Not far away.
Behind Mei Fu's faintly green phantom, the small tree in the room, which had been slowly emitting a dim glow and drawing in the foul, corrupted aura, came to a complete standstill.
That sense of natural vitality felt like ice freezing in winter.
Shen Yi slowly raised his hand.
Following his movement, the Elf Tree suddenly flew into the air!
Then—
The verdant green radiance emanating from the tree rapidly receded at a visible speed, like a bottomless pit swiftly devouring the power Shen Yi used to freeze time around it.
"It really works."
Lowering his voice unconsciously, Shen Yi felt his strength draining rapidly and saw the obvious changes in the Elf Tree. He was slightly surprised, then snapped his fingers again, and everything around them resumed flowing.
Xilos and Mei Fu exchanged glances, both seeing unprecedented shock in the other's eyes.
A trace of surprise also appeared on Shimada Yukimi's face, but it vanished in an instant. Instead, she quickly put on an expression as though it were only natural, as if she had long expected Shen Yi to possess such an ability.
"This ability really exists!"
Mei Fu's eyes were filled with astonishment.
Those faint traces from earlier, along with the strange changes in her surroundings, all pointed her toward the one conclusion they should not have pointed to. If that power had not been wielded by Shen Yi himself, she might even have believed it was an illusion created by some other force!
Yet that feeling, so difficult to detect that it could only barely be distinguished with something else as a reference, could only come from time being paused!
Even the strange fluctuations from the Elf Tree were clearly the effects that only time reversal could produce.
It was too perfect!
That