Chapter 600: Pursuit
The excitement of the city being breached doesn’t seem to be enough to make me explode. Is it really impossible without my sacrifice?
Paying close attention to Fiona's condition, Avis was a little confused.
No, if Fiona can explode, it means that the conditions for explosion have been met from the beginning to the end, but more stimulation is needed.
While Avis was observing the situation, the Nightmare King's body was already floating on top of the palace's shield.
"It's a shame that this is the end of it."
A sound like muffled thunder echoed from the dark sky. Looking at the fragile new shield below, the Nightmare Spirit King did not make any extra movements, but just pressed down like a mountain.
But such a simple attack method brought about a desperate pressure.
There is no fancy collision of rule power, it is just a pure competition of the application of rule power.
If it fell completely, everything in the palace would be wiped out except Fiona.
The moment the two collided, Fiona's face turned pale, and the light silver shield covering the palace shattered like an eggshell in an instant.
Is this the end? The pink rabbit eyes stared at the Nightmare Spirit King falling rapidly from the sky, and Avis's eyes were calm.
White Rabbit's pocket watch appeared in his hand, and the next moment, the pointer on the watch suddenly began to reverse rapidly.
As he moved, time in the entire Alice in Wonderland world began to flow backwards rapidly.
The function of the pocket watch is not limited to being activated by him and modifying the time in the dream in a small range. Just like before Avis came, the ordinary white rabbit could trace back the timeline of the entire world.
When certain special conditions are met, such as "the dream master is threatened", this pocket watch will start automatically and reset the timeline of the entire world to a certain time ago. The effect is similar to reloading the file in a stand-alone game.
This is one of the most fundamental cornerstone rules of this world, and the pocket watch is just a physical projection of the restart rules.
Avis had only recently guessed this ability. It was originally one of the insurances he left behind when he created "Fiona's Adventures in Wonderland" to ensure the girl's safety, but it was distorted by the reverse invasion of the dream world and became like this.
The only ones who are not affected by the retrospective effect are Avis, the owner of the pocket watch, and Fiona, the controller of dreams.
The Nightmare Spirit King is a ninth-level outsider. Although he cannot stop the time from going back, he can resist it through the power of rules, so he can be considered half a stop.
"!?"
As the girl watched, a magical scene appeared in the world, as if time had gone backwards.
The darkness retreated in the direction it came from, and the huge dark maze rose into the air while struggling, and then absorbed a large amount of black nightmare fog that permeated the city.
The small animal residents that had been eroded also recovered and quickly ran backwards in the direction they came from.
In the end, the world went back to the moment when Marquis Winter was defeated and left.
The opponent's real body is not in this world, and his strength has reached the ninth level, so even the power of the backtracking rules is beyond his ability.
As a familiar ripple of light spread, the broken body of the Nightmare Spirit King appeared in front of everyone, and everything returned to the state before the city was broken.
But the slight difference is that the body of the Nightmare Spirit King is more broken than the first time.
Since the body of the Nightmare Spirit King was remotely controlled by Marquis Beshim, when the flashback occurred, the time of Marquis Beshim's spirit and body in the outside world became inconsistent.
In order to resist the tearing effect caused by the disorder of the timeline, Marquis Beshim had to consume a large amount of rule power to protect himself again.
"Mr. White Rabbit, did you do the change just now?"
After discovering that the city and the animals had returned to normal, Fiona became excited as she felt the rules of the world becoming clear again.
"Please calm down, Your Majesty. This is your world after all! You are also our only hope to save us from evil!"
Looking at the girl who was looking at him in surprise, Avis flicked his ears and spoke slowly.
Although time reversal has restored the world's rules to their previous prosperous period, the reversal function has temporarily entered a cooling-down period and cannot be used.
"Haha, what a great trick! I want to see how long you can struggle!"
Outside the city, Marquis Beshim laughed in anger.
The backtracking ability demonstrated by the opponent was indeed very buggy, but it only delayed the situation for a while.
Any skill must abide by basic rules. The more amazing the effect of a skill, the greater its limitations.
This kind of backtracking that covers the entire world cannot be reused multiple times in a short period of time.
Without further ado, Marquis Beshim directly controlled the body of the Nightmare Spirit King and slammed into the restored protective barrier.
The situation seemed to have returned to its previous state. The forces of the Nightmare King and Fiona were in a stalemate, waiting for the Four Nightmares to break the balance.
Just as Marquis Beshim expected, the Four Nightmares entered on time again. But what he didn't expect was that the target of the Four Nightmares' attack this time was completely different from the previous one.
At a certain moment, the four nightmare spirits, including Madness Theseus, who were originally preparing to attack the city shield, suddenly changed their attack targets and pointed directly at Marquis Besim who was in a stalemate with Fiona.
"You guys?! How dare you!!"
Trapped in a fixed mindset, Marquis Beshim never expected that the four nightmares who had helped him break the city's shield would actually turn around and attack him together.
In the dream world, the Four Nightmares can mobilize the power of the rules of the inheritance land to attack. Caught off guard, even though he urgently broke away from Fiona's entanglement and made every effort to defend himself, he was still seriously injured.
At this moment, the offensives of both sides were finally completely reversed.
After experiencing fierce battles one after another and being stabbed in the back by the Four Nightmares, the power of the Nightmare Spirit King has been weakened to an unprecedented level.
Fiona, together with the strength of three of the Four Nightmares, has now gained the upper hand.
"Okay, you guys, very good!"
If Marquis Beshim still doesn't understand that he has been tricked, then he is not a ninth-level person.
Although he was not sure who was targeting him, he realized that something was wrong with the situation. Marquis Beshim decisively opened the space channel and fled from this world.
He has his own confidence. Although he failed this time, once he recovers from his injuries, no one in this world will be able to stop him.
As for whether they would be hunted down now, Marquis Besim was not worried. If the Four Nightmares really dared to catch up, he would give them a lesson they would never forget.
While cursing in his heart, Marquis Beshim controlled the broken body of the Nightmare Spirit King and returned to his own small nightmare world.
But before he could start repairing it, he suddenly sensed that something had invaded this world. Judging from those familiar auras, it seemed that the four nightmares were all there.
They actually dared to chase them to this world? With a sneer in his heart, Marquis Beshim did not make any unnecessary moves, but just waited for them in the center of the world.
Nightmare spirits devour each other, which also has a healing effect. As long as he kills the four nightmares here, his injuries can be recovered quickly.
This small world was completely under his control. As long as he had a thought, the connection between the four nightmares and the inheritance land would be cut off for a short time. At that time, without the protection of the power of rules, they would be like fish on the chopping board.
Soon, the figures of the four nightmares appeared in his sight. But what made him feel a little strange was that in addition to the four nightmares, there seemed to be another nightmare spirit with an unknown aura present.
Furthermore, except for Madness Theseus, the other four nightmare spirits were all wearing a strange black cloak.
"Before I take action, do you have any last words?"
Staring at the four nightmare spirits like dead people, Marquis Beshim has already started thinking about which one to eat first.
But after hearing his words, three of the four nightmares looked at each other strangely and did not respond. Instead, the nightmare spirit with an unknown identity took a step forward and said something that made his face change drastically.
"Mr. Beshim, the [Ring of Truth] greets you!"
(End of this chapter)
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