RE: LORD OF TIME

After deciding on the battle art that he felt could fully bring out the advantage of his immense physical strength, William immediately sprang into action.

Using Phantom Steps, he appeared directly above a Middle Stage Star Warrior level mutated scorpion and threw a punch toward its head.

But unlike a normal punch, if one looked closely at his hand, they would notice that it was trembling slightly, not only on the outside but from within as well.

His skin, bones, blood, nerves—everything inside his hand was vibrating as though trying to generate some kind of force.

BOOOOOOM!

His fist made contact with the monster’s head, but the impact was far from ideal. In fact, the power behind the punch was even weaker than his previous attacks, failing to leave even a single crack on the Middle Stage Star Warrior monster’s armor.

William wasn’t surprised by the result and using Phantom Steps, he immediately disappeared from atop the monster before the surrounding scorpions could encircle him.

Repeating the same process, he attacked four other Middle Stage Star Warrior monsters.

However, the result remained exactly the same.

Every one of his attacks had very little effect on the thick armor protecting the monsters.

Under the effect of True Wisdom, William carefully analyzed every one of his punches and gradually, his eyes became clearer.

"So that’s how it is..."

He muttered under his breath before once again appearing above the head of another Middle Stage monster.

The moment he landed, a cold light flashed through William’s eyes as he threw another punch.

But unlike his previous attacks, his hand was no longer trembling.

From the outside, this punch looked exactly the same as the ones he had used before deciding to practice the battle art.

However, if someone could look inside William’s arm, they would see a completely different scene.

Every single nerve, bone, muscle, and drop of blood inside his arm was glowing faintly with Aether Energy while vibrating violently, generating an immense vibrational force.

BOOOOOOM!

William’s punch landed squarely on top of the monster’s head and under the effect of Time Perception, everything slowed down in his eyes.

He watched as the instant his fist made contact, a terrifying vibrational force erupted from within it.

Under the vibrational force, the monster’s tough armor began shattering bit by bit before finally collapsing completely.

The terrifying vibrations didn’t stop there.

They penetrated through the shattered armor and invaded the monster’s skull and the next second—

BANG!

Its head exploded into a cloud of blood mist as white brain matter and lava-like blood splattered in every direction.

The force behind the punch didn’t stop even after destroying the monster’s head. It continued downward and slammed into the sandy ground beneath.

BOOOOOOM!

A powerful shockwave burst outward in every direction, blasting away the surrounding sandstorm for a brief moment.

The instant he successfully mastered Shockwave Fist, William’s lips curled upward and he looked at the monsters surrounding him.

’It’s time to end this.’

Although he had already killed several monsters, there were still over fifty remaining.

Moreover, around ten of them had already shifted their attention toward Alicia and Liam. Most of them were unranked, while only a handful had reached the Early Stage of the Star Warrior Realm.

William was certain that even if the situation worsened, Alicia would be able to pull Liam to safety since she undoubtedly possessed a few trump cards of her own.

However, he had no intention of allowing the battle to reach that stage.

’Besides... that big guy and those three Peak Stage Star Warrior monsters still haven’t made a move.’

William’s gaze shifted toward the cave entrance, where the three Peak Stage Star Warrior mutated scorpions stood silently guarding the entrance and his eyes narrowed.

The next second, a bronze-colored bell appeared in his hand.

A bronze halo instantly spread outward, covering a radius of twenty meters.

Every monster caught within the range of the Restriction Bronze Bell immediately felt a suppressive force invade their bodies, weakening their overall strength.

The sudden change stunned every mutated scorpion.

However, William had no intention of giving them even a single moment to escape from the bell’s area of effect.

His figure suddenly blurred and the next second—

BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! - - - -

Continuous explosions echoed throughout the battlefield as one monster after another had its head blown apart.

It didn’t matter whether they were unranked, at the Early Stage, or even at the Middle Stage of the Star Warrior Realm.

Every single monster’s head exploded after receiving just one punch.

A thick metallic smell of blood quickly spread throughout the battlefield and the raging sandstorm surrounding William gradually turned blood-red.

Chunks of flesh, shattered shells, and headless corpses littered the battlefield, making the entire scene appear incomparably gruesome.

The mutated sand scorpions desperately tried to stop William.

Some launched blazing fireballs while others thrust their deadly tail stingers toward him.

But they couldn’t even touch him before he activated the Restriction Bronze Bell and now that their strength had been suppressed, catching him had become even more impossible.

Within just ten seconds of activating the Restriction Bronze Bell, William had blown apart the heads of over twenty monsters.

Among them were all seven Middle Stage Star Warrior mutated scorpions.

Watching companions who were even stronger than themselves die without the slightest ability to resist, the remaining monsters finally panicked and they immediately scattered in every direction, desperately trying to flee.

However, William had no intention of letting them escape.

BANG! BANG! BANG! - - - -

A blurred figure darted through the fleeing monsters like a phantom and every time William passed beside a monster, its head exploded into a cloud of blood mist, causing the surrounding sandstorm to become even redder.

By now, Alicia and Liam had already become completely numb as the absurd scene unfolding before them had caused their minds to stop functioning for a moment.

"Just what the hell is going on here? Am I still asleep in my room? Is all of this just a dream?" Liam couldn’t help but mutter as he stared at the lone figure hunting down the fleeing monsters like a demon.

Alicia remained silent after hearing Liam’s words as she was simply too shocked to say anything.

She turned her gaze toward the group of monsters that had surrounded them only moments earlier and to her astonishment, they too had completely abandoned the fight and were fleeing for their lives.

’This is just insane...’

She shouted inwardly, her heart still trembling from shock.

As William continued slaughtering one monster after another, some of the corpses suddenly emitted a faint glow after death, indicating that they had dropped loot.

However, William had no time to collect any of it for now, as his sole focus was on eliminating every last mutated scorpion before any of them could escape.

Just as he continued his relentless killing spree—

SCREEECH!

A deafening screech filled with boundless rage suddenly echoed from deep within the cave.

William immediately stopped chasing the fleeing monsters and slowly turned his head toward the cave entrance, his eyes narrowing.

’That big guy finally decided to come out.’