Mechanics vs. Stats

At the same time, Satoru Gojo, who had been sent flying, frowned deeply. He sensed a strange kind of restraint.

His ever-reliable Limitless Cursed Technique had become extremely difficult to use because of the opponent’s ability to reverse cursed energy at will.

As he retreated, he suddenly saw the woman in white with her hair flying loose, black light shining from her body.

In an instant, her white robes turned jet-black, and the nature of the force field surrounding her body changed completely.

The next moment, Satoru Gojo blinked once. In that single blink, Zhuzhao vanished from his sight.

The Six Eyes’ complete field of vision had no blind spots. He immediately turned his head, but saw only a black-robed figure streak past him like a line.

She was simply too fast. Even the Six Eyes could only catch a shadow like a black line.

Pfft!

Satoru Gojo froze. A line of blood appeared across his neck.

This was…

The Reverse Cursed Technique activated on its own, and the cut on Satoru Gojo’s neck immediately healed.

Zhuzhao turned back, her black robe fluttering in the wind. Its peculiar material seemed to be coming apart, stretching out like wisps of cloud.

For some reason, her posture made Satoru Gojo feel that she was very similar to Mercenary Tao at this moment.

Could it be…

Satoru Gojo had formed some guesses about the abilities of these two.

Zhuzhao lowered her eyelids. Even her expression was beginning to resemble that of the one fighting Youying.

"So that’s how it is. Being able to reverse negative energy at any time and place to heal yourself is a fairly decent energy system."

"But…"

The moment Satoru Gojo heard the word "but," he again felt that the image before his eyes was missing something. This time, he had not blinked at all.

She had been standing still one instant, and the next, she was already beside his ear.

Satoru Gojo’s head moved slightly as if to turn, but he gave up in the next moment. A powerful repulsive force erupted at his side.

Boom!

Zhuzhao, moving at nearly eight times Mercenary Tao’s speed, remained expressionless. She had seen this white-haired man’s ability several times already. There was no way an accident would occur.

As she brought her palms together like a blade and slashed forward, his technique was directly reversed.

The powerful repulsion vanished, transforming into attraction instead. Zhuzhao closed in on Satoru Gojo even faster, her hand blade chopping directly toward his neck.

At the same time, she was already prepared to convert his reversed positive energy back into negative energy after cutting off his head.

Bai Cangshu looked at his left arm, which had been stopped in midair before the opponent’s body. An invisible force of stoppage was acting upon him.

It was like a target that could never be approached. The closer he got, the slower he became.

Without a doubt, this ability was Satoru Gojo’s Limitless Cursed Technique.

He raised his eyes and looked at the woman before him, whose long robe had turned snow-white. Her black hair formed a stark contrast with those white robes.

"Being able to imitate the abilities of those you fight, while also reversing the nature of an enemy’s abilities…"

"Tch. What a thoroughly unpleasant fighting style."

Bai Cangshu disliked enemies of this "mechanics" type, but he had to admit that at this stage of battle, this kind of ability was extremely powerful.

It was like how he and Red Dust had possessed tremendous destructive power in B711 World, yet had still been instantly defeated by Millennium Worm’s Sound Kill Underworld.

If he had not had enough souls within his body, Millennium Worm would probably have killed him the first time they met.

Now, Bai Cangshu also understood why these two, who were clearly of a higher level than that dragonkin from before, had such low physical defense.

They did not even have scales.

These two were probably the type who relied entirely on powerful special gifts.

Pfft!

The muffled sound of flesh being sliced apart rang out. Bai Cangshu’s eyes shifted slightly, and he saw Satoru Gojo’s head spinning as it flew into the sky.

At the same time, the reversed cursed energy light flashing over his body’s surface was reversed into blackish-crimson cursed energy, and the self-healing effect disappeared.

As blood shot into the heavens, that head fell somewhere from the sky, leaving only the Corpse Body standing upright.

"Looks like your ability is equally unsolvable for your companion too~"

Youying saw this as well and spoke softly, confirming Bai Cangshu’s words.

They had reversed Bai Cangshu’s and Satoru Gojo’s abilities, then copied those same abilities to counter them.

Bai Cangshu, who excelled in close combat and possessed incomparably fast speed, was blocked by Youying using the Limitless Cursed Technique.

Meanwhile, Satoru Gojo, who excelled at the Limitless Cursed Technique, had been instantly killed by Zhuzhao using Bai Cangshu’s terrifying burst speed and the reversal of cursed energy to negate his technique.

Youying teleported in front of Bai Cangshu. The force of stoppage stood before her, colliding with the distorted force around Bai Cangshu’s body and producing clearly visible white air currents.

"How is it? Are you sad? Guilty? Because of your strength, your companion…"

Crackle!

Lightning flashed across Bai Cangshu’s body, cutting Youying off.

Bai Cangshu curled his lips. He was considerably taller than her, and he looked down at this dragonkin who seemed to be trying to launch a psychological attack by relying on her special ability.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk. That guy doesn’t count as my companion~"

Bai Cangshu sneered, and then a powerful heartbeat abruptly erupted from within his body.

"Besides, you seem to have misunderstood something…"

"You think an imitated Limitless Cursed Technique can stop me?"

"Ha!"

Bai Cangshu suddenly roared, and lightning burst around his body like rolling waves in an instant.

Pure white light exploded with a thunderous blast.

Like lightning exploding in broad daylight.

A devastating shockwave swept through the surroundings.

World-Shaking Thunder Roar!

On the other side, Zhuzhao, having killed Satoru Gojo, turned around and took a step forward. She closed in on Bai Cangshu at tremendous speed, so fast that even the sonic boom clouds in the air could not keep up with her.

Almost at the very instant a row of sonic boom clouds exploded, Zhuzhao had already closed in on Bai Cangshu’s back from behind.

Her hand blade stabbed fiercely toward Bai Cangshu’s spine.

Pfft!

The powerful force collided with the Three Parts Return to Origin Force, creating explosive clouds of smoke.

The next moment, the perfectly rounded force was pushed aside by a bizarre power, and Zhuzhao’s hand blade plunged straight into Bai Cangshu’s back.

Layer after layer of scales shattered instantly. As blood burst out, Zhuzhao suddenly felt a terrifying force crushing down on her hand.

Whoosh~

Scorching air waves surged from ahead. As the explosive smoke dispersed, she saw blood spraying from the severed arm of the black-haired human before her.

At the same time, golden ki surged from his body like a tidal wave.

Along with it, his muscles strengthened severalfold in an instant. His monstrous physique immediately clamped her hand between his muscles, making it impossible for her to pull free.

Youying raised one hand in a finger-flicking gesture. Within the warped space, repulsion and attraction intertwined, instantly tearing through space to form a terrifying Purple that shot toward Bai Cangshu.

Bai Cangshu raised his left hand and pointed directly forward.

Golden Ki Blast shot out with a hum.

"Come on, try reversing my ability, little dragonkin~"