I Got Up, One Arrow, One Kill, What Do You Say?

The twin BOSSes, Oni Princess and Yaksha, actually appeared in the first Streets of Rage as well. Back then, they were much simpler, with slender and well-proportioned figures, completely unlike their redesign in the third installment, where they became punk girls with explosive curves stuffed into tight outfits.

Along with their figures, their combat abilities also underwent drastic changes.

As the game iterated and its assets were updated, they gained more agile jumping abilities than in the first installment, incredibly powerful kicking techniques, highly synchronized combat coordination, very standard ground wave release capabilities, and a fusion skill that could only be used when both twins were present.

Whether in reality or in games, twins always share a peculiar connection. This leads to some skills originating from the game's blueprint only achieving better effects when manifested by actual twins, preferably identical ones.

It was clear that the two individuals who changed their Chosen IDs to Oni Princess and Yaksha were precisely this type.

These two had successfully acquired the fusion skill ability that allowed them to achieve an effect greater than the sum of their parts, dropped by the twin BOSSes Oni Princess and Yaksha, by finding a bargain in the market. However, this ability, which should have been enough to turn the tables in a desperate situation, was instantly recognized by Cheng Tian.

Cheng Tian was able to see through their secret simply by stacking keywords and performing a search: purple bodysuit, twins, female, ground wave. His mind then automatically located and searched for Streets of Rage. This judgment, which he considered as easy as eating or drinking, was something no one else in the Chosen Space could achieve.

They simply couldn't possess the vast game knowledge that Cheng Tian had, knowledge that seemed to have been born for the Chosen Space, almost capable of generating a "Mind Palace."

The already fragile psychological defenses of the twin players had completely collapsed. The word "escape" filled their minds.

If it had been an experienced player who saw through them, they could have explained it away as the opponent's extensive experience. But to be seen through by a complete newcomer who, theoretically, had only experienced their second Chosen Instance, began to send shivers down their spines.

This wasn't Cheng Tian flaunting his wealth like a child carrying gold through a busy market; it was clearly a trap meticulously prepared to hunt them down!

Which guild had gone to such lengths!?

Crimson Dawn? Blue Flame Brotherhood? Or Card Player Supreme? It couldn't possibly be Sword and Magic and Crossdressing Mountain, could it?

Several player guilds that they had previously offended, directly or indirectly, flashed through their minds. Then, under the gaze of Cheng Tian, whose arms hung loosely by his sides and swayed slightly, and Eileen, who had nocked an arrow and was aiming again, they almost simultaneously began to shuffle backward.

The twins had completely lost the will to fight.

Even though they still possessed innate skills and equipment skills that could cause Cheng Tian significant trouble, their only remaining thought was to escape.

Cheng Tian's positioning cut off the possibility of the twin sisters regrouping. They didn't have the idea of dying together with their sister, but instead decisively chose to split up and run, planning to regroup later.

"Huh? Trying to run?"

The twins' act of turning and fleeing caught Cheng Tian, who had been quietly adjusting his equipment, by surprise. Immediately, his right hand, like a swung Vampire Killer, struck the air with a loud crack. The next second, Captain America's Shield, which had been embedded in a trash can, automatically sprang back into Cheng Tian's hand.

On the other hand, Oni had already darted ten meters away, her movements erratic, running, jumping, and kicking off walls, her speed increasing.

This was the first time Cheng Tian had seriously witnessed a player with high agility as their specialty. He immediately realized that with Flash Charge on cooldown, he couldn't possibly catch up to her with just his own two thick legs, enhanced by only 12 agility.

Furthermore, the Polymorph missile had a one-second casting delay and its own projectile trajectory, making the probability of hitting the opponent very low. Thus, all Cheng Tian could do was throw Captain America's Shield again, which had a significantly faster throwing speed.

However, Cheng Tian didn't hold much hope for it.

As expected, the younger sister, Yaksha, possessed a damage-mitigating safety skill called God of War Style's Cyclone Kick. The elder sister, Oni, had a similar skill, derived from Mustafa Cairo's move in Dino Crisis, commonly known as "Yellow Hat"—the "Yellow Cyclone."

Just as the shield was about to slice through Oni's back of the head, the twin sister, without any deceleration, launched into the air with a Yellow Cyclone—no, it should be considered a Purple Cyclone—and kicked Cheng Tian's thrown shield away.

Having PTSD from the main quest, they didn't have many other skills, but they certainly had plenty of safety and escape methods.

Cheng Tian didn't waste any more time chasing. For high-agility enemies like these, it was indeed difficult to kill them without a suitable enclosed environment. And for Cheng Tian, who had only completed the Novice Trial, he truly didn't have many more means to restrict their escape mobility.

Is this the gap between me and the veteran players? The Chosen Space is really interesting~

Unaware that he had scared the other party into submission, Cheng Tian was clearly smiling. Far from being discouraged, he immediately put "how to restrict agile units" on his to-do list of plans and ideas.

Players aren't afraid of encountering enemies they can't handle. As long as players are given a chance to review and analyze, those enemies will inevitably be targeted to death.

However, just as Cheng Tian decisively gave up the ineffective pursuit, the Tragic Beauty Girl Archer abandoned her stealth. She leaped down from a height of eight stories. Just as her shapely and strong thighs were about to be snapped like sugarcane, a fierce gust of wind suddenly erupted, blowing her into the air for several seconds before she landed lightly.

Eileen held an emerald green longbow in her hand, paired with a quiver of equally emerald green arrows on her back. A fresh scent, as if one were in nature, instantly filled Cheng Tian's nostrils.

Eileen nocked an arrow onto her bowstring. She first pouted at Cheng Tian, signaling him to get lost and not interfere with her aim. Then, the muscles in her arms and thighs instantly tensed, revealing very distinct muscle bulges under her otherwise uncurving clothes. She then drew the bowstring back to its fullest extent, and the arrow, imbued with nature and death, was aimed at the Oni Princess's retreating back.

The next second, a critical hit, enshrouded in a storm, exploded forth—

Fusion Combat Skill! Storm Power Strike!

Having sensed some danger and chosen to use the "True Word Shield: Enchantment Scroll" from her inventory in advance, the Oni Princess, covered in a golden shield that could absorb damage, only had time to feel a powerful thrust from behind before her vision was plunged into eternal darkness.

The Oni Princess's body, completely exposed, was pinned to the tightly shut doors of the Abandoned Factory. The storm that carried her corpse evenly splattered blood onto the doors, forming a strange crimson whirlwind pattern. The dead Oni Princess looked more like some kind of sacrifice, and the entire scene was extremely bloody and dynamic, even carrying a hint of philosophical depth.

Afterward, a scarlet treasure chest appeared from the Oni Princess's corpse and dropped to the ground alone.