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"Your magic will ultimately cause the universe's entropy to increase at an accelerated rate, until all future possibilities are exhausted—"
"Stop, stop, stop!"
Aozaki Aoko impatiently interrupted him, placing her left hand on her hip.
"With my current size, even if I used it for a hundred years, I wouldn't be able to affect a single atom in the universe, okay?"
She clenched her right fist, and a surge of blue electricity instantly erupted.
Instead of worrying about things billions of years from now, you should focus on your own situation first!
A sharp buzzing sound suddenly rang out in the air, and the ground beneath Aozaki Aoko's feet began to crack. Countless tiny blue light spots poured out from the cracks, swirling and rising around her.
Her hair moved without wind, and her eyes gleamed with a dangerous light.
Shiraishikawa, however, appeared unusually calm. His left hand was behind his back, while his right hand held his sword, pointing diagonally at the ground.
Are we about to make a move? Let me see what's so special about this so-called "rationality of consumption."
"as you wish!"
Aozaki Aoko shouted and swung her right hand forward sharply.
In an instant, the entire space seemed to be torn apart, and a beam of blue lightning with a diameter of more than two meters burst forth from her palm. Wherever it passed, the air was ionized and emitted a pungent ozone smell.
The lightning did not travel in a straight line, but traced a strange spiral trajectory in the air, rushing towards Shiraishikawa like a living creature.
Shiraishikawa's pupils contracted sharply. He could clearly see that the lightning bolt contained countless tiny runes, each of which was connected to a point in the future—Aozaki Aoko was borrowing a power she did not yet possess!
"I see..."
Shiraishi Chuan whispered, his right hand suddenly releasing its grip, and the crimson longsword hovered in the air.
He rapidly formed hand seals in front of his chest, his movements bearing a striking resemblance to those of Aozaki Aoko when she had just cast a spell.
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A deep red crystal wall instantly formed in front of him, its surface covered with complex geometric patterns that were eerily similar to the runes in the blue lightning.
"impossible!"
Aozaki Aoko's eyes widened.
"How could you-"
The blue lightning collided with the deep red crystal wall with a loud crash, but there was no explosion as expected.
The moment the two forces came into contact, space seemed to be torn open, revealing the distorted void behind them.
The electric light and the crystal wall began to decompose simultaneously, turning into countless points of light that were swallowed by the crack.
Fine beads of sweat appeared on Shiraishikawa's forehead as he felt a strange sense of intimacy—Aozaki Aoko's magical structure was resonating with him.
Even more strangely, he found himself able to comprehend the mysteries that should belong to the Fifth Law.
"You... 500, who exactly are you?"
Aozaki Aoko's voice trembled slightly. Her right hand remained in the gesture of releasing magic, but the blue lightning had become unstable.
"Why can it imitate the Fifth Law?"
Shiraishikawa did not answer immediately; his gaze pierced through the dissipating energy storm, looking directly into Aozaki Aoko's eyes.
It's not imitation...
He said slowly.
"It is analysis. Although your magic throws the cost into the future, its basic structure still follows a certain order."
Aozaki Aoko bit her lower lip, then suddenly broke into a maniacal smile.
"Interesting, so very interesting!"
She raised both hands simultaneously, and two more complex magic circles spun in her palms.
"Let's see how far you can analyze it!"
Her magic suddenly surged, and the surrounding air distorted due to the high temperature.
Shiraishikawa keenly noticed that this time, Aozaki Aoko was not relying solely on her own power—she was using the special passage of the Fifth Law to "borrow" certain materials from the future that she did not originally possess.
"Warning: Space stability is decreasing."
A cold, mechanical voice suddenly rang in Shiraishi's mind.
"Timeline disturbance detected. Immediate termination of contact is recommended."
Shiraishikawa paid no attention; all his attention was focused on Aozaki Aoko's magical constructs.
The flowing runes, the interwoven energy lines, the overlapping spatial folds... everything was laid bare before his "Analytical Eye."
Aozaki Aoko finished the last syllable of the incantation, and the magic circle between her palms suddenly collapsed into a tiny blue dot of light.
The seemingly insignificant point of light caused a visible indentation in the surrounding space.
"Take this! Blue Demon Bullet Modified!"
Aozaki Aoko pushed forward with both hands.
The cyan light spot flew towards Shiraishi River at a seemingly slow but actually extremely fast speed, leaving a distorted spatial trajectory in its wake.
Shiraishikawa knew that this attack had transcended the realm of ordinary magic; it was an attack that truly touched upon the essence of "law."
He did not back down, but instead took a step forward. The crimson crystal wall reappeared, but this time its structure was more complex—he incorporated some of the principles of the Fifth Law that he had deciphered from Aozaki Aoko.
“The deep red crystal wall resembles the fifth formula.”
Shiraishi River read it softly.
At the same time, he loosely clenched his right hand, and a longsword, completely different from the one before, took shape in his palm.
The sword was completely transparent, but countless tiny runes flowed inside, just like Aozaki Aoko's magic.
"The sword of analysis, the blade of false magic."
Shiraishikawa raised his longsword high above his head and then slashed it down fiercely.
The cyan light spot met the transparent sword blade in mid-air.
Time seems to stand still at this moment.
Then--
A silent explosion swept through the entire space.
Two completely different yet essentially similar magic bullets collided in mid-air. There was no earth-shattering explosion, no shockwaves spreading with energy, only a strange buzzing sound as space was distorted.
Aozaki Aoko's Crimson Magic Bullet and Shiraishikawa's Azure Light Sphere devoured and merged with each other, eventually transforming into a continuously collapsing purple vortex.
"interesting."
Shiraishikawa narrowed his eyes, his black trench coat fluttering in the magical turbulence.
He could sense that Aozaki Aoko's magic bullet contained some special material, with a faintly sweet and fishy magical aura that perfectly matched his AT stance.
"Where do you get this power?"
Shiraishikawa suddenly withdrew his defensive barrier, allowing the purple vortex to rush towards him.
Just as the magic bullet was about to strike his chest, a crack suddenly appeared in space, engulfing all the energy.
Chapter 482 Companions at the End of Time
Aozaki Aoko descended slowly from a height of 100 meters, her bare feet touching the scorched earth, sending sparks flying.
"Tsk, it actually ate my Time Spike?"
She tossed her chestnut hair, a mocking smile playing on her lips.
"According to the script, you should be nailed to the center of the earth right now."
"The Nail of Time?"
Shiraishikawa stroked his chin thoughtfully.
"Power borrowed from the future using the Fifth Law? No wonder it smells so stale."
He suddenly moved closer to Aozaki Aoko, his nose almost touching her forehead.
"But the core material is clearly my AT stance—you wouldn't have reincarnated as my descendant just to defeat me, would you?"
Aozaki Aoko's pupils shrank suddenly.
At this distance, she could clearly smell the scent of ice and rust emanating from the other person.
Even more terrifying was that the power she had borrowed was trembling slightly, like the instinctive reaction of a cub meeting its mother.
"Stop being so sentimental!"
Aozaki Aoko leaped back ten meters, quickly forming hand seals.
A gear-shaped magic circle appeared behind her, each tooth tip imbued with magic that could distort space and time.
This material was borrowed from her—your companion who sleeps at the end of time!
For the first time, a crack appeared in Shiraishi's expression.
His right hand unconsciously touched his left chest, where there was a bleeding wound—not caused by Aozaki Aoko, but an old wound left from a rainy night three years ago.
"I see."
His voice suddenly softened, but his eyes grew increasingly dangerous.
"You have stumbled into the Garden of Eternity."
The gear magic circle suddenly emitted a piercing metallic scraping sound.
To Aozaki Aoko's astonishment, the time-space magic bullets that were supposed to be launched were flowing back to the center of the magic circle.
"How is this possible? My Fifth Law was actually...?"
"It's not offsetting, it's returning."
Shiraishikawa snapped his fingers.
The shadow beneath Aozaki Aoko's feet suddenly twisted and deformed, turning into countless black arms that wrapped around her ankles.
"Throw back the power you borrowed, with interest, to where it belongs."