I became a god by treasure hunting after arriving 500 years early-Chapter 662 - 481: Terrifying, Time System Ability!

Faced with this streak of light as fast as lightning, the "White Eagle" exuded an eerie and oppressive aura.

Within the suppression of that field, his entire being emitted a dark and numb energy; his charred head remained rigid, while the eyeballs in his sockets twitched slightly, resembling two decayed yellow pearls.

[Demon] took the initiative to attack. A seemingly unremarkable punch, ordinary like an old man’s tai chi movement.

Yet it was extremely strange.

So fast, so fast that in the instant Lu Yuan could perceive it, he was already struck.

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This speed even surpassed Lu Yuan’s spatial teleportation ability.

At the opponent’s fingertip, an eerie black glow appeared.

This black glow charged directly forward, forcing its way into Lu Yuan’s arm.

His arm began to age; in just an instant, it seemed to have endured thousands of years!

Originally robust and healthy skin turned shriveled and dry, losing all moisture, while muscles weakened and slackened, as if it had aged ten thousand years.

"Couldn’t defend against it… it’s a time-based ability…" Lu Yuan’s pupils slightly contracted.

Although the damage was not severe—thanks to his life system healing powers—it made Lu Yuan realize how troublesome the opponent was.

"A Divine Skill is the key to combat."

"Understanding the opponent’s ability and unraveling its mechanism are the only ways to win."

"A time-based ability must have weaknesses… Otherwise, it could easily defeat me. Is the weakness… contact? Does it require physical touch?"

A lion uses its full strength to hunt a rabbit; attacking is more effective than defending.

Feigning injury, Lu Yuan lightly teleported backward to create some distance.

Then he swiftly teleported behind the White Eagle. This to-and-fro movement was like a fast-forward scene in a movie!

With a wave of his large hand, he scattered a pile of spore-like powder.

These were parasitic seeds from the Tree of Life.

Even though the White Eagle’s time ability allowed his movement speed to reach extraordinary levels, evading such a wide-range coverage was difficult. Several parasitic seeds directly embedded into his flesh.

Within mere seconds, the seeds rapidly took root and grew.

The White Eagle bled from all seven orifices; buds sprouted across his body, and cannibal flowers emerged, devouring his muscles.

The terrifying [Demon] grinned at Lu Yuan: "Spatial ability…"

After delivering that punch, the physical body became emaciated, reduced to mere skin and bones, aging rapidly, and its skin sagged.

Entwined by the parasitic seeds, it carried an unsettling aura of horror.

"The body of an ordinary being is indeed weak. It can’t exhaust your lifespan," a hoarse voice remarked.

"But I can simply switch to another one."

Lu Yuan’s heart tightened abruptly.

The aged body of the White Eagle collapsed as the proliferating cannibal flowers grew more rampant on the corpse.

Meanwhile, another birdman with a vacant expression suddenly had clarity in his gaze.

This was… the second generation of the White Eagle.

The Divine Skill [Body of Thousand]—it allows you to remotely take over a slave who is already under "Mind Control."

Lu Yuan teleported behind his opponent and unleashed a flurry of green flying leaves. Under the amplification of violent power, the verdant leaves burst out with red light, instantly breaking the sound barrier and creating a deafening roar.

Roar!

A massive beam of red light surged towards his opponent’s back at an incredible speed!

The birdman who was overtaken moved slowly, yet somehow, at the very last moment before the leaf struck him, he made a movement of extreme speed, narrowly evading the attack.

The leaf slashed into the ground with a resounding "crash," carving a hundred-meter-long fissure as countless debris scattered into the air.

The birdman immediately leapt forward, extending his withered hands. His speed was almost unreasonable, so fast that it surpassed even the reaction capabilities of the Greedy Demon God.

Burning a lifetime in a single moment.

With an unyielding punch, it struck Lu Yuan squarely in the face.

This punch wasn’t highly damaging—equivalent to a normal punch from a Level Four Warrior. In theory, it shouldn’t have broken his defense.

Yet under the protective red aura of the Greedy Demon God, the birdman’s fist and arm directly turned to ash.

However, the punch carried time-based energy, rapidly accelerating the aging of the Greedy Demon God’s face.

In this fleeting moment, Lu Yuan seemed to experience the passage of thousands upon thousands of years. The eerie energy surged beneath his skin, and amidst the searing pain, wrinkles emerged on his face. His hair turned from black to white in an instant, strand by strand falling away.

The time-based ability was terrifying beyond comprehension, capable of exponentially accelerating its user’s movements—ten thousand, a hundred thousand, even a million times faster.

Lu Yuan estimated that the monster’s earlier speed might have reached sub-light speed levels.

However, this type of attack appeared to be a one-time consumable.

That overtaken birdman had spent his entire lifespan with a single punch, aging to the brink of death.

Even his eyeballs began to dry up and decay, resembling the lifeless, ashen eyes of a dead fish.

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"A time-based ability?"

"Could Lu Yuan actually lose?!" The conch, Old Cat, and others in the Different Space watched in astonishment, hearts filled with creeping worry.

This was the first time they had seen an existence capable of overpowering Lu Yuan on the level of superpower mechanics.

Yet at this moment, hiding themselves was their only option.

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The battle between the Greedy Demon God and Anomaly·[Demon] raged on.

Spatial abilities truly represented the pinnacle of speed.

But even Lu Yuan required reaction time, and just that slight lag was enough for his opponent to avoid his strikes.

"This time ability also has its limitations—it only affects the user… So [Demon] must physically touch me to infect me with its time power."

"And I can’t avoid its attacks…"

"Do I need to eliminate all the bodies on the battlefield?" Lu Yuan’s eyes sharpened but refrained from executing that option.

He feared that if he destroyed them, [Demon] would escape to some other location, and then it would be impossible to capture it again. The bodies on this battlefield were unlikely [Demon]’s only vessels.

The aged birdman before him expired, succumbing to the exhaustion of its life force.

Yet though its body perished, [Demon] was undying, once again employing the Divine Skill [Body of Thousand]!

Once more, it switched to a new body.

Another birdman stood up and, staring coldly at Lu Yuan, launched a sudden assault.

Lu Yuan teleported repeatedly, but defense alone would never secure victory. His neural response speed simply couldn’t keep up with the "burning a lifetime in a moment" sub-light-speed movements of his adversary. Ultimately, he was struck by that trembling yet inevitable punch.

A black spot materialized on his waist, hardening like tree bark, wrinkled with age.

The pain—heart-wrenching and excruciating.

This birdman, too, aged into death, while yet another rose anew!

This was an utterly terrifying combat style.

Even the might of the Greedy Demon God could not contend with the relentless march of time.

As long as the hits kept landing, he would, inevitably, reach the end of his lifespan, his soul withering to the point of complete exhaustion, and die an agonizing death from old age!

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