Rumble!
In the sky above the ancient town, thunder rumbled and lightning flashed, dark clouds gathered, and the Eye of Time and Space was crystal-clear and merciless.
Just as Lu Jun was preparing to lift the seal of the Ancient King's Armor Robe and transform into the Undead Emperor, the Nasca Gem in his arms suddenly reacted violently, erupting with a vast mighty force that instantly broke free from his restraint.
Rumble! In the blink of an eye, it turned into a beam of light soaring into the sky and rose up into mid-air.
The dazzling azure pupils resonated with the Eye of Time and Space above, each shooting out a ray of light. The two converged in the void, creating terrifying mysterious ripples, space collapsing and twisting into a transparent vortex that gradually expanded.
"Not good!"
Lu Jun sensed the situation getting out of his control, growled in a low voice, his gaze becoming sinister and cold. Various features evolved, an endless brilliance of the Netherworld was about to rise up, supreme might sweeping across the ancient town.
However, that distorted collapse instantly drowned out everything, engulfing him within.
"It's merely the Eye of Time and Space; the Underworld King can tear apart all things in the world."
Buzz! A surging supreme force burst forth from Lu Jun's body, filling him with endless confidence.
Who could have expected that just then he would be shrouded by the Light of Time, instantly losing consciousness as his body drifted like a blade of grass toward the depths of eternal darkness, only the White Tiger pendant at his neck flickering with platinum brilliance.
From a higher dimension, a point in the Great Gobi Valley of Peru sunken, space-time curvature rippled, and a deep black hole of earth-shaking magnitude spun above.
This scene was extremely detached and dreamy, as if existing in another dimension. The world was ignorant, while special ripples swept across the globe like ripples, flooding over the Hundred Majestic Curtain, the Sahara, Antarctica, brilliance erupting everywhere.
Or the vast sea surface became deeper for an instant; or the Antarctic ice abyss burst forth with auroras all over the sky; or the Sahara erupted into a tower-like sandstorm.
In the end, when all movements in Peru subsided, someone whispered softly, "The Eye of Time and Space has opened again.
When Lu Jun slowly awakened, a sharp pain surged in his mind, causing him to gasp coldly.
Suddenly, as if remembering something, he hurriedly turned over and stood up, first thing attempting to communicate with the power of the Ancient King's Armor Robe in his body.
But to Lu Jun's shock and unease, his body was empty inside, no longer possessing that omnipotent, heaven-and-earth-reversing great power.
"What exactly happened just now?"
Lu Jun was incredulous and rapidly checked his whole body.
First was the spiritual world. In the pitch-black universe within, six star rivers meandered and intertwined, half of the magic systems filled with dim and gloomy radiance — a kind of yellowing of time, as if congealed time and space.
The other half, however, was fine. The magic energy of the star rivers was still vast and surging, glimmering bright on the surface, containing countless stars.
His heart sank. The sealed magic systems included Curse, Water, and Metal — his three strongest elements.
The only ones he could still use were the most 'trash' three systems: Psychic, Summoning, and Space, which due to being hidden were not commonly used and were generally of mediocre level.
Unluckily, the Ancient King's Armor Robe trump card was located within the black-red Curse system star river, and therefore he had just not felt that Underworld King-like mighty power.
Crucially, no matter how Lu Jun attempted to activate the Ancient King's Armor Robe, it just stood quietly, towering motionlessly within the frozen Curse system, as if solidified.
This seal was not simple, not an ordinary spiritual restriction, but especially bizarre, carrying a trace of time, freezing the Curse system star river at one second before the burst of the Ancient King's Armor Robe.
Furthermore, he found that this sealing power was closely related to his own Psychic, Summoning, and Space systems. Forcibly using the Ancient King's Armor position power to break it was not impossible, but the price was that the three systems would collapse along with it.
Over half of the spiritual world would be annihilated, and his soul and spirit would collapse by more than half — perishing together at that point.
"The Eye of Time and Space, it's definitely the divine might of the Eye of Time and Space."
Lu Jun pondered inwardly, for when he observed his spiritual world, the gloomy haze and brilliant radiance each occupied half like Yin and Yang of a Taiji diagram.
On the central dividing line, faint patterns outlined a strange vertical pupil imprint, balancing the scales on both sides, very similar in appearance to the Eye of Time and Space.
Not only that, he could clearly see that the sealed half of the dim radiance was slowly flowing to the other side with the passage of time, like an hourglass, naturally diluting this sealing power. That vertical pupil pattern was being stirred, slowly rotating like a clock hand tick by tick.
Upon seeing this, Lu Jun finally relaxed from his nervousness and let out a heavy sigh of relief.
He was in crisis, yet remained calm under pressure, actively searching for a solution, finally managing to glimpse a flaw.
After all, if the Eye of Time and Space were invincible, the Inca Empire would not have been destroyed.
In addition, Lu Jun stretched out both hands and looked down. Unlike the fair and delicate skin of a young man, his hands became shriveled like those of an old man, dotted with bits of black corpse-like spots, already transforming toward a living corpse state.
Don't misunderstand — this was not the backlash from activating the Ancient King's Armor Robe. He hadn't even managed to start it before he was suppressed by the Eye of Time and Space.
If it really were activated, it wouldn't just be both hands getting eroded — at least more than half of his body would be tainted, and afterward he would likely be half-dead in a wheelchair. If he could not suppress it again, he was afraid he would struggle on at death's door for a few months before dying.
This was the death power accumulated inside his body over a long period of time from the Ancient King Armor.
Originally, only occasional stinging pain was felt, but recently had become more and more numb, as if he had lost the sense of pain.
"Sigh, becoming Forbidden Curse before twenty-five years old isn't something so easy."
Lu Jun sighed, lowered his hands, and tucked them back into his thick robe...
Wait, robe?!
Realizing something was wrong, after quickly checking his body, he shifted his attention to the surrounding environment.
All at once, Lu Jun was bewildered — where on earth was this?
He found himself inside a small wooden hut-like building, with a wooden bed in the corner and various stone furniture placed around, the style strange, with some wild and rough patterns hanging on the walls, full of exotic flavor.
The clothes Lu Jun was wearing were also a kind of ceremonial robe, with bright and gorgeous colors as the base, decorated with delicate feathers of various birds and beasts — was this a South American tribal style?
What about the Eye of Time and Space? Where were Mo Fan and the others? The ancient town? Just as he was utterly confused, his expression suddenly froze. In his mind, the sealed vertical pupil seemed triggered by the scene, and many memories surged forth.
"Lu Jun, ancient Inca Empire, Chief Priest of the Summoning Academy under the Elder Council, alternate elder?"
At this moment, Lu Jun was so shocked his jaw almost dropped — he simply couldn't understand what was going on. The brief flow of information in his mind had nothing to do with himself, like the life of another person.
Frowning, he hurried a few steps to the door of the wooden hut. The moment he pushed it open, warm and dazzling sunlight poured in.
Lu Jun was stunned by the sight before him. Green meadows and seas of flowers, a beautiful and orderly small town — it was clearly the Time Town within the storm-restricted zone he had explored before.
The only difference was that the city used to be empty and extremely silent.
Yet now it was extremely lively, with exquisite and beautiful buildings neat and tidy, bustling streets filled with people, smiles everywhere, their behavior gentle and polite.
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