Chapter 676 - 432: Original Time Magic

Chapter 676: Chapter 432: Original Time Magic

’I’m really not like Iz, who can crack someone else’s magic with a single glance.’

’Even now, I still haven’t grasped the ability to see through magic like that.’

However, that didn’t stop the current Lu Cang from being able to counter any Mage.

Divine Level·Lighthouse of All Laws.

And Time Cage.

Lighthouse of All Laws originally had a rather long wind-up when stealing Magic.

It could have been a vulnerability.

But now, combined with Time Cage, that vulnerability was practically negligible.

Of course...

In truth, with time accelerated ten-thousandfold, enemies would find it difficult to defend against any attack.

It was just that now, facing a Level 8 Mage, Lu Cang chose the safest method...

An Zheng felt an emptiness within him. All the Magic in the sky had been completely extinguished.

A Mage who couldn’t use Magic.

His fate was sealed.

"You..."

An Zheng had just been radiating the will to fight to the death. But now, having lost all his Magic, his fighting spirit gradually withered away.

"An Zheng."

"It’s over." Lu Cang’s voice carried a hint of regret.

’Although my own power remains, my items don’t return when time reverses. Everything I obtained in the Realm of Ascension is gone now.’

’The many medicinal herbs for Longevity aren’t on me either.’

’Of course... even if I had those things, I wouldn’t use them on An Zheng.’

’His Destiny should end here.’

’And I have more than one way to kill him now.’

His Date of Death was imminent.

At his current level of power, Lu Cang could easily shorten the Date of Death of a Level 8 Reincarnator.

While he couldn’t just shave off centuries or millennia from a Date of Death in an instant, for someone like An Zheng who only had a few hours left, that remaining time was as good as gone.

An Zheng’s voice was listless.

"Yes... it’s over."

"Perhaps."

"What my apprentice said was right all along... Perhaps I underestimated him, Meiser."

An Zheng slowly closed his eyes.

He had completely accepted his Destiny.

He crumbled into dust.

The battle hadn’t been particularly fierce; Iz and the others hadn’t even made a move...

"You’ve really gotten strong, Lu Cang."

Iz’s tone held undisguised praise.

Lu Cang turned back, a faint smile on his face revealing a deeper maturity.

A Level 5 with a Dual Profession often had combat power comparable to a regular Level 6.

’In terms of Level alone, my current Level is actually equivalent to Chi Cheng and the others.’

’In fact, since I have more Professions, my pure Level might even be slightly higher than theirs.’

After defeating An Zheng, Lu Cang dealt with the body and looked at his Storage Bag.

’Sigh...’

’What a shame.’

’Saint One was another shame, actually.’

’But in the last few resets, knowing another one was coming, I stopped being so fixated on killing Saint One.’

’Instead, I learned a lot of other things from him.’

Not long after An Zheng died, there was the matter of Samo, the Executioner from the Death Church who was supposed to be intercepted.

He was a figure wrapped in bandages, like a mummy.

However, because of Lu Cang, Kumironi found out about Sophia...

Sophia had been grooming her as a vessel for possession all along.

It seemed those gods placed great importance on Kumironi.

Kumironi seemed to be a naturally perfect vessel for a divine descent.

Upon learning of the scheme against her, Kumironi ultimately decided against intercepting Samo.

The Death Church was the mortal enemy of the Life Church.

The Life Church was planning to harm her.

Kumironi was no blind follower.

Once she learned the truth, the Life Church gradually lost its credibility in Kumironi’s eyes...

Though her memories of her time in the Life Church were mostly positive...

...its upper echelon and the god behind it were a different story.

It was truly difficult to continue revering them.

Since she didn’t know what was going on behind the scenes, it was best not to blindly intercept Samo.

After An Zheng’s death...

The group left the Secret Sea via one of Iz’s random teleportations.

The chaotic, dazzling light dissipated.

When they opened their eyes, they were greeted by majestic mountain ranges.

This was... Boundaryless Mountain.

A place completely different from the Moon Sea.

Endless mountain ranges stretched into the distance, some verdant and others barren. Nestled within these boundless peaks were towns of all sizes, and torrential rivers carved their way through the great mountains.

There were no more seas.

The Secret Sea, the Muddy Sea, the Moon Sea.

He had been dealing with the various seas for so long. This was the first time Lu Cang had ever set foot on a purely terrestrial part of the world.

"Lu Cang, do you have any other plans for the time being?" Iz asked calmly.

"Plans..."

"My main plan is still to find a way to stop this loop," Lu Cang replied.

He already had a way to escape the reset loop, but the cost was too high. Reincarnation was always a last resort, to be used only when absolutely necessary.

’Giving up the many Talents I have now to start over from scratch is just too hard to accept.’

’I’m not ready for that kind of enlightenment where I give up all my power, cripple myself, and decide a mortal body is the best Constitution.’

’Besides, there’s no such thing as a mortal body being the best Constitution in this world, is there?’

"Then, for the time being, why don’t you help me research this Magic," Iz said.

"Master Iz, are you talking about the Second Forbidden Magic?"

Iz nodded. "Yes. Time."

Lu Cang nodded. "Okay."

’The only person I can trust when it comes to Magic is Iz.’

’Compared to her, every other Mage I know is weaker by several orders of magnitude.’

...

After arriving at Boundaryless Mountain, they found a town to settle in.

The master and disciple bought a palace outright, filling it with countless Arrays and symbols...

Lu Cang began, "Forbidden Magic is known as the origin of all Magic."

"I’ve read in some ancient texts that all Magic in the world evolved from the Original Forbidden Magic."

Over his many years, Lu Cang had read countless books and researched a vast amount of information.

Of course, some of it was information he had gotten directly from An Su.

Lu Cang continued, "I’ve heard that in the beginning, the Root Source itself possessed consciousness. This consciousness was rejected by the world, so it was split into ten Forbidden Magics, each one a phenomenon of the Root Source."

"These Forbidden Magics gained self-awareness and became living beings—the world’s very first Mages. But because it was difficult for such powerful Forbidden Magic to manifest in the world at all times..."

"...these first Mages created different forms of Lower-tier Magic based on their corresponding Forbidden Magic."

"This is the Magic that Mages use today."

As Izparut listened to Lu Cang recount the History of Forbidden Magic, she began to deconstruct it in her mind, using this History to guide her deductions.

’History isn’t useless, and origins aren’t just empty talk.’

’Knowing the origin of Magic allows for a deeper understanding of its evolution and its true nature.’

...

「Several days later.」

Iz stood inside the Time Cage that Lu Cang had cast.

She carefully observed the intricate changes within the Magic.

"The acceleration of time for physical matter... the principle should be something like this."

Throughout the room, amidst a sky full of ordered symbols, a single one shifted. In Iz’s palm, hundreds of wheel-like phantoms materialized.

Tier Six Time Magic: Time Zone

CLICK—

With Izparut at the center, Time spread outward like a ripple.

The flow of Time around Izparut was disrupted.

It would randomly speed up or slow down.

Izparut had created the very first Time Magic.

A type of Magic that had never before appeared in this era.