“What is Tsuchimikado doing?!”
Kanzaki Kaori was both shocked and angry to see Tsuchimikado Motoharu, whom she had placed high hopes on to find a way to destroy the magic ritual, run off to the side and chat with a girl without any sense of urgency.
However, being in the middle of a battle, she couldn't react immediately; instead, she had to refocus her attention to deal with the Angel Power's attack.
“Damn it, I’m half a beat too slow…”,
My breathing isn't perfectly adjusted… For a high-speed battle measured in milliseconds like this, ‘imperfection’ is a huge mistake.
Kanzaki Kaori, seasoned by countless battles and rich in experience, could already foresee the outcome of this move.
“I can block this wave of attacks for now, but the physical burden is too great, and I won't have time to respond to the next wave… Should I use the steel wire to buy a little time?”
Kanzaki Kaori's fingertips trembled slightly, her secondary weapon, the steel wire, already prepared.
But at that moment, sand curtains suddenly extended from both sides behind her, like a pair of arms, closing in front of Kanzaki Kaori, protecting her within.
A short distance behind Kanzaki Kaori, Lin Wuming was posing with his hands clasped together, remotely controlling the sand curtains.
At this moment, Lin Wuming was already a “Giant”—a huge body made of sand.
It was as if Lin Wuming had mastered “Sand Element” for this reason; the sand curtain barrier he erected this time was much tougher than the previous sand waterfall.
Facing the true attack of the Angel Power, the support time actually became longer.
Until Kanzaki Kaori took the opportunity to adjust her rhythm, and with a stable posture, swung Seven Heavens, Seven Swords again.
“Thank you.”
The sharp blade light cut through the sand curtain, severing six “feathers” in one go.
The slash even continued its momentum, flying towards the Angel Power's main body.
Forcing it to make a defensive move.
“You’ve been a great help, Lin Wuming.” Kanzaki Kaori calmly sheathed her sword and thanked him again.
Immediately after, she saw a water column as thick as a water tank flash past the corner of her eye.
It hit the “Sand Giant” Lin Wuming directly behind her.
Because it wasn't an attack directed at her, Kanzaki Kaori's reaction was a little slow.
By the time she drew her sword to cut the water column, it was already too late.
Lin Wuming's sand body was instantly shattered.
The water column's penetrating power was extremely strong, even leaving a straight and deep hole in the ground.
“Lin Wuming!” Kanzaki Kaori's heart tightened.
Shokuhou Misaki and Hu Feng Toumi, who were observing the battle from further away, also felt anxious.
But fortunately, the sand on the beach re-gathered, forming Lin Wuming’s image.
“Don’t worry,” the Sand Giant emitted a hoarse yet loud voice, “The current me—is immortal.”
Without the constraints of a physical body, Lin Wuming felt even more that his Nen applications could be more unrestrained and wild.
Just like now, using sand to mold a “body” for himself; even if it was scattered by enemies multiple times, it wouldn't cause any actual harm to him.
“After all, even an angel can’t kill someone who’s ‘already dead’!”
Lin Wuming even felt that the body he condensed from sand could serve as bait, specifically to attract the enemy's attention and induce their attacks, thereby covering Kanzaki Kaori's actions.
“But before that…” Lin Wuming suppressed the urge to court death proactively and instead began to recall the “ability catalog” deep within his memory.
In high-intensity combat, the “ability catalog” is actually not very useful, but as a database for analyzing information, it is very suitable.
He wasn't sure if it was an illusion, but the moment he was shattered by the water column, Lin Wuming felt as if he had caught a trace of “Angel Power.”
As he was not an expert in this field, Lin Wuming could not determine whether that special power was indeed the so-called “Angel Power,” but this did not hinder him from collecting information and conducting an investigation.
“To understand ‘Angel Power’ using the scientific worldview, that is, the ‘esper ability system.’”,
Doing so might not explain the true essence of “Angel Power,” but it could allow Lin Wuming to find a way to deal with it.
“Just for the sake of battle, this much is already enough!”
“Shinkanzaki, keep fighting!” Lin Wuming said, “I will seize the opportunity to protect you.”
“I still need to collect more sample data.”
As Lin Wuming spoke, all the sand particles on the entire beach were mobilized.
The golden sand waves undulated, and from a distance, they looked no different from the sea opposite.
Even Kanzaki Kaori couldn't help but marvel in her heart at this sight.
This was no longer entirely Nen; it was assisted by other abilities like “fluid manipulation,” which ultimately leveraged the sand particles of the entire beach.
Just as Lin Wuming was about to let loose and fight a big battle, an ambulance suddenly rushed up from the coastal road behind—it was the same one Lin Wuming and the others had taken when they came out.
A woman in work clothes kicked open the car door and shouted towards the beach, “Stop it, Senior Wuming! Your body can’t take it anymore!”
In the compartment behind her, Lin Wuming, who had originally been lying peacefully on a stretcher, was now a horrific sight, bleeding from all seven orifices, twitching uncontrollably, and constantly coughing up blood.
Shokuhou Misaki and Hu Feng Toumi had gotten out to find Tsuchimikado Motoharu and Kamijou Touma to understand the situation, so the only one left in the car was Misaka Worst, who was responsible for driving.
Due to Lin Wuming's previous performance, Misaka Worst wasn't too worried about his condition and even watched the battle with interest.
Until she heard movement from the compartment behind her…
The facts proved that Lin Wuming’s reckless behavior, as he was now, ultimately came with a price.
No matter how special his state, no matter how unrestrained and flamboyant he was, Lin Wuming, at the end of the day, was still a “human,” or rather, a “mortal.”
For a “mortal,” the “body” is always fundamental; without a body, it is like a tree without roots, water without a source, destined for only death.
Lin Wuming had thought that in his current “out-of-body” state, he was more “free” and unconstrained; thus, after adapting to the new state, his Nen became stronger, and he could directly access data from the “ability catalog” without external Item…
But little did he know, these were all just illusions.
The evidence was the body currently spitting blood in the ambulance.
Lin Wuming immediately felt a bad premonition; he had no “sensations” now—after all, he didn’t even have a body, so how could he have “feelings”?
But precisely because of this, he also lost the safeguard of “biological instinct.”
That's how he was just now; because he couldn't feel danger, he was more prone to courting death.
“Oh, it seems… I’ve overdone it…” Lin Wuming secretly clicked his tongue.
