Curse Returns, a gamble from the start, I awaken dual spells

Chapter 134 Time Turbulence

After leaving the plaza, Rito and Sayo walked forward along the broken walls and ruins of the southern ruins.

The location provided by Shinichi Kuroki clearly outlined the direction in their minds.

Once you pass through the ruins of this industrial zone and cross an abandoned residential area, you will reach the core area where the Southern Guardians reside.

But the further they went, the more bizarre the surrounding scenery became.

Li Ren noticed that the buildings on both sides of the road were beginning to show an unnatural decay.

Some of the cracks on the walls were expanding at a speed visible to the naked eye, like a videotape being fast-forwarded countless times.

In other places, however, the process of peeling off the wall was as slow as stagnant water, with a piece of debris suspended in mid-air before slowly falling to the ground.

"Be careful." Rito lowered his voice, his eyes scanning the surroundings warily.

Xiaoye walked beside him, her eyes, which could see the threads of cursed energy, gleaming with a faint blue light in the darkness.

"The flow of magical energy here is strange; the threads seem to be moving completely irregularly," Xiaoye said softly.

Rito nodded; he could sense the abnormal fluctuations in the surrounding magical energy.

He tentatively circulated the magical power within his body, trying to confirm his condition.

However, the next second, his pupils suddenly contracted.

His magical energy flow began to fluctuate, sometimes fast and sometimes slow.

As he stepped out with his right foot, the flow of magical power seemed to accelerate several times over, and a violent force surged through his meridians, almost bursting his blood vessels.

But when his left foot landed, that power instantly froze, like a frozen river, no matter how he tried to urge it on, it wouldn't budge.

This state of disorder is fatal to any sorcerer.

Rito stopped, took a deep breath, and tried to adjust the rhythm of his spell power.

But no matter how he tried, the fluctuations, sometimes fast and sometimes slow, remained, as if an invisible hand was controlling the cursed power within him.

"Rito?" Sayo noticed his unusual behavior and asked with concern, "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing," Rito shook his head. "I'm just a little unaccustomed to the environment here."

He didn't tell Xiaoye that his curse power had malfunctioned.

It wasn't that he didn't trust Xiaoye, but rather that he didn't want to distract her during the battle.

More importantly, he needs to figure out what's going on himself first.

Rito started walking again, this time deliberately slowing down in an attempt to find the pattern of the curse's power.

One step, two steps, three steps —

He soon discovered that the flow of his magical power was closely related to the surrounding environment.

When he passes through areas where time flows faster, his magical power becomes unusually active.

But when he steps into those corners where time seems to stand still, his magical power becomes stiff and stagnant.

This pattern is not entirely fixed; sometimes, the perceived flow of time can vary depending on when passing through the same area at different times.

"It's that guardian! Under the effect of the barrier, has his spell already affected the entire area?" Li Ren wondered to herself.

Moreover, this influence is not uniform, but rather like a tangled web of time, distributed across every corner of the southern ruins.

Those who walk within this web, if unable to adapt to this temporal disorder, will become like manipulated puppets, losing their way in the turbulent flow of time.

Rin began to slow down, constantly sensing the fluctuations in time around him as he moved forward.

He tried to adjust his breathing to synchronize his heartbeat with the rhythm of his surroundings.

This was an extremely energy-consuming task, but his body gradually began to adapt to the rhythm.

However, what truly unsettled Rito was Saya.

She walked ahead, her steps light, as if she were completely unaware of the disorder of time around her.

Her magical power flowed extremely smoothly, like a small boat that could maintain its balance even in a storm.

Rito carefully observed her several times to confirm that he was not mistaken.

In those areas where the flow of time was abnormal, Xiaoye not only walked normally, but even her breathing was normal.

"How is this possible?" Li Ren wondered to herself.

He remembered that Xiaoye's technique was indeed quite special, giving her eyes that could see through the trajectory of all magical power.

Even so, such a change in the flow of time should have an impact on any living organism.

Unless, she is hiding some secret that he doesn't know about.

Li Ren did not dwell on it further, but kept this vigilance to himself.

Xiaoye's behavior forced him to re-evaluate the girl who had always been by his side.

The two continued onward, and the surrounding scenery became increasingly distorted.

A collapsed building lies across the middle of the road, but strangely, the walls of the building are semi-transparent, and the outline of the ruins behind it can be seen through the walls.

"The spacetime distortion in this area may be more serious than we thought," Rihito whispered a reminder.

Xiaoye nodded, her eyes scanning her surroundings warily.

They bypassed the semi-transparent building and continued south.

The further you go, the more obvious the signs of time distortion become.

The whole world is like a chaotic time puzzle, with different areas pieced together from fragments on different timelines.

"Xiaoye, have you been to a similar place before?" Rito suddenly asked.

Xiaoye paused for a moment, then shook her head: "No, this is the first time I've ever seen an environment like this."

"Don't you feel any discomfort in your body?" Rihito continued to ask.

Xiaoye was silent for a few seconds, then lowered her head: "I don't know either..."

""

Boom!

A distant bell tolled from the depths of the ruins, seemingly piercing through layers of time barriers and echoing through the chaotic spacetime.

Rito abruptly stopped and turned the light towards the direction from which the sound came.

Rihito felt the cursed power within his body completely out of control in that instant, charging wildly like a runaway horse.

"No—this isn't an ordinary bell!" Rito whispered, his heart pounding, his alertness instantly heightened.

Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately started running towards the direction from which the bell was coming.

Soon, the two walked through a broken street and around several semi-transparent buildings, and the view ahead gradually became clear.

Behind him, Xiaoye ran over as well.

Her steps remained light, completely unaffected by the chaos of time.

But from an angle that Rito didn't notice, a completely unfamiliar expression appeared on Sayo's face.

It was an expression that transcended fear, astonishment, and confusion.

Her lips curled slightly upward, and her eyes gleamed with a light that no one had ever seen before.

It was as if they were recalling something forgotten, or as if they were confirming a long-awaited answer.

Liren, however, was completely unaware of everything that was happening behind him.