At the rear of the battlefield, darkness receded like a tide. Lu Baoyou and Fang Mo, whose bodies had been frozen in time, still stood intact upon the ground.
Lu Baoyou was covered in blood, holding a straight blade against Fang Mo's neck as if he were about to chop off his head the next moment. Yet his face showed no expression whatsoever. Fang Mo, meanwhile, stared fixedly at Lu Baoyou, seemingly lost in thought.
Lin Qiye stood before the two of them, studying them carefully with a thoughtful expression.
When he had arrived here alongside Lingbao Tianzun, the two had already been like this. They had clearly been affected by the Time Law... but King Mask had obviously gone with the other Great Xia Gods to hold back the Black Goat's spawn. There was no way he could have come here beforehand to freeze time.
Could it be that the future King Mask had used the Time Sequence Thug to return to this moment and change history?
After thinking it over, Lin Qiye could only come up with that possibility.
But he did not possess the Time Law now, nor could he release the two from their suspended state. They would probably have to wait for King Mask to act.
Just as Lin Qiye was about to move the two of them somewhere safe, a gray figure descended from the sky. Seeing the man, Lin Qiye spoke in surprise:
"King Mask? Weren't you on the front lines?"
"With the Great Xia Gods and the two Celestial Venerables taking action, the Black Goat's spawn have basically been held back. Whether I'm there or not won't make much difference." King Mask shook his head. "I just traveled back through time. Let's get these two kids out first."
Lin Qiye raised his