Chapter 699: Chapter 693: Burnt Embers, Reaping Through Reincarnation
Life is like a candle flickering in the wind...
This saying gave Chi Xiao a strange sense of déjà vu.
His incarnations spread across countless civilizations, including Earth, naturally allowing him to easily catch this "duel meme" from a card anime.
Logically, Chi Xiao should say, "My turn," and then pull off an extreme reversal move.
But...
Reality was not so.
No matter how dull, Chi Xiao could sense the clear confidence and strength emanating from Ye Fengqing.
He noticed that amidst the blazing red flames, there seemed to be a material similar to flying sand and ashes drifting, fleeting, constantly being created and vanishing in an instant.
Under the cover of flying sand and ashes, the painful expressions on the faces of the characters in the Reincarnation Scroll gradually faded away.
It was as if an invisible large hand was gently smoothing out their pain, comforting their souls, healing their wounds.
But the problem is...
This is not the truth!
Chi Xiao quickly realized that the reason why the creatures in the Reincarnation Scroll no longer felt pain was not that the flying sand and ash-like objects in the blazing red light healed their wounds and eased their pain.
Ultimately, the characters on these scrolls were incarnations of Chi Xiao’s thoughts, essentially part of himself, and Ye Fengqing, as an enemy and opponent, was not kind-hearted enough to waste power on such actions.
The truth is...
The connection between Chi Xiao and the countless characters in the Reincarnation Scroll was being gradually severed!
And what severed this connection were those things resembling sand and ashes.
They were the means prearranged by the Lord of the Red Lotus, Ye Fengqing.
Pain more severe than a fractured soul surged in his heart, but Chi Xiao suppressed it with his formidable willpower.
"Using the Power of Time to sever the connection between me and my incarnations is indeed a signature move of Ye Honglian."
Chi Xiao said expressionlessly, "But..."
"The means you arranged are too targeted."
"It’s like perfectly countering me."
"Did the Prophet Ma Ran foretell the course of this duel in advance?"
Theoretically, this possibility indeed exists.
But as the Supreme Ruler, Chi Xiao contained infinite variables, and even the Supreme of Time, Mo Xing, could only glimpse part of the innumerable possible futures, never the whole!
So, Chi Xiao knew that Ma Ran couldn’t achieve this level.
He made such remarks intending to exploit Ye Fengqing’s character flaws, leading her to a wrong response.
Throughout Chi Xiao’s long life, he amassed much wisdom and experience.
In the cyclic history, some truths can enlighten gods.
He found that any founding overlord was often proud and conceited, unwilling to accept much help and favor from others.
Especially in a duel with opponents of the same level, if some individuals from their faction played a greater role than themselves...
Such individuals would surely be feared!
Even if it wasn’t shown initially, once the situation stabilized later, they would definitely find a way to settle the score!
The term "settle the score" originated here.
The intense pain tried to devour Chi Xiao’s sanity, but he didn’t even furrow his brows, staring unwaveringly at Ye Fengqing, seemingly seeking some flaw in her, striving to find an opportunity to reverse, and using his words as a sharp blade, trying to exert a more profound impact on the Lord of the Red Lotus before him.
In fact, upon realizing the problem, Chi Xiao immediately found the solution.
If it were his true body here, Chi Xiao would have over ten thousand ways to break out of the current dilemma.
The ability involving the Time Domain is countless among the Extraordinary Sequence, with varying levels, mostly powers leaked from the Time Law, which can be viewed as secondary abilities deteriorated from the existence of the Supreme of Time, Mo Xing.
Even if Ye Fengqing’s Time Manipulation ability seems a bit strange and isn’t derived from Mo Xing’s deteriorated Power of Time, if it’s merely at this level...
Chi Xiao is confident in breaking it perfectly!
But...
He is now just a strand of thought incarnation, transformed from a thought of Chi Xiao himself, capable of engaging in battles of "interference index 10 points" level, beyond which the incarnation would immediately disintegrate and vanish.
Meanwhile, he would formally embrace defeat in this duel.
"No need for nonsense."
Ye Fengqing’s eyes were calm, with the corners of her lips slightly upturned: "If you can withstand this attack, then count it as your win."
While speaking, the flying sand and ashes in the blazing red flames gradually transformed, condensing into the shape of a Great Halberd before Chi Xiao.
"This...!"
Chi Xiao’s pupils slightly dilated, staring unwaveringly at this intriguingly shaped weapon: "Is this the legendary Myriad Laws Halberd?"
The jet-black halberd shaft was incredibly resilient, gleaming with colorful lights, as if adorned with an endless starry sky.
At the crescent-shaped blade, the Power of Time seemed to swirl and flow, eternal and inexhaustible.
Honestly, Chi Xiao didn’t know what language and words to use to describe his current feelings.
Famous indeed?
Terrifying as such?
All seem appropriate, yet none fit quite right, lacking some charm.
He had to admit that he underestimated Ye Fengqing’s ability.
This weapon...
Even without restrictions, breaking it would require considerable energy.
In the current state of the incarnation, how to break it?
No matter how Chi Xiao racked his brains, he couldn’t find a way to break out of the situation.
Lost.
Already lost.
Chi Xiao watched the strange weapon named the Myriad Laws Halberd being raised high in the air, turned, slashed, and spun by invisible hands, leaving a blazing red arc of light.
Swish!
A faint orchid-like fragrance gradually spread out.
A blood-red fire lotus bloomed in the air.
Blossoming was the peak, and in an instant, it withered and dissipated.
Simultaneously, the characters in the Reincarnation Scroll instantly became white-haired, faces aged, wrinkled.
Ultimately, regardless of race, gender, or profession, these "people in the paintings" under the mighty power of time, all perished, turning into a handful of dust.
The halberd light swept across, cutting through those within the cycle of reincarnation.
All that remained in the Reincarnation Scrolls floating around Chi Xiao were mounds and tombstones.
"Your time has completely burned out."
Ye Fengqing’s voice, as calm as water, rang in Chi Xiao’s ears: "These remaining graves..."
"Are nothing but the embers of time."
Crackling!
A sound like shattering glass echoed around Chi Xiao.
He raised his head in a daze, giving Ye Fengqing a complicated look: "Lord of the Red Lotus..."
"This round, count it as your win."
A moment later, with a "snap," his body completely turned to dust and scattered in the wind.
