Just as Xu Taiping and the others were filled with astonishment, the Strength Slave, whose flesh and blood had all turned into black crystal, suddenly sat cross-legged on the ground. He fixed his eyes, spilling five-colored radiance, on Xu Taiping, then said expressionlessly:
"You've used up all your pieces. It's time for the endgame."
At this, the Strength Slave suddenly raised his right hand from his knee and snapped his fingers with a click.
Rumble!
The instant the snap rang out, time suddenly began flowing backward once more in this small world that had already settled into peace.
Apart from Xu Taiping and the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord, everything within this world was "retreating."
That included the Earth Fruit, which had nearly grown twelve golden lotuses.
Amid the reversing light and shadows, Xu Taiping even saw the phantom formed from Cloud Crane True Lord's divine soul.
But the instant that phantom appeared, the Strength Slave reached out and "erased" it.
The sight left Xu Taiping both astonished and furious.
For this was tantamount to killing Cloud Crane True Lord a second time.
Yet that astonishment and fury were soon wiped away by the appearance of a familiar figure.
Amid the endlessly reversing light and shadows, the Blazing Slave, wrapped in flames from head to toe, appeared in Xu Taiping's sight once more.
Clearly, the Strength Slave had resurrected the Blazing Slave with his Time Reversal power.
Boom!
With a tremendous crash, the Blazing Slave's terrifying aura fluctuations enveloped this world once again.
At that very moment, the Strength Slave's Time Reversal power stopped operating.
The scene within this small world returned to stillness.
Feeling the Blazing Slave's terrifying might, Xu Taiping felt as though his already taut heartstrings might snap at any moment.
The last time he had been this tense