Otherworldly Affairs Office
Chapter 973: Their Weaknesses
"Ah, this is the epitome of every advantage having its disadvantage. Clearly, my Power of Origin is of a higher attribute compared to the attacks from those two spirits. If it hadn't been weakened, Ye Ruozai wouldn't have needed to hide his abilities all along, continuously allowing his body to adapt to the reactions of time control, only to unleash his powers at the critical moment to break free from control," Lin Junzhao concluded with a sigh.
On the stage, Flamel also realized this. He glared at Ye Ruozai and hissed, "You've always had such abilities, but you've kept them hidden, waiting for the moment to counterattack?"
"That's right." Ye Ruozai patted his bulging chest, containing Flamel's two severed hands. He looked at the opponent's empty hands, which had lost ten rings, and chuckled lightly, "You don't have the Forbidden Curse Ring now, do you?"
Flamel, initially engrossed in the battle, was now suddenly cognizant of this change and exclaimed in shock, "You had your eyes on my hands from the start, ready to strike?"
"You told me, the time recast applied both to you and this stage. Remember Saraf?" Ye Ruozai used the talk as a chance to heal his injuries, leaning on the longsword, and continued to verbally assault his opponent, "He was severely injured on this stage and had his bloodline taken, yet after stepping down, while his wounds healed, his bloodline did not. My friend likened it to smashing a vase and taking it away. Now..."
Ye Ruozai pulled out one of Flamel's severed hands and waved it mockingly, "Now your rings are like that taken vase. You can heal your injuries but can't create the stolen Forbidden Curse Rings out of thin air."
Relying on his unveiled abilities, Flamel was inevitably a bit flustered, but he forced himself to remain calm and shouted, "You think taking my rings will win you the battle? I still have time reversal, which keeps me unbeaten, but you're already heavily injured, right? Winning won't be easy."
"Indeed, I'm seriously injured, but there's no need to act tough; deep down, you know I've seen through your powers, haven't you?" Ye Ruozai said as he released the grip on his sword, cut off a piece of fabric from his clothes midair with his fingers, wrapped the fabric around his hand and sword hilt using Source Energy, then tightened the knot with his teeth and continued, "The first time you used time reversal, I noticed your holy protection wasn't at peak state. Why is that? With time reversal, you should be able to restore to your strongest form, but you didn't, suggesting one possibility—that your time reversal is limited to specific moments. Haha, I don't have Pei Yan's quick computing mind, so I kept trying, controlling my attack force and frequency each time, testing the level of your recovery state. Fortunately, the test wasn't too difficult, eventually found a pattern; your recovery point is five minutes prior, right?"
Seeing Flamel's slight change in complexion after his speech, Ye Ruozai knew his assumptions were correct, couldn't help but smile more broadly, "Then all I need to do is keep attacking, continuously diminishing your recovery state, making it easier to defeat you!"
"Can you really do that!" Flamel roared in anger and humiliation.
"I said, then let's give it a try!"
Ye Ruozai finished speaking, his form flickered as he charged forward again. This time, Flamel, without the Forbidden Curse Ring, couldn't instantly unleash forbidden curses. But as a top-notch mage and with the assistance of a puppet, he unleashed high-level magic one after another, like they cost nothing, crazily pouring onto the attacking Ye Ruozai. Faced with such frequent magical attacks, even Ye Ruozai found it somewhat unbearable.
Yet he persisted, gritting his teeth, neutralizing and absorbing most of the natural magical elements' attacks, dodging or hard-resisting those of other elements.
Amidst the Spirit Monster Plane's spectators who overheard Saraf mentioned on stage and glanced at the combat situation, Long Jin observed Ye Ruozai incessantly devouring surrounding Source Energy, turned to the Ancestral God teacher treating Saraf, and sighed, "Ancestor, what benefits did the Spirit Lord of the Foundation Plane offer that you, who always disliked bloodline trading, agreed to let Ye Ruozai integrate the Divine Beast Race Pixiu bloodline? Seen how he's dominating the Magic Realm on stage with this method, aren't you afraid the Magic Realm's supreme will notice and cause trouble?"
In the Dragon King's concerned gaze, the Ancestral God continued to sustain Saraf's life without raising his head, saying, "He won't find me. Though I don't equally weigh or trade, transactions with fairness were made. What the Magic Realm can exchange for from me, the Foundation Plane can too. That little girl devoted a lot for her disciple, proposed terms tempting enough that I couldn't resist. Besides, we owe them two favors, right?" The Ancestral God glanced at the Lord of the Dragon Realm opposite.
"The ancestor speaks rightly. Besides Pei Yan saving my son's life, my missing daughter was rescued by the investigation bureau." Looking at his son's current pitiful state, recalling his most beloved daughter's tragic fate after being kidnapped and transformed by the Dark Dragon Race, having both children tormented by Blooddemons made this Dragon Realm lord's fury burn, only wanting to start the war and avenge his enemies with bloodshed.
"Ah, that young girl Yasha, I've seen her condition, how could they inflict such cruel means on their kin." The Ancestral God recalled Yasha, a cold gleam flashed in his eyes, shook his head and smiled bitterly, "They're no longer our kin. Previously, I thought their discontent was merely against my fusion of two races living peacefully, causing little harm to the entire Divine Beast Realm, adopting a laissez-faire attitude. But now seeing their depravity and inherent threat, I've decided to follow Lin Ruxue's advice, accepting that young girl among us, to counter Blooddemons."
Finishing, the Ancestral God glanced at Ye Ruozai on stage and said solemnly, "This child received a fragment of Pixiu's Power of Origin bestowed by Lin Junzhao; it's destiny! I'm also curious to see what combination of Divine Beast Realm's Pixiu bloodline and Foundation Plane's Pixiu abilities can unleash. So far, responses are positive. This kid managed to fight to this extent, yet still holds back, not utterly using Pixiu bloodline's entire power, seemingly saving it for the next opponent. This match needn't be watched again; Flamel is definitely losing."
Saying this, the Ancestral God gazed toward the investigation bureau direction, pensively, "This result might make 'K' fly into a rage, hope the young girl recognizes the bigger picture."