At that moment.
Lin En switched his second origin substance without hesitation.
In an instant, Lin En focused his gaze on Yuzhi Liu Si. He had already noticed that whenever Yuzhi Liu Si used his power, the pattern on the back of his left hand became more pronounced. Without a doubt, that had to be where his [Sword God] origin substance was implanted.
That meant that if they could sever his sword hand, his strength would be drastically reduced.
And if possible...
Almost at that very instant, a Crown of Laurels coalesced within Lin En's enormous, mutated body. As he activated his second origin substance, his expression became utterly cold and vicious.
This was the side effect of the [Time Stop] origin substance: it plunged his emotions straight to freezing point.
At that moment.
Bzz-
Almost at the exact instant Yuzhi Liu Si drove Ophiel back again, he seized the opening and activated his [Time Stop] sequence.
"Now!"
Lin En shouted coldly.
At that moment, as the sequence activated, Yuzhi Liu Si's body visibly stiffened for an instant. Under Lin En's gaze and the influence of his sequence, his senses and movements became sluggish, as though mired in a swamp.
But he reacted almost instantly. His eyes abruptly cleared, and he was about to tear free of Time Stop's influence.
Yet in that critical instant.
Ophiel gritted her teeth and slammed down onto the ground as she was knocked back. In a single motion, she sent the sword in her hand spinning through the air. Empowered by the great sun, the burning blade streaked across the sky, rapidly swelling in Yuzhi Liu Si's vision.
Squelch-
Blood sprayed across the sky.
The light of the great sun shimmered in waves of scorching heat over the Gobi.
Yuzhi Liu Si's sword arm