Dirigee Secured, Next Target: the Flame Alligator Turtle!

"From this moment on, phase two."

Fang Mo drew Laevateinn and looked up at the adventurers in the distance.

An incomparably vast and surging aura shot into the sky. In an instant, the entire desert began to tremble, and the previously cloudless sky rapidly darkened.

Some adventurers on the battlefield had barely been able to stand, but now they could not even remain upright. The horrifying aura was like staring directly into the abyss; its powerful will could crush their thoughts outright. Quite a few rolled their eyes back and fainted on the spot.

Even the small number who had not fallen unconscious could only desperately hold on.

Without any unnecessary words, Fang Mo activated time stop the next second. As the spherical force field rapidly expanded outward, the entire world froze in that instant.

Seeing that the time stop had taken effect, Fang Mo slowly walked toward Summon Jade Emperor.

With one hand, he casually grabbed the female Ghost Swordsman's weapon. Then he thrust his other hand forward. With a wet stab, the door-sized, heavy Laevateinn pierced her body, leaving a massive wound that stretched from her collarbone to her lower abdomen.

"Now, time begins to flow."

With Fang Mo's indifferent words, the world seemed to suddenly regain its color the next second.

"This..."

The female Ghost Swordsman had been struggling against the pressure, but suddenly felt a numbness in her chest. She instinctively looked down, then froze completely. "W-what..."

"No one gets to hurt what I like."

As Fang Mo spoke, the hand gripping her blade slowly closed. With a crack, he crushed it outright.

As for the female Ghost Swordsman, blood gradually spilled from the corner of her mouth. Then she collapsed backward, powerless. Fang Mo smoothly withdrew Laevateinn and casually flicked the bloodstains off to the