As he watched the spear thrusting toward his head, Yoru Machi felt a long-forgotten sense of dread.
Great God's Declaration possessed the same Causality Reversal ability as Gae Bolg.
The instant it was unleashed, the "result" of "the opponent's body being pierced" was created first. The "cause" of "the spear hit because the body was pierced" then occurred afterward.
Simply put, once this kind of Causality Reversal move was used, the target suffered the result of being attacked first. It was practically an ability that meant certain death the moment it was unleashed.
Against such a move, either one's Luck had to be high enough to influence even the causality of an unavoidable hit.
Or one had to be powerful enough to withstand a one-hit kill without dying.
Like Berserker's Twelve Labors—even if he was stabbed once, he would only lose a single life. Or, like Red A, one could use a Noble Phantasm to block it head-on.
However, compared to Cú Chulainn's Gae Bolg, the Great God's Declaration that Golden Flash thrust out now had almost no lengthy windup. By the time Yoru Machi had just regained his senses, its spearhead was already right before him.
Yoru Machi had many ways to evade, such as Shunpo or spatial magic, both of which could let him travel a great distance in a short time.
But against a Causality Reversal move, once he had been locked onto, it was useless no matter how far he ran.
So, faced with the spear already in his face, Yoru Machi could only take it head-on!
Under Yoru Machi's reinforcement magecraft, the long blade in his hand, which served as Mage's Garb, immediately became covered in patterns resembling electrical circuit lines.
The instant the tip of Great God's Declaration collided with the long blade in