"Hehe..."
"Let's begin the game!"
In front of the abandoned factory, the voice of the Scarecrow, now transformed into the Grim Reaper, echoed.
A jet-black scythe slashed mercilessly from beneath the Blood Moon!
"No!"
"Miss Gu Yue, save me!"
Disarmed by [Order] and powerless to resist, Gao Qiu screamed in despair.
The next second.
"Chronos..."
Guyue Xuyu's red lips parted slightly.
The Watcher Scarecrow clearly felt its body pause.
When its consciousness regained control of its body, it found itself on the ground more than ten meters away.
At the same time, countless grid lines appeared on its body, which was draped in the robe of death.
"Splash!"
The entire body was cut into countless neat squares, scattered all over the ground.
The broken sword, gleaming with golden light, also fell to the ground.
The broken sword did not extinguish; instead, it was enveloped by a surge of Black Flame that appeared out of nowhere.
Guyue Xuyu, carrying the disheveled Gao Qiu, stared at the [Life Ignition] on the ground.
Or perhaps it's the Black Flame mentioned above.
Then he raised his head and looked into the distance.
A Scarecrow emerged from the shadows and picked up the broken sword.
You are very smart.
Guyue Xuyu spoke, "You actually managed to See Through my Supernatural Ability in such a short time."
"See Through?"
Zhang Lingqi, who was being held captive by Gao Xia, looked puzzled.
Even he couldn't understand how Guyue Xuyu had changed the course of the battle in an instant!
But this monster understood it?
He looked up and saw the Scarecrow puppet stroking [Life Ignition], its straw twisting and rearranging.
In just a moment, the other party reverted to his cold and stern demeanor.
That was a face that needed no further explanation.
"Hehe..."
The Watcher Scarecrow chuckled twice, devoid of emotion.
"Those involved are often confused, while bystanders see things clearly."
"The so-called Chronos does not stop time."
As it spoke, it gripped the hilt of [Life Ignition] tightly with both hands.
"During that deleted time, everything will continue to act according to its original inertia and intentions."
"But the memory will be erased afterward."
"Only you are free to change your course of action."
"In that case, as long as I can anticipate it in advance..."
"Then this lack of time renders it utterly ineffective as a deterrent."
"And all it takes... is quiet learning, and then catching up."
The Watcher Scarecrow tilted its head and smiled, revealing the face that belonged to the Dragon God.
Am I right?
"Hmph, with that face, even the tone of voice is so similar..."
Guyue Xuyu did not answer its question directly.
She was simply extremely annoyed.
Because it reminded her of that man!
My hands were trembling.
She gripped the Dragon Bone Longbow and casually tossed the portrait of Gao Qiu aside.
Zhang Lingqi, who was watching closely, understood immediately.
When Guyue Xuyu first saw the Scarecrow's transformed form, his retreat was not out of fear!
Instead, it's excitement!
It's the kind of rage that makes you tremble with fear when you see your enemy!
"Since you like this face so much, then I'll chop it up, along with your true form, into mincemeat!"
Guyue Xuyu stopped talking and made a grabbing motion in the air with his left hand.
"The Executioner's so-called Intangibility is useless against me."
"Sequence 069: Disintegration!"
Centered on the Scarecrow, a three-dimensional grid emerges from the ruins within a radius of 100 meters.
All matter within the space began to collapse into a cube-like shape.
"Boom!"
The Watcher Scarecrow did not hide.
Even when facing a move that just instantly killed him.
His emotions remained calm; he simply spoke slowly.
"Now that I have stepped onto the battlefield, there is no turning back..."
"Using bone marrow as fuel..."
"Using the soul as fire..."
"I burned out my last ounce of light, just to exchange for this fleeting moment of brilliance, so that heaven and earth would remember... that I was here..."
"Awaken, Blazing Sun."
The same incantation, in Abu's mouth, became a tragic swan song of life.
But when this was spoken by the monster, it sent chills down one's spine!
Death wasn't scary to him at all!
He was simply following the prescribed procedure to unleash a skill!
"Buzz!"
A beam of golden light rose from the ground, the power of the sun breaking through the [Disintegration] grid space!
Without hesitation, he activated his ultimate move.
"Let my broken body become raging flames..."
"Burning this life to the fullest..."
"Myriad Flames, Utter Silence."
The puppet body of the Watcher Scarecrow, under the extraction of [Life Ignition], turned to ashes.
But a split second before it burned out, a void wormhole flashed beside the sword hilt [Spatial Blink]!
Another Scarecrow puppet hidden in the distance caught the [Life Ignition] that was about to hit the ground.
The Black Flame on his body surged, slashing the Blazing Sun Sword towards Guyue Xuyu!
"How is that possible!"
Gao Qiu's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets as he watched from a distance.
The monster actually used its ability to possess Scarecrow indefinitely.
They used the puppets scattered all over the ground as disposable fuel for [Life Ignition]!
It's in the card mechanism!
It's unleashing its ultimate attack indefinitely!
"Chronos!"
Guyue Xuyu gritted her teeth, and the golden clock behind her reappeared.
Accompanied by the sound of bells.
The light in everyone's eyes faded, but the actions continued.
Guyue Xuyu initially wanted to draw his bow and shoot, but the blazing Blazing Sun, at the level of a solar flare, was already rolling in.
"No, we can't fight him head-on."
After saying that, she grabbed the four people and threw them out one by one, then fled.
1...
2...
3...
4...
5...
The moment everyone returned to normal, Guyue Xuyu had already appeared in Safe Zone a hundred meters away.
The Blazing Sun Sword, powerful enough to cleave the earth, had already struck the spot where she had originally stood.
When the Watcher Scarecrow realized what was happening, all it saw was a ditch.
But before Guyue Xuyu could catch his breath, the Watcher Scarecrow used the same trick again!
He reactivated the Blazing Sun!
"Let this mangled body be transformed into raging flames!"
It's the same as before.
After the puppet finished burning, it handed the sword to another puppet.
Then he unleashed his ultimate attack!
But this time, Guyue Xuyu won't be able to activate Chronos.
"Not good!"
Guyue Xuyu and the others barely managed to dodge.
However, he was still hit by the aftershocks and injured.
"Puff!"
She spat out a mouthful of foul blood.
The Gao brothers, each holding Zhang Lingqi and Gexi, were also in a difficult position.
"If the attack frequency is high enough, your time manipulation abilities will be full of flaws."
The Watcher Scarecrow watched her indifferently.
"Shut up!"
Guyue Xuyu wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, her beautiful eyes flashing with anxiety.
Her Supernatural Ability seemed so pale and powerless in the face of an imposter.
"Since conventional methods can't kill you... then you'll stay here!"
Guyue Xuyu opened her left eye.
Those were eyes as cold and sharp as a whirlwind.
[Eye of the Moon]!
"Domain expansion [Cold Moon]!"
With a fixed gaze from her left eye, she hurled her longbow!
A pale blue, Cold Moon appeared in the sky!
Tens of thousands of frost arrows condensed in the air!
"Go!"
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!"
A rain of arrows poured down from the sky!
Each arrow is imbued with the law of extreme cold.
The Watcher Scarecrow wielded the Blazing Sun Sword to defend itself, but the sheer number of arrows was overwhelming, and they were locked in place by a set of rules.
"Click click click..."
With the sound of ice forming, the Scarecrow's hands and feet began to be covered in Profound Ice.
Frost spread rapidly upwards from its legs, attempting to seal it away.
At the same time, all the puppets that tried to approach were swept away.
Guyue Xuyu saw through his weakness.
As long as we prevent the Watcher Scarecrow from transferring to other Scarecrow, we can stall him!
Even so, the Scarecrow's [Life Ignition] golden light continued to resist.
Spiderweb-like patterns have begun to appear on the surface of the Profound Ice; it's only a matter of time before the seal is broken.
"Walk!"
Guyue Xuyu did not hesitate at all.
She knew very well that this move wouldn't kill it, it could only temporarily slow it down.
She grabbed Gao Qiu, who was still in a daze, and turned around to shout coldly.
"Gao Xia, Gao Qiu, take those two and retreat immediately!"
"Yes!"
Gao Xia Zhang Lingqi's neck, while Gao Qiu carried Gexi on his back.
Following Guyue Xuyu, they transformed into several streaks of light and fled into the forest.
Only the Watcher Scarecrow, frozen inside an ice sculpture, stands silently in place.
Its empty eyes watched the retreating figures of the group as they fled in disarray.
And the straw hanging on Gao Qiu's back...
There was no pursuit; he merely let out a cold laugh from within the Profound Ice.
"You can't escape..."
Above the Lake of Life, the dark red Yama Domain has not yet completely collapsed.
But it has already been torn open with countless wounds.
In the void reflected in the emerald green lake, a fierce battle is erupting.
Die!
The chaotic Evil God Naiya let out a roar.
It moved so fast that it left only a blur, its barbed tentacles hurtling straight for Jiangnan's head!
The Jiangnan region is as calm as a still lake.
He stood still, only speaking.
"A moment... is eternity."
The gray-white ripples of time and space spread out from Jiangnan as the center.
Everything around us was put on pause.
However, the next second!
"Snap!"
That tentacle suddenly unleashed tremendous power!
It tore through the rules of time, its speed increasing instead of decreasing, and crashed down with a deafening roar!
"It's useless!"
The resounding echoes of Naiya's voice, echoing across the heavens, carried an extreme mockery.
"I am the source of chaos! [Nothing Forbidden]!"
"Rule-Based Supernatural Ability have no effect on me!"
"Boom!"
Just as its tentacles were about to touch Jiangnan.
A figure blocked his way.
"[Steal Heaven, Receive Fortune]!"
Ying Shanhe let out a hoarse roar.
The golden light of the hundreds of the Dragon Clan souls within him burned brightly.
This sacrificial power directly elevated the strength of his corpse to that of Quasi-God!
Arms crossed, deathly aura surging!
"Bang!"
Ying Shanhe took the hit head-on, and the shockwave directly created a crater in the Lake of Life below!
What's terrifying is that, although Naiya's appearance is that of a mountain of tentacled flesh...
But every attack he made, every swing of his tentacles, contained the true essence of martial arts!
This is what he has been doing for thousands of years, constantly impersonating and possessing the bodies of the most powerful beings from various races.
Combat skills refined over a long period of time!
After several exchanges, even though Ying Shanhe had given it his all...
He was still being relentlessly attacked by Naiya's combo attacks, and his chest was even pierced by a tentacle, leaving a bloody hole.
Jiangnan watched from the sidelines, refraining from making a move for the time being.
He was analyzing Naiya, since the rule class was invalid...
Then...
"Again! [Steal Heaven, Receive Fortune]!"
Ying Shanhe once again ignited the golden heroic spirit within his body!
A dazzling golden light flashed, and his potentially fatal wounds were completely healed, restoring his aura to its peak once more.
Roaring furiously, he engaged in a fierce battle with Naiya!
Even though he could constantly use [Steal Heaven, Receive Fortune] to refresh his status.
Even facing this monster who was completely immune to the rules and whose martial arts were divine, they still felt extremely strained.
"Step back."
A voice came from behind.
Jiangnan stepped forward, facing Naiya as she blasted Ying Shanhe.
"Die, Dragon God!"
A punch came straight at his face, but he didn't dodge; instead, his eyes turned completely black.
This is the fourth of the five Word Spirit he just obtained.
"In the name of darkness, all light vanishes, and eternal night descends!"
[Sequence 009: Darkness]!
As the chanting of Jiangnan filled the air, the light around him was completely swallowed up.
A dark swamp covered him, transforming into a shield!
Thump!
Naiya's punch landed on the Dark Shield, but the force was gradually dissipated!
Immediately afterwards, the darkness transformed into countless chains that shot out.
It entangled Naiya's tentacle body!
"Get out of here!"
Naiya roared, unleashing chaotic power that caused the chains to crack.
Jiangnan's eyes were icy, giving him no chance to catch his breath.
He pressed his right palm downwards, striking the void!
The fifth Word Spirit has been unleashed!
"Mother Earth has granted me authority; all things become shields, and all stones become spears!"
[Sequence 046: Mother Earth]!
"Roar!"
The area around the Lake of Life below trembled and tore apart!
Several earth dragons, formed entirely from the power of rocks and earth veins, soared into the sky!
They bit into Naiya's tentacles, tearing at his flesh!
"Roar! You think you can trap me with this level of physical attack?!"
Naiya struggled, unleashing the brute force of Quasi-God at the peak of his power.
The chains of darkness and the earth dragon were covered in cracks and were on the verge of collapse!
"Now!"
Ying Shanhe, who was standing nearby, seized upon this moment of weakness.
He gritted his teeth and plunged his fingers into the chest of his own corpse!
"[Seven Soul-Calming Nails] have been unleashed!"
"Pfft!"
He pulled out the three Seven-Star Dragon-Slaying Nail stained with black blood and drove them into Naiya's body!
A powerful soul-suppressing force erupted, and Naiya's struggle froze.
But the cost of removing those three nails was also severe.
A bloodthirsty red light flashed in Ying Shanhe's eyes.
With each Soul-Suppressing Nail- Ying Zheng Suppression, Ying Zheng's bizarre body became increasingly violent.
Suppressing his pain, Ying Shanhe roared for the third time.
"[Steal Heaven, Receive Fortune]!"
A burst of golden light!
He gathered all the power of a peak Quasi-God and punched Naiya in the wound that was locked by the Soul-Suppressing Nail!
"Boom!"
A hole was blasted into Naiya's body, and black blood gushed out.
However...
"Hehe... hehehe..."
The mocking laughter rang out again.
In Ying Shanhe's pupils, there was an emptiness in Naiya's body.
It healed and regenerated in less than a second!
"It's useless."
Naiya's tentacles danced wildly in mid-air.
"Are you mistaken? This attack can't kill me."
Ying Shanhe frowned, his heart sinking to the bottom.
He knew the other person was right.
His current maximum attack power is at best at the Quasi-God level.
But the true ancient Evil God before us...
Naiya's level of power had already reached the true [Divine Grade]!
It was only because of the Suppression the world laws of the Barbaric Realm that he could only suppress his attack power to the peak of the Quasi-God level.
But its defensive capabilities are truly Divine Grade- tier!
It is not afraid of any rule-based control; it relies purely on defense to withstand attacks.
Naiya, with his stat-heavy nature, is arguably their most formidable enemy at present!
Only...
Naiya seems to have overlooked one thing.
He overlooked the most illogical variable in this game of chess spanning a thousand years.
"Call..."
Jiangnan took a deep breath and took a step forward.
"Comparing numbers?"
"Then I won't be sleepy anymore."
Buzz!
It falls with the footsteps of Jiangnan.
Extreme white flames burned on his left arm.
A divine radiance hovered above his head.
Shadows hovered at his feet.
Ice froze on his right arm.
A violent current of air roared around him.
Arcs of destructive Electric Arc danced in his eyes.
A thick earthen shield materialized on his chest.
The sharp metal element behind him transformed into a myriad of sword formations.
At this moment, Jiangnan has gathered Elemental Sequence!
This also means that long before stepping into this Time Rift.
Through countless check-ins and killings, he had silently pieced together the Elemental Sequence.
At the same time...
He also has an even more fun ultimate combination.
Jiangnan raised his hand and placed his palm on his left chest.
Feeling the stillness that belongs to the physical body.
The madness in Jiangnan's eyes was unleashed at this moment.
"It's your turn to make a move..."
"Born to fight..."
"Until death do us part!"