Hyperbolic Time Chamber

After closing his eyes, Mutaito's heart immediately became calm.

"Did he close his eyes?!"

Roger thought to himself.

Just then, Mutaito's right fist shot toward Roger with incredible speed.

Roger shifted to the right, dodging Mutaito's attack once again.

At that moment, Mutaito's left fist swiftly struck out.

Roger moved left, evading Mutaito's attack again.

Immediately afterward, Mutaito raised both legs and attacked Roger.

Roger still avoided Mutaito's attack.

"His attack speed seems to have gotten a little faster!"

Roger thought to himself.

Just then, Roger saw a white aura suddenly appear around Mutaito.

No one else could see this white aura. Because Roger possessed heaven-defying comprehension, his eyes had the power to see through the essence of all things.

During his earlier exchange with Mutaito, Roger had seen a red aura.

Roger named this aura martial aura.

The reason he called it martial aura was because only martial artists like Mutaito—those who had trained in martial arts for a long time and possessed the spirit of martial arts—had it.

As for the white aura Roger saw now, it gave off an extremely tranquil feeling. It was likely a state similar to the State of No-Self.

"Still no way?"

After attacking for a while, Mutaito stopped.

"I lost!"

"You concede defeat?"

"Yes. A loss is a loss. It's nothing."

"Alright!"

"Actually, you don't need to worry about saving my face. You can fight me properly at my dojo!"

Mutaito said.

"It's fine. I don't care about that anyway! Master Mutaito, thank you for agreeing to spar with me!"

"Compared to you, shouldn't you be the master?"

Mutaito said.

"That isn't important. What matters is that you're a good teacher!"

"A good teacher?"

Mutaito asked with a puzzled expression.

"Since you don't want me to call you Master, how about I call you Mr. Mutaito?"

"Alright!"

Mutaito nodded.

"Roger, can you tell me where your master learned his skills?"

"I don't have a master. I'm self-taught!"

"Self-taught? Then you truly are a genius!"

"You don't need to tell me that. I already know!"

"You really aren't modest!"

Mutaito laughed.

"If you have time in the future, you can come to my dojo anytime. You'll always be welcome!"

"Alright!"

Roger nodded.

"Then I'll be leaving?"

Roger nodded again.

Seeing this, Mutaito immediately left the waterfall.

After watching him go, Roger sat cross-legged on the ground and began reflecting on his insights from the recent fight.

Not long after Roger sat down, a hurried figure ran over from the distance.

It was Wu Tian.

"Roger, who won the fight just now?"

Wu Tian said, panting heavily.

Upon hearing this, Roger immediately opened his eyes.

"Since you want to know so badly, why don't you ask your master?"

"I did, but he wouldn't tell me!"

"Then I won't tell you either!"

"You bastard!"

Wu Tian gritted his teeth angrily upon hearing this.

Soon afterward, he quickly calmed down and said, "Roger, I'm begging you. Just tell me, okay?"

"It was a draw!"

"Impossible! You must have decided a winner, or you couldn't have fought for so long!"

"Your master won!"

"Really?"

"Really!"

"You always like lying to me. You won, right?"

Although Wu Tian had not watched the two fight, he had already guessed the answer.

"Is winning or losing that important to you?"

Roger asked with a smile.

"Of course it is. My master is the number one martial artist in the world. If he lost to you, wouldn't that make him number two?"

"Other than asking me that, do you have anything else?"

"Not for now!"

Upon hearing this, Roger immediately closed his eyes and resumed cultivating.

"You're such a training maniac. All you do is cultivate every day. I'd better go see Miss Fangfang!"

After saying that, Wu Tian left the waterfall.

Earth, Kami's Lookout.

At that moment, Earth God and Mr. Popo were using a halo Mr. Popo had created to observe Roger's situation in the past.

"Lord Earth God, Roger seems to have been cultivating the whole time?"

"Yes!"

Earth God nodded.

After an unknown amount of time had passed, Roger successfully comprehended martial arts energy and the state of selflessness.

At this moment, Roger rose from the cliff beside the waterfall and looked up at the sky.

This was Earth from several hundred years ago, so both the air and natural environment were better than they would be in the future. This was also a trace left behind by time on Earth.

"It's time to go back!"

Roger swept his right hand forward, and a black hole suddenly appeared.

This black hole was the entrance back to the main timeline.

Roger stepped inside and entered a space filled with clocks.

After Roger walked in, his entire body immediately became weightless, as though gravity no longer existed, and began floating upward.

After a while, Roger saw a black opening.

Roger flew out through the opening and returned to the Time House he had first entered.

Just then, someone walked into the Time House. It was Mr. Popo.

"Welcome back!"

Mr. Popo said to Roger with a smile.

Roger nodded.

"Mr. Popo, how long was I inside?"

"Three days?"

"So the time there is the same as outside?"

Mr. Popo nodded.

"Then, Mr. Popo, could you take me into the Hyperbolic Time Chamber to cultivate?"

"Of course, but I'm afraid you won't be able to endure it!"

"It's fine, Mr. Popo. I can definitely handle it!"

"Alright!"

As he spoke, Mr. Popo led Roger out of the Time House.

"Mr. Popo, is there food and water in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber?"

"Yes, but only enough food and water for one year. How long do you plan to train inside?"

"I don't know. I'll train for a year first!"

"Alright, but you can't stay in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber for more than two years. Otherwise, its entrance will close!"

Mr. Popo reminded him.

"Mm!"

Roger nodded.

A short while later, Roger followed Mr. Popo to the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.

The moment Roger stepped into the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, he saw two enormous hourglasses. Beyond them stretched an endless expanse of white sky and ground.

Roger found it hard to imagine how long Mr. Popo must have spent creating this Hyperbolic Time Chamber.

"This is the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. The temperature on the ground below those steps ranges from around fifty degrees Celsius to minus forty degrees Celsius. The gravity here is ten times that of Earth, and the air is much hotter, stuffier, and thinner than outside!

So if you train here, make sure not to overdo it!"

Roger nodded.

"As for food and water, it's all in the houses behind us. I'll bring up some more food and water later!"

Roger nodded again.