Because the Space Passage had been reversed, not only space but time had also been affected.
This explained why Xiao Tianyang and Ironhide's trip to the Sea of Ten Thousand Evils had clearly taken half an hour.
Yet from their perspective, only a second had passed.
But things were different now.
Xiao Tianyang had only been able to forcibly open the Space Passage in reverse with the help of a magical artifact, not through his own power.
Besides, they merely had to travel back along the passage this time. There was no need to waste the artifact escorting them.
However, that also meant that both sides of the pursuit were now within the same spacetime.
In other words, Xiao Tianyang now had nearly half an hour to remain in the same space as his opponents!
"Then doesn't that mean I can do whatever I want?"
After Ironhide gave him a string of simple and brutal explanations, Xiao Tianyang arrived at that conclusion.
And as though worried that Ironhide might not understand, he continued explaining.
"They don't dare attack because they're afraid of destroying the Space Passage, but we aren't."
"As long as there are no nodes in between, our route won't change, right?"
Ironhide froze for a moment, then understood something from Xiao Tianyang's first sentence.
"Sir, don't worry. Leave everything to me!"
As soon as he finished speaking, all of Ironhide's energy apart from that used for propulsion seemed to gather in a certain area.
Less than three seconds later, Xiao Tianyang heard bursts of mechanical clanking and assembly sounds from the roof.
Before he could react, his driver's seat began rising.
Ironhide's roof opened, and Xiao Tianyang was sent up according to his arrangements.
Of course, for safety's sake, Ironhide had not only reinforced the driver's seat, but