CHAPTER 749: CHAPTER 615: MASTER OF TIME!

The flag of the Master of Time?

What a coincidence.

I have one too!

Would you like to get another one?

——There’s no need to think about it!

But you can’t appear too eager, otherwise, they’ll get suspicious.

"With your strength, isn’t it easy to obtain one or two treasures in this human world?"

Wu Xiaode said, arms crossed.

The man said, "It’s not that simple, that place is guarded by Emergence Level Magic corresponding to earth, water, fire, and wind. At least four lives are needed to open it."

Another interjected, "We’ve also been looking for a long time, solving countless puzzles before we found this place."

So that was it.

"Alright, I’ll join," Wu Xiaode said.

The man cheerfully said, "After we seize the flag, we four will take turns using it —— I haven’t introduced you yet. We’re all disguised as humans now. My human name is the Strategist, he is Biao, and the one beside him is Kushou."

The three looked at Wu Xiaode, waiting to hear his human name.

"You can call me Little Ming,"

Wu Xiaode said.

Little Ming?

This name seems extremely common!

The other party apparently knew humans better than himself!

The three Mysterious Life forms silently thought to themselves.

Strategist immediately said:

"Follow me."

He walked to a corner, pressed his hand against it, and a Transmission Array with strange runes suddenly appeared out of the Void.

"The flag of the Master of Law is buried underground; we have to teleport down," Biao explained.

Wu Xiaode nodded without saying a word.

——Now that he thought about it, they had been probing him all along.

It seemed he had passed the test.

Strategist activated the Transmission Array.

The array emitted four beams of light, each striking one of the four individuals.

The next instant.

Three of them disappeared on the spot.

The old man known as "Kushou," however, lingered at the end, his body releasing countless worm-like creatures that wriggled around the room for a few moments.

Elsewhere.

Underground.

With a flash of light, Wu Xiaode’s figure suddenly appeared.

However, only Strategist and Biao were beside him; the old man was nowhere to be seen.

Before them was a pitch-black tunnel.

Its destination unknown.

"What about the other one?"

Wu Xiaode asked.

Strategist and Biao exchanged a smile.

"He’s a master of disguise, responsible for cleaning up, erasing all traces," Biao explained.

Wu Xiaode instantly understood.

——He hadn’t even noticed that those bodies were fakes.

This guy was probably a Mysterious Life form specialized in this field.

The three waited a few moments.

Kushou appeared unhurriedly before them.

"All traces have been cleaned up. Even other life forms like us could only tell that some beings lingered here, but they’ll never find us,"

he said proudly.

"Let’s go!"

Strategist took the lead, marching at the forefront.

The tunnel wasn’t long.

In a short while, the four arrived at a spacious underground cave.

Wu Xiaode took a careful look around. There seemed to be nothing special about the cave except that the only thing triggering his "Element Detection" was the four corners of the cave.

In each corner, there was nothing material, but staring into that emptiness, one could feel a dominant force that compelled an urge to prostrate in worship.

"There are four corners, and there’s really no choice. We each must pick one to stand in to activate the power here,"

Strategist said.

Wu Xiaode glanced sideways at the other two.

They, like Strategist, appeared indifferent.

"Element Detection" also assured him that this was just a required activation ritual.

So ——

Just pick any corner.

Wu Xiaode walked to one corner and stationed himself.

The other three each found a corner to stand in.

When all four corners were occupied.

Faint lights emerged beneath their feet.

In an instant.

The light dissipated.

The entire Molten Rock Cave vanished.

The sky turned a dusky yellow.

The setting sun was like blood.

The ground was covered with the corpses of humans clad in armor.

——This was a battlefield.

Countless humans were engaged in battle with demons.

"What do we do now?"

Wu Xiaode dodged incoming arrows and shouted loudly.

"Split up and search!" The strategist also yelled.

As the voice fell,

The three of them immediately split in three directions and flew away, vanishing without a trace.

Wu Xiaode was momentarily stunned, then quickly realized something.

——They must have some kind of information!

But they did not share it with him.

Obviously, even though they felt they could trust him, they were not willing to share the information.

Perhaps his only purpose was to stand in a corner and open the gate to this time and space.

Once they found that banner, they could completely abandon him.

"It really is use them when you need them, discard them when you don’t, huh."

Wu Xiaode sighed and shook his head, then suddenly stepped forward, blocking behind a Human Race soldier and knocked away a stealthy demon.

Little did he know that by making a move, he immediately attracted the attention of more demons.

These demons were covered in deathly gray, entwined in fog, occasionally revealing skeletal bodies, looking like monsters from the Death World.

More and more demons came attacking Wu Xiaode.

——However, such intense warfare posed no danger to him at all.

He simply drew his Butterfly Soul knife and sliced the demons into pieces of flesh and blood before they could get close.

Slowly,

The demons dared not come forward anymore.

"Thank you for saving my life, sir."

The rescued Human Race soldier expressed his gratitude.

"No need for thanks," Wu Xiaode said, waving his hand.

The soldier looked around and then suddenly sent a message through telepathy:

"Sir, wait here for a moment. That flag is hidden quite deep, but it is sensing another flag on you and is making its way over through mountains and rivers."

Wu Xiaode’s eyes suddenly widened, and he took several steps back.

He observed the soldier.

The soldier appeared to be just over fifty years old, with bright, spirited eyes and an extraordinary aura.

The poorly-made standard Battle Armor seemed almost an insult to his muscular figure.

"Who are you?"

Wu Xiaode asked in a deep voice.

"I have waited for you for a long time, but fortunately, I have time, so I managed to wait for you before setting off," the soldier said.

He gently pressed a hand in the Void.

Invisible ripples spread from his hand, swiftly passing through the entire world.

On the battlefield.

Everything came to a halt.

Whether soldiers or demons, they all froze in place, motionless in their original poses.

The soldier lit a cigarette, placed it in his mouth, and then offered a cigarette from his pack to Wu Xiaode.

Wu Xiaode took the cigarette, lit it, took a puff, and continued asking:

"Can you now tell me, who exactly are you, sir?"

The soldier said, "A very long time ago, time did not exist. Everything happened simultaneously in the Eternal, and this completeness and end in itself was called ’Perfection.’

"Later on..."

"Civilization appeared as a prelude in the Void. Beings did not understand this Perfection and urgently needed a measurement standard, so time was created."

The soldier took a deep drag of his cigarette, and exhaled a ring of smoke that lingered for a long time.

Wu Xiaode was beginning to understand as he listened, but before he could say anything, the other party continued:

"Time is like a circle, inherently perfect, but if you insist on distinguishing it, it presents itself like a coin—"

"It has two sides."

"Little Wu, you reversed the ’Eternal Ascension,’ and now you have protected the ’Pangu’s initial sequence,’ which nobody has ever done before."

"You have given me confidence."

"So, I leave you with two flags, hoping you will make good use of them. As for the other two flags, I will take them to the other side of time, to help the people on that world line in their fight."

After the soldier finished speaking, something flashed in the distant sky.

——It was a purple flag.

"You are the Master of Time."

Wu Xiaode said.

"Yes, it’s me, but now that I have waited for you, it is time for me to leave."

The soldier handed over the flag to him and continued:

"Remember, when you release the ’Super Shadow Followers,’ use these two flags together for unexpected surprises."

After speaking, his figure flashed, he soared into the sky, and disappeared from sight.

Wu Xiaode stood there, holding the purple flag in his hand, unable to find the words for a moment.

In the Void, lines of ice crystal letters slowly emerged:

"You have obtained the ’Flag of the Interstice.’

"The passive flag of time."

"With this flag, you can prevent all time-traveling actions, forcing travelers to return to their origins, not to offend the majesty of time."

"Additionally:"

"Using this flag together with the Flag of No Beginning will produce unexpected effects."