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Chapter 284 Time Zero

"no."

Uesugi Yue finally burst into laughter: "I just wanted to remind you that although Feng Shi is young, her swordsmanship talent is extraordinary, and her skills are even better than mine. You'd better be careful not to lose too badly."

"?"

Angers was skeptical.

When he first came to Japan, he fought Uesugi Koshi and knew that his swordsmanship was at the level of a contemporary master, and one step further, he would be the ancient "Sword Saint". Throughout Japan's thousands of years of history, only Tsukahara Bokuden and Kamiizumi Nobutsuna have ever received this title, not even Miyamoto Musashi.

A girl who looks to be under fourteen years old...

How could someone reach such a level?

Normally speaking, that's a bit unrealistic.

However, if it's a super hybrid like Uesugi Koshi, who possesses the blood of the White King... then it's difficult to fathom using common sense. Japan's "Emperor" level is indeed extraordinary.

present.

Angers took off his coat and unbuttoned the top two buttons of his shirt cuffs. With this action, a glimpse of the tiger and yaksha tattoo on his body was revealed—it was clearly the highest-ranking tattoo design in the Japanese underworld.

Then, the seemingly gentle and refined old principal took two long swords from the sword rack, drew one of them out of its sheath, and flicked it with his finger.

hum~~

A crisp sword rang out.

"Not bad."

the other side.

Uchiha Hikari casually picked up two swords, then let out a light breath and assumed the stance of the "Niten Ichi-ryu".

Her temperament was already quite unique, though it wasn't so obvious when she deliberately concealed it before. Now, with twin swords in hand, she immediately exuded a sharp and assertive aura. This aura transformed into a tangible force, enveloping the entire training ground and causing all the onlookers to feel a chill run down their spines.

"?!"

Angers' eyelids twitched, and his expression finally turned serious, as he now regarded Uchiha Hikaru as a true opponent: "Please make your move, Miss Kurosawa."

"..."

A brief silence.

Leaves were blown by a gentle breeze, swirling as they fell to the ground.

next moment.

Uchiha Hikaru takes a step forward and swings his sword!

Swish!

In that instant, Angers only saw two streaks of light, like bolts of lightning, slicing through the air one after the other, and fiery sonic cones hurtling towards him! Because of their speed, even the sound waves were left far behind, disappearing without a sound!

—Ninth-tier instantaneous strike, 512 times the speed of a divine slash!

This was the highest level of "Word of Power: Moment" that Inuyama He had reached after a lifetime of hard work, until he was almost dead a year later. Now, Uchiha Hikaru used it in a way that was almost like a normal attack!

At the critical moment.

Angers abruptly raised his sword vertically, making a slashing motion. As the blade collided head-on with the flash of light, the blade in his hand almost snapped instantly, and he staggered back several steps, his face showing surprise.

"...That strong?"

"Again!"

Uchiha Hikaru took a light step and leaped out once again.

Then came a fierce and relentless attack, like a storm!

Of course, she was holding back; otherwise, even if she used only physical skills and didn't rely on external objects like the dragon bone knife, she would have been able to kill Angers in two moves.

The reason she didn't do that was because she wanted to force Angers to use "Time Zero" so she could see for herself what the working principle of this Word of Power was.

present.

Uchiha's Light Blade Style was as swift as the wind, showcasing all the swordsmanship he had learned from the Dragon Clan world to its fullest extent. The power he used in the process was only about the same as that of an ordinary B-rank hybrid, but the angle and method of exerting force were extremely exquisite, allowing him to exert 100% of his strength.

At first, Angers was somewhat holding back, wanting to give his junior some confidence. But gradually, he began to realize that even if he used his full strength, he might not be able to defeat the girl before him. What Uesugi had said earlier was not an exaggeration, but rather a statement of reality—

The cute and charming little girl in front of me...

He was actually a contemporary sword saint who was proficient in all schools of swordsmanship, and even managed to refine and integrate them!

"...There's no other way."

After parrying dozens of attacks and retreating further and further until he was almost at the edge of the arena, Angers finally took a deep breath and unleashed his full power:

"Words of power..."

Time zero!

Intangible expansion of territory.

At this moment, time slowed down throughout the entire training ground... no, to be precise, throughout the entire manor area.

The scene of Uesugi Koshi and the others standing on the sidelines, Esdeath and Erii, even the birds flying overhead and the leaves swaying in the wind, all of this seemed to slow down dramatically at this moment, as if frozen in time.

For Uchiha Hikaru...

This is a completely different experience from "Mokhapatmo".

—The principle of "Mokhapadma" is to create an extremely low temperature environment through the ice and snow power contained in "Demon Essence", thereby achieving a pseudo-time stop effect. Therefore, it can be isolated and resisted by "Fire and Thunder God's Veil", which represents the extreme high temperature, just as she did in the World Martial Arts Tournament.

The principle behind "time zero" is entirely different.

According to the brief descriptions in the original work, the effect of this Word of Power is not to slow down the external world, but to extend the user's own time, up to 50 times, which means using one second as one minute. Therefore, even "Fire and Thunder God" cannot resist it, because Uchiha Hikaru cannot interfere with Angers' time.

That's true...

It's a little troublesome.

At the last moment, Uchiha Hikaru chose to absorb the "Fire and Lightning God Robe" into his body, and then drew out the curse power of "Makoro" from the sealing scroll he carried with him, intending to use the latter's environmental adaptability to try to resolve "Time Zero".

—The "Fire and Thunder God's Veil" is deadly to hybrids in the Dragon World. If I were to use a passive skill to burn Angers to ashes on the spot, that would be terrible.

However, considering that "Demon Void's" ability is a late-developing one, and that Angers' first use of it takes zero time, she has no choice but to take it. Anyway, since the opponent doesn't know she's the "Dragon King" right now, they can't possibly use a killing move right away, and she can heal herself in no time with her physical constitution against ordinary attacks.

Just as Uchiha Hikaru was making this plan.

The light and shadow suddenly changed.

Under her gaze, a layer of gray-white filter appeared in the air, enveloping everything in sight. Then, Lu Mingze, dressed in casual clothes, appeared, holding an ice cream cone and eating it.

"?"

Uchiha Hikaru was slightly taken aback.

"Is it you?"

(End of this chapter)