Chen Ming had calculated many possibilities, but he had never imagined that the being charging out of the spatial rift would be a giant dragon with the power of space—a kind that had gone completely extinct in this era.
Of the Nine Great Dragon Clans, the Time Dragon Clan was the rarest, with fewer than ten members by all accounts. The Space Dragon Clan came next, with only slightly more.
True Dragons like this had no recorded appearances even back when humanity still lived in the Wilds, let alone in the present era. At most, the records mentioned Sub-Dragons with some power over space, or dragons carrying a trace of Space Dragon blood.
Powerful spatial energy erupted, and everything began to shatter. Chen Ming could no longer afford to worry about anything else. He activated the Spirit Skill of his Head Bone.
"Time Freeze!" Chen Ming roared soundlessly. His Spiritual Power and Soul Power surged like an erupting volcano. Even the profoundly mysterious Time Force yielded to his pure, formidable Spiritual Power.
Which held greater precedence, time or space, had always been a matter of debate. But at this moment, Chen Ming's Time Freeze clearly took precedence over the Demon Spirit's spatial power.
The collapse of space stopped for an instant, and everything fell into a brief lull. Chen Ming sprang backward as golden and black light flashed fiercely in his eyes.
At the same time, he struck the illusory spatial dragon with Spiritual Light without hesitation.
Although his strength and Spiritual Power had grown considerably since he first obtained the Head Bone, Time Freeze had to halt the power of space as well. It lasted only one second before it was completely broken.
To sustain that single second, Chen Ming had spent a full twenty percent of his Spiritual