Chosen Evolution: I can load the protagonist template

Chapter 493 This is the battle between users of time-stopping technology!

Summoned units, familiar units, and vehicle units are all within the fusion scope of Demon Concerto.

The substitute unit has a unique form of existence, but in a broad sense it is also a summoned unit, and therefore meets the conditions for fusion.

When the world separates from Cheng Tian's main body, the damage the world suffers will be perfectly reflected back to the main body. This is how Dio Brando died back then.

Cheng Tian chose to go against the grain. Through the fusion of the Demon Concerto, he is now both a sorcerer and a substitute, and the shared damage judgment, which was originally a weakness, has also disappeared!
Having completed the fusion, Cheng Tian's feet were suspended in the air. The irresponsible, spirit-like levitation ability from the substitute appeared on Cheng Tian at this moment without any weakening.

The mental image crystal, which should have relied on Cheng Tian's physical body, was still floating beside him.

Cheng Tian's two weakest abilities, strength and agility, underwent a near-qualitative leap through fusion with the world!

"150 seconds left... Two and a half minutes! I'll take you down!"

Cheng Tian, ​​who had engraved the four types of handle button knuckles, slammed his right index finger hard at Izayoi Sakuya from a distance!

The fusion with his Stand made Cheng Tian's JoJo vibe even stronger.

In response to Cheng Tian's provocation, Izayoi not only remained silent, but also slightly bent over, and at the same time, the mechanical sound of the clock hands stopping began to ring again.

"Mudamuda! Saying it is useless, it's useless!"

As Cheng Tian, ​​now integrated with the world, laughed wildly, he instinctively began to resist the time stop coming from the other side.

A gigantic, illusory image of a stopped pocket watch expanded outwards from the head maid, instantly filling the entire King of Fighters '97 MUGEN instance—

Sakuya's world!
The noise in the arena suddenly became completely silent, as if a video had been paused. Everyone's expression froze at this moment, and only Izayoi Sakuya herself and Cheng Tian, ​​who was merged with the world, were able to move on the stage.

To Cheng Tian's surprise, the head maid of Sakuya World, whose spell card slots were almost empty and who was unlikely to be able to release the second Sakuya World spell card, retreated rapidly, further widening the distance between herself and Cheng Tian!
...Oh no! She's found my weakness!

Upon seeing the head maid make this choice, Cheng Tian immediately realized that his greatest weakness had been exposed.

That means the MP required to counteract time stop is enormous!

If Cheng Tian were to unleash Zavarudo himself, the MP consumed per second would be as high as 300 points. Even with a full MP bar, it would only last for 4 seconds before reaching its limit, and Cheng Tian would only have 50 MP left to use during that time.

Four seconds and 50 MP isn't enough to kill someone instantly unless you use a mana regeneration item during the time stop and are dealing with a humanoid unit.

If it were simply to counter someone else's time stop, the 300 MP consumption per second would be reduced to 100 MP. However, this also means that Cheng Tian himself has a limit to his resistance. At most, Cheng Tian's resistance time is only 12 seconds.

As a T0.5 level powerhouse among many time users, between T1 and T0, the only limitation on Sakuya's time-stop duration is the Hidden Heaven Fighting Template granted by the rules. However, if she is willing to pay an additional price, the duration of her exclusive Zawarudo can be extended.

Not many, but still not comparable to Cheng Tian's current level.

The head maid realized that Cheng Tian's resistance to time stop had its limits. If he continued to delay, he would run out of mana and be forced into a time stop situation.

If the time stop is stopped early in order to save mana, then Cheng Tian will be unable to prevent the head maid from doing anything during the time stop, including stabbing him into a sieve!

"One second passed... two seconds..."

The head maid, silently counting down the days, kept launching small swarms of throwing knives to delay Cheng Tian, ​​who was trying to charge in for close combat and exuded anxiety.

At this moment, Cheng Tian could only use both fists to block the flying knives from the opponent, instead of using a barrier to block or collide with the flying knives.

Because using any skill that consumes MP will further shorten the duration of his fight against Sakuya's world!
Cheng Tian, ​​whose mana bar wasn't full to begin with, could barely hold out for 7 seconds thanks to his newly acquired high-speed self-mana regeneration, which was close to the head maid's prediction. However— "Eight seconds have passed... What's going on!? Why can he still move!"

Sakuya, who had already calculated Cheng Tian's resistance time and was preparing to launch a counterattack starting from the eighth second of Sakuya's world, now had an undisguised look of astonishment on her face.

Cheng Tian's seemingly panicked expression had transformed into a wicked grin.

Sakuya Izayoi was trying to wear down Cheng Tian by depleting his mana, but Cheng Tian, ​​upon discovering this, simply turned the tables on her.

Cheng Tian's mana bar was indeed almost empty... but instead, his reserve of innocent souls was rapidly decreasing at a rate of 50 per second!

Innocent Souls can be used to replenish the magic of projectiles, or as a substitute for MP for spellcasting. One soul corresponds to 2 MP. With the recent collection of two Great Sin Souls, Cheng Tian's Innocent Soul storage limit has reached 399.

Some might ask, where did this kid get so many innocent souls?
Well, while he was using the monkey trick to accumulate Holy Radiance and Nightmare bars last night, he also managed to max out the Innocent Souls—using the torch to farm souls via a bug!

Under normal circumstances, besides killing monsters and defeating villains, all acts of destroying torches and candlesticks also have a chance of dropping the souls of innocent people!

Although the drop rate was drastically reduced because it wasn't a magical torch like those in Castlevania that truly sealed the souls of the innocent, Cheng Tian had plenty of money and managed to increase the quantity.

Hammond's frantic destruction of torches and candlesticks in the lab caused all the candles, sticks, gauze, and medical alcohol in the drugstores around the lab to run out!
In other words, Cheng Tian can hold out for another 7 seconds in the time stop!
How long can Izayoi Sakuya keep time still?

Because she used the Sakuya world, which was supposed to last longer than the current template, the head maid experienced for the first time in her life the high strain that maintaining time stop would put on her body. The feeling of her whole body being squeezed by space during movement, and the pain of her brain feeling like it was about to boil, distorted the head maid's features into an unprecedented state.

But Sakuya Izayoi, stubborn as ever, still didn't give up!

Longer! Just a little longer!
The second hand, which stands still in time, has reached the 13-second mark.

This also means that Cheng Tian's pre-stockpiled innocent souls are about to be completely exhausted.

The head maid, sensing that the force resisting time stop on Cheng Tian was about to disappear, turned ferocious.

It wasn't that she had any negative feelings towards Cheng Tian, ​​but rather a simple pain, along with a sense of liberation.

But at that very moment, she saw Cheng Tian raise his left hand, turning the back of his hand towards her, revealing a peculiar pattern on the back of his hand composed of two short swords.

"Use! Command Spell! Replenish Bazett's mana!"

As one of the patterns disappeared, a blue light flashed across Bazett's body, who was in a time-stopped state. His already full blue bar did not change at all. However, the necklace accessory "Heart of the Main Brain" hanging on his chest resonated with Cheng Tian's brain, which had also been enhanced by the Main Brain.

In an instant, the Command Seal power that had already been applied to Bazett also affected Cheng Tian's now empty mana bar. (Chapter 359)
Instantly replenished!

The head maid, having reached her limit, instantly lost the light in her eyes.

"Smash! Varudo!"

Accompanied by Cheng Tian's roar, the silver time-stopping clock that filled the entire instance was instantly replaced with an orange-gold color.

When the noise filled Izayoi's ears again, Cheng Tian's fist, which was also the world's fist, was already pressed against her forehead.

"I lost."

With her eyes clearing, Sakuya Izayoi tossed away the silver throwing knife she was holding, making a crisp sound.

(End of this chapter)