Lu Li stood beneath the golden glow, curiously observing the changes outside.
It was like being inside a movie playing rapidly in reverse.
He could see the enormous skull that had been thrust out of the pit suddenly fly back, layer upon layer of earth covering it once more.
He could see Alisa and the others backing into the grand teleportation array, vanishing in a flash of white light.
As time continued to pass, the surrounding scenes rewound faster and faster.
Before long, the passing figures became blurry smears of ink, leaving only the scenery shifting at high speed.
Later still, even the changing scenery blurred away, leaving only the flickering light and shadow of rising suns and setting moons.
And the frequency kept increasing.
Once it became fast enough, even those flickering lights vanished.
Only the surrounding terrain seemed to come alive, slowly writhing.
The soil covering the enormous skull vanished once again, exposing the portion buried beneath.
Lu Li watched as flesh rapidly grew over the white skull, turning it into a face that had died with its eyes open.
Its three eyes stared round and wide, meeting his gaze for a moment before disappearing.
Then came another brief wait.
By the time even the writhing terrain had become too fast for the naked eye to make out, this journey through time finally neared its end.
As though someone had suddenly slammed on the brakes during high-speed motion, Lu Li felt all his internal organs lurch toward the front.
Even his soul seemed ready to fly out of his body.
Unable to resist the force, Lu Li pitched forward and fell flat onto the ground.
The instant his face touched the earth, the golden light surrounding him dispersed completely.
The teleportation was complete.
"That really was a uniquely