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“Wuhu!!”
In response to the greeting, Fall Guy raised his hand and waved, seemingly in a friendly manner, but there was no emotion visible on his pale mask. Instead, the blue flames burning in his black eyes looked more like a hostile stare.
He was going to be killed—a fact he had come to realize with profound clarity.
He stumbled backward, fell to the ground, and then... towards the hunched monkey.
It seemed to crawl backwards using both hands and feet, while at the same time, a large amount of dark green gel continuously generated on its body. The gel, covered with black mold, aggregated on the ground and formed a giant hand that slapped at the Fall Bean Man.
The Fall Guy reached out and collided with the giant gel hand with a loud bang. The two giant hands met in mid-air, and the surface of the gel hand trembled continuously.
The ability of the filth is to control the growth of mold and slime mold, which can be achieved as long as the air is humid and there are bacteria on its body. These bacteria can also infect the human body, causing various diseases, but obviously they have no effect on the filth.
He is now the hunter of all crown holders, a being who specializes in hunting down crown holders. Beneath his appearance, which is more adorable than any urban legend, lies a resentment composed of countless evil spirits.
The scrambled-to-the-top man got up in a sorry state, waved his hand, and another giant hand rose from the ground and slapped at the Fall Bean Man.
The round, chubby jelly bean strode forward, squeezing into the corridor and almost blocking it like a wall. It stretched out its other hand and slapped the other slime arm, pinning it directly against the wall.
Fall Guy grabbed the two slime mold arms with both hands and pulled them together slightly before slamming them hard against the walls on both sides.
"boom!"
The walls were dented from being hit by the Fall Guys. If this weren't a detached villa, the walls would probably be so cracked that you could see into the living room next door.
The two slime mold arms were also slapped apart, turning into a viscous gel that slowly flowed down the wall.
As the slime retreated, it raised its hand forward, and the slime on the ground once again coalesced into a tough gelatinous blanket, wrapping around the Fall Bean's body.
The slime molds completely enveloped Fall Guy's body and shrouded his pale face, making it look as if... he was suffocating him.
This is indeed a trick that the slime mold has always used. It uses slime mold to invade a person's mouth and nose, all the way down to the lungs, suffocating the person directly. Looking at the blood in the lungs that the slime mold is stained with, he will feel a sense of satisfaction that is superior to that of ordinary people.
But... Fall Guys don't even seem to have nostrils.
This behavior seemed to be seen as a provocation by the Fall Guy, who reached out and tore off the slime on his body, letting out a furious roar as his body began to deform.
The strange body, which had been pieced together like cylinders, rapidly shrank. Almost instantly, the pink limbs revealed bulging and full muscle lines, and the firm pectoral muscles and prominent collarbones seemed to gleam with a pinkish glow in the dark corridor.
Fall Guy clenched his fist, making a squeaking sound, and looked at the hunched evil spirit in front of him, which probably only reached his waist, and stretched out his big hand.
Despite his fear, Gou Chang was not going to sit idly by and wait for his death. Looking at the large hand that Dou Tang had stretched out, he suddenly remembered that he had also learned some fighting techniques at Mao Liang's dojo.
He had seen many demonstrations of this attack, and the moment the large hand pressed down, his mind raced like lightning. He knew exactly how to break the deadlock!
Such an opponent, with his palms wide open, all I had to do was place my hands on his palms and then lift my foot... Yes, I remember it very clearly!
Gou Chang sneered. His fear of Fall Guys had vanished. Now, he was fully prepared to fight back!
"Suffer to death!"
He roared, straightened his back like a snake suddenly pouncing on its prey, leaped up, and raised his hands to strike at the Fall Guy's wrists!
I can turn the tables!
Chapter 84 Dou Tang's Inner Resistance
"Bang-"
In a moment of distraction, Gou Chang suddenly realized that the scenery in front of him had changed.
What appeared before me was a bizarre world; the sky was pale blue, but pink clouds like cotton candy floated by.
The air was filled with a sweet aroma, just like Fall Guys, and the ground beneath our feet was soft and springy, practically a cake!
Where am I?! Wasn't I just defeating Fall Guys a second ago?!
Gou Chang shivered and frowned as he tried to recall the events.
He raised his hands, intending to strike Fall Guy's hands... and then what happened?
I defeated him...?
No, that's not right, his hand pressed down...
Gouchang's expression suddenly turned as ugly as if he had eaten shit.
The counterattack failed... It turns out that the idea of a counterattack was just an illusion.
He looked around with a strange expression.
So where is this place?
Before me lay a strange place that resembled a trampoline park, with the ground made up of many cake pieces and some giant candy sticks standing on the ground.
Moreover, the entire venue is divided into two levels. The lower level is a bowl-shaped space, like a skate park, while the upper level is a large turntable supported by four narrow passageways. At this moment, the turntable is constantly rotating, and it is unclear what its purpose is.
Suddenly, a pink, muscular jelly bean appeared in the air and looked at the dung bean.
Gou Chang also saw him, looked up and shouted, "What the hell are you doing here?! Where is this place?!"
This was just a way for him to express his emotions, but he never expected that the Fall Guy would speak in the next moment, with a deep and eerie voice.
"This is Fall Guys Land."
“I killed you, you filthy creature, and this is the place where your sins are cleansed and you are given a new life.”
Dou Tang looked down at him and continued, "You need to be here... um? Wait."
Suddenly, Dou Tang seemed to realize something, left the Fall Guys arena in front of him, floated to the pink milkshake sea outside the arena, and suddenly disappeared into it.
After passing through the sea of milkshakes, Dou Tang entered the lower level of Fall Guys Land, but to his surprise, there was nothing there.
I've been too busy lately, and Dou Tang hasn't had time to enter the Fall Guys world, but... where are the Fall Guys here?
The Fall Guys park was deathly silent; there was no sound, not even the cheerful hooting of any Fall Guys.
Dou Tang expanded his senses, extending them far into the distance.
From a place as far away as possible, nearing the edge of the Fall Guys world, Dou Tang finally sensed the presence of the Fall Guys.
Why...why would they go to such a far place?
Dou Tang, filled with doubt, took to the air again and flew into the distance, ignoring the grime that was still on the field.
………………
"Whoa, whoa, whoa..."
Gasping for breath, Yusuke Uchiyama, who was already exhausted, was supported by the foot of the Ghost Mountain. It took the two of them a great deal of effort to return from the depths of the valley to the place where it connected with the Fall Guys world.
"Tell me, what exactly is Haoli?" asked the man at the foot of the Resentful Spirit Mountain.
"I don't know... cough cough, I see it, I see the train, let's go back quickly."
The two crossed a desolate landscape and returned to the train, only to be surprised to find that the jelly bean characters had scattered around the train, chasing each other and playing happily in the jelly bean desert.
"Sometimes I feel like these Fall Guys are like little kids who haven't developed their intelligence yet, it's just...it's just impossible to figure out what they're trying to do."
The two climbed to the top of the train, feeling their strength gradually returning, and began to discuss.
“On the edge of the Fall Guys world, there is a region called Haoli, which is isolated by a barrier formed by so many dead people. I have a feeling that this may be related to Kiryu-kun’s true identity,” Yusuke Uchiyama guessed.
"Isn't this obvious?" Wanling Mountain curled his lip.
“However…” Yusuke Uchiyama frowned and continued his analysis, “This world isn’t as friendly as the Fall Guys world. We’ve been in there for a while now, and we feel increasingly tired. Could it be that Hori is absorbing our stamina?”
Looking at the opening leading to Haoli from the foot of Wanling Mountain, he said, "The dead have no strength."
"If we hadn't come out in time and had stayed inside until we were exhausted, guess what would have happened?"
“Yes…” Yusuke Uchiyama hesitated, a chill running down his spine. “Will I die again?”
"It might actually be possible."
“Then we absolutely can’t let these jelly bean men take any risks. They might still be useful to Kiryu-kun.” Yusuke Uchiyama jumped off the train and walked towards the jelly bean men playing in the distance, saying as he went, “Hurry up and get them on the train, let’s go back to the amusement park!”
………………
While flying, Dou Tang suddenly felt a sense of resistance in his heart.
It seems... I don't really want to go looking for those jelly beans anymore. Anyway, throwing Gouchang into the Milkshake Ocean will be enough to send him to the afterlife, so why bother looking for them? They've gone far away, maybe someone took them out to play. It doesn't seem quite right for me to go and call them back.
No, how could I have such thoughts? The Fall Guys' very existence is to complete competitions, isn't it? What am I thinking about them? That's their job, okay?
Just as I was thinking this, a train came from afar, billowing blue cotton candy smoke.
The train was full of Fall Guys, many of whom waved and greeted the floating Fall Guys.
We found them... They hadn't gone too far, that's great.
For some reason, Dou Tang suddenly felt relieved.
Tou Tang breathed a sigh of relief, landed on top of the locomotive, then jumped off and entered the carriage, where he saw Uchiyama Yusuke and the resentful spirit Shan Shita driving the train.
Dou Tang wanted to say something, but hesitated and stopped.
Yusuke Uchiyama spoke first: "Kiryu-kun, we...we took Fall Guys to a faraway place to see how big this Fall Guys world is. Please forgive us."
“It’s nothing…” Dou Tang shook his head.
"By the way, Kiryu-kun, do you know what's on the border?" Ghost Mountain suddenly asked.
Dou Tang was taken aback, then said uncertainly, "The Fall Guys world should be... boundless, and it will expand as the number of Fall Guys increases."
"Have you ever been to the border?" the questioner continued from the foot of the Wraith Mountain.
"Why are you asking this?"
Seemingly sensing the displeasure in Tou-tang's words, Yu-ling-shan fell silent. Uchiyama Yu-suke, who was standing to the side, added, "It's nothing, Kiryu-kun, I was just a little curious."
Dou Tang nodded and stopped talking, but he was actually thinking about a question about himself.
I've never explored the boundaries of the Fall Guys world, so why... why do I subconsciously feel that the Fall Guys world has no boundaries?
Given his meticulous nature, he should definitely want to find out the truth, but why didn't he explore it before?
Dou Tang suddenly felt uneasy.
It seems like I'm resisting or afraid of something... Why?
Chapter 85 Huaiyin applies to join the battlefield!
Dou Tang decided to temporarily prevent the filth from being purified.
He merely took Gouchang's crown, intending to purify Gouchang along with all the evil spirits he would kill after the Taira no Masakado incident was completely over, so that the Fall Guys game would be more competitive.
After all... if 59 Fall Guys are targeting one Gou Chang, Gou Chang would be too pitiful.
Dou Tang returned to reality, let out a long breath, and withdrew his fist. What appeared on the ground was a filthy corpse whose head had been completely smashed into a bloody pulp.
Seeing this, Dou Tang was puzzled again.
When this person saw his palm pressing down, instead of running away, he actually reached out to block it... Why? Would a normal person meet an enemy so much taller and stronger like this?
...Doesn't he have any idea whether he can resist?
Surely they don't think they can turn the tables on their opponents, right?
Dou Tang straightened up, and the crown that had fallen to the ground slowly floated up and merged into his palm.
A dazzling golden light burst forth from within the arm, then slowly dimmed and disappeared.
Information about the crown held by the vile also came to mind.
This is the fifth crown besides the one already owned by Dou Tang.
【Taste the Crown】
[The yokai Kagura is a legendary monster that licks up filth. He is elusive and appears and disappears without a trace, but the places he licks become increasingly filthy—that is his power.]
[A hundred grime subsides]
As the master of filth, you will have the power to control mold and slime mold, their growth and extinction at your command. You are the master of these tiny creatures.
Dou Tang waved his muscular arms, feeling... it was useless.
However, countless tiny points of light seemed to appear in his perception. In his field of vision, the walls and floor of the corridor in front of him were filled with tiny lights. These lights grew larger and smaller according to Dou Tang's thoughts, which were symbols of the growth and death of various bacteria.
Dou Tang exited the Fall Guys mode and looked at himself. Sure enough, he had quite a few light spots on him.
He waved his hand, and all the light spots on his body disappeared, giving Dou Tang the illusion that he was much cleaner.
...It seems to be very useful for cleaning the body.
Is it considered a convenient crown jewel?
I wonder if Kakujo, who rose to the rank of general by Taira no Masakado's side with this ability, would feel his worldview collapse if he knew about it.
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