The instant those words left his mouth, Hajime Kashimo vanished again.
With the acceleration unique to his electric cursed energy, he reached Ryu Ishigori in the blink of an eye.
Ryu Ishigori had no time to dodge. He could only raise both arms in front of him.
Hajime Kashimo punched Ryu Ishigori in the arms, sending him flying through the walls of several buildings before he finally came to a stop.
"Cough... haha... hahahaha!"
Ryu Ishigori climbed out of the rubble, his face covered in dust and blood, but his grin was even crazier than before.
"Then let's see what else you've got!"
Ryu Ishigori roared, cursed energy gathering furiously in the cannon-shaped hairstyle atop his head.
This time, he did not fire a blast immediately. Instead, he compressed his cursed energy even further.
A ball of cursed energy far more powerful than any before formed at the muzzle, violent energy churning across its surface.
"Take this enhanced blast!"
The sphere shot out with a thunderous boom, a massive cursed energy shell over three meters in diameter firing from Ryu Ishigori's hair.
Trailing a thick blue streak, the cursed energy shell hurtled toward Hajime Kashimo like a meteor.
The air along its path burned with an acrid smell, and the shock wave instantly shattered the windows of the buildings lining the street.
Watching the enormous shell approach, Hajime Kashimo's grin finally faded a little.
He could not use a magnetic field to redirect a shell of this magnitude. He had to either take it head-on or dodge.
In theory, there was still some distance between Ryu Ishigori and Hajime Kashimo.
Even though this Cursed Energy Cannon was fast, Hajime Kashimo could still evade it if he wanted.
But!
Dodge?
That was a choice for weaklings!
*As a strong fighter, he