Du Yu's words sent a shudder through the Terminator. His whole body went cold. He distinctly felt he had been tricked, yet he could not understand what the other man stood to gain by deceiving him.
If he did not want to give up his identity as "Time," why find someone else to become "Time"?
The next instant, Du Yu vanished before his eyes.
The Terminator hurriedly opened his eyes as well, returning to the Time Cave.
He found that Du Yu had already taken human form and stood a short distance away, while he himself sat on the stone stool.
"Time, don't worry." Du Yu nodded at him. "I'll definitely come back to save you."
"You... you..." The Terminator's lips twitched, and a deeply ominous premonition flared in his heart.
Smiling, Du Yu slowly walked to the cave entrance and looked at the brand-new Magic Array.
His whole body turned to flame. Gathering a tremendous force in his right hand, he smashed the Magic Array to pieces.
The stone door opened at once.
From that moment on, the door no longer had a guardian.
In this timeline, You Si would never appear again.
In all the days to come, no new Zhan Qisheng or new Du Yu would appear either.
"What are you doing?!" The Terminator desperately tried to rise from his seat, only to discover that his flesh had fused with the stone stool. No matter what he did, he could not move.
"Don't be afraid, Time. No one's guarding this door now. Whenever you're able to leave, you can." Blazing flames engulfed Du Yu as he looked back at the Terminator.
"You really are a madman! A madman!!" the Terminator shouted. **"If you make You Si disappear, I'll be stuck here forever!! You lied to me!! I