Ling Xinghe's laughter stopped abruptly. Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and were stunned to see Fang Xiu standing there unharmed, as if everything that had just happened was just an illusion.
"This is impossible!?" Ling Xinghe cried out in disbelief, completely unable to comprehend it: "You...you are clearly dead. I clearly sensed that your aura had long since vanished from the world, and with the Flower Goddess's obstruction, you had absolutely no chance to switch places with your clone. What on earth is going on!?"
His mentality completely collapsed. He was usually cautious, but he had gone all out against Fang Xiu, whose background was unknown. Moreover, he had clearly killed Fang Xiu, but Fang Xiu was completely unharmed. Anyone would have a hard time with such a blow.
Fang Xiu said calmly, "You did kill me, but you killed the me of this moment, while the me of now is the me of the previous moment."
His words completely baffled Ling Xinghe; he couldn't understand any of the "this second" or "last second" talk.
Not only Ling Xinghe didn't understand, but the others didn't understand either, since they had never been exposed to the laws of time. Only Xu Ruohai, who was a fan of Fang Xiu, seemed to have something in mind. He knew that Fang Xiu possessed the power of time, so he naturally made the connection to time.
A moment later, Xu Ruohai suddenly shuddered, even trembling with excitement.
"Great power! This is the great power of Lord Fang Xiu! Only Lord Fang Xiu in this world could possess such terrifying power!"
Bai Xiangqing, who was standing to the side, couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Xu, what... what kind of power is this?"
Xu Ruohai said enthusiastically, "I don't know either."
Bai Xiangqing: "........."
You don't understand, so why are you getting so worked up?
Xu Ruohai: "It is precisely because we do not understand and cannot comprehend that the greatness of Lord Fang Xiu is all the more evident!"
His words immediately silenced everyone.
"Ah!" Ling Xinghe suddenly roared, "Stop playing tricks! If I can't kill you once, I'll kill you twice!"
boom!
He unleashed another punch, and a phantom world containing all things in heaven and earth slowly emerged, suppressing Fang Xiu.
Bang!
Fang Xiu's figure was once again obliterated, leaving not even a trace. But when the attack dissipated, a figure appeared out of thin air, standing calmly.
Upon seeing this, Ling Xinghe's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets: "No! Impossible! An illusion! It must be an illusion!"
He frantically activated his divine power, seemingly trying to dispel the unfounded illusion.
Fang Xiu casually glanced at himself and muttered to himself, "Is this what it feels like to return from the river of time? It's truly wondrous."
In fact, what he just said was the truth. Faced with the terrifying power of Nuwa, he did die, because Nuwa was different from ordinary gods, and that kind of power was hard to resist.
Ling Xinghe, possessing the divine status of Nuwa, can even harm true gods, something that ordinary divine status cannot match.
The reason he was able to emerge unscathed was because of his new ability—time substitution!
Simply put, Fang Xiu died in this second, but the Fang Xiu who was unharmed in the previous second was replaced by someone from the river of time.
Time was no longer a continuous whole for him, but could be divided into countless parts.
It's somewhat similar to the clone of the Black Lotus of the Other Shore. After killing the original body, it can be resurrected in the clone. The principle is the same, except that Fang Xiu is resurrected in his previous self.
This is time substitution!
It is a new ability that he developed after possessing two Time Laws, which were combined with the Black Lotus Law and the Life Law.
This ability has made him truly immortal; even a true god cannot kill him.
Unless someone can break through the river of time and erase him from all timelines.
The wondrous effect of time replacement left even the owner himself in awe. This was something Fang Xiu himself hadn't anticipated; such a marvelous reaction had occurred between the laws.
No wonder those immortals always choose systematic and non-conflicting laws when cultivating them. Choosing matching laws can produce a 1+1>2 effect, while conflicting laws may lead to a significant reduction in strength.
It's a bit like matching runes in a game. Different heroes and different lineups require different runes. If you equip a pure physical damage warrior with mage runes, that would be a complete idiot.
At the same time, Fang Xiu was also somewhat relieved that he had chosen the most difficult Time Law as his natal law and the Divine Law as an auxiliary law. It was precisely because both of these laws were extremely powerful that they collided to create an ability so powerful that it could be considered unsolvable.
At this moment, Fang Xiu slowly looked at Ling Xinghe, who was somewhat unable to accept reality. He could understand the other's feelings at this moment. Anyone who had gone through all kinds of hardships to obtain the power they had dreamed of, and felt that they had reached the peak, would definitely have their mentality collapse when they found that they could not even beat a passerby.
He calmly asked, "Has the illusion been dispelled?"
Ling Xinghe's body stiffened slightly. He couldn't find any trace of the illusion, so how could he dispel it?
"Who exactly are you!?"
"The person who killed you."
Whoosh!
Fang Xiu's figure vanished into thin air. The two Time Decrees provided him with twenty times the time acceleration. It's no exaggeration to say that even teleportation couldn't match his speed.
He suddenly appeared in front of Ling Xinghe, startling him. Just as Ling Xinghe was about to make a move, a barrage of punches landed on him the instant his fist was raised.
Bang bang bang...
Ling Xinghe's body began to deform, twist, and shatter at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Before anyone could react, Ling Xinghe had already turned into a pile of minced meat.
"This...this is the true god!?" Ling Ling and the others gasped in shock. They finally understood why Fang Xiu and Xu Ruohai hadn't been in a hurry and were even waiting for Ling Xinghe to fuse with Nuwa's divine spark. Faced with this overwhelming power, if Ling Xinghe didn't fuse with Nuwa's divine spark, he probably wouldn't even have the right to stand.
"Get up. I know you're not dead," Fang Xiu said calmly to the pile of flesh at his feet.
The next moment, a five-colored light burst forth from the fleshy body, and Ling Xinghe's body was instantly reshaped.
Whoosh!
He retreated rapidly, putting distance between himself and Fang Xiu.
"Fang Xiu, you are indeed very strong. Now I believe you are a true god. Although I cannot kill you, you cannot kill me either. How about..."
"When did you get the illusion that I can't kill you? After testing my new ability, I'm just testing my physical strength now," Fang Xiu interrupted.
Although he only possesses the body of a demigod, with the enhancement of his spirituality, it would not be difficult for him to defeat the body of a god, since the power of a god has never been in his physical body.
In other words, compared to the divine power, the physical body is actually the weakest point of the deity.
"Damn it!" Ling Xinghe couldn't tell whether Fang Xiu was telling the truth or lying, but he didn't dare to try. What if he really got killed?
At this moment, Ling Ling and the others suddenly exclaimed in surprise.
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