Under the shifting light and shadow, [Y]'s figure carried a distinctive aura, somewhat similar to [A]'s.
Behind his lenses, his gaze swept over the three Black Chess Players. Even though [R] and [S] had been sent away and [B] was trapped inside the coffin, his expression remained composed.
"Go!"
Hao Xiao paid him no heed.
The door had already been destroyed. As long as they left, the others could only rush toward District 5 [Nightmare].
By the time they arrived, Ji Yan over there should have already escaped from the [Nightmare]...
But before Hao Xiao and the other two had taken more than a few steps, they suddenly sensed something.
The next moment, they saw it.
Their eyes widened slightly...
A huge, bizarre ghostly face appeared on the ceiling.
Every one of its features and openings had been sewn shut with needle and thread—
But as it forcibly "opened its mouth," the flesh stitching its upper and lower lips together was violently torn apart.
Inside its open mouth appeared a massive gear—
"I've seen your domain."
"Now it's my turn." As Yan Ze spoke, he activated [Y]'s exclusive talent—[Styx Wheel].
Within that bloody mouth, the pitch-black gear began to rotate counterclockwise in an eerie fashion.
Under Zuo Yang and the others' stunned gazes, the surrounding scene seemed as though someone had grabbed the progress bar and dragged it backward!
Time seemed to flow in reverse, and the abilities and equipment Hao Xiao and Tong Tong had activated earlier were also being "rewound"...
The Black Coffin trapping Balen shattered and broke apart once more, returning to Tong Tong's hand and reforming into the black cube she had crushed.
Then, the [door] that had been destroyed over there was restored.
The black gear still did not stop.
Balen's [Pustule Ghoul] form also