We all time-traveled at the same time, but why isn't anyone human?

Chapter 42 The False King of Loans, Su Nuo; The True King of Binding, Lu Ping

The rules of binding are complex, but they can be summarized into three main types: "long-term binding", "one-time binding", and "contractual binding".

Long-term constraints, such as "Nanami Kento" who only uses 80% of his magical power during the workday in exchange for a burst of 120% magical power after get off work, belong to this category.

This type of restraint does not significantly increase strength, and its upper limit cannot exceed 150% of the maximum spell power.

No matter how outrageous your constraints are, such as "only using 1% of your magical power in the first half of your life in exchange for enhanced magical power in the second half," you can only enhance it to a maximum of 150%, and it's impossible to go any higher.

One-time bindings, such as "Sanwa Kasumi" who never wields a sword again for the rest of her life in exchange for an extremely powerful ultimate move; and "Ryoumen Sukuna" who has to use hand seals for the rest of her life in exchange for a spatial slash with no wind-up, both belong to this category.

Compared to long-term constraints, one-time constraints have more limitations, higher costs, and more stringent hidden conditions. In the hands of those who do not know how to use them, they can only be wasted.

Like Misaki Miwa in the original work, she paid such a huge price, almost equivalent to ruining her future fighting power, in exchange for a fleeting strike. But what was the result?

He was instantly defeated by Lu Suo.

While the vast difference in strength between her and Lu Suo certainly played a role, it also indirectly proves that the power of "binding" is not limitless, making it impossible for a low-level mage to defeat a special-level being.

In Su Nuo's memory, the maximum increase in output that can be achieved by a single binding is "200%".

Even if you sacrifice your entire future life, soul, and all sorts of bizarre things as the price, you can only unleash a spell with twice the destructive power once at most; that's the limit.

In comparison, the main uses of one-time procedures are in terms of "surgical scope", "guaranteed success of the procedure", and "condition recovery". These are the real value of one-time procedures.

Simply put, a one-time binding is equivalent to "trading a permanent decrease in skill attributes for a chance to modify skill attributes." In the hands of top-tier experts, it can indeed create a turning point in the battle.

but.

For Lu Ping, the most surprising thing was the third type of restraint, a restraint that was not shown many times in the original work, but whose effect was extremely strong—

Contractual constraints.

"In the original work, Sukuna made a contract with Itadori to bind 'Chiko,' in exchange for helping Itadori use the Reversal Technique to revive him. In return, Itadori would have to let Sukuna control his body for one minute in the future."

"The real person also made a contract with the mechanical ball, in exchange for the mechanical ball selling information, the real person had to help the mechanical ball restore its body."

"Judging from the two cases in the original work, compared to the other two types of binding, the binding of contracts has almost no restrictions or losses. As long as the two parties agree, they can establish the binding at any time, and the restrictive effect is extremely strong. Even Su Nuo cannot violate it."

A slight smile involuntarily appeared on Lu Ping's lips.

For others, using "binding" to take out a loan is ineffective, and the maximum output is only twice the original amount.

But he's different.

He can establish a "contractual bond" with 100,000 sorcerers, in exchange for the price of preventing them from ever using spells again, in order to unleash the strongest attack that concentrates the magical power of 100,000 people together.

This does not violate the rules of restraint.

Essentially, this is the contractual bond between him and the 100,000 saints. Each person is simply exercising their own "one-time bondage" and has not violated the 200% upper limit output restriction.

Furthermore, he can use the contract bindings more flexibly, burning the spell power, life, soul, etc. of his subordinate saints at any time, and using the saints' strongest moves as basic attacks.

Compared to Ryoumen Sukuna, who had to pay a huge price to cancel the pre-attack animation.

He stands at the pinnacle of bondage, possessing limitless, unrestricted, and infinitely usable binding abilities; he is the true king of binding!

"However... the nature of the binding is very mysterious. I read from Sukuna's memories that the binding touches on the most core secret of the soul realm, which is the power of the 'root of curse power'."

"There are too many secrets in the Cursed World. The original work didn't fill in the plot holes until the end. No one knows if an even more transcendent being will appear. After all, monsters like Tianyuan have already appeared."

Lu Ping thought to himself.

In the original manga, the strongest characters on the surface are Sukuna and Gojo Satoru, but in terms of "level", the strongest is actually Tengen.

She is a monster with the technique of "immortality," and was just one step away from evolving into a higher level of life.

If it weren't for his "Astral Body" physical form, which helped him stabilize his anchor in reality, he would probably have already assimilated into the world, his soul omnipresent.

Furthermore, the introduction of the "soul realm" and "soul passage" in the sequel made Lu Ping even more hesitant to act rashly.

I don't want to think about these things that are too far away for now.

In short.

Lu Ping now has one more trump card and many more methods. After thoroughly understanding the binding mechanism, the part he lacked most, "attack limit", has also been filled.

The day he promised Gojo Satoru, the day he would become a god, was drawing ever closer.

……

The scene returns to reality, at the High School of Spellcasting.

"call."

Tiger Rod opens his eyes and finds Sukuna returning angrily to the place where he was sealed. He asks with a puzzled look.

"Didn't you go to [Paradise]? Why are you back so soon?"

"roll!"

Su Nu waved his hand impatiently and immediately unleashed a "Release," instantly obliterating the phantom of Tiger Staff that was hovering over the Soul Land. His lips twitched.

Anyone who asks about this is doomed.

He, a dignified old man of the Nuo sect, went to the "Paradise" with the intention of playing a trick on the younger generation.

As a result, not only was he instantly killed by that "Holy Spirit" in the dream world, but his soul was also targeted by some troublesome spell, which gave the other party inexplicable benefits.

This made it impossible for Su Nuo to hold back her anger.

"That guy is definitely not human. I can't smell any physical scent on him, but he doesn't seem like a cursed spirit either... Could it be that a 'Holy Spirit' has truly been conceived over these thousand years?"

While suppressing his anger, Su Nuo calmly analyzed the information about Lu Ping, preparing for his next revenge.

To be honest, in terms of absolute combat strength, he didn't think that Holy Spirit was stronger than Gojo Satoru. No matter how strong the dream world was, it was still an illusion. In reality, only a physical clash could determine who was superior.

However, in Sukuna's mind, he was more dangerous than Gojo Satoru.

He's too mysterious.

Information about the technique, the location of the entity, its past experiences, and even whether it is human or ghost are all unknown.

Clearly, legends about him have spread all over the world, and his fame is no less than that of the President of the United States.

But no one could say it.

What exactly is the Holy Spirit?

But who exactly is the real person?

Su Nuo even had doubts.

Even the one-eyed volcano-headed "Louhu," who claimed to be a comrade-in-arms with the real man, had no idea about that guy's true background.

"It seems I have no choice but to go and find Lu Suo."

"The only person in the world most likely to know the true nature of the Holy Spirit is that guy."

A cold glint flashed in Su Nuo's eyes, and he exuded an extremely dangerous aura.