Chapter 285 Lu Mingze's little gift
"It's me."
Lu Mingze nodded: "You seem a little surprised?"
"... A little. I thought you should be with your useless brother at this time."
Uchiha Guang responded while glancing at both sides.
If what Angers released just now was a "relatively static" time-stopping field.
Then what Lu Mingze created at this moment was "time stop" in the absolute sense.
In this field, all sounds and images were frozen, whether it was Angers holding two swords to perform "Two Days of Sky Exposure", or the phantom of "Moxu Luo" that just emerged from behind her, or Esdeath and others standing outside the martial arts field, they were all frozen in place at this time, and the air was terrifyingly quiet.
On the other side. Lu Mingze continued with a smile: "Well, I happened to pass by Tokyo while handling personal business, and I found out about the commotion here, so I came to see...
How could you fight with this old guy? He is the most determined dragon slayer of this era, and he also has one of the most special words of all, 'Time Zero'. If you find out your identity as the 'White King', I'm afraid there will be some unpredictable troubles."
This remark was somewhat teasing.
Lu Mingze knew that Uchiha Hikari was not the "White King". That was her self-proclaimed name in front of the Eight Snake Families, just a cover to deceive people.
At the same time, he also knew that Uchiha Hikari was quite powerful. It's hard to say how he compares to the "White King", but he is definitely not inferior to the four kings.
So...
What is the real strength of Uchiha Hikari?
In the pupil technique of the Naruto world, are there time-related abilities?
Curiosity about these questions is the main reason why Lu Mingze chose to come and watch.
The secondary reason is that the result of this battle may affect the attitude of the secret party and the eight families of Snake Qi towards Uchiha Guang, and then affect the cooperation that the two have just reached. As a partner, Lu Mingze feels that he needs to find out the truth.
However...
His attention was soon attracted by the slightly blurred shadow behind Uchiha Guang, and his brows slightly frowned: "By the way, what is that thing behind you? It doesn't look like the 'Susanoo' in the comics?"
"This guy..."
"Let's just call it my summoning beast, but it's just a slightly special form of existence."
When saying this, Uchiha Guang also glanced at Moxu Luo behind him with his peripheral vision.
It's not surprising that Lu Mingze can see Moxu Luo, because they are essentially spiritual beings, and the former has the ability of "spiritual vision", so they can naturally see each other clearly.
However, Uchiha Guang is more concerned about whether the roulette behind Moxu Luo moves.
——This thing is not a weapon or decoration in the general sense, but a manifestation of Moxu Luo's ability to "adapt to everything in the world". Every time the wheel rotates, it means that Moxu Luo has completed an analysis, and after analyzing several times, he will gradually adapt to and be immune to the opponent's moves.
And now...
Well, it didn't move.
It seems that the time-stopping method used by Lu Mingze has far exceeded the upper limit of the world of spells, that is, the gradient where the complete body Sukuna is, and therefore cannot be analyzed by Moxu Luo.
"Summoning beast..."
Lu Mingze was skeptical, but did not continue to ask: "Although I don't know what your intention is to play house with the Eight Snake Families, as an ally, I will give you a small gift... This is a little understanding of the power of time, I hope it will be helpful to you."
As he spoke, Lu Mingze raised his hand and grabbed it, throwing a small light point like a firefly forward, and stopped just in front of Uchiha Guang.
Uchiha Hikaru narrowed her eyes, looked at it, and then stretched out her hand to shake it.
The fluorescence followed her skin and quietly sank into her white palm.
At this moment.
A flash of light flashed through Uchiha Hikaru's mind, and countless images flashed through the light, accompanied by the sound of ancient bells and gurgling streams, echoing faintly in her ears.
In a trance, she seemed to see a long white river flowing in a dark and deep void, with countless fragmented silhouettes on the water, rushing towards the source of the river. It seemed to confirm an ancient painting - "The past is like this, day and night."
"This is..."
With that kind of bell tower and river surface, could this be the long river representing time? !
It was just a moment.
The scene in front of Uchiha Hikaru was shattered, and the whole person seemed to be suddenly awakened from a dream, with a feeling of dizziness all over his body.
"Let's go."
Lu Mingze on the opposite side waved his hand: "The old guy is about to wake up, you can handle the rest yourself. If you are satisfied with this gift, bring me something related to the Six Paths Sage next time. I am quite interested in him."
"...Okay."
Uchiha Guang nodded slightly.
But Lu Mingze's gift was indeed very unusual, and could even be described as precious.
In theory, this is actually a fragmented "time" authority. If you can digest and absorb it and integrate it into yourself, you may not be able to travel through time and space - even Lu Mingze himself can't do this, but you can still try to extend time like Ange, or play with the world line like the Dragon King in the later part of the original work.
However, if she provides a return gift on the principle of equal exchange, then she may really have to get something related to the Six Paths Sage or the Divine Tree, so as not to take advantage of the other party in vain.
The thought is only a moment.
The next moment.
Lu Mingze's filter disappears, Ange's figure continues to move forward, the two swords draw a sharp arc in the air, and then slash head-on at the sword in Uchiha Guang's hand.
——From his appearance, it seems that he intends to knock down Uchiha Guang's sword first, and then defeat her with the back of the sword or the handle. Without involving the dragon-slaying business, the old principal is still quite cherishing talents, and even has the idea of asking Uchiha Guang from the Eight Snake Families and bringing him to Kassel Academy for training.
But...
Just when the two swords touched, Uchiha Hikaru's body moved.
Then, she saw her wrist gently rotated, breaking free from the restraint of time stop, and then she swung the blade horizontally to block the oncoming short blade.
"?!"
Ange's eyelids jumped.
He was already an old man over a hundred years old, and he had experienced more than hundreds of battles in the past hundred years. He already had nerves as tough as steel, and was rarely provoked by external things. But now...
What is going on? "Word Spirit·Moment" advanced to "Time Zero" on the spot?
If it is not the same Word Spirit, how could it be able to break its own "Time Zero" after being launched later?
It took a few flashes of thought.
The time that was extended 50 times finally came to an end. As things outside returned to normal, Ange stared at Uchiha Hikaru, with a look of doubt and uncertainty in his eyes: "What was the word spirit you used just now? A higher level of moment than Aga? Or..."
"Just a coincidence."
Uchiha Hikaru bowed slightly and said in an elegant and polite voice: "Principal Ange is indeed superb in swordsmanship. I am ashamed of myself. If you have any advice on swordsmanship, please feel free to teach me."
"..."
...
Naturally, Ange had nothing to teach him. After all, he was completely crushed in terms of swordsmanship. It was all thanks to the last "Time Zero" that he looked less embarrassed, but he definitely didn't win.
Among the people present.
Only two people knew clearly what had happened just now.
One was Uesugi Yue.
He had fought with Ange in his early years and knew how strange the other party's "Time Zero" was. Although he had never seen it with his own eyes - in fact, he couldn't see it with his own eyes, he had guessed from the performance of both sides that Ange should have used this word spirit. In this situation, Uchiha Hikaru is still unscathed...
This alone is enough to tell something.
As for the other person who noticed something was wrong, it was Esdeath.
"Just now, did someone freeze time and space?"
When Uchiha Hikaru returned to the outside and joined Esdeath and others, the latter asked this question immediately.
"Huh? Why do you ask this suddenly?"
"Intuition."
Esdeath responded straightforwardly, and then pointed to her eyes: "Besides, I have been watching from the side. If time and space were not frozen, how could my eyes not see the process of your fight."
This sentence is true.
Her "Mokopotmo" is also an ability related to time and space. After using it more, she can more or less capture some abnormalities in this ability.
Uchiha Hikaru nodded decisively: "Yes, the old man named Ange has the ability to freeze time just like you... But the principle is a little more advanced than yours, it really changes the flow of time, and I almost got caught."
"Almost?"
"Yes, because of a coincidence, I temporarily awakened a little talent related to time, so I broke free from his time stop... Well, freezing time and space will not be your exclusive trick in the future, Xiao Ai."
Uchiha Hikaru smiled slightly.
Esdeath's expression was skeptical.
Uchiha Hikaru didn't intend to show her here - to be honest, she only got this "time fragment" for ten minutes, and being able to break free from "time zero" at the last moment was the result of a flash of inspiration. It would be a bit difficult to reproduce it directly.
Therefore, Uchiha Hikaru just smiled mysteriously, and then pulled Esdeath to the other side.
"It's almost time for dinner. Let's go. I'll talk to you slowly after we finish eating."
