Chapter 1843

Chapter 1843 Lin Qiye’s Sword Mark

 

At this point, Lin Qiye had no intention of hiding anymore and directly laid out his purpose.

He guarded the entrance to the time labyrinth. Regardless of whether it was possible to exit from here, even if it were, he wouldn’t let anyone here leave…

Now with their retreat cut off, under the pressure of Lin Qiye’s sword light, the members of “Divine Desire Paradise” had no choice but to venture deeper into the labyrinth.

Number 22, holding the “King’s Sword,” glared at Lin Qiye with angry eyes, his chest heaving violently.

The first sword strike had consumed most of the divine power he had plundered. Although the remaining divine power was less than half, it was still nearly twice that of an ordinary main god. Combined with wielding the “King’s Sword,” he wasn’t completely powerless against Lin Qiye.

But after hesitating for a moment, he still held back.

The combat power of Archangel Lin Qiye was definitely not something an ordinary main god could match. Number 22 had now lost his first-mover advantage and didn’t have absolute confidence in victory. If he forcefully engaged Lin Qiye now but failed to win, they would not only become Lin Qiye’s tools completely but also lose all ability to resist.

Entering the time labyrinth with depleted divine power would be a journey with only one chance of survival out of ten.

Number 22 took a deep breath and directly dispersed the divine power he had plundered. Several streams of divine power returned to everyone’s bodies. On average, each person had consumed most of their divine power, but still had some remaining.

“Holy Lord, we…” Gubiluō asked softly.

“Enter the labyrinth!” Number 22 looked at Lin Qiye in the sky and gritted his teeth.

Seeing Number 22 directly give up resistance, a trace of surprise flashed in Lin Qiye’s eyes. The divine power around his body receded, and his figure slowly descended to the ground by the river, leaving only his divine aura pressing down on everyone’s shoulders.

Although this was inside the time labyrinth, belonging to an independent space-time, the environment was very similar to the ice field outside, except for the bright moon in the sky that gave people an unreal feeling.

Besides this, when looking into the distance, the scenery was always blurry, as if countless concave mirrors were overlapping. The farther one looked, the more chaotic and reversed the light became, making people dizzy.

Under the dual pressure of Lin Qiye’s gaze and divine aura, Number 22 turned around and spoke in a deep voice.

“Stay alert to your surroundings… you two, take the lead.”

The two sub-gods named by Number 22 had faces full of reluctance. They looked at each other, but still cautiously walked forward.

Before them was still that vast plain. At least within sight, no danger could be seen. But the moment they took a step, a strange scene appeared.

They flashed and instantly disappeared from where they stood.

The dark and empty ice field fell into dead silence, with only the pale moonlight spreading a thin layer of frost on the smooth surface.

Seeing this, all the members of “Divine Desire Paradise” froze in place. Even Number 22 frowned, his face extremely unpleasant.

“Where did they go?!” Exclamations came from the crowd.

No matter what, sub-gods were still gods. To disappear so silently in front of everyone without leaving a trace of aura directly increased everyone’s fear of this labyrinth infinitely. Those with weaker mentalities were even shocked into a cold sweat.

Number 22’s brows were tightly knit as he stared at the place where the two sub-gods had disappeared, lost in thought.

At this moment, Lin Qiye’s voice came from behind:

“Do you remember where the sub-god on the left was standing when he disappeared? Send another person to walk one step to where he disappeared, remember, not even one step off.”

Hearing Lin Qiye’s voice, no one moved. They turned to look at Number 22, who pondered for a moment before pointing to a sub-god and saying:

“You, walk over there one step.”

The sub-god who was called turned pale.

“After taking that step, no matter what you see or hear, don’t move. Just stand in place,” Lin Qiye’s voice sounded again.

The sub-god nervously swallowed and stiffly moved his feet, stepping onto a patch of ice, and instantly disappeared.

Everyone was shocked again, not knowing what had happened.

“Next one, same as him,” Lin Qiye showed no surprise and calmly spoke.

Under Lin Qiye’s command, more than ten people stepped onto that piece of ice one after another, all disappearing without a trace. Finally, only Number 22 and Lin Qiye remained.

Number 22 looked at Lin Qiye, and under the latter’s unquestionable gaze, he still took a step forward and disappeared.

Only then did Lin Qiye follow.

Taking one step, an extremely slight feeling of dizziness flashed through Lin Qiye’s mind. The next moment, he arrived on that piece of ice, with several dark figures crowded around him. As Lin Qiye entered, a startled cry sounded from the edge, then abruptly stopped.

Lin Qiye looked up and saw that pressed against his chest was Number 22’s back. There were four or five figures standing on this piece of ice, all crowded together on the small surface.

“Where are the others?” Lin Qiye asked.

“They were pushed out,” Number 22 said in a deep voice. “This piece of ice is too small. Once new people come, some will be pushed to take a step outward, and then they disappear.”

Lin Qiye looked at the ice beneath his feet, thoughtful.

The current situation matched Wang Mian’s description. Moving through space in the labyrinth easily triggered time changes. When they took a step, they crossed not only space but also time…

From the current “experiment” results, the spatial range that could support the same time was very small, with a diameter roughly the length of an adult’s stride. For example, the piece of ice where they were now standing – once beyond the range of this ice, they would enter another time.

But this also proved that by continuously following the footsteps of the person ahead, it was actually possible to consistently cross the same time and avoid getting separated.

Lin Qiye thought for a moment and used the Ame-no-Murakumo sword to carve a “1” on the ice beneath everyone’s feet, then spoke to the people in front again:

“Continue, take a step forward anywhere, then don’t move.”

With the experience from before, everyone knew that disappearing didn’t necessarily mean death, so they were a bit braver. The sub-god at the front took a step forward and disappeared again.

Everyone repeated the same footprints, and soon Lin Qiye was pressed against them again.

He looked back and saw that the “1” he had left on the ice had completely disappeared…

It was impossible to miss something at a distance of just one meter, and the Ame-no-Murakumo sword had the characteristic of “unable to heal,” meaning that mark should never have recovered no matter how much time passed. This indicated that their step forward was toward “the past.”

According to Wang Mian, every step in the time labyrinth led to an unknown time. It was possible that after taking one step, they could arrive a week earlier, or two or three days later…

Now that the sword mark had disappeared, it meant that in the time where Lin Qiye was now, he had not yet carved that mark at that position.

Relative to the previous step, the time of this step was earlier.