"Battle Soul Skill! He Who Makes Himself Free!"
"Sunfire" erupted with a roar. Inside the Origin Battle Armor, a vast amount of energy combined with soul power, and a golden light representing time completely enveloped Lin Yue.
Everything around lost its color. In this colorless world, only Lin Yue retained her hue.
The crystal battle armor stood suspended in mid-air, walking towards the blood knight frozen in place.
"As expected, the power of time is too strong. Even an Apostle-level being is no match for me!"
Lin Yue gazed at the solidified blood knight before her, her heart settling as she slowly drew the crystal longsword from her waist.
But,
In this colorless world, the blood knight that should have been frozen suddenly raised its head, looking towards Lin Yue, who was poised to swing her sword in mid-air!
Lin Yue's heart jolted. Under the blood knight's gaze, Lin Yue felt as if she had plunged into a sea of corpses and blood in that instant!
*Bang!*
The crystal battle armor seemed to have suffered a severe blow!
Countless cracks exploded across its chest!
And at some unknown time! The blood knight had regained its color within this colorless world!
It drew its longsword, and the tip of the blade pierced directly into the chest of the crystal battle armor!
"Foolish!"
Dong Hua's language echoed in Lin Yue's ears. As a powerful being of the Undead race, the blood knight had consumed the brains of many people on its journey and naturally learned the language of this place.
Golden light flowed around Lin Yue. In her shock, she flashed, intending to retreat back into the city.
In the colorless world, Lin Yue could only move at normal speed.
But the blood knight was as fast as lightning!
"Did it accelerate time? Or jump out of time?"
"I cannot distinguish! But it matters not!"
"A commendable ability! A pity, you are too weak!!"
"But! After I kill you, this power will be mine!"
The blood-colored longsword was raised high, and it was about to cleave the crystal battle armor in two in the next moment!
In the midst of the shock of impending death and her abilities being deciphered, Lin Yue's vision even began to flash with a montage of her life.
But if she were to die at the hands of the Undead, even death would likely not bring Lin Yue peace.
Before her soul fire completely burned out her soul, the blood knight, in its desire for this power, would likely subject Lin Yue to unimaginable torture!
Yet, in this colorless world, the three figures in the distance could not even see what was happening.
However, someone had made arrangements for everything before leaving!
"Awooo! (Get lost!)"
The Azure-Eyed Giant Wolf violently tore through space, appearing in this colorless world.
Under the blood knight's horrified gaze, the Azure-Eyed White Wolf wielded its space-tearing claws and, in an instant, tore the strangely powerful blood knight into pieces!
To its death, the blood knight could not comprehend why this monster before it was not controlled, why it hadn't gone to the center of the continent, and instead attacked it.
Colors began to return. In the vision of the three figures in the distance, they could only see the blood knight suddenly disappear.
Then, in the arena, there was a crystal battle armor, a giant wolf with azure eyes and white fur, and fragments falling to the ground.
"Yueyue! (Sister!)" the three exclaimed in alarm, rushing towards the spot.
Lin Yue, however, looked at the white wolf beside her with disbelief, yet its aura was so familiar: "Are you Xiaoyue?"
The white wolf glanced at Lin Yue with its azure eyes: "It is I, Xiaoyue! Your master's clumsy disciple!"
Lin Yue found it somewhat incomprehensible. Wasn't Xiaoyue a fluffy white creature vying for affection with her sister at the dinner table? How had it suddenly become such a powerful white wolf!
With a flash of light, Xiaoyue resumed its human form and then leaped onto the shoulder of the crystal battle armor:
"Alright, you all hurry back. With me and Longlong here, you'll be fine."
"Other matters will be handled by the master."
In the sky, the dragon girl, reclining amidst the white clouds, let out a soft hum in response.
Chen Luo had certainly made thorough preparations before leaving.
The world, due to "Dragon Nine's" unknown actions, was on the brink of destruction, and its power ceiling had instantly been raised to the first-tier Abyss level.
This allowed for further liberation of Xiaoyue and the dragon girl's powers.
These two beings, essentially second-tier entities, found it incredibly simple to kill a blood knight using their first-tier Abyss power.
And they were the safeguards Chen Luo had left behind.
As for Xiaoyue's spatial abilities? That was an unexpected gain from Xiaoyue's advancement.
After Chen Luo defeated the dragon girl in the Mother World, he obtained a pet advancement card. With the effect of this card,
Xiaoyue advanced from Legendary to Void tier, its growth potential significantly increasing, and it also reacted with a drop of dragon blood within Chen Luo's spiritual space.
That drop of dragon blood was a spoil from clearing out the Purgatory-level Undead in the Mother World's cities. Because it had the potential to alter bloodlines, Chen Luo had never used it.
In subsequent adventures, this drop of dragon blood absorbed the essence of many items and even drew upon the spatial power of an Undead being.
However, Chen Luo did not favor altering bloodlines, so he had never used it.
In the end, it benefited Xiaoyue as well. After all, it was his own wolf, so no loss.
【Xiaoyue】
【Type】: Pet
【Owner】: Chen Luo
【Loyalty】: 100
【Rarity】: Void Tier
【Form】: Complete Body (Ultimate Body evolution conditions not met)
【Skills】: Power of the Heavenly Wolf, Spatial Power, Moon Devour, Divine Speed
【Talents】: Azure-Eyed White Wolf, Dragon Bloodline, King of Wolves, Hybrid
【Evolution Conditions】: Unknown
【Evaluation】: A great miracle born from the mixture of dragon and wolf blood. Fortunate one, perhaps you are qualified to step into higher realms.
Back within the city, with Xiaoyue's explanation, Lin Yue finally understood the reason for her earlier crushing defeat.
The function of a skill was to act as a multiplier based on the user's base strength.
The stronger the base, the more terrifying the amplification brought by the skill.
Lin Yue had just become a True Guard and awakened the power of time in a single leap. Her skill level was actually abysmally low.
This amplification was simply insufficient to bridge the gap between her and an Apostle-level being.
Although Lin Yue seemed to have stepped outside of time, this power was not uncrackable in the face of an Apostle-level opponent.
At the very least, the blood knight and Xiaoyue could observe and attack Lin Yue!
Even at Chen Luo's level, he could faintly sense that time and space were not untouchable illusions.
If someone dared to play with time in front of him, as long as the power difference was not too great, Chen Luo could even shatter their head with a single punch.
And in the world of Grand Lords, even life and death could be transcended. That realm was something even the current Chen Luo could not touch.
True powerhouses, in the end, found their combat becoming increasingly simple and natural.
....
Within a deep underground space, a figure clad in silver-grey battle robes slowly entered.
As the light from the orb beside Chen Luo emanated, a world that could be considered blasphemous appeared before Chen Luo.
This was the underground of the Nine Dragons Central Tower.
This was the dark side of the City of Miracles.
This place,
Was the human manufacturing plant of Nine Dragons!