Chapter 162 Breaking the Situation

From the perspective of those five Sengoku players, the "twelve seconds" just now never existed.

Therefore, their feelings… were basically like watching a video with a section cut out.

Although they hadn't blinked, the scenery before their eyes had changed abruptly.

"Just now…" Oda Ai reacted extremely quickly, "Was time paused again…?"

"Ah… it seems so." Takeda Tomo had already dealt with his wounds at this point and stood up from the ground with support, continuing, "But the strange thing is… judging from the positions and stances of both sides before and after the time stop, Wang Tanzhi… seems to have moved?"

"Just look at the ground…" Sasaki Mei was still lying on the ground like a dead fish, but he seemed to be completely aware of what was happening over there, "The spot where Wang Tanzhi was standing before the time stop… has a crater about the size of the Time Lord's fist, but Wang Tanzhi himself isn't in that crater. Doesn't that explain everything?"

"You're saying…" Uesugi Jin had also switched to a cross-legged sitting position at this time, seizing the time to recover, "He, like the Time Lord… can move freely in a time-stopped domain?"

"Isn't that the only explanation?" Sasaki Mei replied, "It's not like the Time Lord would actively move the other party away from the spot during the time stop and then swing a punch at the empty space, right?"

"Which means…" Akechi Nobu took over, analyzing, "Of the Time Lord's four abilities… Wang Tanzhi has apparently already cracked two of them…"

"Tch…" The next second, Oda Ai suddenly spat and charged forward, gripping the katana at her waist.

"Hey… what are you…" Takeda Tomo wanted to stop her.

But Akechi Nobu immediately interrupted her, quickly saying, "Forget it… let her go. With Ai's personality, she naturally can't accept 'an opponent that the five of us together can't beat, was dealt with by someone else alone'."

Hearing this, Takeda Tomo was silent for a few seconds, then sighed, "Ah… well, never mind. Anyway, she should have already noticed that the Time Lord's time stop can only be activated once every minute; and… the gap in that defensive field shows no sign of repairing itself; with Ai's strength, she can be a great help even without skills once she enters the barrier."

"Then…" Sasaki Mei said these two words and then sprang up from the ground in a carp-like jump, "Shouldn't we also… prepare ourselves soon?"

"Hey… so the extent of your injuries is about the same as Ai's? Then why were you lying there pretending to be dead?" Takeda Tomo immediately yelled when she saw this scene. She really wanted to go up and smack this substitute who always pretended to be dead.

"Lying down can reduce stress," Sasaki Mei replied in his gloomy tone, "My therapist taught me."

"You…" Takeda Tomo was about to swear.

Akechi Nobu stopped her once again, "Alright… now is not the time to complain about him; and… Sasaki is right, we should also prepare ourselves."

"Prepare for what?" Uesugi Jin asked from the side.

Akechi Nobu's expression changed slightly, and he said in a deep voice, "Is there even a need to ask? Of course, we're preparing to…"

…

Turning to the other side, the battle on the Time Lord's side hadn't stopped for a moment while the four Sengoku players were talking.

One minute—that was the "God-slaying time limit" that Xiao Tan had declared.

He wasn't someone who liked to bluff, so… for him to be able to say such a thing, he must have a certain degree of confidence.

But the Time Lord didn't think so…

"Arrogant ant, you will pay the price for your ignorance!" The moment the time stop ended, the Time Lord shouted loudly and attacked with the momentum.

Its combat skills undoubtedly deserved the title of "God." Even though it wasn't a Pillar God like the Demon Lord, who excelled in close combat, it was still stronger than those non-God-level Unique data in the main universe.

To give a more specific example… even if the Time Lord were to compete with Samodir, Bill (Billy's younger brother), or Cao Qin, those martial arts experts, in terms of speed and strength, it would still have the upper hand.

So it didn't think that a mere player could pose any threat to it in close combat.

In an instant, the Time Lord's two giant arms, suspended on either side of its body, swung at high speed, turning into two blurred shadows, engulfing Xiao Tan like a hurricane.

"It seems you don't understand…" Xiao Tan said in a cold tone as he flashed behind the other party like a ghost, "The fact that I'm here at this moment…" As he said this, a mark of black flames had appeared on the Time Lord's hourglass-like body, showing the path Xiao Tan had just moved, "…is not accidental…"

"Why… what is this black flame!" The Time Lord didn't seem to be listening to Xiao Tan, and at this moment, it was astonished that its self-healing ability had failed.

"Before coming here, I knew everything about your abilities." Xiao Tan's words continued, and his attacks didn't stop. The sharp edge of [Tan] tore through the Time Lord's body again and again, and the latter's massive size became an insurmountable burden, "My weapon can break through your defensive barrier and suppress your self-healing power; my body has withstood the power of the Sands of Time for a long time and has long adapted to the influence of this substance. And my speed… is also above yours." He paused, "In summary… I am your nemesis, an assassin specifically here to deal with you. In someone's words—the man who assassinates gods."

As he said this, Oda Ai had already rushed in through the gap in the barrier, raising her katana and slashing at the Time Lord.

"Impossible…" The Time Lord's panic was revealed in its tone, and its actions were also chaotic due to the turmoil in its mind. For a time, it retreated steadily, unable to parry, "I am the supreme God, how could I be defeated by mere ants…"

"You still dare to call me that at this point!" Oda Ai hadn't heard all of their previous conversation. She only thought that the other party had cursed her as well, and she immediately unleashed a furious storm of chaotic sword techniques.

The Time Lord's body had already been scarred by the black flames. Those unhealable wounds were like anthills densely covering a dam. Now, being hit by this fierce multiple strike, the "dam" collapsed in an instant…

Chilingling—

After a strange shattering sound, the Time Lord's "hourglass body" disintegrated. The transparent outer layer shattered and splashed, and the sand inside poured out, flowing all over the ground.

This hourglass seemed to be the main body of the "Time Lord" "creature." When the hourglass was destroyed, its head and hands also turned into silver sand and scattered along with it.

Just like that… the Time Lord became the first Four Pillar God to be "killed by players" in the true sense.

At this point, the Demon Lord was defeated, the Spirit King perished, the Court reversed, and the Time Lord destroyed.

The Four Pillar Gods existed no longer in name or reality.

However, this "Twilight" was far from over.