"Hundred-Grass Withering Fist!"
Every blade of grass withered, every tree shriveled. Saint Yao's body was like a balloon springing a leak, his vitality rapidly draining away. Even an immortal with an infinite lifespan couldn't withstand such a swift loss of vitality. If this continued, he might suffer the Five Declines of Heaven and Man!
"[Stabilize vitality]."
Saint Yao once more wielded his Word-Following Law, bringing the rapidly draining vitality to an abrupt halt and replenishing what his body had lost.
Time began flowing again, returning to normal.
"Did time stop just now?"
After Saint Yao had ordered time to stop, Lu Yang had lost consciousness.
And the Undying Fairy and Senior Sister probably couldn't have made time flow again.
Only Saint Yao could have done it.
If he could stop time, why had Saint Yao made it flow again?
"It seems the later Word-Following Law overrides the earlier one. Or perhaps Saint Yao can't bear the burden of having two commands active at the same time?"
Lu Yang analyzed the situation. The Word-Following Dao Fruit wasn't invincible. For one thing, Saint Yao couldn't simply command effects like [Defeat the Undying Fairy] or [Open the Box World]. For another, the Word-Following Law didn't directly establish rules; it relied on other means to achieve its ends. And finally, only one of Saint Yao's [rules] could take effect in the same spacetime.
That said, the Word-Following Dao Fruit was still outrageously powerful. From the few commands Saint Yao had issued, it seemed he could use the abilities of every Dao Fruit. No wonder even the four ancient immortals, working together, had been unable to defeat him.
By that logic, Saint Yao had also used the Word-Following Dao Fruit to alter the timeline earlier.
"[You are abandoned by the five elements]."
Saint Yao issued