Chapter 192: Invincibility Time — Infinite Domain!
"Allen is launching his attack!
His speed is unbelievable—completely impossible to follow with the naked eye! As expected of the fastest warrior on Simurian Star!
"Hakari Kinji appears to have taken some damage.
It's unclear whether his condition has been affected."
Asam stared intently at the battlefield, afraid of missing even a single detail.
Kusakabe, on the other hand, remained far calmer.
"That level of injury won't affect Hakari. If anything, we might finally get to see the true face of a hot-blooded gambler today."
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The Battlefield
Allen gave Hakari absolutely no time to react.
His body surged forward, wrapped in crackling lightning, launching a relentless assault.
After only a few exchanges, Hakari had already figured it out—
In his normal state, he was no match for Allen.
Whether it was raw physical strength, speed, or explosive power, Allen had him completely beaten.
"If this is all you've got,"
Allen said coldly, his body drawing into a taut bow,
"then I'll be taking this point."
Lightning erupted around him, dense and violent, howling as it condensed into a ferocious thunder beast.
"ROAR—!!"
The thunderous explosion shook the air itself, the surrounding space trembling as if on the verge of shattering.
"BOOM!"
With a violent stomp, Allen transformed into the thunder beast and lunged toward Hakari, intent on tearing him apart.
Facing this overwhelming charge, Hakari suddenly assumed a strange stance.
A grin spread across his face—wild, exhilarated.
"Let's gamble!"
He laughed.
"Let's see whose luck is better!"
"Domain Expansion—"
"Idle Death Gamble!"
Cursed energy surged outward in an instant.
Allen was forcibly dragged into Hakari's Domain, his attack immediately canceled, frozen in place.
The sudden shift in scenery—and the flood of unfamiliar information forcefully injected into his mind—left Allen momentarily stunned.
…Where did my thunder beast go?
Why was his head suddenly crammed full of bizarre game rules and probability data?
It took him a moment, but realization quickly followed.
"So this is a Domain Technique…"
A non-offensive Domain—this was the first time he had ever encountered one.
During Hakari's "draw," he was completely unable to launch an attack.
"I see…"
Allen narrowed his eyes.
"No direct damage—just a game of luck. So all I need to do is defeat you before you hit the jackpot."
He had already grasped the essence of Hakari's Domain.
Hakari chuckled.
"Sorry about that," he said casually.
"Looks like my luck's pretty good today."
"Jackpot—on the first spin."
The game concluded swiftly.
This round was essentially a slot machine—three identical symbols meant a jackpot.
Staring at the three matching icons on the reels, Hakari Kinji broke into a grin.
"I hope you can survive the next four minutes and eleven seconds."
The Domain dissipated, and the two fighters reappeared in full view of the spectators.
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"They're back!
Did Hakari's Domain fail to deal any damage to Allen?"
"I'll explain," Kusakabe said calmly.
"Hakari's Domain has no offensive effect. It's a self-buffing Domain—one that enhances the caster instead."
Even Kusakabe looked slightly surprised.
He hadn't expected Hakari to hit the jackpot so quickly—only a few seconds had passed.
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"What the hell is going on with this guy?!
That cursed energy is outrageous—this is even crazier than Boses!"
The Simurian spectators stared wide-eyed as Hakari's cursed energy surged violently, almost overflowing into the sky.
"So this is the jackpot buff… impressive.
Good—this just makes things more interesting!"
Allen wasted no time.
He reached into the void, lightning converging instantly into a thunder staff in his hand.
With a single swing, countless bolts of lightning transformed into roaring thunder dragons, crashing toward Hakari.
"BOOM—!!"
The lightning struck Hakari head-on, detonating with terrifying force and blasting him deep into the ground.
The surrounding terrain collapsed inward from the impact.
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"Why didn't Uncle Hakari dodge?!"
Yuta and the others in the stands were stunned.
"Hakari Kinji seems to have taken that attack head-on!"
Asam stood up, eyes locked on the shattered ground.
"Can he still stand after that?!"
"He wasn't careless," Kusakabe muttered.
"He's probably just drunk on the feeling of the buff."
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Crack—crack.
Sure enough, the next moment Hakari rose from the rubble.
His gaze looked unfocused, almost euphoric—yet his body showed no injuries whatsoever.
An endless torrent of cursed energy surged through him, washing over every cell in his body again and again.
Every time he felt this power, his excitement reached a fever pitch.
"Boom!"
Hakari vanished in a blur and reappeared directly in front of Allen, throwing a punch packed with overwhelming cursed energy.
Allen didn't dare underestimate him—lightning erupted across his body as he met the punch head-on!
"BANG!!"
He misjudged the buff's sheer magnitude.
In a single instant, Allen was blasted away by the torrent of cursed energy, smashing into the arena wall.
Hakari's fist was torn apart by lightning—only to regenerate instantly.
The enormous cursed energy boost had activated fully automatic Reverse Cursed Technique, healing him without conscious control.
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"Incredible!
Is this the power of Hakari's Domain buff?!
Can Allen survive for the duration of this enhancement?!"
Asam's words reminded Allen of Hakari's earlier warning.
Allen burst free from the wall and returned to the center of the arena, twisting his neck as he activated Reverse Cursed Technique to realign his dislocated bones.
"Only four minutes and eleven seconds… right?"
He muttered under his breath.
That was the buff's duration.
As long as he could endure it, victory would still be his.
With a plan in mind, Allen abandoned direct confrontation.
Using lightning's mobility, he began to kite, constantly repositioning to avoid Hakari's devastating punches.
The battlefield soon turned into a bizarre chase—
Hakari, empowered by invincibility, pursued relentlessly,
while Allen fled and evaded with crackling lightning.
Time passed.
Allen became increasingly battered, coughing up blood again and again, but he kept counting silently.
The lightning around him grew brighter, denser.
Then—
Hakari's buff ended.
The infinite cursed energy vanished.
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"Now!"
Allen unleashed the power he had been stockpiling.
Lightning erupted from his thunder staff, warping space itself as it crashed down like divine punishment.
Facing the overwhelming attack, Hakari dove sideways—but the blast radius was too vast.
"BOOM!!"
The lightning tore through Hakari's body, obliterating one of his legs, flesh evaporating instantly.
The ground cratered violently beneath the impact.
"You can surrender now."
Allen, battered but grinning, looked at his opponent.
"With one leg gone, you can't win anymore."
The sorcerers watching from Earth collectively held their breath.
This was the adult division—mistakes here could truly cost lives.
"Will Hakari Kinji concede?"
Asam asked tensely.
"Your condition is extremely dangerous!"
Standing on one leg, blood dripping from where his right leg had been, Hakari glanced down—
And didn't seem concerned at all.
Instead, he assumed that familiar stance once more.
"I'm not satisfied yet," he said calmly.
"How could this end already?"
"Domain Expansion—"
"Idle Death Gamble!"