Drifting down from mid-air, Lin Luo stood firmly on the ground, gazing at the world around him. He sensed a profound difference—the earth, the air, the moisture, and the electromagnetic waves swirling nearby... everything seemed to have undergone a qualitative change. Lines, one by one, inch by inch, arranged themselves before him in patterns of points and threads. An intuition bloomed within Lin Luo: it felt as if merely following these lines and points, he could achieve anything, but...

In the blink of an eye, these patterns vanished from his sight. When he tried to recall them, they were utterly gone, like a sudden flash of inspiration, fleeting and immediately lost.

Lin Luo wondered if other Level 5 espers experienced such a sensation. An urgent, almost desperate desire gripped him to grasp hold of it once more...

He shook his head, taking a deep breath, and forcefully expelled the thought. He knew that if this insight wasn't seized now, the opportunity might never return, but... the most crucial thing right now was the enemy standing before him!

Misaka 00000 was created already at the peak of Level 4. After Lin Luo repaired her brain and genetics, although her overall power hadn't reached Level 5, her computational capacity had ascended to that very tier. Now, this immense processing power was channeled into him, more than doubling Lin Luo's strength.

Snap!

A flick of his finger unleashed a thick bolt of lightning that descended from the heavens, striking Lin Luo with a deafening crack. A surging, tumultuous power coursed wildly through his body, making him tremble uncontrollably... This wasn't due to an inability to withstand the force, but rather the body’s innate roar of acceptance; every cell vibrated with excitement as the power swelled.

The computational volume he now possessed might still fall short of Accelerator, who could rival the Tree Diagram, but compared to other espers—whether Railgun, Atom Smasher, or Dark Matter—Lin Luo was absolutely certain his processing power far exceeded theirs... One plus one did not merely equal two!

Finger-Flick Thunderclap!

To cover the sky with a raised hand, to overturn the seas with a flipped palm, to shatter mountains with a raised foot, to crush the earth with a stomped foot! This... was Lin Luo's current state of mind!

Of course, he wasn't so arrogant as to believe this current strength could defeat Accelerator. Accelerator could reflect all vectors, including electricity, and even with this power, Lin Luo doubted he could break through Accelerator's limits of reflection.

The limit of a normal human! This was the apex of power a human could attain, and Accelerator stood at the pinnacle of that limit!

"Lin Luo, I have forcibly entered the Misaka Network, and due to the excessively high level, it places a significant burden on the other Misakas. Therefore, my limit is three minutes. After three minutes, I must withdraw from the Misaka Network."

Stating that he would resolve Accelerator within three minutes was not born of overconfidence, but rather... Lin Luo had to defeat Accelerator within three minutes!

Though difficult, it wasn't impossible... Level 5 power, the interference device, Kihara’s divine punch... combined, these might not completely balance Accelerator, but they placed him on the same tier. If anything remained lacking, then... he would compensate with sheer conviction!

The power emerging from the depths of his soul, the latent potential hidden within his body, all of it, every last bit... drawn out! Everything would be staked upon these three minutes!

"Resolve me in three minutes? Hahahaha!" Accelerator paused for only a beat before his face twisted back into a bloodthirsty, grotesque smile. "Do you really think yourself a god? Has attaining Level 5 power made you so confident? Useless! The path ahead belongs to Accelerator—now scram back to hell with your tail tucked between your legs!!!"

Rooaarrrr!!!!

A heavy, muffled roar echoed as Accelerator violently stomped his foot. Every shipping container on the ground launched into the air, hurtling toward Lin Luo like cannonballs!

Fast or slow?

Regarding speed, Lin Luo now possessed an entirely new definition: it was relative. Previously, he certainly couldn't have dodged this, but now...

Furious currents erupted from his body... Zzzzt! Crackle! Pop!

Every shipping container instantly froze in place, bound by the crackling current, their immense magnetic lock preventing any further movement. Simultaneously, leveraging this magnetism, Lin Luo surged violently forward...

"You can't do it!!"

Buzz! Another tremendous, resounding boom. Accelerator had actually reflected the Earth's gravity; a massive section of the ground was sliced open, rising abruptly before slamming down with ferocious momentum!

It was as if the apocalypse had descended, overwhelming darkness swallowing the light!

Interference isn't working?!

Lin Luo’s expression changed drastically. He halted his charge instantly, a dazzling, brilliant light erupting from his entire body... Boom! Boom! Boom!

The electricity within him communicated with the sky; storm clouds flashed overhead, punctuated by thunder and lightning, as over a dozen massive lightning pillars hammered down.

Crack! Crack! Crack...

They annihilated the raised section of earth, shattering it to dust, but the scattering debris flew toward Lin Luo at an even greater velocity.

Lin Luo reached out, pulling the nearest shipping container toward him with magnetic force to use as a shield. Immediately, the container was pierced by the flying shrapnel.

Though not entirely blocked, it bought a vital moment. Lin Luo seized the chance to execute a rapid sidestep, his body transforming into a streak of lightning, surging toward Accelerator shrouded in silver-white radiance!

"Still not enough!"

Smack! Smack! Smack! Smack!...

Accelerator relentlessly hammered the ground with his feet. Dozens of spikes rapidly erupted from beneath, reflected by him to shoot forward at an even higher speed.

Bad! Cannot evade!

They were simply too fast, exceeding Lin Luo’s forward momentum entirely. There was no time for evasion or using objects as cover. In desperation, Lin Luo expanded his electrical field to its maximum while coiling his body tightly, desperately shielding several vital points.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

"Ah..." All twelve spikes pierced Lin Luo's body—his thigh, his arm, his shoulder were instantly impaled. Blood streamed from every part of him, and the searing, bone-deep pain forced a cry from his lips.

"Look at your miserable state. So what if you reached Level 5? Because Academy City only goes up to Level 5, I am forced to be grouped with you... Don't get too cocky, you trash! To seek battle against the strongest, to try and take down the invincible me... your only destiny is the depths of hell!!!"

Accelerator forcibly altered his own calculation mode, rendering the interference sound waves completely ineffective. He ripped up a patch of ground spanning over ten square meters and charged it toward Lin Luo like a battering ram!

"Aaaaaaah!!!"

Lin Luo gritted his teeth against the agonizing pain, intensifying the biological current stimulation, boosting his speed significantly once more. He managed to dodge the impact at the last possible second.

"So what if you are the strongest? What does being invincible matter? The gap between us isn't there..." Lin Luo spat out the words while wrenching the spikes embedded in his body out one by one. Blood jetted from him with every movement. His remaining Life Force points were low; he couldn't use the Sacred Healing spell. If he fell now, there would be no chance!

"Hm?" Accelerator frowned. "Then where do you think the gap lies? Do you truly believe trash like you can surpass me?"

"Of course!" Lin Luo declared without hesitation, firm and resolute. "No matter how powerful you become, what you carry is ultimately just yourself. But I carry the lives and hopes of nearly ten thousand people! The future of nearly ten thousand rests upon these two fists of mine. The weight we bear is fundamentally different... Accelerator!!!"

Lin Luo roared, his feet suddenly springing off the ground as if loaded with coiled springs, launching him forward!

"Hah... Are you joking?! Merely a few dolls... Don't speak as if they are irreplaceable treasures!!!" Accelerator seemed enraged. He stomped the ground violently, and under his precise calculation, hundreds of spikes reflected from the ground, shooting toward Lin Luo like arrows!

Whoosh! A flash of electric light. An expression of disbelief suddenly crossed Accelerator's eyes. He saw... just as the spikes were about to strike, Lin Luo vanished entirely.

Where did he go? Accelerator paused momentarily.

"To me, the lives of the Sisters are unique; they are irreplaceable treasures!"

The voice materialized behind Accelerator. He whipped his head around and saw him: a boy wreathed in electricity, drenched in his own blood, the exposed skin beginning to crackle and seep fine streaks of crimson.

"You bastard..." Accelerator gasped instinctively, rapidly reflecting gravity to retreat backward, teeth clenched. "You are courting death!"

"You should call this a final gamble," Lin Luo pressed forward swiftly, the distance between them less than half a meter!

Accelerator could achieve speeds beyond human limits merely by reflecting Earth's gravity with almost no physical exertion, but Lin Luo was faster. At this moment, Lin Luo had pushed his biological current stimulation to the absolute limit, achieving ten, even twenty times the speed of a normal human!

But... such stimulation was impossible for a normal human body to bear. His body was now like a rubber band stretched to its breaking point, ready to snap at any moment. Just as Accelerator had said... he was courting death!

"Accelerator, I return your words to you..." As he closed the distance, Lin Luo said in a low voice, "From this moment forward, passage is forbidden here. Go back to square one and reflect upon yourself!"

As he spoke, Lin Luo raised his fist and smashed it forward with full force!

"The weight of this punch... surpasses my soul!!!"

Watching the fist approach his face, Accelerator's eyes snapped wide open. His body instinctively registered fear... When speed surpasses a certain threshold, speed becomes power!

Accelerator knew that if this punch landed, he would be utterly finished!

Reflect! Reflect! Reflect!

Accelerator’s mind screamed.

If the reflection failed, it must be because the amount of reflection wasn't enough. So, increase the calculation volume, increase the reflection... One fold wasn't enough, two folds weren't enough... three times! Four times... He instantaneously calculated a full five-fold reflection factor, but...

CRACK!!!

The punch still landed squarely on Accelerator's face, accompanied by the sound of shattering bone!

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