Witch Special

Logically, the successful defeat of an extradimensional demon intent on invading the world and destabilizing the world line should have been a cause for celebration. However, the atmosphere in the meeting was extremely heavy. The lion-headed men all had gloomy faces, and none of them spoke first.

This time, the invasion of demons from another dimension put too much pressure on them, so they even had to use their last resort, going back in time to the moment when the universe was first created, and summoning the primordial light that created the world, and finally they killed the other party. This situation has never happened before.

The primordial light is not something that can be copied casually. The reason why they can summon the primordial light is that they intercepted a moment in the past and moved the ancient history to the present, and then summoned the light that can create everything and destroy everything to the present era.

However, the disadvantages of doing so are also quite obvious, that is, the total length of time that the primordial light appears is limited, and one second is less, and the primordial light of creation is diverted a little by them, which means that a little less primordial light was used at the time of creation. The universe would originally develop and evolve under the illumination of the primordial light, and this time would be shortened accordingly, spanning tens of thousands of years, and feeding back to the present history and even the more distant future.

To put it more clearly, the Primordial Light is the fundamental fulcrum upon which the universe grows and develops. The smaller this fulcrum, the more fragmented and unstable the universe becomes. Therefore, while the Primordial Light is immensely powerful, it must not be used lightly, lest the Lion Heads undermine the very foundations of the world they protect. If too little of the Primordial Light existed at the very beginning, the entire world would be plunged into darkness, ultimately ceasing to exist.

So even though they successfully defeated Lin Zhenxi, the Lion Heads were still feeling very heavy-hearted, and even their hearts were constantly eroded by a full sense of guilt. As for the words they said, they naturally didn't want to say a word.

We are clearly fighting to protect our own world, but at the cost of hurting the world. Is such a battle really meaningful?

Just when the lion heads were feeling very upset, a sound like shattering glass suddenly rang out from this isolated space that only they knew how to enter. This sound was actually very familiar to them, because every time they appeared, it was accompanied by this sound effect.

That is, space is broken.

The next second, the space shattered like a large piece of broken glass with a "clang". Then, a small figure, which the lion heads probably least wanted to see, walked out from the space crack that was broken into the shape of a door.

"Hey, gentlemen of the big lions, our battle is not over yet. Let's move on to the next round." As he said that, Lin Zhenxi raised his hand and clenched his fist tightly as if he wanted to crush something.

"How can—" The lion heads were still before they could finish their words. At that moment, Lin Zhenxi completely disrupted the flow of time in this space, creating a closed time cocoon where even thoughts were frozen. Within this special, frozen space, nothing could move except Lin Zhenxi, whose body was connected to the string world and possessed an absolute standard time scale.

Even time stood still, and naturally the elements were no exception. However, time and space are the cornerstones of the world, omnipresent, and dimensional energy is the manifestation of both. Therefore, even in a state of stillness, dimensional energy still exists. And because this space is only an independent spatial fragment, completely unconnected to the main world, the dimensional energy here is quite abundant.

Lin Zhenxi could do a lot. Although the lion heads wouldn't be harmed in their static state, Lin Zhenxi could use various dimensional energy-driven magic to fill the area around them, and then detonate them when the time freeze was lifted. The magic that exploded right in front of them would definitely inflict heavy damage to the lion heads, leaving them without any time to defend themselves.

This is the price they paid for their rough treatment of Lin Zhenxi. Lin Zhenxi is not magnanimous enough to not fight back when being beaten.

However, just as Lin Zhenxi was about to give the lion heads a truly astonishing gift during this moment of stillness, she was surprised to sense a dimensional fluctuation that didn't belong to her. Then, at the point where the fluctuation was strongest, a spatial rift slowly opened, and a miniature lion head, far smaller than the surrounding lion heads, struggled to squeeze out from within.

Its movements were clearly laborious, like a quagmire. Each advance required a long, twisting and turning, its teeth bared, almost comical. But no matter what, it couldn't change the reality of its presence within the fragment of time captured by Lin Zhenxi. This contrasted starkly with the eight surrounding giant lion heads, which had been sealed off by Lin Zhenxi's frozen time.

However, this little lion is so small and does not have the ability to challenge Lin Zhenxi's dimensional master. What is its intention in appearing here?

You can't be here to give yourself away... No, you have a lion's head.

Lin Zhenxi was in no hurry to deal with the surrounding large lion heads that were no longer threatening. She directly thrust her magic wand at the face of the small lion head that had finally squeezed its body through the space crack with great effort. She poked the small lion head's cheek with the cat ears on the magic ball on the top of the wand, and asked with a smile that was not very warm, "Ah, it's Mr. Little Lion, a stranger. Do you want to hear his self-introduction?"

"Please...be sure...to do this." The little lion was still affected by the static time rules in this space. He was very slow in everything he did, and even had difficulty speaking.

"Huhu, in that case, I'll give you three sentences." Lin Zhenxi took back the magic wand that was against the little lion head's face, but began to continuously extract dimensional energy from the space, creating dimensional power, and then based on the dimensional power, he created one silver-white magic circle after another, just like building a pagoda, and began to build up circles around the big lion heads.

Soon, the bodies of the eight big lions were submerged in layer upon layer of magic circles, and even their outlines could not be seen.

The little lion couldn't understand the purpose of Lin Zhenxi's summoned magic circles, but the sheer scale of them filled it with dread. Even if so many magic circles simply exploded without doing anything, the dimensional energy flowing through them would be enough to severely injure the lion heads. Even if their identities didn't prevent them from dying, they would still suffer heavy damage.

These lion heads are deeply bound to this world. As long as this world is not destroyed, their life and death will not be threatened. However, not dying and not getting hurt are two different things. If they are seriously injured, they must heal themselves through sleep, and this process often takes centuries.

The world is currently in a turbulent time, with crises threatening the world one after another. These rulers of time and space are already under tremendous pressure. If they were all knocked into a deep sleep by Lin Zhenxi, the direction of the world would be completely out of control. At that time, Lin Zhenxi could simply leave, since she is not from this world after all. However, they and this world cannot play the same game as Lin Zhenxi.

After all, this was their world, and they were inherently at a disadvantage. If they could defeat Lin Zhenxi, they could have completely expelled her as a so-called "extra-dimensional demon," but now it was clear they couldn't defeat her, so there was no point in continuing to give Lin Zhenxi that illegal identity.

Compared to the outcome of all the rulers of time and space falling asleep, and the world line losing its administrator and completely going berserk, Lin Zhenxi's request wasn't too difficult to agree to. It was just a world line splitting, after all. While the world line they were currently protecting led to a relatively good future, who could guarantee that Lin Zhenxi's choice would increase the possibility of the end? Perhaps that would also be a new path?

Ultimately, their resistance to Lin Zhenxi's split worldline was ultimately due to their conservative thinking. Their current worldline was already quite good, so there was no need to risk exploring a new one; they could simply stick with it until death. Opening up a new worldline wasn't impossible, but it would require twice as much work, and the days ahead would be far more difficult than they currently were.

Again, compared to the situation where all the rulers of time and space are asleep and the world line is completely out of control, this is already an acceptable result.

But now, even if they want to compromise, they have to appease Lin Zhenxi's emotions. It is Lin Zhenxi who holds the dominant position, not these lion heads. How should they make Lin Zhenxi let go of her hostility and deal with the lion heads' ideas? This is a serious test for the little lion head's thinking, which has become very dull due to the influence of time standing still.

In that case, just admit defeat.

"We intend to...give up...our supervision...of this world line...and grant you...you...the status of a Transcendent. We will give you...this world line...to control...you. What are your thoughts...?"

A Transcendent? Was this Transcendent the same one as Norni Rossello's? Could they be related? Lin Zhenxi's curiosity grew.