Chapter 785 "Twelve Seconds"

From the perspective of the five Sengoku players, those "twelve seconds" just now didn't exist.

Therefore, their feelings… were basically like watching a video with a segment cut out.

Although they hadn't blinked, the scenery before them had changed abruptly.

"Just now…" Oda Ai's reaction was also extremely fast. "Was time paused again…"

"Ah… it seems so." Takeda Tomo, having dealt with his wounds, supported himself as he stood up from the ground and continued, "But the strange thing is… judging from the positions and postures of both sides before and after the time stop, Wang Tanzhi… seems to have moved?"

"Wouldn't it be obvious if you looked at the ground…" Sasaki Mei was still lying on the ground like a dead fish, but he seemed to be completely aware of what was happening over there. "The spot where Wang Tanzhi was standing before the time stop… has a hole about the size of the Lord of Time's fist, but Wang Tanzhi himself isn't in that hole. Doesn't that explain everything?"

"Are you saying…" Uesugi Jin had also changed to a cross-legged position and was taking advantage of the time to recover, "That he, like the Lord of Time… can move freely in the stopped time domain?"

"Isn't that the only explanation?" Sasaki Mei responded. "It's not like the Lord of Time would actively move the other party away from the spot during the time stop, and then throw a punch at the empty space, right?"

"Which means…" Akechi Nobu took over, analyzing, "Of the Lord of Time's four abilities… Wang Tanzhi has already cracked two of them…"

"Tch…" The next second, Oda Ai suddenly spat and strode forward, gripping the katana at her waist.

"Hey… what are you doing again…" Takeda Tomo wanted to stop her.

But Akechi Nobu immediately interrupted her, saying quickly, "Forget it… let her go. Given Ai's personality, she naturally can't accept the fact that 'an opponent that the five of us, including ourselves, can't defeat, has been taken down by someone else alone.'"

Takeda Tomo heard this, remained silent for a few seconds, and sighed, "Well… fine. Anyway, she should have already noticed that the Lord of Time's time stop can only be activated once every minute; furthermore… the gap in that defensive field shows no sign of repairing itself. With Ai's strength, even without skills, she can play a big role once she gets inside the barrier."

"Then…" Sasaki Mei said these two words as he sprung up from the ground with a carp-like jump. "Shouldn't we also… prepare ourselves soon?"

"Hey… so the extent of your injuries is about the same as Ai's? Then why were you lying there pretending to be dead?" Takeda Tomo shouted as soon as she saw this scene; she really wanted to go up and give this standby who loved to feign death a beating.

"Lying down can reduce pressure," Sasaki Mei replied in his gloomy tone. "My psychologist taught me."

"You…" Takeda Tomo was about to curse.

Akechi Nobu stopped her again. "Alright… now is not the time to make fun of him; and… Sasaki is right, we should also start preparing."

"Prepare what?" Uesugi Jin asked from the side.

Akechi Nobu's expression changed slightly, and he said in a deep voice, "Is there even a need to ask? Of course, it's to prepare…"

…………

On another front, while the four Sengoku players were talking, the battle on the Lord of Time's side never stopped for a moment.

One minute—this was the "deicide time limit" declared by Little Tan.

He wasn't one to make empty boasts, so… he could say such a thing, and he definitely had some confidence.

But the Lord of Time didn't think so…

"Arrogant ant, you will pay the price for your ignorance!" The moment the time stop ended, the Lord of Time shouted loudly and attacked with the momentum.

Its physical skills undoubtedly lived up to the title of "God." Even though it wasn't a Pillar God like the Demon Lord, who was known for melee combat, it was still stronger than those non-god-level uniqueness data in the main universe.

To give a more specific example… even if the Lord of Time were to compete with Samodir, Beer (Billy's younger brother), or Cao Qin, those martial-oriented fellows, in speed and strength, it would still have the upper hand.

So it didn't think a mere player could pose any threat to it in close combat.

In an instant, the Lord of Time's two giant arms, floating on either side of its body, began to swing rapidly, turning into two solid afterimages, engulfing Little Tan like a hurricane.

"It seems you don't understand…" Little Tan said in a cold tone as he flashed behind the other party like a ghost, "The fact that I'm here at this moment…" As he said this, a black flame burn mark had appeared on the Lord of Time's hourglass-like body, the burned area precisely showing the path Little Tan had moved along. "… is not an accident…"

"Why… what is this black flame!" The Lord of Time didn't seem to be listening to Little Tan; at this moment, it was astonished that its self-healing ability had failed.

"Before coming here, I knew all about your abilities." Little Tan's words continued, and his attacks didn't stop either. The edge of [Tan] repeatedly tore through the Lord of Time's body, the latter's massive size becoming an insurmountable burden. "My weapon can break through your defensive barrier and suppress your self-healing power; my body has resisted the power of the Sands of Time for a long time, and has long adapted to the influence of this substance. And my speed… is also superior to yours." He paused. "In summary… I am your nemesis, an assassin specifically designed to deal with you, or, in someone's words—the man who assassinates gods."

As he said this, Oda Ai had also rushed in through the gap in the barrier, raising her katana and slashing at the Lord of Time.

"Impossible…" The Lord of Time's panic was evident in its tone, and its actions were chaotic due to its mental turmoil. For a time, it was retreating steadily, unable to parry. "I am the supreme deity, how could I be defeated by mere ants…"

"So you still dare to call me that at this point!" Oda Ai hadn't heard the entirety of their previous conversation; she only assumed that the other party had included her in the insult, and immediately unleashed a flurry of chaotic katana strikes in a rage.

The Lord of Time's body was already covered in burns from the black flames, those unhealable wounds like ant nests densely packed on a dam. Now, under the onslaught of these fierce multiple strikes, the "dam" collapsed in an instant…

Chilingling—

After a strange shattering sound, the Lord of Time's "hourglass body" disintegrated, the outer transparent part shattering and splashing in all directions, the sand inside flowing out and spilling all over the ground.

This hourglass seemed to be the "main body" of the "Lord of Time" being. When the hourglass was destroyed, its head and hands also turned into silver sand and scattered accordingly.

Thus… the Lord of Time became the first of the Four Pillar Gods to be "killed by players" in the true sense of the word.

To this point, the Demon Lord was defeated, the Spirit King perished, the Court betrayed, and the Lord of Time destroyed.

The Four Pillar Gods, in name and in reality, were gone.

However, this "twilight" was far from over.