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"That voice…"
Lucy's face immediately lit up with surprise upon hearing that voice.
Then, a card floated up from the ground not far away, and the card began to twist and shatter.
Bang—!
Qi Yan and Mira appeared before the group together.
"Mira! …Qi Yan?…"
Lucy immediately recognized Mira, but Qi Yan's appearance stunned her. He had the same white hair as Mira, a handsome face, and especially those pale blue eyes with a white mist, which made one feel like they could easily fall for him with just one glance.
"So handsome…"
Lucy wasn't even sure if this was Qi Yan, but she knew he had many transformation forms, and she had only seen a few. This one, however, was definitely the most handsome she had ever seen, and her heart was fluttering.
Mira also looked at Qi Yan with a surprised expression. It was her first time seeing this transformation of Qi Yan, but no matter how Qi Yan transformed, she could sense that it was him.
"Seriously, I just got a good hand, and you guys came out to mess things up."
Qi Yan was a bit annoyed. He had been losing ever since he arrived at the casino, which made him wonder if the goddess of luck had abandoned him, or if he had used all his luck on gacha draws, leading to terrible luck in gambling.
Just as things were turning around, he encountered this situation. It would be strange if he were in a good mood.
"Qi Yan! They want to take Erza away!"
Lucy reacted at this moment and quickly said.
"Hmm… I just heard it all."
Qi Yan saw the group's appearance and heard their previous conversation. He also knew their identities—Erza's companions from when she was a slave.
"Hey! You guys, if you don't want to be killed, then obediently return Erza. If you do, I can guarantee not to beat you to death."
Qi Yan looked at Hugh and the others, acting in a nonchalant manner.
Bang—!!
Wuli raised his pistol and directly pulled the trigger on Qi Yan.
"Qi Yan, be careful!"
Seeing the pistol, Lucy quickly warned him. Although Mages could use magic to cause destruction far exceeding a pistol, Mages themselves were actually very fragile and could barely withstand bullet shots.
Qi Yan seemed not to hear or see, standing still in place.
The bullet Wuli fired stopped in mid-air when it reached Qi Yan's front.
"What—?!"
Everyone was greatly astonished to see this. What was happening? Why did the bullet stop?
"I don't believe it!"
Bang, bang, bang!!
Wuli fired three more shots consecutively, but the result was the same: all three bullets stopped automatically when they reached Qi Yan's front.
"Haaah~!"
Qi Yan yawned.
Clink, clink, clink!
The few bullets all fell to the ground, making a crisp sound.
Wuli and the others stared with wide, disbelieving eyes. Bullets were actually ineffective against him.
"Kitty Restraint!"
Millianna released a rope. Once bound by the rope, one would be unable to use magic.
However, like the bullets, the rope stopped moving as soon as it reached Qi Yan. No matter how Millianna urged it, it couldn't get a single inch closer to Qi Yan.
"How can this be?!"
"It's simple, really. This is my Limitless Cursed Technique. Any object that gets closer to me will slow down, just like this, as if it's stopped. So none of your attacks can hit me."
The Limitless Cursed Technique is the Gojo family's ancestral technique. It can interfere with matter at an atomic level and control space. It requires extremely precise cursed energy manipulation, which is why only users of the Six Eyes can employ this technique. Others, even if they inherit the technique, cannot use it.
The principle of the technique is also simple: it infinitely divides an extremely short distance. Even if it's within arm's reach, if you can't touch it, you can't touch it.
What Qi Yan was using was Gojo Satoru's passive ability, which could automatically and continuously deploy this technique. When deployed automatically, it would judge the strength, mass, and speed of automatically approaching objects to assess their danger level, and based on the assessment, decide whether to stop or deflect them.
"What?!"
Everyone was greatly astonished by Qi Yan's words. There was such magic? Doesn't that make this guy invincible?
"Bullets are useless against you, but what about others?!"
Wuli aimed his gun at Lucy.
"Why me again?!"
Lucy jumped in fright. He had aimed at her just now, and now he was aiming at her again.
However, Wuli didn't even get to pull the trigger.
The gun had already vanished from his hand.
"What?!"
Wuli looked up and saw that Qi Yan had appeared in front of him at some point, holding his pistol in his hand.
Bang!
Qi Yan directly shot Wuli in the leg.
"Ugh ah ah ah!!"
"Wuli!"
The others cried out in alarm upon seeing Wuli get shot.
Qi Yan raised the gun, aimed at Wuli's other leg, and pulled the trigger.
Click! Click!
"Out of bullets?"
Qi Yan casually tossed the gun aside and punched Wuli in the abdomen.
Bang!!
"Waaah ah ah ah ah!"
Wuli's body curled up like a cooked shrimp, his face contorted in agony, and he flew backward.
Boom, boom, boom!!
He crashed through several gambling tables.
Hugh saw Wuli get hit and immediately became enraged: "Wuli! You bastard!"
Simon quickly tried to stop him: "Hugh! Stop it!"
Hugh ignored Simon's words and shot cards at Qi Yan, but all the cards stopped in front of Qi Yan.
"I told you, you can't hit me."
The next moment, Qi Yan teleported behind Hugh and kicked him.
"Ugh ah ah!"
Hugh's body was also kicked away.
Boom, boom, boom!
He crashed through several slot machines.
Immediately after, Qi Yan teleported in front of Millianna, directly grasping her neck with his hand and lifting her up.
"St… Stop… Qi Yan…"
A weak voice sounded.
"Erza!"
It was Erza who spoke. Simon's face had also changed drastically when he saw Qi Yan's murderous intent. Unlike the ignorance of the others, he knew Qi Yan's identity when he heard Lucy call out his name.
So he wanted to stop him, but it was already too late. If this continued, in a few seconds, all of them would die here, so Simon quickly woke Erza up.
Qi Yan heard Erza's voice and stopped his hand.
He casually threw Millianna onto the ground.
"Cough, cough, cough…!"
Millianna coughed violently, her eyes filled with terror as she looked at Qi Yan. She had felt it—in his hand, she was as fragile as a chick. He could twist her neck with just a flick of his finger.