Just as the battle was drawing to a close, the space above the battlefield abruptly distorted, and a spatial vortex opened out of thin air.
Lin Jin stepped out of the vortex, his golden Nine-Tomoe Rinnegan looking down over the Gobi Desert below, which the battle had ravaged beyond recognition.
He saw bodies strewn across the ground outside the ruins and members of Asura Hall locked in desperate combat with the enemy.
His gaze lingered briefly on the transcendent level peak Awakened whom Agula and Chu Hanjiang were attacking together.
The man was at a disadvantage but still resisting tenaciously. Although the energy on his war spear had dimmed considerably, it remained powerful enough to tear through Agula's beast-transformed skin.
"Hall Master!"
"The Master of Asura Hall is back!"
Several cries of barely restrained delight rang out almost simultaneously over the communication channel, and the atmosphere on the battlefield subtly shifted in an instant.
The members of Asura Hall had already been fighting for a long time and had expended enormous amounts of stamina, but when they saw that familiar figure step out of the spatial vortex, everyone's spirits seemed to surge.
On the enemy's side, however, although the sole remaining commander did not know who the newcomer was, his instincts told him that this man was extremely dangerous.
He no longer had any desire to fight. They had misjudged Asura Hall's strength, never expecting each member's bloodline power to be so troublesome, much less that there would even be someone with a time-type ability.
His attention was no longer on the battle. His eyes furtively scanned his surroundings, searching for an escape route.
Lin Jin gave none of that much thought. He raised his right hand, and Lightning-Cleaver dropped from the Kamui Dimension into his palm.
As he poured