1364: Time Stop

In the valley, Wang Chen extended his hand and used Beast Taming Art on the Time Spirit Snake egg.

Buzz buzz buzz!

A mysterious fluctuation surged from Wang Chen's hand, instantly connecting him with the Time Spirit Snake egg on the ground.

Soon.

Two contract runes flashed and disappeared, entering their respective bodies.

At the same time, the Time Spirit Snake egg instantly vanished from the ground, entering the Beast Pet Space, and Wang Chen also felt a strong surge of intent at that moment…

“Hungry! Hungry! Hungry! Hungry! Hungry!”

A strong sense of hunger surged into his mind, making Wang Chen feel a long-lost hunger at that moment.

One must know that ever since he transitioned into a Giant-Beast Master and completed the forging of his Silver Body, he had completely shed the need for food, able to sustain his activities simply by his body spontaneously absorbing the Qi of heaven and earth.

Normally, he only ate to satisfy his cravings.

But now, this feeling of hunger made him feel as if he had returned to the time before his transition.

However, he quickly dispelled the influence of this intent on himself, quietly comprehending the information gained after using the Beast Taming Art.

One piece of good news, one piece of bad news.

The good news was obvious: the contract was successful, otherwise the Time Spirit Snake would not have entered the Beast Pet Space.

The bad news was that the Time Spirit Snake was still in an unhatched state; it was still an egg.

From the information gleaned after dispelling the hunger in his mind, Wang Chen learned that the Time Spirit Snake had been hungry for over ten thousand years, and during this period, its power had been continuously drawn upon to maintain the Seal of this ruin along with the power of the Earth Vein.

Originally, ten thousand years ago, the Time Spirit Snake egg was worshipped as a Divine Beast by the natives of Jin Yu Star, able to frequently draw upon the lifespan, or more accurately, the time, of offerings to nourish itself.

But after the Nightmare Ghost Disaster erupted, because its inherent characteristics could suppress Nightmare Ghosts, it was used by the natives of Jin Yu Star as the power source for a Sealing Formation, thus becoming its current malnourished state.

Through the information brought by the contract, Wang Chen also learned that the Time Spirit Snake needed to absorb a large amount of experience points to replenish itself before it could hatch. As for how much exactly…

Currently, Wang Chen could not determine an accurate figure from the fragmented information, but it would definitely be a lot.

And currently, being in an unhatched state, this also resulted in the Time Spirit Snake’s attribute panel being:

【Beast Pet: Time Spirit Snake.】

【Rank: Ancestral Divine Beast.】

【????%$%#$#$ %… …】

Aside from its name and rank, everything else was garbled. Before it completely hatched, it could not provide any attribute bonuses to Wang Chen, its master.

However, after contracting the Time Spirit Snake at this moment, Wang Chen was not without benefits. Although he did not receive attribute feedback, he shared a portion of the Time Spirit Snake’s abilities.

Click!

Looking around, Wang Chen snapped his fingers.

In an instant, the area within a hundred meters around him suddenly fell silent, and the dust flying in the dim light was frozen in mid-air.

Wang Chen reached out a finger and picked up a speck of static dust, and after he completed this action, the frozen time and space around him instantly returned to normal.

Time Stop!

Freezing time and space within a small range, with the user unaffected, capable of lasting one-tenth of a second, covering a hundred meters around the user.

After the duration ends, the frozen time and space will accelerate to align with the surrounding normal time and space.

With Wang Chen’s current strength, he could basically control an opponent no more than one major Realm above his own combat power.

And for him, one-tenth of a second was enough time to do many things.

Now, if a Five Realm Peak opponent were controlled, without any preparation or emergency defensive Dao items, facing him at full power, they would be directly blasted into dust.

However…

“Huff huff!”

Wang Chen panted twice, his face a little pale.

With him currently activating the second stage of his secret technique, and still having the passive regenerative talent skill of the Earth Vein Azure Ox, using “Time Stop” nearly drained him, almost making him unable to maintain the activated state of the secret technique.

Moreover, all his muscles suffered varying degrees of tearing after the “Time Stop” duration ended, taking a full thirty seconds to recover.

“This move consumes too much. It can only be used as a trump card, and basically must be limited to one-on-one combat.”

“Otherwise, if this move is used against multiple enemies and they cannot all be killed instantly, with a thirty-second recovery time after the duration ends, my situation will become very unfavorable. However…”

“As the Time Spirit Snake’s state continues to be replenished, the duration of the Time Stop will extend. I just don’t know if I can continue to share this ability after the Time Spirit Snake hatches?”

Wang Chen exhaled a mouthful of turbid Qi, pondering inwardly.

This ability shared by the Time Spirit Snake was different from the talent skills copied from Ice Purity Su Su and others using “Skill Replacement.” This ability, at this moment, was more like a talent he had awakened himself, not requiring a slot from “Skill Replacement.”

“From the current perspective, it seems that when the duration of Time Stop reaches one second, the Time Spirit Snake will have made up for ten thousand years of deficit and thus hatch.”

“Hmm… this ability also seems to be useful for gauging the Time Spirit Snake’s status.”

Wang Chen stroked his chin.

He suddenly felt, was this little guy still in the egg, perhaps adding a burden to him, its master? That’s why it shared such a “special” ability.

However, he quickly dismissed this thought. Regardless, the appearance of this ability was a great improvement for him.

Thinking of this, Wang Chen turned his head to look at the center of the valley.

At this moment.

The light emitted by the pillar of light had dimmed to the extreme, and it had been compressed to less than fifty meters high, with the illuminated area reduced to only a few hundred meters in circumference.

The altar and statue within the light pillar were already covered in cracks, as if they would completely collapse at any moment.

Moreover, outside the illuminated area, chaotic movements continuously emerged from the surging darkness, indicating that those entities attracted by the commotion were about to arrive.

But at this moment, Wang Chen was not distracted by the surrounding commotion in the slightest.

“I hope the Time Spirit Snake won’t be as ugly as this statue after it hatches.”

He thought to himself, his gaze fixed with interest on the cracked statue and altar.

An extremely evil aura was emanating from the cracks on the statue and altar, its power and malevolence far exceeding any Nightmare Ghost encountered before.

“The little one’s fragmented thoughts indicate that an existence it greatly despises is suppressed beneath this altar. Judging by this aura, it’s likely a source of pollution above individual Nightmare Ghosts.”

“I’m really looking forward to how much experience this guy can provide me.”

Just as Wang Chen thought this, the altar and statue exploded with a roar.

The pillar of light vanished, and darkness completely enveloped the entire valley.