Dragon of Time and Space?

Downs struck the Fate Path Puppet with another punch, pulling back slightly with the force of the rebound.

The next instant, his power shifted.

The black flames on Downs flickered and weakened, and then a force instantly descended upon Mokania along a certain trajectory.

At that moment, Mokania felt as though he had been cast into the Abyss, and endless agony surged into his body through those connections.

It was precisely because of this onslaught that Mokania completely lost his sanity, his mind wholly consumed by pain.

The Fate Path Puppet, which had been about to move, also fell blank along with Mokania's thoughts, halting its actions.

Downs, having withdrawn from the Pain Extremity, seized this time differential, bypassed the Fate Path Puppet, and arrived right before Mokania.

His flame-engulfed hand plunged straight toward Mokania's head without the slightest hesitation.

Yet the next moment, Downs's motion altered slightly, shifting away from the opponent's skull to pierce straight through Mokania's chest.

Clutching Mokania's heart, Downs pulled his hand back, and victory rushed toward him in that moment, firmly grasped within his grip.

Mokania's body went limp, on the verge of death.

However, at that very moment, the Fate Path Puppet, which had fallen into stagnation, stirred.

Its form suddenly materialized behind Mokania, and it grabbed the dying man, rapidly retreating.

Downs sought to pursue, but his legs turned to jelly and he nearly stumbled to the ground.

Under the strain of the Pain Extremity, though his potential remained uninjured, he was currently burnt out.

Pursuit proved nearly impossible.

And his subordinates, to be frank, stood little chance of intercepting a Fate Path Puppet of that caliber.

Their numerical ratings had yet to be raised, rendering them little more than auxiliary support in a battle of this magnitude.

"Lord Naimus." Having achieved