"Hmm?" me couldn''t help but raise his guard. He felt a chilling wind passing through his skin, it was creepy to be exact.


    His attack has stopped midway for some reason. He roamed his gaze and what he saw was shocking to his eyes.


    The surroundings turned gray. In fact, everything turned gray as if time stopped at this moment.


    "What''s happening..." me was greatly horrified by this scene. Who would have the capability to stop the time?


    Was it 13ws? No, even them had no chance of stopping time. Perhaps, they could for a moment but they couldn''t do so this long!


    "You look very satisfied with the current situation a while ago." Then, a man''s voice suddenly rang the old man''s ears, "But now, all I can see is your face being pale."


    "Who are you, Fellow Daoist?" me asked with a hint of fear in his eyes.


    A young man appeared with long ck hair. He wasn''t your typical man with handsome looks, but he wasn''t ugly either. People would take a second look the moment they saw him.


    It was Jin Rou, who came to save the night.


    "Who am I doesn''t matter right now." Jin Rou chuckled and said, "You are going to die here, so it''s useless knowing it."


    "Fellow Daoist, I remembered no enmity between us. Why should you interfere? With your power, surely you shouldn''t have cared worldly matters now." me spoke with respect.


    He believed that this young man was an actual ancient being with a fake skin. Thus, he said these words.


    "I can say the same thing to you. You already have enough power, but you still choose to care about world matters and items. It''s not surprising, though. With the devouring darkness affinity you have, it would be weird if you are satisfied just like that." Jin Rou answered back.


    He paused for a moment and said, "Furthermore, while it''s true that you and I have no feuds in the past, just your darkness and evil power has already made enough reason for me to take action."


    me couldn''t help but swallow a mouthful of saliva. He understood what Jin Rou was trying to say. He wasn''t backing down with any reason the old man had.


    me was in a very disadvantageous position. The time around this space had stopped and even his clouds were timed out. Only him left here with consciousness. With his exhaustion from the precious battles, it was impossible to put up a fight of Jin Rou''s caliber.


    "Fellow Daoist, I think we can talk—" me didn''t have the chance to speak his piece when he suddenly felt a burning pain from his stomach and flew away violently.


    "Grug!" me spat arge amount of blood and knelt down. That attack, a single kick to his abdomen, had rendered him to this state.


    "No, we can''t talk it out. The current situation has escted in one you can''t control." Jin Rou smirked and spoke in a mocking voice.


    "..." me looked with raging and bloodshot eyes towards Jin Rou. Then, his voice turned deep and said, "Looks like I have no choice then."


    "Boom!" Then, the old man turned into a dark figure with a hideous appearance.


    "Rawr!" With arge horn on its forehead and a wolf-like appearance, it howled with a voice filled with madness.


    "You finally showed your true colors." Jin Rou smirked and said, "Come. Let''s see how strong a mutated 12ws can do."


    "Raaah! Boom!" me was instantly provoked and attacked with long ck nails. The nails had cut through the air as it came towards Jin Rou with unbelievable speed.


    "Tang!" Of course, it was deflected by Jin Rou.


    However, the attack didn''t stop there.


    "Bang!" me stomped hisrge right foot the ground and shook the entire frozen space. However, it was useless even after using all his power. Then, he focused his attention to Jin Rou and gripped an entire mass of and. He carried it above his head and gathered strength and threw it like it was nothing at all!


    "Hmph." Jin Rou could see this gargantuannd being thrown at him. However, he didn''t flinch even a bit. If it''s anyone else, they would. However, he was different.


    Jin Rou moved his hands and gathered lightning energy to create a barrier in a matter of a second.


    "Boom!" Thend shed with Jin Rou''s barrier and almost destroyed the whole ce, academy included if not for Jin Rou''s protection.


    "Activate!" me didn''t stop and used a system for his offense. He wasn''t nning to make Jin Rou make his move.


    Then, arge wolf head appeared above him. he was twice the size of thend.


    "Raaaaaaah!" The wolfhead gave a bone-chilling roar and vited the winds and scattered them all over the ce.


    "You''re using your life, huh?" Jin Rou casually said, "Though using your life essence has boosted your power, it still isn''t enough to fight against me. In fact, even Chaos Origin can still take you down without any difficulty."


    It was true. me True God was already in his weakened state after all the battles he fought and this was normal. If he was in his peak state, perhaps he could make it a bit hard for Jin Rou to kill him.


    "Open!" Jin Rou shouted and a cube appeared above his head. Then, it released a blue sword with lightning waves coiling it.


    The sword appeared terrifying and majestic at the same time. It was differentpared to the lightning-made swords he used in the past.


    This sword was way stronger than those. And this proved that Jin Rou was taking this battle seriously. The time pause would end soon, so he needed to end this, too.


    Then, he lifted his sword and charged momentum and power. Energy fluctuated all around the ce as they circted around the sword, creating a massive whirlwind.


    This power was enough to deter any living beings into submission.