Liu Xinlian raised her sword in both hands, attaching brilliantly golden Immortal Power to the Ice Soul Sword.
It formed a golden blade of sword energy that extended endlessly, piercing straight into the clouds.
Ripples appeared in the surrounding air.
Seeing Liu Xinlian gathering power, Luo Yu considered canceling Intangibility and slipping away while he had the chance.
But he worried that Liu Xinlian would use that uncanny movement technique again.
She might catch him during Kamui's startup and cut him down.
In the instant Luo Yu hesitated, the Ice Crown Rinnegan blazed with cold light.
The absolute cold surrounding them concentrated on Luo Yu's location.
Time returned to its normal flow throughout most of the area near Liu Xinlian.
Only around Luo Yu did it grow slower and slower, until it was so slow that it was effectively stopped.
The unknown Six Paths Technique granted by the Ice Crown Rinnegan was only at beginner Proficiency.
This was the only way to achieve the effect of stopping time.
Luo Yu and Little Bunny themselves noticed nothing amiss.
But from Liu Xinlian's and the spectators' perspectives, Luo Yu stood motionless, as though frozen solid.
"He stopped! Luo Yu isn't moving at all!"
"Looks like Liu Xinlian still has the upper hand. Did she completely freeze time in the space around Luo Yu?"
"Let's see how Luo Yu dodges this."
The Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden's expression darkened. "That's not all. Fairy Xinlian has also used an ancient Divine Technique, the Mountain-Sealing Demon-Slaying Slash."
"By concentrating all the Immortal Power the Supreme Sages sealed within her, she should be able to erase that entire region of space around Luo Yu."
"And with time stopped to prevent him from moving..."
"Luo Yu is almost certainly doomed!"
She had thought Luo Yu would capture Liu