Beast Taming Patrol Chapter 1594 446: The Final Battle (4) (Countdown to Finale: 4)

Amidst the thunderous echoes of combat, the Time Master launched its offensive once more after a brief initial assessment.

Its expression hardened into gravity. As the vertical eye upon its brow fixated on Qiuqiu, a boundless tome materialized within the void.

Each folio of this chronicle depicted a potential future for Qiuqiu, bound by the scars of time. They remained poised to flip, rendering the subsequent moment impossible to foresee.

When the Time God Pattern behind the creature fused and the Time's Heart within the Time Master thrummed with heightened intensity, its claw channeled mystical energy, crushing down upon the ethereal pages.

It was as if an immense, untraceable power sought to petrify the shifting album, thereby locking Qiuqiu's fate into a singular outcome!

The secret art of the Time Pavilion, the Time Scripture — Destiny Decree Manual!

This formidable technique had once forced the Martial Emperor to wield the Soul Suppressing Sword to defend himself during their past confrontation, and now, it had resurfaced.

While Qiuqiu had only witnessed this strike from afar through Lanlan’s faith projection in the past, it was finally confronting the technique head-on.

The moment the Time Master lowered its claw, a suffocating dread permeated the void. The intricate weaving of time instantly exerted an overwhelming pressure upon its target.

Any lesser mythic tier entity might have faced grievous wounds or even annihilation when confronted with such a blow.

Yet, facing a strike that mandated the Martial Emperor’s total concentration, Qiuqiu remained unmoved.

After all, it likewise mastered every secret technique contained within the Time Scripture.

A resplendent Time God Pattern emerged behind Qiuqiu’s head. In the following second, the upper reaches of the temporal river beneath them seemed to ripple under some unseen influence.

Within those waters lay the events of the irreversible past.

Yet, through Qiuqiu’s subtle maneuvers, which appeared mild compared to the Time Master, threads of destiny were tugged and swayed, forcing a deviation in history.

Fresh memories flooded the Time Master’s consciousness—memories in which Qiuqiu had already lunged forward before the Destiny Decree Manual could even be unfurled.

These false recollections did not cease; they bled directly into the present moment.

As these memories expanded in depth, the Qiuqiu within them drew closer to the Time Master.

When the Time Master shifted its gaze, it observed that Qiuqiu's silhouette had become hauntingly translucent.

It was as if, as the memory stretched toward the present, the old Qiuqiu evaporated, replaced by a version manifesting from within the newly rewritten timeline!

It felt as though it were charging from the annals of the past into the immediate now!

This is…

The Time Master's pupils constricted violently.

The temporal river beneath their feet erupted into a massive surge. In a heartbeat, the positioning, the actions, and even the expressions of the two mythic tiers shifted entirely.

Qiuqiu now occupied the position formerly held by the Time Master. Its claw was raised, and a profound, Extreme Cold silently crystallized the swirling temporal river, its power seemingly capable of erasing existence itself.

With a flicker of regret, Qiuqiu glanced at the Time Master, who had recoiled to the opposite side. The Time Master’s prior techniques had dissolved, its face now marked by a grim, unprecedented solemnity and eyes ablaze with combat spirit.

"Shall we continue?"

"You..." The Time Master betrayed a hint of shock. "Your cultivation path centers on the path of the past?"

Time Skills are categorized into the path of the past, the present, and the future. No single mastery exists in isolation; rather, they are a synthesis of all three, weighted by specific leanings.

For instance, a specialization in the future path necessitates a lighter focus on the present and past.

The Path of Now serves as the hinge between time, capable of suppressing the past and influencing the future; it is the most standard application of Time Skills.

The future path allows for the prediction and manipulation of upcoming events, sometimes pulling the future into the present, rendering it inherently unpredictable.

Ordinarily, the temporal river flows in an irreversible sequence. However, the path of the past attempts to reverse this flow, altering what has already occurred to fundamentally shift the present.

The Time Master’s chronicle relies primarily on the Path of Now.

It achieves influence by splintering the present into millions of timelines, intercepting foes across different instances of 'now.' While it had previously resurrected subordinates using the path of the past, its proficiency there was minor, limited to those of lower cultivation.

Yet, this Time Venerable standing before it could manipulate the Path of Past to affect entities of its own tier!

Had the Time Master not also belonged to the time system, allowing it to perceive the anomaly and react, it might have been erased in silence.

To the Time Master’s inquiry, Qiuqiu offered no reply. Only the fighting spirit within its eyes burned with increasing intensity.

"Now, my turn!"

With Time God Patterns entirely distinct from the Time Master’s swirling behind it, and with its Time's Heart beating with a thunderous, heavy rhythm, the vertical eye upon Qiuqiu's forehead ignited with a harrowing radiance.

The temporal river fell into a deathly stillness, and the mystical pocket of space surrounding it froze. In the very next instant, an intangible blade hung silently above the Time Master’s head!