As The End's voice fell silent.
Time began to race forward.
Unlike the previous transitions between Kindling, darkness did not shroud the players' vision this time.
Instead, they saw something even more terrifying.
Everything sped past at an incredible rate. Day and night alternated in flashing blurs, too quickly to distinguish.
Gales, storms, and clear skies cycled through one another. The earth rose and fell, or split open into abyssal chasms.
Throughout it all, the players' bodies were completely unable to move. They seemed to have become stubborn stones, able only to watch everything unfold.
But The End's insect-men were unaffected by this stagnation.
They had received The End's blessing and carried the power of time, allowing them to move freely.
"Kill them now!"
The insect-man leader spoke coldly and seized the chance to launch a frenzied assault on the players.
Moreover, The End seemed to replenish the insect-men during this time. Many insect-men and worms crawled out from the cracks in time.
Under such circumstances, many players could only watch helplessly as they were killed.
Wang Dao was among them—his abilities were completely unusable while controlled like this, and his body was fragile to begin with.
So once again, he could only miss his chance to settle things with Fallen Fire Wang Dao.
Li Miao was also constantly taking hits.
Fortunately, he had put on Abundance's Ward beforehand. Combined with his powerful physique, the insect-men could not kill him anytime soon.
Unless they used Ashes's corrupting power—but they were frozen as well.
At last, the rapidly passing time slowed.
The End's voice no longer rang out. It seemed unable to intervene here directly.
Once everything had returned to calm.
"Pah!"
Some players crawled out of the ground and spat out the dirt in their mouths.
Others fell from the