Light and darkness alternated. Trees rapidly sprouted across the barren Gobi, becoming a dense forest in mere moments.
This was an illusion. Anything was possible here.
His opponent was creating an environment that favored it.
The instant a leaf touched the ground, the Snake Monster moved.
Slick fluid seeped from the soles of its feet. It glided forward as though skating, crossing the dozen or so meters between them.
Its hard, sharp bone blade sliced through the air with a chilling whistle. Already prepared, Xu Ye kept his legs still and bent his upper body backward like a spring.
The bone blade skimmed past his belly by mere millimeters. As he moved, Xu Ye transformed the Big Black Umbrella into the Black Blade and thrust it toward his opponent's chest.
The Black Blade's sharp edge pierced its flesh. Yet a moment later, his mind seemed to blur, and he discovered that his opponent had already dodged and moved behind him.
One second of time had been stolen!
His attack had been isolated within that second, then discarded.
What a terrifying ability. If Athos himself were using it, I'd probably be dead already.
Fortunately, after each use, the ability could only be used again a minute later.
Without hesitation, almost instinctively, he turned the Black Blade and blocked behind him. Metal clashed at his back, and the tremendous force sent Xu Ye hurtling forward.
Xu Ye did not try to stop. He rode the force forward, plunged into a thicket, and swiftly vanished using [Shadow Sneaking].
In this dim world, the Snake Monster was not the only one with an advantage.
He had not asked the Bandit Lord for help, nor even let Alice intervene. This was a battle for the Blasphemer, a chance to blaspheme a deity while testing the