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In the void outside the Ultimate Arena, powerful wills were focused on the fourteen final contestants.
Under their great wills, nothing could hide, and the Time Laws mastered by Lin Xiao were naturally no exception.
Although they were quite surprised that he had mastered the Time Laws, there was no significant reaction from them.
Simply mastering the Time Laws would only make them invincible under the great divine power, give them a slight edge against peers of the same rank if they stepped into the realm of the Great Dominators, but the laws were just that, laws, not the Origin of Time. For the level of Great Dominators, this was not essential, as which Great Dominator had not dabbled in the Time Laws?
Nevertheless, despite the absence of covetous thoughts, many Dominators still made it clear to themselves what Time Laws Lin Xiao had mastered, and then informed the contestants they favored.
Each Great Dominator had several favored contestants. After sharing information, the other thirteen contestants soon learned that Lin Xiao possessed powerful Time Laws, and most of the buffs given to the contestants by them were aimed at the Time Laws.
Correspondingly, Lin Xiao also learned about the situations of the other thirteen contestants.
One could say that by now, each contestant was fully aware of the abilities of the other thirteen contestants, tantamount to playing with open cards.
Fortunately, the mastery of the Origin of Time was with his True Body, while the Incarnation had derived its mastery of the Time Laws from his True Body, and the Incarnation did not master the Origin of Time. Otherwise, under the scrutiny of so many Great Dominators, it would definitely have been discovered, and who knows what would have happened then.
As the Great Dominators gathered information about all the contestants, Lin Xiao, who had mastered the Time Laws, was listed as one of the seed players. The attentive gazes of many Great Dominators fell upon him. Hidden Divine Thoughts crisscrossed in the void, and the ripples caused by the presence of each Great Dominator spread out in circles, colliding and resonating with each other. Nobody noticed a faint gravitational wave sweeping through the void.
"Boom!"
The combination of violently poisonous flames and frost, lightning and magnetic fields created a super electromagnetic field covering more than ten kilometers. An omnipresent force field became twisted to form a huge cage, trapping the electromagnetic field and the venomous flames and frost within, creating a super hybrid field.
Faced with this super hybrid field, anyone else would have no choice but to endure it, even if they could easily break the force field with the Space Law, but they would first have to break it to escape.
However, the Time Laws were supreme, unaffected by any field, and the passage of time was also not influenced by any external factors.
Facing this raging mix of energies, Lin Xiao simply focused his mind and appeared outside the super hybrid field, only to see a six-headed dragon lying above the field, looking up at him as if it had anticipated his move. It let out a long dragon chant, the horns atop its six heads already glowing. Six beams shot toward the void, merging into one, forming a turbulent chaos. A mysterious aura slowly emanated from the chaos.
"This aura?"
Lin Xiao’s face was a picture of astonished uncertainty as he carefully felt it, hardly daring to believe it.
He sensed a familiar aura from the turbulent chaos, but he did not dare believe it was real.
Meanwhile, the resonant voice of the six-headed dragon rose:
"Time Laws are indeed supreme, but you have only mastered a single Time Law, not the supreme."
The dragon paused, and its voice began to take on the ebb and flow of a chant:
"The great father god is the only true Supreme. Feel the supreme divine power of the father god, mighty one from the Human Race!"
Lin Xiao’s expression changed slightly, and he pointed a finger at the six-headed dragon:
"Time Shatter God Seal!"
"Boom!"
A ring of transparent ripples burst into existence on the body of the six-headed dragon, actually blocking the Time Shatter God Seal.
"Indeed, it’s the power of the Nine-faced Dragon God Ao!"
Lin Xiao forced himself to cool down.
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He had not anticipated that the six dragons could directly summon the strength of the Nine-faced Dragon God. Among the many Great Dominators who were observing the battle, the Nine-faced Dragon God was included — he wondered whether it was a True-Body Descend or just an Incarnation, but either was bad news for him.
Lin Xiao could clearly remember that he had a bit of a grudge with the Nine-faced Dragon God. He had offended this powerhouse when he plundered the Dragon Clan’s bloodline and talent system, even provoking the behemoth to cross the vast Chaotic Void Sea to catch him in the Main World. Although later obstructed by the great powers of the Main World, the grudge had not been resolved.
Time had passed, and he had forgotten about this incident, but now that he encountered the Nine-faced Dragon God again, Lin Xiao remembered.
"This is not good news!"
Although the Time Law was powerful, it could not contend with the Great Dominators at this level of strength, not to mention a top-tier Upper Ruler such as the Nine-faced Dragon God.
To this day, no one had mastered the Origin of Time, but any Great Dominator had some involvement with time. Perhaps their mastery of the Time Law was not on par with his, but the Time Law he currently wielded definitely could not affect them.
Without hesitation, Lin Xiao pointed his finger once more and uttered:
"Time reversal!"
The intensifying and taking shape Berserk Chaos Vortex suddenly jerked, with the rapidly growing presence within it also stuttering before beginning to slowly weaken.
"It’s working!"
A hint of joy momentarily crossed Lin Xiao’s mind.
However, just as this joy surfaced, a powerful and heart-trembling will emerged from within the berserk Chaos Vortex:
"Time Law??? Hmm? It’s you!"
Lin Xiao’s heart skipped a beat, and the next second, the Berserk Chaos Vortex shook violently again, the time that was flowing backward shattered by an indescribable and terrifying will, as a wrathful and horrifying will surged at an even faster speed from within the vortex, as if it was about to forcefully break out.
Just then, the void of the entire arena rippled slightly, and everything came to a halt, as an ancient voice slowly emerged:
"Your Majesty Ao, you’ve broken the rules!"
Everything stood still, even the passage of time came to a stop. Lin Xiao knew very well this was not time standing still, but rather an overwhelmingly powerful strength that had forcibly stilled everything in the world, creating an effect similar to the cessation of time.
It was apparent that the being behind the journey of evolution had intervened to prevent the Nine-faced Dragon God from breaking the rules.
This was undoubtedly a presence not inferior to the Nine-faced Dragon God Ao, perhaps even stronger, possibly a Supreme Dominator. Otherwise, it would be impossible to orchestrate an evolution journey every once in a while to create a Great Dominator, and it would be unlikely to have so many Great Dominators comply without absolute power.
But this was just speculation. Lin Xiao was somewhat anxious; if this behind-the-scenes power couldn’t suppress the situation, then it would be all over.
Fortunately, this behind-the-scenes power was sufficiently potent enough. Lin Xiao didn’t know what was said between them, but in the end, the Nine-faced Dragon God did not erupt and take him away. After all, this was a power just below the Supreme Dominators at the top of the Upper Rulers, with the privilege to cheat within the rules.
So after some negotiations, the voice of the being behind the scenes spoke in Lin Xiao’s ear:
"Although this may be somewhat unfair to you, there is no such thing as absolute fairness in the world. I regret to inform you, the opponent you are about to face will receive an additional bit of strength from His Excellency Ao. You have one day’s time...."
The voice suddenly halted, then went silent.
Lin Xiao was somewhat puzzled. Looking ahead, the six dragons had not moved either; the whole world was still in a state of suspension, as if everything had stopped.
"What’s going on?"
Lin Xiao struggled to press his hand over his chest, feeling his heartbeat beginning to speed up, his strength bubbling up, and himself becoming involuntarily agitated.
"What kind of trick is this now?"
"Feeling an increasingly excited heartbeat along with boiling power, Lin Xiao was somewhat at a loss."
Outside the ultimate arena that he could not see, at this moment, many great rulers had shifted their gaze from the arena to the outside. The majority of the great rulers felt somewhat bewildered, but a few rulers were extremely surprised:
"Why has He come?"
The vast entrance to the Chaos Territory had, at some unknown time, appeared in the Chaotic Void Sea, as always, emitting a powerful attraction that drew the chaos energy from billions of miles around the Chaotic Void Sea, luring numerous Chaos Creatures into the territory.
But today, this massive gravitational field was twisted and deformed by an even mightier gravitational force. In another far-off part of the Chaotic Void Sea, another colossal gravitational field was approaching the Chaos Territory. It was a distortion that even engulfed sight, and as it slowly got closer, the black hole-like entrance of the Chaos Territory was torn and deformed by the terrifying gravity, turning into a stream of pitch-black light that poured into that vast black hole.
However, in a split second, just as the entrance to the Chaos Territory was about to be ripped apart, an invisible force surged out, forcibly flattening the twisted gravitational field, reshaping the vortex of the Chaos Territory’s entrance. An indiscernible figure hovered in the midst of the Chaos Territory’s entrance vortex, followed by a massive outline of a dragon-like super Chaos Life Form, faintly discernible. The tearing of the Chaos Territory entrance vortex by the colossal gravitational field came to a halt.
Staggeringly powerful divine thoughts crisscrossed back and forth, followed immediately by a phantom appearing before the entrance vortex of the Chaos Territory.
Then, one could clearly sense the surprise of both the figure in front of the entrance to the Chaos Territory and the dragon-shaped super Chaos Life Form...
Lin Xiao did not know how much time had passed when he felt the omnipresent pressure disappear, and the voice of the powerful figure behind the scenes once again rang in his ears:
"Due to an unforeseen reason, a great ruler has made an unexpected investment in you. Your duel with the six-headed Dragon will be resumed in one day."
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Lin Xiao couldn’t tell if it was an illusion, but he felt that the will of this powerful figure who reappeared seemed somewhat odd, yet upon close sensing, he could not discern anything.
Having returned from the ultimate arena, two other groups of contenders had already entered, and coincidentally one of them was his own Golden Ancient Tree Avatar, whose opponent was also a familiar face, a member of the Tiger people he had once encountered in the Sky Tower who had mastered the Space Law.
Back then, when that member of the Tiger people was only Rank 3, he was capable of instant hits. Once he attacked, regardless of the location—even across hundreds of meters—he could immediately affect the target, making it impossible to guard against or evade.
Now that he had advanced to Rank 8, his mastery over the Space Law was even stronger. With just a casual wave from tens of kilometers away, he could leave five deep claw marks on the body of the Golden Ancient Tree. The claw marks, imbued with the Space Law, left traces that lingered for a long time.
The Golden Ancient Tree, having evolved to Rank 8, had brought the Life Law and the essence of the Golden Ancient Tree to their extreme potential. Its true body was a colossal tree reaching thousands of kilometers in height, with an absurdly strong life force. There were only two ways it fought.
The first was long-range energy bombardment, and up close, it would use its tough branches to strike.
The second was the fruits that grew on the tree, which when ripened and split open, would release powerful life forms of Rank 7 strength.
Although compared to the other competitors who had come this far, they could typically be defeated in one or two moves, the Golden Ancient Tree Avatar had sheer numbers on its side and could constantly produce more.
No matter the method, the strength of the moves wasn’t great, but at least it was sufficient to inflict damage at this level. The key was the tree’s life force, which was so powerful that its accumulated vitality seemed almost inexhaustible—enough to wear down one opponent after another.
Evolutionists at Rank 8 were equivalent to those with Powerful Divine Power in their hierarchy, but they lacked Divine Artifacts, God Country, Divine Power, and Divine Realm; their actual strength far from matched that of Powerful Divine Power. Even some with ample accumulation of Medium Divine Power could not compare, and most crucially, their every action was confined to the framework of the journey of evolution, which is why they did not display strong combat abilities.
But that was only a display—their attacks indeed had the power comparable to that of Powerful Divine Power.
For instance, every attack by this member of the Tiger people who had mastered Space Law posed a threat to truly Powerful Divine Power individuals.
But the Golden Ancient Tree’s life force was too strong, and with a stature thousands of kilometers high, killing it proved to be an unimaginably difficult task.
After watching for a while, Lin Xiao’s mind was at ease as his avatar had stabilized.
Only then did he have the leisure to reflect on the words of the behind-the-scenes figure—a great ruler had made an unexpected investment in him, so the duel was postponed for a day.
So...
"Where is he?"
He did not feel any great ruler making contact with him at that time.
Instead, that breath which made his own bloodline boil was getting closer and closer, feeling as if something deeply related to him was nearing.
"Could it be that my True Body is coming?"
He pondered in confusion and did not notice the anomaly in the void outside the final arena.
The void outside the final arena that previously gathered five or six dozen Great Dominators was now much quieter, with the majority of them having silently left, leaving only a few crammed into a corner of the circular arena, feeling the gradually intensifying gravitational fluctuations. Many Great Dominators silently communicated their wills:
"Why has He come?"
"Wasn’t this one always sleeping in the Chaos Sea of Void? Why has he awoken ahead of time and come here?"
"It wouldn’t be because He’s hungry and has set His sights on the Chaos Territory, would it?"
"Impossible, the Chaos Territory belongs to that Sovereign; His Majesty Enigma wouldn’t choose this side."
"Then it’s strange. His Majesty Enigma has never shown interest in anything; could it be that this time, He wants to gamble like us?"
"Also... it’s not impossible, perhaps His Majesty Enigma has had enough sleep and suddenly wants to play."
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Amidst the murmuring voices, a distortion familiar to Lin Xiao slowly emerged in this void. He turned his head with a face full of astonishment and saw endless darkness. The Endless void had disappeared, replaced by a field of impenetrable blackness. An indescribable gravity devoured all divine thoughts and vision, only revealing hollow nothingness, which could not even be defined by darkness, but only described as such.
"Enigma... Dad!"
An extreme sense of kinship; this indescribable will gave Lin Xiao a feeling of kinship that was beyond words, akin to the fond indulgence of a parent for their child. He couldn’t help but blurt out these words.
"At last we meet again, my child!"
There was no sound, yet the words naturally surfaced in Lin Xiao’s mind, a deeply affectionate will descended gently from the sky to envelop him completely. In that moment, Lin Xiao felt as though he was in the warm embrace of his mother—quiet, gentle, and his heart felt a sense of safety like never before, and he unwittingly fell into slumber.
During his sleep, he vaguely sensed someone speaking many indistinct words to him. He felt a warmth throughout his body, and a continuous stream of energy flowed forth from within him.
After an unknown length of time, when he awoke again, he found that in the final arena, only four contestants, including himself, remained—all others had vanished.
Looking back, Enigma had disappeared, but many Great Dominators were still squeezed into the corner. The surrounding vastness of the void was empty, save for a distorted aura, encircling the outline of a dragon.
Feeling his own body, the power that the incarnation had not yet absorbed was fully transformed into his own strength. In that moment, he felt stronger than he had ever been before.
Just then, the voice of the magnate behind the scenes rang in his ears:
"You’ve overslept."
Lin Xiao...
"So what about me now?"
"You’ve got a bye!"
....Lin Xiao twitched the corner of his mouth. He didn’t believe such an excuse for a second; it was only because of His Majesty Enigma’s significant influence that an excuse like oversleeping turned into a bye.
But since he was offered a way to step down gracefully, there was no reason for him to expose it.