Apocalypse: Master of Soul Beasts

Chapter 433: Chapter 48 Time Series Abilities (Additional Updates for Mo Han Yue)_1

Upon witnessing the end of Fang Bai’s battle with Akad, Walter—a powerful expert who made even Wen Yu wary—directly challenged Fang Bai.

There wasn’t much of a stir in the fight. The sheer destructive power of ultimate skills brought about a terrifying display of absolute power! In mere seconds, Walter unleashed seven consecutive rounds of horrifically intense explosions, knocking Fang Bai down to Sequence Number 8 before challenging Akad.

When the two were teleported to the Challenge Space, the Dominator, now more experienced, immediately accelerated the time flow of their arena. Amidst a blurry scene, Akad could be vaguely seen enduring Walter’s brutal and relentless onslaught.

From their sporadic battle scenes, it was clear that Akad was by no means a match for Walter. However, for Walter to deplete all of Akad’s ’lives’ would also be an extremely difficult task. It was uncertain whether Akad’s lives would be depleted first, or if Walter’s stamina would give out first!

Afterward, no other super-powerful experts emerged. It was unclear whether they were observing or if there truly were no more experts of Walter’s caliber.

However, several free-for-all battles erupted within the military.

First, Lan Bo challenged Fang Bai.

The power gap between them was small, with Lan Bo holding a slight edge. He knocked Fang Bai down to Sequence Number 9. Then, Dugu Jian challenged Fang Bai again, successfully winning and claiming the Sequence Number 9 position.

Immediately after, Dugu Jian challenged Lan Bo!

A colossal White Tiger phantom intertwined with Sword Qi that filled the sky. Judging solely from the external light and shadow effects, the intensity of their battle was evident.

After some time, the White Tiger roared and the longsword hummed. Lan Bo defeated Dugu Jian by a narrow margin, securing Sequence Number 8. Dugu Jian, having lost his right to challenge, could only remain at Sequence Number 9, passively awaiting challenges from others.

The two had just been teleported back to their seats when Fang Bai was pulled into the Challenge Space. His challenger was an elderly Caucasian man with a full head of silver hair.

”The second one!”

From the highest seat, Tang Haofei stated emotionlessly, his gaze fixed intently on the silver-haired old man.

Wen Yu’s heart skipped a beat. The ’second one’ Tang Haofei referred to was one of the three extremely potent Energy Fluctuations he himself had just mentioned.

Walter was undoubtedly one, and this old man was clearly the second.

Then, his strength must be unimaginably formidable!

Fang Bai stared intently at his opponent, his muscles rippling as a terrifying Demon God Phantom began to flicker into existence. Things have developed to this point, and I now understand just how deep the waters of this Sequence Member-Ranking Battle run. All sorts of freaks and monsters have crawled out of the woodwork; powerful experts are appearing one after another.

I realize now that I can’t hold onto a spot in the top ten of the Sequence, but I still have to put up a fight...

Besides, judging by his kind and benevolent appearance, maybe he isn’t much of a threat... Of course, this is just a fleeting, hopeful thought that I quickly suppressed.

Seeing Fang Bai’s preparations, the old man offered him a benevolent smile, but the movement of his hands was anything but friendly!

An unknown and immense force surged out from the old man’s hands, instantly enveloping Fang Bai’s body.

Instantly, Fang Bai froze, stupefied.

Time Stop (SS-Class, Active Ability): Halts time within a specific area or for a specific individual. The duration of the time stop depends on the power of the entities and the size of the area affected. Every second this skill is active consumes a massive amount of stamina!

Sensing the rapid drain on his stamina, the old man quickly activated his second ability.

Time Rewind (SSS-Class, Active Ability): This skill can only be cast on oneself, reverting one’s physical state to what it was three seconds prior. This skill has no cooldown, but each use permanently costs the user three seconds of their lifespan!

Powerful Time System abilities! This ability was akin to an absolutely Invincible life-saving skill, but its drawback was obvious: it consumed lifespan, not stamina!

Stamina could be recovered, but lifespan... that was very difficult.

This was also the awkward aspect of Time System abilities: incredibly powerful, but with an even greater cost!

Fortunately, this battle wouldn’t take long.

Seeing Fang Bai frozen solid, the old man directly retrieved a small hand-crossbow from his space ring.

Crimson Strike (S-class Weapon): Simple to use. Pull the trigger, and Crimson Strike fires a tiny crossbow bolt. The bolt vanishes upon contact with an enemy’s body, rendering its physical damage almost negligible. However, the bolt itself carries a potent Bleed effect.

It was rather ironic; the old man’s Energy Fluctuations were quite terrifying. Based on his physical constitution, he was at least a Middle Stage Level 5 professionist. The Energy Fluctuations Tang Haofei had detected were a combination of physical constitution and skill quality.

The old man was undoubtedly top-tier in both these aspects. However, most of his abilities were supportive in nature; his direct combat power was not strong at all!

That was why, before entering the Sequence Member-Ranking Battle treasure land, the old man had racked his brains to devise the most suitable combat method for himself.

Bleeding them out...

Three consecutive clicks of the trigger sounded, and three bolts, as fine as embroidery needles, struck Fang Bai directly.

Under the effect of Time Stop, Fang Bai showed not even the slightest wound, still standing there stupefied.

Approximately ten seconds later, the old man immediately deactivated the Skill Effects.

Instantly, three jets of blood erupted from Fang Bai’s body, a massive spray that dyed the surrounding ground red.

When Crimson Strike had struck Fang Bai, the Bleed effect had already been applied. However, due to Time Stop, Fang Bai had outwardly appeared unharmed.

But the instant the Time Stop effect was lifted, in accordance with the principle of temporal compensation, the full ten seconds’ worth of the Bleed effect assaulted Fang Bai’s body all at once!

Blood sprayed everywhere. By the time the old man canceled Time Stop, Fang Bai had already lost over fifty percent of his body’s total blood volume!

Of course, for a physically powerful professionist, such an injury was not fatal.

The old man smiled at the pale-faced Fang Bai before him and asked, ”Do you want to continue?”

Fang Bai sighed helplessly and said tactfully, ”I surrender!”

Fang Bai had no way to counter the old man’s Time Series Abilities. Continuing to fight would only lead to his own humiliation.

In a short period, Fang Bai, originally Sequence Number 6, was knocked out of the top ten of the Sequence. Furthermore, he had also lost his qualification to issue further challenges.