"Is this a time domain? How much time could a time domain of this intensity buy you? 0.1 seconds or 0.2 seconds? This Noble Phantasm was specifically designed to ignore rules. Even if you truly absorbed all my avatars, there was no way you could use them in such a short time."
Zhang Chen stood with his back to Nyarlathotep. The purple time domain unleashed by his white tail brought every speck of dust in the room to a complete standstill. However, it affected Nyarlathotep only for the first instant. With a thrust of the Spear of Longinus in his hand, he forcibly tore apart the time domain surrounding him.
"dis-miy-bilim—Soul Corruption Curse."
As Nyarlathotep recited the dark magic incantation, wisps of grayish-black vapor seeped out from beneath the skin of his left palm. They gathered above his hand, forming a dim, gaseous skull. So long as he could tear open Zhang Chen's body and drive this thing inside, both his soul and consciousness would be corroded.
The twin-pointed tip of the Spear of Longinus stabbed directly toward the most vulnerable part of Zhang Chen's body—the back of his neck.
Yet in that instant, the huge white tail behind Zhang Chen, which had been radiating purple light, abruptly transformed completely into a purple crystalline form, identical to the clown's complete form in the opera house.
The time domain filling the room suddenly intensified tenfold. This change affected Nyarlathotep, causing the red spear that was about to pierce Zhang Chen's body to freeze for roughly 0.15 seconds.
Though that time seemed fleeting, at Zhang Chen's current level, it was enough to kill his opponent.
The Gear Saber in his right hand had already been set with a black shadow crystal orb containing all the energy of half of Slender Man's main