JS is dazzled by a vortex of light spots. Before he knows it, he is already in a spacious square room. But neither his teammates nor his enemies are here.
"What are you doing, you stinky octopus? Why did you open the maze at such a critical time?" JS complains as he is shaking his sore arm. He is also worried about Joo and Jacobs.
He looks around. There are no dangerous monsters in the room he is in. But through the transparent wall on his left, he sees a big monster covered in scales beating the wall and staring at him from the adjacent room.
The wall on his right is also transparent, through which he sees the flames and smoke left by the feather missile explosions on the ground. Now he is sure that he has been teleported into the weird Rubik's Cube maze.
JS notices that there is a round table in the middle of the room, on which there are two buttons, one red and one blue.
Below the red button, it reads, "Boost your power during the trial."
Below the blue button, it reads, "Join your teammates."
"Is this the trial?" JS is confused, but he presses the blue button without much thinking.
The table lowers down and merges with the floor. The room begins to vibrate slightly. Through the transparent walls on both sides, JS sees the rooms moving. A few seconds later, the front wall quickly opens and reveals another room.
JS is relieved when he recognizes the man in that room, "Jacobs? Thank God!"
After a quick conversation, JS learns that Jacobs was faced with the same options as he did. And of course, Jacobs chose to join his teammates too.
"Joo must have chosen to boost her power." Jacobs frowns, "She believes in herself and always prefers to solve problems on her own."
JS asks, "Hey, since this place has been invaded by the Bubble Gang, why doesn't the guardian give me the fragment key directly? Doesn't he worry that the key will be taken away by the enemy?"
"Guardians must follow certain rules to run their trial worlds." Jacobs explains, "Your trial is very unique and important. According to the information I and Joo know, when Saint gets the sixth fragment key, the Gameboy Bible will unlock the revelation. So, JS, your choice is very critical."
"Don't give me pressure. I will try my best." JS shrugs.
The two rooms they were previously in are now merged into one. A new round table rises up where the two rooms meet.
JS and Jacobs take a look the red and blue buttons on the table.
Below the red one, it reads, "Start the battle trial, Saint will get one point if they win."
Below the blue one, it reads, "Start a PVP fight, beat your rival will get you one point."
"So it is the second choice that will officially start the trial. If we choose the red button, we probably will battle with the monsters created by the guardian. As for the blue one, I guess it will let us fight against the Bubble Gang directly." Jacobs thinks for a few seconds and looks at JS, "Which one will you choose?"
JS smiles, "The best defense is a good offense." He then presses the blue button.
The wall in front of them moves up like a roller shutter, revealing the adjoining room.
The giant standing in the center of that room opens his eyes and stares at them.
"It's K," Jacobs takes a deep breath and tightens his grip on the gun.
"Two versus one. We made the right choice." Thinking of how it felt when he was hit by K not long ago, JS knows the big guy is devastating. But instead of being scared, he chuckles, "I think I'm beginning to understand what this trial is all about. It is a test of what choice I, as a Saint, will make in the face of a hopelessly strong opponent."
JS rushes forward, and a heavy punch is coming at him like a cannonball.
He suddenly relaxes his clenched metal fists, forms a spherical shape, and takes K's heavy punch without flinching.
K's fist clashes with JS' left metal hand and produces a lot of sparks. But soon his fist slides away because of the spherical surface of JS' fist. JS takes the opportunity to approach and punches K in the stomach.
JS feels as if he had hit a tough steel plate that bounced him away with even greater force.
Rat-tat-tat! A burst of intensive gunshots.
The moment JS is bounced back, a large number of jellyfish bullets are shot out at K, covering his huge body. K quickly raises his arms to protect his head. With the crisp impact sounds, all the jellyfish bullets that hit him are shattered.
Jacobs' heart sinks. The jellyfish bullets from his saint gear are supposed to be able to penetrate a 2 cm thick steel plate, but now they can't even leave a scratch on K's skin.
It seems that K's special abilities are temporarily enhanced due to the rules of the maze.
"Damn it. This guy is tougher than Iron Man." JS retreats to Jacobs, having no idea of how to deal with this invulnerable opponent. "Lucky me that he didn't come after me and throw out another punch."
Yeah, why didn't he come after us?
Jacobs has a wild guess.
He knows about K's special abilities, among which fast speed and great explosive power are K's advantages. But somehow, K hasn't moved a single step so far.
Moreover, according to the information he has collected, K's defense has never been as outrageously strong as it is now.
Bam, bam! Jacobs raises his gun and quickly fires several black jellyfish bullets. But instead of aiming at K, he aims at the floor under K's feet.
The jellyfish bullets explode and emit thick black smoke, instantly filling most of the opposite room.
"Hey, why hasn't he rushed out?" JS also feels something is wrong.
Jacobs speaks quickly, "He must be restricted by the rules of the trial, unable to move. This black smoke can block his vision and hearing. We must develop new tactics before the smoke dissipates in a few minutes."
"In that case, he is a sitting duck, isn't he? But we don't know how to defeat him, either. This guy can actually bounce your bullets away."
"That is a problem." Jacobs rubs his forehead.
JS thinks for a bit and asks with a little uncertainty, "You said that even the guardian himself must strictly abide by the rules of the trial world. In other words, if you violate the rules, you will be punished accordingly, right?"
"Yes," Jacobs nods, "Now the rules forbid him to move... Ah, I see your point!"
JS grins. It saves so much trouble talking to a smart person.
"So we'll just force him to move."
At this time, a deep and fast rhythm comes out through the black smoke. K is rapping a song at a super high speed that ordinary people can hardly hear clearly. Combined with his unique ability, the song has become a strong sonic attack.
JS and Jacobs feel that the whole room is vibrating. And the thick black smoke begins to dissipate.
"This guy..." JS can hardly speak as he feels so sick and even wants to vomit. His head also starts aching under the sonic attack.
Jacobs struggles to raise his gun, but the sonic shocks make his arms constantly tremble, so he is unable to aim at all.
Naive Hipsters, my death rap will break your hearts in just 30 seconds!
K sneers inwardly and raps even faster. The sonic shocks become considerably stronger.
Jacobs grits his teeth. The jellyfish on his gun turns green and then a green bullet is fired. But this bullet is flying so slowly and taking a crooked path in the air. K doesn't even bother to raise an arm to block it.
With a puff, the jellyfish bullet explodes a little over one meter away from K. A strong stench immediately permeates the room.
Fuck! It stinks!
K is the closest to the stink bomb. He coughs and holds his breath instinctively. And of course, his rap thus stops.
"JS, do something to make him move! I will assist you!" Jacobs quickly comes up with a new tactic after stopping K's sonic attack.
JS takes a deep breath. Then he opens his huge metal palms and takes himself inside before turning the hands into a huge metal ball. The ball rolls around the room and picks up its speed.
In the meantime, the translucent jellyfish on Jacobs' gun turns golden yellow. Jacobs aims at K's standing feet and fires two jellyfish bullets.
Pfft, the jellyfish bullets explode and spatter the thick golden-yellow liquid all over the place where K is standing. K's mechanical shoes are now soaked with oily liquid and the greasiness makes him very sick.
Pow!
K catches the metal ball dashing over with both hands. But the impact makes him unable to stay still anymore on the slippery floor.
In a screeching sound, K slides a long distance.
"Participant K has violated the rules and lost one point. One point goes to Saint."
Just as the guardian announces the result, spots of light begin to flicker around K who is reluctant to accept his failure. He is teleported away and disappears in front of JS and Jacobs.