Chapter 828 - 258
You’re really good at catching that pre-transformation pause.
Watching the falling Alice, the Golden Disaster Dragon King let out a low growl, then twisted its neck and surveyed the surroundings.
There weren’t any living people around, and even the buildings seemed a bit off.
Not quite real.
But the direction should be about right as he predicted, the Catastrophe People Realm that Ruo Yun and her group found.
When attacked by the enemy, it had already adjusted its direction, specifically falling towards this area.
After all, it didn’t want to get lost in the chaotic space currents and have to find the way again.
The dragon’s claw scratched its head, causing the crown to dim slightly.
Honestly, its head was having phantom pains.
Being rubbed against the space currents by the opponent and having its defenses destroyed with Magic Power, even Jiang Si’s physical form couldn’t withstand such damage.
In the end, they even pressed the Buddha’s Fury Fire Lotus onto its face, blowing half its head to bits.
If it weren’t for Helen’s ring, allowing the Azure Dragon Regalia Technique to transform it into a dragon form without a proper transformation, it might have been seriously injured.
Of course, most importantly, this Alice of Mirror Country kept accurately capturing its movements, always holding an attack in reserve.
Once it attempted to transform, that hidden attack would be unleashed, giving it an even more intense assault.
It’s not like it hadn’t encountered someone catching its pre-transformation pause before.
It even attempted to catch pre-transformation pauses when fighting Magical Girls, including when it fought the Dream Incubator at Headquarters, successfully intercepting its transformation pause and defeating it once before it transformed.
But it’s not something easy to replicate.
The last successful strike was mainly because the opponent hadn’t anticipated someone could deal damage through the transformation’s invincibility frames.
At that time, Jiang Si had just comprehended Divine Sense, using it for the first time to penetrate the transformation’s invincibility frames.
And yet, the Alice of Mirror Country before it could interrupt its transformation even earlier without needing the aid of Divine Sense, which was unbelievable even to it.
Clearly not as capable as the Mu Jin duplicate, with power roughly at the Lush Leaves Late Stage Peak Extreme Perfection, yet occasionally erupting with a burst of power comparable to or above a Branch’s capacity to interrupt transformations.
Reverse slaughtering the original...
Even Jiang Si, as a tireless Supreme Lord, had to admit—
There’s a hack here.
No one in this world could surpass its reaction time and ability to seize opportunities, so anyone who does must be cheating.
If this isn’t cheating, then he may as well fall off a cliff and find a ring with an old man inside telling him this world is actually an Immortal Dao world, where the Demon Path practicing students won the battle ages ago, hence Magical Girls dominating the world and leaving no space for Cultivation Immortality. Then, before the old man dies, he passes a divine Cultivation Technique—’Burning Art’—teaching him to consume all the world’s Abnormal Fire to ultimately master the Dao, asserting dominance through the ages...
In any case, in its eyes, the opponent had obviously used some kind of cheating method, like Purple Blood Divine Skills, Thunder Emperor’s Treasure Art, or Intentional Fist Blast, targeting transformations specifically.
Not intending to transform into Zi Yuan, Jiang Si had to pull those five passersby to disrupt the opponent’s lock on.
The fact proved that his judgment wasn’t wrong.
When its aura gradually synchronized with the five people, the opponent’s lock-on began to err, attempting to cover all areas with a Magic Cannon.
He released the five people at the last second.
The opponent’s unparalleled accurate lock-on and interruption had a tiny error.
Finally, allowing him to complete his transformation.
After all, it was just a machine.
As for why not transform into Zi Yuan, upon discovering the opponent was Alice, Jiang Si began considering avoiding exposing his identity—the Prince might be watching, though he didn’t know what it meant for sure, but Jiang Si didn’t want to reveal his identity for now.
On the other hand, the situation was entirely under control, the Golden Disaster Dragon King’s power was enough for victory.
He glanced sideways at the five people on the roadside, three of whom were tainted with Filthy Magic Power, likely the Catastrophe Race that Ruo Yun reported.
Having kept those five until the last moment was actually the most prudent approach.
But who was he, the Cyan Cloud Sect Leader? How could he commit such heinous acts, he gave them ample escape time, only needing a fraction of a second error to break free from the lock of a Branch Magical Girl.
Watching the horned girl about to die, he turned his head and sprayed golden breath again.
Engulfing all five people!
"Spare us!"
One of the Catastrophe Race members shouted, and both Ruo Yun and Hyacinth were frightened, yet the golden breath was swift and fierce.
No space for avoidance!
All raised their hands to block the breath, huddling while shutting their eyes tight.
It took a long time to realize they weren’t dead, cautiously opening their eyes, only to see that under the spray of golden breath, all their injuries were healing...
"Huh! I’m not dead!"
Even the horned girl, half blown away and on the brink of death, found her body recovering significantly after a while.
Though still slightly injured, she had evidently escaped death, now flipping over to kneel before the Golden Disaster Dragon King.
The other two Catastrophe Race members also continuously knocked their heads toward the Golden Disaster Dragon King!
Hyacinth softly asked Ruo Yun, "Should we also kowtow?"
"Just bow your head in thanks..."
Hyacinth chuckled softly again, playfully, "Thankful... After all, wasn’t it him who caused these injuries..."
Ruo Yun covered her mouth, "Better not speak recklessly."