Ge Shida's right hand had yet to seize Chen Fei's head when an arm blocked it.
Ge Shida activated the Time Subordinate Rules of the future, wanting to see the movements of this arm the same way he had just seen the veins of the Hidden Origin Bell, but all that met his eyes was a blur.
Ge Shida's eyes widened slightly of their own accord, his heart filled with disbelief. This was the first time Ge Shida had ever been unable to see the future of an Eighth-Order Creation Realm cultivator.
But the movement of Ge Shida's hand did not change. It drew an arc, trying to bypass the arm before him and seize Chen Fei's head.
Bang!
The two palms collided, letting out a dull thud. Surging tremendous force roiled, and Ge Shida's body drifted backward involuntarily.
Chen Fei glanced at Ge Shida, his expression stirring slightly.
The Time Subordinate Rules—Chen Fei now understood why, back in that decayed cave dwelling, those Creation Realm cultivators had not even had the chance to flee.
The Time Subordinate Rules were an enormous amplifier. If an Eighth-Order Creation Realm cultivator possessed the Time Subordinate Rules, even if they were only Rule Fragments, they were enough to bring an earth-shaking change to one's combat strength.
However, Ge Shida's Time Subordinate Rules were useless against Chen Fei, because Chen Fei also possessed Time Subordinate Rule Fragments.
When cultivators mastered the same Rule Fragments, it purely came down to who had comprehended them more deeply.
If the depths of comprehension were roughly the same, then they would not affect each other.
Judging from how Ge Shida had been able to see through the shield of the Hidden Origin Bell just now and directly attack Chen Fei, it should be the Time Subordinate Rule of