Chapter 533: Katakuri's True Ability
"I can do this. This is the strength my father gave me." Hikari said to herself in her heart.
When the Sun Golden Crow was preparing to attack, Hikari silently encouraged herself in her heart.
After the Sun Golden Crow began to gather its power for an attack, Hikari was also ready.
"I swear here that there is nothing in this world that I can not kill!"
"O sun, protect me with your light!"
"The horn of victory, bring me triumph!"
With these three declarations in succession, her sword radiated infinite golden light and sharpness, and she slashed directly towards the Golden Crow.
Hikari was born with two abilities: one was Radiance, and the other was Victory.
The power of Radiance allowed her to withstand high temperatures to the greatest extent. It could also be used for attacks.
The power of Victory was just as its name suggested. As long as the enemy took action, she could win with absolute power to overwhelm the enemy's defenses.
In addition to these two abilities, the sword in her hand was called the Sword of Oath, and it had the power to cut through all things.
Of course, this was not absolute, but it was undeniable.
Several of Hikari's powers carried extremely high potency, among which the ability of Victory had the greatest weight.
Now, with several powers erupting at the same time and Victory as the core, their strength could not be underestimated.
Even the Sun Golden Crow, standing opposite Hikari, felt as if a warning of danger loomed over its head.
Because now the Golden Crow's golden flames were sliced apart directly, and the blade pointed straight at its body.
Fortunately, the Golden Crow still had some energy in reserve.
It had not unleashed its full maximum output.
Otherwise, it would be difficult to stand against the overwhelming force of Victory.
In that critical moment, the Sun Golden Crow was about to erupt with even stronger power to counter Hikari.
"Smash Varudo." a voice said.
Time stopped.
The churning magma, countless shockwaves, and floating smoke and dust all froze, as if time was trapped in amber.
"What is this?" Hikari thought.
At this moment, Hikari felt her body grow sluggish.
It was as if she was moving through a stream of water.
Her sword continued forward, but she saw the motionless figure of the Sun Golden Crow opposite her.
Hikari forcibly redirected her attack and aimed it toward the sky.
In an instant, a black line tore through the sky, but after the rift formed, it too became still.
Hikari ignored the anomaly in the sky and focused on her surroundings.
Observing the frozen time and space around her, Hikari was thoughtful.
"Has time stopped?" Hikari asked herself.
She was not unfamiliar with the power of stopping time.
Most often, it happened when she visited the Permafrost Canyon to play with Shirokōri.
That person always used the power of freezing time and space to tease her and even cheated in games.
If she had not been able to react, she would not have wanted to play games with her.
Hikari silently complained about Shirokōri in her heart and then carefully sensed the solidified world.
This sensation was different from when she was trapped in Shirokōri's frozen time and space before.
If it were that type, the creature with such intense heat in front of her would surely be able to move.
"So, is this the power of the Time King rumored across the seas?" Hikari wondered.
Her head turned toward the center of the Competitive Canyon.
There, the golden chains of the spherical seal were breaking apart one by one.
A figure floated in the air with his arms crossed, and at the same time, a golden silhouette in front of him was pulling at the central seal.
It was Joe Tlian, the Time King of the Dark Curtain Tarot Totem, and his stand, The World.
Now, Joe Tlian was working hard to break the seal.
Previously, the Sun Golden Crow had activated its Original Root Mode.
As a result, the Lion Majesty and the Dragon of Hades had fled from the nodes connecting to the central barrier.
In addition, the link to the Sun Golden Crow was also destroyed by its flames.
This allowed the central seal, which blocked the final treasure in the Competitive Canyon, to be unlocked directly.
All the golden chains were falling apart one by one.
Originally, it would only take a moment for the seal to collapse completely.
But Joe Tlian, who was waiting nearby, could not wait that long.
Because he was a little too close to the Sun Golden Crow.
The area around him was already filled with lava, and the other members had fled, but he remained there.
In this situation, it was really difficult for him to wait.
If he continued to wait and did anything else, it would be hard for him to easily obtain the treasure.
He always kept in mind the teachings of Father God Dio, that he must not overuse his power.
This world had gods, and stopping time in a way that affected the world would surely draw their attention.
Disrupting the temporal order of the world was not a big issue.
The most important thing was that if any god became unhappy and caused trouble for him, it would be uncomfortable.
As Joe Tlian quickly cracked the fragile chains, Orochimaru sat quietly on a throne on Sky Island, not far from Mythical Beast Island, and looked at the scene in the Competitive Canyon with a teasing expression on his face.
The reason Orochimaru could move was quite simple.
The essence of Joe Tlian's time-stopping was to disturb the order of time and space using the Law of Time.
Such anomalies could be detected naturally.
The closer one advanced toward a higher level of life, the nearer they came to the essence of the Law.
The closer one was to the principles of the Law, the more they could perceive uncoordinated abnormalities and even become immune to certain disruptions.
The world now revered certain beings as gods.
They could ignore this level of time stoppage due to their proximity to the essence of the Law.
It was even possible to trace the source of fluctuations through abnormal disturbances in time and space.
This meant that if the person disrupting time did not choose to flee from a god, they would be caught red-handed, which would be very embarrassing.
Fortunately, Dio had spoken to the gods on Joe Tlian's behalf.
At the same time, Joe Tlian was limited in the number of times he could stop time.
If anyone was truly displeased, they could challenge him to a duel.
This was Dio's promise, or perhaps provocation.
To this end, in a sub-time-and-space battlefield opened by someone, Dio was often beaten violently by Ryomen Sukuna.
But he remained fearless.
He relied heavily on his immunity to death.
"I didn't not expect Hisoka-kun to achieve this ability silently?"
"Interesting, it seems I should take this person and study them."
At this moment, Orochimaru was fixated on a certain figure in the Competitive Canyon.
He saw Katakuri moving in an area far from the center of the Competitive Canyon.
Time flowed within his body, counteracting the confinement brought by the time stop.
This was Katakuri's true ability: time acceleration.
Although the world considered him to possess divine speed, Katakuri's essence was not a speed-based ability but a time-type acceleration ability.
This was precisely the nen ability he had developed under Hisoka's influence.
Now, seeing the time-stopped scene around him, Katakuri's first instinct was not to compete with Joe Tlian for the final treasure.
Katakuri was very wise.
To be honest, even if he tried, he could not defeat Joe Tlian.
Although he could act using his time-acceleration ability, Katakuri's situation was like a blank slate.
His raw strength, without the time ability, was only at the level of a one-star gem hunter.
If he really went up against Joe Tlian, he feared he would be instantly killed by Joe Tlian's stand, The World.
A stand's combat power, directly tied to spiritual attributes, indeed had this capability.
In particular, the quality of Joe Tlian's stand was top-tier among stands of the same level.
So, this time, Katakuri set his target on the Mythical Beast at the edge of the canyon.
He had not forgotten his mission to find a favorite Mythical Beast for Big Mom.
Holding the Sky-Bound Crystal tightly in his hand, Katakuri approached the Dragon of Hades.
The temperature near the Sun Golden Crow was too intense for him to approach, and the female knight there could move, so he made no plans to go there.
As for the Yamata Lion Majesty, its surrounding poisonous mist made it feel inaccessible.
Thus, he could only choose the Dragon of Hades.
Feeling the chilling breath of death before him, Katakuri began the sealing process.
(End of this chapter)