Chapter 168: Fusing Time Crystals

When Xiao Yu entered the Star Lord's residence earlier, it was extremely covert; no one saw his movements.

Moreover, Star City sees millions of people coming and going each day, so no one could suspect him.

And if someone possessed the ability to probe the past, the situation would be fully explained.

"Not good," Xiao Yu thought inwardly, "so the Temple already knows about its enslaving of the three."

Mo Hai shook his head, "That's the Temple's most precious secret; we are merely messengers the Temple sent to run errands in each World Zone, and even the fact that that tribe possesses a Heavy Treasure was something we heard by chance."

"Indeed, we know little of the Temple's affairs; we don't even know how many deities the Temple has. Usually we only see those few, and we have never met the Star's father, the Time God. He gives us orders, usually via telepathy," Ju Qi added.

"Master, I have seen Father several times and have witnessed over a hundred deities in his hall. Moreover, above Father there is a Great Time God even stronger than him," Xingchen suddenly spoke, "I also recall Father once said that in his youth he was a Black Warrior, the rarest of them being the Time Black Warrior."

"Do not make a fuss. The demonic beings beyond the Domain are extremely cunning; a month ago we set a heavenly net, yet still could not track them," the double‑pupil man gestured, halting Lord Langao, "Furthermore, we have discovered that over fifty lords have mysteriously vanished, and these missing lords share a common characteristic."

At the same time, silver threads began to appear within Xiao Yu's body.

Xiao Yu's facial muscles twitched involuntarily, his skin alternately hardened into scales and then burst with blood; his arms swelled violently, and his veins turned completely transparent like crystal conduits, then shifted to pure silvery white, while his muscles kept morphing.

"The ship has reached its destination," Wu suddenly reminded.

"Understood, subordinate acknowledges. Immediately issue a citywide warrant," Lord Langao promptly took the order, preparing to dispatch his subordinates.

"Ju Qi has betrayed our clan and allied with the demonic beings beyond the Domain!" the double‑pupil man shouted.

The will of an apprentice‑level warrior can still be more terrifying than the will of a Realm Lord!

"With such a will, you still dare to breach my Soul Crystal!" Xiao Yu's voice echoed in the Sea of Knowledge.

A spaceship disguised as a meteor whizzed by.

"No, the Temple has likely learned that the two of you recognize me as master. Safety first; let's first head to the Time God Ruins a thousand World Zones away," Xiao Yu altered the original plan.

"All of them have seen Ju Qi and Mo Hai within the past ten years, and each has received a Divine Crystal granted by the Temple," the double‑pupil man smiled, "We surmise their next target is likely you."

The ancient sword spaceship shot upward, accelerating rapidly; its speed soon neared light speed, piercing cloud after cloud, breaking through the storm layer before soaring into the distance.

As for its usage, Xiao Yu already knows.

On each side stood fifty men and women clad in identical black robes and golden armor.

After a few minutes, the pain vanished, and the silver Secret Pattern disappeared.

Xiao Yu's unparalleled, fierce will seemed to become a massive mountain, crushing and shattering the roaring wills that surged toward him.

"Isn't Ju Qi a Temple envoy? Half a year ago he was specifically ordered to visit my domain and brought me two Divine Crystals!" Lord Langao asked, puzzled.

The ship now hovers close to the ground, separated only by a single cloud layer.

"Hmm," Xiao Yu nodded, thinking to himself, "Viska Star truly is mysterious; it holds countless secrets, with hundreds of Immortals above the strongest. To investigate these secrets, I may have to wait until my power reaches Immortal level."

Silver Secret Patterns suddenly surfaced on his chest.

"Yes, master," the three Xingchen obeyed without question.

The double‑pupil man casually tossed three sheets of paper, each bearing a portrait; the papers drifted down before Lord Langao.

Xiao Yu's body began to tremble involuntarily.

Pain!

"I now possess 63 time crystals; using even one won't matter."

"Kill!"

Below, the white megacity, Langao City.

In front of the hall stood a 'Lord Langao' with twin horns on his head, skin as pale as snow, face gaunt as withered wood, kneeling on one knee as if bearing the weight of a world, and he respectfully bowed, "May I know what business the Temple envoys bring?"

Across the heavens, shouts and battle cries roared within the Sea of Knowledge; that ferocious, tyrannical will clashed repeatedly with Xiao Yu's will. This is a test of pure will—will differs from consciousness, which depends on the depth and strength of mental force, whereas will is merely personal conviction.

"Finally, we made it through!" Xiao Yu breathed deeply.

"No way!" Lord Langao's heart raced, yet he felt relieved; thank goodness the Temple guard arrived in time.

"What on earth is happening?" He felt his whole body's temperature surge to an unimaginable heat, as if to be incinerated, then in an instant plunge to a staggering cold, freezing him to the point of losing sensation of his own body.

At the center of a colossal ice palace towering about a thousand kilometers high, on the throne sat a slender man clad in black robes and golden armor, his eyes like double pupils, the depths of his irises bearing Secret Patterns, exuding immense pressure.

The method is simple; executing it is difficult!

Boom—

Encasing a time crystal with mental or spiritual force is the method described in books for merging Divine Crystals, a technique almost universally known across Viska Star.

When Xiao Yu crushed that will, the fundamental strange power within the time crystal truly erupted; silver threads from the crystal surged wildly into Xiao Yu's Soul Crystal, and likewise poured into the Soul Split of the World Tree within his internal Small World.

A few hundred meters of an F-class ship appeared insignificant before the colossal ice mountain, like a mere particle.

"What characteristic?" Lord Langao asked.

"Master, let Ju Qi and I go down," Mo Hai said with a smile.

When a 108-faced time crystal contacts mental force, it instantly erupts with an invisible exotic energy, as if a long‑repressed ultimate beast surged into Xiao Yu's Sea of Knowledge, bringing an immensely ferocious will.

"Kill!"

Soul and body endure pain beyond the extreme!

Inside the ship's control room, Xiao Yu sat on a luxurious seat; as for the three Xingchen, Xiao Yu assigned them the following task:

"This is a time crystal," Xiao Yu held the crystal, eyes fixed on the wondrous stone, "The first mission is to obtain a time crystal for a reward of ten thousand points. It can be exchanged for points or merged into the body."

"Rest assured, you are valued by the Temple and may become a Time Black Warrior; the Temple will not ignore such talent," the double‑pupil man comforted.

Ten billion kilometers above Viska Star.

The double‑pupil man coldly said, "By Temple decree, Xiao Yu, Mo Hai, and Ju Qi are wanted. We are here to notify and assist in killing the three."

The pain from the recent time crystal fusion Xiao Yu could endure, even the clash of soul wills he could bear, but the only discomfort was his consciousness being unable to control his body.

Calmly, Xiao Yu suddenly sensed that his body and soul could detect faint fluctuations of the Origin of Time.

(End of Chapter)