Chapter 338: Mirror Change

Time Stop, as the strongest spell of the transformation school, is not cast casually.

Basically, except for a few Legendary Mages of the Conjuration school who can use the Legendary Spellcraft "Eternal Freedom" to become immune to Time Stop, only deities can exempt themselves from this dreadful spell.

The power of time is so terrifying that even though Time Stop merely achieves a pseudo‑time halt by accelerating the Spellcaster, it still wields a force ordinary people cannot resist.

Vickna knows very well that in this world no one possesses power greater than his, and even he himself cannot resist the force of Time Stop.

Thus he was so shocked.

In fact, Naimi Xisi was not very surprised by this.

His immunity to Time Stop was not sudden; ever since that day in the library when he first half‑awakened the third gem, Naimi Xisi could feel a change within himself.

That change was not that he became immune to time, but that his senses were undergoing a transformation.

Sight, smell, touch, hearing, taste.

He is slowly losing these five senses; his once proud hearing and vision have been steadily deteriorating, and from the moment he entered this world until now he has felt the constant weakening of his five senses.

His eyes can no longer even see objects ten meters away!

Strangely, none of this has affected him.

The feeling is odd; if forced to describe it, he clearly knows and even perceives the decline of his five senses, yet in reality it has no side effect on him at all.

On the contrary, he sees everything in the outside world even more clearly.

It is as if his soul communicates directly with all things of the world. Though he cannot see or hear, the information carried by his soul lets his brain, as usual, confirm that the flame before him is scorching hot and the fragrance of the flower in his hand is enchanting.

Accompanying this change, Naimi Xisi is convinced that when his five senses finally degenerate, he will probably awaken something very novel.

At first glance, this feeling matches the concept of Divine Thought he read about in an online novel from his past life.

That is why he is immune to Time Stop.

It is not that he is immune to time itself, but because the special nature of the Time Stop spell is based on changes in the five senses of the Spellcaster and the target.

The Spellcaster continuously accelerates his thoughts and speed to achieve an effect similar to Time Stop. Yet Naimi Xisi's soul has undergone a change that makes him no longer rely on ordinary five organs to receive material‑world information, thereby transcending the ordinary creature's reception system and, with perception millions of times more sensitive than the normal five senses, captures the Lich's movements.

In short, when Vickna accelerates himself, Naimi Xisi's Divine Thought perceives Vickna's actions, breaking the non‑contact principle of the reference frame that underlies Time Stop.

Naimi Xisi thus also gains the same acceleration effect.

In fact, if Naimi Xisi were to ask Ougma, or any deity, he would learn that what he is now experiencing is exactly the same as a deity's immunity to Time Stop.

That is why we say Naimi Xisi is not immune to time.

If he encounters the true Time Stop Maze Lock set by the legendary Lich in the half‑plane, even his strongest Divine Thought would be useless.

Emma's boots slammed against the stone pillar behind her, and the blue light of her Mist‑Step wrapped her body. When the soul‑fire in the Lich's eye sockets turned to a false afterimage, her true form appeared three inches behind the skeleton—at the instant the sword tip sliced the robe, the green light of the Green Flame Sword poured along the blade into the Lich's rib gaps.

"A petty trick. When the Lich's jaw opens and closes, Emma's sword is suddenly clamped by an invisible force. Bone fingers emit green light, and the Disjunction Technique's ray rushes toward the face.

An invisible force field exploded in front of her nose; using the recoil, Emma flipped backward onto the ground. She heard Naimi Xisi's staff chanting an ancient mode, and the transparent walls of the force‑field cage rose from the ground—only to be devoured by the Disjunction Technique the moment they touched the Lich's robe.

Naimi Xisi continued chanting the incantation and re‑activated the Power Gem's ability, his HP dropping sharply to 50/60.

Seven Ring Transformation spell — Mirror Change!

An extremely powerful instant‑death spell that can instantly turn the target into a bronze mirror. Unlike transformation spells that can restore the original form, victims of Mirror Change remain that way forever.

He released this spell mainly because Naimi Xisi deeply doubts whether an Undead in an illusory world possesses a Divine Spell such as a Death‑Prevention Barrier.

It should be known that Undead are immune to instant‑death spells, but Mirror Change, this special instant‑death spell, is not something a Lich can resist!

In Naimi Xisi's violet pupils, Runes flickered rapidly, and a mercury‑smooth liquid surged toward Vickna at torrent speed.

Vickna instinctively sensed danger and immediately prepared to teleport to evade.

"Now!" Naimi Xisi shouted loudly.

Emma pulled out the Dimensional Anchor scroll dropped by the Necromancer she killed near Mist Frost Town, tore it open. Indigo Arcane Power flames burned the scroll to ash, and an invisible force instantly sealed the space around Vickna, completely blocking his teleport ability.

"Enough!" The Lich's roar raised a negative‑energy storm, and the incantation of the Nine Ring Death Array began to appear on the ground.

But at that critical moment, Mirror Change struck the Lich's body; he instantly froze, forcibly snuffing out the spell that was about to form.

With crisp "crack" sounds, Vickna's body gradually turned into a mirror‑like material; the smooth surface sprouted cracks, then collapsed and reassembled into a bronze mirror.

Emma moved like lightning, leapt into the air like wind, and with one sword slash shattered the bronze mirror.

"Phew, finally killed it," Emma tossed her hair lightly, looking very happy.

But Naimi Xisi saw a hint of hesitation in her eyes.

When Naimi Xisi walked toward the stone platform, Emma suddenly called out from behind him, "Wait, Naimi Xisi."

Naimi Xisi turned back, gave her a puzzled look, "What's wrong?"

Emma hesitated, her gaze suddenly darkened, shook her head, "It's nothing, go destroy that Life Box quickly."

Naimi Xisi nodded, pointed at the walnut box on the stone platform. The scent of honey mixed with the simple aroma of maple leaves drifted from the box, exuding an intoxicating warmth. Yet green light gathered in Naimi Xisi's hand, a power capable of destroying everything.

As the Disjunction Technique neared the core of the Life Box, a sword‑slicing sound came from the left. He instinctively leaned back; Emma's side sword cut through three strands of silver hair, the black energy on the blade corroded the rear stone pillar into honeycomb holes.

"What's wrong? Don't want to 'go home' anymore, Emma?" The Mage's figure appeared instantly dozens of meters away, tilted his head expressionlessly at Emma, "Or perhaps this is your home?"

At that moment Emma stood silently in place, heard Naimi Xisi's words and suddenly lifted her head; her eyes were already covered by a swath of darkness, the black‑eyed swordsman gave a bizarre smile, and the afterimage of the sword‑chanting spread across the whole space: "You've found me."

(End of Chapter)