Spell Return: The Wheel of Time

Chapter 354 Restraint and Seeing Through
"Who are you?"

Otsutsuki Yuta looked at the seven men and women blocking his way. Their identities seemed to be recognizable at a glance. They were the hostages on the ship.

The traces of a pampered life and their clothes, although a little dishevelled due to their previous escape, were still easily recognizable.

But Otsutsuki felt like he was facing a formidable enemy when facing these people. Their eyes were so strange. It was impossible for an ordinary person to face a being who had demonstrated supernatural powers and stop him openly with such indifference.

And most importantly, Otsutsuki felt the powerful aura of cursed energy gradually rising from these people!
"Are these guys all curse masters? And their strengths are beyond those guys before!"

The perceptive Otsutsuki sensed something was wrong. The cruise ship hijacking incident did not seem to be just the work of a group of desperate curse masters. There seemed to be a deeper conspiracy behind it.

But now there is insufficient information, and Otsutsuki cannot get the full picture. He just has a vague intuition that all this seems to be related to the curse master that Genichi and others often talk about - Nose.

However, the most important thing right now is to get rid of them quickly. Although I don’t know why this group of enemies who suddenly appeared did not work together with the previous curse masters, it is always a good thing for Otsutsuki’s side.

However, since the enemy has already found them, the opponents that Hui and his team will fight against are probably the same inexplicable guys as this group of people.

"We need to deal with them quickly. Maybe these magicians are not all there is. Just use all your strength!"

"Kid..."

One of the enemies suddenly spoke, and that person's eyes and expression gradually became distorted. It was a cold look as if he was looking at prey or even food.

"We all saw you kill those bastards. Your technique... is extremely fast, right? And your weapon has the ability to extend the attack range. We have seen through your ability, but you know nothing about us. You are doomed to lose!"

Otsutsukoshi Yuta remained calm. It seemed that this group of people had not been observing him from the beginning, but roughly estimated that they had been observing him from the middle. Fortunately, he only imitated two techniques later.

Among these people there must be a magician who can restrain extreme speed, and it is not surprising that they do not take the "Zhankong" technique seriously. Moreover, these guys say arrogant words, but in fact it is seven against one. On paper, their strength can be said to be extremely stable.

But... there is still a chance to win, at least you have to figure out what the opponent's technique is that can restrain extreme speed.

Imitation: Wheel of Time

Launching the technique instantly is a test. If the opponent's restraint cannot completely limit the Wheel of Time, then maybe you can eliminate a few enemies in the first place.

When he entered, Otsutsuki, who was in a state of unconsciousness, randomly selected an enemy with the cursed sword in his hand. On his way forward, he did not notice any movement from the 'standing still' enemies, but when he reached the target, the blade was involuntarily stopped by himself.

At this moment, a piece of information suddenly popped into Otsutsuki's mind.

[Fair Battle], rules: The selected players can only attack each other, and can only attack once each time, and both sides take turns to attack.

It's a very simple spell effect, but it's just as that guy said, it's very effective against extremely fast spells. Extremely fast spells generally rely on extreme speed. When the enemy is unable to defend or has already defended, a large number of attacks are stacked together in a very short period of time to exceed the enemy's defense threshold and kill the enemy.

But this fair battle forcibly limits each side to attacking each other, and becomes a fighting method in which only one attack can be launched per round, completely erasing the greatest advantage of extremely fast techniques. No wonder this guy is so confident.

What if you don't attack the opponent during your turn? Will you enter another kind of 'invincible' state?

But Otsutsuki quickly stopped and eliminated this possibility. He had clearly felt that if he did not take action, he might have to 'forfeit' according to the rules, and the turn would automatically pass to the enemy.

The sorcerer who cast the spell to trap Otsutsuki seemed to have anticipated this and had used his arms to protect some of his vital parts. The remaining seemingly weak points were actually too weak for the sorcerer to be killed even by the cursed sword when his cursed power was enhanced.

Otsutsuki came in front of the sorcerer, quickly selected the gap on the neck, and then held the cursed knife and stabbed straight at it.

But suddenly, his spell was forced to be cancelled, and the curser, whose neck had been pierced and a small piece of the blade had been inserted into it, immediately distanced himself. The originally arrogant look on his face was now replaced by a part of disbelief.

"So fast!"

Otsutsuki was stunned for a moment, and then his mind raced as he realized what had just happened. This was probably some unexplained hidden effect of the opponent's technique, or perhaps this effect had already appeared in its name.

A fair fight. The moment you attack the opponent, the effect of the spell has already determined that it is the curser's turn, and your subsequent attacks can continue and can be interrupted. This spell guarantees each other's attack opportunities, but does not guarantee that each other can complete an attack from start to finish.

To achieve this effect, it is natural to forcibly interrupt Otsutsuki's state of timelessness. The curser immediately distanced himself after realizing that he had been attacked and launched a counterattack.

This guy must have practiced how to maximize the use of cursed energy to strengthen his body in order to cooperate with his own technique. After Otsutsuki's sword just now failed to hit the opponent's eyes and other vulnerable parts, even the flesh on the neck was like piercing a solid leather bag, which was extremely strenuous.

"This kid... his speed is not right. I have said long ago that the results of that detection method are not accurate. Only what you see with your own eyes is the most real. Quickly notify them to deal with the two little ghosts over there as soon as possible. Otherwise..."

The half-feigned confidence he had before had now vanished, replaced by fear of Otsutsuki's abnormal speed. If his technique had not had such an effect, he would have been seriously injured by that blow.

When it was the Curse Master's turn, he gathered up the curse power and threw a punch with all his might. Otsutsuki subconsciously dodged the punch, but then realized it was not his turn. Knowing what was going on, Otsutsuki quietly imitated another technique, then stopped and raised his arms to block the enemy's attack from the front.

The curser's face changed again. Although this punch made the opponent retreat continuously, he could see that the little ghost didn't suffer much damage at all. It seemed that his punch hit something unshakable.

"Isn't his technique extremely fast? No, it's impossible. Only a technique can achieve that kind of speed..."

"It's my turn!"

Otsutsuki was just about to use other spells to try to see if he could kill his opponent with one blow, but the spells brewed by the curse masters watching on the side made his eyes narrow. Doesn't the rule that one can only attack each other restrict others from attacking themselves?

"No, that shouldn't be the case."

Otsutsuki denied this speculation. This kind of rule-based spell, especially the [Fair Battle] which may not actually be fair but is trying to emphasize and achieve fairness in the rules of the spell, would not have such obvious loopholes.

So... I'm going to bet on this result, betting that their attacks won't be able to hurt me?
Otsutsuki, who possesses the reversal technique, decides to give it a try. He needs to understand the details of the rules as soon as possible, otherwise other curse masters will eventually become trouble. This guy, who obviously has a single-player technique, has gathered a group of people to fight. There must be some conspiracy behind this.

Having made the decision, Otsutsuki dodged a few attacks that looked powerful, then gave up dodging an ordinary cursed energy attack and endured it.

When this cursed energy impact hit him, Otsutsuki knew the result. The answer was yes, these people's attacks could actually cause harm to him, and the attack he suffered was not that simple. After the monotonous cursed energy impact hit Otsutsuki, the cursed energy actually underwent some kind of change in an instant, and the changed nature of it directly pierced Otsutsuki's body.

If the reversal technique had not been repaired in time, this would definitely not have been a good experience. Otsutsuki looked up at the curser opposite him, his eyes as calm as a water mirror.

"Your spell was activated without any signs. If I'm not mistaken, there was no movement when it was canceled. So after your turn, the spell was actually canceled. Your collective attack was intended to catch me off guard."

"So tell me, are you using that technique now?"

Glancing at the curser with an unpleasant expression, Otsutsuki chuckled and said, "It looks like it has already been activated."

Imitation·Multiple Explosion
Having seen through the enemy's technique, Otsukoshi immediately imitated a purely offensive technique. The effect of this technique was that after hitting the enemy, an attack would produce several chain explosions of the same power.

It's a bit like Itadori's 'Keiwa Ken', but as a technique, it can achieve multiple explosions depending on the user's ability, and Otsutsuki's current limit is - seven levels!
The curse master with a grim expression was surprised that Otsutsuki could see through his trick so easily, but it didn't matter. As long as he hadn't discovered the key point, constantly switching whether to use the spell would be enough to deal with this little devil. All he needed to do was...

"How can it be?"

He was well-defended and took Okkotsu's blow. His expression changed drastically, and his eyes revealed disbelief and fear. The explosive force rushed through his body, and this punch almost crippled him in an instant.

"How could you have a second technique? No... Impossible..."

At this moment, an idea suddenly came to his mind. The cursed sword in the opponent's hand did not seem to have the ability to extend the attack distance just now. He originally thought that the opponent was just an extremely rare guy with extremely fast magic, but what if... the magic to extend the attack distance was not attached to the cursed tool?
"he……"

boom--

The curse master, who was about to speak out his vague guess, along with his companions and Otsutsuki, were attracted by a loud bang. Then the atmosphere of fighting gradually disappeared among them, because everyone present felt that indescribable sense of oppression, as if some extremely terrifying existence had descended.

The barrier was broken.

(End of this chapter)