574: Chapter 574 Zhou Yan's Little Scheme

After Zhou Yan re-established his connection with Lord Canglan and shared memories, he understood the true situation behind the time reversal just now.

That move was likely Ma Hao's doing; although he didn't know how he managed it, the loophole was glaringly obvious.

The most intuitive part was that after the reversal, the power they had consumed and the losses they had sustained remained unchanged.

Lord Canglan immediately used Isaac's method, infiltrating the base via the Golden Leaf, and quickly returned to the spot where he had been standing the moment before the reversal.

He found the Golden Apple there, still in the same place, only its power was relatively weak.

This Golden Apple had been brought out of Sui by Isaac, and after it was brought out, Sui stopped functioning.

Sure enough, when Lord Canglan arrived at the location where Sui was stored, the power of Sui had clearly changed as well.

Later, when Zhou Yan's main body saw the cracked Apocalypse Knight, it proved that this time reversal was not as formidable as he had imagined, and a plan emerged spontaneously.

Zhou Yan first controlled Lord Canglan to consume a bit of Power of Law to make the position of the Golden Apple more obvious; as long as Isaac entered, he would definitely discover it immediately.

Because of the previous experience, Zhou Yan already knew that this thing called Sui counted as a living being and could not be put into his inventory, but now he could use Law and mana.

He also didn't need to do what he did last time, driving the dragon boat and using wall-glitching to get it out.

He only needed to simply set up a Teleportation Array, with the other end connected to Zhou Yan's main body.

Once the situation went awry, Zhou Yan would teleport it over immediately. At the same time, the main body would be responsible for finding Sui, and once it was teleported over, he would accelerate the refining process.

Unlike Ma Hao and the others who hadn't seen it with their own eyes and thus had uneven intelligence, Zhou Yan, who possessed dual perspectives, knew that only by putting the Golden Apple back and returning its power could Sui be restarted; otherwise, Sui would just be a hollow shell.

And the only person willing to put the Golden Apple back was Isaac; they could not allow the other party to do it again.

Although he had been hit by an ultimate move right at the start of the second run, almost causing him to log off on the spot, fortunately, the Southern Desert side came through and gave him an unimaginable assist.

Having successfully avoided this calamity, the plan proceeded smoothly.

As soon as Isaac entered the base, he indeed headed straight for the location of the Golden Apple.

The moment he obtained the Golden Apple, Gongsun Heng, who had rushed over, faced the dilemma of pursuing Ma Hao or Isaac. He took the initiative to split his Primordial Spirit, which greatly reduced his strength, making it difficult to easily defeat either of them.

He took the opportunity to lead Florian toward the location of Sui, leaving Ma Hao, who had arrived early, and the main body of Gongsun Heng with no time to investigate the current state of Sui.

They could only prevent the other party from advancing while casually kicking Florian, that small fry.

Every time they wanted to investigate, Florian would always manage to crawl back up and stubbornly run toward Sui, so until the end, no one discovered that the power of Sui was insufficient.

Eventually, after Lord Canglan arrived in a hurry with his people, Gongsun Heng, feeling a bit reckless, put the item in first.

Presumably, this ancient book was the item Gongsun Heng intended to use to summon someone.

The Golden Apple had returned to Lord Canglan's hands, and taking advantage of that opportunity, he had also managed to make a trade and gained quite a few benefits.

This ancient book was also obtained unexpectedly, and even the item in Florian's hand was a bound prop, which could be retrieved at any time.

Thus, only Ma Hao remained as a threat.

"Zhou Yan!"

Like a shooting star, Ma Hao was rapidly approaching, guided by the wind, following the flow of the wind and Time Acceleration.

At the same time, his health was rapidly decreasing.

"Ma Hao, you can no longer be resurrected, right?"

"Then it is time for us to have our final showdown!"

Looking at Zhou Yan before him, who appeared fully prepared and without a single scratch on his body, Ma Hao felt not only anger but also a trace of powerlessness.

Time and time again, it was always like this; every time he got one step closer to his dream, he would always encounter this kind of situation.

Clearly, this time he had done his best. He had used the Victory Knight to eliminate Zhou Yan immediately. Because the Victory Knight was not there, the Golden Apple had no medium and could not activate the Divine Ability again.

Isaac and Gongsun Heng had also been attracted by the Golden Apple that couldn't be sent back, just as planned.

While fighting Gongsun Heng, he had even manipulated the wind in the air to build a fast-track passage.

As long as he found the right timing, he could send the silhouette directly into the mouthparts of Sui.

But the result was still failure. When the Truth Cult arrived to provide support and Gongsun Heng was at his most careless, he had clearly been prepared to pay the price of his own serious injury to send the silhouette in.

Yet, that Sui still vanished into thin air before their eyes.

When he exhausted his life force to rush out of the base and head straight for where Zhou Yan was, he discovered that Sui was indeed with him.

Anger and frustration intertwined, giving him a feeling of being unable to exert his strength.

He had already reached this point, so why could he still not succeed!

"Zhou Yan, you deserve to die!"

Ma Hao could no longer care about the consumption; a channel for the flow of wind had already been constructed.

An airflow capable of instantly destroying a Soul Transformation Stage cultivator swirled in Ma Hao's palm. Just as Ma Hao prepared to use Time Acceleration to blow the airflow directly onto Zhou Yan, a door suddenly opened in the space beside him, and Zheng Dafu interrupted his attack with a flying kick.

"Cough, cough."

Ma Hao wanted to prop himself up, but he couldn't do it on the first try; instead, he fell to the ground and spat out a mouthful of viscous blood.

"With me here, you won't get past."

Zheng Dafu kept his eyes fixed on Ma Hao's movements. He had already learned about Ma Hao's intelligence, possessing the fluidity of wind and the eerie power of time.

But as long as he applied the newly learned technique of the new method and attached the so-called Law of Space to his attacks, he could break the eerie aura shrouding him.

It was precisely because of this that Ma Hao was so severely injured.

Without the protection of Unstained Dust, he was simply no match for Body Integration Stage cultivators like Zheng Dafu and Gongsun Heng.

But there was no time to feel pain. Ma Hao forced himself to stand up, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and charged toward Zhou Yan again.

"Screw fate, I won't give up!"

Ma Hao activated Time Acceleration again. He knew that Zhou Yan possessed that eerie Time Divine Ability, and he also knew that the opponent could return his power along the same path after being injured.

But it didn't matter. Even if it meant trading injury for injury, he had to win.

At the very least, under Time Acceleration, Zheng Dafu could only pursue by using space jumps; there would eventually be gaps!

The surrounding world turned into black and white, and Ma Hao headed straight for Zhou Yan.

Just as he was about to approach Zhou Yan, the eyes of Zhou Yan in the black and white world suddenly moved. His eyes, which had originally been only black and white, turned golden.

It's here!

Ma Hao's heart sank abruptly. He knew this was the opponent resisting using the Law of Time, but Zhou Yan's attainment in the Law of Time was too low; he estimated there would only be one chance to activate that Divine Ability.

As long as he knew when the opponent started using the Divine Ability, the threat from the opponent would be minimized.

Ma Hao's fist, gathering immense Power of Law, struck into the airflow he had long since pre-constructed. As long as Zhou Yan dared to intercept it, he would immediately reduce his power and then use the wind field to achieve a second burst of force.

But the next moment, an unexpected situation occurred.