Chapter 416: Time, Reversed!

Amid torrential rain, the wind and thunder danced wildly.

In the dim skies.

A mountainous silver dragon, whose massive form obscured the sun, looked down with a hint of mockery in its eyes at the trembling spider demons below, their spirits shattered by the dragon's overwhelming presence.

"Just now, it seemed you wanted to test the power of me, the Master of the Dragon Court."

"Now tell me, does my reputation hold true?"

The dragon spoke calmly.

But no sooner had it finished speaking, without waiting for the cowering, frightened spider demons to respond, it shook its head, muttering to itself, "Never mind, let's not waste each other's time. I don't need the pitiful acknowledgment of other creatures."

As it spoke.

The giant-transformed Garon vanished in a flash from his spot and reappeared instantly, now mere inches away from his target.

The spider demon's first instinct was to retreat, having lost the courage to confront Garon head-on.

However, time around it suddenly congealed and froze, turning the spider demon into a lifelike statue, unable to move.

Even under the constraints of the primary material world, where Garon could only display demigod-level powers, his abilities seemed no different than before.

However, after ascending to a quasi-lesser deity, his connection with the River of Time had deepened, enhancing the effects of all time-based abilities while significantly reducing their cost, making his combat capabilities even more formidable.

Now, even spider demons of no ordinary status, potent demigods themselves, could not easily escape from the domain of stopped time.

Previously, binding and halting such formidable foes consumed massive amounts of Garon's time powers, with time stops lasting only brief moments, but now they were effortlessly within his grasp.

Teleporting to appear before the spider demon.

The massive body of the dragon, surrounded by wild winds and rain, cast a shadow that enveloped the spider demons.

The size comparison between them was like that between an adult and a child, not on the same level.

Without hesitation, Garon swung his dragon claw fiercely, a slash of silver luminescence, the temporal-spatial rupture claw, slashing through the body of the demigod spider demon.

Crack!

A flash of light passed through the body of the spider demon.

Five dragon claw-shaped fissures appeared in the space, slow to heal.

At the same time, the layers of abyssal force that formed its defense were torn apart, and the biological armor, fused with its exterior and flesh, shattered in an instant. The spider demon's body was torn apart by the powerful ripping force of the temporal-spatial rupture claw.

Its pride, the demon armor, was like paper soaked in water before Garon's attack, easily torn apart.

Under the relentless assault of Garon's claws, the already fragmented body of the spider demon was further reduced to smaller pieces.

Eventually,

when the spider demon's body, devoid of any resistance, tried to reform and gather itself, it had left its towering, mountain-like giant form. Garon applied the Time Amber Seal Technique, sealing it and effortlessly tossing it into a dimensional space filled with similar amber crystals of its kin.

Collecting defeated demigod beings as trophies was a habit Garon developed during the Glory Wars.

However, he had grown tired of collecting too many of the same type of foes.

It was like unlocking a monster manual in a game; he felt that one specimen per species was sufficient unless there was something particularly special that caught Garon's attention.

The spider demon, which had been fighting its temporal duplicate, was also killed by its reflection.

The strength of the temporal duplicates was actually slightly weaker than their originals, but with Garon's seemingly endless, inexhaustible time power, they maintained their peak condition and gradually wore down the spider demons.

At this moment, Garon's view no longer contained any living demigod spider demons.

He had swiftly dealt with four of the six demigod spider demons confronting him.

That raised a question.

Where were the other two demigod spider demons?

"You two are clever, fleeing as soon as you sensed danger."

The silver dragon, more towering and majestic than many mountains, turned its gaze toward a deep, black-purple abyssal fissure on the surface.

This was no ordinary fissure, but an abyssal rift, a temporary gateway between the Bottomless Abyss and the primary material world, which could bring the chaotic and evil forces of the abyss into the primary material world, corrupting its rules and slightly enhancing the strength of demons.

Just as Garon thunderously crushed two spider demons amid the siege of six.

Two of the spider demons instantly sensed something amiss. While Garon was dealing with the other two, they blasted a rift with their abyssal power and escaped back into the Bottomless Abyss.

"If this had been before, you might have actually escaped."

"But facing me now, consider yourselves unlucky."

The silver giant

 inhaled deeply, drawing the invisible waters of time, along with the wind and acid rain, into its dragon belly.

At the same time.

Garon's expression became focused and solemn as he raised his right claw.

Something strange happened.

On the wrist of the silver dragon's right claw, the black scales suddenly detached like ink from the armor, floating up to form several runes filled with the essence of passing years, rotating clockwise like rings.

If there were other beings capable of seeing the River of Time here, they would be astounded to find that the rotation of these rune rings was in perfect sync with the flow of the River of Time, orderly yet unsteady, unhurried.

Garon's last awakening from slumber and ascension to quasi-lesser deity powers had awakened more than one time-based ability.

One particularly crucial ability, which he had long coveted and studied numerous times without success, was finally mastered following his awakening.

Staring at the position of the abyssal rift, the dragon's voice boomed like thunder.

"All things reversed, all existence no longer as usual, and I, crowned king in the eternal order."

The clockwise rotating rune rings suddenly stopped, then began to move in the reverse direction.

At the same time.

Originally falling from the sky and having landed on the earth, forming pools of corrosive water, the raindrops, influenced by a strange force, re-formed into droplets and reversed their course, flying back up into the sky. The damaged and scarred ground also visibly regenerated and healed.

Pieces of broken soil and stone returned to their origins, becoming intact rocks.

Fallen trees rose upright again, and leaves blown away by the wind flew back from afar with the reversing wind, falling back onto the tree crowns and growing as one.

This scene caught the attention of the Dukes of Wind watching the battlefield.

Ever since the dragon took over the battlefield, the Dukes of Wind, initially struggling in the fight, thought to join forces with the dragon to repel the spider demons. However, witnessing the terrifying might of the two colossal beasts, they realized the dragons needed no assistance.

Now, seeing the strange phenomena caused by the silver dragon, their inner speculations left them utterly shocked.

"Time is reversing."

The speaking Duke of Wind felt his throat incredibly dry, struggling to believe it.

In the Bottomless Abyss, on the fourteenth layer, the Steam Marshes.

Under endless steam and acid rain, a black mountain bathed in acid rain but uncorroded suddenly cracked on one side.

Among the exploded chunks of dirt and rock, two spider demons escaped back into the abyss through the abyssal rift.

"The Master of the Dragon Court's reputation is well-deserved."

"So powerful."

"No wonder the elves are terrified whenever the Dragon Court's Master is mentioned. Who in the primary material world could defeat such a monster?"

Being called a monster by demons.

This was undoubtedly a unique honor.

The two spider demons glanced at each other, both seeing the color of fear in each other's eyes, then sniffed the familiar scent of acid rain and hot steam in the Steam Marshes, both letting out a sigh of relief.

"He wouldn't dare to chase us into the abyss. We're safe now."

Meanwhile, at an extremely distant location, a bloated, thick-bodied being, its underside covered with slick, purple-red tentacles, sat weirdly deformed in its brine pool, its limbs stretching, twisting, and wriggling, stuffing the surrounding space full.

The obese, bloated upper half of a humanoid body turned its head, its vision piercing through multiple layers of space, looking at the two spider demons.

The voice of the Chaos After, heavy, reached across the void.

She said eagerly, "Holmes, Eseyah, where is the scepter I asked for? Bring it to me."

Speaking, she murmured lowly and joyfully, "Miska, my prince, my lover, don't worry, you'll soon return to the abyss and rule here with me."

Ten demigod spider demons.

And an even larger army of spider demons that had ambushed Aigu at its weakest moment. Under the disparity in strength, the Chaos After had never expected her minions to fail and return because she was immersed in the joy of future prospects and did not pay attention to the great war in the primary material world.

On the other side.

Listening to the Chaos After's words filled with anticipation, the two spider demons humbly murmured, "Please forgive"

Before the spider demons could finish speaking, a sudden change occurred.

Their bodies uncontrollably began to step backward, and the surrounding rocks shattered by their appearance seemed to be nudged by an invisible hand, also moving backward.

"What?"

"What's happening?"

The two spider demons showed faces of fear, not understanding what had happened.

Abyssal power, fiery around their bodies, burst forth, but still could not stop their bodies' bizarre retreat.

In an instant, the bodies of the two spider demons stepped

 back step by step, their backs entering the abyssal rift, disappearing back into the abyss, while the surrounding shattered rocks flew in, mending and repairing the rift, quickly restoring it as if nothing had happened.

Boom!

A purple-red tentacle stretched out from space, shattering the mountain that housed the rift, but it was too late, the abyssal rift had disappeared, and the two spider demons had left the abyss.

Gurgle.

The brine pool churned violently, the Chaos After's tentacles waving wildly, displaying her furious mood.

In the primary material world, in the endlessly swaying forest under the storm.

The two spider demons, who had fled the primary material world, were pulled back alive by the reversing flow of time.

Standing again on the scarred earth, blinking, looking around at the familiar environment and the terrifyingly mighty dragon, the two spider demons were at a loss, their faces showing fear and bewilderment.

"Welcome back."

Bathed in the reversing wind and rain, the dragon, like a king in this abnormal temporal zone, calmly spoke, its crown-like dragon horns shimmering brightly.

"None who oppose me have ever retreated unscathed."

"You two will be no exception."

Speaking, the majestic silver dragon's wrist rings ceased their reverse rotation, vanishing back down, transforming back into the mysterious and arcane black scales.

The world turned right side up again, the reversing area returning to normal.

Acid rain continued to fall from the sky, the earth continued to corrode, and trees were once again torn apart by the fierce winds, turning into debris.

"We surrender, we surrender."

"If you don't mind, we are willing to serve you!"

Seeing the unmistakable killing intent in the silver dragon's eyes, the two spider demons, having experienced the strange reversal of time and although in good condition and still possessing ample combat strength, had lost the courage to fight Garon.

Knowing they couldn't escape, the two spider demons, more life-preserving than their kin, wanted to surrender.

Having risen from lesser spider demons to demigod status, they had endured many hardships and did not wish to die in the primary material world, and surrendering to a being as powerful as Garon didn't seem too shameful.

Unfortunately.

Garon had no interest in subduing demons.

Demons are fickle, and having them as subordinates meant dealing with the gods of Mount Celestia while watching for their betrayal, too troublesome, better to just kill them off.

As the Master of the Dragon Court, Garon didn't lack a couple of demigods to serve him.

"Under my wings, there is no place for cowards who flee from battle."

Minutes later, under Garon's overwhelming onslaught, the two demigod spider demons perished in the primary material world.

Thus, of the six powerful spider demons that could wreak havoc or even destroy worlds in any primary material world, five died under Garon's claws, and one fortunate individual received a different kind of eternal immortality.

"Dealing with demigod beings in the primary material world is getting easier."

Garon hadn't had enough fun yet; his opponents were all dealt with.

He felt that, with his current level of combat power, perhaps only ten demigod spider demons together could barely make him enjoy himself, but still not enough to really challenge him.

Although he had never fought with a deity or saint of great divine power.

Garon now had sufficient confidence that he could easily tear apart any saint.

Unless it was a particularly powerful deity like a major god or a quasi-major power creature personally descending, Garon could now declare himself unbeatable in the primary material world.

It was just that in the outer planes, a quasi-lesser deity could dominate a region but was not considered among the top powers.

Turning his head toward the other side of Aigu.

The Power Dragon girl was dismembering the last spider demon, attempting to chew on a spider leg she had torn off.

"Ptui ptui ptui."

"Ugh, it tastes awful."

Just having chewed a bit, Nayu spit out the spider leg she had tasted, her face showing disgust.

This, then, was the greatest harm the poor spider demon had inflicted on Nayu before its death.

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