Chapter 402: What is the Greatest Commonality Between Cheng Tian and Dio?
Among the live broadcasts of the 16 seeded teams in the King of Fighters '97 qualifiers, a channel that was originally in a mid-to-low tier position was experiencing a rapid surge in real-time viewership, with no signs of decline yet.
This channel was the seeded channel of the 'Olililili' team, which had returned.
However, the combat in the live broadcast had almost completely deviated from the traditional definition of 'fighting'; some might even believe it was Ace Combat.
Cat Princess, small in stature, even more miniature than a common house cat, had her feet transformed into rocket launchers, soaring through the air at high speed, while her eyes frequently unleashed high-energy True Ancestor Rays.
These high-energy rays could easily leave black cutting marks on the ground and buildings, but they couldn't easily penetrate the hexagonal magical barrier.
More precisely, these Heart Barriers could always intercept the True Ancestor Rays for an instant, and that instant was enough for Cheng Tian's main body to make the smallest possible extreme evasion.
Cheng Tian's main body's agility, even with the enhancement of equipment and talents, was only slightly over twenty points in broad daylight. It was difficult for him to perform the same dodges and maneuvers as high-agility players, which was extremely disadvantageous in a fighting arena. However, at this moment, he was facing Cat Princess, an existence whose combat mode was vastly different from that of a conventional fighter.
In Cheng Tian's opinion, approaching Cat Princess's attacks with a 'dealing with a flying shooter game' mindset was clearly more appropriate for the current situation.
Cheng Tian's Heart Barriers temporarily blocked and deflected Cat Princess's rays, pre-emptively predicting the opponent's attack trajectory, and then only moving his hands, feet, and head within a very small range to avoid direct hits.
At this moment, The World, which had originally flown out to intercept Cat Princess, was forced to return to defense, because the flying Cat Princess actually pulled out an old Motorola L2000 from behind her backside. After some rustling communication, a large number of Cat Sprites inexplicably appeared from all directions, rushing towards Cheng Tian's main body—
They were all Cat Sprites temporarily summoned from the Cat Kingdom by Cat Princess!
Is this reasonable? This is very reasonable!
Just ask, they are summons! No different from The World and Blue-Eyes White Dragon!
These summoned Cat Sprites, almost identical in appearance to Cat Princess, some rode flying carpets of cat ghosts, while others simply reverted to an ancestral style, charging quickly on all fours, momentarily almost obscuring Cheng Tian's outward view.
Facing the interference of the Cat Sprites, The World's fists flew, and with a barrage of 'Muda Muda', the Cat Sprites were shattered into scattered limbs.
Although numerous, the Cat Sprites were all fragile, even more so than Cheng Tian's Silver Guard, and could be directly shattered with a single effective strike!
But under the cover of the scattered limbs and broken arms of the Cat Sprites, a Cat Sprite with long golden hair, wearing a princess gown, and somehow more elegant than the other Cat Sprites, quietly appeared in mid-air.
"Meow!"
The elegant long-gowned Cat Sprite's entire face instantly transformed into a standard enraged, bristling expression, and a purple energy geyser suddenly erupted from beneath Cheng Tian's feet, visually even more turbulent than the super-popular Fatal Fury team captain Terry's super move, Power Geyser!
Folks, excluding those who came to see idols or for lewd glimpses, most of the audience actually came for the 'Fighting Tournament' itself.
And being able to witness such high-intensity, exaggerated special effects combat at this stage was clearly a very pleasant surprise for the audience.
Previously, when President Kaiba's Blue-Eyes White Dragon blasted a group of people, viewership saw a small peak, even attracting some of those who were watching for lewd content.
The viewership curve on Cheng Tian's side was identical.
And when the live broadcast showed Cheng being sent flying after being hit in the rear by the energy geyser, viewership spiked again.
The bristling long-gowned Cat Sprite successfully sent Cheng Tian flying, and after revealing a sly smile, she vanished into thin air.
Cat Princess also immediately performed a sudden stop that defied the laws of dynamics, adjusted her body's angle, increased the output of her jet engines (her feet), and rapidly approached Cheng Tian in an 'Astro Boy flight' pose.
Cat Princess noticed that Cheng Tian's summons had not been able to keep up in time. Now, the only thing that could protect Cheng Tian was his strange barrier-releasing ability.
As a Cat Sprite, Cat Princess's range of abilities covered a very wide array of fields, capable of adapting to various combat rules. Whether it was summoning Cat Sprites or continuously firing True Ancestor Rays, it was more about testing Cheng Tian, this little brother who seemed to know a bit too much.
The opponent's summons would have a delay in returning to defense, and at the same time, the opponent's energy barrier had a strong defensive effect against flying projectiles. So, could the little brother withstand her Six-Body Disassembly Rocket Cat Punch now?
Thinking this, Cat Princess's body actually disassembled in mid-air!
Her hands, feet, torso, and head, a total of six parts, all separated, and small rocket launch engines appeared at each end, transforming into Cat Princess's specialized 'Rocket Flying Fists'. They flew towards Cheng Tian, maintaining a slight distance from each other!
"Meow!!!"
Cat Princess, whose actions in no way resembled 'fighting', let out an excited meow.
But at this moment, Cheng Tian, smoking all over, suddenly straightened his back in mid-air, and his mana surged violently.
Many people didn't realize that the Game Expert loaded the 'Dio Brando' character template onto Cheng Tian because Cheng Tian himself and Dio shared a very strong commonality in a very special way.
It wasn't a vampire bloodline, nor a Stand ability, nor a style of action, but… Cheng Tian, twisting and adjusting his posture in mid-air, a flash of light appeared in his raised hands, and then, a Brodia, which should not have appeared in this King of Fighters '97 instance in any way, appeared out of thin air above Cheng Tian's head.
[Eat My Roadroller! (Roadroller Da!): Template Skill, Active Skill. A special ultimate skill that materializes the scene of 'Dio Brando' lifting a roadroller and smashing it onto 'Kujo Jotaro' during a time stop.
You can consume 200 MP to summon a roadroller out of thin air to smash the enemy, dealing 1 instance of 100 damage from the crushing blow, followed by 23 physical combo hits equal to your Strength attribute. On the 25th hit, the roadroller explodes, dealing 200 explosion damage to the target and an area around it; the explosion will not harm your main body but will cause physical interference; this skill requires pre-judging the target's landing spot, cooldown 60 seconds; you can use this skill both on the ground and in the air.
When you summon a roadroller, you can refuse the roadroller option and instead randomly choose one of the combat vehicles you carry to summon as a projection. At that time, the initial crushing blow and subsequent vehicle explosion damage will vary depending on the projected vehicle. (『Chariot Master』 + 『Void Garage』Linkage Strengthening)]
"Brodia Da!!!!!"
At this moment, the large red-painted Brodia, as if it had become a second Stand, under Cheng Tian's control, slammed its massive mechanical fist down towards the six-part rocket cat charging below!