The Sensory Accumulation of Time Stop

What had Jiang Ci'an done?

It was simple: he had merely reversed Qian Renxue's time.

Just as he could accelerate the flow of time for an entire world within the Virtual World, he could perform a temporal regression on specific targets.

The limit of this regression, much like the limit of his acceleration, was determined by the time he had experienced in reality—seven years.

Therefore, he had directly wound back Qian Renxue's time by seven years.

Once soul bones were fused into a body, extracting them usually required killing the host to retrieve the bones.

However, the Angel Lady was not Xiao Wu. When he cast "Indifference" on Xiao Wu, she became a mere puppet NPC, ready to be manipulated at will.

The Angel Lady, however, possessed a certain resistance to "Indifference." If he had extracted the bones directly, it would have been akin to performing a slow, agonizing dissection without anesthesia—far too cruel.

Thus, he had attempted to extract the Angel Divine Set by reversing time.

Fortunately, seven years ago, the Angel Lady had not yet begun to fuse with the Angel Divine Set.

Consequently, the soul bones that had originally merged into her body were successfully separated from Qian Renxue.

Glancing at the Angel Lady, who remained frozen in mid-air by the time stop with a dazed, vacant expression, Jiang Ci'an hesitated for a moment before raising his hand to release the stasis.

Qian Renxue plummeted.

Realizing that her body had regained its freedom, Qian Renxue snapped back to reality.

Almost instinctively, she tried to mobilize the remaining Soul Power within her, and then...

Run.

That was the first thought that surfaced in her mind.

There was no helping it; this strange boy who had suddenly appeared was simply beyond her comprehension.

He was not a Six-Winged Angel, yet he could fuse with the Angel Divine Set—and do so instantaneously—extract soul bones at will, and even manipulate time itself...

Such abilities were unheard of; he was an existence she could never hope to defeat.

However, before she could even channel her Soul Power, a surging sensation overwhelmed her first.

Her cheeks, neck, collarbone, waist, abdomen, and thighs—the very places that hand had casually toyed with moments ago—suddenly erupted with an undeniable wave of tactile sensations.

In an instant, every sensation flooded her mind, drowning out her consciousness.

"Nn-ngh—"

Qian Renxue's body went limp.

Unable to stand, she collapsed onto the carpet, her arms crossed tightly over her chest as she curled into a ball, trembling slightly.

She gritted her teeth, struggling to resist the strange sensations surging from every part of her body, trying to prevent herself from making any strange sounds.

But the feeling was too overwhelming, completely unstoppable.

It was like wave after wave of tide, scouring every nerve ending and leaving her brain blank, incapable of thought.

Yet, the next moment...

All sensation vanished as suddenly as it had arrived.

Qian Renxue, who had been desperately holding back, paused and took a sharp, ragged breath, her consciousness clearing slightly from the successive shocks.

The moment she regained her senses, she realized who was responsible for this.

She lifted her gaze and saw the strange boy standing before her once again, watching her.

A flush of unnatural crimson stained Qian Renxue's face, her eyes shimmering with moisture, her cyan irises filled with shame and fury.

She glared at Jiang Ci'an, her voice breathless and stuttering:

"What... exactly... did you do to me?!"

Jiang Ci'an averted his gaze slightly, coughing into his hand.

"My apologies. I forgot that this ability has a... minor flaw."

What kind of ability has such a... such a disgusting flaw!

Qian Renxue couldn't stop the internal protest.

Her youthful face flushed even deeper, and even the fingers clutching her clothes trembled.

Her knuckles turned white!

Qian Renxue wanted to stand up, but unfortunately, even though he had suppressed those erupting sensations, her legs had turned to jelly from the shock, leaving her without a shred of strength.

Even though the feeling had faded, the lingering memories continued to replay in her mind, over and over, making her feel incredibly uneasy and causing her body to twitch involuntarily.

Qian Renxue gritted her teeth and remained on the floor. One hand pressed against the carpet between her legs to steady herself, while the other held down her hem. Her legs were pressed tightly together, trapping her hand, and she remained perfectly still, as if suppressing something.

Jiang Ci'an looked at the Angel Lady's state, feeling a touch of remorse.

He had simply felt that it was inappropriate to keep her suspended in a time stop indefinitely.

After all, due to the change in her physique, her clothes had fallen away, and being frozen in mid-air like that was truly undignified.

He had forgotten, however, a minor trait that accompanied his use of "Time Control" to halt time.

That was... sensory accumulation.

During the period of frozen time, any tactile sensations experienced by the target—whether touching, pressing, or any other form of contact—would not be felt by them at the time. Instead, these sensations would accumulate and stack within their body.

Then, the moment time resumed its flow, all that accumulation would be released onto the target at once, without any buffer or transition.

Because there was no possibility of defense, in most cases, the target would find it quite unpleasant.

To put it in simpler terms...

It was easy to break them.

He couldn't help it; he hadn't wanted this either.

But who told him his martial soul was "World Modulation Mode"?

It was only reasonable for his soul skills to be a bit improper and carry some strange little traits, right?

Jiang Ci'an sighed softly, watching the Angel Lady sitting on the floor, still struggling to recover. He didn't disturb her, instead returning to the sofa not far away to begin studying the Angel Divine Set.

Although he could adjust the flow of time between reality and the Virtual World to a certain extent after obtaining "Time Control," he still couldn't afford to waste time.

The room fell into a brief silence.

Only the sound of Qian Renxue's slightly heavy breathing as she sat on the carpet echoed through the study.

After a long while.

Seeming to have finally recovered, Qian Renxue took a deep breath, then slowly braced herself and stood up, bit by bit.

She didn't rush to make a run for it like before; instead, she first cast a wary glance at Jiang Ci'an in the distance, only to see him pressing another piece of the Angel Divine Set onto his arm, and then...

The fusion was successful in an instant.

Qian Renxue's gaze paused slightly, then she withdrew her eyes, refusing to look at the scene that made her blood pressure soar.

She lowered her eyes, her peripheral vision inadvertently sweeping over several items of clothing on the carpet.

Her trousers, along with her intimate undergarments, lay quietly on the rug.

She fell silent for a moment.

These had likely slipped off naturally when her body shrank while frozen in mid-air and could no longer support their original size.

However, she didn't really want to recall exactly how they had fallen off.

Because regardless of the reason, the result was the same.

Fortunately, her moon-white dress was long enough, and having shrunk, she wasn't very tall, allowing the hem to drape down to her calves and cover the places that needed covering.

But underneath, There was nothing; it was completely empty.