Chapter 907: Saint Overdrive
It was precisely because he always held the upper hand in battle that Front had the leisure to pay attention to details beyond the battlefield.
He knew Kanzaki Kaori and had detailed information about this “Female Saint of the Far East.”
Even among all Saints, Kanzaki Kaori was an absolute “Martial Arts Faction” member; her physical prowess and martial arts skill were both at their peak, making her one of the strongest among Saints.
—Considering the relationship between the British Puritan Church and Academy City, her arrival here at this time was undoubtedly to help Lin Wuming; but if so, she should have arrived at full speed.
However, Front had just estimated her movement speed and found it to be much slower than expected, completely inconsistent with the standard of a Saint.
And…
Front controlled the boiling water, which collided fiercely with the iron sand controlled by Lin Wuming.
—And, Kanzaki Kaori’s reaction seemed to be slower than expected, feeling just like the several ordinary girls behind Lin Wuming, falling short of a Saint’s standard.
—Slow reaction? Speed… has it slowed down?
Front caught the sense of incongruity in it—is this really what I think? Or is the problem not with Kanzaki Kaori, but with myself?
No, the truth was that his own actions were too fast, and he unconsciously compared them to himself as a baseline, which made him feel that Kanzaki Kaori had “slowed down.”
After realizing this, Front suddenly discovered—that his own physical and mental fatigue were also more severe than expected!
—No, the problem lies in…
Tons of water masses suddenly exploded, tearing apart the iron sand curtain opposite.
—Lin Wuming’s attack patterns are just a few, not threatening, but…
Front noticed that due to continuous ultra-high-speed movement, the “water flow” he controlled had actually become a high-pressure, high-temperature water vapor polymer, constantly emitting heat comparable to flames!
Under Front’s formidable magical restraint, that dangerous substance barely maintained the basic form of “water.”
On the verge of losing control, about to go berserk!
Front was startled to discover that what he was controlling was such a dangerous substance that could explode at any moment.
So he immediately made an adjustment—releasing control and directly detonating it!
Terrifying heat instantly swept across the battlefield…
—No, it’s still very slow! Even such a violent reaction as an explosion was slower than expected.
Front felt that he could even dodge this indiscriminate explosion simply by moving.
Lin Wuming, on the other side, controlled the iron sand to intercept the destructive power of the explosion in a targeted manner—as if wrapping the explosion with iron sand.
Even Front, from the Magic Side, found this scene too “unscientific”!
And Kanzaki Kaori, at the edge of the battlefield, could only cut through the air blast with her Sword Drawing in the face of this explosion—and Front could clearly see her sword-swinging process…
—That’s right, it really is that Our speed is too fast.
Front finally confirmed this point.
—Our speed is over the limit, both me and Lin Wuming…
To be able to make himself, a person with both Saint and Saint Mother physiques, face the danger of overspeeding and losing control… Front looked at Lin Wuming again.
—What exactly did this man do?
Re-evaluating this battle, Front no longer felt that he controlled the rhythm of the battle, with even his sense of time being deceived, falling into unconscious over-acceleration… This was clearly him falling into Lin Wuming’s rhythm!
One must know, Front’s greatest strength was high-speed combat. Unlike other Saints, who were constrained by their “human” nature and thus unable to fully unleash the entire power of a “Saint” to avoid bodily collapse; Front, possessing the physique of a Saint Mother, could, through the blessing of “Saint Mother’s Mercy,” be exempted from bodily damage and various side effects.
Therefore, it could be said that Front was the only anomaly capable of fully utilizing the “true power of a Saint,” even able to output two hundred percent of it.
If other Saints followed a “low-speed and stable” route, then Front was the “high-speed and stable” type.
Yet even so, this “high speed” had its limits—the high speed Front was dragged into now had already broken through his limit of stable maintenance.
What concerned him even more was that Lin Wuming on the other side still maintained a relaxed posture, seemingly still having leeway and not having reached his limit.
—Seemingly always reacting passively, but in fact, am I the one being pushed to the brink?
Front stomped his foot hard, planting himself on the ground.
He clasped his hands together, making a clapping motion.
Due to the extreme speed, before the clap sounded, the first sound emitted was the thunderous roar of air being compressed and exploding.
As his palms met, magic was activated.
The water vapor covering the surrounding battlefield condensed again, and countless water droplets gathered around Front.
The water flow re-gathered—taking this opportunity, Front regrouped, forcibly making himself stop to cool down.
This was a somewhat risky move because Lin Wuming on the other side did not slow down.
So-called combat is a confrontation of speed and power; the faster and stronger side wins. This was also the core of Front’s combat philosophy.
And now, he was about to surrender the domain of “speed”…
Lin Wuming suddenly noticed—the enemy had slowed down.
This was not an illusion, after all, Front was already standing still, hands clasped, seemingly activating some powerful move…
Lin Wuming did not recognize this move, and recalling the original plot, there seemed to be no mention of a similar scene.
However, what needed to be done would not change—no matter what the enemy wanted to do, stopping him was the right thing to do!
So the iron sand, under Lin Wuming’s control, swept towards Front.
The clash of water and iron began anew…
Front no longer moved, and Lin Wuming was naturally happy to stand still and output damage.
—After all, that ultra-maneuver just now also caused a huge burden on my body… Huh?
Suddenly, Lin Wuming heard a sound enter his ears, distorted, like a strange sound stretched out countless times.
Only then did he notice that he seemed to have not heard any sound for quite a long time.
This feeling was not unfamiliar; in “Bullet Time” state, Lin Wuming indeed could not hear the sounds of the normal world, because his consciousness was in an accelerated state.
But the problem was, after Front’s sure-kill move missed, Lin Wuming had already exited the “Bullet Time” state.
After that, Lin Wuming was in a “normal” state fighting the enemy… theoretically, that was the case.
—But what’s going on now? When did I get dragged into “Bullet Time” again?
