Lucian showed no fear at all. He waited until the Blood Bull was just about to crash into him, then instantly dodged to the side.
He followed up with a fierce slash across the Blood Bull's back armor, carving out a deep wound by force.
The parts inside were clearly visible, with faint sparks of electricity flashing through them.
The Blood Bull let out a furious roar and swung its battle axe backward, but Lucian dodged again.
Boom!
The savage blood-red battle axe split straight through the ground, exposing the abyss below.
This village was suspended in the sky. If someone fell from here, they would lose a life unless they happened to hit an obstacle on the way down.
After missing its attack, the Blood Bull grew even angrier. Steam-like heat poured from its nostrils as it charged at Lucian once more.
"Go, Cuz!" Ben shouted nervously, cheering Lucian on.
"Cuz, I'll help you!"
At that moment, Gwen hurried over with a boomerang in hand.
"Hey, Gwen, where'd you get that?" Ben couldn't help asking.
"Me? Obviously, I read the strategy guide." Gwen smiled.
The sheet of white paper from the treasure chest Lucian had opened earlier was the strategy guide.
Just part of it, though.
The boomerang in Gwen's hand was entirely silver and shaped like a snowflake, with extremely high destructive power.
Attack +1200!
Speed +400!
Defense +300!
"Blood Bull? In a moment, it'll just be a dead bull." Lucian let out a cold snort, weaving back and forth before suddenly appearing at the Blood Bull's side.
One slash came down at its knee!
Slash!
The Blood Bull's left leg was cut off on the spot.
With nothing under its foot, the Blood Bull couldn't keep its balance and crashed to the ground.
Before it could react, Lucian drove his blade straight into its head, piercing it in an instant.
Boom!
In the next moment, the Blood Bull burst apart like an overinflated balloon, turning into scattered white light.
Score +10000!
At the same time, a green illustrated card appeared before Lucian.
"It's Four Arms!"
Lucian reached out, and the Alien Hero card was immediately absorbed into the Omnitrix.
"Cool! Nice one, Cuz!"
Gwen had just arrived in time to see Lucian finish off the Blood Bull.
"Hey, a Four Arms card!" Ben was incredibly excited. He wanted one too.
He had tried transforming earlier, only to find the Omnitrix completely blank. Apparently, the transformations had been scattered throughout the game world.
Bang!
A giant Sumo Robot dropped from the sky and instantly smashed Ben into a pile of gold coins.
The coins gathered somewhere else, gradually outlining Ben's form before he dropped back to the ground.
"Oh no!"
One revival chance was gone, and Ben's heart ached.
Now he only had one life left, same as Gwen.
As for Lucian, he still had three lives.
"This giant robot has even higher stats than the Blood Bull." Lucian's eyes flickered.
"Let me do it!" Gwen hurled the snowflake boomerang, but it was knocked back with a single punch.
"No good. He's too tough!" Gwen said bitterly.
"At a time like this, it's Four Arms' turn to take the stage." A smile tugged at Lucian's lips as he pressed the Omnitrix and slammed it down.
"Four Arms!"
Four arms, four eyes, blood-red skin, a body covered in bulging muscles, silver armor on his body, a cloak fluttering in the wind, and a sharp treasured blade in hand.
"Oh man, that's so awesome!" Ben blurted out.
At that moment, the giant Sumo Robot moved.
It raised both arms, and two cannon muzzles appeared in its palms. A pair of raging shells shot out, trailing long streams of flame as they blasted this way at high speed.
Four Arms swung his blade and blocked the shells one by one. Then he kicked off with both legs, blasting a ring of white air from beneath his feet, and appeared behind the giant robot with lightning speed.
Four Arms let out a furious roar, gathered all his strength, and brought the blade down in one strike.
The sheer power split the giant robot cleanly in half.
Score +15000!
Obtained Alien Hero card: Arctiguana!
"Oh yeah! We won again!" Gwen cheered happily.
A yellow circular floating platform suddenly descended from the sky and landed in front of them.
Above it, a half-transparent golden pillar of light stretched upward into the heavens.
"It's a chart. We can use it to get to the next level!" Ben recognized it at once.
"Okay."
One after another, the group jumped onto the floating platform.
It immediately rose like an elevator.
Lucian swept his gaze across the surroundings and found robots, spaceships, and scattered buildings everywhere, along with bits of mechanical wreckage.
Soon, the group arrived at a new stage.
Before them stood a purple palace suspended in the sky, surrounded by many flying robots.
These flying robots looked a lot like the Sumo Robots, with their round heads, round bodies, and round bellies...
But they were stronger, because they could fly and fire shells.
The moment they spotted the group, they swarmed toward them like they had been pumped full of adrenaline.
This time, Lucian didn't transform.
These were just small fry. He needed to save his energy for the boss later.
With enemies closing in, the three chose to fight.
Lucian gripped his treasured blade, and every swing claimed a robot's life.
Gwen continuously threw her boomerang. Its terrifying power sliced back and forth through the robots, racking up score after score.
Ben wasn't idle either. Barehanded, he smashed those clumsy robots apart, or jumped onto one and controlled it to crash into the others.
They fought to their hearts' content. At this point, these underlings posed no threat to them at all.
The only thing they had to watch out for was falling off, because that would cost them their lives.
Fortunately, after entering the game, all of them had become much more agile, which kept that from happening.
In the middle of the fight, the corner of Ben's eye suddenly caught sight of a treasure chest.
It was on top of that purple palace!
Ben's face lit up with excitement. He leaped from robot to robot and quickly reached the treasure chest.
"It's a Treasure Chest!"
He opened it at once.
Alien Hero: Four Arms!
Just then, another giant robot attacked.
"Heh heh! Hero Transform!"
Boom!
A brilliant flash of green light burst out, and Ben transformed into the mighty Four Arms before charging forward.
But just as Four Arms was about to reach the giant robot, a massive black shadow suddenly crashed down from above.
The terrifying weight instantly flattened the giant robot.
"You're... Ishiyama!" Four Arms shouted excitedly when he saw who it was.
Lucian turned to look.
The newcomer was a powerfully built human with a small ponytail, two little mustaches beneath his nose, and an enormous body like a towering mountain.
Compared to him, even Four Arms, who stood over three meters tall, looked small.
At first glance, Ishiyama looked a bit like a sumo wrestler from Sakura Country.
Lucian knew this was the signature figure of the Sumo Slammers arcade game.
Ishiyama!
And also Ben's idol.
Faced with the enthusiastic Four Arms, Ishiyama scratched his head. "Why do you know my name, strange creature?"