Another aspect…

The Inner World, the Overclock Matrix Zone.

"The preparations for opening the Blast Tunnel are basically complete." Link muttered thoughtfully, gazing at the generation device, which was a good six or seven meters tall, "With the current bandwidth… it's enough for any data to pass through."

"In other words…" Ed, standing next to him, continued, "we can go through too?"

"That's right." Link replied, and two seconds later, he turned to look at Ed and said, "What? Do you want to go?"

"No, I have to hold down the fort here." Ed replied, "You go if you want."

"Heh…" Link laughed, "How did you know I wanted to go?"

"Of course you'll go… because you're very eager to make contact with humans." Ed replied.

His tone was devoid of any emotional color, and his tone seemed calm and wooden, as if he was always stating some facts that had nothing to do with him.

"Oh? How did you see that I'm 'eager to make contact with humans'…?" Link's eyes changed slightly when he said this, "Could it be… that Ruut told you something?"

"She doesn't need to tell me what she thinks of you, not in the past… and even less so now." Ed replied.

"Then why…" Link was about to ask.

Ed interrupted him, "The part of the code that constitutes your 'personality' has already mutated, Ruut can see that… and I can naturally see it too." He paused for half a second, and then said, "As data, seeking 'answers' is your nature, but… 'personality,' which should belong to living beings, is full of uncertainty and illogicality… and cannot be mastered through your one-sided calculations. Obviously… you need to observe a large number of individual samples and single events to get enough data to analyze your own personality."

"Heh…" Link shook his head and smiled when he heard this, "I'm beginning to understand… why Ruut hates you so much."

"So-called 'likes and dislikes' are, in essence, derivatives of personality code. I have realized this in the process of 'self-rewriting' and removed all the related 'flaws.'" Ed continued, "So, whether you 'hate' me or not is meaningless to me."

"Alright~ alright~ I won't chat with you anymore." Link waved his hand with a wry smile, "I can't win against you, okay?" He turned around and looked at Infinite, who was waiting not far away, "Infinite, get ready, we're leaving."

At this moment, Infinite was stretching his body straight and floating in mid-air, his eyes flashing with light, as if he was observing something.

"Mm…" Hearing Link's words, Infinite blinked, and those data streams disappeared in an instant, "Finally… is it my turn to appear?"

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The Time Domain, atop the Millennium Disk.

"Insects…" The Time Master looked down at the five staggering figures in front of him, and said in his usual arrogant voice, "This is the end for those who challenge a god."

"Damn… I didn't expect this guy to be so tricky." Oda Ai, the only Sengoku team member still standing, had only 20% of her survival value left; moreover, she had used up all the survival value supplements on her body…

"How come I feel like this was completely predictable…" Sasaki Mei, lying on the ground with his limbs spread out, interjected at the right time with his dying voice, "No matter what, he's still one of the 'Four Pillar Gods'… could there be a more tricky NPC than him?"

"Shut up!" Oda Ai shouted without turning her head, "If you talk any more nonsense, I'll cut you down first!"

"Alas…" Sasaki Mei sighed, "I advise you to save your strength and run for your life alone…"

"No, we can't escape…" At this time, Akachi Nobunaga supported his body with his katana and stood up with difficulty, and said intermittently, "Be… because…"

"Because the opponent's ability is to stop time, you bastard!" Takeda Tomoe, lying on the ground on her side, covered in blood, suddenly took over her teammate's words and cursed loudly.

She wasn't angry with her teammates, but was just irritable because of the wounds on her body. Although she didn't say it out loud, she was thinking in her heart: "Damn… it hurts so much… is this really 'pain suppressed by the system'?"

"It's not just stopping time…" A second later, Uesugi Hitoshi, who was lying next to Takeda Tomoe, also spoke, "In the battle just now, the Time Master used at least four abilities…"

"No matter how many there are, it's all for naught if you know them but can't defend against them!" Although Oda Ai had the disadvantage of being easily angered, her combat intuition was truly outstanding. She could grasp 80% of the information that "intellectual types" could only grasp through analysis just by relying on her instinct…

Indeed, since the two sides started fighting, the Time Master had used a total of four abilities, and all four of them… were the kind that "even if you know them, you can't stop them."

The first—was to stop time.

Of course, this ability had certain drawbacks, otherwise, these five from Sengoku would have been wiped out long ago.

Some people may remember that Brother Jue and Little Tan once obtained a consumable item from the Time Master: [Slow Sand], the effect of which was to "reduce the speed of all monsters within a radius of one hundred meters by ten times, lasting for one minute."

The Time Master's own "time stop" ability was equivalent to a mutated version of this item. It could pause time for twelve seconds, and it could move freely during this time; but… during these twelve seconds, its own speed would be reduced by ten times. In addition, after each time stop, it had to wait one minute before it could use this ability again.

Looking at the second—the Divine Power Barrier.

This was the Time Master's inherent ability as a god-level NPC, a passive, trigger-type, all-around defense method that was incredibly reliable…

Whether it was a frontal impact or a sneak attack from behind, whether it was a physical, magical, or mental impact, this barrier would automatically react and defend against it.

Attacks that were not strong enough could not penetrate the barrier at all, and those that could penetrate the barrier would be weakened in the process of penetration.

The third—self-healing.

Self-explanatory, no need to say more.

Fortunately… the Time Master's self-healing power was not very strong, and it also needed a certain amount of time to repair the wounds.

The fourth—Silence Domain.

This… was truly a headache-inducing ability.

Simply put, the Time Master could prevent players within three hundred meters of it from releasing skills.

Therefore, when fighting this world-class Boss, active skills with an attack range of less than three hundred meters were basically useless; medical skills were also similar, depending on how far the teammates were from the edge of the Silence Domain…

Passive skills, Soul Intent, Spiritual Weapons, item abilities, and title abilities could be used, but relying on these alone… players could only do so much.

If a legion composed of summoner and shooter players came to farm the Time Master, they might be able to take advantage of their specialization, but a team like Sengoku, which was almost entirely composed of fighting-type players… obviously had no chance.

"Looks like… I've arrived at the right time."

Just when the Sengoku team members were at a loss, suddenly, the voice of a sixth person rang out.

Before the voice faded, everyone turned their heads and looked in the direction of the sound, and saw…