Chapter 1479 Tit For Tat
1479 Tit For Tat
'His fighting skills are weird,' Wang Wei thought. 'Are they from another Chaos World?' Chaos Worlds have different cultivation systems, and even after Tier 10, where everything blends together, the influence of the Mortal stages of cultivation has not disappeared. That's why Wang Wei felt Time Eater's skills were odd; it's as if he had spent most of his time influenced by a foreign cultivation system and skill set.
'No, I've seen other worlds' fighting skills and by their standard, there is something still odd about Time Eater,' Wang Wei analyzed. 'How can I describe it? Foreign? Ancient? Hmm, it would make sense if those ancient powerhouses trained him.' Wang Wei's theory that he was one of these creature's pawns is getting more attractive.
The clashes continued, each individual analyzing the other. 'He's powerful with well-mastered skills,' Time Eater thought. 'However, it's apparent that he's young and lacks fighting experience. The number of worthy opponents he's faced in the same realm can be counted on one hand.
"He's made up for his lack of experience with his ability to learn and adapt to any situation, meaning the longer this fight goes on, the lesser chance I have at winning.'
Now that Time Eater had an inkling of his opponent's capabilities, it was time to stop testing the water. He waved his hand to manifest time chains that surrounded Wang Wei, with each string capable of aging the essence of their target. In other words, Wang Wei's body and soul will age, thus weakening him in the process.
Wang Wei calmly watched the chains, deciding his next course of action. Instead of evading, he chose to counter, or to be precise, bouncing and returning them to their creators. However, Time Eater seemed to have predicted his move.
As soon as he countered, Time Eater countered his counter, even increasing the string's potency in the first place. Wang Wei did not hesitate to redirect these chains by opening space-time tears that led to other dimensions. However, with a thought, a time corridor appeared to guide these chains to their original destination.
Wang Wei changed tactics to evading, but the chains' number drastically increased and instantly cornered him, leaving no room for any escape maneuver. So, he used Dao Freedom to be free of any chains, shackles, or restraints from time.
Wang Wei's reaction was excellent, but not good enough. Right before the chains touched him, they suddenly changed their properties. They switched from a pure Time Dao Technique to a physical technique powered by Time Dao. The chains became tangible materials powered by the energy from the River of Time.
Wang Wei's body flew a few meters away, but before he could hit anything, or even react, another chain hit him. For a few seconds, his body was swung away worse than children playing with ragdolls. How terrifying was the weight of the River of Time? Wang Wei did not know, but given how easily it tore apart his Nothingness Skin Shield and devastated his body, it was a terrifying number.
Despite his terrible situation or the pain, Wang Wei's mind did not falter. Since the opponent could use the weight of the River of Time, couldn't he too? Wang Wei went even further and added the River of Fate in the equation. With one punch, he tore apart these chains. The intensity of his attack did not stop here as it rushed toward Time Eater.
The former ruler of the Moon Council displayed his mastery of time. He channelled twice the amount of power from the River of Time than Wang Wei to counter this punch. While doing all this, he also condensed new time chains to entangle Wang Wei, who copied him by creating time chains of his own.
The chains confront each other, sending temporal waves with devastating effects on the surrounding environment. Trees suddenly aged and withered, the temperature changed due to a sudden change in season, houses suddenly disappeared after being lost to time, new landscapes materialized out of nowhere, and time echoes of different eras superimposed on certain areas. 'Fast learner, isn't he?' Time Eater thought as he watched Wang Wei stole his technique by learning from him. He remained calm since he expected this to happen. A sword condensed before him, and Time Eater took a stance for a quick-drawing strike. He then moved so fast that he resembled an intense white light cutting through Heaven and Earth.
Time Eater manipulated time so that it had one purpose: to reach his destination as fast as possible. Did he manipulate his surroundings to a time in which there was no friction to hinder endless acceleration? Yes. Did he skip into the future to arrive at his destination? Yes. Did he gather kinetic energy across space-time to boost his speed? Yes, he did. His technique used time in all ways that could increase his speed.
Time Eater moved so fast that Wang Wei could barely perceive him, but even that did not matter since his body could not react. However, Wang Wei had seen his father's battle with Ji Langfan and had the experience on how to deal with these speed freaks. As soon as Time Eater's acceleration reached a level beyond his reflexes, Wang Wei's body, like a program, instinctively released a Fate Domain Technique.
The domain influenced any dangerous attack coming his way, manipulating them to have only one outcome: miss him. Time Eater's sword shaved off the left side of his hair, but the sword did not damage him in the slightest. However, what Wang Wei saw was not surprising or a thoughtful Time Eater thinking of his next move; he saw a smirk.
"Do you know why my title is Time Eater? Well, I guess you'll find out soon."
A terrifying sense of dread enveloped Wang Wei, and he wanted nothing but to distance himself from his opponent. His body even tried to move on its own to protect him, but it was useless. A large mouth materialized from Time Eater's body and ate a mouthful of white clouds from Wang Wei's body.
Time Eater was not playing around. As soon as the creature succeeded in its sneak attack, 13 white swords more than 15 meters tall materialized above the sky, positioning themselves in what appeared to be a sealing formation.
Wang Wei looked at these swords, panic flashing in his eyes. 'What should I do? What should I do? Is this an attack? Or a seal? Which is it, and how do I respond to either?' As the panic was about to settle in, his intuition — not the one built from his long cultivation journey but the innate talent he had even back on Earth — kicked in, and he realized something: his thoughts were weird. Wang Wei believed in his situation, so he calmed down and analyzed his thoughts. Then, it hit him: 'Damn it, this bastard ate my experience.' Time Eater's attack essentially ate all of the battle experience Wang Wei had gathered during his cultivation journey. Such a subtle manipulation of time and history was truly brilliant, mainly since it targeted one of Wang Wei's weaknesses.
Without his experience, Wang Wei was similar to a recluse cultivator who focuses only on increasing their realm, and has fought less than 20 battles in their entire life. He had numerous spells, skills, and techniques at his disposal, but he did not know which was the best to use in any situation.
'What a frustrating feeling,' Wang Wei complained. He knew time was running out, and he understood he should have a way to deal with the situation, but his mind immediately became chaotic when he tried. He became indecisive and full of fear of making the wrong choice.
'Since I can't decide, let's rely on my intuition,' Wang Wei thought. His body moved on its own as he activated his [Fate Shackle Innate Talent], putting a shackle on Time Eater's maw, changing the fact that it ate his experience. Instead, the mouth took his lifespan.
Due to the nature of this Chaos Universe, lifespan is both the most important thing and the most useless. It's crucial to the Mortal Stage of cultivation, and all sentient beings fight desperately for it. However, at the Immortal Stage, it's useless. Wang Wei knew this and took full advantage of this fact.
His action was correct for the situation, but there were repercussions. His hair turned gray-white, his body became thin, almost like a mummy, age spots materialized all over his body, and wrinkles appeared on his face. Even his eyes became slightly murky. Additionally, his action only dealt with the [Time Eating Technique], not the Time Sealing Swords heading toward him with unparalleled speed.
Wang Wei calmly raised his head to look at these swords. His eyes seemed to contain endless wisdom. Was he wise, or just the result of his current appearance? Well, it didn't matter.
"All things must come to an end, including time," Wang Wei uttered. The sealed domain turned black, and the thirteen swords slowly dissipated.
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