Chapter 399

The indigo clouds above the arena rolled like tides, with silver lightning occasionally flashing within them.

Ma Genusi's strange spider mask appeared even more sinister under the reflection of the clouds.

From that sentence just now, he began to send separate spiritual radio waves to the other party to prevent interference:

"Nari ah..."

His voice was as gentle as a spring breeze, yet hidden beneath the gentleness was unfathomable danger:

"Do you know? Looking at you now, I am reminded of some past events from a long, long time ago..."

Ma Genusi's figure drifted slowly in the air, every movement carrying a certain hypnotic rhythm:

"At that time, although you were chaotic, at least... you were safe. No one felt threatened by your existence, and no one wanted to hurt you."

Speaking of this, a complex emotion approximating nostalgia appeared in his eyes:

"But look now... you actually want to be an enemy of the entire Abyss.

Although your strength has improved a bit now, do you think that with your own strength, you can resist our thirteen supreme apostles and those countless other apostles?"

Hearing these words, Nari's countless tentacles began to swing uneasily.

Her huge body trembled slightly, and confusion flickered in her hundreds of eyes.

As a natural chaotic existence, although her thinking mode became clear because of Luo En's grace.

But facing such inductive words, she still felt lost.

"I... I just want to protect my child..."

Nari's voice carried a trace of uncertainty, and the instinct of motherhood began to conflict with rational thinking:

"Is there anything wrong with this? Is it... is it not supposed to be done this way?"

Ma Genusi keenly captured the wavering in her words.

Denying the other party at this time might provoke her rebellious emotions.

One should follow the other party's words and then conduct appropriate induction.

This is the technique of negotiation.

Thinking of this, he began to quickly adjust his strategy.

Ma Genusi's voice became gentler, like an elder concerned about a junior:

"Of course there is nothing wrong; maternal love is the greatest emotion in the world.

But Nari, true love is not blind protection, but... a wise choice."

His nine eyes began to flicker rhythmically.

Every change in light was transmitting subtle hints to Nari's subconscious:

"Think about it, if his situation is really as dangerous as I said.

Then continuing to indulge him in greedily absorbing power like this, wouldn't he be the one hurt in the end?"

"The end of the Evil Hunter, I have already shown you just now.

That kind of thorough destruction from the level of existence, not even the soul can be preserved..."

Ma Genusi's voice carried sympathy, as if he were truly heartbroken for Nari's situation:

"We just want to help him avoid that terrible ending.

Some necessary research, moderately letting him get rid of your power infusion, these are all for his own good..."

Nari's thinking began to fall into deep contradiction.

On one hand, her maternal instinct told her to protect her "child" at all costs.

On the other hand, Ma Genusi's words did touch the fear deep in her heart.

What if Luo En really self-destructs like the Evil Hunter?

"But, but..."

Her voice became stuttering, and every eye was filled with pain and entanglement:

"If he loses the power I give him, will he still... still love me, this mother?"

Ma Genusi saw that Nari had completely fallen into the thinking trap he set, and a look of triumph flashed in his eyes.

He deliberately slowed down his tone, letting his voice become more seductive:

"Nari, believe me, we are all doing it for his own good. And..."

His nine eyes turned to Luo En, who was still in the center of the battlefield, his tone becoming more "sincere":

"Haven't you noticed?

Since he appeared, many apostles in the Abyss have begun to cast strange looks at you.

Nightmare Queen Selina, Mad Bite Mo Gelong, and Blood Tear Grand Duke Asmond..."

"They look fearful now, but how long do you think this fear can last?

Once they unite with other apostles, with your own strength..."

Ma Genusi didn't finish his sentence, but the implication was very obvious.

This hint pushed Nari's fear to a new height.

She imagined the scene of herself and Luo En being besieged by the entire Abyss, and that sense of despair made her tentacles tremble violently.

"I... what should I do?"

Nari's voice became helpless and lost, like a child at a loss:

"I just want to protect him, I don't want anyone to hurt him, but if my protection instead harms him..."

Just at this moment when Nari fell into complete thinking confusion, Ma Genusi took decisive action.

Without any sign, without any warning, even the intention to attack was perfectly hidden.

Countless black threads as thin as hair surged from the void.

These threads were not composed of any material, but were the embodiment of the pure concept of "binding."

"Since you are still hesitating, let me make the decision for you."

Ma Genusi's voice became cold and ruthless, no longer having the fake gentleness from before:

"After all, some choices are too important to be left to a brainless apostle like you who only knows how to be emotional."

The exchange between the two apostles at the consciousness level was extremely rapid.

So much so that when Ma Genusi launched the attack, Luo En had just walked a few dozen meters toward Nari's direction.

Black threads swam in the air like spirit snakes, and then wound toward him at an incredible speed.

Their movement trajectories completely ignored spatial distance, capable of jumping directly to the side of the target.

Screams of horror erupted from the spectator seats:

"Damn it, they really started fighting!"

"It's over! No matter how strong that monster is, it's impossible to break free from the binding at the conceptual level!"

"Nari is going crazy, run!"

However, at the critical moment, Luo En's spiritual sense issued a warning to him in advance.

The special foresight brought by the astrologer allowed him to vaguely see the terrifying picture of himself being tightly bound by black threads.

Sure enough, this old guy Ma Genusi had no good intentions.

Luo En had just had such a thought when he started the emergency escape plan he had already rehearsed without hesitation.

A strange fluctuation erupted from his body.

That was a special ability from "Thousand-Change Phantom" — Record Reproduction.

During his intimate contact with Nari, Luo En had already recorded part of her Chaos Storm power.

Although according to the restrictions, he could only record a power level close to the Dark Sun, it was barely enough.

Now, this power was partially reproduced, forming a chaotic force field around him.

Pure primordial chaos began to interfere with Ma Genusi's threads.

Those bindings that should have been invincible began to show tiny delays and offsets under the impact of chaotic power.

"What?!"

Ma Genusi's nine eyes widened simultaneously, the runes on the surface of the mask flickering violently:

"How could he release chaotic power himself? This is the privilege of natural chaos..."

But the eye-opening part was yet to come.

Luo En took out a silver pocket watch from his arms.

The moment the pocket watch opened, the flow of time around him began to undergo strange changes.

"Bite the second hand!"

It was not simple acceleration or deceleration, but a more stable time manipulation — Time Stasis.

Ma Genusi felt his movements begin to become sluggish, a feeling like falling into some invisible quagmire.

The movement speed of the threads was also severely affected, and the capture process that should have been completed in an instant became slow and clumsy.

This was still because his power level was much higher than Luo En's, and he had a certain resistance to Time Stasis; otherwise, he should have been completely frozen from any action at this time.

"This kind of time power..."

Ma Genusi's consciousness began to frantically retrieve information from the depths of his memory.

That extremely rigid sense of stasis reminded him of a name almost forgotten:

"'Clock King' Erika..."

That was a legendary Great Wizard at the end of the Second Era, and also an absolute authority in the field of time manipulation.

Even "Invisible Mist" Na Si, a supreme apostle specializing in time ability, was far from being comparable to her.

Ma Genusi would never forget the feat of how that legendary existence turned the tide single-handedly and banished more than a dozen primordial apostles in one breath.

At that time, he was just an insignificant Morning Star-level wizard, only able to watch that battle that changed the era from afar.

The giant clock embodied by Erika's phantom almost rewrote the time rules of the entire battlefield.

Those arrogant primordial apostles were as helpless as lambs waiting to be slaughtered in front of the power of time.

And now, the same power aura actually appeared on the other party!

"Impossible! Erika had long since been self-banished into the river of time together with the dozen or so primordial apostles she fought after that battle. How could her inheritance leak out..."

It was this short hesitation that gave Luo En an excellent opportunity to escape.

The second hand of the silver pocket watch began to rotate counterclockwise, and the time runes on the dial emitted dazzling light.

This was another ability unlocked after a brief exchange with the Time Hound last time — Time Jump.

The next moment, Luo En's figure dissipated like a bubble, and then reappeared in a safe area nearly a thousand meters away.

The entire process had no trajectory of movement.

As if he disappeared from the current time node and then appeared at another node.

Ma Genusi's binding failed completely, and those black threads swayed powerlessly in the air, finally dissipating into the void.

"Time Jump..."

His voice carried deep apprehension, his nine eyes staring fixedly at Luo En, who had returned to Nari's side:

"Who exactly are you? Why can you use Erika's time secret arts?"

Luo En slowly put away the pocket watch, the silver surface appearing exceptionally mysterious under the reflection of the Chaos Storm:

"Some secrets are not something you are qualified to know."

His voice was as calm as water, but the threat contained within made even Ma Genusi feel heart-stricken:

"But I can tell you one thing — if there is a next time, I won't just run away."