He mimicked it. He synchronised with the exact frequency of the opponent’s time-reversal law fluctuation!
At a microscopic level, he made his own time resonate in a bizarre, eerie harmony with the imminent reversal the enemy was about to unleash!
Hum!
The time-reversal law on the burly man’s foot activated exactly on cue!
Yet this time, everything was utterly different!
That power, capable of resetting any attack back to its unmanifested state, actually failed the instant it touched the faint radiance surrounding Chen Ping!
No, it did not fail completely. It simply lost its ability to overwrite and reset!
Because Chen Ping’s own time was reversing at the exact same frequency and in the exact same manner!
The two reached a fleeting, fragile equilibrium!
Time reversal could no longer drag Chen Ping’s state backwards!
This meant the burly man’s killing stomp, which he had been certain would end the fight, lost its most bizarre and terrifying temporal enhancement and became nothing more than a pure physical strike!
And a purely physical strike, no matter how dreadful, was no longer insurmountable for Chen Ping, whose body had been tempered countless times by Heavenly Spirit Liquid and far surpassed the toughness of cultivators at the same level!
“Now!”
A brilliant light exploded from Chen Ping’s eyes. The instant that gigantic foot descended, he threw a punch straight upward!
This punch gathered every shred of power he possessed, along with the new application of time laws he had just comprehended. Not reversal, but accelerating the flow of time around his fist to its absolute limit the moment it shot forward!
Time acceleration! A brand-new use of time origin that he had grasped in that life-or-death instant!
BOOM!!!!!
Fist met foot. The collision produced a far more terrifying explosion than any previous clash!
A storm of energy raged outward from the point of impact, ripping up the ground for dozens of zhang around them. Even the incomparably sturdy vaulted ceiling of the great hall cracked with enormous fissures. Shattered stone rained down like a storm.
“Urgh!”
For the first time, the burly man uttered a sound. A stifled grunt filled with shock and pain!
He felt a sharp, domineering force, one that tore through the balance of time itself, surge from the sole of his foot and instantly course through his entire body!
His colossal frame shuddered violently. Chen Ping’s single punch actually forced him to stagger backwards several steps!
Each step left a deep imprint in the ground, cracks spider-webbing outward.
Using the rebound force, Chen Ping executed a nimble flip and landed firmly on his feet. Blood still trickled from the corner of his mouth, his face was pale, yet his posture stood tall as a pine, his gaze sharp as a blade. Though his aura remained weak, it now carried an indescribable depth and profound mystery!
He extended his hand. From afar, the Dragon-Slaying Sword let out a joyous dragon roar and flew back into his grasp of its own accord.
Silence!
Dead silence descended upon the entire grand hall of Yama Heavenly Sect!
You could have heard a pin drop!
Everyone stood as though frozen by a binding spell, staring in stunned disbelief at Chen Ping, who stood proud and unyielding, one sword pointed straight at the burly man.
He… he had actually repelled that invincible monster? While gravely wounded and on the very brink of death?
Yan Nantian blinked furiously, almost suspecting he was hallucinating.
Liu Xue covered her mouth, tears still glistening in her beautiful eyes, yet they now overflowed with indescribable joy and excitement, like seeing the first ray of dawn pierce through storm clouds.
Every trace of ease and mockery vanished from the Soul-Devouring Venerable’s face, replaced by an icy gloom so deep it seemed to freeze the air.
The fingers resting on his throne’s armrest unconsciously clenched. The extremely hard black-iron armrest actually bore faint fingerprints where he gripped it.
Chen Ping’s comprehension and growth speed had exceeded his calculations. For the first time, he felt the situation slipping beyond his control.
And the one most shocked and enraged was the burly man himself!
He lowered his head to look at his slightly numb sole that now carried a faint stinging pain, then raised it again to stare at Chen Ping. Though the youth’s aura was faltering, his eyes were as deep and vast as the starry sky.
For the first time, flames of emotion ignited in those previously hollow, indifferent eyes. Shock, confusion, but above all, a volcanic rage that seemed ready to erupt and consume everything!
“ROAR!!!!!”
A bellow that sounded nothing like a human voice, more like the roar of some primordial beast, tore from the depths of the burly man’s throat!
