RE: LORD OF TIME

William suddenly sensed strange energy ripples coming from above and immediately looked up.

However, because it was night, he couldn’t see anything clearly.

A golden light flashed within his eyes as he activated the Eyes of Insight skill.

Under the effect of Eyes of Insight, William saw that the Aether Energy nearly a hundred meters above his head was rioting.

"What’s going on?" He frowned and looked around, trying to find the source of the strange disturbance.

But even after searching the surroundings, he couldn’t find anything.

Crack!

Just then, he seemed to hear the sound of glass breaking, and the next instant—

Bang!

The space nearly one hundred meters above his head shattered, and a dark void rift opened.

"What the fu*k..." William couldn’t help but curse when he saw a rift nearly three meters wide and three meters tall suddenly open in the middle of the sky.

For a moment, he thought it was a random Astral Rift opening.

But that thought disappeared the very next instant because he saw a gray-colored creature crawling out of the rift.

The creature was around one meter long and resembled a worm, with a cylindrical body nearly fifty centimeters in diameter.

As the creature crawled out, the rift behind it trembled before closing. The shattered space also returned to normal.

’It wasn’t an Astral Rift, and I haven’t seen a creature like this before...’ William looked at the worm-like creature that had suddenly appeared in the sky and narrowed his eyes.

What he found strange was that the aura surrounding the worm was only at the Middle Stage of the Star Warrior Realm.

He couldn’t understand how a creature of this level had managed to shatter space like he had just witnessed.

Forget a mere Star Warrior Realm creature—even Star King and Star Emperor level beings found it extremely difficult to break space.

Just as William was thinking, the worm began to fall from the sky as if it couldn’t fly.

Bang!

With a loud crash, the creature landed ten meters away from him, sending a cloud of dust into the air.

Suddenly, William sensed something and immediately stepped to the side.

Woosh!

The instant he moved, the dust cloud was blown away as the worm shot out from within it like a missile, almost biting William with its wide-open maw.

Although it was only for a fleeting moment, William clearly saw that the worm’s maw was filled with row upon row of sharp, rotating teeth.

If the worm had caught him earlier, it would have instantly shredded his flesh into paste.

A cold light flashed in William’s eyes as he touched the earring he was wearing.

The next instant, a sword appeared in his hand, and a sharp aura shot straight into the sky.

Although the sword had several cracks on its blade, with the Sword Dominator Trait, even this damaged weapon could unleash terrifying attacks.

"You damn bastard! Why are you attacking me the moment you see me? Don’t you have any manners?"

BOOOOOOM!

The ground beneath William’s feet sank slightly as he shot forward like a bullet.

The worm had just landed after missing its attack when William appeared behind it.

Woosh!

The sword in his hand glowed, and its blade became enveloped in deep orange flames, brighting the surrounding dark area.

He was using the star attribute of his Aether Energy to manifest scorching flames.

The surrounding temperature instantly rose, and without the slightest hesitation, William swung his sword, intending to split the creature in two.

But just as he thought his attack was certain to land, grey ripples suddenly appeared around the worm.

The next instant, it disappeared from its original location and reappeared five meters away.

Chii!

William’s attack missed, but under the 350% enhancement of Sword Dominator and the power of the flames, the sword still carved a ravine nearly three meter long and thirty centimeters deep into the ground.

However, William paid no attention to the terrifying power of his attack as at this moment, his eyes were wide with shock.

"That..."

He stared at the worm, which was still covered in grey ripples and felt a tremor run through his heart.

"Isn’t this Time Acceleration?"

William’s mind was in complete chaos as he couldn’t understand why this creature could use the Time Acceleration skill.

But the creature had no intention of giving him any answers, nor did it wait for him to recover from his shock.

Immediately after avoiding William’s attack, the worm charged toward him once again.

This time, its speed was even faster because of the effect of Time Acceleration.

William quickly came back to his senses when he saw the creature attacking again.

Although he was shocked by the creature’s ability to use Time Acceleration, he didn’t allow it to cloud his judgment.

After surviving countless battles during the war, he knew better than anyone that hesitation and distraction in the middle of a fight were roads that led straight to death.

Seeing the creature rushing toward him, William neither dodged nor retreated.

Instead, he took a step forward and slashed his sword directly at it.

The instant William swung his sword, the creature sensed the danger and immediately changed directions, barely avoiding being cleaved in half.

At the same time, after dodging, it opened its maw, and a gray-colored energy blade shot toward William.

The flames burning along William’s sword grew even more intense and before the attack could reach him, he swung his sword vertically, releasing a sharp sword slash engulfed in blazing flames.

Now that he had reached the Star Warrior Realm, he could manipulate his Aether Energy much more freely.

The gray energy blade and the blazing orange sword slash collided and the next second—

BOOOOOOM!

A deafening explosion echoed throughout the area. The ground caved in beneath the impact, while rocks, dirt, and dust were blasted into every direction.

The worm’s vision was completely obscured by the dust cloud, so it immediately tried to retreat.

But just as it was about to move—

Swish!

The dust cloud was split apart as William shot out from within it, instantly arriving right in front of the worm.

The creature’s hazy eyes trembled when William suddenly appeared before it and using Time Acceleration, it immediately tried to retreat.

"Do you think you are the only one who can use Time Acceleration?" William sneered when he saw this.

The next instant, a pale golden light enveloped his body, and time immediately began to flow faster around him, increasing his speed as well.

In an instant, he caught up to the retreating creature and before it could even let out a sound—

Woosh!

Its vision was engulfed by a blazing sword.

The worm’s body was covered in thick, durable scales that would have been extremely difficult to cut through with an ordinary sword.

However, under the effect of the Sword Dominator Trait, those scales were no sturdier than paper.

RIP!

A sharp slicing sound echoed through the air as silver-colored blood sprayed everywhere and under the overwhelming power of William’s sword, the creature was cleaved cleanly into two halves.

But what surprised William was that the instant the creature died, its body began to disintegrate and disappeared in less than a second.

Clink!

A clinking sound echoed amid the darkness as a gray-colored crystal dropped to the ground where the creature’s body had disappeared.