Without the Dragon Court Edict's prohibition, the Sin Turtles advanced once more. Their chains shot out in unison, and the crisp clattering of colliding links rang across the heavens.
That crisp sound seemed to possess the power to seal the sky. Ao Zhou felt his Sacred Power slow, his head spin, while Gu Xu's body swayed slightly as well.
Even after leaving the Crime Sea, the Sin Turtle Prison Chariots still possessed a power that struck fear into the sages of the Myriad Worlds.
"Alas..."
Gu Xu suddenly let out a long sigh. His gaze passed through the chains filling the sky and fell upon Fang Yun. "So be it. Today, I shall truly battle you! First great ability, Four Directions Stoppage!"
Sacred Power surged around Gu Xu, continuously expanding and contracting. Three breaths later, it was as if an entire world had split apart. The golden sun of the Eastern Sage descended, and Gu Xu's entire body seemed coated in flowing gold. Then the liquid gold spread, and countless golden motes appeared within a thousand miles.
The golden motes swiftly faded, and everything seemed to return to calm.
Yet whether it was the Four Ancient Demon Fiends or the half-living dragon serpents, whether the ten Sin Turtle Prison Chariots or Fang Yun and Ao Zhou, everyone's movements appeared unchanged at first glance. But upon closer inspection, every movement was no longer truly continuous; all contained minute interruptions.
Fang Yun was better off, suffering over a hundred interruptions in a single breath. Everyone else suffered over a thousand interruptions in that same breath.
The duration of every interruption was infinitesimal, and their total lost time did not even amount to one percent. But an interruption was still an interruption.
That meant every attack requiring a certain amount of time or