Ex-Machina on a Dimensional Journey Chapter 227

"It seemed you knew quite a lot about us."

Even in a situation Cursed Arm considered extraordinarily dangerous, the person before him still remained utterly calm, which could not help but surprise him.

Even so, he did not stop releasing his Noble Phantasm.

"Delusional Heartbeat/Zabaniya."

The Demon God's hand, glowing crimson, swept before Xiu Er.

A scarlet light immediately flared across the spot it passed over—Xiu Er's chest.

And then...

After a fierce surge of magical energy, Cursed Arm Hassan's Demon God hand came to a steady halt before the doll.

Other than that flash of "special effect" light, nothing happened.

Xiu Er had not blocked it, and Cursed Arm had not withdrawn his hand.

Yet the two fell silent as they stared wide-eyed at one another.

"..."

Xiu Er calmly watched the large hand grasping at empty air before him, while Hassan stared in astonishment at his own hand doing the same.

What was going on?

Hassan's heart churned with uncertainty. The situation clearly meant that his Noble Phantasm had failed to activate.

His right hand had been obtained through a contract with a Demon God and possessed the power to "curse-kill" a living creature's heart.

And his Noble Phantasm, Delusional Heartbeat, was the manifestation of that power. After touching a target's heart, it could create a pseudo-heart linked to the target.

Then, by crushing the pseudo-heart he had created, he could inflict fatal damage upon the target's actual body, specifically targeting its heart.

This effect was a "curse" carried out through the Demon God's power. It could neither be defended against nor neutralized.

It was also Cursed Arm's primary means of dealing damage with his Noble Phantasm.

That was why this "Hassan" had previously been unwilling to use his Noble Phantasm against Xiu Er.

Because until then, he