Path To Godhood Begins With Marrying Wife And Gaining SSS Rank Skill Chapter 742

Everyone's gaze immediately turned toward Ethan's scream, and they were bewildered when they saw a black-robed man standing out of nowhere in front of him.

The expressions of the four Emperors and the surrounding experts instantly became pale.

None of them had noticed the man's arrival. Even Queen Ophelia, whose senses were spread across the battlefield, had failed to detect the slightest trace of him.

Countless questions immediately started ringing in their minds.

How did he appear? How could they not sense his presence? How long had he been standing there?

The thought alone sent a chill through their hearts because a person capable of hiding from so many Transcendent experts could have attacked any of them without warning.

All of this happened within the span of a few short moments.

Even for Ethan, everything was too fast. By the time his mind registered the danger and his body prepared to move, the beam of light released from the black-robed man's palm was already before him.

Unlike the attacks cast by Ethan and the others, the beam was strangely subtle. It did not cause any violent changes in the world around it.

There were no world-defying shockwaves, no roaring winds, and no mountains shaking under its power. The ground did not crack beneath it, nor did the sky change.

The thin beam simply traveled forward in complete silence. It looked almost feeble, yet

Ethan could feel the vast might hidden inside it. All of its destructive power seemed to have been compressed into that tiny beam without allowing even the slightest amount of energy to leak out.

Ethan's pupils shrank as a feeling of death washed over him. He knew that something so concentrated was far more dangerous than those enormous attacks that shook the entire battlefield.

Looking at the strength of the black-robed man, Ethan knew it would be difficult to escape. His mind immediately became calm as he prepared himself to sacrifice one of his lives. It didn't matter too much because he still had two more lives remaining. Losing one would hurt, but dying here without using it would be even more foolish.

Just as the beam was about to reach him, however, the entire world suddenly seemed to freeze.

"Absolute Zero; Time Dilation!"

Ethan's eyes shook violently as a strange force spread across the surroundings.

The world before him changed instantly. Dust that had been flying through the air almost stopped. Pieces of broken stone remained suspended above the ground, and even the beam coming toward him seemed to slow down severely.

Ethan could perceive everything clearly, yet when he tried to move, he found that his own thoughts and body had also become sluggish. His muscles refused to react normally, and even moving a finger felt strangely difficult. This was the first time Ethan had encountered such a thing, so he did not know what power he should use to counter it.

Just as Ethan struggled to force his body to move, he suddenly felt a slight push from the side.

The push did not feel powerful, but under the strange state of slowed time, it was enough.

His frozen body was sent away like a statue while another figure moved into the place where he had been standing.

Ethan's eyes slowly shifted through his almost frozen body, and his heart suddenly tightened when he saw Heliana beside him. She had somehow forced herself to move inside this strange slowed world and pushed him away from the path of the attack.

The beam passed through the place where Ethan had been standing and grazed Heliana's shoulder instead.

CRACK!

A clear cracking sound echoed through the frozen world.

The Time Dilation domain immediately shattered like glass, and the normal flow of time returned in an instant.

However, Ethan had no time to care about that. His eyes widened when he saw cracks spreading from the place where the beam had touched Heliana. They moved rapidly across her shoulder and down her arm before spreading over her chest, neck, and face. Her entire body began breaking apart little by little, just like the strange cracks Ethan had seen on her body after Haster's self-destruction.

Even the black-robed figure seemed taken aback by what had happened. His hidden gaze remained fixed on Heliana for a moment, clearly not expecting her to interfere with his attack.

"Heliana!"

Ethan immediately rushed forward and grabbed her before her body could fall. At the same time, he shot backward with all his strength and created as much distance as possible from the black-robed man. Layer after layer of light shields appeared around him while the Knight of Light manifested beside him with its weapon raised, ready to attack the moment the enemy moved. Ethan knew these defenses were probably nothing before that mysterious man. If the black-robed figure truly wanted to break them, they might not last long, but Ethan only needed them to buy him a little time.

While retreating, Ethan immediately activated the One Call from Future power. His consciousness reached toward the distant connection as he tried to call upon his future self. However, his expression quickly changed. One rejection appeared. Another followed immediately after it. More and more rejections crossed through the connection one after another, and every failed response made Ethan's heart sink further. His strongest emergency measure was refusing to respond when he needed it most.

Ethan gritted his teeth, but before he could think about what to do next, he felt the body in his arms becoming lighter. He looked down and saw Heliana slowly dispersing. Small particles of light were already separating from the cracks covering her body. Despite what was happening, Heliana stared at him with a gentle smile.

"Why?" Ethan asked in surprise. His grip around her tightened instinctively as though holding her more firmly could somehow stop her body from disappearing. "Why did you save m..."

His words suddenly stopped.

Heliana leaned forward and kissed his lips.

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