Free Web NovelChapter 607: Chapter 224: One-on-One with Alpha
From afar, Denglin City was still Denglin City, but it had acquired many other things.
As Alpha’s figure kept drawing nearer and the oppressive sensation spread to Denglin City, the city itself responded.
Golden rays crisscrossed, blanketing the entire expanse of the city.
Li You could gaze into the distance and even see the iconic techno towers beyond the sands.
She could also feel the immense energy hidden within the city.
She had always been curious about how the confrontation would unfold.
Following Alpha on his way, watching him continuously reclaim his body, Li You had once wondered why no one interfered with Alpha?
It wasn’t until she saw the golden rays in the city, dividing space into countless array squares, that Li You began to understand.
Even Li You, who couldn’t sense temporal power, noticed the aura of time and space being sealed within this strict space-time array.
To complete such an array, they probably couldn’t afford to spare the attention to do anything else.
Alpha frowned slightly, then his brows smoothed out as he said with a calm smile,
"Not bad."
Jing Yi looked quite concerned:
"I have never seen such an array..."
"Because such an array has never appeared since I was sealed. It’s an array that requires massive temporal power to construct, turning the entire city into a battlefield, attempting to seal me a second time within the ground where my heart lies."
Jing Yi grew even more vigilant:
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"Yes, I am the Twisted Master, he is the Lord of Order, and we were once good friends. In the brief years we had, we developed the Well’s power together."
Alpha reminisced, though of course, the greatest respect for a formidable one is complete destruction.
Such nostalgia was also a kind of composure and confidence.
"How complete is this array?" Facing such a thing, even the well-informed Jing Yi had no clue.
But as one of the world’s most powerful Twisters, Jing Yi was well aware that once he set foot in this city, he would enter the opponent’s domain.
The countless intersecting rays of light segmented the city into millions of "grains."
Assembled together, they formed a complete city, but each grain seemed like an independent area.
Even if one looked closely, one could see that the climate varied greatly from one place to another.
It was like an abandoned stadium divided into two areas: one sunny, the other rainy.
This meant that not only was space separated, but the timing of each grain was also inconsistent.
"Very nice, it even made me doubt for a moment whether my old friend was still alive, as if he had come back to life."
Alpha was very aware that no one in this era could use temporal power to such an extent.
Jing Yi was also very clear that there was only one person in this era who could possibly reach this level.
That person was K, the child with the mask, the ugly one.
The only one he could think of was him, but a long time ago... he was certain that K’s karma had already been severed.
Then Jing Yi remembered, it was that bald man.
From the moment that bald man appeared, the future became unpredictable, and deaths that were once certain became uncertain.
This world shouldn’t have such a powerful being, one who could leave endless contingencies even in death.
Although Alpha hadn’t experienced those seven hundred years, the information he saw was much more than what Jing Yi had.
"So the Array Eye was that monk."
"It’s Jing Er..."
Jing Yi wasn’t surprised, just quite emotional.
"He truly is an anomaly among us. For seven hundred years, not competing or fighting, just guarding a piece of the world. Even when twisted, he retained his indifferent nature, this is my dereliction..."
Jing Yi believed it was his own dereliction that Jing Er was able to recover his memories and break the array.
But Alpha knew that every coincidence was inevitable from the moment the bald man appeared, and everything was destined.
"The vast temporal power is not upheld by a single person. To deploy such an array, the only one who could do it alone is my old friend. In this city, there is more than one possessor of time-space power," Alpha revealed the key point, but Jing Yi said:
"So, this array... could it really seal you?"
Alpha replied:
"The array will only truly activate when I step into this city. Everything hinges on whether I find my heart first or they complete the array."
Jing Yi couldn’t accept this possibility. Could it be that the great Twisted Master was truly at risk of defeat?
Yet, Alpha was calm:
"As I said, it’s not just one of them. That means within this array, there are multiple controllers of time-space power. Eliminating even one can slow the rate of progress of the array... until it’s too weak to support itself."
Alpha’s figure moved forward; he quickly crossed the boundary marker of Denglin territory.
A breath later, the figure in the vast expanse of yellow sand vanished.
Alpha, Jing Yi, and Li You, all crossed into the domain of Denglin City.
The three of them entered the city from the same place, but they appeared in completely different locations.
Alpha appeared in the northern part of Denglin City as it was four hundred years ago, according to the High Tower Calendar.
Li You appeared at the entrance of Denglin City in the current time.
And Jing Yi appeared in the southern part of Denglin City six hundred years ago, according to the High Tower Calendar.
This city was divided into countless spaces, countless times.
It was like a photograph of a landmark building that appeared to be a single complete photo, but was actually made up of many photos from different times pieced together.
The Pursuer, Yin He, Jing Si, Xu Wei, Lin Rui, and The First Generation, these six people were hidden in different spaces and times. For Alpha to find them and defeat them one by one was almost impossible in terms of probability.
Who knows which time and space these six are hiding in?
Although they are right here in Denglin City, Denglin City is divided into millions of areas, and these millions of areas are further multiplied by the time axis into even more areas.
Even if you find the right location, you might not be there at the correct time.
Two Pursuers gained time-space power from K, and Xu Wei had Temporal Return, Jing Si had Reincarnation, while Lin Rui and The First Generation possessed origin power.
The six streams of time-space power, with Jing Er as the Array Eye, had begun to activate the massive array to seal away the Twister.
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A golden apparition appeared in front of Alpha.
Just moments before, Alpha had crossed three regions, each in separate time periods of Denglin City—a school three hundred years ago.
Then it was the guard station of Denglin City, one hundred and fifty years ago.
And after that, the outskirts of Denglin City as it was ten years ago.
Here, Alpha encountered the greatest enemy of the Well World that Jing Yi had in seven hundred years—
K.
This was not the true K, of course, but rather a Spacetime Form created by Hong Yin and Jing Er after their arrival, inspired by the Grudge Manifestation of K.
The golden apparition was only an illusion.
It was a "hidden treasure" within the giant Space-Time Labyrinth.
Everyone confronted Alpha as if facing a formidable enemy, with fear deep in their hearts.
But not K. This First Generation Masked Strange Person was fully prepared for anything.
For him, all journeys led to this final battle.
Win, and he would cast off the mantle of a hero.
Lose, and the same.
So to him, the outcome was the same, and he might as well thoroughly enjoy the last battle.
With the mindset of facing off against an unmatched master.
"How do you find my labyrinth’s design?" K asked Alpha.
"Not too shabby," Alpha did not deny—the array was extraordinarily exquisite.
The old friend who had sealed him could rely on his powerful strength to lay out the array while battling him.
But now, no one could reach that level, and Alpha always dismissed it, believing that mankind’s last resistance was merely a waste of time.
However, after seeing the means of The First Generation, he had to admit that this person had played with Temporal Power to the utmost.
Yes, there were actually two arrays.
One array was to summon the stele, preparing to call back High Tower and seal Alpha.
The other array was the Space-Time Labyrinth, holding back Alpha’s steps with a non-combative method, wearing him down.
"In the perception of time-space rules, I can praise you as the strongest. However, it’s a pity that you can’t do it alone."
"Hahahahaha... This praise is enough for me. But well, I did create this time-space labyrinth all by myself."
The golden phantom had been modest for a long time, but in this last battle, he didn’t want to be modest anymore.
He looked at Alpha calmly, with no fear, only combativeness.
As soon as these words came out, even Alpha was slightly moved:
"You did this all by yourself?"
"Yes, to seal you, it takes six people to work together, but to trap you, I want to try alone."
But to trap you, I want to try alone. An incredibly bold statement.
If anyone else had said this, they would certainly have been regarded as arrogant and ignorant.
But when The First Generation said it, even Alpha thought that the other party really had the strength.
After a moment of silence, Alpha said with a smile:
"I underestimated you. I originally thought that even the most outstanding human couldn’t compare to Jing Yi, but now I have to admit my mistake."
"Jing Yi, huh? He indeed took care of me, but it’s a pity that if I were a bit dumber, or if my friends were a bit dumber, we would not have discovered the secret of the farm..."
There are no ifs—the several Ks back then were the most exceptionally talented people in the world.
And the one with the greatest combat talent was The First Generation himself.
Jing Yi could never have imagined that seven hundred years later, that ugly child could, all by himself, trap him and the great Twisted Master.
Alpha spoke:
"Did you come here to challenge me to a battle?"
"Yes, am I qualified?" The First Generation was full of excitement.
"I accept your challenge."
Before stepping into this city, Alpha thought that the most troublesome human was Bai Wu, whom he had seen in the Well Domain.
That he could bring a tyrant back to life and kill the Seven Sins.
Later, when Bai Wu collected the Doomsday Puzzle and Jing Yi returned empty-handed, Alpha further believed that Bai Wu was the primary threat.
As long as he got his heart back, he would make sure to eliminate Bai Wu.
But now he realized that there were people stronger than Bai Wu in the world.
Like the one before his eyes.
Bai Wu is good, K as well, they are naturally far from Alpha’s match.
But in some respects, they broke some of Alpha’s notions.
Alpha was not a narrow-minded person.
In his era, he admired geniuses and looked forward to the fusion of genius and distortion, creating monsters that the Creator dared not make.
So now, he also appreciated this human before him.
But with different standings, for all geniuses with differing standings, annihilation was the greatest respect.
"I hope your array can make me feel a bit more entertained."
"Really? I’m also looking forward to the performance of the Twisted Master, oh."
Such an interesting human.
Alpha accepted the challenge with pleasure, and The First Generation was not to be outdone.
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The Fifth Layer of Well World.
Bai Wu opened his eyes, but his memories had not faded.
Bai Yuan hadn’t erased his memory, he had just diminished his own "importance".
It seemed that recalling Bai Yuan now felt like just an ordinary person.
The past grudges, Bai Yuan’s actions, were no longer important, just those of a playful, perverted father.
All matters of the past were now dismissed.
Although Bai Wu always felt something was off, his attention returned to the present.
"What happened? These machines... what’s going on?"
All mechanical beings worshipped Bai Wu inexplicably, these beings, which should not possess animal traits, displayed subservience in their own ways.
Bai Wu stopped dwelling on everything that happened in the Inner World, and with a smile, he said:
"Put simply, a rabbit nearly killed both of us, but I managed a counter-kill, and now the zoo has been... cleared."
"Cleared? What does that mean?"
"Literally, there’s no need to explore here anymore, we’ve obtained the Guardian’s approval... no, not approval, but allegiance."
Wu Jiu didn’t understand, but was still greatly shocked.
"Go find the person who caused the breakdown and distortion of social relations in this city," Bai Wu issued the command.
Then he turned and left, walking out of the zoo.
The animals in this twisted zoo, originally set not to leave the zoo, had now become living creatures... and thus gained their own consciousness.
The vast army of animals, those running underground, flying in the sky, all started searching for the final source of distortion according to Bai Wu’s wishes.
For Bai Wu, these beings were animals, but to those unaware of the zoo’s experiences, they remained dangerous mechanical polluters.
Far from being trapped by the zoo, Bai Wu now commanded an invincible mechanical army.
As he left the zoo, Bai Wu glanced at the yellowed pages above his head.
There hadn’t been movement on the pages for a long time.
The text still remained on the unfinished phrase that never made it to the stage.
Bai Wu found that his own mental activities seemed no longer to cause the pages to change.
And interestingly, with the second Guardian’s approval...
Bai Wu suddenly felt as though he could do many things.
The moment he stepped out of the zoo, he had a profound sensation that he now—
could do anything!
This was indeed a very surreal feeling, as if it had settled on Bai Wu’s intuition.
Looking at the yellowed pages above his head, Bai Wu raised his hand... and gently tapped the void.
Wu Jiu didn’t understand, merely felt that Bai Wu’s actions were strange...
But in reality, Bai Wu was turning the pages.
A thought crossed his mind, could I turn the pages now?
He thought so, and then he did so.
The pages flipped back in an instant, and nothing around him seemed to have changed.
But when Bai Wu saw a certain passage, he used his index finger... to wipe that passage away.
And at that moment, Wu Jiu, with his eyes closed, slowly opened them.
From the darkness of his sight, light and shadow emerged.
Wu Jiu’s vision... had been restored.
