Chapter 1

Gotham City, a certain underground sewer.

A petite figure darted past, and close behind her, another, swifter figure followed.

After several sudden stops and sharp turns, [Cai Bu Pa Ne] was forced into a dead end.

Seeing this, Bu Pa turned alertly and suddenly attacked without warning. She was still using a long-handled weapon, but the equipment looked much shinier than the one she had wielded on "Hunter Island."

As a non-studio player heavily cultivated by a jianghu (martial world) organization, Bu Pa was obviously well-equipped.

The "Jinglei Chu" (Thunderbolt Pestle) swept across, setting off a burst of electric light.

The figure chasing her was also prepared, quickly blocking with his arm. Unexpectedly, the moment he was struck by the electric light, he felt his strength rapidly draining away, and his body went numb.

"Oh? So you have this trick up your sleeve." [Qi Sha] sneered and immediately shouted, "Too bad it's useless!"

This violent shout was like a thunderbolt in the clear sky. A surge of vigorous Dou Qi (fighting energy) burst out from Qi Sha's body, rushing towards Bu Pa like a raging wave.

Bu Pa knew that the situation was unfavorable; her opponent was far stronger than her, and a head-on collision would inevitably lead to defeat.

In desperation, she suddenly had an idea. Using all her strength, she jumped upward, and using the force of the incoming Qi wave, she swung the divine weapon in her hand, smashing open the thick concrete above her head, and directly reached the surface.

Above was a road, with quite a lot of cars...

Suddenly, a large section of the street surface was lifted up like a carpet, and a beautiful woman wielding a huge weapon emerged from below. Pedestrians and drivers were undoubtedly stunned, and traffic was paralyzed within seconds.

Then, an even more exaggerated scene occurred. As soon as the petite woman stood still, she thrust the weapon in her hand into the nearest taxi, completely disregarding whether there was anyone inside.

The car was like a steak, and the Jinglei Chu in Bu Pa's hand was like a fork. She used her weapon to lift the entire car up, roared, and swung the car towards the opening in the road.

After releasing his move, Qi Sha froze in place for a few seconds, then stepped forward to chase again. Unexpectedly, when he leaped up, he crashed head-on into a large yellow iron block falling down.

When he jumped up, it was only to reach the surface, and he didn't exert all his strength in his legs. If he had known there would be such an obstruction, he would have desperately punched upward, and perhaps he could have knocked the car back to the ground, or broken it in two.

But there are no "ifs" in this world...

Qi Sha was already in mid-air, with nowhere to borrow strength, so he had to protect his head with his hands and take the hit. The weight of the car plus Bu Pa's strength forced Qi Sha back down, and he fell back into the sewer.

That wasn't the end of it. After throwing the car, Bu Pa immediately put away the Jinglei Chu and switched to two Uzi submachine guns from her knapsack, dual-wielding them and spraying bullets downwards. Before the bullets ran out, she successfully hit the taxi's fuel tank, causing an explosion.

Brief stiffness, the disadvantage of being in a high position, and a sudden, continuous attack—these three factors caused Qi Sha, who had the upper hand in strength, to suffer a great loss. Although he had tried his best to crawl out from under the car and escape into the distance when he heard the gunshots, he was still affected by the explosion.

Qi Sha's survival points plummeted, dropping to 19%. He quickly downed a large survival point supplement, ignoring the burns and bleeding effects on his body. He stepped down and bounced up, chasing after her again.

This time, Qi Sha jumped very high, but when he passed through the hole in the road and leaped into the air, he couldn't see Bu Pa's figure.

"Tch... escaped?" Qi Sha spat unhappily. "You really can't let your guard down even for a moment..." He slowly landed, kneeling on one knee, and suffered a little more damage. "Damn, I jumped too high..."

At this moment, police sirens sounded, and nearby patrol cars had arrived. Two police officers ran over, aiming their guns at him and saying, "Hey! You! Don't move, keep your hands where I can see them."

Qi Sha glanced at them and muttered to himself, "Hmph... that little girl smashed things up, but I'm taking the blame..." He ignored the two policemen's threats, looked around, casually chose a direction that looked pleasing, and with a tap of his foot, instantly turned into a blurry shadow and rushed out.

The two patrol officers were dumbfounded. They could barely keep up with Qi Sha's movements, but by the time they turned their guns around, he had already run far away. Besides, they weren't confident in hitting a target moving at such high speed, and the possibility of accidentally shooting a civilian was higher.

"Headquarters, we have a serious situation here! Suspected armed conflict between super criminals." When they came to their senses, they quickly returned to the patrol car and reported the situation over the radio.

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Also in Gotham City, a certain underground parking lot.

Two figures faced each other.

So-called experts and strong individuals often share many common ways of thinking. Therefore, less than an hour after entering the script, they found each other.

"I really didn't expect to run into you first." The man speaking looked to be about twenty-six or twenty-seven years old, with short black hair, a tall figure, and handsome features. [Wu Si Can Xuan] was wearing a set of ink-colored clothes and trousers, with a cloak of order draped over his shoulders, and holding a paint spray can in each hand, the meaning of which was unclear.

"I'm probably the last person you wanted to meet," [Shiva] replied, looking a few years older than the other man, with long hair covering most of his face. The "Deities'" uniform couldn't hide his burly figure. His hands, however, were empty, seemingly prepared to fight barehanded.

"You could say that," Wu Si Can Xuan said. "But... if I want to win in this killing game, you're a high wall that I must overcome. Meeting you when I'm in my best condition is also a good thing, it should be a good fight..."

"Are you misunderstanding something?" Shiva coldly replied. "To you, I am a mountain."

"Is that so? Heh..." Wu Si Can Xuan coldly laughed off Shiva's provocation. "In the past, we've fought in other games more than once or twice, and I acknowledge your abilities, but..." A strange look flashed in his eyes. "After seeing 'that kid's' battle, I saw a new realm. Compared to him, you're nothing more than that." Wu Si Can Xuan called this reverse taunting. "That's also why you've always been kept under his thumb on the combat power rankings."

"Does a higher ranking necessarily mean victory in battle?" Shiva retorted. "You don't need me to tell you how many variables there are in the battles of Thriller Paradise."

"I'll return those words to you verbatim, because that's also the reason I'm still standing here," Wu Si Can Xuan said. "Unfortunately... the 'variables' you speak of have nothing to do with that kid. Don't think that you're only one step away from Gui Xiao." Something flashed in his eyes. "Although it seems like it's just the difference between first and second place, that distance... might be farther than the distance between you and the hundredth place."

"Hmph... then..." As Shiva spoke, eight stone discs appeared behind him, each the size of a palm and slightly different in shape. "Let's witness, just how great the gap between you and me is..."

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Gotham City, "Northern Paradise" Factory.

Feng Bujue came out of a taxi whistling, stuffed a hundred-dollar bill to the driver, and very cockily said, "keepthechange."

The driver thanked him and happily drove away.

An hour had passed since Feng Bujue escaped from the bank. In this hour, he ran to a newsstand, grabbed a pile of newspapers like he was robbing the place, and then went to a small hotel that didn't require identification and rented a room. He researched the news while calculating the cooldowns of his summoning skills. The few things he summoned during this time were mostly about the same strength as the "Hammerhead Crane," small in size, and didn't have any special abilities.

By the way, Feng Bujue had stuffed a bag of US dollars in the bank and put the cash bag into his knapsack... so buying newspapers, staying in a hotel, and taking a taxi were naturally no problem.

"Northern Paradise... Hmph... you really outdid yourself, old man Victor." Feng Bujue said, looking at the factory in front of him.

The old man Victor he was talking about was Mr. Freeze (real name Victor Fries).

The Cape Conquest was also considered one of DC Comics' major events, and Feng Bujue had read it. He couldn't say he was very familiar with the plot, but as long as he had read it, he could rely on his memory to dig out all the big and small details from his memory attic...

Simply put, the plot was that after Bruce Wayne "died" (DC Comics wrote Batman to death that year to increase sales, and then shamelessly claimed that he had actually time-traveled), the second-generation Robin, Jason Todd, attempted to take over the Batman title and replace him. But after Todd was killed by the Joker once (he worked hard to die and come back to life to make money), he lost himself, and the dark side of his personality rose up, taking a biased and crazy path.

So, the first-generation Robin, Dick Grayson (who had left Batman and gone solo, leaving Gotham City and coming to Brookhaven, and established himself as Nightwing), returned to Gotham City. As Bruce's most favored successor, he lived up to expectations (DC gave him a protagonist halo) and finally defeated Todd, inheriting the mantle of Batman.

In this struggle, two other Robins appeared to play supporting roles. Of course, they were not as interesting as the two above.

What Feng Bujue was concerned about was not the Cape Conquest itself, but the several hidden lines that were interspersed behind the Cape Conquest and occurred simultaneously...

One was the fight between Two-Face and the Penguin; the second was the "Black Mask" releasing and controlling the Arkham inmates; and the third was the incident of Mr. Freeze being arrested by Commissioner Gordon.

And judging from the information in the newspaper, the third thing had not yet happened at this time...