Night Owl!
These two words struck everyone's hearts like a massive boulder, stirring up a storm of emotions!
Lin Yi's pupils contracted sharply, his muscles tensed instantly, and the power of spacetime surged wildly within him, with a layer of pale golden light faintly appearing on his body.
He clearly remembered that in that earth-shattering explosion, the Night Owl's aura had been completely annihilated, so how could it possibly reappear?
Could it be... that he had a backup plan back then?
"Hehehehe..."
A chilling, eerie laugh came from behind them; the voice was hoarse and malevolent, as if a demon from the deepest abyss was howling.
With the laughter, a dark figure, more solid and terrifying than before, slowly emerged from the twisted shadows.
He was still shrouded in a black robe, but the dark energy emanating from him was several times stronger than when he was in the Temple of Light!
The viscous, ink-like energy churned and boiled around him, transforming into countless wailing, vengeful phantoms. Just looking at him made one feel as if their soul was being dragged into it.
"Lin Yi...we meet again." Night Owl's voice was filled with mockery and deep-seated hatred. "Aren't you surprised that I'm still alive?"
Lin Yi's eyes were icy cold as he said in a deep voice, "It seems you are more cunning than I thought."
“Cunning? No, this is wisdom!” Night Owl spread his arms wide, as if to embrace the whole world, his tone manic and excited. “You lowly natives will never understand the methods of our advanced civilization! That explosion was merely a scapegoat bestowed upon me by my lord! And now, ‘Project Shadow Eclipse’… has officially begun!”
“Project Shadow Erosion?” Su Qing’s pretty face changed slightly. She had seen some scattered records about interdimensional invasions in some ancient books, and it seemed that similar words were mentioned in them.
Long Wu immediately cursed, "What kind of bullshit plan is this! If you have the guts, fight me for three hundred rounds!" The true dragon bloodline within him had already been activated, and the golden dragon scale phantoms were faintly visible under his skin, his surging blood energy like a volcano about to erupt.
“Master,” Chu Yao’s virtual projection said solemnly, “There is a large-scale disruption in the external data flow! Spatial folding is occurring in multiple cities, and the physical laws of the real world are being eroded by an unknown force! According to model predictions, if this erosion continues, Earth will… completely collapse within seventy-two hours!”
Her voice was clearly transmitted to everyone through Lin Yi's neural connection.
As Chu Yao reported, the "Forgotten City" beneath everyone's feet began to tremble violently!
Above the sky, the heavens, which were originally shrouded in mist, were now cracked with hideous black fissures, as if they were wounds of the sky.
Through the cracks, one could vaguely see the city outside twisting and deforming, skyscrapers collapsing like building blocks, flames and thick smoke shooting into the sky, and countless terrified screams echoing across the space.
The end of the world is coming!
Night Owl let out a hearty laugh: "See that? This is the prelude to the 'Shadow Erosion Project'! Soon, this filthy world will become an extension of our great 'Shadow Realm'! And you will all become nourishment for the Shadow Realm!"
"Don't even think about it!" Lin Yi roared.
He knew he had to stop Night Owl immediately!
Otherwise, not only will they themselves be in grave danger, but the entire real world will be doomed!
"Time...reversed!"
Lin Yi roared, and countless mysterious golden runes spun and condensed rapidly in his eyes.
He forcibly fused the sliver of the mystery about the laws of time that he had just gleaned from the stone tablet with his own primal power as the [Master of Time and Space]!
In an instant, an indescribable, obscure fluctuation spread out from Lin Yi!
Buzz—!
The flow of time seemed to have stagnated in the entire circular altar and even the surrounding hundreds of meters of space!
The owl's arrogant laughter abruptly stopped, and the claws he was about to swing, powerful enough to tear through space, suddenly became incredibly slow, as if in slow motion in a movie.
The dark energy churning around him seemed to be imprisoned by an invisible force, its flow rate sharply reduced!
"This is... the power of time?!" For the first time, Night Owl's eyes showed horror. He could feel his thoughts and actions being forcibly slowed down!
Although Lin Yi's control over "time reversal" was still extremely rudimentary, and the range and duration of its influence were very limited, even he himself was pale and had fine beads of sweat on his forehead from forcibly activating this power, he succeeded!
He successfully bought his teammates a precious respite and created a fatal flaw in the Night Owl's offensive!
"Now!" Lin Yi shouted sharply, enduring the dizziness caused by excessive mental energy consumption.
"Roar!" Long Wu had been ready to go. The moment he received the command, he transformed into a golden lightning bolt. His True Dragon Fist, carrying the terrifying power to shatter mountains, slammed into Night Owl's chest!
"Moonlight Meteor!" Su Qing also made her move at the same time. A long sword as clear as autumn water appeared in her hand at some unknown time. Moonlight flowed on the blade, and a series of sharp and incomparable sword energies intertwined to form a net, blocking all possible escape routes for Night Owl!
"Boom!" "Sizzle!"
Long Wu's fist landed solidly on Night Owl's chest, and the violent dragon power erupted, blasting a huge gap in the dark energy on Night Owl's body!
Su Qing's sword energy followed closely behind, precisely cutting into the weak point of the Night Owl's energy shield, producing a piercing friction sound and sparks flying everywhere!
"puff!"
Night Owl let out a muffled groan, staggered backward, and a trickle of blood carrying a dark aura spilled from the corner of his mouth.
Clearly, with his time disrupted, he was unable to completely dodge the two heavy blows and suffered a serious injury.
However, the foundation of a mythical-level powerhouse is far more complex than that.
Night Owl steadied himself, a glint of violence and ruthlessness flashing in his eyes: "Very good...very good! You've successfully angered me! A mere nascent form of time dares to challenge me? Break through!"
He let out a roar, and an even more surging dark primal power surged from his body. That power was viscous and evil, and it actually tore apart the time delay effect that Lin Yi had applied!
"Shadow Binding Demon Spear!"
Night Owl made a fist with one hand, and endless dark energy gathered in his palm, condensing into a jet-black spear exuding an aura of destruction, the tip of which pointed directly at Lin Yi!
Meanwhile, in a secluded corner of the "Forgotten City," a pair of cold and indifferent eyes are watching the battlefield.
Xuan Mingzi, or rather, the avatar of the mastermind behind the Infinite game, curled his lips into an enigmatic smile: "The master of time and space... quite interesting indeed. However, it's still not enough..." His figure flickered in and out of the shadows, as if waiting for something.
As Night Owl's Shadow Binding Spear was about to leave his hand, the terrifying destructive power made Lin Yi's scalp tingle.
He knew that if he took this blow head-on, he would be seriously injured even if he didn't die!
At this critical moment—
Rumble!!!
In the core area of the entire "Forgotten City," in the deepest part shrouded in mist and untouched by anyone, a vast, boundless, sacred, and ancient power suddenly erupted!
This surge of power was like a boulder thrown into a calm lake, instantly sweeping across the entire Forgotten City!
The demonic spear that Night Owl was about to throw suddenly stopped, and he looked in the direction from which the power came from with surprise and uncertainty.
Lin Yi, Su Qing, and Long Wu also felt this sudden and immense power at the same time. That power... seemed to have some kind of strange resonance with the clues recorded on the stone tablet about breaking through to the mythical level!
It was as if something that had been dormant for millennia had awakened!
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