Chapter 447: All eyes on me! I am S...
Athena Asamiya's 'Psycho Reflector' is a rather rare defensive special move. The two Psycho Reflectors it summons are not primarily for attacking enemies, but rather for protecting herself, like satellites guarding a planet.
Therefore, while its damage is not high, it has a considerably strong knock-back ability, and the physical interference effect it chooses is 'Psycho Shockwave,' which can cause paralysis.
With her eyes blinded and the opponent's punch already close, using this move was arguably the most appropriate choice.
But for Cheng Tian, Athena held no secrets, in every sense of the word.
The seemingly fierce World Punch, however, disappeared the moment its punch-wind covered Athena's entire body.
In 'JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Heritage for the Future,' players can switch between two modes of existence for their Stands.
One is 'always present,' where the user and Stand can attack the target together, and the Stand can also be directly attacked.
The other is 'momentary existence' as a move derivative. Simply put, the Stand only bursts forth from the user at the moment the user needs it to attack, delivering the necessary blow within range, and then immediately vanishes, as if it were merely an extension of the user's fists and feet.
Athena hovered in mid-air, her powerful Psycho Reflectors continuously circling and rotating. Meanwhile, Cheng had adjusted his posture and landed lightly on the ground, then, to the astonishment of the sunglasses-wearing host, he also pulled out two spheres.
Well, they were Mental Crystals.
Cheng Tian was trying to imitate the rotational trajectory of the Psycho Reflector.
It wasn't purely out of idleness; it was because Athena, in her activated special move state, was almost immune to physical close combat and flying energy attacks. Aside from waiting for her to deactivate it herself, there was nothing else he could do for now.
On the other side, due to the considerable distance from Cheng Tian, Sie Kensou, whose vision recovered quite quickly, suddenly shot up from his standby seat, mouth agape, pointing at the four mental energy spheres between the goddess and the freak that looked 90% similar, a look of utter panic on his face.
It wasn't his fault; although Cheng Tian's Mental Crystals were the Amakusa Shiro Tokisada Hell Crystal style, this colorful blue was extremely similar to the Psycho Shockwave-transformed Psycho Reflector in terms of visual presentation.
"Is it really that bizarre?"
The old man puffed out a smoke ring and muttered softly.
At this moment, Athena, whose vision had still not recovered but who could sense that Cheng Tian had not suffered any subsequent blows through her expanding Psycho Power burst, suddenly raised her right hand, pointing to the sky.
At the same time, the two Psycho Reflectors, in their intersecting orbital paths, converged onto her fingertip, then precisely pointed at Cheng Tian—
Psycho Reflector, Psycho Shoot!
As a relatively rare two-stage special move, these two small spheres can also switch from a defensive stance to an offensive stance when necessary.
Facing the incoming Psycho Shoot, Cheng Tian slammed his cane downwards. As his entire body turned saintly white, a semi-circular Heart's Guard barrier enveloped him, allowing the Psycho Shoot to impact it.
His blue bar dropped a small amount, and his self-mana regeneration rate temporarily doubled.
However, Cheng Tian did not continue to maintain this barrier. Instead, he immediately deactivated it after taking the Psycho Shoot. The World had once again burst forth from Cheng Tian's body, attacking Athena with a gust of wind.
Thanks to the delay from Psycho Reflector, Athena, whose eyes could now barely see, was about to use Psycho Teleport again, but at that moment, the Tai Chi True Eye on Cheng Tian's brow flashed brightly. A mental force, directly striking the brain, fiercely pierced Athena Asamiya's forehead and entered—
Dominate!
As a leader-template fighter, and a unit specializing in mental power, Cheng Tian didn't expect Dominate to truly control Athena. He had even prepared for a backlash.
But what he wanted was this crucial interference with Athena.
[You used 'Dominate' on Athena Asamiya.]
[The target is a Major NPC and a Leader Template Unit. Your base judgment probability is reduced to 30%.]
[The mental difference between you and Athena Asamiya is 0.
The legend difference between you and Athena Asamiya is +1 point.]
[Judgment failed.]
[Randomly select 1 of the target's skills and apply a 15-second seal.]
[The target's 'Psycho Power Phoenix' has been sealed for 15 seconds.]
Athena's skill system is very similar to Vega's, both having a large system called 'Psycho Power' from which moves like Psycho Ball, Psycho Force, Psycho Throw, etc., are derived. Only super-level moves are listed separately.
'Psycho Power Phoenix', 'Psycho Reflector', 'Phoenix Arrow', 'Psycho Burst / Energy Burst'—this is Athena's inherent skill system.
Cheng Tian's Dominate was also quite shameless. A successful judgment would stun the opponent, while a failed judgment would randomly select one of the opponent's skills for a temporary seal.
Whether it was a stun or a seal, Athena would inevitably experience a physical stagnation and pause.
Indeed, under the seal's shroud, Athena had already completed the construction of the spatial tunnel between points, but the Psycho Power that would have allowed her body to pass through was forcibly suppressed.
The result was that Athena performed a very graceful 360-degree turn in place, her skirt flaring, before receiving an unprecedentedly strong blow to her chest and abdomen from The World.
A rainbow erupted from the beautiful girl's mouth, and then she softly collapsed into The World's arms.
The entire arena was first deathly silent, then erupted like a volcanic eruption into earth-shattering curses!
Large quantities of water bottles, trash, stones, and other items began to rain down from the audience seats onto the main stage!
Cheng Tian's reputation (negative) reached its peak at this moment!
This hostility from people all over the world almost materialized.
But from another perspective, if this malice from fans and supporters truly materialized on Cheng Tian, then the third point of Legend would definitely be obtained.
Similar to great achievements, when players commit enough evil, they also gain Legend... infamy is also fame!
This sudden feeling of being at odds with the entire world made Cheng somewhat relish it.
"Go, bring her back."
Chin Gentsai gave the completely stunned Sie Kensou a kick from the side, looking very calm.
Because he was experienced and could clearly see that Cheng Tian's blows were well-measured. Painful as they were, there was no danger to life, and this, in fact, was the valuable experience the old man wanted his two smooth-sailing disciples to personally experience.