"Do you want to dance too?" Ian opened his pocket watch and gently flicked it.
The next moment, the flow of time around his body also began to accelerate drastically. His movement speed was not the slightest bit inferior to Wang Mian's, even faintly showing signs of surpassing it.
Not only that, but Ian easily kept up with Wang Mian's rhythm, even having the spare energy to tease him.
"Oh my, this feeling of time acceleration is actually pretty nice." Ian maintained his breezy, unbothered expression even while moving at high speeds.
Wang Mian's time domain was like a child's toy in front of Ian, easily surpassed. This realization sent crashing waves of shock through the usually calm Wang Mian's heart.
Mid-run, Ian pulled out a bizarre arrow made of pixelated blocks from who-knows-where. The arrow's body had a uniform blocky structure, yet it exuded a terrifying aura of danger that made one's heart palpitate.
"Coincidentally, the ability of my arrow is pretty similar to your blade. The faster the speed, the greater the power." Ian raised the arrow and gestured forward a couple of times. "However, the damage of my arrow is highly concentrated, so you'd better be careful."
His tone sounded like he was introducing a novelty toy, completely lacking the tension of a life-or-death duel.
The spectating recruits and instructors, including Qiangwei and Tianping who were currently tangled in combat with Lin Qiye, were all dumbfounded.
Wang Mian's signature time acceleration ability, along with the trait of his weapon growing stronger with speed, were actually perfectly replicated by Ian. In fact, based on his description, that arrow sounded even more overbearing than Wang Mian's [Yiyuan].
"That's impossible!" Qiangwei couldn't help but exclaim during a brief gap in her clash with Lin Qiye. She nearly lost her grip on the giant hammer in her hands.
Tianping was equally shocked beyond measure. It was one thing for his gravity manipulation to be ineffective against Lin Qiye, but now even Captain Wang Mian's time-based Divine Realm Power was casually copied? Just what kind of monsters were these two recruits?
Wang Mian himself felt as if he had been struck by lightning. His proud time-based Divine Realm Power was actually used and even surpassed so easily by his opponent? This completely shattered his understanding of reality.
Looking at the ordinary-looking pixelated arrow in Ian's hand, he couldn't help but doubt its function. However, the very next second, a crisis-like premonition of descending death completely dispelled his doubts.
It felt exactly like being targeted by the Grim Reaper; every cell in his body was screaming in warning.
While effortlessly suppressing Qiangwei and Tianping with his tentacles, sword, and shield, Lin Qiye glanced over at the standoff between Ian and Wang Mian.
Seeing Ian's 'I'm just playing a game' expression, a familiar premonition welled up in his heart once again—Ian's troll nature as a Minecraft player was acting up again. This training camp was probably going to be completely broken by him.
"Qiangwei, your captain looks a little panicked," Lin Qiye teased while blocking an attack.
"Shut up!" Qiangwei snapped, flying into a rage out of humiliation as she swung her giant hammer even more furiously.
Inside the command center, Yuan Gang stared at the monitor. The teacup in his hand had been crushed at some point, spilling tea all over the floor. His expression turned incredibly ugly, veins bulging on his forehead.
"Just what the hell are these two guys?" Yuan Gang gritted his teeth.
He was now incredibly thankful that he had set up a barrier beforehand to suppress the field to the peak of the Lamp Realm. Otherwise, these two "Dual God Proxies" might have actually leveled the entire training camp.
Beside him, Instructor Hong was completely speechless, only able to stare blankly at the screen.
On the training field, two distinctly different yet equally terrifying time acceleration domains collided and squeezed against each other. The surrounding air distorted as a result, forming visible ripples.
Dust on the ground was swept up, forming bizarre vortex-like air currents.
The other recruits and Masked Squad members who were fighting unanimously distanced themselves from the area, terrified of being dragged into it.
Ian pointed the arrowhead straight at Wang Mian. Terrifying energy converged at the tip, the pixelated blocks flashing with a dangerous light, as if it would pierce through everything in the very next second.
Wang Mian's expression was solemn to the extreme, fine beads of sweat seeping from his forehead.
"Captain, do you need our help?" Tianping shouted during a gap in Lin Qiye's attacks.
"Focus on your own opponent!" Wang Mian responded with outward calm, but his voice already carried a hint of imperceptible tension.
Ian and Wang Mian engaged in a god-like pursuit battle within the time acceleration domain.
For the first time, Wang Mian felt his time-based Divine Realm Power being completely suppressed by his opponent's bizarre Watch of Flowing Time.
Cold sweat gradually soaked his back.
The peculiar arrow in Ian's hand, composed of countless tiny blocks, looked unadorned and simple, yet it emitted a deathly aura that seemed to lock onto one's very soul.
The pixelated blocks on the arrow flickered brightly and dimly.
It foreshadowed its terrifying trait: the faster the speed, the greater the power, with highly concentrated damage.
"How is this possible..."
Massive waves churned in Wang Mian's heart.
His time-based Divine Realm Power had never been suppressed so easily by anyone before.
What shocked him even more was Ian's breezy expression, as if all of this was just a game.
The other members of the Masked Squad watching the battle were burning with anxiety.
The giant hammer in Qiangwei's hands nearly slipped from her grasp.
"Captain!"
Tianping was burning with anxiety and hurriedly looked at Yuegui nearby. The tacit understanding forged through years of life-and-death struggles allowed them to instantly reach a mutual realization.
After exchanging a single glance, Yuegui—the mysterious squad member who had been concealing his presence, responsible for reconnaissance and special operations—flashed into motion.
He vanished from his spot like a phantom.
His target was exactly the core of the faint blue barrier enveloping the entire field.
Under the nearly suffocating gazes of all the recruits and instructors, Wang Mian knew full well that if he didn't change his tactics, he would undoubtedly lose.
His pride and sense of responsibility as the captain made it impossible for him to retreat.
Therefore, he decided to take a risky gamble!
"In that case..."
Wang Mian took a deep breath.
He pushed his speed to the absolute limit.
He attempted to use himself as bait to lure Ian into firing that fatal pixelated arrow, then rely on his extreme manipulation of his time-based Divine Realm Power to secure victory.
The corners of Ian's mouth curled up. "Finally getting serious?"
Then, with a flick of his wrist, the arrow transformed into a streak of deadly light and flew toward Wang Mian.
Wherever it passed, the very air was torn apart.
That terrifying fluctuation of energy caused the surrounding recruits to retreat one after another.
Just at the exact moment the pixelated arrow was about to pierce through Wang Mian's chest.
A crisp crack echoed throughout the training field!
Yuegui had appeared near the barrier's energy nexus at some unknown point.
A peculiar dagger gleaming with a faint light in his hand viciously stabbed into the Forbidden Item's energy node!
The faint blue barrier's light curtain violently fluctuated in response, then gradually collapsed!
The instant the barrier suppressing everyone's strength shattered, the terrifying power suppressed within Wang Mian erupted with a boom!
His aura skyrocketed wildly from the peak of the Lamp Realm.
Pool Realm, River Realm... finally stopping steadily at the peak of the Sea Realm!
The entire training field was instantly enveloped by a powerful, oppressive might.
Feeling that terrifying pressure, the recruits fell to the ground in succession.
"Is this the strength of the Sea Realm?"
"It's too terrifying..."
Wang Mian's time-based Divine Realm Power circulated.
In the nick of time, his figure dodged the pixelated arrow's attack.
The pixelated arrow whistled past, brushing right by his body with devastating power.
"BOOM——!!"
It left a terrifying, bottomless hole with perfectly smooth edges in the distant alloy training wall!