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Reborn as an Extra-Chapter 430: The Duel of Time and Existence... Part-2.
The tip of Jin's sword pierced Alverto in the back, and the impact of the attack made him lose balance and fall forward.
Jin immediately brought his sword back from the void and swung it in a downward motion with immense force!
[Snow Tiger Sword Art: Claw of Frozen Arctic!]
Alverto also reacted at this moment and immediately swung his spear to deflect the attack!
[Chronos: Spear Art: Weapon Deflection!]
*BOOOM!*
As Jin and Alverto's weapons collided, they created massive tsunamis and waves on the ocean surface!
"That was one crafty move, Jin Walt."
[Chronos: Time Delay: Wound Reversal!]
Alverto used a lot of mana to rewind time for the wound on his body and easily erased the wound from existence as he reversed time to the point where the wound didn't exist on his body.
Although it's a very different method, this is also a type of healing technique; actually, this one's exclusive to those who have insane mastery over time elementals and have high affinity for time elementals.
As long as he has enough mana, Alverto can keep healing himself in this way again and again.
Usually, no time elementals user could support such excessive use of time rewinding skills, as it costs too much mana, but right now Alverto technically has infinite mana.
He can keep spamming this bizarre healing ability without any care in the world!
"As I said earlier, I have infinite mana in this place; the moment you came here, you had already lost; there's no way I will ever lose inside the spire of ascension."
Alverto smirked as he spoke in a confident tone, but Jin wasn't intimidated by it in the slightest.
'I wasn't testing the authenticity of your infinite mana anyway… What I was trying to see was something else…'
'And I am quite sure of it now… Alverto doesn't have the legendary skill 'Shard of Chronos'…'
The legendary skill related to the 'law' of 'time' is called 'Shard of Chronos'; it's the ultimate ability any time-type skill user can aim for, and it gives immense advantage over other time-type skill users.
You literally kind of become a god of time after having a skill of that caliber; you can travel to the future or you can go back in time without causing any side effects.
The probabilities of future timelines and past iterations… Everything will become visible to you with that skill; you can see a person's entire life journey with it.
You can consciously change the past and future of anyone with the help of this legendary skill, as long as it doesn't involve.
This skill is so lethal that if someone had it, they could easily destroy the universe if they mastered it to perfection. This is also the reason why there's never been records of anyone awakening this skill ever.
The 'world' itself wouldn't want to give birth to such an existence that can break its rules so easily.
It might even be possible that the 'Law' of 'Time' has extremely high requirements for whoever wants its legendary skill.
The reason why Jin became sure that Alverto doesn't have 'Shard of Chronos' is that he used tons of mana to rewind time to heal himself; if he had the legendary technique, he wouldn't have needed to bother with that.
The moment he would have gotten injured, the legendary skill itself would have reverted his whole body to a form where he wasn't injured with minimum mana needed.
Moreover, if Alverto had this skill, Jin would have already lost long ago, as the effects of this skill are more potent than the power of any other time elemental user.
Currently Alverto is unable to freeze time for Jin or mess up time-related things with Jin and has to resort to indirect attacks, but if Alverto had the legendary skill,.
He could have literally just stopped the flow of time for Jin and killed him on the spot.
It would have been that easy.
'Well, even without a legendary skill, he's still very good at controlling time elementals… I must remain cautious or I will lose here…'
[Snow Tiger Sword Art: Triple Claw Stike!]
Jin raised his giant sword above his shoulder and swung it with immense force.
[Chronos: Spear Art: Accelerated time!]
*BOOOM!* *BOOOM!*
As Jin and Alverto's weapons collided with each other hundreds of times in a matter of milliseconds, powerful shockwaves spread in all directions, and condensed beams of time elementals flew away in all directions!
Some of those beams even hit the simulated sky, which was actually the ceiling of this floor but was showing itself as an illusion.
The beams of time elementals pierced through the walls and ceiling and flew away in random directions!
Each of them carried enough power to kill an S-ranker in an instant, yet Jin and Alverto were spamming them as if they had no shortage of mana.
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[Snow Tiger Sword Art: Thousand Frozen Thrusts!]
Just as Jin used thrust attacks, Alverto also responded with his own skills at the exact moment, as if he could predict Jin's moves.
[Chronos: Spear Art: Thrust Spear Barrage!]
[Chronos: Time accelerator: Increased movement Speed!]
Not only did Alverto give himself a powerful speed-increasing boost by enhancing himself with time elementals, but he also used his spear art to counter Jin's every thrust attack!
But Jin had already expected this; he twisted his wrist a bit to the side, and out of the thousand thrust attacks, he converted one of them into a slash attack.
Alverto had to focus on his sword at that brief moment, and at the exact instant, Jin closed the distance and kicked Alverto in the stomach with all his might!
*BOOOM!*
Alverto flew away like a cannonball with immense force, yet, despite being hit so hard, he responded with a calm mind.
Alverto immediately used the air as his footing and stopped flying away. He immediately tried to heal himself, but Jin already knew about this, so he directly teleported behind him!
[Snow Tiger Sword Art: Hundred Frozen Claws!]
As if the claw of a tiger had decided to attack its prey a hundred times, Jin's sword attacks were precise and lethal; he immediately aimed for Alverto's neck and attacked a hundred times in an instant!
[Chronos: Spear Art: Spear of Ignorance!]
Instead of defending himself properly, Alverto smirked to himself and thrust his spear with immense momentum.
Jin's sword attack landed on Alverto's neck and immediately cut off his neck in an instant, and at exactly the same moment, Alverto's spear attack directly pierced Jin's chest!
Jin barely reacted on time and used mana to shift his heart a bit to the side by force, thus he was able to dodge that insta-kill attack by a hair's breadth!
Jin immediately kicked Alverto's headless body in the chest with all his might and sent it flying!
Just when he was about to grab the spear and gouge it out of his chest, the spear turned into time elementals and disappeared on its own.
Jin gritted his teeth at that moment and glanced at Alverto's body with narrowed eyes.
Alverto's whole body turned into time elementals and immediately reverted him back to his uninjured form, where his neck was still attached to the body and his internal organs weren't damaged by Jin's kick attacks.
"Quite the tenacious one, aren't you… I nearly thought you had died…"
This scene astonished Jin as well; he had never witnessed anyone using mana to heal themselves after having their head completely severed from their body.
Jin's attack was an instant kill type attack; it's really shocking that Alverto survived it so easily.
Alverto smirked at Jin's words and spoke in a calm tone.
"Well, I would have indeed died right there if not for the fact that we are inside this spire of ascension right now…"
"Usually, it becomes impossible for a person to heal themselves if their head is completely cut off… But don't forget that the spire of ascension is giving me an infinite supply of mana here…"
"It gives my whole body enough mana that I can use my skill even if just my brain is left intact!"
"I have traded injury with an injury… My injuries can heal without losing any mana, but you will need to consume tons of mana to heal yourself… You are bound to die, Jin.
Alverto himself is just a peak S-ranker, but using the spire of ascension he has given himself the combat capabilities of an early SS-ranker.
Thus, he hasn't yet adapted to his new SS-rank body properly as of yet, but this much is still enough to fight Jin on equal terms.
"You don't have to worry about me that much; I can accompany you for a long time…"
Ignoring Alverto's words, Jin placed his hand on his wound and healed it by doing the exact thing that Alverto had done.
[World Authority: Zeit Instante!]
His method was different though; he reverted time and healed himself using his world authority.
"I can see that you don't have a world authority, Alverto... After all, you have forcefully increased your rank; your soul hasn't yet adapted to your new power yet…"
"Before you get your world authority, I will make sure to kill you…"
Using world authority doesn't consume any mana, thus Jin healed himself using his own world authority that gives him the power to control time elementals in a certain area freely!
"Hehe, we will see who will kill who… But seriously, I am having a lot of fun fighting you, and I have enough time anyway, so make sure you entertain me to the fullest!"
Jin and Alverto's weapons clashed once again, and the power of the collision of their weapons created massive shockwaves that parted the sea itself!