Lin Qiye stood frozen in place.
Had they ever seen Kronos's corpse?
Of course not.
Lin Qiye clearly remembered that Great Xia had specifically searched for Kronos's body back then, but they had never found it. Later, he had assumed the Black Goat might have taken it away, yet he had never seen the Black Goat corrupt and control Kronos's body in battle either...
How Kronos had died had always been a mystery to Great Xia.
"Was it you who had King Mask turn back time and save Kronos back then?" As if realizing something, Lin Qiye spoke in astonishment. "You had calculated this far ahead?"
"More or less... Back when I was in the Heavenly Court, when I was first baptized by the power of truth, I saw Its power through the Omniscient and Omnipresent of the Key of Doors... I knew how terrifying It was. In a sense, It was the most troublesome of the Three Pillars..."
"So you agreed to Chaos back then and completely defected to the Cthulhu faction, all to kill the Key of Doors?"
"The Key of Doors is nearly immortal... The only thing that can kill a Key of Doors is another Key of Doors." An Qingyu dusted off his black robe and calmly stepped onto the River of Time, his gray eyes narrowing slightly.
"And I... am the one most likely to truly replace the Key of Doors!"
As An Qingyu's words fell, King Mask and Kronos, the two Gods of Time, struck at the same time. The River of Time beneath the canoe was nearly severed by their combined efforts. Unless the Key of Doors could kill them instantly, It would be unable to cross this chasm and return to the past!
At the same time, Merlin, who had been hiding