusanagi-ryu ancient martial arts almost never lost in clash judgment to anyone. After acquiring a fragment of the Sun God's Gem, his understanding of the sun's power became even more profound. The Kusanagi flames, originally inherited and activated from his bloodline, now carried an additional attribute similar to "Solar Flare."
He was the second entity, after Cheng Tian's Solar Flare, that made Remilia, who was watching the battle, crouch defensively with her head in her hands.
After an intense battle, it was ultimately the general Kyo Kusanagi who successfully snatched the spot in the top four from Ryo Sakazaki.
And while Cheng Tian was receiving the report, the outcome of the match in the arena had already been decided.
Facing Ralf's "Galactica Phantom," theoretically the strongest single-target physical attack in the King of Fighters '97 worldview, Team 996 ultimately chose to surrender to preserve their lives.
Team 996 stopped at the top eight, but they were content.
At this point, three of the top four had already been determined, and the remaining match was between Team Olililili and the Scarlet Devil Mansion Team, whose schedule had been postponed.
Cheng Tian's awakening was quite timely. As he prepared to re-enter the arena under the organizers' arrangement, Remilia also put down her teacup, holding a parasol, and floated onto the stage with her cute little wings fluttering.
Such a tiny figure, so small it could only be called a child, and her mysterious aura, having never shown her power, greatly captivated the audience. Considering that the other two members of the Scarlet Devil Mansion Team were formidable individuals, it was impossible for this little girl, as the general, to merely be there to make up the numbers.
However, very quickly, Remilia extended a single finger towards Cheng Tian, who had just stepped onto the stage with a puzzled expression.
"One shot."
"What?"
"If you can block this one shot, no matter the final outcome, you win."
As the words of the Mistress of the Scarlet Devil Mansion, Lady Remilia, fell, the sky, which had still been brightly sunny, began to fog up without warning.
Thick, almost blood-colored mist easily obscured the entire sky and all sunlight.
The Lady elegantly closed her parasol, handing it to the ever-present head maid beside her, and then... an indescribable energy rapidly converged in the Lady's right hand, forming a powerful energy spear—
The Divine Spear Gungnir!
"Try to block it!"
"I'll block it for you!"
Facing the provocation from the Mistress of the Scarlet Devil Mansion, Cheng Tian unleashed his Mental Crystal!
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