A rumbling like muffled thunder rang out in the sky.
In the flash of a spark, the Evil-Eyed Saint King seized an opening in Yang Ming's defenses. He opened his jaws, gathered a terrifying wave of light, and blasted it straight at Yang Ming's head.
White Tiger Fierce Light Wave!
The dazzling wave pierced the heavens like the tail left by Hubble's Comet as it streaked across the sky. It carried devastating power, and wherever it passed, space buckled beneath the destruction, splitting into long, serpentine cracks.
Yang Ming's gaze sharpened. His Rinnegan caught the light wave's trajectory, and he activated Gale Step. His seemingly ordinary steps carried him straight past one side of the wave, utterly disregarding the danger close at hand.
"Since you refuse to be my mount and still dare stand in my way, you can die!"
As Yang Ming's words fell, he split into four before the Evil-Eyed Saint King's astonished eyes. Three clones activated Zhurong Avatar, condensing green lotus core flame into long swords in their hands. Three enormous blades cleaved down at his head.
At the same time, Yang Ming's original body snapped his fingers.
The Time and Space Gems embedded in the Infinity Gauntlet immediately shone with magnificent colors.
The Evil-Eyed Saint King had not taken Yang Ming seriously at first. After all, Soul Beasts possessed innately stronger bodies than humans. Moreover, he was no ordinary ferocious beast, but a former Second-Level Deity. Even though his glory days were gone, his wealth of experience should still have allowed him to thrash Yang Ming.
But then.
The instant the powers of time and space descended upon him, the Evil-Eyed Saint King was utterly dumbfounded.
Time reigned supreme; space was king.
When fate remained absent, karma was emperor.
The world of the Douluo Continent was