Hong Xiu led the way without looking back, while Mu You and Lin Xue followed silently.
Although they did not look back, the two of them could feel that Hongxiu was highly vigilant towards them. Once the two of them showed any intention to attack, she would immediately detect it.
Of course, the two of them never thought about taking action. After all, what they were looking for was not Hongxiu, but the old man behind her.
Hongxiu was just thrown out by this old guy to explore the way. Mu You believed that if they attacked Hongxiu here, the old man would give up on Hongxiu immediately, stop the meeting and run away.
Hongxiu led the two of them around the mountain forest for a long time until they entered a dense forest. Mu You saw a familiar black hole vortex deep in the mist ahead.
“No wonder…” Mu You suddenly realized.
No wonder Hongxiu dared to circle around the area blatantly. It turns out there is such a heavy insurance policy.
There are countless such naturally formed 'teleport points' on this land, and their positions will change every few thousand years. Even the original Protoss could not fully count the formation of space vortex points on the continent. law.
When Hong Xiu saw the teleportation whirlpool, he couldn't wait to leave the two of them behind, rushed over, jumped into the vortex, and disappeared.
Mu You and Lin Xue were left looking at each other.
“I’ll go over and have a look.”
Mu You took the initiative to step out. With his backtracking and armor protection, of course he had to do the work of exploring the path.
Mu You stepped forward and jumped into the whirlpool.
He jumped back within a few seconds and gestured OK to Lin Xue. The environment on the other side was fine.
The two of them walked through the whirlpool together.
Strong winds roared with sand and dust, and opposite the teleportation node was a stony desert.
The surrounding area is surrounded by strange-shaped wind-eroded rocks, and the strong wind blows through the rocks, causing waves of echoes.
The two of them looked around and saw that Hong Xiu had already disappeared. Fortunately, the place was quite empty and there was only one road, so there was no need to lead the way.
The two walked forward for a while, and soon saw a three or four-year-old boy floating in the air on top of a piece of sandstone in front of him, with his hands behind his back, looking down at the two people with a sneer on his face.
Hongxiu stood respectfully behind the little boy like a servant.
“emmm…”
Mu You’s face looked a little strange. Could this kid be...
“Are you Zuoqiu?” Mu You asked.
“So what, what are you surprised about?”
The little boy made a childish voice, but had an evil smile on his lips, with his hands behind his back. His old-fashioned temperament was extremely inconsistent with his childish appearance.
Mu You's eyes twitched. In his imagination, the image of this old man should be like the other administrators, a dwarf growing in a potted plant.
result…
In addition, Hongxiu was pregnant before, but now she has obviously given birth, and there is such a child beside her, and her face is somewhat similar to Hongxiu...
Mu You and Lin Xue looked at each other with strange expressions on their faces.
The first thought is: No way?
The second reaction is: How outrageous!
It’s hard to imagine what kind of relationship these two people have...
Mu You quickly shook his head. He didn't bother to ask about the two people's affairs. He looked around and went straight to the topic: "Where is Chuangjie Mountain?"
There is nothing that looks like a "mountain" around at this time.
“Hehe, Chuangjie Mountain, I will naturally take you there. After all, Chuangjie Mountain requires at least two administrators to open it...”
The little boy looked at Mu You and Lin Xue as he spoke, and the corners of his mouth curved: "But before that, I think it's better to make you two lose the ability to resist."
"Um?"
Mu You and Lin Xue frowned at the same time when they heard this.
Opposite, as the smile spread on the boy's face, everything around him quietly came to a standstill. The birds high in the sky were frozen, the wind was stagnant, and grains of sand were visible to the naked eye, hovering in the air.
Mu You and Lin Xue on the opposite side were also petrified on the spot.
In the whole world, only the little boy is still breathing.
Looking at the surroundings entering the limit, the little boy smiled with satisfaction and floated to Hongxiu's side. A circle of ripples spread on his small hand, and he reached out and patted Hongxiu's shoulder.
A layer of invisible energy appeared on the surface of Hongxiu's body. Hongxiu was pushed to the ground, but was also pushed out of the still state under this palm. Like the little boy, he could move freely in the limit.
"The 'Boundary Shield' can only last for two minutes. I don't have time to add a second time to you. Move quickly and take back the power of death first." The little boy faced Hongxiu and spoke in a commanding tone.
Hearing this, Hong Xiu glanced at Lin Xue in the distance, and then looked at Mu You on the other side: "What about this person?"
"You don't have to worry about this. This person has the ability to look back. It's not something you can handle. I'll handle it myself." The boy sneered and looked at Hong Xiu walking towards Lin Xue, who was slowly drifting towards Mu You.
The division of labor between the two should have been perfect.
However, until the boy floated within ten meters of Mu You, he suddenly found that Mu You was staring directly at him.
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At first, the boy thought that Mu You’s gaze was fixed in this direction, but after taking a few steps, he was surprised to realize that the other person’s gaze had been following him!
Can this person move freely in the realm of cessation?
"careful!"
Before he had time to clear his thoughts, Hongxiu's scream suddenly sounded from behind.
The red figure rushed over like the wind, grabbed the boy by the back collar, and threw him backwards.
The next moment, Hong Xiu took his place and was blown away by a blow. Like a butterfly with broken wings, it drew a parabola in the air and fell heavily to the ground.
Hong Xiu’s head was badly bruised by the fall, but he didn’t care about his injuries. He immediately bounced up as soon as he landed and flew towards the boy again.
Because on the opposite side, Mu You had already taken out the God-killing Hell Sword and slashed it through the air.
The crescent-shaped sword energy slash took shape and slashed towards the little boy who was still in mid-air.
Mu You was a little surprised when he saw Hong Xiu working so hard.
Lin Xue's previous testing had already allowed them to judge that Hongxiu might have some kind of spiritual power, similar to mind-reading, and could directly read the thoughts in their minds, otherwise the other party would not be able to do that as soon as they met. Accurately point out Lin Xue's abilities and preparations.
Mind-reading, this power seems simple, but in the context of the high world, it is a quite perverted ability, because it means that all secrets will be invisible to her. But looking at it now, it seems that the other party's mind-reading ability is not perfect, otherwise she should have known that Mu You had the ability to counteract the restraint, and should have warned the little boy before he took action, instead of saving his life at this time.
If the prediction is correct, her mind reading should only be able to read the surface information of what the person being read is thinking at the time. Therefore, before mind reading, she needs to use language to guide her so that the information she wants to know appears in the other person's mind.
Just like before, when Hongxiu met the two of them for the first time, she specifically asked, "Are you two the only ones here?" If the other party could read all memories, there would be no need to ask such a question.
In a brief moment of thought, Mu You guessed at Hongxiu's abilities.
On the opposite side, his sword energy was about to hit Hongxiu.
Just when Hong Xiu was about to be cut into pieces by the sword energy, the little boy behind him suddenly stretched out his hand and pressed down on Hong Xiu.
Then the two of them disappeared from the spot quietly.
The moment the little boy and Hongxiu disappeared, the limit was automatically lifted and everything resumed operation.
The sword energy slashed through, but failed to hit any target. It floated towards the mountain rocks behind and exploded, cutting all the sandstones along the way into pieces.
Mu You held a long knife in his hand and frowned as he looked at the place where the two people suddenly disappeared. He did not move in a hurry. He was guarding his surroundings and silently counting the seconds in his mind.
After waiting for about four or five seconds, Hongxiu and the little boy reappeared in the same place, their positions unchanged at all, and even their movements and expressions remained perfectly the same as before they disappeared.
Mu You raised his eyebrows, already understanding something.
The two disappeared out of thin air for about five seconds, and when they reappeared, their movements and positions had not changed at all. This can only show that this is not some kind of space teleportation ability, but the power of time - the little boy erased it out of thin air. The two of them were together for five seconds.
“The extension ability of time authority?” Mu You thought about it in his mind.
Erasing a person's time out of thin air, if used well, can even be more difficult to deal with than stopping the world.
Fortunately, it can only be erased for a few seconds, with little impact, and there are conditions for activation. Judging from the little boy's actions just now, he probably needs to touch other people with his own hands to activate it.
This alone greatly limits the role of this ability in high-end battle situations.
At this time, the limit was lifted. Lin Xue recovered from the stillness. Looking at the sword energy exploding in the distance and the mutated positions of the other three people, he immediately realized something. He hurriedly held the sickle with both hands, summoned the divine skin, and prepared Prepared for battle.
On the other side, Hongxiu who appeared was also confused for a moment, then realized the cause and effect, hurriedly hugged the little boy and rushed back, keeping a distance from Mu You.
“Xiaoxue, stay back.” Mu You reminded.
This kind of battle involving time is not something that Lin Xue can participate in.
Lin Xue also knew this and jumped back quickly, but did not go far and stayed nearby to observe the situation.
The little boy on the opposite side did not rush to attack, but looked here with a very solemn expression, with obvious confusion in his eyes.
Obviously the fight just now made him aware of Mu You's difficulty, and he didn't dare to make any excuses.
Hongxiu Fuer said a few words to the little boy.
“It turns out to be a time artifact, no wonder it can follow me into the realm of rest…”
The boy looked stunned after hearing this, but then he frowned: "But why can his attack also explode directly?"
The rules of the stop boundary are very complicated. Unless the attack of the 'stop boundary shield' is blessed, general attacks will quickly freeze in the stop boundary after leaving the body. After the stop boundary is over, they will continue to run on the original trajectory.
And the opponent's slash just now clearly did not have any time ability attached to it, but it ignored the rules of the stop and went directly towards them.
Zuoqiu could feel that if the two of them had not dodged just now, they would have been killed on the spot by that slash...
"I can't read this. There are many things about the other party that I can't see through..." Hongxiu said solemnly.
“Then let’s test his bottom first!”
The boy snorted coldly, his spirit spread, and he opened the limit again.
The surrounding wind and sand stagnated, and everything froze again.
This time, the boy did not dare to approach Mu You directly. Instead, he went around in one direction and pushed forward with both hands.
A few pieces of gravel on the ground floated up with his movements, and the surface was covered with a layer of invisible energy.
As the boy stretched out his fingers, several pieces of gravel shot towards Mu You.
Mu You didn't move at first until a few stones entered his body about twenty meters away.
Mu Youcai suddenly moved, swung his sword, and several stones were easily smashed in the air, followed by several more slashes with sword energy.
The boy curled his lips and hurriedly disappeared again. He waited for several sword energy explosions before reappearing safely.
Next time, neither side dared to approach each other directly, and just fired a few waves at each other from a distance.
"I see!"
After several consecutive trials, a confident smile appeared on the boy's face.
"You do not have the ability to open the limit. What can open the limit is your artifact. That thing is a product made by the God of Time with the authority of the limit. Therefore, it will follow my limit trigger, but it must be close to you in danger. It will only be automatically triggered when it is within twenty meters!”
“So?” Mu You raised his eyebrows.
The other party's guess is actually close to the truth. Unfortunately, the endless top is not passively triggered, but actively activated by the time elf.
The last time Mu You faced the Z Realm Walker, he was able to defeat him because of Vivian's assistance. Vivian was immune to various time abilities. When the enemy opened the limit, Vivian would act as his Eye.
Now, Vivian can no longer fight alongside him because she cannot come to the world of high heaven, but Mu You already has a more powerful companion, the time elf in the pocket watch.
The time elf is also immune to various time abilities. It can clearly see every move of the enemy in the realm. When it finds that Mu You is in danger, it will immediately help him rewind time or activate the endless top.
"So? Ha, your artifact is obviously cooled down. Your limit can only last for ten seconds at most, but mine can be activated continuously!"
The boy sneered: "In other words, as long as I drag you into the limit next, and then delay for ten seconds, when your artifact enters the cooldown, I open the limit again, and then you will have no choice but to resist. Let me slaughter you in the realm of cessation!"
Mu You looked strange after hearing this, but after pondering for a moment, he had to admit that this idea was feasible.
The reason why he was able to counterattack the Z Realm Walker in the first place was that, in addition to the existence of Vivian, there was another very important factor, that is, the opponent could not directly attack him in the restraint. He could only prepare an attack first and then release the restraint. , let the attack explode.
That little time difference in the middle gave Mu You an opportunity.
But now, this old man is the plus version of the original Z Realm Walker. He has the ability to attack directly in the Zhi Realm. Mu You's original coping method is no longer applicable.
Mu You looked at the boy and nodded in confirmation: "Well, it's a good idea..."
“It’s just, how on earth do you have the confidence to think that you can survive ten seconds in front of me?” (End of this chapter)