Curse Returns, a gamble from the start, I awaken dual spells

Chapter 162 Experiment

The passage was longer than expected.

Li Ren walked at the front, still savoring the effects of the technique in his mind.

Itachi followed behind him, his gaze fixed on Rito's back.

After hesitating for a moment, he finally couldn't help but ask, "Riri, what exactly is this 'entropy-free' thing you mentioned?"

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Li Ren didn't stop, but his pace noticeably slowed down.

"Simply put, my technique has changed."

Previously, "Zero Pivot" and "Decay" were two separate techniques, one responsible for freezing and the other for decaying, but now they have merged.

"Fusion?" Fushiguro Megumi's voice came from behind.

"I've never heard of such a thing as spell fusion before."

"I've never heard of it either," Rito said with a wry smile.

"But that's the truth. The new technique is called Entropy-Free," and its effect is neither freezing nor decay...

Instead, it's completely erased.

"Erase? How do you erase it?" Hadji frowned.

Rito stopped, turned around, and raised his right hand.

A gray sphere of light slowly condensed in his palm, like a miniature black hole, swallowing all the surrounding light.

Itadori and Fushiguro Megumi instinctively took a step back, the aura emanating from the sphere of light making them feel a sense of danger.

"Do you see this light?" Rito stared at the gray sphere in his palm.

"If I hit it against a wall, the wall won't break, it won't burn, it won't melt... it will just disappear."

"Disappeared?" Itadori was taken aback.

"Yes, disappear. As if it never existed." Rito clenched his fist, and the gray orb of light dissipated in his palm.

Itadori and Fushiguro Megumi exchanged a glance, both of them showing a hint of shock.

"This is too... too outrageous." Itadori's eyes widened.

"That's outrageous." Rito turned around and continued walking forward.

"But this is my current ability. How long it can be used, how many times it can be used, and what level of power it can achieve still need to be verified in actual combat."

After a moment of silence, Fushiguro Megumi asked, "Does this technique—have any side effects?"

Li Ren paused slightly in his steps.

This question hits the nail on the head.

He could indeed feel that every time he used the power of "Entropy-Free", the consumption of his internal magical energy was extremely terrifying.

The small-scale experiment just now had already consumed nearly one-tenth of his magical energy reserves.

If we exert all our strength—

"Yes," Rito answered honestly, "It consumes a lot of magical power, and—"

"I'm not sure how effective this technique is on living things yet; I just tested it on a wall."

"There will always be a chance." Itari grinned.

The group continued forward, the white walls on both sides of the passage stretching endlessly in their field of vision, as if there would never be an end.

After walking for about ten minutes, the space in front of us suddenly opened up.

It was a huge circular hall with a dome tens of meters high, smooth walls like a mirror, and intricate patterns carved on the floor, emitting a faint light.

Li Ren stopped and scanned the entire hall with his eyes.

"These patterns are not decorations." Fushiguro Megumi squatted down and carefully examined the patterns on the ground.

"These are runes, and quite ancient kinds at that."

Li Ren remained silent, his self-illumination lingering on those patterns.

He could clearly sense that the magical power in this space was flowing in a specific pattern, like blood circulating in blood vessels.

The sight in the rotunda made everyone stop in their tracks.

The intricate patterns on the ground emitted a faint glow, like some kind of ancient incantation, densely interwoven to form a huge array.

Rito crouched down, his fingertips lightly touching the ground, feeling the fluctuations of magical power flowing within the patterns.

"This is... a teleportation array?" Huzhang leaned closer, curiously examining the patterns.

"It doesn't seem like it." Rito shook his head. "It's more like some kind of seal, or rather—a lock."

"A lock?" Fukuguro Megumi walked to his side, her gaze sweeping over the patterns on the ground. "You mean, we need to unlock it to continue?"

"That should be it." Rito stood up, scanning the hall with his eyes. "But I didn't see any keyholes or switches or anything like that."

Just then, a voice suddenly came from the other end of the hall.

"How did you all get here?"

Li Ren's pupils suddenly contracted, and he quickly turned around.

Three figures emerged from the shadows opposite the hall.

The leader was a middle-aged man wearing a black robe, thin, with a hideous scar on his face that stretched from his brow bone to the corner of his mouth.

Behind him stood two young people, a man and a woman, both dressed in matching black uniforms with a silver badge pinned to their chests.

Curse Master.

Li Ren felt a chill run down his spine; he recognized the badge.

That was the logo of a small organization of cursed sorcerers, somewhat famous in the underworld of sorcery.

"We're trapped here," Rito replied calmly, while subtly signaling to Itadori and Fushiguro Megumi to stay alert. "You too?"

"Trapped?" The scarred man narrowed his eyes.

"This is a special node within the Death's Return Barrier; ordinary sorcerers can't even find the entrance. The fact that you've managed to get here means you're either very powerful, or—"

His gaze lingered on Rihito for a moment, a meaningful smile playing on his lips.

"Or perhaps, you possess something special."

Li Ren frowned slightly.

He could sense that the magical energy emanating from the other party was not weak; it was at least at the level of a first-level sorcerer.

The two young men behind him also possessed near-first-level strength.

Three enemies, not easy to deal with.

"We just stumbled in by accident," Rito said calmly. "If you know how to get out, we'd be happy to coexist peacefully."

"Peaceful coexistence?" The scarred man laughed, his laughter echoing in the empty hall.

"Young man, have you misunderstood something? This is the Death Return Tour, where the rule is survival of the fittest and death of the weak."

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly raised his right hand, and a jet of dark magical power condensed into the shape of an arrow, shooting straight at Rito's face.

Li Ren was prepared and dodged to the left. The black arrow grazed past his ear and embedded itself in the wall behind him with a piercing bang.

"Looks like they're not planning on having a proper talk." Rito sighed, then turned to Itadori and Fushiguro Megumi. "Don't interfere."

"What?" Itadori was taken aback. "You're going to take on all three of them by yourself?"

"It's a good opportunity to test the practical effects of the new technique." Rito took two steps forward, blocking the three of them. "Besides, your injuries haven't fully healed yet, so making a move rashly would only hinder me."

Megumi Fushiguro opened her mouth as if to say something, but seeing Rito's determined eyes, she ultimately just nodded silently.

Seeing Rito approach alone, the scarred man's smile grew even more contemptuous: "Kid, are you looking for death?"

Liren did not answer, but simply raised his right hand, palm facing up.

A gray sphere of light slowly coalesced and took shape.