The world's inversion and distortion snapped back like a shattered mirror reassembling itself!
The terrifying power that could erase him from existence receded like a tide. Qin Chuan found himself standing where he had been a moment earlier—just after he had ambushed the statue's ankle with [Shadow Strike], leaped back, and thrown a [Shadow Flying Dagger]!
Everything had returned to three seconds ago!
"Was that... [Causality Reversion]?"
Qin Chuan's mind reeled. He understood at once.
That attack would have killed him. It had triggered the passive Divine Might of [Moment of Utmost Darkness]!
He checked instinctively. Sure enough, [Causality Reversion] now had two charges left (2/3).
He had used up one of his chances to survive!
The cost was steep, but escaping that bizarre law-based attack alive was already an incredible stroke of luck.
He had no time to think. The living statue moved almost exactly as it had in the three seconds he remembered!
After forcing its way through the silence imposed by [Grief Strike], it whipped its dark-vortex face toward him and locked onto his position!
"That move again!"
Alarm bells rang in Qin Chuan's head.
He remembered all too clearly what came next: that horrifying [Cognitive Alteration]!
With three seconds of foreknowledge, he would not stand there and take it again!
Almost as soon as the statue turned its face, Qin Chuan forced his backward momentum to a halt and pushed the first effect of [Moment of Utmost Darkness] to its limit!
"Divine Might: Space-Time Severance!"
Without hesitation, Qin Chuan used the New Divine Might that [Moment of Utmost Darkness] had just gained!
He did not choose to create an isolated zone. Instead, he chose its other effect: tearing through space to make a short-range leap!
Hum!
A hairline Space Crack appeared along his dagger's edge, so