Chapter 1041

Compared to direct combat, the Twelve Yuan Chen, who excel in the Dao of Time, possess far more methods and can easily eliminate their enemies.

As long as Luo Fu and the Twelve Ancestral Witches enter the Twelve Yuan Chen's small realm, they will perish within it without the Twelve Yuan Chen needing to lift a finger.

Splash!

The sound of the flowing Time River emerged, accompanied by boundless Heavenly Dao power.

Not far from Luo Fu and the Twelve Ancestral Witches, two massive vortices began to form.

The vortices spun continuously, like mirrors, reflecting Luo Fu and the Twelve Ancestral Witches.

More precisely, one vortex reflected Luo Fu, and the other reflected the Twelve Ancestral Witches.

Countless images flashed by; the next moment, the vortex reflecting the Twelve Ancestral Witches suddenly trembled, and twelve figures slowly emerged from within.

Upon seeing the twelve figures appearing in the vortex, the Twelve Ancestral Witches froze in shock.

For the figures emerging from the vortex were none other than themselves.

The Dao of Time is indeed not suited for direct killing, yet its terror is ten to a hundred times greater than that of any killing-oriented Dao.

A master of the Dao of Time need not even strike to defeat an opponent outright.

For they can summon the past or future selves of others from the Time River to fight against them.

The strongest enemy is always oneself.

The one hardest to defeat is also oneself.

Most people find it nearly impossible to defeat their past or future selves.

Most importantly, the summoned past or future selves fear no death.

Even if killed, they can be summoned again.

Facing fearless versions of oneself, almost no one can prevail.

One could say that once the Dao of Time is cultivated to a certain degree, one is inherently invincible.

This is something no other Dao can match.

Watching their own reflections emerge from the vortices, the faces of the Twelve Ancestral Witches grew grim.

Among them were some who excelled in the Dao of Time and thus had some understanding of it.

Therefore, they recognized that the selves emerging from the vortices were those summoned by the Twelve Yuan Chen — their past or future selves.

Whether past or future, it made no difference.

One thing was certain: the selves emerging from the vortices possessed strength nearly identical to their own.

Their techniques were also exactly the same.

As soon as the twelve figures emerged from the vortices, they immediately formed the Twelve Capital Heavenly Blood and Wrath Array.

A torrent of wrathful energy coalesced, and a body of Pangu, identical to theirs, appeared within the Twelve Yuan Chen's small realm.

It gazed across at the Pangu body behind the Twelve Ancestral Witches.

Compared to the future, the past is fixed and unchangeable.

The pressure of summoning the past is comparatively much smaller.

Thus, the Twelve Yuan Chen had summoned the past Twelve Ancestral Witches.

Watching the Pangu body behind their past selves, the Twelve Ancestral Witches wore expressions of unprecedented gravity.

Only they knew best just how powerful the Pangu body truly was.

Compared to their own past selves, the Twelve Ancestral Witches were far more concerned with the vortex reflecting Luo Fu.

Others did not know Luo Fu's strength, but the Twelve Ancestral Witches knew it well.

Since their resurrection, they had nearly all spent their time cultivating within the Chaos Pearl.

Their guide had been Luo Fu's avatar.

After tens of yuan of exposure, they deeply understood just how unfathomable Luo Fu truly was.

Although Luo Fu had never revealed his realm, to the Twelve Ancestral Witches, he had undoubtedly surpassed the Hunyuan Daoluojinxian.

In other words, Luo Fu was almost certainly a Heaven Dao-level cultivator.

If the emergence of their own past selves had merely made the Twelve Ancestral Witches feel troubled,

then if the other vortex reflected Luo Fu, it would be far more than just troublesome.

Facing themselves, the Twelve Ancestral Witches still had the desire to fight.

Facing Luo Fu, they had no desire to strike at all.

During their years of arduous cultivation within the Chaos Pearl, the Twelve Ancestral Witches had sparred many times with Luo Fu's avatars.

Almost every time, they were utterly crushed by Luo Fu's avatars.

With just one avatar, he could utterly dominate them — his true strength was self-evident.

Once Luo Fu was reflected, the outcome of this battle was already sealed.

Whether them or their past selves, all would become mere spectators.

The Twelve Ancestral Witches had clear self-awareness: the gap between them and Luo Fu was simply too vast; they had no right to interfere in a battle between two Luos.

Yet precisely because of Luo Fu's strength, the Twelve Ancestral Witches paid special attention to the vortex reflecting Luo Fu.

For they believed that the Twelve Yuan Chen alone could never possibly reflect Luo Fu.

If the Twelve Yuan Chen could reflect Luo Fu,

then they could already be called the greatest under Ancestor Hongjun.

Even Ancestor Hongjun, facing the Twelve Yuan Chen's small realm capable of reflecting Luo Fu, would not necessarily prevail unless he wielded the Heavenly Dao's authority.

If the Twelve Yuan Chen's small realm could reflect Luo Fu, it could also reflect Ancestor Hongjun.

In the eyes of the Twelve Ancestral Witches, Luo Fu should be on the same realm as Ancestor Hongjun.

This was also why they had unhesitatingly followed Luo Fu in rebelling against Ancestor Hongjun.

The Wu Clan, though deeply emotional and loyal, grateful and repayable, is not foolish.

If they had truly no confidence, the Twelve Ancestral Wu would never have so decisively followed Luo Fu in rebelling against Ancestor Hongjun.

It was not because the Twelve Ancestral Wu feared death, but because they could not stand by and watch Luo Fu die.

The Twelve Ancestral Wu had already died once; death meant little to them.

Luo Fu resurrected them, and thus owed them great kindness.

Even if it meant giving their lives in return, the Twelve Ancestral Wu would not hesitate.

After all, they were resurrected by Luo Fu; to live again for a while, to return to the Wu Clan, they were already content.

Compared to their own lives, they valued Luo Fu's life more.

Therefore, when deciding to follow Luo Fu in rebelling against Ancestor Hongjun, the Twelve Ancestral Wu challenged Luo Fu—and did so together.