But that insect was much luckier than the griffin just now. Before falling to the ground, it barely managed to vibrate its cicada-wing-like wings and fly back up. Its body had now completely turned into a physical entity, and the white mist symbolizing temporal instability on its surface vanished under the moonlight.
As its wings beat, the night sky centered on it seemed to lose all color and begin to freeze. The colorless world spread outward, and the swirling mist, flying leaves, the Cat poised to jump atop a trash bin, even the halo beneath the Gas Street Lamp, all froze within stopped time.
Everything within sight lost its color. In this world where time had completely stopped, only Shade, Iluna, the three Thirteenth Ring Warlocks, and fewer than ten High-Ring Arcanists from The Church and Witches' teams who possessed sufficient Time Resistance could still move.
On the Golden Staircase, he immediately drove the Scepter in hand into the step beneath his feet:
"Ancient Elven Stability Principle!"
The holy emblems of tree, Moon, and Chaos flashed as they overlapped in the air. Then, centered around the Yggdrasil Staff, a great tree floating beneath the stars grew forth. Not only was it emitting verdant radiance, golden streaks of light flowed across it as well.
Within the area covered by the canopy, the faded "Time Stop" effect was negated. But the "fading" immediately tried to strip that tree of color as well, and the power of frozen time became entangled with the power of stabilized time.
The Paradox Worm, already airborne, flew even higher. Seeing that it still retained its physical form, those who could still move immediately launched another round of attacks. But before most of their spells could be completed, gray-white light flashed from the insect's body, and the dense