—Come quickly, fatal crisis; come quickly, "Bullet Time"!
Lin Wuming chanted the spell according to the tutorial while anticipating it in his heart.
Since he had learned a new skill, he had to use it! Lin Wuming never hesitated when it came to such matters.
As for the danger involved... because he had the life-saving trump card of "Bullet Time", Lin Wuming never really considered the danger he might face.
On the contrary, "fatal danger" itself was what he needed.
However, unexpectedly... no, perhaps it could be said that he was already mentally prepared—Lin Wuming's first attempt failed.
After chanting the entire spell, Lin Wuming noticed that the flow of time around him had not changed at all.
"Alright..." Lin Wuming muttered to himself.
But Shirai Kuroko's panicked cry came from his ear: "Unnamed Senior! What's wrong with you?"
Only then did Lin Wuming notice that his physical condition was somewhat off—a strange bloody color appeared in his vision.
He raised his hand to touch it, and amid the warmth, his hand was covered in blood red.
"Cough, cough." Lin Wuming coughed—the familiar state of bleeding from the seven orifices.
It seemed the spell had succeeded after all, otherwise it wouldn't have caused a backlash.
But on the other hand, the effect of the "backlash" was too weak, far from reaching the level of a "fatal crisis."
—So Aleister taught me a half-baked Magic? Did I suffer for nothing then?
Lin Wuming complained in his heart.
But he immediately found the problem—the red paper crane on his right side was in the wrong condition.
More precisely, there was a problem with the "element" applied to the red paper crane.
The paper crane that should have been burned by fire was now charred black, as if it had suffered an explosion or strong electric shock, not the burning of fire.
—Was there a mistake when activating the ability?
Lin Wuming recalled carefully and confirmed that a flash of electric light, not the expected flame, had indeed appeared on his right side just now.
However, Lin Wuming was already very skilled at manipulating Nen Ability to simulate the effects of other abilities like this, even to the extent of being able to do it "subconsciously."
So when he was casting the spell just now, Lin Wuming only pursued speed and didn't care whether the element summoned by Nen Ability was correct.
"Ability out of control... Is there an interference device nearby?" Lin Wuming murmured.
Shirai Kuroko's expression changed, and she also tried it slightly, finding that there were indeed signs of interference.
She couldn't help but feel a lingering fear in her heart—if she had insisted on activating Space Movement just now... the consequences would have been unimaginable!
At the same time, the underground passage they were in suddenly vibrated violently, as if an earthquake had occurred.
"Since I've found the reason..." Lin Wuming's expression was serious. Facing the threat of an "earthquake," the situation was even more urgent, and he couldn't afford to worry too much.
So, Lin Wuming chanted the spell while taking out four more paper cranes.
"Unnamed Senior!" Shirai Kuroko saw that he was going to continue and exclaimed, stepping forward to try and dissuade him.
But this time, with Lin Wuming's special attention, his Nen Ability did not make any more mistakes, and the four great elements were accurately in place.
The spell was successful, the side effect of an Esper using Magic appeared, and "Bullet Time" was successfully triggered.
Feeling the long-lost and familiar "slow-motion world," Lin Wuming breathed a sigh of relief in his heart—it was successful, at least Aleister hadn't lied about this.
Without any slack, after confirming that he had entered the "Bullet Time" state, Lin Wuming immediately began to operate.
—Extend Telekinesis into the collapsed area in front of him, pushing the mud, stones, and building debris to both sides.
The action Lin Wuming took was very simple, just repeatedly performing the two steps above.
But with the enhancement of "Bullet Time," from Shirai Kuroko's perspective as an observer, Lin Wuming cleared a large section of the blocked underground passage almost in the blink of an eye.
The mud and stones that were originally obstacles were now all squeezed onto the walls and dome by the powerful Telekinesis released by Lin Wuming.
The highly compressed soil and stone bricks even underwent a "ceramization" phenomenon, becoming a compact and solid whole, which actually supported the originally shaky underground passage!
Boom!
The Telekinesis impact broke through the last layer of obstacles in one go, completely clearing the blocked passage.
...
In the slow-motion world, one could see Sherry Cromwell's surprised and bewildered expression at the other end of the passage.
"Magic?" Sherry Cromwell had just looked up when she saw her "seal" being broken by a huge force.
Immediately after, she saw Lin Wuming looking over with a expressionless face from the other side of the passage.
—Could this be the effect of some Magic?
"No!" The alarm bells rang in Sherry Cromwell's heart, and she decisively abandoned the girl she had just picked up, retreating again.
At the same time, she didn't forget to summon the stone giant "Ellis" to cover herself.
Bang bang bang...
Almost simultaneously, a continuous series of crashing sounds erupted.
Sherry Cromwell's proudest stone giant, "Ellis," was actually defeated by the simplest, purest "Telekinesis impact."
It only lasted less than half a second!
—Damn it, how does he feel like a different person? Could this be the true strength of a Level 5 Esper?
Sherry Cromwell didn't dare to stay, and while fleeing, she activated all the Magic arrays she had left behind in one go!
—There's already an earthquake now, combined with my destruction, it must be making things even worse, right?
But Sherry Cromwell couldn't care less about that anymore, and even the girl from just now was once again exposed to a dangerous area that could collapse at any time.
However, Sherry Cromwell inexplicably believed that with Lin Wuming's protection, Kihara Yuiitsu would definitely be fine!
As she expected, Lin Wuming didn't forget to distract himself to take care of Kihara Yuiitsu while pursuing the enemy.
After ensuring the safety of the innocent girl, Lin Wuming then launched his final offensive—directly grabbing the Magician Sherry Cromwell with Telekinesis!
Lin Wuming's movements in the "Bullet Time" state were extremely fast, something normal people couldn't react to at all, and Sherry Cromwell couldn't evade his Telekinesis either.
Only after pinning Sherry Cromwell to the ground did Lin Wuming gradually emerge from the "Bullet Time" state.
Because of "Bullet Time," from a normal perspective, all of this happened too quickly.
Sherry Cromwell had just had a thought and hadn't even had time to truly escape before she was pinned to the ground.
Only at this moment did her command to activate all Magic arrays just begin to take effect.
The underground passage where Lin Wuming was currently located was the main battlefield of the fight between the two just now. Sherry Cromwell had left many Magic arrays during the battle, which were now all activated.
Thus, the underground passage where Lin Wuming was also experienced a large-scale overall collapse.
