Chapter Sixty-Six: Bai Feng’s Intentions

After spending another five days here, Kaspersky finally succeeded in modifying the two items.

“Tentacle Whip: Type: Biological Weapon; Rating: E; Attribute: Violet Equipment; Attack: 1–1; Ability: You can control the whip with your mind, altering its shape at will.”

“Equipment Requirement: None.”

“Description: A highly resilient whip, capable of self-directed growth under mental control. Even if severed, it can regenerate. It harbors unusual powers, though these have yet to manifest.”

Wang Ling held the milky-white, two-meter-long fleshy whip in his hand, somewhat speechless as he reviewed the data—the weapon’s attack was only 1–1! Still, since it was a violet growth-type item, at levels 4, 7, and 10 it would gain extra attributes and skills. With no equipment requirements, there were no restrictions on enhancement, so he didn’t have to worry about strengthening it to the point it became unusable.

Kaspersky explained from the side, “The cellular activity in this material is terrifyingly strong. After days of cultivation, I added some dangerous, mutated tissue cells produced by nuclear radiation. At last, I’ve managed to create the whip weapon you wanted. But be careful—I have a feeling this whip is dangerous.”

Wang Ling used his mind to command the whip to contract, forming a soft, milky-white sphere the size of an egg. He stored it in the spatial pouch of his Dream Badge, then picked up the modified mask. The mask, once purely red, now gleamed with a matte golden-red metallic luster, looking even cooler than before.

“Golden-Red Mask: Type: Armor; Rating: D; Attribute: Red Equipment; Defense: 25; Ability: Strength +5, Stamina +5, Agility +5.”

“Skill One: Iron Face—reduces base facial damage by 35 points; Skill Two: Memory Restoration—can self-repair after damage; Skill Three: Disguise Hide—can conceal your health bar above your head.”

“Equipment Requirement: Stamina: 25.”

“Description: Originally a red mask, but after being infused with precious memory and disguising metals, new practical abilities have emerged.”

Compared to the tentacle whip, this mask was far superior. It had grown to D-grade and remained a red elite item—its rarity was obvious! Not only did it offer more abilities than the original red mask, it gained two additional skills. Especially the Disguise Hide, which concealed the health bar and prevented others from seeing his health—an exceedingly sly skill!

After putting on the mask, Wang Ling nodded to Kaspersky. In this elder’s presence, he had received the strengthening of Dragon Soul Essence, crafted the tentacle materials into a whip, and gained such a practical mask. Even though the old man was merely a character from this world, Wang Ling felt gratitude and guilt for deceiving him.

With just one day left before returning to the Dream Space, Wang Ling could stay here for one more day. However, he was deeply interested in the battle between the Double Dragon brothers and the leader of the Shadow Fighters. So, late that night, using the cover of darkness, he quietly descended to the first floor. He suddenly summoned three super Shadow Fighters to distract the guards, and with three bottles of Chameleon Potion granting fifteen seconds of invisibility, he walked right out the main doors.

After successfully leaving the research institute building, Wang Ling moved toward the woods near the Terror Tower, hiding among the treetops. There were guards at the entrance of Terror Tower, but all were unarmed. Seeing this, he knew the Double Dragon brothers hadn’t attacked yet.

The next morning, Billy and Jimmy appeared. Both had clearly grown stronger since last time, easily defeating the guards and charging into the tower. Wang Ling knew that the shadow warrior transported from the research institute must be housed inside Terror Tower.

About three hours later, Wang Ling, watching through binoculars, saw the Double Dragon brothers exit the tower and move toward the area behind it. He followed from a distance, arriving at a valley and hiding among the trees. There, he saw a green-haired dragon leader waiting in the valley, beside the corpse of Marian.

Seeing his girlfriend’s body, Billy was naturally furious. He and Jimmy rushed forward to fight the green-haired leader. Wang Ling felt uneasy, and with a turn of his binoculars, he saw two figures standing on a distant hillside:

One was a yellow-haired dragon leader, and the other was Bai Feng!

“No wonder, in the game, the leader of the Shadow Fighters—who defeated martial artists around the world—was taken down by the Double Dragon brothers. The green-haired one is an imposter, and the true leader is the yellow-haired one… If I’m not mistaken, this must be the final boss from Double Dragon Fighter. What is he planning? And what is Bai Feng doing here?” Wang Ling hid carefully in the tree, filled with questions.

The battle in the valley soon reached its climax. The green-haired leader was strong, but after countless battles and the feedback of dragon soul power, the Double Dragon brothers had grown and finally defeated him. Billy and Jimmy lifted Marian’s body, grief-stricken, and howled at the sky. Then, a strange phenomenon occurred.

A golden dragon-shaped light burst from Billy’s body, and a silver dragon-shaped light from Jimmy’s. The two dragons intertwined, soaring into the sky and rolling among the clouds.

Heaven Dragon and Earth Dragon Souls!

The Double Dragon brothers, after the end of Double Dragon 3 and entering the era of Double Dragon Fighter, truly awakened their dragon souls. But stimulated by Marian’s death in Double Dragon 2’s ending, their dragon souls not only awakened in this moment, but flew from their bodies into the sky.

Witnessing this spectacle, Wang Ling couldn’t help but sigh—story protagonists are always blessed, with extraordinary “golden fingers”! He had obtained a bit of dragon soul essence purified from their blood, greatly boosting his personal attributes, but these two had complete dragon souls. When their dragon souls awakened, their power instantly jumped from kung fu masters to high-level fighters, comparable to those in King of Fighters, even reaching the level of a minor boss!

Just think of the Double Dragon brothers in Double Dragon Fighter, unleashing “Twin Dragon Rebirth”—how powerful they were!

As the twin dragon souls soared above, suddenly a dazzling gate of light appeared in the sky, formed by countless points of light. From the brilliance stepped forth a man with two pairs of pure white wings. He brought with him an overwhelming aura, a surge of holy white light reaching into the heavens!

“Damn! A bird-man!”

From his vantage in the treetops, Wang Ling, watching the valley through binoculars, recalled the scene from Double Dragon 2 upon clearing the game.

After grueling battles, the Double Dragon brothers had defeated the leader of the Shadow Fighters. Upon seeing Marian’s corpse, their grief triggered their dragon souls. Heaven Dragon and Earth Dragon Souls ascended, opened a mysterious door, and an angel descended. The angel retrieved Marian’s soul, placed it in her body, and she was resurrected without injury.

“Dragon souls, angels, and in Double Dragon 3, the Dark Princess reborn in the pyramid using Marian’s body—this world isn’t a low-level kung fu world at all, it’s clearly a high-grade fantasy world!”

Watching the dragon souls still flying in the sky, and the angel descending in a column of sacred light, Wang Ling jealously complained.

The angel slowly descended within the pillar of light, standing on the valley floor. He extended a hand over Marian’s chest, evidently beginning to revive her. But just then, twelve flashes erupted in the valley.

Brighter even than the holy light on the angel!

These were twelve large fuel-air bombs buried in the valley, all detonating at once!

Boom!

In a deafening explosion, the entire valley was nearly overturned. The violent shockwave swept in all directions. Even Wang Ling, hiding a kilometer away in the woods, was blasted out of his tree and slammed hard to the ground, coughing up a mouthful of blood!

If not for the strengthening of the dragon soul essence, and the boosts from the Golden-Red Mask, Peachy Heart, and Linda’s Wish—all increasing his health—such a forceful blast might have killed him!

His binoculars shattered in his hand. Wang Ling, mouth agape, stared at the valley, where twelve massive black-red fireballs rose, merging into a mushroom cloud reminiscent of a nuclear explosion, enveloping the ground and rising high into the sky.

Then, beneath the black-red mushroom cloud, a pillar of holy white light surged up again, though not as bright as before.

“Could Bai Feng’s target really be this angel? This woman is unbelievably bold—though the angel is a lower-level one with just two wings, he’s still an angel!”

Lying on the ground, mouth full of blood, Wang Ling was awash with waves of astonishment.

He guessed right. Bai Feng had paid a steep price to enter the Double Dragon world, all for the purpose of hunting this angel! In a low-level story world, it should be impossible for a high-grade being like an angel to appear, but Double Dragon is special: at the end of Double Dragon 2, when the brothers’ dragon souls ascend, an angel descends to resurrect Marian!

For this angel, Bai Feng dared not be careless. She not only allied with the leader of the Shadow Fighters, but convinced him to plant twelve large fuel-air bombs in the valley. These couldn’t kill the angel, but were meant to deplete his holy power!

By erecting a defensive shield to resist the explosion, the angel would consume vast amounts of holy energy, weakening his strength. The dragon leader, imbued with dark energy, would surely be the target of the angel’s wrath. Combined with his desire to battle strong opponents, if they didn’t fight, it would be strange.

Story characters cannot drop items if an enemy’s health is reduced by more than two-thirds by others. Of course, the dragon leader could never defeat the angel, nor even reduce half his health, so that wouldn’t happen.

To kill this angel, Bai Feng had prepared her true trump card—a treasure she obtained through great hardship in the world of Fire Emblem, one coveted even in intermediate zones.

A magic scroll left by one of the Eight Divine Generals of ancient times in Fire Emblem, the great sage Artes.

A spell inscribed on dragonhide, not forbidden magic but nearly as powerful, single-use.

A great spell that summons storms and snow, sweeping away all living things:

Winter’s End!