Kaidan Game Train: Abide Rule or Die!
Chapter 444: Equally Matched

Chapter 444: Chapter 444: Equally Matched

"Although it’s called Random Grab, there are actually clear restrictions; not just people, but objects are also within your grab range, that’s why you just snatched away my porcelain doll."

With that said, Miao Yu and the others, who were hiding in plain sight or in secret, immediately took out some unimportant items and held them in front of themselves—after all, "Random Grab" was truly troublesome.

"You’re right," admitted Kong Cheng, raising his hand, and the broom that had been in Xu Huo’s possession vanished into thin air and reappeared in his own hand.

"What the hell, that works too!" Chu Yuan couldn’t help but curse out loud.

Everyone present felt their hearts skip a beat; the broom was a very powerful artifact, and they hadn’t expected that, even though it had been stolen, it could still be taken back.

Unlike the others, Xu Huo wasn’t very surprised to see the broom reappear in Kong Cheng’s hand; he said, "Your artifact, on one side, sweeps up trash; on the other, it crushes trash. However, it seems these two abilities aren’t fixed. If I’m not wrong, they’re used in turns, aren’t they? After using it once to sweep trash, the next use will be to crush trash."

Upon hearing this, Kong Cheng narrowed his eyes, "Your wallet can’t be used an infinite number of times either, right? Sword also has usage conditions. Seeing that you have a rather active brain, why not work for me? I guarantee you wealth and status when you get out, and you’ll have a place in Yisar Coast."

Xu Huo smiled, "I’m truly sorry, but I haven’t planned to be anyone’s thug for a living."

As he spoke, he shot a look at Gan Qing, who immediately released a green light to disrupt everyone’s vision, and the briefly paused battle was reignited!

Wu Xiaonan and Miao Yu, as if by mutual agreement, targeted Kong Hui, who couldn’t leave the numbered squares. Gan Qing drew away Lou Fu, while Wan Yunrong and Chu Yuan took advantage of the scattered opposition to approach Dr. Deng, who was only protected by Tong Jian.

The moving green light was striking, and, at the same time, strange and eerie voices arose from the darkness, with twisted and terrifying figures flickering in and out of existence around them.

"Ghost Shadow!" Wan Yunrong screamed in fright, reflexively throwing a ball of lightning, but the Ghost Shadow vanished on the spot and reappeared elsewhere.

"Ghost! Ghost!" Dr. Deng was also terrified, holding a music box and trying to run without thinking where. Tong Jian grabbed him, "Have you lost your mind...!"

As his words were about to end, Tong Jian’s own body shifted slightly, as Sword Qi flew out from under Xu Huo’s command, brushing past the two men and slicing a long crack into the wall a few meters behind them.

But it wasn’t over yet; having missed with one sword, Xu Huo and Kong Cheng quickly changed locations, moving towards them.

Tong Jian, with Dr. Deng in tow, ran towards a distant place, while Wan Yunrong and Chu Yuan, having regained their senses from the panic of ghosts everywhere, gritted their teeth and gave chase.

The situation at hand was that neither Wu Xiaonan nor Miao Yu were weak, but killing Kong Hui, who was rooted to the spot, was not an easy task; and Xu Huo, who was attempting to hold off Kong Cheng all by himself, was mostly on the defensive. Kong Cheng would attack twice before Xu Huo could counter once.

Capturing Dr. Deng was their chance to turn the tables!

In fact, Xu Huo wasn’t as strained as he appeared. Although his physical evolution was not as advanced as Kong Cheng’s, his mental ability had undergone a second evolution. His super-evolved brain had a significantly improved ability to predict and capture objects. Moreover, the artifacts "Stuttering Malice" and "Seeing is Believing" also made up for some deficiencies.

He might not be as fast as Kong Cheng, but Kong Cheng didn’t have an absolute advantage in physical prowess either.

The real trouble was with the props and characteristics.

"Random Grab" and "Direct Hit" were both effective against him, and the broom with both abilities could also work on him. The Crimson Sword, although not likely to break under the broom, was something Xu Huo made sure to protect and did not use the sword to block continuously.

However, he noticed that the intervals between the uses of Kong Cheng’s favored techniques were getting longer over time, and their effects were diminishing. The most recent time "Random Grab" was used, Xu Huo clearly felt its strength had significantly weakened.

Although Kong Cheng had been using his physical strength to compensate for this flaw, it wasn’t hard to detect that he was deliberately concealing it with a careful observation.

As time went by, Kong Cheng seemed to realize that Xu Huo was observing him, and even had spare energy to test his characteristics and props. His expression was no longer as calm as before. Suddenly, he stopped attacking and extended both palms forward, clapping them together: "Format!"

Before his words had died away, the metal plates on the walls and ceiling above and below started protruding and twisting, crazily squeezing towards the center and spurting rapidly along the corridor like an explosion!

Seeing this, Xu Huo turned around and ran, but he wasn’t faster than the transforming speed of the corridor. Just as he was about to escape from the corridor, he was pinned by the metal plates. Had he not prepared some protective gear in advance, his bones would have been crushed by now!

"Xu Zhi... keep your distance!" Chu Yuan ran back from ahead, took out an Order Paper, and affixed it to the twisted metal. The metal, which had been trapping him tightly, automatically retracted by an inch, giving him just enough space to move.

"Why did you come back?" Xu Huo asked as he extricated his body.

"I don’t know what happened. I was chasing them, and then they disappeared." Chu Yuan said, "I had to come back to check on you. How are you? Where’s Kong Cheng?"

"Boom, boom!" Two loud bangs followed from the side. The interval between the first and second bangs was offset, but the distance was quite far. Before they could react, Kong Cheng, clad in a metallic coat, burst through the wall and aimed a punch at the back of Chu Yuan’s head!

Xu Huo quickly pulled him aside and kicked out at the same time!

Protected by his characteristics, his leg wasn’t severely damaged. Instead, he was evenly matched with Kong Cheng.

As they both retreated, Xu Huo wielded his sword while Kong Cheng did not evade but instead used "Random Grab."

Their distance suddenly closed, both readying for close combat, but unexpectedly, Chu Yuan threw out a coffin from behind.

It was a real coffin, coming at them upright.

Xu Huo forcibly withdrew his sword and stabbed it into the wall beside him, disrupting the grab, and he flipped over to avoid the coffin.

Kong Cheng didn’t dodge. He first swung his broom, and upon finding it didn’t slice through the coffin, he then used "Format." The reassembled metal plates trapped the coffin, but as soon as the lid of the coffin opened, a powerful suction force pulled him inside. The lid snapped shut, followed by a series of thumping and striking sounds from within.

"Case closed." Chu Yuan smiled at Xu Huo, relieved after the narrow escape, "Lucky we were timely. Let’s get out of here fast, the prop’s effect only lasts a few minutes."

Xu Huo tried to hit the coffin with his sword, but couldn’t cut through it. He gave up the idea of killing Kong Cheng right there and then, and turned to find Dr. Deng with Chu Yuan.