lcionline Chapter 166 Cross-Time Battle
Chapter 166 Cross-Time Battle
Chapter 166 Cross-Time Battle
Faced with such a powerful presence, almost the entire Yanzhou could see it clearly. The city was terrified, and the city fell silent. Cars stopped honking, people stopped moving, and even the wind stopped.
Everyone looked up at the enormous, blurry, and seemingly impossible thing on the horizon. Someone dropped something without making a sound; someone opened their mouth to shout but no sound came out.
"What, what is that?"
Jiang Yanyan's pupils dilated violently. She desperately called out to her master in her heart, but a strange voice came from her master's side, something like saying something like "Total 24, thank you for your patronage." "Little friend over there, don't tear the unopened book." and other strange words.
"Lu, Lu Ren—" Jiang Yueying sobbed and grabbed Lu Ren's clothes, quickly hiding behind him, not daring to peek out.
Lu Ren was surprisingly calm. He thought of a movie from his previous life called "2012". In it, a Zen master lived on Mount Everest. At that time, a great flood submerged the roof of the world and a tsunami hit Mount Everest. The old Zen master did not panic when he saw that scene. Instead, he calmly got up and rang the bronze bell.
The master wasn't calm; he was out of ideas. That's pretty much his mood right now.
Just realizing the existence of this thing caused Lu Ren's worldview to crumble.
"No, that's not right. She doesn't seem to exist."
Lu Ren soon discovered that the 100,000-meter-tall female statue was semi-transparent, and sunlight could still pass through her body slightly.
This thing doesn't seem to exist in the same dimension as them; it's more like a projection somewhere else.
Could it be categorized as a mirage or a strange celestial phenomenon? It seems not, because Lu Ren truly felt an extremely terrifying pressure emanating from that enormous female dharma image!
The woman's face was in front of him, but it was not clear; it was a blurry mess. However, it seemed as if she was looking at something. Just then, she suddenly looked down at him.
Although he couldn't see her face clearly, Lu Ren could feel her gaze. The enormous female dharma image was looking at him, and they were staring back at each other!
After a moment of eye contact, the woman's Dharma form suddenly reached out and grabbed at him!
The sea of clouds surged and churned, obscuring the sky and the sun!
Lu Ren picked up Jiang Yueying, preparing to flee this place as soon as possible. Although he didn't know where he could run to, and why the "mirage" that appeared suddenly attacked him, perhaps its target was not him, but this area, after all, that hand could cover a small town.
But then he remembered that feeling of eye contact, as if the other person's gaze was truly fixed on him!
"Dingyi"
However, at that moment, time suddenly froze.
The wind rustling through the leaves, the ripples on the distant lake, even the large hand of the female deity reaching out to him from the sky—everything was paused. The world turned gray again, and a white-haired figure floated out from his body, her sleeves fluttering and her long white hair dancing.
Lu Ren had seen it before; it was the same move his master had just used. It wasn't a time-stopping technique, but rather a way to speed up his thinking.
But didn't he just hear her say "stop"? So this must be time stopping, right?
The master explained, "This is the power of the remnant of Tai Sui. Tai Sui is the god of time. I have only borrowed a little of it, but it can only freeze everything in this area except myself for a short while."
Lu Ren was also unable to move at this time, but he could communicate with his master through his consciousness.
"Master, what is that?"
The white-haired girl's face was pale; it was the first time Lu Ren had ever seen her with such an expression. For a moment, she resembled Shen Yaoxing. She frowned and said, "This is a time-traveling killing move. Someone used a forbidden time technique on you, crossing the river of time to kill you!"
Lu Ren was taken aback and quickly asked, "Who wants to kill me?"
"I don't know. She might be your enemy from the future. She crossed over from another dimension to the present, wanting to kill you from the past!"
Lu Ren felt a chill run down his spine after hearing this. What did they mean by "future enemy"? Were they planning to eliminate him before he could grow up? Was he being ambushed?
What merit do I possess to be able to oppose such a powerful being in the future?
"Don't be fooled by that phantom. This kind of time-based killing move needs to be witnessed by many people. The more people witness it, the stronger the power she unleashes. That's why she deliberately projected her image onto this ordinary computer case. The power she's unleashing now should only be a slightly stronger version of the Burning Sun."
What do you mean by saying that she's only slightly stronger and doesn't need to be intimidated? Does she even have a clear understanding of her own strength?
"Idiot, since the ability requires witnessing to be used, just make sure the people in the city can't see the projection."
Lu Ren's spirits lifted, and he said, "I see, Master, you can do it?"
The silver-haired girl's eyes were serious as she said, "Master can't do it now, but someone else should be able to."
"Who?"
"If he's really not dead."
In the ancient clan's territory, moss climbed the stone steps of the deep courtyard mansion, and two stone beasts silently guarded the steps. The vermilion gate was mottled, and the copper rings gleamed with a dark green.
In the courtyard, a patch of blue bricks paved the ground, with tender grass peeking out from the cracks. The upturned eaves cut through the hazy sky.
A young man in a Taoist robe sat motionless at a stone table, his white clothes as white as snow. A pot of tea on the table had long since gone cold.
As the wind blew by, a few sycamore leaves twirled down, paused on his shoulder for a moment, and then drifted to the ground.
The twilight slanted through the corridor, casting a pale light on half of his face, while the other half remained hidden in shadow. All was silent except for the soft rustling of falling leaves.
"Such a grand display, Time has even unleashed its deadly moves."
In the shadows, the young man in the Taoist robe slowly closed his eyes.
Just as he closed his eyes, the sky, which was at noon, suddenly darkened. In an instant, the entire Yanzhou was transformed, the sun and moon disappeared, and only starlight remained.
In the blink of an eye, night fell.
Unable to attract the attention of the city's inhabitants, the woman in the air knew that a powerful cultivator was casting a spell in the city, so she no longer focused on the enormous physical form.
Her figure dissipated like clouds and mist, condensing in the air into a semi-transparent, but resembling, phantom image of an ordinary woman.
"Her strength has decreased, and she won't last much longer. Let's run."
Exhausted by activating the remnants of the Tai Sui, she could no longer hold on. As night fell, she shouted at Lu Ren.
Lu Ren found that he could move again. He was about to go to the front yard, where there were three Frost Moon Realm experts, when a small animal in his arms whimpered.
"Oh my god, why is it so dark? It's dark! Where's that monster?"
Lu Ren suddenly realized that if the other party's target was him, then taking Jiang Yueying along would only drag her into danger. With that thought in mind, he put the girl down and told her, "Hide here. I'll come back for you later."
"Lu, Lu Ren?"
Lu Ren had no time to say more. His profession was still "white-haired shaman". With a mental power of over a thousand, he used all his strength to fly away from this place and quickly left the building complex.
The illusory woman did not exist in the present; her true form existed in the distant past or future. Breaking through the barrier of time and descending her avatar was not an easy task for her. In the few seconds before she acted, she was still somewhat dazed.
Just as the silver-haired girl said, she was just a projection; the real her didn't come from the future, but from the past.
It was in the very distant past, 8000 years ago, when there were no states or kingdoms on this continent, and it was still in the tribal era.
The dark green mountains and forests stretch endlessly, interspersed with coniferous forests and tundra, and meandering gray-white rivers.
A campfire blazed in a clearing in the woods, and a dozen low huts, made of animal hides and branches, resembled crouching beasts. Shadows flickered around the fire; they were short, covered in fur, and their flesh dripped into the fire, sizzling.
Surrounded by dark forests and the distant howls of wolves, the campfire was the only warm light in this vast wilderness.
The woman floated in the air, looking down with eyes that seemed to see right through her. She saw mountains, wilderness, and tribes, and besides that, she also saw a boy whose figure seemed illusory and shouldn't exist in this world.
She knew that it was her future self who sent the other person's coordinates; it was just a thought that had just come to her, but she actually did it the next moment.
Just then, the boy looked up, and the two of them, seemingly transcending time, met each other's gazes.
She was very familiar with the boy's face. He seemed to have noticed her too, but his face showed panic.
The goddess's face was calm, but when she lowered her brows, sadness appeared in her eyes.
"calamity----"
She sighed softly, calling out someone's name. Memories of the past flooded back. She thought of how, three hundred years ago, she found an abandoned baby in the forest, raised him to adulthood, watched him grow up, and eventually they even became partners. Now, she was determined to correct this mistake herself.
Just as she raised her hand, she felt time freeze, as if something had imprisoned her.
Even someone of her status could be imprisoned. She couldn't think of anything else in this world besides the remnant of the Tai Sui, but judging from his condition, he probably couldn't control the remnant of the Tai Sui.
Is it the protectors of that generation who have made their move? But my future self should have chosen a time when all the old protectors are dead and the new protectors have not yet grown up.
The feeling of time standing still quickly dissipated, but she also felt the power she had projected weaken, eventually becoming so weak as to be almost negligible.
Sure enough, it was his protector who was stopping him. Yang's judgment was always excellent. Just like the three little girls she picked up with her back then, they actually grew up to be able to control the sun, moon and stars, and even participate in their battles now.
However, that's all for now.
With a simple gesture, thunder rumbled and shadows fell from the horizon. In the next instant, a massive bolt of lightning descended from the heavens.
But unexpectedly, the falling lightning seemed to be blocked by something.
Her vision was limited to the present mountains and fields, and she could not see the world 8000 years from now. All she could see was the marked "Calamity". Therefore, she did not know why that heavenly tribulation was blocked by something, but judging from the feedback, it should be a Frost Moon Realm cultivator.
Has some meddlesome cultivator made a move?
After being weakened over eight thousand years, can this calamity actually be stopped even by a Frost Moon Realm cultivator?
Then let's do it again.
"What was that ghostly figure just now?"
"Why is it so dark?"
"My God, I hope Yanzhou is finished already."
At this moment, the front courtyard of the princess's residence was in complete chaos.
The sudden appearance of the female deity, and this sudden change of scenery—where did this deity come from to perform magic in Yanzhou?
Prince Gong frowned, looked at Shen Yaoxing, and asked, "Yaoxing, do you know something?"
Upon hearing this, Shen Yaoxing shook her head. "I don't know either."
In fact, ever since Lu Ren and Jiang Yueying left, Shen Yaoxing's eyelids had been twitching and her heart had been aching. That uncomfortable premonition made her restless. When Prince Gong and the others looked puzzled, she directly asked Commander Ning to go find Lu Ren and bring him back as soon as possible.
Although Ning Xiu didn't understand her strange request, he accepted it nonetheless.
Not long after he left, another strange phenomenon appeared on the horizon.
Just then, a thunderclap struck from the horizon, startling everyone in the front yard so much that they shrank back.
On the distant lake, two figures sped by. They were none other than Lu Ren, who was fleeing for his life, and Ning Xiu, whom he had encountered along the way. At this moment, Lu Ren was being held in Ning Xiu's hand like a chicken, and they were fleeing for their lives.
"Awesome, Ning Zhen is awesome!"
"Stop talking nonsense! What the hell is that thing?!"
"I don't know!"
Why is she pursuing you?
"Guard Ning, the heavenly lightning is coming again!"
"I can't handle that thing, where's your master?!"
"She...she didn't come along."
Ning Xiu watched as thunderclouds gathered again on the horizon, feeling as if he had been given a hot potato.
He had actually sensed the terror of the thunderclouds, but when he thought of his master's great kindness to the entire Yan State, he had no reason not to withstand this heavenly lightning.
But just one bolt of lightning struck him and he was seriously injured. With his tens of thousands of life points, he could have taken a nuclear weapon without the physical damage.
He was severely injured after taking that lightning bolt; another one and he could be reincarnated on the spot!
A white light flashed across the heavens, and the next instant, tribulation lightning struck again!
"Oh shit!"
Ning Xiu cursed loudly and threw Lu Ren toward the lake shore.
He drew his sword and slashed upwards against the falling lightning!
It was 20% weaker than before, but it was still not an easy force to withstand. Ning Xiu's skin was completely unharmed, and when he landed on the lake, his chest barely rose or fell.
But after the second bolt of lightning, the thick clouds on the horizon gathered again!
Lu Ren looked at the illusory figure in the air, and that feeling of eye contact returned.
Although he couldn't see her face clearly, Lu Ren sensed a faint familiarity in her blurry, illusory figure. But that feeling was like a lock screen password that he could never unlock in a dream—it was as difficult to grasp as scratching an itch through a boot.
The next tribulation lightning bolt was brewing in the air.
With his current state of mind, and his master who was merely a soul being restrained by the tribulation lightning, he would definitely be reduced to ashes in an instant under that tribulation lightning.
But that's not right, there must be another solution!
If this person attacks me across time and space, does that mean she is no match for her counterpart in that time and space?
Since "me" in that timeline is so strong, there's no reason why I wouldn't have noticed that the other party would cross timelines to hunt down my present self.
Since they are the enemies of the future, let's leave them to our future selves!
It's up to you now, my future self!
The moment he realized this, the illusory female figure who had been staring at him suddenly looked up into the distance.
Meanwhile, the calamity clouds on the horizon were quietly dissipating.
Eight thousand years ago, a goddess high in the heavens looked at the man before her, his upper body bare and muscular, dressed in an animal skin skirt, and sighed softly, "Yang, you've come after all."
PS: This is just a hook to give you a general idea of what happened. If you don't understand, the plot will gradually explain it later.