[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-marvel-hunter":3,"chapter-marvel-hunter-marvel-hunter-chapter-204":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Marvel: Hunter",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1589897,2056,"Chapter 204: Spells","marvel-hunter-chapter-204",204,"\u003Cp>\"Fuck, shit, shit—damn!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can reach level seven! Awesome, awesome…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just barely. Against a real level seven, you'd only be able to run for your life.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Blaine could celebrate, Gali poured cold water all over his excitement. He sighed in defeat. After all, his level seven was only a false one—granted temporarily by the blessing of the God of Luck. Including the Hunter System, all he truly had now were a few extra life-saving abilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gali, teach me magic,\" Blaine said suddenly. Since the live broadcast had ended and they had nothing better to do, he figured it was worth learning a new trick or two before Gali left. After all, skills like hers—those of a Universe-level being—were rarely shared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do you want to learn?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How about stopping time?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That spell had fascinated Blaine for a long time, but his mental strength had always been too limited to properly learn it. Even his Copy Eyes had only managed to capture fragments of its structure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good choice,\" Gali said softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ding~~~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as she finished speaking, time froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The leaves swaying in the yard stopped midair, locked in unnatural stillness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The glass of water Blaine had been about to set down hung motionless above the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Drops from the faucet froze in mid-fall, like a string of pearls suspended in air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the image on the television was still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the entire world, only Blaine and Gali could move and speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was breathtaking. Even though this wasn't the first time Blaine had witnessed Gali stopping time, it never failed to amaze him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within his eyes, the Copy Eyes activated. The magical pentagram began to spin rapidly—but as it analyzed Gali's spell, it seemed to hit a wall, unable to decode its full complexity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blaine gritted his teeth and poured all his mental energy into his gaze. Unbeknownst to him, the soul pendant hanging around his neck began to emit a soft milky-white glow. The light spread outward, wrapping around his head completely. Only Gali noticed it—no one else could perceive it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Blaine focused, a wave of euphoria washed over him. His mind felt as though it were immersed in warm water, soaking in infinite knowledge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pentagram in his eyes spun faster and faster—until it became a luminous circle of swirling colors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then suddenly, Blaine *understood.* He grasped the structure, the form, and the essence of time-stop magic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gali, release the time freeze,\" Blaine said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She obliged. Instantly, the world resumed motion—the glass fell onto the table, the leaves rustled again, and the droplets from the faucet resumed their descent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at that precise moment, a transparent barrier shimmered around Blaine's body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One inch. Two inches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One foot. Two feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One yard. Two yards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within seconds, it expanded to a radius of nearly twenty meters around him—then stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the translucent dome, everything was frozen in place. The falling glass halted midair again, ten inches above the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Success…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blaine could *feel* it—the time within his field had completely stopped. The world outside moved normally—the leaves still swayed, and the water still dripped—but inside his sphere, time obeyed him alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, not bad. Not bad at all,\" Gali said with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn't freeze the entire planet like she could, but this was enough. Just last time, Blaine had barely managed to freeze time within the span of his palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, his Copy Eyes had truly evolved. Before, they'd merely mimicked the surface of time-stop magic. Now, they had analyzed and understood its full composition and nature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mental strength wasn't enough yet to expand the range further, but someday—when his power grew—perhaps he really could halt time across the Earth, just like Gali.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Those who master the Copy Eyes,\" Blaine mused, \"can replicate magic perfectly, and with enough knowledge, modify or even create entirely new spells.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The realization sparked something inside him—a small but thrilling idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gali, come with me,\" he said suddenly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a flash, Blaine teleported into the yard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned toward a tree swaying in the wind, raised his hand sharply, and focused. His Copy Eyes spun rapidly as a transparent energy sphere formed in his palm. With a swift motion, he hurled it forward like a shockwave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The barrier struck the tree, instantly freezing it in place. Every leaf, every movement—locked in perfect stillness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just as I thought…\" Blaine said with a grin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The technique was inspired by the shockwave attack from Captain America and Thor earlier. If their energy could radiate outward to crush enemies, then why couldn't his time-freeze field do the same—to immobilize them?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh! Not bad!\" Gali exclaimed, her eyes bright. \"It looks like that ice spell used by that female mage in King of Pesticides!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blaine laughed. \"Exactly. It's like a 'love shock'—freezes the enemy mid-battle. Heh…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was thrilled. He hadn't expected such a small experiment to yield a brand-new combat technique. If he could paralyze an opponent mid-fight, wouldn't victory be guaranteed? It'd be like having the enemy trapped on his chopping block.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's a shame the spell drains so much mental energy,\" Blaine sighed. \"I can probably maintain it for only about a minute.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure enough, moments after he spoke, the barrier vanished, and the tree began swaying once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, for a spell of this magnitude—on par with Universe-level magic like time-stop itself—Blaine was more than satisfied with his progress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*************************************\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You can get access to early chapters on patr*on\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you like my work and you want to support me then you can become my patron on patre*n.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My patr*on account is Lord_Immortal_0170\u003C\u002Fp>",934,"2026-06-06T09:11:28.860Z",1,"novelbin.me","27ebe3d6dab2e7ffaa1510f59a4e6c74fea0f272e2aa227dca5537cad9e98725","marvel-hunter-chapter-255","marvel-hunter-chapter-254",411,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmarvel-hunter-cover.jpg"]