‘The Abandoned River of Time’ secret realm, core area.
If the shallow, middle and deep areas of the entire Time Mystery Realm are filled with increasingly intense time disturbances, the core area is relatively calm, but the power of time here is also much higher than in other areas.
Large crystal clusters can be seen everywhere, some of them are blue-gold, some are dark gold, some are purple-gold...
If the starry sky is colorful black, then the crystal clusters here are colorful gold!
Under these crystal clusters, there is no ordinary soil, but large areas of golden sand, all of which are the "Sands of Time".
From time to time there will be streamers of light flashing above the crystal clusters, and occasionally these streamers of light will spread between different crystal clusters, seeming to convey some kind of message.
At this time, a stream of light suddenly flashed on a huge and colorful crystal cluster located in the core area.
After a while, as if receiving some kind of summons, countless streams of light began to gather on a smaller crystal cluster next to it, gradually forming a golden figure about ten meters tall.
The figure stepped forward, but seemed unable to adapt to the current timeline, dragging out a series of phantoms.
Each of these phantoms is the real him, but they are at different relative times, and they each perform different movements. The figure in the front moves very fast sometimes, and very slowly sometimes, which looks extremely uncoordinated.
After a short period of adaptation, the figure slowly accepted the current timeline, and the phantoms behind him disappeared one by one. At this time, he just came to the huge colorful crystal cluster.
"Ji...e...elder...old man, you...summoned me?"
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"Outsiders? Do I need to expel them?"
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"Yes, following your instructions, I will observe him and pass his information back. But what if he tries to get close to the Crystal Ring Land?"
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"Yes! I understand!"
The golden figure stood up and headed towards the outskirts of the Crystal Ring Land, the core area of the Secret Realm of Time.
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"Sure enough, what Kieran said is right. From the perspective of resource collection, the time turbulence in the middle area is the most cost-effective place."
Lando, who had been wandering in the deep area for nearly ten days, still found nothing and could not help but complain with emotion.
Of course, it is not entirely true to say that he has gained nothing. At least he has collected a small half bottle of [Sands of Time], which can be considered as comfort.
In the deep black soil, there is quite a lot of [Sand of Time].
As for the time disasters in the deep areas mentioned by Kieran, even the most common time turbulence, Lando has never encountered any of them so far.
"Buzz!~"
Just when Lando was sighing in boredom, there was an obvious buzz in his arms. Lando's expression changed and he quickly took the anchor pointer in his hand. At this time, the pointer in the crystal ball was vibrating rapidly, and the amplitude of the vibration was greater than before.
It was much more intense every time.
The turbulent flow of time! And the turbulent flow of time in deep areas!
It really means that Cao Cao and Cao Cao are here!
Thinking of what Kieran once said about avoiding the Great Arcanist before the second stage, Lando had no idea of facing the natural disaster of time of this magnitude.
Just when he wanted to evade in advance, there was another sudden meal.
He took out a gold pocket watch from his pocket. The pointer on the pocket watch had deflected at some point, and it was now pointing in the direction predicted by the anchor pointer that the turbulence of time was about to come.
"Is this reminding me to avoid it in advance? Or is it guiding me to pass?"
Just as Lando was thinking, the black 'wave' had swept to the place visible to the naked eye. He shook his head. After all, he had no intention of taking risks and planned to retreat directly.
But suddenly, as if sensing the approaching turbulence of time, a layer of pale golden light was released from the gold pocket watch, covering Lando.
At this moment, the time disturbance that had begun to affect Lando suddenly disappeared.
It's like the outside world is full of violent storms, but he is in a strong fortress. No matter how windy or rainy the outside world is, I am standing still!
This is?!
Lando stared at the gold pocket watch in surprise. After thinking about it, he temporarily stopped thinking about leaving because he vaguely felt that the pale golden shield cast by the gold pocket watch could block the invasion of the turbulent flow of time.
All the energy consumed is the power of time collected by the gold pocket watch along the way, and as the turbulence of time approaches, the efficiency of the gold pocket watch in collecting the power of time also increases. This makes it not only not consumed, but also
The speed of energy accumulation has been increased.
A moment later, the turbulent flow of time engulfed Lando entirely.
"Pah! ~Pah!~"
The pale golden shield was like substance, not only blocking all the influence of the turbulent flow of time, but also the blowing sand could not get close to Lando.
The black soil will be bounced away when it is close to the light golden shield, and the golden [Sand of Time] will be adsorbed on the shield, and then turned into pure energy and absorbed.
Lando did not act rashly, but waited quietly.
He noticed that at the top of the gold pocket watch dial, at the 12 o'clock position, a blurry icon was slowly condensing.
This is... a storm?
Time storm? Time turbulence?!
One day later, time whizzed past, and the pale golden shield that shrouded Lando quietly dissipated.
Lando played with the gold pocket watch in his hand, with a faint smile on his face, thoughtfully.
At this time, the gold pocket watch has undergone slight changes compared with before.
First, the hands on the dial have lit up slightly, flashing a golden light.
It seems to point to the direction of the turbulent flow of time...
No!
Or should I say, it seems to point to the direction of the natural disaster of time!
Although the latter was just Lando's guess, his spiritual premonition told him that this should be the case.
A storm-like icon appears at twelve o'clock on the dial. This icon refers to the turbulence of time, or the time storm!
When Lando points the pointer to the storm icon, he can activate this ability through the gold pocket watch to create a time storm.
Of course, the energy paid is not Lando's own energy, but...
Lando looked at the golden river flowing on the watch cover. Compared to before, about one-tenth of the area on the golden river from the left was filled. This seemed to represent the energy storage scale of the gold pocket watch itself.
So, this gold pocket watch is a time magic device that can engrave natural disasters of time and use them through the power of time stored in it?!
This Xiaojin...is really a big gift!
In any case, the gold pocket watch is indeed a powerful time item. If it falls into the hands of a great arcanist of the time path like Kieran, it may directly raise the opponent's strength to a higher level.
Even if Lando can't replenish it with his own power, this is still a very powerful trump card for Lando.
After all, the law of time is one of the strongest in all the worlds!
Looking at the other direction that the pointer in the gold pocket watch pointed faintly, Lando stepped forward without hesitation.
Not long after Lando left, a golden figure appeared at the place where he had just stayed. It was the time being who had been ordered by the elder to observe Lando.
He saw the golden figure's pupils flashing with brilliance, reflecting Lando's appearance in the turbulent flow of time.
The golden figure's eyes narrowed, and all his attention was focused on the gold pocket watch held in Lando's hand.
this is?!
A trace of golden light emitted from the golden figure, and along the vein of time, it instantly connected to the time life elder located in the core area.
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As time passed, Lando felt more and more at ease in the deep areas of the Secret Realm of Time that even the great arcanists feared.
Because he discovered that the pale golden shield emitted by the gold pocket watch can indeed block the invasion of various time natural disasters, and at the same time, it can also imprint and absorb the power of these time natural disasters for his own use.
But it is worth noting that not all temporal disasters can absorb more energy than the shield consumes like the turbulence of time, and some are unable to make ends meet.
At this time, there are already five engravings on the gold pocket watch. They are...
The storm mark represents the time storm, the stillness mark represents the stillness of time, the acceleration mark represents the acceleration of time, the deceleration mark represents the deceleration of time, and the historical mark that can summon the projection of the past.
Among them, the condensation of historical imprints comes from the 'afterimage of time'. As for the more powerful 'infinite corridor' and 'time and space reincarnation', Lando has not yet encountered the two natural disasters of time.
Originally, according to Lando's previous thoughts, no matter what kind of time disaster it was, it must be avoided if possible, let alone those marked by Kieran.
And now Lando just wishes he could meet him sooner so that he can use that ability for his own use!
Naturally, he also did some experiments on the power of these engravings.
Among them, the historical engravings derived from the 'remnants of time' can summon projections of the past, but there is one most important key point. Because Lando himself does not have the ability to time, summoning historical projections relies entirely on the gold pocket watch.
ability, so those 'pasts' cannot be summoned before the gold pocket watch is activated.
And whether it is a person or an object, you can only summon one at a time. If you want to summon it, you must disperse the one in front of it.
Moreover, if Lando wants to use the gold pocket watch to summon the past projection of something, he must have the gold pocket watch record the information of that item. Therefore, for Lando, this ability is currently the simplest and most efficient way to use it.
It is to summon his own projection, which is equivalent to directly doubling his combat power!
You must know that although projections in the past could not reach Lando's true strength, the superposition of spiritual paths is by no means as simple as one plus one!
Lando was thinking of the twin sisters he met in the mechanical secret realm.
At that time, they relied on special means to possess the power of the second stage Grand Arcanist in advance.
However, the reason why the two sisters were able to leapfrog was mainly because their talents and paths complemented each other perfectly. If Lando wanted to reach the level of leapfrogging, it was obviously not possible to rely solely on the spiritual path.
Lando glanced at a certain soul weapon loaded...
【Disrael·God of Desire】!
perhaps……
Alas, the research plans feel like they are piling up!
He withdrew his gaze and suppressed the thoughts in his heart for the time being.
There is nothing much to say about acceleration marking and deceleration marking. In Lando's view, these are basic applications of time ability.
Lando can adjust the rate and duration of acceleration and deceleration by using the power of time.
Stationary marking is a bit interesting. At first Lando thought it was another effect of slowing down marking to its extreme, but after actually using it, he discovered that it was not the case. This was actually an ability to completely stop time and return it directly to zero.
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It's a bit like the effect of [Sleeping Stone] after it is fully exerted, but it doesn't have that permanent lasting characteristic in terms of time.
In addition, the basic consumption of static engraving is more than ten times that of acceleration engraving and deceleration engraving, which also proves the extraordinary nature of this ability.
As for the storm mark that Lando first obtained, the effect was very good after testing. Although it is impossible to create a time turbulence of the same level as the deep area even if the power of time in the gold pocket watch is completely consumed, creating a
It is still very easy to control a time storm on a small scale.
Looking at the golden river that had been filled to one-third of the scale, Lando was quite satisfied.
The power of time that this small gold pocket watch can hold is quite considerable. As long as it is not too wasted, filling it up will be enough for Lando to use it for a long time.
The next step is to search for those horrific time disasters as much as possible, leave an engraving on the gold pocket watch, and fill the golden river by the way!
Just when Lando was about to take action, he stopped again.
His eyes turned to a certain direction, as if waiting for something.
After a moment, a trace of golden light began to condense, and a ten-meter-tall golden figure emerged.
The image of this person is composed of some kind of flowing golden liquid. Although the face is a bit blurry, the shape of the facial features can still be barely distinguished.
He seemed to be standing there, but he seemed to be across different time dimensions, giving him an ethereal and unreal feeling.
In fact, not long after Lando entered the deep area, he noticed that someone was secretly observing him, but he did not pay too much attention to it.
After all, this place is very close to the private place of time life. Although it is uncomfortable to be observed and monitored by the other party, Lando can understand it.
In any case, he did not intend to go to the core area of the Secret Realm of Time to find time resource treasures, engrave the time disaster mark, and charge the gold pocket watch.
When Lando's stay in the secret realm is almost over, he will leave.
but now……
Seeing the time being appearing in front of him, there may be some discrepancies in the previous plan. The other party's purpose is most likely related to the gold pocket watch. The only thing that makes Lando a little unsure is that he doesn't know whether the other party is kind or malicious.
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Although it seems most likely that the other party is kind in terms of his direct appearance, this is not absolute.