202: Chapter 22 A Fierce Battle!

"To think she could even defend against a Time-Space Slash; she truly is a wisp of a god's will."

"But fortunately, some attacks can still deal damage to her."

Lu Yin narrowed his eyes and activated a skill once more.

"Time Reversal!"

A silver glow lit up again, and Lu Yin returned to his state and position from three seconds ago.

This point in time was the exact moment he was about to be sent flying.

It was also the location where he was closest to the Will of Athena.

"Momentary Eternity!"

The cooldown of the skill he had just used was also reset, and Lu Yin did not hesitate to unleash this crowd-control skill.

Taking advantage of the instant the Will of Athena was frozen, the blade of annihilation in his hand once again turned into a blur of afterimages.

"Time-Space Sword Dance!"

Lu Yin didn't believe that at such close range, combined with her being controlled, the Will of Athena could still perfectly defend against the slashes.

The multiple strikes of Time-Space Sword Dance cut in from different temporal layers during that frozen instant.

Squelch!

A slash sliced through the Will of Athena's shoulder armor, and golden divine blood splattered.

Then came the second strike, the third...

-31,456,789! -29,876,543! -4,234,567!

...

Damage numbers poured out like a waterfall, and with each hit, her health bar decreased at a speed visible to the naked eye.

However, just as the seventh slash was about to land, Lu Yin saw the Will of Athena's golden eyes.

They were slowly turning.

The silver light of the time-space freeze was fading from her eyes at a visible rate.

"Zero point three seconds..."

That was the total duration Momentary Eternity remained effective on the Will of Athena.

Clang!

The moment she recovered, the eighth slash struck.

It was steadily blocked by the Aegis Shield she raised, erupting with a loud noise like a giant bell.

But Lu Yin's offensive did not stop; the ninth and tenth slashes fell in succession, both from extremely tricky angles.

Swish! Swish!

One went straight for the Will of Athena's throat, while the other was a vicious upward diagonal slash aimed at the back of her knees.

These two strikes utilized the multi-temporal layer characteristics of Time-Space Sword Dance to cut in from the blind spots of her shield block.

This was the most terrifying aspect of Time-Space Sword Dance: it could launch attacks across different timelines.

The crisp sound of metal clashing rang out, causing Lu Yin's pupils to shrink suddenly.

The Will of Athena had not moved her shield.

She simply turned her body slightly, and her golden shoulder armor struck the side of the blade aimed at her throat with incredible precision and angle.

At the same instant, she drove her knee upward, and the greaves covering her shins, etched with holy runes, collided fiercely with the slash aimed at her knees.

Clang! Clang!

Sparks flew everywhere!

-1! -1!

Two glaring forced damage numbers popped up.

"Is this prediction... or can she see a short glimpse of the future..."

Lu Yin frowned, then immediately used Attribute Conversion to switch to Agility, wanting to put distance between them again.

However, the Will of Athena's movements were faster than his.

Lu Yin's vision blurred as that slender figure wrapped in golden armor closed in with a posture almost like teleportation; the spear of victory in her hand pierced silently toward the center of Lu Yin's forehead.

There was no sound of breaking wind, no energy fluctuations; all the killing intent and divine power were concentrated into that single cold point at the tip of the spear.

An extreme sense of danger made Lu Yin's hair stand on end, and he activated a skill without hesitation.

"Space-Time Conversion!"

He directly swapped positions with the Will of Athena. Both maintained their postures from the previous moment as they passed each other back-to-back.

But as one wave settled, another rose.

At the instant their positions swapped, Lu Yin's spine suddenly tensed as a bone-chilling premonition of death attacked from behind without warning.

The opponent's reaction speed had already surpassed comprehension.

It was possible that at the same time Lu Yin used his skill, she had already seen through the skill's effect and the way to counter it.

"In that case, there's only this way."

Feeling that he couldn't dodge, Lu Yin glanced at his remaining souls of death, his heart hardening.

After accumulating for this period of time, his souls of death had reached quite a staggering number.

[Souls of Death: ordinary-grade: 327, high-grade: 8623, rare-grade: 3114, epic-grade: 246, legendary grade: 5, mythical-grade: 1.]

These souls of death were enough to support him in activating the Undying and Indestructible talent dozens of times.

Lu Yin didn't believe that with his dozens of lives, he couldn't outlast a mere wisp of a god's will.

"Death Coil!"

Ignoring the opponent's attack, Lu Yin swung out a wave of death energy.

-26,595,655!

-56,332,656!

Two damage numbers appeared above their heads simultaneously. Lu Yin's health bar was instantly emptied, and his body stiffened.

His vision suddenly fell into darkness, only to be reignited in the next instant.

[Undying and Indestructible activated!]

"Eternal Silence Execution Ground!"

Lu Yin didn't have time to worry about the sharp pain in his body and directly activated the skill attached to the blade of annihilation.

Low-pitched syllables rolled out from deep within Lu Yin's throat, sounding like echoes from the netherworld.

The moment the words fell, the blade of annihilation in his hand suddenly erupted with an unprecedented pitch-black light.

With Lu Yin at the center, a hundred-meter radius was instantly dragged into an absolutely abnormal domain.

The Will of Athena seemed to be imprisoned, remaining motionless.

A pitch-black sword light burst from the tip of the blade of annihilation, accurately sweeping across the Will of Athena's body.

-965,325,654!

A crimson number exploded above the Will of Athena's head.

That terrifying damage of nearly one billion caused the Will of Athena's health to drop directly by 3%!

Although the Max HP reduction debuff couldn't take effect, as long as there was damage, it was enough.

After these few rounds of confrontation, the Will of Athena's health had been reduced to around 4% by Lu Yin.

Victory seemed to be right before his eyes.

"Olympus Holy Fire!"

But just as this thought surfaced, a holy flame suddenly ignited on the Will of Athena's body.

As the fire burned, a massive green number also floated above her head.

+136,557,895!

That suddenly bright emerald-green number was like the most glaring mockery, almost instantly erasing the advantage he had fought for with his life.

A terrifying ten-digit healing amount!

The health bar above the Will of Athena's head was jerked upward by an invisible hand.

From near the dangerous 4%, it was pulled back to the safe line of nearly 70%.

The dancing holy fire brought not only boundless vitality.

It also completely repaired the death aura staining her armor and the tiny cracks left by the Time-Space Sword Dance.

"As expected of the Goddess of War and Wisdom... whether it's offense, defense, or recovery, she has almost no weaknesses."

Lu Yin's heart sank, but his gaze grew even sharper, like a quenched blade.

"It seems I can't hold anything back."

"If I wait for the cooldown of this skill to recover, I'll never have another chance to win."

Lu Yin took a deep breath and cleared all stray thoughts from his mind.

Facing an almost omnipotent god's will, conventional tactics and skill rotations had lost their meaning; he had to bet everything.