Feng Xue's Gone Off the Rails
The process of climbing the tower was unremarkable. With Feng Xue's current Combat Power, the seventh-tier guards were nothing more than grunts that could be cleared with a single punch. After spending a few minutes exploring the map, he had already reached the 66th floor, only to find that this place was exactly the same as the 61st floor.
However, compared to playing cards on the 61st floor, the trend here is...
"I won! A straight flush! One round, 1000 points!"
Looking at the mahjong tables set up in the central square, Feng Xue suddenly felt a sense of helplessness. She wondered if it was due to a generation gap, but the older generation of Weird Tale and their kind of Weird Tale climbing out of the Infinite City without any promotion had completely different concepts of time.
Every single person he had ever seen, even Old Li who seemed to be slacking off, rarely stopped. But above the fiftieth floor of the Tower of Babel, these seniors were basically like retired old men, as if fame and fortune were just fleeting clouds, and everything in this world was no longer relevant to them.
"Oh, a newbie? You don't look like you're here to climb the tower?" A keen onlooker noticed Feng Xue's approach and immediately asked in a friendly manner. Feng Xue nodded and said:
"I've come looking for Kukulkan, but I don't know where he is?"
"Oh, so you're trying to challenge the floor master again? He's practicing driving over there. If this guy weren't so weak, we should really go downstairs!" The Weird Tale pointed in a direction, and Feng Xue immediately thanked him, then followed the path he indicated. And then, she saw...
A red dragon?
Ahem, to be precise, it was a motorcycle with a red dragon floating in the sky.
"Good heavens, so you're this kind of Feathered Serpent God!"
Feng Xue's face darkened as she watched the man in the D-wheel speeding down the road at a speed that was simply impossible to catch.
Thinking of the phrase "Accelerated Synchronization can even surpass light," he silently took out his Transformation Belt and put it on his waist.
"Transform!"
"Night Parade of a Hundred Demons, demons and monsters abound; this is the time for your reign!"
The reflection of the Xuanjun Pavilion appeared behind them, and one after another, the phantoms of celestial demons were dragged into the armor by chains extending from it. Golden cloaks fluttered behind them, and silver skirt armor surrounded their sides.
He reached behind him and pulled out a visually striking motorcycle.
Feng Xue hopped on her motorcycle and immediately gave chase.
"?" Seemingly noticing the roar of the engine behind him, the Weird Tale of the D-Wheel raised an eyebrow and smiled, saying, "Looks like you know my rules, then there's no need for further words, let's begin!"
"I know nothing!" Feng Xue's lips twitched, but before he could say anything more, beams of light spread outwards from his D-wheel.
Then he discovered that there was a... Duel Disk on his motorcycle?
"High-Speed World 2 is activated, autonomous driving preparation..."
"Good heavens, even the [Kamen Rider Motorbike], which is also Phantom Object, can be directly given D-Wheel characteristics. This shouldn't be Phantom Object effect, but rather a related power, right? Luckily, I have a card I picked up from the junkyard!" Feng Xue's expression twitched slightly, but she still immediately pulled out a deck from her pocket.
Hopefully, this Red Dragon isn't using a deck from the current meta...
... Ten minutes later...
"What kind of deck is this? Who taught you to build it like this? And is it appropriate for you to use Inca cards against a Mayan god like me?"
"You mean you want me to use the Iberia card?" Feng Xue deactivated her transformation, got off the motorcycle, and put away her Golden Kingdom. Looking at the utterly devastated Kukulkan in front of her, she thought to herself, "At least this senior hasn't been turned into a feminine character by a futa dog."
"No!" Kukulkan, still traumatized by the sticker + g attack, was ashen-faced, but he put away his D-wheel and sighed.
"It seems that relying on this kind of power to take revenge is still a bit difficult..."
"What powers do you have?" Feng Xue was still a little confused, but Kukulkan shrugged and said:
"The Dark Game, the Duel Ritual, the Creation of Spirits, and besides that, there's the already incredibly weak Harvest, Death, Rebirth, Sunlight, and so on. There's also the Dragon Lord, who can control Dragon Kind of lower rank than me. Hmm, now whatever you ask me, I'll answer—that's the price of losing the Dark Game."
"???" Feng Xue said, somewhat speechless, "What if you win?"
"Uh, you don't know?" Kukulkan looked at Feng Xue with a strange expression, and only after confirming that he really didn't know did he sigh:
"I Think you chasing after me on your bike, and I thought you knew the rules. Well, to put it simply, it's because more and more people have been coming to me with questions lately, so I've put together a rule: if you play Dark Game with me, I'll answer whatever they ask, but if you lose, you have to help me take revenge on Iberia, um, and Victoria! Oh, and Colombia too! And in the name of Feathered Serpent God!"
This senior colleague harbors quite a deep grudge...
Feng Xue muttered to himself, but he didn't find it hard to understand. If it were his underlings who were slaughtered and he himself were bombarded, he would also feel deep resentment.
Putting that thought out of her mind, Feng Xue brought the topic back to her own needs:
"More than that, I'd like to know about the challenge the original poster is undertaking."
"I understand, I understand. Lately, almost everyone who comes up here asks this question. Let's go, let's talk about it over there." Feathered Serpent God pointed his finger, and the D-Wheel on the ground and the red dragon in the sky merged into one, turning into a small corn seed that landed in his hand.
Feng Xue followed Kukulkan all the way to a pavilion by the roadside, where he finally spoke:
"The so-called floor owner challenge is actually no different from the room owner challenge, except that above the hundredth floor, there is only one room on each floor, so it is called challenging the floor owner. However, when I went up a few years ago, there were only eleven floors that were occupied. Then a little girl went up there recently, so there should be eight floors that are still unoccupied now."
"Little girl... Aoyagi Lantern?" Feng Xue thought to herself, but didn't ask that question. Instead, she followed up on Kukulkan's words:
"So, you mean we're going to project the 'former homeowner's' image?"
"No." Kukulkan shook his head. "Actually, challenging the floor master doesn't happen in the Virtual Space, but in the world behind the door. In each floor master's room, there is a fixed door. Behind this door is a very dangerous Supernatural Tale World. To challenge the floor master, you have to defeat the previous floor master in this Supernatural Tale World. If it's an unclaimed floor, then you challenge the Supernatural Tale World."
"Challenge the world? So there are standards for passing?" Feng Xue seemed thoughtful, and Kukulkan nodded in agreement.
"That's right, but specifically, each level seems to have different standards. I challenged the 114th Floor, and the passing standard was to survive in the world behind the door for a year. I only lasted about seven months before my powers suddenly collapsed. It's just that I still had the authority to resurrect, otherwise I probably would have died inside. By the way, this challenge is the same as a normal world crossing. Except for the initial 24-hour cooldown, you can leave at will. However, due to certain factors within the world, you may not be able to get out in time if you encounter danger."
Not everyone watches the card game, so I'll skip the details. In short, it's like the Golden Country playing against the Old Age Synchro, starting with a G-card, using skill draw and full stickers to suppress the opponent, emphasizing not letting the opponent play Yu-Gi-Oh!!
As for Feathered Serpent God's dueling power, 5DS started airing in 2008 and ended in 2011. That period coincided with the peak of the Legend of Mir 2 craze (in fact, 5DS's choice of the Red Dragon was somewhat of a way of riding on the 2012 hype). Given the popularity of Yu-Gi-Oh! -Oh!, it's quite normal for Feathered Serpent God to have been revived and gained some of the Red Dragon's power.