NOVEL NEXT Chapter 38
Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Railgun Piercing the Sky (Request for Subscription)
It can’t be stopped.
There’s no way to block this move.
As for Esdeath, Qian Renxue is temporarily unable to judge.
“The newbies are strong.”
Kurumi Tokisaki said: “Especially in terms of combat experience, the Electric Girl isn’t even in the same league as her.”
“How did you figure that out?”
Adolf K. Wiesmann doesn’t quite understand, and Master Abe understands even less.
Anyway, in their eyes, Ace and Esdeath are both gods.
One can generate electricity, the other can create ice.
Even if the world of Cook Ding’s Crisis has extraordinary martial arts, the strength of these two is still excessively exaggerated.
After all, if they had these abilities, why bother with cooking? Wouldn’t it be easier to directly conquer the world?
“It’s instinct.”
Bai Luo said: “Esdeath was able to evade the railgun not because she’s fast enough, but because her body reacted the moment her nerves detected the attack.”
This kind of instinctive reaction is somewhat similar to the concept of ‘Zan Zan Geki I’ from Dragon Ball.
The body automatically makes the most correct moves without needing the brain to respond.
“Is it really possible to do something like that?”
Qian Renxue should be the one among all group members who finds it hardest to comprehend.
In the Douluo World where she resides, they use soul skills.
Soul skills, in simple terms, are techniques that need to be activated.
Honestly speaking, according to the combat efficiency in Douluo World, not only Esdeath, but even Ace could go in and out seven times in a battle.
Real combat couldn’t possibly be about each person releasing a skill, with skills also having cooldowns.
This isn’t a game.
“You can think of it as them both having self-created soul skills.”
“Self-created soul skills?”
Although Qian Renxue is surprised, she understands.
Self-created soul skills don’t require displaying soul rings, have no startup time or cooldown, and can be used by simply channeling soul power.
Esdeath is even faster than that.
She bypasses self-judgment, allowing her skills to possess self-awareness and react automatically.
“Glara~~”
Just as everyone was discussing, the originally lush green grassland was unknowingly covered with snow and ice.
“This range!”
Misaka Mikoto just felt the cold when she looked down and discovered her feet were already frozen to the ground.
“Hiss~~”
The bone-chilling cold almost robbed Misaka Mikoto of the sensation in her legs. She trembled all over, her teeth chattering uncontrollably: “Cold, so cold. Is this your ability?”
Instantly freezing such a large area of grassland at such speed was something Misaka Mikoto had never heard of.
The Academy City also has super-powered users with ice-based abilities.
But compared to Esdeath, those so-called super-powered users are akin to children.
If one must evaluate Esdeath’s ice abilities, they would at least be at the peak of an eight-digit number, or possibly even reach the early stages of a seven-digit number.
After all, if given enough preparation time, Esdeath’s power could cover an entire country, turning it into an icy world.
It’s just that in the anime original, Esdeath’s powers were weakened countless times.
Even the capital city spans 200,000 square kilometers (equivalent to ten Beijing cities), and covering half the empire with an ice storm is unimaginably terrifying.
“Your abilities are strong, but this body of yours is far too fragile.”
The physical fitness of the strong individuals in the Amegakure World is extremely astonishing. Someone like Esdeath can kill dangerous species bare-handed.
Ordinary firearms are practically useless against Esdeath.
Of course, the railgun, which travels at a thousand meters per second and possesses immense power capable of demolishing a building, is another matter entirely.
“Don’t compare me, an ordinary human, with monsters like you!”
“Monsters?”
Esdeath neither confirms nor denies, instead looking up at the sky and laughing: “You showed me a good technique just now. Now, let me show you something.”
“Glara~~”
In the next moment, boundless ice appeared out of nowhere. In the blink of an eye, a massive iceberg hundreds of meters in diameter had formed.
“Don’t die so quickly, Electric Girl.”
Esdeath snapped her fingers, then waved her hand, causing the iceberg to fall towards Ace’s position.
“This!!!”
At the same time, the group members who saw Esdeath casually summon an iceberg all drew in a sharp breath.
“Are you kidding me?”
Wiesmann: “That’s too exaggerated!”
If this technique were used in the city where Wiesmann is located, the consequences would be unimaginable.
“Ah, it’s not just the range, but also the freezing speed, it’s too fast.”
Kurumi thought about how she would deal with Esdeath if she encountered her.
Her Second Bullet that slows time and her Fourth Bullet that reverses time might effectively counter Esdeath’s technique.
However, the essence of Esdeath’s power isn’t about throwing icebergs, but extreme cold air.
For such large-scale coverage, Kurumi couldn’t think of any good ways to handle it.
Most of her techniques are geared towards single-target destruction; for large-scale AOE damage, there’s only the technique called ‘City of Time Consumption.’
“I feel completely powerless against someone like her.”
Of course, while Kurumi can’t handle Esdeath, Queen Esdeath is equally unable to handle Kurumi.
Speaking of survival capabilities among Pokémon, Kurumi is unafraid of anyone’s challenge.
“…”
Hovering high in the air, overlooking the battlefield.
The room function transmits real-time images at the best angles into the minds of every viewer.
Qian Renxue admits that she’s already completely numb.
Not mentioning others, just Esdeath alone already surpasses the realm of a 99th-level ultimate Douluo.
A snap of the fingers conjures up a technique beyond the ninth soul skill.
“Is the gap in strength really this big?”
For the first time, Qian Renxue feels her own weakness.
“No!”
Qian Renxue didn’t become discouraged. She stared intently at the battle between the older sister and the younger girl, and her desire for strength has never been as intense as it is right now.
“As long as I continue staying in the chat group, sooner or later, I’ll become as strong as them!”
Thinking this, Qian Renxue looked at Bai Luo and others who were similarly floating in mid-air, her gaze eventually settling on Bai Luo.
“Hmm?”
Bai Luo noticed Qian Renxue’s gaze. He nodded at her and then continued watching the battle below.
“This guy?!”
“Hiss~ Can’t move…”
On the battlefield, Misaka Mikoto wanted to dodge, but her frozen legs had already lost all sensation.
Looking at her already purple-black legs, obviously completely necrotic, the extent of frostbite was far worse than she imagined.
“Damn!”
“Don’t underestimate me, you blue-haired cow!!”
Ace clenched her teeth, and electricity instantly surged through her body, forming a magnetic field centered around herself.
“Bang bang bang!!”
The ice shattered, and large amounts of black particles surged out from the earth, swirling around the girl like tornadoes.
Misaka Mikoto didn’t regret provoking Esdeath.
Her whole life, she never backs down.
Moreover, she enjoys honing her superpowers.
Such an opportunity to fight a strong enemy, how could she give up so easily?
“Hooh?!”
Esdeath smiled: “Indeed, my judgment was correct. You have the potential to become strong.”
“I don’t need your approval!!”
Black particles quickly gathered around the girl, forming a giant irregular metal sword.
This was Misaka Mikoto using electromagnetic force to separate various metals from the ground: “Watch me finish you off with this!”
“Zzzz~~”
Blue-white electric arcs danced around the iron sword as Misaka Mikoto infused a large amount of electricity into these metal spears.
“!!!”
Rarely, the alarm bell in Esdeath’s heart rang.
She didn’t dare to take things lightly, immediately placing her hands together and constructing a magnificent ice wall nearly a hundred meters thick and several hundred meters high in front of her.
“Haaa!!”
The girl gripped the hilt of the massive iron sword tightly and smashed it down.
“Boom!”
At that moment, everyone watching the duel was filled with the sight of a golden pillar of light shooting straight into the sky.
The speed of the light column surpassed human vision, instantly breaking through the planet’s atmosphere and obliterating everything it touched along the way.
And when this railgun, tens of thousands of times more powerful than a coin, collided with the asteroid belt in space, the dazzling light it emitted caused even Esdeath’s lips to twitch slightly.
“Hey, isn’t that too much?”
Wiesmann: “Didn’t know Little Misa was this strong?”
“So scary, trembling in fear.”
Tanjiro was stunned. To him, whether it’s Ace or Esdeath, they truly descended like heavenly deities, destroying heaven and earth.
“Hiss~~”
Qian Renxue broke out in a cold sweat.
Honestly speaking, she was genuinely panicked.
There’s no way around it; these people are simply not human.
Imagine if this iron sand superconducting railgun wasn’t fired into the sky but fell onto the ground.
The destruction it could cause is unimaginable.
“Amazing destructive power.”
Esdeath gracefully landed, unaffected by Misaka Mikoto’s attack: “Even I wouldn’t dare to take such an attack head-on.”
Without a doubt, Ace possesses the power to kill her.
But that’s only in theory.
With Esdeath’s mastery of martial arts, combat experience, and control over ice abilities, it’s almost impossible for Ace to defeat her.
Just like before, Esdeath ostensibly created an ice wall but had already moved away.
Moreover, the role of the ice wall was partly to deflect Ace’s attack.
With these two preparations, Esdeath won quite easily.