Boom—!
At that critical instant, a massive axe, wrapped in the force of a thousand jun, smashed down hard onto Ekhatol's neck!
Clang—!
The piercing clash of metal on metal was deafening. Ekhatol's body instantly froze in place, like a film with the pause button pressed, jerking frame by frame as she flew fifty meters sideways!
A full-power blow from a level 9 Warrior had landed solidly on a vital point.
Yet on Ekhatol's neck, it had failed to leave even the slightest mark.
Even though she had been sent flying, a distance of fifty meters was insignificant to her—not even enough to count as a single step.
Ekhatol slowly straightened and raised a hand to cover her waist, then yanked out the Skinning dagger stained with poison.
She froze the dagger in midair in an instant, and along with it, stopped time on the part of herself the dagger had wounded. Yet even so, the poison spreading inside her body was still worsening wildly, showing no sign of being restrained at all.
"Poison that can pierce through time..." A nearly imperceptible gravity surfaced in Ekhatol's tone.
"Level 6 Alchemist talent—Divine Grade Inspiration Alchemy—imagine the effect of a potion, draw inspiration from any species one has seen, and one can refine the potion one desires, even if the method to make that potion does not exist in this world to begin with."
From Naierkatuo, Lu Cang had drawn the core inspiration related to time, and fused that inspiration into the potion.
Even if Ekhatol could pause time, she could not completely isolate the poison's spread—the way this poison took effect was [Self-Timing].
Even if Ekhatol forcibly stopped time, it would still steadily take effect second by second within its own time dimension, continuously corroding her body.
Boom—!
Another heavy, forceful