Chapter 2116: Stepping Stone
After driving the group away, Xu Yue did not finish them off, aside from roasting them to medium-well.
Watching their retreating backs, he closed his eyes and sensed the changes in fate.
"Time and space have been stripped away. This world really is quite interesting."
The absence of certain fundamental laws in the Coiling Dragon World had caused fate to take on some of the functions of time and space.
Even Xu Yue's perception of the future was somewhat blurred.
However, after letting them go just now, he had clearly sensed a ripple in fate.
Lin Lei in particular—although that fortune of his was still dazzlingly intense, the path ahead would become far more uncertain without outside interference.
Clearly, the number and caliber of Reincarnators who had entered this time could still provide a very noticeable obstruction to Lin Lei, at least on the Yulan Continent.
"Little Lin Lei, I hope you won't disappoint me."
After sending them away, Xu Yue rubbed Lin Lei's head again and sensed the changes in the frequency of his soul fluctuations.
Lin Lei was the most unique individual in the Coiling Dragon World, with a one-of-a-kind soul.
Every bout of pressure and every tempering would cause subtle changes in his fluctuations, until that near-soul-dispersal opportunity eventually triggered a Soul Mutation.
Under normal circumstances, Lin Lei would suffer major shocks to his soul, such as being cuckolded and Delin's death. Even the incident before them, which would originally cause over a thousand deaths, was one of them.
But if that happened, the changes under pressure would come too quickly, making Xu Yue's research inconvenient. Thus, he had considered using the Fate Supreme God's influence to slowly break those trials apart, making them easier to observe and study.
The Reincarnators could be