The brave Simmel wants to resign

"Ok?"

Looking down from above, it's a boundless wilderness.

The earth was cracked, and countless cross-shaped stone pillars lay askew in the ground, some broken in two. The wind swept past the blades embedded in the pillars and driven into the ground.

After Su Nuo finished unleashing the spatial slash, he stood between the stone pillars, the ends of his white hair fluttering in the wind.

She knew that Yi Gu You Tai was not dead.

He also knew that he had shattered the blade that symbolized the 'Phantom Beast Amber'.

but.....

After that, that guy disappeared.

Trying to spot it, I noticed a wisp of sand rising at the edge of my field of vision, as if something unseen had swept across the ground.

Su Nuo's gaze followed.

"Can you give me more surprises, kid?"

The opponent finished off the Phantom Beast Amber within the domain, yet still maintained such speed?

Projection spell?

(As expected, this kid can actually use that 24-frame spell while holding a knife... or maybe it's because the 'continuous running' animation is too simple, so it doesn't matter if he's carrying a knife.)

Su Nuo squinted.

Otsuku Yuta, what exactly are you planning to do?

Buzzing.....

The ground began to tremble slightly, as if something was accelerating and circling.

The speed was getting faster and faster. At first, it was barely noticeable, but now even Sukuna couldn't see it clearly when she looked closely.

Projection Spell

Due to certain physical limitations, it cannot accelerate arbitrarily.

However, if the spell's effect is not interrupted and projection spells are used continuously—an unlimited acceleration can be achieved.

boom!

boom! !

The speed is still increasing.

At the eye of the storm was Erythro.

The boy's expression was unreadable; he only murmured to himself.

(Unexpectedly... even using the Phantom Beast Amber couldn't defeat Sukuna...)

(I can only try [that one].)

The sand and dust that had been rolling smoothly along the ground were suddenly stirred up, as if an invisible hand had twisted it in the middle, and then—

Boom!

The stone pillar broke and crashed into the ground, kicking up a cloud of yellowish-brown dust.

Boom, boom, boom!

Every stone pillar fell in the same direction, and the shockwave sent the yellow sand flying everywhere!

(Wow, that was fast.)

Su Nuo raised his hand, his spatial slash already poised to strike.

If Yigu Youtai keeps accelerating around him, who knows how fast the opponent will go? If he hits, he's done for.

Weird.

Su Nuo grinned maliciously.

(Sure enough, the kid still didn't understand.)

While projection spells can accelerate a warlock to unimaginable physical heights, they are limited to 24 frames per second. In reality, once the principle is understood, one can react at any speed and achieve a certain degree of predictive effect.

(Yota isn't that stupid; he probably doesn't want to launch a surprise attack, but rather wants to settle the matter head-on, right?)

Projection spells generate unparalleled kinetic energy through acceleration.

Combined with the curse power of the Bone, it is enough to inflict a fatal wound.

However, Su Nuo is a special existence after all. After deciding to kill Yi Gu with spatial annihilation, he only needs to consider defending against Yi Gu's initial 'self-sacrificing attack'.

After blocking an attack, you will definitely be able to counterattack and kill your opponent.

"bring it on."

Su Nuo opened her arms wide.

With certainty of victory, the King of Curses intended to crush Yigu's ambitions with the utmost overwhelming force.

"Let me give you a hug~"

Rumbling.....

The sand was jumping, and soon even the pebbles at our feet started to roll.

Immediately afterwards, centered on her, the earth, stone pillars, and even countless blades suddenly flipped open to both sides!

coming soon.

Su Nuo grinned maliciously.

[24 frames]

Once the principle is understood, the sorcerer can predict their own and Bone's movements in the 24th frame by observing Bone's actions in the previous frame.

Su Nuo has already 'seen' it.

The action of Yi Gu You Tai holding a knife and slashing diagonally!

(Ergu Yuta, with this one strike, I will take you down—)

Bang!--!--------

The image freezes.

Directly in front of Su Nuo's position, sand and dust rose high, like a giant snake emerging from the ground.

Yi Gu appeared in front of Su Nuo, his body bent backward, his back foot slammed into the ground, his knees held weight, and his fists were clenched inward.

His face and body were covered in blood, and his expression was grim. It was clear that even Yi Gu was having a hard time dealing with the 'Grid Space Slash' temporarily restrained by Su Nuo.

He didn't even have time to fix himself with a reversal.

Rika's [Miku Kakuryo] could collapse at any moment; the only thing he could gamble with was—

Only one hit.

Su Nuo, of course, captured Yi Gu's movements.

but--

But at the same time, they were stunned and stood there dumbfounded.

(Where's the knife?)

(...The knife is gone?)

[Just now, Otsukoku's accelerated movement while wielding his sword confirmed to Sukuna that Otsukoku could use projection spells while wielding a weapon.]

Ultimately, discarding the blade reduces the number of techniques that can be copied, which is far from ideal for combat.

Could it be that the running motion was too simple, while the 'slashing motion' that Yi Gu set for himself was too complex to use the technique?

(wrong.)

Su Nuo immediately understood.

—It was intentional.

The speed boost from projectile spells comes from the acceleration achieved through constantly pre-set actions. However, because the warlock also has to bear the risk of being frozen due to 'mistakes in action', they cannot perform too many or too varied combat techniques.

But....

What if...the spell is intentionally interrupted?

If one simply uses a projection spell to accelerate, and then actively interrupts the spell after reaching top speed, due to inertia, one can punch at top speed in a very short time without needing to pre-set any actions that would give the enemy any chance of noticing.

—That's the theory, but unfortunately, once the projection spell is activated, it cannot be actively interrupted during the process.

This is an inherent 'constraint' of the technique itself.

What if it's not an active interruption, but rather a 'passive' one?

(What a clever kid!)

Su Nuo laughed angrily.

[Yigu—After activating a projection spell and accelerating his body to its maximum speed, he voluntarily discarded the blade.]

[The copying technique within the Bone Realm requires a blade as a medium; once released, the technique disappears.]

This is not a 'voluntary shutdown', but rather a byproduct effect, thus achieving the purpose of forcibly stopping the projection spell.

This not only preserves the speed bonus of projected spells but also avoids the penalty of spell deactivation. Furthermore, it completely misleads Sukuna, who has been trying to predict [frame 24], regarding Yigu's attack method.

[Ergu Yuta... In frame 23, a downward slashing motion is preset, but the preset includes a detail that 'he will slightly loosen his grip'.]

This cunning—was not detected by Su Nuo.

then......

Bang!--!--!--!------------

Fist collides with arm.

Surprisingly, Sukuna managed to defend at the very last moment! That was incredibly fast!

He placed his hands together on his chest, and his fists landed squarely on Su Nuo's arm!

Hang in there!