"Anluns, Jack, Bloodline, keep your distance from him and launch attacks from afar. Wait for my command."
As soon as the words left his mouth, a vast swarm of crows sprang up behind Urushibara Osamu, sweeping toward the clock tower to surround it.
However, a tangible sound wave expanded outward from the massive clock tower. In an instant, the crows shattered into pieces by the sound wave, their black feathers mixed with flesh and blood dropping down with a thud.
Blood red stained the clock tower, echoing with sounds.
Urushibara Osamu approached silently, two crows flew out from his fingertips.
Ghost Bell and Shadow raised their heads simultaneously.
His shadow guarded the sides of the clock tower and Blue Arc;
Ghost Bell himself walked step by step toward Urushibara Osamu, each step sounding as heavy as thunder.
In the next moment, he stomped and charged forward fiercely.
A web-shaped pit cracked open on the floor with a "boom" and he shot away. With a gust of wind, his metal fist slammed towards Urushibara Osamu’s head, likened to a train barreling forward, lifting Urushibara Osamu’s black hair high.
In the next second, Urushibara Osamu swapped places with the crow flying towards the clock tower.
But the shadow of Ghost Bell suddenly pushed hard into the ground, forming a deep pit, and transformed into a black beam of light soaring straight up, slicing toward his neck with a wrist blade.
However, Urushibara Osamu disappeared once again. He appeared at the last crow’s position, beside Blue Arc, and sent another crow flying towards the glass chandelier from his fingertips.
Simultaneously, the second hand of the clock tower swept across 10 seconds, and once again a deafening chime rang out, sweeping across everyone’s face like a wild gust of wind, almost making them deaf.
The world was once again enveloped in a mercury hue, everything seemed frozen like an oil painting.
When time resumed, Urushibara Osamu’s pupils shrank slightly. He saw that Ghost Bell, who had been twenty meters away, was now right in front of him.
Their eyes met, and it seemed like fire was about to spew from Ghost Bell’s scarlet pupils.
Luckily, Urushibara Osamu was prepared, swapping places with the crow flying towards the chandelier. In the next moment, Ghost Bell’s fist shattered a black crow, blood and bones splattered out together, sprinkling over the clock tower’s surface.
"Are you... only capable of running away?"
Ghost Bell raised his head, looking at Urushibara Osamu sitting atop the crystal chandelier, mocking him word by word.
At that moment, Bloodline and Anluns launched attacks from both sides simultaneously.
Anluns shot an air billiard using a pool cue; Bloodline forged a massive spear, hurling it towards Ghost Bell. The sounds of tearing through the air overlapped, the crystal chandelier flickering on and off.
Ghost Bell sneered coldly, standing back-to-back with his shadow like trusting comrades.
He turned to the west, shrugged his shoulders, and swung his arm to gather force, then suddenly punched fiercely. This punch, wrapped in the resonant bell chime and invisible sound waves, struck the air billiard without holding back;
With a "boom," the oncoming air billiard shattered in an instant, dissolving into a chaotic wind blowing in all directions.
Meanwhile, the muscular shadow dashed eastward, fearlessly letting the blood-red spear pierce through its body as it thrust forward.
The shadow then drove its feet deep into the floor, pulling the blood-red spear with both hands. As its body slid backward, two one-meter-deep trenches formed. The floor and soil continuously upheaved as the blood-red spear emitted sparks in the shadow’s dark palm.
Soon after, the momentum on the spear’s shaft was completely alleviated, and the shadow’s retreating form came to a halt.
"Quite impressive..." Bloodline thought, a rare hint of astonishment flashing through her crimson eyes.
It was the first time tonight she was shaken by an opponent’s strength.
The "Time Suspension" ability, "Clone" ability, manipulation of "Sound Wave" ability, and physical prowess like a beast... These were what Ghost Bell demonstrated to them in just under twenty seconds.
Moreover... this might only be the tip of the iceberg.
"Good grief, truly a monster in every sense," Anluns said while putting away the pool cue, his lips curving slightly, yet cold sweat trickled down his forehead.
Jack the Ripper’s weak and cold voice came from the side.
"Jack the Ripper, you better think about yourself first... Ghost Bell is obviously targeting you the hardest, who knows how long you can hold out with that blood loss."
Anluns glanced sideways at Jack the Ripper, who was covering a trench in her abdomen, her face slightly pale.
"I just got a bit careless, didn’t expect him to pause time..." Jack the Ripper took a deep breath, trying to justify herself, "Plus, I was already worn out from fighting Blue Arc."
At this moment, standing atop the crystal chandelier, Urushibara Osamu glanced down at the clock tower and then spoke, "Your clock tower pauses time every 10 seconds for 1 second."
He paused, looking down on Ghost Bell’s figure, "So you do have a weakness, as long as we destroy the clock tower behind you... you’ll just become an ordinary powerhouse."
"You know that... so what?" Ghost Bell replied without lifting his head.
He clearly knew the party leader’s ability to swap places with crows.
This means: as long as a single crow exists, Urushibara Osamu can vanish from his original place anytime, anywhere.
This unmatched mobility in front of him, chasing after him would just be a waste of time.