#494Chapter 494: Where can I find someone who is both a vampire and has the ability to stop time?AI Model: gemini-2.5-flash
Chapter 494 Where can one find an existence that is both a vampire and a time-stopper?
For Cheng Tian and the Head Maid, a series of extremely intense resource-exchange offense and defense battles, unique to time-stoppers, took place between them.
But from the audience's perspective, it was as if the image on the arena changed in the blink of an eye.
More scattered knife fragments lay on the ground, and amidst the fragments, Cheng Tian's fist rested on the Head Maid's forehead, who was kneeling weakly on the ground.
What happened?
All the spectators' faces were filled with confusion and bewilderment, with only a few highly skilled martial artists discerning some of what had occurred.
Aoko and Izayoi Sakuya most likely possessed nearly identical time-related abilities, and a fierce confrontation had already taken place between them in a state unobservable by others.
Only time delay, time acceleration, or time stop could theoretically achieve the current scene, which looked like an abrupt splice after editing, with a segment of time cut out.
Especially Kaguya Chizuru, who had personally experienced Sakuya's world, she was even more certain of her previous judgment.
As a successor of the Three Sacred Treasures, Kaguya Chizuru, whose family lineage had not been broken, obviously had some understanding of the Yasakani no Magatama held by Yagami Iori; time-related abilities were not unfamiliar... But even Yagami Iori, who possessed a sacred treasure, his ability was more focused on using purple flames to stagnate the existence of a single entity, rather than this level of time control that had clearly entered another dimension.
One could only say that, reviewing it again, she truly lost fairly.
With her mind at ease, Kaguya Chizuru suddenly felt much of her physical pain dissipate.
She did not question Cheng Tian and the Head Maid's cheat-like time-stopping abilities, because she herself was a user of mirrors; if she were to criticize others' abilities as problematic, then shouldn't she first remove the Yata no Kagami, that ancient artifact left by her ancestors?
However, no matter how the audience questioned it, the Head Maid had already conceded.
"Winner! Aoko!"
The sunglasses-wearing man with a mustache directly declared the outcome of the match.
And at the young lady's instruction, Hong Meiling also rushed onto the stage, smoothly hoisting Izayoi Sakuya onto her shoulder.
Hong Meiling, who had never seen the Head Maid so weak, came and went in a hurry, and as she departed, Cheng Tian could clearly see the Head Maid's helpless gaze.
Although she had never asked for a princess carry, being subjected to a standard firefighter's carry in full view of everyone still made her feel somewhat mortified.
If not for her current lack of strength and the overloaded use of out-of-bounds time stop, she would have vanished on the spot.
The only thing worth a slight compliment was that Hong Meiling didn't forget to press down on her skirt to prevent any exposure while carrying her.
On the other side, after exchanging glances with the Head Maid, Cheng Tian also voluntarily dissolved his fusion with the world, leaving one person and one Stand on the stage.
However, Cheng Tian appeared somewhat dazed, standing rooted to the spot, his eyes empty as he stared at the sky.
Cheng Tian could vaguely feel that his Stand seemed to have undergone some inexplicable changes.
Currently, he could only say it should be related to time, after all, he had just fought another master of time stop, and by relying on superior and abundant resources, he had worn out the Head Maid with a 'wearing down the old lady' tactic, so theoretically, even if there were changes, they should be time-related.
But the specific numerical values would probably only become apparent after this group's matches ended, because once a match was lost, it would be equivalent to an early settlement of the main quest, and any changes gained in this match might not be inherited.
"I'm sorry, Young Lady, I lost."
In the contestant 休息區 below the stage, Izayoi, who was currently too weak to do anything but hug her knees next to Remilia, was more or less a little downcast.
The Head Maid never considered her abilities invincible; there would always be a time when she lost to someone, but she had truly never imagined that one day she would lose to another time-stopper... Of course, another main reason for her low spirits was the mental attack Cheng Tian had launched with his words before the battle.
The lifespan argument, the lifespan argument~
"Come~ Tell me how you lost!"
However, to the Head Maid's surprise, her young lady was not angry; instead, she looked at her with sparkling eyes, full of eager anticipation.
Yes, Remilia, who did not possess time-stopping abilities, naturally could not know the extent of the battle that had occurred between her perfect Head Maid and that Aoko during the fierce time-stop confrontation.
Especially with the premise that the opponent was not overwhelmingly stronger than her Head Maid, Remilia was even more curious as to how the Head Maid had lost.
Izayoi took a deep breath and quickly returned to the demeanor of a perfect maid, beginning to recount the details of her ability-based battle with Cheng Tian.
But even as she spoke, Izayoi's mind couldn't help but replay Cheng Tian's mental attack.
Cheng Tian cruelly exposed a fact that the Head Maid would inevitably have to face in the future, but it also served as a indirect reminder to Izayoi.
If the Young Lady truly would one day be outlived by her, then she shouldn't be wallowing in self-pity now, but should instead be trying every possible means to change that future.
Her time control ability was innate and could not be shared or taught to others.
So the question arose: where could she find an existence that was both of vampire bloodline and possessed time-stopping abilities?
...Eh?
Izayoi Sakuya, in the middle of her narration, paused slightly, her gaze involuntarily turning towards the arena.
The Head Maid exited the stage, and the Gatekeeper re-entered.
Without surprise, Hong Meiling was still the mainstay of the Scarlet Devil Mansion team.
However, this slacking Gatekeeper, full of stereotypical Chinese impressions, looked at Cheng Tian with less certainty than expected, appearing somewhat cautious instead.
The problem still lay with the Head Maid.
From the very beginning, Hong Meiling had mistakenly believed that Cheng Tian possessed time control abilities on par with the Head Maid, and based on the theory that the victor rules, now that Izayoi had lost and Cheng Tian had won, didn't that mean Cheng Tian's time control abilities were of a higher level?
Hong Meiling, who did not know that Cheng Tian's time abilities were actually far inferior to Izayoi's, and that he had only won by cleverly utilizing the rules combined with a despicable 'wearing down the old lady' tactic, was full of apprehension towards Cheng Tian, who was in a JoJo pose.
Hong Meiling stood with her feet apart and her hands placed one above the other in front of her chest, still in a standard martial artist's stance.
In contrast, Cheng Tian was much more casual, simply standing there with his arms crossed, but no one would underestimate him now.
"Then, continuing with contestant Aoko, against the Scarlet Devil Mansion team's mainstay, contestant Hong Meiling!"
"Second Battle! Begin!"
Ch. 494 / 855