"Do you know what absolute zero is?" Yamabuki asked with a smile. "According to measurements, at minus 273.15 degrees Celsius, all atomic motion stops. But I'm particularly curious, could there be a temperature even lower than absolute zero?"
Alice secretly cried out, "Not good!" when she heard Yamabuki continue, "The temperature of this world is currently 0 degrees, which is the freezing point of water. Every second, the temperature of this world will drop by one degree. After a little over four minutes, the temperature here will reach absolute zero. At minus 130 degrees, the molecular structure of steel will change, becoming like foam. With a light squeeze, steel will shatter. Do you want to know what the human body feels like at that temperature?"
Alice felt a chill throughout her body. Although she didn't know what absolute zero was, she had a feeling it would be a very bad experience.
"To leave before you freeze into an ice pop, you just have to kill me," Yamabuki said.
"Then I'll kill you!" Alice loosened her fingers, and a Heilig Pfeil flew out. Yamabuki tilted his head slightly, and the Heilig Pfeil grazed his cheek.
Sigh! These Quincies, once they lose their Schrift abilities, they're only capable of this much...
"Boom!!!!!"
The point where the Heilig Pfeil landed instantly exploded, like an atomic bomb detonating. The huge shockwave and air blast nearly sent Yamabuki flying.
Alright! I take back what I said earlier. Even without Schrift abilities, there are still many masters among these Quincies.
"Immediately eliminate this world, otherwise, with the next arrow, I'll blast you to smithereens!" Alice said coldly.
Are you a nuclear arrow immortal? You're both Quincies, why is the difference in strength so vast? You agree, right, Uryū Ishida?
Not only that, but the archery skills of the two were also very different. Alice simultaneously conjured four Heilig Pfeil, firing them in rapid succession, like Robin Hood in a movie.
The small world wasn't very large, at most about a thousand meters. How could it withstand someone continuously throwing nuclear bombs?
"Hmm? Trying to raise the temperature of this world through explosions? That's indeed a good idea." Although Yamabuki was somewhat disheveled from the explosion, he wasn't injured. When it comes to power clashes, I've never been afraid of anyone in this life.
"Infinite Cero!"
Pale white Ceros rained down, overwhelming everything. Alice rapidly dodged, but she found her speed had slowed considerably.
"One minute has passed now. At minus sixty degrees, can you, a human, withstand it?" Yamabuki said coldly.
Alice's fingertips were icy cold, and the air she exhaled turned into white mist. At minus sixty degrees, an ordinary person simply couldn't endure it.
Alice activated Blut Vene Anhaben, forcing herself to endure. She had underestimated the lethality of low temperatures. If the temperature continued to drop, there would be no need for absolute zero; she might freeze to death in another minute.
"Hmph, you're also enduring the same temperature, aren't you?" Alice said coldly. "The characteristic of rule-based abilities is that once formed, even the owner of the ability cannot violate them. Your body is also being eroded by the ultra-low temperature, isn't it?"
"That's right, but don't forget, I'm a Hollow, and a type with extremely fast recovery. Even if I shatter from the cold, I can still survive, but you can't. You're human." Yamabuki for the first time was glad he wasn't human.
While the two were talking, another dozen seconds passed, and the temperature dropped by another dozen degrees.
Alice's eyelids were frozen stiff, and the flesh on her face couldn't move. That's right, she was human, and couldn't compare to that monster in resisting low temperatures. She had to finish this quickly.
"The Book of Creation, raise the temperature of this world." Alice wanted to use The Book of Creation to counter the ultra-low temperature, but this was Yamabuki's world. Once the world was formed, all other rules were invalid here.
Her fingers were also freezing. At first, her skin could still feel a stinging pain, but now there was no pain at all, just complete numbness.
Her body temperature was rapidly dropping. She felt so sleepy.
Adrenaline secreted, raising Alice's body temperature slightly, but compared to the rate it was dropping, it was like a drop in the bucket.
The blood on her face had frozen. She couldn't hold on any longer.
Although Yamabuki also felt very cold, he could endure it with his reishi. Shinigami are spiritual bodies, different from flesh and blood.
Minus 90 degrees.
Alice used a lot of strength to draw the bow, as there was no reishi in this world, so she could only expend her own spiritual pressure.
This moment seemed to last a long time, as if time itself had frozen.
The Heilig Pfeil flew towards Yamabuki, and whether it was an illusion or not, Alice felt the Heilig Pfeil was flying extremely slowly.
Yamabuki grabbed the Heilig Pfeil and directly devoured it: "Thanks for the rocket, little sister! Give me two more!"
Devouring reishi? What kind of monster is this? Alice tried to draw her bow a second time, but her arm made an ominous snapping sound, like frozen meat being smashed by a sledgehammer.
"Oh no! Your Majesty, I... I can't stay by your side anymore!" Alice couldn't even close her eyes; it was simply too cold, but her spiritual pressure was still condensing, finally forming an arrow. This must be the last arrow she would ever shoot in her life, right?
Alice pushed Blut Vene Anhaben to its limit, shooting the arrow before her whole body was completely frozen. However, at that instant, the extremely cold world suddenly disappeared, and the two returned to Silbern.
"Cold, cold, cold, it's too cold, I can't stand it, I'd better change back!" Yamabuki rubbed his hands non-stop.
His small world was retracted, but The Book of Creation's rule ability was still active.
And one of the four rules Alice had set earlier was: "The attacker's power will rebound on themselves."
"Pfft!"
Under the influence of The Book of Creation's rules, the Heilig Pfeil directly pierced Alice's lower abdomen. Alice looked at Yamabuki with unwillingness, squeezing out a single word from between her teeth with her last bit of strength: "Fuck!"
After speaking, Alice fell to her knees, completely losing consciousness.
The Book of Creation's ability also dissipated. To confirm this, Yamabuki went to the unconscious Alice and mercilessly flicked her forehead twice, extremely viciously.
After confirming that the flicks didn't rebound on him, Yamabuki finally felt at ease. He spat out a tentacle from his palm, preparing to drain Alice dry.
Just then, the entire Silbern erupted with astonishing light. Yamabuki realized that Silbern was about to teleport and hurriedly reached out to grab Alice.
My meal! Haven't I been working so hard for so long just for this meal?
However, before Yamabuki could touch Alice, Silbern had already begun to teleport. Yamabuki lunged into empty space, crashing into the desert and getting a mouthful of sand!
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