Thriller Paradise

The explosion gathered strength and the air around the area whipped viciously. If you could turn back a few chapters… the Anomaly Y2-Bright Glow was almost dead from just standing in the range of this Kamekameha. And now, the giant Lotus Soul had taken all of the damage from this skill, none of its power had gone to waste. Combining that with the special effect of Bell of Jin Gang, that was a full 200 percent of damage…

A normal scenario Boss would have difficulty surviving this blow. But… Feng Bujue was currently inside a very difficult team nightmare mode scenario and Lotus Soul was a hidden boss. In terms of power level, she was much stronger than a normal NPC, perhaps she was even on the same level as Sam Montier. And thus something extremely curious happened before Feng Bujue…

After the explosion settled, Lotus Soul's giant body that was made up from shit and other dirty substance shattered and broke but she was not killed… Instead, inside that body appeared the a half-translucent humanoid illusion that looked no different from a normal person. Feng Bujue focused his eyes to look. The current Lotus Soul basically had the appearance of a human female. She wore a long dress that hugged her curve and she had waves of hair that reached down to her waist; the only difference was… the middle part of Lotus Soul's face (the nose and the cheeks) was not covered with skin but they were exposed as bones. But the eyes and the lips were full and quite beautiful.

"Ah… as I expected…" Brother Jue mumbled. "With the judgement of beauty at the kingdom of the dead… Bones must be featured for their 'most beautiful' thing…"

"You managed…" Lotus Soul's tone had changed tremendously, "… to break down the seal of the curse?" When she said that last few words, she was practically at the verge of tears. "ha… ha ha ha…" She started to laugh. Seconds later though, that joy turned into sadness and she cried. Then seconds later, she laughed… and then cried…

Feng Bujue watched this quietly while lingering in the air. He did not say anything and di not continue any attack. From his point of view, this was all very normal. If a person was trapped inside a shell made of shit for that long, after one was released, one would probably react the same way as Lotus Soul was reacting right now… Honestly, if this Boss lost her mind from an overload of joy, Brother Jue wouldn't be surprised.

"I am… finally free!" Lotus Soul looked up into the sky, opened her arms and shouted at the top of her lungs. Even though she was still bathing in a nasty mist of air, she looked like she was at some kind of heavenly retreat…

"Hey, hey… is this some replica of the ending of Shawshank Redemption…?" Feng Bujue laughed drily as he slowly landed down from the sky. He knew that he was finally lucky for once… The kamekameha did not kill the boss but it had ended the battle in a different way. As he expected, soon later, with a buzz, the surrounding barrier had disappeared.

"If you are done celebrating, do you mind answering a few of my questions?" Feng Bujue returned to stand on the muddy path and turned to the Lotus Soul. The latter looked at Brother Jue and replied, "Oh… Of course." Her voice did not change much though, she still sounded like an old witch. "After all you have done me a huge favour… he he… what do you wish to know? Traveller from another world."

"How do one leave Island of Devil's Maw?" Feng Bujue cut directly to the heart of the matter.

…

At the same time, at the centre of the island, inside the crystalline maze, the space here was crooked and the light reflected and refracted in strange angles. Giant crystalline columns protruded out at strange angles and extremely hostile strange creatures called this place home. At the centre of this maze, there was a large crystal cage. The 'cage' was like an oval rattan ball, it was weaved from crystals and the inside was hollow. Inside the cage was a shadow who was sitting on the ground with his head lowered in thought…

"Well, this scene sure is ironic…" Suddenly a low and throaty voice rang from outside the cage. Sam Montier inside the cage did not budge and reply without even lifting his head, "Hmph… it's you…" he paused before calling the new arrival by his name. "Billy."

Turns out it was none other than the puppet Billy who was had arrived to chat with the prisoner.

"Once upon a time, it was me inside the cage and you outside," Billy continued, "Hah… but now, you are the prisoner and I am a free man."

"Have you come to me just to utter these nonsense?" Sam Montier asked, "Also… with your ability, how did you manage to get into the Island of Devil's Maw?" At this point, he finally lifted his head. Moonlight shone through the gap of the crystal cage and showered unevenly inside the cage, lighting up this prisoner inside the cage…

Sam Montier had quite an imposing appearance, he was 2 metres tall, incredibly statuesque with long limbs; the shape of his face was animal like and his skin was dark-red in color. A pair of earthly yellowish color eyes looked around with alert, and they shone like a feline's eyes in the dark; a goat's horn grew out of his forehead and behind him was a pair of bat's wing (they had already atrophied, they did not allow their owner to fly but they could open up to a total 3 metres in size), the claws and the jaws were sharp as tack. His legs were muscular that led down to a pair of giant hooves. The crotch and the calves were covered in stiff bristles and there was a lion's tail that grew right above his backside.

"Many things have changed, Sam Montier." Billy rode on his small tricycle and round and round he went around the crystal cage. He uttered at the same time, "Many things have happened in the years that you have been imprisoned…"

"You mean to say… the current you already possess the power to enter and leave the Island of Devil's Maw freely?" Sam Montier huffed indignantly, "Preposterous…"

"Do you not believe me or you can't believe me?" Billy laughed in his brassy tone. "If I tell you, not only me… but both Ravid and Aldan have also possessed power greater than yours, what would you think?"

"With the three of you?" Sam Montier squeezed out the following through his teeth.

"It must be hard to accept, isn't it?" Billy laughed coldly. "I can understand why. As the last descendant of the most powerful Satyr race, you have your own pride and honor." He stopped before the cage and continued, "Previously, even if the three of us joined forced, we couldn't do anything to you. But now… every one of us is more powerful than you, of course, you cannot accept that as part of you rturth."

"Little puppet, do not pretend that you know me…" A vicious glint crossed Sam Montier's eyes. "Even I do not know myself…"

"Hah… That's why they say the onlooker sees more of the game…" Billy added, "Before the lawful deities, your actions do appear irregular. But i… I can understand you fully." He paused for a second before continuing, "No matter how brilliantly you shine among your peers, you are a satyr, there is a chaotic blood in your veins, that is part of your instinct that you cannot resist. Even if you became a Time Warden, and a slave to the law, you still cannot resist the things that reside in your blood… Therefore, you turned on the Master of Time, escaped from that prison and released the three of us prisoners…"

"So you still remember that…" Sam Montier added, "Don't you think now is the perfect opportunity for you to repay me that favour?"

"Favor? Ha ha ha ha…." Billy laughed thrice. "I was not born yesterday. So save your breath." His tone turned sharp. "You let us go to distract the Master of Time, to buy time for your 'escape plan of permanency'. Unfortunately, your plan was shattered due to an extremely small accident… You have underestimated the travellers from the other world… or rather you have underestimated the power of that 'Feng Bujue'. Therefore, at the last moment, you were captured by the Master of Time. And the first thing you did after being captured was to sell out our location in exchange for your own life."

"You have indeed predicted my previous actions and thoughts." Sam Montier said coldly. "But that did not mean… that you understand me."

"Perhaps…" Billy paused for a few seconds before he continued, "Anyway, let's get back to reason… I am here because I wish to make a deal with you."

"What?" Sam Montier's expression shifted to show surprise.

"Why? Is that so strange?" Billy continued, "On this island, trading is the only trustworthy principle, is it not? Just like your trade with Rainsford, as long as a consensus can be made, a deal could be done. Both parties can get what they want."

"You sure know a lot than you should…" Sam Montier said darkly, "Indeed, I have made a deal with him. Rainsford was a human being not worth mentioning, I shared with him minimal power and direct him how to leave the island and he was more than willing to help me take revenge against Feng Bujue." He paused, the yellowish eyes stared right at Billy's face. "But you… what would you want me from me? At least I believe… I have nothing but pain left."