"I don't know," Tang San shook his head, "But it's quite obvious..."
" Li Xiaoman, Wang Ziwen, and the others are visibly approaching the end of their lives!"
Yu Xiaogang's face turned pale. His previous composure and speculation were completely overturned by the horrifying scene before him. He leaned against the tree trunk next to him.
"This... this is the true terror of the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land? It's not that time isn't taken away... it's that life is indiscriminately and ruthlessly plundered from living beings!"
That little girl... is she an exception? Or is it...?
But soon, he suddenly looked up at the two incongruous figures in the Heavenly Screen.
" Yezi! Pang Bo! You guys..." From the Heavenly Screen, an aging classmate cried out in a hoarse voice.
Ye Fan and Pang Bo stood among a group of white-haired, wrinkled old people. Instead of aging, their figures shrank, their faces lost the sharp edges of youth and became rounder, and their eyebrows and eyes became more and more childlike. They really looked like twelve or thirteen-year-old boys!
"Rejuvenation?!"
Ning Rongrong covered her mouth, her beautiful eyes filled with shock, "They... how did they become younger? This is completely the opposite of everyone else!"
Xiao Wu gripped Tang San's arm tightly, her voice trembling slightly. "It's not just a simple matter of getting younger... I can feel it... there's a more astonishing change happening within them."
"The life force of others is being frantically drained, while they... it's as if something has been forcibly injected into them, or... something has been washed away, and then time has reversed for them?"
"This... how is this possible?"
Cold sweat beaded on Tang San's forehead. He recalled the Tang Sect's scriptures from his previous life, as well as his understanding of Martial Soul and the rules of the world in this Lifetime, but he could not find any basis to explain the scene before him.
Time is the most mysterious and untouchable realm, and at this moment, the scene in the Heavenly Screen is playing with it at will.
This is absolutely outrageous!
A chill ran through Tang San's heart.
This mind-blowing scene made one feel more insignificant and fearful than any powerful Soul Skill or Soul Beast.
In front of the Spirit Hall and the Pope's Palace.
Bibi Dong's original dignified and indifferent expression had vanished. Her knuckles, gripping the scepter, were slightly white, and her deep eyes were filled with an unprecedented solemnity and... a trace of barely suppressed emotion.
"The power of time... it is indeed real, and can be manipulated on such a large scale and with such regularity..."
"And these are two extreme manifestations... deprivation and bestowal?"
No, Pang Bo and Ye Fan's condition may not be a blessing. This change that defies the rules may hide a greater price or secret.
We were... completely wrong.
The Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land is a truly deadly place capable of burying even gods!
She muttered to herself, her voice barely audible to the Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo beside her.
As the Pope, he wields power and pursues extraordinary strength, but what he is witnessing has already exceeded the imagination of the Soul Master system.
Hu Liena's pretty face turned pale. As one of the best of the Golden Generation, she was determined, but witnessing a group of people pass away in an instant still shocked her.
"Teacher... this is terrible."
What exactly left behind that place? It can even distort time!
Ghost Douluo Gui Mei figure seemed even more ethereal, and his hoarse voice carried a deep sense of apprehension. " Your His Holiness the Pope, this is beyond human capability."
That ' Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land ' is probably far more dangerous than any other forbidden land on the continent, including the Slaughter City.
This power, if it could...
He didn't finish speaking, but Bibi Dong understood what he meant.
If she could master this power... A flicker of intense longing flashed in her eyes, but it was quickly suppressed by a deeper wariness.
After all, this was the power of time, but soon she felt a sense of anticipation, because...
" Ye Fan... Pang Bo..."
Bibi Dong's gaze focused on the two regressively young boys, her eyes gleaming. "Everyone else grows old, but you two remain children."
Is it a special physique? Is it possessing a rare treasure? Or... being chosen by that forbidden land?
Her mind raced; this unusual phenomenon might be the most valuable secret in this perilous place.
If one can understand this, perhaps one can glimpse a path beyond the mundane world.
The core area of Star Dou Great Forest, Lake of Life.
Di Tian stood with his hands behind his back, his black robes fluttering even without wind.
As Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King has lived for countless years, his perception of time is far more profound than that of human Soul Master.
That is precisely why the shock he felt was all the more intense.
"Time... has been so plundered, even reversed..."
Di Tian spoke slowly, his voice like an ancient dragon's roar, echoing across the lake and stirring up ripples, causing the Ferocious Beast beasts such as the Myriad Demon King and the Yao Ling spirits beside him to tremble with fear.
"My lord, this..."
The Myriad Demon King's voice was hoarse. As Plant-type Soul Beast, he was most sensitive to the loss of life force, and the scene in the Heavenly Screen made him feel a kind of instinctive fear.
"I sensed it," Di Tian interrupted him, his gaze seemingly piercing through the Heavenly Screen, seeing the terrifying rules hidden beneath the crimson earth. "It's not a simple acceleration or reversal."
That's a manifestation of a 'law'.
Bi Ji, the gentle Emerald Swan, shook her head. "That place is filled with pure malice towards intruders; even seemingly 'preferential treatment' may not be a good thing."
After a long silence, Di Tian slowly said, "Beyond this continent, there truly exist unimaginable lands and indescribable powers."
Compared to this ' Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land,' the way those so-called gods in the Divine Realm apply the rules seems so... naive and narrow-minded.
Time, this is one of the supreme realms that even the Dragon God has not been able to fully control.
He looked up at the sky, as if trying to pierce through the Heavenly Screen and see into the more distant starry heavens. " The Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin, bringing them here, was it a coincidence, or the beginning of some kind of arrangement?"
This Ye Fan... is getting more and more interesting.
The variables surrounding him may be greater than we imagine.
All the Soul Master and Soul Beast who saw the Heavenly Screen, regardless of their cultivation level or stance, were enveloped by a tremendous chill originating from their very life instincts.
The Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land once again revealed its terror to them.
Just as everyone was trembling with fear and discussing the terrifying sight of time reversal—
"Roar--!"
A hoarse roar, filled with Desolate Antiquity aura, suddenly echoed from the depths of the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land.
The voice seemed to penetrate the soul, carrying an ancient desolation and majesty that made everyone who heard it, whether it was Ye Fan and the others inside the Heavenly Screen or the Douluo group watching from Heavenly Screen, feel a shiver in their hearts.
"Okay, stop yelling!"
Just then, a clear male voice, tinged with a hint of languor and impatience, rang out, breaking the despair and deathly silence that permeated the place.
Everyone looked on in astonishment and saw a man and a girl standing side by side.