Netherworld, the Wasteland of Bones.
Blood dripped from the fingertips of Shadow of the Dark Tide. The dark slash that had descended from the heavens had directly erased half her body. Fortunately, she was currently in the state of "Self-Coexistence"—her past self and future self both existed. To kill her, one first had to slash apart the past, then destroy the future. Only after both were killed could her present self be erased.
As for the differences between the three Avilas present, the answer was that there were none. One might mistakenly think the other two Avilas were easy to distinguish, with one resembling a girl and the other appearing somewhat elderly.
The truth was that among the three Avilas, one was the self she had been 0.0001 seconds before using "Self-Coexistence," and another was the self she would be 0.0001 seconds later. The three were identical. Even more troublesome, Avila's past, present, and future selves existed in three different temporal dimensions.
Su Xiao sensed that whichever state of Avila he tried to attack, he himself would immediately enter the past, present, or future. This meant that even if his next-stage attack covered the entire Astral Realm, he still could not kill all three Avilas in one strike.
Su Xiao was indeed stronger than Avila now, but that did not mean he was completely overwhelming her. His opponent was an existence at the Supreme Realm. The slightest carelessness would inevitably allow her to turn the tables, especially with a time-based opponent like Avila. If she banished him into the Chaos Domain, he might well meet the same fate as Father.
With a boom, the ground beneath Su Xiao split apart. The surrounding area twisted like a storm, and he stood at the center of this temporal tempest. As the time