Curse Reply: I'm going to fight the Myriad Corpse Immortal, the highest level one!

Is it difficult? It is indeed very difficult.

If he were in the same position, he might not have done as well as Xia Jie.

In Boros's single eye, Xia Jie's body was so weak that it could be crushed with a single pinch, yet she was able to exert her limited strength to the extreme, to the point that she could survive his punches.

"That's truly amazing martial arts skill, but your frail body seems to be on the verge of collapse."

Boros clenched his fist, waiting for the slightest thought to transform his surging power into a torrent of speed once more.

"Compared to this, Boros, don't you find it strange?"

"What's strange?"

Boros paused, slightly reducing his strength. Perhaps his opponent was just stalling for time, but it didn't matter. He had been bored for too long, so waiting for his opponent wouldn't hurt.

"I am an Earthling."

Xia Jie pointed to herself.

"You don't know what kind of person you are."

Xia Jie then pointed to Boros.

"We can communicate normally. You can understand what I say, and I can understand what you say. We are life forms from two different planets, and even life forms from all over the universe share the same language. We don't even have different accents, even though our civilizations are separated by thousands of stars and we have never had any cultural exchanges before."

"Our races were born in vastly different environments, yet we evolved similar structures, all of us being 'human' in shape, with limbs, vocal cords, ears, and eyes."

"I can even breathe normally on your spaceship, as the air inside is very similar to Earth's atmosphere."

"All the humanoid aliens of various races on the spaceship can survive normally in this atmosphere."

"Even more so, you, who are not human, can understand the concept of 'human' that I am talking about very naturally, and you do not find it strange at all."

"Boros, do you know what this means?"

Before Boros could answer, Xia Jie gave the answer herself.

"Either there is a higher being that created everything that is now, or there is something special about the 'logic' that runs this world."

"Interesting thought. You said you're from 'Earth,' right?"

Boros grinned, revealing sharp, blade-like teeth.

"Twenty years ago, a fortune teller told me that I was bored because I was too powerful, and that there was someone on this planet who could compete with me and relieve my boredom."

"If you are the person prophesied to be, I will take the time to find the answer to this question after I have had my fun."

"Before that..."

Boros's figure disappeared again, moving at a speed that exceeded the dynamic vision limits of the maggot-like Xia Jie.

Absolute power, the resulting "boringness," what excites you?

The air was compressed into a sound barrier by the force, and then the sound cone was flattened into a thin, glass-like interface by the endless force, and finally succumbed to the force, making way for Boros's fist.

The second punch was aimed at Xia Jie's temple.

This punch was several times faster than the previous one, which was used as a probe. If Xia Jie was indeed the equally matched opponent predicted, he would certainly be able to withstand it.

if not...

Boros's azure eyes were fixed on Xia Jie's every move.

If Xia Jie is not like that, then there is only one possible fate for him:

"die!"

An attack with power approaching Saitama's "normal punch" slowly approached Xia Jie's temple at a speed that surpassed nerve reflexes.

This frail body, as weak as an ordinary person's, remained stable, so weak that it was completely unaware of the approaching death.

As the fist drew closer, Boros's mood gradually turned to disappointment.

"As expected, it's the same thing again... another agonizingly suffocating battle."

One eighteenth of a second later.

Boom!!!

A flash of black and red lightning disappeared in an instant.

"What...!?"

Boros clutched his right shoulder in shock, his pupils dilating. At the severed point on his right shoulder, his entire arm had vanished completely.

What exactly happened?

His hair absorbed the core's nutrients and grew rapidly, weaving into the shape of his arm. Then, he attached a trace of cold energy transmitted from the opponent out of thin air to his fist and punched the opponent's right arm that was about to strike his temple.

How could such a small amount of energy completely vaporize his entire arm along with his armor?

"Why be surprised, Boros?"

Xia Jie felt the overflowing curse power after triggering Black Flash, as well as the perfect combat state amplified to 120%, and looked at Boros with a smile in her eyes.

"I've said it from the beginning, haven't I? 'You are the challenger.'"

"When did you develop the illusion that you could be my equal?"

The amazing trick of the genius, "Black Flash," involves a 2.5-power subjective multiplication domain without specifying the unit of calculation. Isn't that amazing?

I never expected Xia Jie to be such a powerful expert!? I had some doubts before, but now Boros is certain that the old man's prophecy was true!

The fact that this guy could vaporize his arm with a single blow while he was wearing a power suppressor might actually give him a much-needed boost as he enters his next phase!

"Be proud that you could beat me, who has suppressed my power, like this. You're very strong."

Boros's body trembled, and his golden armor shattered into fragments along the energy lines.

Before the fragments hit the ground, the dim patterns on Boros's body began to emit a pinkish-purple energy light.

A surge of energy erupted from the core, pouring into the long-parched, thirsty body. The pale blue skin instantly transformed into a deep blue like the night sky, and the azure energy flowed and surged in the energy circuit.

Immediately afterwards, purple light burst forth from Boros, whose blue eyes had turned crimson, and lightning drawn by the energy field pierced through layers of air, while powerful wind pressure caused Xia Jie's body to lean backward.

"Huh, so you're finally willing to start the second phase?"

Seeing the boss, whose healing speed in the original work far exceeded that of the Reversal Technique, start the second phase with almost full health, Xia Jie not only did not feel any pressure, but instead relaxed and complained from the side.

Interrupt the enemy's transformation?

Wasteful thinking!

Only by striking the sharpest point and cutting through the most dangerous waves can one truly experience the ultimate enjoyment.

"Watch out for Boros. From now on, I'll only need one strike."

Xia Jie faced the excited Boros, pressed her hands together, and formed a strange hand seal.

"Domain · Expansion"

"The hairpin is tied to the prison."

Before the name of the realm even reached Boros's ears, the absolute darkness had already robbed him of all his vision.

It was a dark tide, composed of countless strands of hair, dense and chaotic, sweeping in like a giant wave, eroding the flesh.

With just one massive, dark wave, the second-phase Boros was meticulously sliced ​​into countless pineapple-like strands.

With 120% of her minuscule spell power, combined with precise spell power manipulation and a profound understanding of barrier techniques, Xia Jie constructed a closed domain that lasted for 0.000001 seconds.

This is what makes a seasoned, genius sorcerer so terrifying.

You never know what amazing skill your opponent might pull out in battle that could turn the tide of the fight.

Just like the 1200-finger AI Sukuna in the metaverse, who was manipulated by a god and killed by the Star-Condensing Sugar Technique.

"Darkness...cutting? What...did he just...do now!?"

Amidst the scattered pineapple strands, the life core, almost unscathed, emitted a blazing light due to the short duration of the domain and the limited cutting force.

Under the core's call, the splattered flesh and blood seemed to have found their backbone, instantly coalescing into one.

Boros is back in full health.

"Tsk tsk, if the prison warden had known this trick back then, he wouldn't have been afraid of being cut in half at the waist."

Xia Jie sighed inwardly.

A blue light shone forth, and Boros remained silent as a beam of azure energy erupted from his chest, melting the entire throne room into a scorching inferno of magma.

The light cannon pierced through the thick alloy, incinerating a large number of crew members in its path to ashes.

This was a torrent of energy powerful enough to instantly obliterate 99% of the so-called strong in the universe, but when used on Xia Jie, Boros felt only that it was worthwhile.

"As expected, only you are worthy to compete against me, Xia Jie!!!"

As the light faded, a figure emerged from the sweltering heat before the excited Boros, completely unharmed and without retreating an inch, with even the ground beneath his feet remaining intact.

"A hundred kinds of martial arts, this is—"

The meaning of flowing water.

Originally, it was a spell developed by sorcerers in the metaverse during battles that could nullify "Falling Flower Sentiments".

It can not only suppress the magical defense constructed by "Falling Flower Sentiment", but also neutralize the unrestrained energy bombardment of the Stone Flow Dragon through the flowing magical energy field.

As the supreme master of incantations, Xia Jie achieved an even greater breakthrough after reaching the highest realm of the meaning of flowing water, the "Heavenly Embryo," which is as flawless as an egg and has greatly improved the stability of the spell.

By using acquired techniques to expand the target of extremely difficult techniques, the space itself can be transformed into a seamless, flowing domain, which can completely defend against Boros's luminous cannon.

Of course, the trade-off is that the consumption of magical energy will increase significantly.

Theoretically speaking, Xia Jie, whose curse power is comparable to that of a fly, would have no chance of achieving this without resorting to extreme binding loans.

However, this world has an even more peculiar concept than "Black Flash": "Limiter".

An ordinary person, due to mental obsession, can break through their own limitations and become a strange person with bizarre and unbelievably powerful abilities.

If he could completely unlock his limiter, he would become the bald, caped hero "Saitama," who only needs one punch to defeat anyone.

Don't get me wrong, in order to maintain a minimum level of fairness, Xia Jie did not choose to unlock the limiter and become a monster like Saitama who relies on sheer strength to defeat monsters.

He just felt that the limiter was more of a maintainer or protector than a limiter.

This is an objectively idealistic world; spiritual attachments can manifest in the physical body, bringing power and distortion.

A limiter is a device that prevents the human body from changing until the desires of the mind exceed a certain threshold.

It is the basic framework set up by the system called the world for all sentient beings. It allows genes to be genes, limbs to be limbs, and heads to remain properly attached to the neck.

With it, life can exist stably, and humans can become humans, instead of growing forty heads because of some whim.

Those who partially break their limiters and still firmly believe in their self-identity as "human" become extraordinary heroes.

Those whose inner turmoil manifests in their appearance, becoming grotesque and bizarre individuals.

Like a fake sweet-faced man, he was once ugly, but his heart was filled with both kindness and stubbornness, thus he became a figure who was both a hero and an eccentric.

Saitama, on the other hand, has completely eliminated other limitations of the framework while retaining his human form.

It's like someone playing a game and using a cheat engine to change their six attributes to infinite; if they get serious, they can defeat anyone in one hit.

On the surface, it appears to be a numerical anomaly, but in reality, it is an idealistic mechanism that brings about absolute numerical values.

However, there are also beings like "Mumen Rider" who are noble in spirit but weak in strength, only reaching the top rank of C-class.

This unfortunate kid's physical talent is really limited. In the One-Punch Universe where both idealism and materialism coexist, his "soft skills" are up to standard, but his "hard skills" are too locked up.

Unlike those tech-savvy eccentrics who, even if their minds are a mess, can still maintain their strength with a body built with cutting-edge technology.

Boros's race is a classic example of having such powerful hardware that their software is irrelevant.

His race, through rigorous selection in harsh environments, gradually raised the upper limit of the genetic limiter in the course of evolution, thus reaching a height that other life forms could only look up to.

Just like humans and ants, both were born in the Earth's primordial ocean, both are carbon-based organisms, and both have DNA and eukaryotic cells. However, because they went in different directions of evolution, in terms of individual strength, the former's "racial value" is far superior to the latter.

After briefly reviewing the concept of limiters in her mind, Xia Jie suddenly realized that since the mind is the key, the limiter called matter is a safety lock that protects against more than it limits, and is a normal logic necessary for the stable operation of things.

So, could we use our own mind as a universal key, and treat everything, even logic itself, as a lock to be opened?

For example, the meaning of the technique "flowing water".

Thus, a strange spell that broke through the operating logic of traditional spells and could be activated at maximum power with almost no spell power was born!