The Heavenly Timing Divine Skill of Di Tian

Xuan Zi and Xiong Jun were both the type who excelled at powerful, forceful attacks.

At this moment, their head-on collision caused the battlefield between Shrek City and the soul beast horde to erupt in an instant.

On the battlefield, one earthen-yellow and one dark-gold streak of light tangled violently, moving so fast that they dazzled the eye. It was impossible to tell who was who.

Every collision was accompanied by a deafening boom, while shock waves and waves of heat surged in all directions!

The originally smooth ground was shaken by the aftershocks into cracks of all shapes and sizes, a terrifying sight.

Among the soul beast horde, the weak soul beasts near the battlefield, whose cultivation was no more than a hundred or even ten years, were blasted into clouds of blood by the aftershocks if they were even slightly careless.

However, a ten-year Wind Baboon tightly clutched a ten-year Lone Bamboo known for its toughness and leaped and dodged through the terrifying aftershocks.

Its small, thin body nimbly darted between the earth and stones, and it actually escaped alive from beneath the scythe of the death god.

On the main city gate of Shrek City.

The battle between Xuan Zi and Xiong Jun, evenly matched as they were, whipped up fierce winds.

Some soldiers with lower strength were blown this way and that, their clothes and armor in disarray as they were thrown into a sorry state.

"Wasn't Elder Xuan supposed to negotiate? How come he hasn't even seen Di Tian and has already started fighting Xiong Jun instead?!"

Qian Duoduo held one hand in front of his face as the clothes on his body were blown tight against him by the gale. His voice was anxious.

"Do you really need to ask? Clearly, the negotiations fell through!"

Yan Shaozhe said matter-of-factly, then abruptly turned around and waved his hand as he shouted, "Everyone, stay alert! Be ready to fight at any moment!"

"Yes!"

"Kill those soul beasts!"

The Soul Engineers on the city gate responded one after another. The muzzles of the soul cannons aimed at the area outside the city as Soul Power light gathered within them.

At the center of the fierce battle between Xuan Zi and Xiong Jun, the atmosphere was tense to the extreme.

Xuan Zi's Level 98 Soul Power and Xiong Jun's cultivation of over four hundred thousand years were not far apart in strength. Victory or defeat depended only on the slightest difference.

Therefore, both sides used every means at their disposal and dared not be careless in the slightest.

"Bang!"

Because of a moment of carelessness, Xuan Zi was sent flying by a swipe of Xiong Jun's claw.

The dark-gold claws, carrying terrifying force, slammed into Xuan Zi's shoulder.

However, instead of seriously injuring Xuan Zi, the blow allowed him to use its force to create distance and gain room to unleash a soul skill.

"Gravity Control!"

Xuan Zi gave a low shout, and the soul ring beside him suddenly flashed.

Yellow halos lit up in rings around the forward-growing horns of the Godly Taotie Bull.

Immediately afterward, it suddenly accelerated in midair. Its four hooves trampled the air as it charged straight toward Xiong Jun.

The Godly Taotie Bull charged wildly, and the terrifying boom seemed capable of trampling the entire sky into pieces.

Rings of yellow light expanded from beneath the Godly Taotie Bull's hooves, enveloping Xiong Jun's body. It was precisely Gravity Control.

Massive gravity frantically suppressed Xiong Jun's body, attempting to imprison him in place.

At first, Xiong Jun could still move with difficulty, but as Xuan Zi increased his Soul Power output, the gravity increased as well.

His legs began to tremble, and his bones creaked.

In the end, Xiong Jun could bear the weight no longer. He was pressed into the ground and rendered completely immobile!

"Rumble!!"

A deafening sound like mountains collapsing and the earth splitting resounded across the battlefield as the Godly Taotie Bull's sharp horns slammed heavily into Xiong Jun's immobilized body.

As the enormous force passed into Xiong Jun's body, it was also transmitted into the earth.

The ground split open with several bottomless cracks. They spread all the way outward, nearly reaching the walls of Shrek City.

Xuan Zi flew in the air, warily watching the direction of Xiong Jun amid the billowing dust.

He estimated that although this strike could not kill Xiong Jun, it should at least heavily injure him and give him an advantage in the battle to come.

However, before the dust had even dispersed—

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Four claw marks, each equivalent to a full-force strike from a Level 98 Super Douluo, suddenly tore through the dust and shot straight toward Xuan Zi!!

Xuan Zi was instantly horrified. With no time to think, he fiercely summoned his martial soul, the Godly Taotie Bull, and blocked with all his strength!

"Rumble!"

The claw marks collided head-on with the Godly Taotie Bull, and Xuan Zi was continuously pushed into the sky by the tremendous impact.

The Godly Taotie Bull's four hooves carved four long trails through the air as it let out muffled roars.

Only after the claw marks dissipated did Xuan Zi finally come to a stop.

He wiped the blood seeping from the corner of his mouth, gasped for breath, and lowered his head to look at the ground.

The dust dispersed.

Xiong Jun stood there completely unharmed. The only difference was that the purple Soul Power covering his entire body had disappeared.

Other than that, did he look injured in the slightest?

"How is that possible?!"

Xuan Zi's pupils shook as stormy waves surged through his heart.

Their strength was close. After taking that attack head-on, Xiong Jun should not have been unscathed!

What was going on?

However, before he could think any further, Xiong Jun had already charged at him from the ground!

The two sides once again fought as one.

Only this time, there was a smile at the corner of Xiong Jun's mouth.

Every attack was delivered with all his strength, and every move was a desperate exchange of injury for injury. He no longer had any concern for his own safety.

This feels amazing! Di Tian's divine skill is incredible! I have to find a way to make Di Tian use it on me a few more times in the future!

As Xiong Jun watched Xuan Zi being completely suppressed by him, he screamed wildly inwardly.

That's right. The reason he now dared to fight without regard for life or death was precisely the effect of the divine skill Di Tian had bestowed upon him.

The first divine skill Di Tian gave him was called "Heavenly Timing."

Its effect was to fix his condition for a certain period of time, including his Soul Power, injuries, and physical strength.

All consumption and injuries incurred during that period would then erupt at once after the fixed-state period ended!

In other words, while "Heavenly Timing" was active, no matter how serious Xiong Jun's injuries were, they would not truly affect his combat power.

He could recklessly exchange injury for injury and life for life without worrying about the cost.

Only when the divine skill's effect ended would the price be paid.

Before that happened, he was an unkillable Ferocious Beast!

Of course, if that were all there was to it, then this would at most be a divine skill that exhausted one's resources for short-term gain.

But when combined with another divine skill Di Tian had given him, it became something completely different!

The other divine skill was called "Time Hand."

Its effect was to pluck away everything that happened to him within the next second, including damage and similar conditions, from his timeline, severing the causal connection and thereby restoring him to his former state!

However, after using it, his own Soul Power would be completely erased for a period of time and could only slowly recover. Even "Heavenly Timing" could not prevent this.

One fixed his condition, allowing all consumption and injuries to erupt together afterward!

The other used the power of time to sever the causal thread, thereby restoring him!

As long as the two were coordinated at the right moment, they could produce a terrifying effect!!

Although when facing an enemy far stronger than himself, this move could at most slightly increase his chances of escape and extend the time he could cling to life,

when facing an enemy whose strength was about equal to his own or only slightly greater, this move was enough to instantly change the course of the battle.

To put it more vividly, imagine that you have the same stats, but your opponent is an enemy who has locked their health, mana, and both positive and negative status effects.

Your only chance of victory is to drag things out until the opponent's invincibility period ends and they enter a state with not a drop of mana left. Only then can you fight them.