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Chapter 389: Chapter 388 Sword of 2

But Fang Zheng didn’t care about what others were thinking at the moment; instead, he clenched his fists tightly, his eyes shining.

This is the feeling!

Just now, Fang Zheng had perfectly unleashed the power he had envisioned—Second Sword.

According to the ”original setup,” Fang Zheng’s swordsmanship could create at most nine clones to fight. However, each clone’s role, as well as the different uses based on the battlefield situation, could vary.

The usage of Second Sword involved Fang Zheng creating two clones to fight interchangeably with him, and most importantly, his application of the Power of Time was completely different within Second Sword.

It involved infinitely extending certain phases of time while infinitely shortening others.

The strike that Fang Zheng had just delivered, although it looked terrifying, in reality, consisted of only two moves.

Charge and Chain Lightning.

Yet, it was these two moves that erupted with unimaginably powerful force in Fang Zheng’s hands.

And the reason was Second Sword.

Take the charge, for example; the skill usually requires four stages: raising the sword, charging, landing, and finishing. If quantified, each part would typically take 5+5+5+5=20 seconds. Fang Zheng, however, compressed the time for ”raising the sword,” ”landing,” and ”finishing” to ”1,” then extended the ”charging” phase from ”5” to 17. Thus, within Fang Zheng’s world, the flow of time for the charge skill became 1+17+1+1=20. The unnecessary parts were compressed to the limit, while the most powerful phase was expanded to its peak.

Chain Lightning worked similarly. The moment Fang Zheng’s charge ended, he quickly swapped places with the clone that was chanting the spell text behind him. This meant that less than 0.001 seconds after the ”charge” skill finished, Fang Zheng completed the chant and released the Chain Lightning.

As a Level Six Shaping Type spell, the power of Chain Lightning goes without saying. However, this move also has a significant flaw: the power is halved with each subsequent enemy hit after the first strike. Fang Zheng also applied his Power of Time, ”locking” the moment after the first strike hit an enemy and then extending it. This directly caused Chain Lightning to enter an infinite loop mode of ”full power hit on the first enemy—split—full power hit on the first enemy—split.”

This is why the moment Fang Zheng’s Chain Lightning erupted, it swept across the entire battlefield. If he hadn’t been mindful of Natsuse and others behind him, Fang Zheng might have turned the entire battlefield to ashes.

And this... this is the power of time!

This is the feeling!

Fang Zheng had never felt such a complete mastery over time manipulation as he did now. In the past, when he used this move, there was always a feeling of strain. But this time—it was as smooth as silk!

The power of time flowed within him, and Fang Zheng could feel it, although it wasn’t his first time using the Power of Time. Perhaps it was because of his Time Dragon bloodline, now when Fang Zheng used ”Time Manipulation,” he no longer felt the forced sensation as before. Instead, he felt even more at ease, as if he was no longer just a part of time, that inescapable existence for all, but rather like a small Rubik’s Cube that he could play with at will.

And now, the feeling was even stronger.

This is the time!

Fang Zheng could feel his Prophet Mage power cheering, leaping with joy, trying to tell him that something good was about to happen.

And of course, he knew exactly what it was.

”—————!!!”

Just at that moment, suddenly, a loud roar emerged from the night sky. It sounded like the angry roar of some giant beast. As the sound resonated, the darkness around began to tremble, and one by one, bright red lights appeared before Fang Zheng’s eyes, followed by the ground starting to tremble slightly.

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Is that you, Taurus?

Fang Zheng lifted his head to gaze at the towering figure before him. It stood almost a hundred meters tall, and contrary to the code name ”Taurus,” it resembled a giant sea cucumber standing upright on the ground. Hundreds of blood-red eyes emerged on its surface, and beside this oversized sea cucumber, numerous tentacles also appeared... freēwēbηovel.c૦m

At first glance, this thing seemed utterly lacking in combat capability, but Fang Zheng was well aware that the threat did not stem from Taurus itself, but from the hundreds of Intestinal Creatures that encircled it like an Imperial Guard.

All of them were Stage IV.

Creatures usually fit to serve as mid-level bosses in games now gathered around the final boss like elite adds... Well, this wasn’t particularly surprising either.

After all, such settings were common in games.

”This...”

Both His Majesty and Natsuse’s complexions changed at the sight, as everyone knew of the Zodiac Belt’s fearsome reputation, but very few were ”fortunate” enough to witness their existence. The monstrous entity on the screen, distorted and ugly, radiating an indescribable air of menace, instilled deep-rooted fear even with a simple look. And when you found yourself under the scrutiny of those countless crimson eyes, an internal chill would creep up, setting you trembling, even to the point of nausea.

”—————!!”

Taurus once again let out a roar, and as if responding to its command, those Stage IV Intestinal Creatures with their subordinates advanced once more. This time, apart from ground units, there were also numerous flying Intestinal Creatures. Among them were mosquitoes, ladybugs, and even birds. However, even these Intestinal Creatures, having fused with too many genes, had become hideously grotesque.

Apart from them, other Lesser Gastrea also emerged from behind, crowding around like courtiers around a king, slowly advancing under the lead of Taurus.

”Sister Nymph, what should we do?”

This time, even people like Natsuse were flustered. They might be powerful, but apart from a few Cursed Children, most had virtually no anti-air capabilities. With those flying Intestinal Creatures circling Taurus in significant numbers, even if they wanted to resist the attack, it was utterly impossible.

”Don’t worry.”

But soon, Nymph had an answer.

”Master will deal with Taurus and its minions; you just need to hold the line.”

”Huh? This is...”

Natsuse was momentarily taken aback by Nymph’s reply, but a swift gust of cold wind made her shiver.

So cold!

Feeling the bone-chilling cold, Natsuse bit her lip and wondered in silence. After gaining Psionic abilities, they had all learned to release Psionic Shields. With the protection of the Shield, they shouldn’t feel any cold, so what was this exactly...

Has it come?

Feeling the ground tremble, Fang Zheng looked up at Taurus ahead. He flipped his right hand, plunging the Vampire into the ground. Soon, a whistling, bone-chilling frost wind began to swirl and burst around Fang Zheng as the epicenter, covering the charred ground from the recent lightning explosion with a layer of white frost.

Then, Fang Zheng lifted his head to look at Taurus before him, a cold light flashing in his eyes.

”Sealing.”

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