A Scientific Urban Detective.

Chapter 903 The Power of Magic

Lin Wuming deliberately created some distance, attempting to regroup and bring the battle back to his area of ​​expertise; of course, the water behind him was not about to let Lin Wuming escape so easily, and immediately gave chase.

Lin Wuming used his telekinetic power to lift his body and move at high speed, which could be described as flying close to the ground.

The water behind them spreads a film of water on the ground and then moves at supersonic speeds in a skating motion, with its speed only increasing and never slowing down.

Lin Wuming's attempt to create distance ultimately failed.

The tactics of the water behind were simple—catch up and throw a punch; when Lin Wuming accelerated to create distance, they continued to accelerate and chase...

This was the first time Lin Wuming had felt so urgently that his psychic barrier was insufficient. The enemy's attacks were incredibly fierce, and every punch would shatter hundreds of layers of psychic barrier, leaving no time to replenish it.

Moreover, as time went on, the power of the attack continued to increase, like waves crashing endlessly, each one stronger than the last...

Lin Wuming soon realized that this was probably not a metaphor; every punch thrown by the water behind him was indeed accompanied by "waves"—a huge amount of seawater propelled his fist, increasing the power of his attack.

The water behind used some kind of magic to increase the power of its punches!

Lin Wuming's solution was simple—to deal with whatever came his way.

The strategy is the same as when dealing with the real archangel "divine power": use quantity against quantity and quality against quality—manipulating massive amounts of iron sand to counter the enemy's waves.

Fortunately, the water behind him was not as powerful as the real "divine power," so the amount of water he could control was limited, which gave Lin Wuming the opportunity to counterattack.

That's right. Because this isn't a beach, there's very little sand available for Lin Wuming to manipulate, so he had to temporarily borrow Misaka Mikoto's iron sand.

Misaka Mikoto readily relinquished control of the iron sand and even actively helped collect more iron sand from further away.

The outcome of the previous encounter with the Rear Water left Misaka Mikoto feeling quite disappointed—not only did they fail to help defeat the enemy as they had initially boasted, but they had even become a burden in a sense, proving that Lin Wuming was right not to let them participate in this battle…

It wasn't just Misaka Mikoto; the other three felt similarly, especially Shirai Kuroko, who felt even more guilty.

Shirai Kuroko knew very well that the reason Lin Wuming had fallen into this unfavorable situation was largely because he was trying to save her.

Otherwise, the nameless senior would not have rashly approached the enemy; that was not his preferred combat distance!
—So, I'm only level 4 and I'm not qualified to participate in a battle of this caliber?

Just as Shirai Kuroko began to doubt herself, the voice of Shokuhou Misaki suddenly echoed in her mind.

"Shirai-kun, do you still have the courage and strength to activate spatial teleportation again?"

“Of course!” Shirai Kuroko replied immediately, “But… I can’t cause any more trouble—Mukei-senpai was right, this is a battle, not a game!”

"Don't worry, as long as you still have courage, that's enough. Just follow my instructions," said Misaki Shokuhou. "We were caught off guard just now and weren't prepared. Now it's time to avenge ourselves!"

Misaki Shokuhou narrowed her eyes, staring intently at the battlefield before her.

To be honest, with her eyesight, she could only see wisps of afterimages, but she couldn't see the specific movements of Lin Wuming and the water behind them at all, and she couldn't even keep up with their speed.

—We must find a way to slow him down… In order to break the deadlock, Lin Wuming finally made a decision—to activate magic and actively enter a deep “bullet time” state to buy himself more time to act.

It should be noted that, just as he had predicted, the water behind him had no intention of killing Lin Wuming, so he held back during the attack.

Furthermore, as Lin Wuming's own strength grew stronger, the attacks from the water behind him, though seemingly powerful and terrifying, failed to pose any "fatal crisis" to him, except for the steel rod that hit his head earlier!
As a result, Lin Wuming could only rely on his Nen abilities and reaction speed in his normal state to deal with him.

Feeling that he was falling further and further behind, Lin Wuming finally couldn't wait any longer.

Suddenly, Lin Wuming's pupils turned blood red, and two streams of blood flowed from his nostrils.

At the same time, the psychic barrier in front of him instantly thickened, even to the point of distorting light and becoming almost tangible.

This time, the Water from Behind's fist failed to shatter the psychic barrier.

From the perspective of the water behind, this was also a very peculiar feeling.

The barriers in front of Lin Wuming were originally numerous and fragile, like a layered cake, which had a unique feel when hit, but could not cause him any trouble.

But just now, the water behind felt as if it had hit a solid brick or even a block of iron with that punch—of course, the barrier was much stronger than an iron block, otherwise it wouldn't have been able to stop her punch—the nature of the barrier had changed!
—Did quantitative change lead to qualitative change? Was it the effect of that magic spell just now?

The water behind calmly analyzed the situation.

Recently, the name "Lin Wuming" has been widely circulated in the magic world because there are rumors that he possesses both superpowers and magic, and that the magic he uses is a rare treasure recorded in the "Book of Law".

When gathering intelligence, the rear guard certainly wouldn't overlook these details.

Not long ago, I asked Agnes Santis on the cruise ship to verify the rumors. However, the battle nuns were not strong enough to force Lin Wuming to use his trump card.

And now, Lin Wuming has finally used magic...

—But it's still strange. There was indeed a magical fluctuation just now, but it didn't produce any phenomena, except that his mental power seemed to have suddenly become stronger... Could it be that Lin Wuming's magic is the type that can directly enhance superpowers?
The water behind him couldn't understand, but he knew that now was not the time to think about such things.

The suddenly strengthened psychic barrier successfully blocked the pursuit of the water behind him, allowing Lin Wuming to finally seize the opportunity and successfully widen the distance.

Immediately following this was a three-round burst of telekinetic acceleration cannon fire.

The water behind used its palm to block the small steel balls one by one—after being blocked by the water flow, the small steel balls quickly cooled and stopped, eventually turning into three teardrop-shaped objects that fell into the water behind's hand.

The water behind him clenched his fist, crushing the "water droplets" that had become brittle and hard after being rapidly cooled by the high-temperature oil, and then continued to chase after Lin Wuming.

Lin Wuming excels at mid-range combat—this can be seen from the very first "psychic acceleration cannon" he fired.

Therefore, the rear water has been intentionally closing the distance, dragging the battlefield into the area where it is most proficient.

The next thing to do is no exception—we can't let Lin Wuming create distance; his telekinetic acceleration cannon is really troublesome!
Thus began an even more dazzling high-speed chase.

(End of this chapter)