kingnovel Chapter 810 - 810
Chapter 810 - 810
"Lady Giada!"The golden-haired beauty responded respectfully and, at her wave, directed the surrounding guard squad to step aside.
"You said you stopped time just now?"
Giada looked at the armored figure over ten meters away, her face blooming with a radiant smile.
"But why did I notice something strange in your movements earlier? When you shouted 'The World,' your body vibrated, didn't it? At that moment, a layer of counterforce emanated from your body's surface. The bullets returned along their original paths precisely because of that counterforce. Am I right?"
Her expression was utterly delighted, like an emperor savoring the hunt.
"Counterforce? But there doesn't seem to be any fluctuation of magical or spiritual energy from him...?"
The golden-haired beauty muttered in disbelief.
"That means he didn't use magic or curses but achieved this through pure and refined bodily control!"
Giada clapped her hands and laughed, her eyes brimming with satisfaction.
"Wow!"
Eiji slowly expressed his astonishment.
"I never expected someone in this world could see through my sword technique!"
In the world of Strike the Blood, espers overwhelmingly relied on special powers like magic, curses, weaponry, or bloodline abilities. Very few dedicated themselves to honing their martial arts, at most practicing magical martial arts that fused curse power with physical techniques—in other words, techniques that channeled magical or spiritual energy into an opponent's body to inflict heavy damage.
Pure martial arts weren't as developed here as in the Failed Knight world.
What he had just used was the secret technique "Flawless" from the Ayatsuri One-Sword Style of the Failed Knight world, capable of rebounding any attack the moment it made contact with the body.
Originally, this secret technique should have been executed with a sword, but as Eiji's swordsmanship reached new heights, he could now use this rebounding secret technique with any part of his skin!
With just a single vibration, he could rebound all bullets that struck him—a terrifying martial art in large-scale modern combat.
For Giada to see through his move in such a brief moment was truly remarkable!
As expected of a True Ancestor who had lived for thousands of years—her insight was indeed extraordinary!
"Such an act... can be considered martial arts?"
The golden-haired beauty was dumbfounded, her worldview shattered and struggling to accept it.
This was more frightening than many forms of magic or curses!
"Who are you?"
Ignoring the shock of the surrounding guards, Giada fixed her meaningful gem-like eyes on the unhurried armored figure across from her.
"I already said, I am the king of time, the Masked Rider Zio!"
Eiji slightly raised his head, striking a rookie's pose.
"I'm asking for your name."
Giada inquired again, her tone still gentle.
"My name... I'm Tokiwa Sougo, a man destined to become king one day!"
Eiji pondered briefly before giving a firm response.
"Are you mocking me?"
A hint of displeasure surfaced in Giada's eyes.
Then, as if deciding to let it go, her expression turned cheerful once more.
However, an intense wildness emanated from her, casting a fierce aura over her charming face.
"Very well, then let me personally shatter your mask and verify it! Hmm, this will be more interesting!"
Suddenly, immense magical power surged from her body like a bursting dam, roaring like a hurricane and flooding in all directions across the port.
In an instant, Eiji's expression turned serious.
He swiftly drew the demon sword Gram and held it before his chest.
This was his first time facing a True Ancestor—the sheer magnitude of their magical power surpassed his by over a hundredfold. It felt as if some primordial beast was about to emerge, setting off all his internal alarms.
As magical energy gathered overhead, the sky was swiftly shrouded in dark clouds, and something within them stirred to life.
"Go, Camaxtli!"
Jiǎ dá shouted decisively.
In the blink of an eye, bluish-white light descended from the sky!
Thunder transformed into massive arrows of light, raining down as densely as a downpour.
"Boom!"
The light arrows struck the coast, causing large-scale destruction upon impact with the concrete ground. The sheer force of the high-temperature shockwaves alone shattered shipping containers twice a person's height!
Each of these light arrows possessed power comparable to a missile!
The guard team, led by the golden-haired beauty, paled at the sight and hurriedly gathered the nearby victims, retreating far into the distance.
Vatler might have to foot a hefty bill—this ship was likely doomed to sink into the sea!
Before the light arrows even landed, Eiji had already leaped backward, his agile form evading arrow after arrow.
Thanks to this, the deck of the Deep Sea Tomb was instantly torn apart, a section of the bow missing as seawater rushed in.
"Such attacks are nothing to you?"
Jiǎ dá's eyes gleamed with increasing delight upon seeing this.
"Snap!"
She casually snapped her fingers.
The dark clouds converged instantly, and a massive sphere of light descended from them.
Abruptly, a bluish-white radiance split the sky!
A bolt of lightning several meters thick crashed down—a speed beyond human reaction, truly as fast as lightning itself!
Yet, just before the thunderbolt struck, Eiji had already leaped away from his position.
The thunder slammed into the coast, blasting a gaping hole in the ground beneath. Seawater evaporated into steam, and the pungent smell of dispersed oxygen filled the air!
This power was at least ten times stronger than the Fifth!
"Oh?"
Jiǎ dá's face broke into a wild grin, thrilled by the challenge.
"To dodge an attack at the speed of lightning—it doesn't seem like clairvoyance. Is it just exceptionally sharp intuition?"
This woman saw through it in an instant?
As expected of someone who's lived for millennia—her combat experience was truly vast!
"In that case, go—Xiuhtectli!"
Another surge of immense magical power erupted from her, transforming into a colossal pillar of fire.
The fiery pillar whipped up a scorching torrent, roaring forth from her side and lunging like a giant serpent toward Eiji, who had retreated to the shore.
Simultaneously, the bluish-white thunderball in the sky unleashed another massive bolt, striking from both left and right to corner Eiji!
Behind him lay the container-filled port area; ahead, the boundless sea.
"Swish!"
Eiji's expression tightened.
Without a doubt, either of these attacks possessed the immense power to shatter his spiritual armor!
Without hesitation, he swung his sword.
A massive golden sword beam expanded with the wind, morphing into a crescent moon dozens of meters long, slashing toward the bluish-white thunder.
Sword light clashed with thunder in midair, producing a deafening roar that echoed across the entire Eastern Island. The drastic shift in atmospheric pressure caused turbulent air currents, throwing the entire harbor into chaos!
After a brief struggle in the sky, the sword light shattered upon impact, while the thunder's momentum remained undiminished, crashing down and pulverizing the ground.
However, during the moment of confrontation, Eiji had already slipped away from the crossfire, rendering this wave of attacks futile.
"As expected of a True Ancestor's familiar—the power of the demonic sword Gram can no longer keep up!"
Eiji had pushed the demonic sword's power to its limits, unleashing force more than ten times greater than when wielded by Kyouya Mitsurugi. Yet, it still fell short against the True Ancestor's familiar. His strongest strike couldn't even break through its thunder!