Chapter 124: Changing Destiny
The future is moving forward along the established route.
In the first second, the Crimson King slashed with his hand knife, and Li Qing slowed him down with "Sky Thunder Break" and "Bone Break".
In the second second, Li Qing canceled the data mode, and took advantage of the Crimson King's deceleration to adjust his posture, allowing his right shoulder to meet the Crimson King's hand knife.
In the third second, the hand knife chopped off the shoulder, cutting off Li Qing's right arm at the root.
In the fourth second, Li Qing cut off his arm to survive and rolled to the outside.
In the fifth second, the Crimson King adjusted his body and chased after Li Qing.
Sixth second...
Facing the Crimson King rushing towards him head-on, Li Qing endured the pain of a broken arm and faced forward with his right shoulder that was still oozing blood.
The data mode was restarted, and the blood gushing from the right shoulder stopped instantly.
At this moment, the Crimson King was rushing towards him without any defense.
"Now!"
There was no fear in Li Qing's eyes, only a strong fighting spirit condensed in the tension:
"This is the most powerful strike I have ever mastered, the most powerful spear that can break through everything! "
The most powerful attack he has is not actually a system skill, but a strange characteristic he accidentally discovered from the "closing" and "opening" of his digitized body.
The first time Li Qing switched from digital mode to fight with his physical body was when he faced that undead piece of meat. It was a choice he had to make in order to escape.
At that time, his body was almost reduced to bones after being gnawed by the pieces of flesh, and his forearm and right hand were bent backwards at an angle of 270 degrees.
However, at the moment of digital restart...
The flesh that had been bitten off his body recovered instantly, and his arm, which had been bent 270 degrees, twisted forward in an instant.
Even with the flesh restraining it, it couldn't stop the arm from twisting forward.
Li Qing's strength at that time was far inferior to that of the piece of meat.
However, in order to restore his body to perfect condition, his broken arm unexpectedly burst out with unprecedented strength after the data mode was turned on, and he easily broke free from the entanglement of the flesh.
Since then, Li Qing has been thinking:
Since the digital model will ensure that his body is always in perfect condition like the indestructible 3D model in the game, then...
If his arm wasn't just bent but cut off at the root before the digitization was activated...
What will happen?
Can the arm be restored?
Can it still unleash that inexplicable power?
Although he was curious, Li Qing himself did not dare to try it - if digitalization could not repair the separated arm, he would be left with lifelong disability.
But then he met Giorno.
The ability of the Golden Experience to easily repair wounds and reconnect bodies gave Li Qing unlimited capital for "self-mutilation".
After discovering that his teammate was a powerful nurse, he took a knife and cut off his arm without hesitation, verifying the idea that he had been curious about for a long time.
The result of this experiment is...
“It will recover!”
"Even if my arm is cut off at the root, my body will instantly recover to perfect condition after digitization is activated."
"Moreover, it's not the regeneration of broken limbs, but the reattachment of broken arms -"
"My broken arm is like Thor's hammer. It will fly back to my body as soon as the digitization is turned on!"
Looking at the Crimson King rushing towards him, Li Qing couldn't help but feel excited:
Diablo seemed completely unaware of his true intentions, as the Crimson King stood straight between him and the broken arm.
And the broken arm has sensed the opening of the data mode:
It suddenly rose from the ground and flew straight towards Li Qing's body in an unstoppable manner.
It was extremely fast, so fast that it seemed like a phantom.
Its power is so great that it can penetrate all obstacles.
At this moment, it is more like an indestructible flying sword than a broken arm that wants to return to its owner.
This is exactly the bug caused by the system rules:
Li Qing in digitized mode must have an intact body.
Therefore, there was no force that could prevent his body from recovering, and nothing could stop the arm that was flying towards his body!
Anything that stands in the way of the broken arm will be easily pierced by it like thin paper.
“Success!”
The previous attempt to survive by cutting off an arm was just a deception. This was the most critical part of Li Qing’s escape plan.
As long as the broken arm that flies back to the body can hurt the Crimson King, even just a little bit, it can create time for him to escape using the Sky Sound Wave.
However…
What Li Qing didn't notice at all, and couldn't possibly notice, was...
When his broken arm rose into the air as the data was restarted, Diablo had already launched a counterattack:
"Right now..."
A gleam of light flashed in Diablo's eyes at the same time as Lee Sin's :
"Time will begin to engrave again--"
"The Crimson King!"
The magical power of [Time Cut] is activated, and Diablo and his Stand become existences independent of the timeline.
And Li Qing...
He hadn't even realized that the timeline was changing quietly.
He was still stuck in that deleted time, having beautiful but useless fantasies about the Crimson King that didn't actually exist before him.
Just like that, the future was changed.
Time is moving forward according to Diablo's thoughts.
Sixth second:
Li Qing turned on digitization again, and his broken arm turned into a "flying sword".
When Diablo is activated, the Crimson King disappears into the "void".
Seventh second:
The severed arm passed through the Crimson King's body and pierced its chest.
But the Crimson King, who had already entered a time-weakened state, was not affected at all.
Soon, the severed arm flew to Li Qing and was instantly connected back.
The Crimson King took his steps calmly and, following Diablo's instructions, stayed at a special location.
8th second:
Li Qing didn't realize that his attack was ineffective.
He remained in the deleted time and still blasted a sound wave into the distance, just like the future that Diablo had seen before.
"Time erasure, release!"
Diablo released his ability just in time.
The deleted time was actually only two seconds, but these two seconds had changed everything:
First, the "flying sword" attack that was enough to kill Diablo did not work.
Secondly, the Crimson King had adjusted his position and stood exactly on the trajectory of Li Qingtian's sound wave.
And in Li Qing's perception...
He was only distracted for a moment, and his consciousness jumped from the "digital restart" two seconds ago to the current "sky sound wave launch".
“Something’s wrong!”
"This is [Time Cut]!"
Looking at his right arm that had recovered at some point, and the ball of Tianyin light that had already flown out of his hand, Li Qing felt the bone-chilling chill almost instantly.
And the next moment, the Heavenly Sound Wave hit the Crimson King solidly.
A positioning mark appeared on the Crimson King's muscular arm, and the hope of escape was instantly extinguished.
“Being… blocked?”
Li Qing's expression turned extremely ugly:
"How is it possible? Why?!"
"Why did Diablo notice my arm-breaking attack when I was digitally restarted? Why was he able to launch the time-slashing attack so perfectly?"
"I've only discovered my ability to recall my severed arm less than an hour ago. How could he be on guard in advance?"
No matter how smart or cautious a person is, he cannot guard against a severed arm.
But Diablo seemed to have predicted the future and launched a time-cutting move at the most critical moment of Li Qing's counterattack.
Is it accidental or inevitable?
An unprecedented panic came over me:
"Could it be that this guy..."
"What kind of 'foresight' ability is there?"
Li Qing, who had always thought that the Crimson King's ability was only temporary, finally vaguely sensed something was wrong.
But it's too late to say anything now.
The Sky Sound Wave, which can only be used once every seven seconds, has been wasted on the Crimson King.
And Diablo was obviously on guard against his hidden ability, and there was absolutely no way he could hurt the other party by a sneak attack with a broken arm.
"Ha ha ha ha…"
Looking at the ashen-faced Li Qing, Diablo couldn't help but burst into laughter.
All the fear and depression that had arisen since meeting the Rolling Stones were fully vented at this moment:
"I'm not dead, I'm still alive!"
"The so-called destiny has been completely changed by me, Diablo!"
