Chapter 716: Beware of Being Captured and Made a Slave

The empty light in the sky has not completely vanished.

Jiang Chen felt the breath of a law, but unlike Antares, he could not discern which law it was.

Antares was startled awake, its eyes filled with horror as it gazed at the sky.

"Time Law!"

The four characters felt very weighty.

Antares sensed the Time Law from the Red Light.

Jiang Chen looked at Antares and asked, "Is there a problem?"

Antares did not answer him, saying, "Do it again."

It was still somewhat uncertain how the Time Law could appear.

Jiang Chen raised his hand toward a point in the sky, and the Red Light ignited.

This time Antares was sure it had not misread—it truly was the Time Law.

"Towards me, now! With all your might!" Antares whispered.

Jiang Chen did not hesitate and used a Skill on Antares.

He knew that with his ability he could not hurt Antares, so there was no need to worry.

The Red Light flared on Antares's body; Antares shook its massive head, its eyes suddenly narrowed, revealing a dangerous gleam.

Then it let out a dragon's roar, shaking heaven and earth.

Bang!

A Dragon Scale fell from its body onto the ground.

Antares looked at the fallen Dragon Scale and murmured, "Not bad!"

Jiang Chen saw that the Dragon Scale was a bit different, as if cracks had appeared.

His level was insufficient, so he could not understand.

Jiang Chen asked, "What on earth is going on?"

Antares explained, "Your Skill contains a trace of the Time Law, a very faint trace."

"It directed your entire attack into this Dragon Scale, which was affected and became rotten."

Although Jiang Chen did not fully understand the Time Law, he knew it could affect Antares, and the Skill's power must be great.

"How strong is it?"

Antares said, "Not bad; basically it can instantly kill all Divine-level Professionals below Divine Level."

"Even Divine-level Professionals can be heavily wounded by it."

"Your trace of the Time Law carries a rotting characteristic, aging decades in an instant."

"I'm curious, how did you manage that?"

Jiang Chen said, "I combined several Skills. Using the Aging Curse as the main Skill, I fused it with Soul Flame and a toxic star explosion."

Jiang Chen's experiment of fusing Skills had lasted a full seven days and nights.

He tried all sorts of combinations.

He found that it yielded far more than imagined.

Not only do different Skill combinations affect the fused Skill,

but even the strength of the Skills influences it.

The same two or three Skills, with different proportions, produce completely different results.

Jiang Chen felt he had become an alchemist of Skills; Skills are like potions—one percent too much or too little is unacceptable, and having an extra or missing type is even worse.

At the same time, Jiang Chen discovered some conditions.

He could fuse at most three different Skills; exceeding three caused the entire fused Skill to collapse.

Jiang Chen guessed that this limitation was related to his level.

It also related to the Unlimited Fusion Skill itself, since for now it was still a normal Skill, not yet entered the soul to become a Soul Skill.

Besides that, there was another restriction.

Normal Skills cannot fuse with Soul Skills.

If they fuse, the Skill will inevitably collapse.

Jiang Chen tried, and even Soul Skills could not fuse, the cause stemming from the Unlimited Fusion Skill itself.

It is still only a normal Skill for now.

In other words, it is too weak to manipulate more powerful Soul Skills.

After countless experiments over seven days and nights, Jiang Chen finally produced this Skill.

It is a Skill formed by the fusion of the Aging Curse, Soul Flame, and a toxic star explosion.

The effect is decent, but it falls far short of a skill that can erase a star.

Jiang Chen also wanted to incorporate Corpse Explosion, but the Skill would not allow it, so he gave up.

Yet he thought it was passable; in Antares's eyes it was already astonishing, precisely because of the Time Law the Skill brought.

A trivial thread of the Time Law can nonetheless produce terrifying effects.

Now the Skill's power has increased dramatically, enough to instantly kill non-Divine-level Professionals and heavily wound lower-tier Divine-level Professionals.

At Antares's request, Jiang Chen used the Skill several more times, each time injuring a Dragon Scale of Antares.

But Antares thoroughly enjoyed the process.

After ten consecutive trials, Jiang Chen finally asked, "Are you okay?"

Who would keep looking for a fight and still wear a face of enjoyment?

Antares's behavior was very strange.

Antares shook his head, "No problem, I'm feeling the time law."

Jiang Chen said oddly, "At this level of power, can you even look at it?"

"Different, different!" Antares shook his big head, "Attack

though its attack power is low, its level is high; that's the time law, you have no idea how many people dream of it."

"Do you believe that if you go to the Great World and tell others you can possess the time law with less than Divine Level attack… I guarantee countless top-tier strongmen will come after you, seize you, and make you use this Skill every day."

"Don't worry, even if you refuse, they have plenty of ways to make you do as they say."

Antares' words gave Jiang Chen a feeling of his heart pounding, as if he would be treated like a slave.

Jiang Chen frowned, "Didn't you say those top-tier strongmen all pursue Great World Runes?"

Antares smiled, "Pursuing Great World Runes is something only a few top-tier strongmen can do, like that old man you once met."

"Most top-tier strongmen step back a line and chase second‑tier power."

Jiang Chen was startled, "You mean the time law?"

Antares nodded, "It's fine to talk to you about it, after all you've already encountered the law."

"There are countless laws, but they vary in strength. The time law belongs to the topmost first tier among all laws."

"The Thunder and Lightning law you currently wield most skillfully is a branch of the Elemental laws, belonging to the third tier."

Jiang Chen exclaimed in surprise, "So weak?"

Antares hummed, "More or less."

"And the time law firmly sits in the first tier; would you say it's strong or not?"

Jiang Chen thought of another law he had encountered but not mastered, "What about the Life law?"

Antares said, "What kind of Life law is that? You haven't even brushed the surface of the Life law; at most you have some of its aura, merely a superficial grasp."

Jiang Chen also understood, "Then what laws are in each tier?"

Antares shook his head, "There are too many laws for me to count them all, but I can give you a rough overview."

"The first tier has the fewest laws; the most famous are the two great Time and Space laws, followed by the two great Destruction and Creation laws."

"In the second tier, the more renowned are the Killing and Life laws."

"The third tier consists of various Elemental laws, including Wind, Fire, Lightning, and Light."

"Each step down in law level widens the gap."

"Truly top beings indeed pursue Great World Runes. But Great World Runes aren't that easy to chase; a bit weaker and they'd pursue the first‑tier laws."

"Now you understand, right?"

Jiang Chen isn't stupid; how could he not understand?

Jiang Chen said slowly, "It seems the stronger the law, the more Void it is!"