She had assumed that the person who controlled the gray giant, the one who seemed to be the puppeteer, would be coming.
The heavy aura of forbidden creation emanating from the gray giant matched the intelligence.
Unexpectedly, the woman who finally appeared was a complete stranger!
What shocked Xingyue even more was that it was only for a moment when their eyes met.
She could clearly sense the power emanating from this woman, which was no ordinary legend!
It was a deeper, more ancient, and more unsettling aura!
"It seems that after so many years of seclusion, you young people no longer know my name!"
Rita smiled slightly, a smile that carried a hint of amusement and a touch of disdain.
With a casual wave of her hand, a wisp of pure golden magic from her fingertip flowed like a living thing into the massive magic circle below that covered the entire battlefield.
Buzz!
The patterns on the magic circle suddenly lit up with an even more dazzling golden light!
Then, something happened that terrified everyone, especially Grom and Turu!
On the battlefield, all the orc warriors, transformed by the necromancy circle, exuded a strong, putrid stench.
Even Grom's massive undead body, the necromantic magic emanating from it dissipated and receded at a visible speed, like ice and snow encountering the blazing sun!
Moreover, the necromantic magic that had been forcibly gathered by the magic array and surged toward this battlefield like a black tide was also affected.
At this moment, it was as if it were being violently pulled backward by an invisible giant hand, and was being swept wildly backward towards the outside of the Lor Swamp!
In less than a minute.
The death aura on those undead orcs, whose skin was ashen, whose muscles were shriveled, and whose eye sockets burned with eerie green soul fire, had completely faded away.
The shriveled muscles regained their fullness, and the ashen skin regained its characteristic orcish hue.
The flames of life in his eyes went out, replaced by a sense of bewilderment and weakness after surviving a catastrophe.
They transformed back into their original orc warriors, but their strength seemed to have been greatly weakened, and their aura was listless.
Even Grom's massive body, covered in gray-white bone armor, trembled violently under this irresistible force.
The cracks on the bone armor quickly healed and disappeared, and the pale green soul fire was forcibly pushed back into the depths of the eye sockets.
Unfortunately, the soul within him was still dominated by the eldest prince, and his aura was filled with weakness and extreme terror.
His massive body shrank at a visible speed, returning to a size close to that of a normal orc hero, and the terrifying pressure brought by his necromancy vanished!
"Huh?"
As the magic circle continued to operate, Rita's languid expression was replaced for the first time by a clear hint of surprise.
Her eerie eyes, filled with intense curiosity, swept over Mark, Enzo, Monica, Anna, and the newly transformed Archangel M below.
The members of Mark's team still maintained their powerful forms after the extreme mutation.
Enzo's Dark Lava Giant, Monica's Shadow Reaper, and Ana's Shadow Archer—their power was not diminished in the slightest by this time-reversing magic!
The newly born Archangel Mu was steadily suspended, with seven-colored black light flowing continuously, showing no sign of dispelling its form or turning back into a slime!
This forms an extremely bizarre contrast with the orcs who were reduced to their original forms.
Rita's red lips parted slightly, her eyes sparkling with the light of discovering a new toy, as she murmured softly to herself. Though her voice was low, it clearly reached Xingyue's ears:
"It's not like that little puppeteer who only made 'showpieces'? Interesting... very interesting..."
"Purification? No...this is...time reversal!"
Xingyue's pupils suddenly contracted to the size of pinpoints, and an unbelievable look of horror erupted in her wine-red eyes!
The terrifying power before her, capable of reversing life and death and erasing the transformation of the dead, instantly overlapped with a title in her mind that had long been sealed away, yet represented an absolute taboo and ancient power!
She looked up abruptly, staring intently at the graceful figure with fiery red hair in the air, and gasped in shock, her voice trembling slightly with extreme astonishment:
"The Time Witch! Rita Kronos! It's you?!"
Rita's languid gaze swept over Xingyue, a playful smile curving her red lips.
"Oh? I didn't expect you, little one, to be able to see through the essence of my magic. Are you a high-level appraiser like that girl Monica?"
A wisp of golden magic swirled around her fingertips, her tone inquisitive.
"It seems the Goddess of Stars and Moon reaped quite a few benefits during Ragnarok... The Bellucci family's bloodline identification is being protected from me, so your Stars and Moon Church could certainly do some research on it..."
"hiss--"
Xingyue gasped, her wine-red pupils suddenly contracted, and her knuckles gripping the gun turned white.
Rita's words were like ice piercing her to the bone, sending an indescribable chill down her spine.
Leta Kronos, the Time Witch!
This name might not strike fear into the hearts of ordinary humans as much as the ruthless orc chieftain or the rampant cult leader.
But in the circles of professionals who truly step into the high-level or even legendary realms, it represents absolute danger, extreme eeriness, and unpredictable terror!
In an instant, Xingyue recalled that bloody page in the secret files of the Xingyue Church.
In the year 245 of the New Calendar, an elite detachment of the First Knights of the Holy Church, fresh from a mission to destroy a nation, was laden with glory and bloodshed.
Including the two legendary paladin commanders, a total of 114 top knights mysteriously disappeared on their way home.
Years later, when the Church of Holy Light finally found them through divine magic, they had already been completely reduced to twisted monsters lurking deep in the misty forest on the border of the Demon Realm, exuding the stench of the abyss!
All the clues point to one name—Rita Kronos!
It was the forbidden magic array she set up that twisted the holy knights of light into the minions of the abyss.
The Church of Holy Light also discovered there that orcs, elves, dwarves, goblins, and even dragons had all been twisted and modified by her!
This incident shocked the mainland and made the name "Time Witch" a nightmare that would never be removed from the wanted lists of top powers.
The chill instantly froze Xingyue's limbs and bones.
She knew perfectly well that once someone of this caliber appeared and displayed such earth-shattering abilities, she would never allow any "witness" to leave alive in order to cover up their whereabouts!
Everyone present today, whether orcs, elves, members of the Church of Holy Light, or she and Mark's team, are probably already dead in the eyes of the Time Witch!
"Attack! We can't let her strike first!"
Xingyue did not hesitate at all, nor did she ask any futile questions.
The instinct for survival and the sense of responsibility for taking care of Mark, which he had promised Eileen, overwhelmed his fear of the legendary powerhouse.
She let out a clear and sharp shout, and starlight erupted around her, making her mithril soft armor shimmer with light.
The star-patterned silver spear in his hand transformed into a dazzling streak that tore through space, carrying a resolute will as it fiercely pierced towards the terrifying figure in the air with fiery red hair!
She was determined to fight for a glimmer of hope, even if it seemed hopeless!
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