The reason Qin Feng retreated was, naturally, that he had detected a much broader route that would let him keep up with the Starlight Goddess!
By retreating and choosing another route, Qin Feng could reduce the number of times he switched regions by as many as two or three.
Clearly, this was extremely counterintuitive.
But within the Time Vortex, a correct decision would save a challenger an enormous amount of time and keep the Starlight Goddess's speed from increasing too quickly as much as possible.
And so...
The third point of light...
The fourth point of light...
Qin Feng proceeded steadily, constantly crossing regions with different time rates within the Time Vortex, always following behind the Starlight Goddess.
But he was not following directly behind her.
Sometimes, he even circled around to places more than a hundred million kilometers away from the Starlight Goddess.
That was because the changes in time rates within this Time Vortex were becoming increasingly outrageous!
Fortunately, Qin Feng's absolute speed was fast enough. Otherwise, he really could not have made such an enormous detour...
But without taking a detour, he would have to pass through many slow regions in succession to keep up with the Starlight Goddess. The total time required would far exceed what Qin Feng spent taking the detour, by dozens or even hundreds of times!
That would let the Starlight Goddess travel farther and accelerate more times.
So the most important thing in this challenge is the ability to detect regions with different time rates.
Everything else, like speed, mob-clearing ability, the ability to break free of control effects, damage output, and defense... those are merely the basics needed to attempt this challenge.
If someone observed Qin Feng's challenge from a distance...
They would see that his route was utterly absurd.
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