What did you do with the dice?

Rusalka: "And now, standing before you, who is said to have been strengthened and has an army, I am already level 18 and the father of three children."

Sanita: (Where did you get your three children?)

Rusalka: (You, Phoenix, uh, add Heidela or Rewi Alley, and make up the eight-part essay.)

Sanita: (You are quite lucky, being a child with four fathers.)

Rusalka: (Even if you reverse the father-son relationship, let me ask you, there are only three fathers in total, so where did this fourth father come from?)

Sunny Tower: (You’re having so much fun here, you don’t want your real dad on Earth anymore, right?)

After hearing this, Rusalka was immediately annoyed: Buhao, I actually forgot about it. Now I am really careless and have lost my father.

Salinas didn't understand what Rusalka said, and he didn't want to waste time talking to Rusalka. When his attack failed, he immediately changed his tactics and formed a circle around Rusalka with his body, setting up a fiery red portal. Countless slimy hands stretched out from it, grabbed his body, and dragged him into the wormhole that had opened on the ground.

Rusalka's entire body shone with golden light, and she instantly burned all the hands wrapped around her body to ashes. "Sorry, I've tasted enough tentacles. I won't eat anything that's not cat-brand!"

After personally feeling Rusalka's power, even Salinas was moved. He wasn't a blindly arrogant guy, so he could more intuitively realize Rusalka's changes and the strength of the power. He gritted his teeth and asked, "What did you do in such a short time to become so strong?"

Rusalka continued to attack, brandishing the trident vigorously, and replied, "Become stronger."

Huh? What kind of answer is that?

Salinas, who had never seen a human-machine before, was distracted and was hit by Rusalka. After a large part of his body was evaporated, he became angry and shrank back into liquid form. "Well, since you don't want to answer, it doesn't matter. I didn't want to use this power bestowed by Master End so early here, but now it seems that you are probably the most powerful being in this country."

It spat out a crimson bead, sucked its body into it, and then sprayed it out like a shower, turning into a liquid existence in the form of a human. The Qianhuan also flew into his body, coating the mucus with a layer of flowing silver.

Rusalka: Isn't it just a change of appearance?

The silver liquid turned into silk threads and connected to each other through the gaps between the trees, forming a huge web that completely surrounded Rusalka, separating him from the main body of the bead layer by layer, leaving only tiny gaps that he could not penetrate.

Rich evil energy rapidly moved between the threads, and various runes representing different magic gradually emerged on each thread.

Rusalka: “What are these?”

"That's right! The 'Myriad Laws' barrier will activate at the touch of a finger!"

Salinas' laughter pressed down on Rusalka from all directions. "The Doomsday Artifact has granted me limitless magical power, allowing me to use this body to perform this move. Whether it's you or your Holy Light, I know everything about your methods. Next, you will face 1,246 types of offensive magic!"

Thousands of spells, this is the accumulation of the Lord of Change throughout his life. Even the most powerful wizard in the world cannot use such a large number of spells at the same time.

Rusalka seemed to realize something and opened her mouth wide and shouted, "Wait! I'm not ready yet!"

"It's too late to beg for mercy now!" Salinas shouted, "Take it, Rusalka! A 20-meter radius of water splash!"

No! This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity was actually wasted in a place like this!

Why am I not a mage!

The next moment, the world suddenly stopped, just as he wished.

Rusalka: (What? Could it be that in this scene, which feels so familiar, the DM has answered my inner desire and awakened me to the [world]?)

Sani Iron Tower: (Silly dog, I turned on the time stop!)

Chapter 496: Silver City Defense (10)

A grayish-white world that had lost its color, countless thin lines suspended in front of my eyes, half a fallen leaf floating in the air, and a bead wrapped in mucus, with the wrinkles on the mucus still clearly visible.

One by one, the completed runes appeared on the silk thread, and the magic contained in them solidified as time stagnated.

Now, the only things that can be moved are the warm private chat channel records and the good brothers far away in the Mage Tower.

Rusalka: (Thank you for helping me realize my dream of stopping time, but this requires a trident handle, and I can't move. How can I play as Dio?)

Sanita: (Silly dog, I gave you a Nine Rings just to let you play role-playing games? Actually, I have a bold guess. Why don’t you try [Eel Transformer] to see if it works?)

Ok?

Sanitita: (Actually, I've been wondering why you can think in a world where time stops. Do you remember that time in Alice City? When we killed the Seven Sins during the final time stop, we were both directly skipped in time, and only the private chat channel has a record of that.)

Rusalka: (Perhaps because you are currently moving in the current time freeze, I am also benefiting from it?)

Sanita: (No, no, no, if Time Stop is a high priority and you don't have a build that matches it, the system can completely separate us like "Long Rest Upgrade", and we can't communicate in the private chat channel with each other. It's the same as releasing you after the task is completed, because the difference between being able to think and not being able to think in Time Stop is too big.)

In his opinion, if we control the variables of the two, Rusalka is the unchanging reference.

It is also a time stop, but Rusalka reacts once and does not react the other time, which means there must be a difference in its existence.

Rusalka: (But the system doesn't say that "Eel Transformer" can be used.)

Sanita: (Because it was a global effect I had on you, the system didn't take into account friendly fire. Do you remember the introduction of the Eel Transformer? When you recounted it, I remember that it wasn't targeted.)

Rusalka Legendary Action: Eel Transformer

[Effect: When you are affected by a negative effect or have your movements restricted, you can use this legendary action to lose 10 HP points equal to your ring position (at least 1 HP point will be retained), consuming the magic points of the negative effect and the target, restoring a ring position of the corresponding level.]

If the effect is a persistent type that cannot be canceled, such as a "Wide Area Magic Circle" or "Boundary", you can activate it once every turn during the effect's duration, consuming the mana supply and making yourself immune to the effect for the turn you activated the legendary action.

[This legendary action has a cooldown of one round, and can only absorb one negative effect at a time.]

Rusalka began to understand what Sanita meant: (System, can I use the Eel Transformer?)

[Are you sure you want to use "Eel Mutant"? This is a friendly area effect. Using a legendary action will change your mana absorption target to "Sani Tower".]

Wow, so this is actually a trap of "you didn't say" and "you didn't ask"!

And there are even some warm reminders, how thoughtful, damn it.

Rusalka: (Okay! I'll do it!)

【HP-40, restore one 4th ring.】

Sani Iron Tower: (Xiao brother, fuck your uncle, you can suck it, but you sucked my fourth ring?! Are you still human?)

Rusalka: (Oh, sorry, I'm used to taking big puffs, bro. Back in the pipe, through the lungs, 1! 5!)

Rusalka, who had regained her mobility in the gray-white world, shouted, "Smash, Varudo! Stop time!"

He swung the trident, and relying on the sharpness of the artifact, he easily cut through the mucus threads and magic along the way, and flew towards the red bead wrapped in mucus that was suspended in the air in the distance.

"Hehehe, although it's a bit strange to say this in a world where time stops, right now, the time I can stop is approximately: 100 seconds."

Sanitieta: (Have you performed enough? Ten rounds and one hundred seconds is neither fast nor slow. If you exceed the time limit, I won’t give you a second nine rings.)

Rusalka cut through all the obstacles and severed all the silk threads around her, absorbing one ring from the Sani Iron Tower every ten seconds. In the tenth round, she stood in front of the bead, raised the trident in her hand, and stabbed it hard.

"Poor fellow, he didn't even realize he was dead. Now, the bloodline of another Hell Lord has been completely cut off!"

The light of the Holy Slash flashed, completely piercing it along with the slime on it, turning it into fragments suspended in the air.

"Ninety-nine seconds have passed!"

"One hundred seconds! One hundred and one seconds! The time I can control the world is getting longer and longer!" Rusalka opened her arms and laughed heartily. "Sure enough, the blessing of the end is perfect for me. My power has reached a brand new level!"

Wait, why is there a 101st second? Aren't all ten rounds already over?

Rusalka: (Brother, is there a bug?)

But for the first time, Sanita did not respond in the private chat channel, which made Rushaka feel very uneasy.

At this moment, even though the world had not changed at all, Rusalka suddenly felt that she could not move.

Quick, I'm going to use the Eel Transformer!

[The target has a higher priority than your ability and cannot be used as the target of "Eel Transformer".]

Nani! Masaka! Same type of substitute...

His consciousness was also frozen at this moment.

"You were able to destroy my massive 'Myriad Laws Barrier' in a split second, without even giving me a chance to activate it. I truly underestimated you."

The fiery red fragments flying in the air pulled countless severed mucus together, and Salinas actually turned into the appearance of Rusalka under the traction of the artifact!

He reached out and touched a fallen leaf suspended in mid-air, chuckling, clearly understanding the situation. "So that's how it is! I didn't expect you to have a time-based trump card, stopping the world. It's terrifying! But what a shame, your cleverness backfired. Master Zhongmo's wisdom is still superior to yours!"

"Did you think that bead was my weak spot? Haha! Totally wrong. I was merely trying to trick you into attacking it. Its true function was to fight back. Lord Zhongmo had long anticipated that beings like you must possess some sort of ultimate move that surpassed ours."

"Alas, it's a pity that you may not be able to hear it now."

【revenge】

[Quality: Artifact]

[Effect: 1. When bound, it can permanently provide the user with a large amount of magic power.]

[2. When it is destroyed, the artifact will block the location of all those who assisted in the destruction, making them unable to move, and guide the Lord of Change into the "Revenge" state.]

[Revenge State: For the next minute, perfectly copy all actions repeated by the attacker and assistor within the previous minute, retaining all abilities and attribute data of the original body during the actions. All copied effects containing numerical values ​​are doubled, and then used strictly in the order within the minute, targeting the attacker and assistor.]

[This counterattack cannot be canceled in any way. In the "Revenge" state, Salinas will not die.]

"Originally, I thought this move would result in both you and me being destroyed, but I didn't expect you to possess the ability to control time. Now you don't even have the chance to struggle or resist. Just die in this still world, at the hands of your own hands!"

Salinas waved the "Imitation Sea-Breaking Trident" in his hand, copying Rusalka's action of chopping off the slime, and directly hit Rusalka's head.

Then there was another round of continuous swings. When it was the fourth swing, a dazzling holy light burst out from the tip of the trident, which directly blasted Rusalka several meters away. The headless body solidified in the air, still retaining the posture of opening its arms.

"Hahaha, Holy Light, it's truly a powerful force. I never thought a demon like me would be able to use Holy Light one day. How does it feel to be betrayed by the power you believe in?"

But soon, Salinas discovered that Rusalka's head had repaired itself automatically, as if the scene of being blown to pieces was just an illusion.

"Hmm? The mermaids' immortality can be automatically triggered in this situation. But unfortunately, even if you are resurrected, you won't have the chance to act again!"

Fierce attack, fierce attack, each move was a replica of the trajectory of Rusalka's previous swing, the light of the Holy Slash exploded on his body again and again, and under the effect of the 100-point career template [Path of Holy Vengeance], the "immunity to light damage" of the awakening aura could not work on the Holy Slash that ignored immunity.

The body was constantly destroyed and regenerated, while the world remained still, which made Salinas' original confidence gradually turn into anxiety and trembling.

Wait, although the effect of revenge can last twice as long as the opponent's ability, which is twice as long as you can stop Rusalka, the time of action is the same, and you can only repeat the behavior of the previous minute.

Now thirty seconds have passed, and his action has not yet ended. In fact, every move is a move that he has not seen.

How long had this guy stopped the entire world without me even knowing it?!

A minute later, Salinas' revenge state ended, and the last poke perfectly reproduced the move that Rusalka used to break [Revenge]. The trident hit Rusalka's chest, blasting a large hole through it.

As the one-minute imitation ended, Salinas' appearance once again changed from Rusalka back to its original slime state.

In his slightly trembling eyes, the big hole in Rusalka's chest became intact again.

His intuition told him that this was not a dream, nor was it a last glimmer of hope that would burn out immediately after the end of time.

Although time was clearly stopped, he felt that the unfocused pupils in Rusalka's eyes were staring at him intently.

He's still alive, this guy is definitely still alive, and he might even be fully conscious!

"This guy endured a full minute of my full-strength attack at twice the intensity, yet he's still alive! Is he immortal? How could someone's power not be able to kill me?"

He felt as if he saw a self-proclaimed strongman actually lifting himself up from the ground with his bare hands. He felt incredible and did not dare to delay at all. He immediately summoned the artifact Qianhuan regardless of his own weakness and injuries, and transformed it into a pair of scissors and flew out, trying to cut Rusalka's body in half.

However, Qian Huan's sharp blade was actually "stuck" by Rusalka's body. It was obvious that if he just casually triggered the Holy Slash, his body would be shattered like a broken doll. But now that he has turned back to his original appearance, even if he uses a magic weapon, he cannot break the defense of this defenseless body?

He could easily destroy himself with Rusalka's attacks, but his own attacks were completely ineffective.

Damn it, is the gap in strength between him and Rusalka really that huge?!

How long will the time stop last? Ten seconds? Twenty seconds?

If Rushaka stopped time for 40 seconds, then one minute would have passed and she would only have 20 seconds left!

If, in the best or perhaps worst case scenario, Rusalka stopped for at least one minute, then he would still have an extra minute of complete freedom.

Escape? Or risk everything?

But the artifact bestowed upon him by Lord Zhongmo has been shattered. If he returns empty-handed, will he still be able to hold his head high in Hell? If he is loathed by Lord Zhongmo, will his position as Lord of Hell be replaced?

Qianhuan transformed into a hammer that smashed Rusalka into pieces, making Salinas seem to see the dawn of victory.

But hope soon vanished, as Rusalka returned to her former self in front of him.

No, it’s not necessarily over yet. In the best case scenario, I still have 50 seconds!

Perhaps Rusalka is already at the end of his strength, and he will be dead with just one move!

This is the mentality of a gambler. When Salinas was completely caught up in the madness of attack, the sudden sound of metal colliding tore apart this silent world.

The leaves wandering in the still time gently returned to the embrace of Mother Earth.

What, time has passed?!

When Salinas came to his senses, he realized that a minute had passed quietly. He attacked with all his strength for a minute, during which he tore Rusalka's body three times, but still failed to kill him.

The evidence is that the trident in Rusalka's hand is now firmly holding the sharp sword transformed by Qianhuan.

"Oh my god, you're so cunning to stop the artifact at this time. You actually took away 22 lives from me. You almost killed me on the spot!"