While I was chanting a curse, the system said I was Xiao Yan?

Tianyan took a deep breath, stretched his neck, and his joints made a crisp sound.

"Naoya."

He finally spoke, his voice not loud, but the anger in his words was clearly audible.

"I've told you before, I'm different from you. Every family member is someone I cherish."

"Not to mention my sisters, Mai and Maki!"

"I will never forgive anyone who dares to harm them!"

"Are you prepared?!"

"This time, it's not just some small-scale skirmish like before!"

Tianyan took off his outer garment, revealing the black T-shirt he was wearing underneath.

He assumed a stance, his hands forming claws, and began to unleash his magical power.

Layers of black iron-colored bone plates began to appear on the skin of his palms, overlapping and covering each other, transforming his hands into two menacing dragon claws!

Moreover, the bone fragments start from the wrist and extend upwards all the way to the scapula before stopping!

Two sharp bone blades, each about 30 centimeters long, pierced out from his elbows, their chilling gleam leaving no doubt about their sharpness!

"Oh?"

"Are you angry? How scary."

Zen-in Naoya mocked in his distinctive Kansai dialect, "Unfortunately, the anger of the weak is worthless!"

He beckoned to Tianyan with his finger, a smug yet infuriating expression on his face.

"You can't even build that turtle shell anymore, yet you still have such a big mouth!"

"Come on! Let me show you this reality!"

In response to him, the stone slab beneath Tianyan's feet suddenly shattered!

With a powerful and heavy force, his right fist aimed straight at Zhizai's face. The wind from the punch was howling, and the force was immense!

Naoya didn't even retreat; he merely tilted his head slightly, and the punch, powerful enough to shatter a wall, grazed past his ear.

Tianyan's punch missed its mark, the force of the punch exploding and creating a muffled bang.

But he didn't hold back. Instead, he twisted his waist, and the bone blade at his elbow drew a sharp arc in mid-air, tearing through the air with a sharp whistling sound.

Zhi Zai's pupils constricted slightly.

Projection spell activated!

In his eyes, a second is divided into 24 frames, each frame is a pre-set trajectory, and every action is a script he has written in advance!

Tianyan's elbow strikes were so slow in his field of vision that they seemed to be dragged into a quagmire, and all his variations were exposed.

Naoya lightly touched the inside of Tenyan's arm with his toes, using the force to leap into the air, the bone blade grazing past his clothes.

His figure drew a perfect arc in mid-air, like a leaf swept up by the wind, silently landing behind Tianyan.

"Too slow, Lord Tianyan."

Naoya's voice rang out almost against Tenen's ear, carrying a condescending mockery.

His right hand, palm outstretched, aimed straight for Tianyan's back.

"In my script, your slow-motion shots don't even qualify you as an extra!"

Zhizai's palm was only three inches away from Tianyan's back.

According to the rules of the projection spell, once the caster touches the object and it is unable to follow the caster's preset "24 frames of action within one second", Tianyan will be in a state of absolute stun for a full second!

One second is enough for Naoya to land twenty-four punches on him!

"Hyperplasia, bone armor!"

Tianyan did not turn back.

He didn't even move!

With a sudden contraction of the back muscles, the bony scales that originally covered the shoulder blades instantly proliferated and hardened on the back like a startled hedgehog.

boom!

Naoya's palm struck the bone armor hard.

The anticipated "touch-and-freeze" technique was not triggered!

Because what he touched was not Tianyan's flesh, but those bone growths that had no pain or nerves and were purely formed from curse power.

The recoil force traveled from his palm all the way to his shoulder, causing Naoya's expression to change slightly. The tingling and numbness from the base of his palm made it almost impossible for him to clench his fingers.

"It's not over yet!"

Naoya snorted coldly, his arrogance replaced by a hint of annoyance.

His figure accelerated again, leaving overlapping afterimages in the courtyard. He approached from multiple directions simultaneously, from the front, left, right rear, and above, attempting to tear through Tianyan's defenses with an all-around, ultra-high-speed attack.

The wind howled, and afterimages intertwined.

Tianyan stood still, knowing full well that he was no match for Zhizai in terms of speed.

Naoya's projection spell is a top-tier technique newly inherited by the Zenin family. Its preset ability of 24 frames per second makes him almost invincible in speed-based battles!

But even the most perfect technique has its fatal flaws.

The rules of the projection spell are: the user must pre-set 24 frames of continuous action within one second, and these actions must conform to the laws of physics.

If the pre-planned action is interrupted, it means that a variable "outside the script" has appeared!

The user will be forced into a one-second freeze!

What Tianyan needs to do is create a variable "outside the script".

Naoya charges forward again!

His mind was racing through twenty-four frames of a machine.

From frame 1 to frame 8, the direction is changed continuously to create visual blind spots.

From frame 9 to frame 16, they circled around to the left of Tianyan, cutting into his blind spot.

Frame 17, shot on the area of ​​Tianyan's body not covered by the bone armor!

From frame 18 to frame 24, continuously bombard this annoying guy's face!

A perfect script!

Naoya's figure suddenly turned around in the afterimage, like a bolt of lightning striking the left side of Tenyan!

His hand was already outstretched, only an arm's length away from Tianyan's armpit.

In that very instant!

Several sharp bone spurs suddenly erupted from under Tianyan's clothes under his armpits without warning.

Instead of covering the surface of the clothing like before, forming a layer of armor, it burst out directly from under the clothing!

There was no build-up of energy, no warning, and not even a muscle contraction.

Those bone spurs seemed to appear out of thin air, extending wildly in all directions. Some pierced straight, some swept horizontally, and some broke apart on their own due to their rapid growth, exploding into countless tiny bone fragments in the air.

Naoya's pupils suddenly shrank to the size of a pinhead.

His brain completely shut down at that moment.

This sudden bone growth was completely outside of his pre-planned "physical movement path".

If he continues along the preset trajectory, he will collide with these suddenly appearing bone spurs in the next frame.

If the physical logic of the "script" is violated, the projection spell will break down!

But if he changes the trajectory in this frame... that won't work either!

The rule of the projection spell is that "24 frames of preset actions must be executed within one second". Unauthorized changes are equivalent to violating the rule and will also lead to the game crash!

A dilemma, a dead end!

"What?!"

Naoya's scream was only half-uttered in his throat.

His body, hurtling forward at high speed, was unable to stop due to inertia, and those bone spikes rapidly magnified in his field of vision!

No! We have to get out of the way!

We must minimize the damage! Jump!

Although my leg will be injured, it's a negligible price to pay compared to losing my life!

Click!

The air seemed to freeze at that moment!

Contrary to Naoya's expectations, the bone spurs shattered and dissipated the moment they touched Naoya!

Although it didn't cause any harm, that's enough!

Because Naoya violated the rules of his own projecting spell in order to dodge!

Naoya's originally smooth and fluid figure seemed to have been paused, abruptly stuck in mid-air.

His movements were frozen in an extremely contorted posture, his body leaning forward, his fingertips pointing forward, and his facial muscles still frozen in a horrified expression.

The rules of the projected spell have backfired due to the violation of the preset action.

He was frozen in place for a full second!

one second.

For ordinary people, it's just a very short time.

But for Tianyan...

That's enough!

Tianyan suddenly opened his eyes, a slightly ferocious smile curving his lips.