Li Jiayi was stunned for a moment and asked, "What do you mean?"
Bai Ye stopped and looked in the direction of the Seventh Apostle, saying, "Those two guys seem to have stopped moving?"
Li Jiayi was stunned again and then looked back in the direction of the Seventh Apostle.
Indeed, one of the Seventh Apostles maintained the action of firing a beam, but after firing the beam, that Seventh Apostle did not continue to move.
On the other side, the Seventh Apostle fighting Bai Ye maintained the action of raising his fist and smashing downwards, but after smashing through the ruins with a punch, that Seventh Apostle did not stand up again and remained there.
Bai Ye and Li Jiayi couldn't help but stop, looking at the motionless Seventh Apostles with a strange expression.
Bai Ye asked, "Does this count as a kill?"
"This..." Li Jiayi hesitated, "I don't understand either."
Bai Ye suddenly noticed something and looked to his side.
Due to the ongoing battle and the continuous destruction of buildings, dust was swirling around. However, that swirling dust was now suspended in mid-air.
Bai Ye exclaimed, "Has time stopped?"
Li Jiayi was startled, then overjoyed, "The Seat of the Gods has made a move!"
Bai Ye responded, "Oh?"
"The god of the Seat of the Gods controls time and space. Now that time has stopped, it's naturally because he has intervened," Li Jiayi said excitedly, "Quick, quick, quick, finish these two guys off. They aren't moving at all now, you should be able to defeat them, right!"
Bai Ye nodded, and lightning surged around him, while Li Jiayi immediately elementalized his body.
The next moment...
With a boom!
Lightning and sand surged into the sky simultaneously, hitting the gems on the chests of the Seventh Apostles and shattering them.
Then...
The shattered gems lasted for about three seconds before beginning to recover at a visible rate.
Li Jiayi exclaimed, "Big brother, are you an idiot? Time has stopped, they aren't moving, and you still can't defeat them?"
"You were too fast!" Bai Ye retorted, "You idiot, you were about half a second too fast."
Li Jiayi questioned, "Why isn't it that you were too slow?"
"I was waiting for you!" Bai Ye explained, "Your damn ability requires you to accumulate sand beforehand. My lightning is instantaneous. If I didn't wait for you, you'd never catch up to my attack speed."
"Is that what you think? Sorry, I don't think so," Li Jiayi said, "You were just slow."
Bai Ye conceded, "Fine, I'm slow and you're fast. You do everything quickly."
Li Jiayi cursed, "Bullshit."
"Um..." watching the two argue, Yimi weakly raised her hand and asked, "You had to fight separately before because one person couldn't handle two at once. Now that they aren't moving, can't one person attack?"
Bai Ye: "..."
Li Jiayi: "..."
The two were instantly dumbfounded. That made a lot of sense.
What kind of synchronization could be higher than one person attacking?
Bai Ye declared, "I'll do it!"
Without further ado, Bai Ye took a step forward and unleashed two powerful lightning pillars with his fists, accompanied by lightning crackling around his entire body.
The lightning pillars struck the chests of the two Seventh Apostles, shattering their red gems.
This time, the Seventh Apostles could not recover. Their bodies writhed and twisted, eventually exploding completely and scattering into a rain of blood.
However, the death of the Seventh Apostles did not cause time to resume.
Time around them remained frozen.
Suddenly...
A sound like giant rocks grinding against the ground echoed unexpectedly, and then the surrounding buildings seemed to be cut apart.
The entire space began to shift and displace. The remaining tall buildings transformed into segmented pieces, constantly moving in the air.
Bai Ye asked, "What's going on?"
Li Jiayi replied, "Don't worry, it's probably that God of Time and Space who wants to see us. This is the path leading us to the Seat of the Gods."
Soon, with the displacement of space and the movement of objects within it.
Those broken debris formed a staircase in front of Bai Ye and the other two. Bai Ye looked at Li Jiayi for confirmation, and after Li Jiayi nodded, he stepped onto the stairs first.
Following the staircase upwards, when the three reached the end, a void rift appeared before them.
After passing through the void rift, the three entered another space.
It was a purple-black space. Looking around, Bai Ye saw clock faces of various sizes and colors.
"Everyone, I am Mulumulu, the assistant to the god. Please follow me!"
At this moment, a dark-skinned little girl in strange attire appeared in the sky. She seemed to be able to fly and floated before them, gesturing for Bai Ye and the other two to follow her.
Bai Ye lifted his foot and tried to step forward.
There was no ground in this space, but as Bai Ye stepped forward, he felt a distinct solidity, allowing him to walk forward.
Moving forward, an even more magnificent sight appeared before Bai Ye and the other two.
It was a space composed entirely of gears and mechanical parts. Upon closer inspection, it became apparent that these parts were assembled into the internal structure of a giant clock.
In the center of the space, an eggshell-like platform floated, with a throne placed upon it.
A man sat on the throne, wearing a voluminous black robe. He was very tall, appearing to be at least three meters, with a metal helmet covering his face and grayish-white hair trailing behind him.
Li Jiayi stepped forward and bowed, "Greetings, King of the Seat of the Gods, the God who controls time and space, Lord Chronos!"
Chronos spoke, "Do you know that because of you, my world has become a mess?"
Li Jiayi chuckled dryly and replied, "Lord Chronos, we didn't want this. This battle was initiated by Lilith. We followed your rules precisely and entered this place with our future diaries."
Chronos's voice was deep and ethereal, coming from all directions with a hint of amusement, "So, you are willing to participate in this game in a normal manner?"
Li Jiayi affirmed, "Of course."
Chronos continued, "In this game, only the god who survives until the end can become my successor. This means that two out of the three of you must die. You don't mind that?"
Li Jiayi responded, "No."
Chronos then stated, "You are forbidden from using the small items you possess."
"Ah?" Li Jiayi's lips twitched, and cold sweat beaded on his forehead. He awkwardly forced a laugh, "Lord Chronos, it's not a matter of whether we are willing to participate now, but Lilith has already come to disrupt things, hasn't she?"
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