Tiandao Palace.

The breeze blew across the endless grassland. Fang Zheng held the vampire in his hand and stared quietly ahead. Opposite him, Hecate held a staff and looked calmly at her leader.

"Well, here I come, Hecate!"

"yes."

As soon as he finished speaking, a dark shadow suddenly flashed in front of Fang Zheng, and the next moment, the shadow disappeared in an instant, and then appeared in front of Hecate. The vampire in his hand chopped down at the witch in front of him.

"clang!"

Facing Fang Zheng's attack, Hecate simply turned his staff and swept it to the side with a whistling sound. Then the triangle on the top of the staff pierced Fang Zheng's chest. With a light "bang", Fang Zheng, who was pierced, exploded instantly. Then three dark shadows spread out in all directions at the moment of the explosion. One of them raised his hands, and a fireball quickly appeared in front of him, while the other two, one in front and one behind, double-teamed him, trying to block Hecate's counterattack.

"Xing..."

Just when the two black shadows were about to succeed, Hecate lightly raised her staff and waved it in the air. Soon, an invisible wave burst out from her body, knocking the two black shadows away. Then Hecate pointed the staff forward, and several rays of starlight pierced through the third figure behind in an instant.

But before Hecate could put down her staff, a fourth figure suddenly appeared at her side. There was no sign before that, as if it had always been there. The greatsword in its hand whistled and slashed towards Hecate's neck.

But Hecate's speed was not slow either. Almost at the same time when the figure swung the sword, her body lightly retreated backwards and raised the staff in her hand to block in front of her.

"clang!!"

The giant sword hit Hecate's staff, making a crisp sound. Then Hecate's expression did not change at all. She held the staff tightly in her right hand and swung it vigorously, splitting the black shadow in front of her into two again. Then Hecate turned around and gently swung the staff in her hand towards the distance.

"jingle."

Accompanied by crisp collision sounds, countless meteors fell from the sky, covering the figure not far away.

“That’s it!!”

Seeing this, Tilia jumped out in a hurry, and upon hearing Tilia's voice, Hecate immediately retracted the staff, and soon, the burning aqua-blue flame quickly disappeared, and Fang Zheng's figure reappeared from the aqua-blue flame. However, unlike before, Fang Zheng looked somewhat embarrassed at this moment. Although Hecate did not kill him, the power of existence still left traces on Fang Zheng's body.

"I said, can't you put some water in?"

Looking at Fang Zheng in front of her, Tilia frowned in dissatisfaction.

"Look at my brother. You are still his miko."

"Nothing, Tilia, this is my own request."

At this moment, Fang Zheng had also walked over. He reached out and touched Tilia's little head, then looked at Hecate.

"What's the problem this time?"

"Just like before, the magic fluctuations you release cannot be hidden."

"Haven't I synchronized the wavelength before?"

"But all the magic you use needs to be completed before it can be activated. As long as you grasp that point, you can find it."

"So, do we really need to try it again with delayed casting?"

After hearing Hecate's answer, Fang Zheng frowned and began to think carefully. After returning to Tiandao Palace, he began to follow the figure's advice and create his own swordsmanship and fighting style. In this regard, Fang Zheng also had some ideas.

This was something he only thought of after he obtained the essence of the Shadow Dragon.

After obtaining the essence of the Shadow Dragon, Fang Zheng also obtained the power of the Shadow Dragon to manipulate shadows. Like the Shadow Dragon, Fang Zheng could also use shadows to create his own clones, and could also use the teleportation ability to transfer between his shadow clones. Because of this, Fang Zheng thought of a fighting method that was very suitable for him.

That is to combine the power of time and the power of shadow.

Time is invisible. The time that Fang Zheng can manipulate is itself a vague concept. Moreover, due to different choices, the time displayed on each timeline is also different.

In the same second, depending on Fang Zheng's choice, he could attack the target head-on, sneak attack from behind, or launch a magic attack from a distance. By using the power of shadow, Fang Zheng could materialize the different timeline scenes of this second and use them as his own clones.

This was actually Fang Zheng's reuse of the "Timeline Scene" skill of the staff in the Bay of Souls. However, his power had not yet reached the level that could match the Time Dragon in the staff. Therefore, Fang Zheng had to manipulate the power of shadows to give form to the scenes from other timelines. He could not directly pull a scene from the abnormal timeline to cover it like he did in the Bay of Souls.

This means that the opponent will face Fang Zheng's attacks from three different methods in an instant, and each clone has an attack power comparable to the original body. It can be said that if encountered without any preparation, even if this move cannot kill the opponent instantly, with the help of the characteristics of the vampire sword, it can also severely damage the enemy.

Not to mention that since this move was based on the manifestation of the timeline by Fang Zheng, and was not an ordinary illusion, even if the opponent used a prophecy spell, it would be impossible to completely avoid this attack.

However, this skill also has major flaws.

First, like Shadow Dragon's clone, Fang Zheng's clone has no defense, basically a piece of paper that will break into pieces with a single hit. Secondly, this kind of clone on the timeline is more mentally demanding than a simple clone, because it requires Fang Zheng to multitask at the same time to be able to materialize different clones in several locations at the same time within one second.

This is quite brain-consuming, and if you add the casting of spells, it will be even more amazing. This means that Fang Zheng's will must control two clones to attack Hecate at the same time, and then the third clone must chant magic at the same time, and it must be guaranteed to be completely error-free. This is basically equivalent to asking a person to write different programs with three codes at the same time every second, and at least one line per second.

Although Fang Zheng has been strengthened by the Zerg and his brain activation potential far exceeds that of ordinary humans, this method is still a bit too much for Fang Zheng. He can only control three clones at most now - this also takes into account that Fang Zheng himself needs to have an overview of the battle situation in order to transfer his energy to the clones at any time.

The second flaw is more fatal, and this is the problem that Founder is currently trying to solve.

The essence of the clone tactic is to prevent the opponent from finding the real body, but Fang Zheng's problem is that once he casts a spell, Hecate will immediately find his real body and bombard it. According to Hecate, the magic fluctuations when Fang Zheng casts a spell cannot be hidden, which is also a problem that makes Fang Zheng more troubled.

"Even if time is stopped, constructing a spell on the clone is still a very complicated task... It seems that the only way is to practice. Or... well, maybe we can consider improving the algorithm... Or should we try to use multi-threaded simultaneous subroutine calls?"

While muttering to himself, Fang Zheng opened his eyes and looked forward. In his eyes, the river of time seemed to gather into a surging river like twinkling stars, and three transparent silk threads stretched out from the river and were held tightly in Fang Zheng's hands.

Time is not absolute, it depends on the observer's actions in space; space is not absolute, it depends on the observer's actions in time. Similarly, numbers are not absolute, they depend on the observer's actions in the pub.

For everyone, it doesn't matter how many customers, chairs, or reservations there are in the pub. The only thing that matters is that it allows you to lie on the table after drinking, holding up your glass and bragging to something next to you who is not sure whether it is a man or a woman, old or young, or of certain racial identity.

"Maybe I should try the Pub Math Drive."

Finally, Fang Zheng made a decision.