Chapter 1096: Chapter 539: Divine Under Ninth Rank?!

As Jin Gu’s words fell.

Qing Shi’s hand also reached out to the radiant Seven-Colored Sand, finally touching the outer side of the Time Halo, causing the entire glow to momentarily pause, and the distorted time nearby was instantly corrected, returning to normal!

A slight smile appeared on his face.

The Time Dust was indeed precious, even attracting the unknown opponent Chen Mu, but at this moment, it still fell into his hands; ultimately, he and Jin Gu were just a bit faster.

Even though Chen Mu’s strength was formidable, with an understanding of the Void deeper than Jin Gu’s, as long as the Time Dust was in his hands, he could immediately join forces with Jin Gu against Chen Mu.

No matter how powerful Chen Mu was, even at the pinnacle of Divine Under Eighth Rank, he and Jin Gu combined had nothing to fear!

Yet at this moment.

Sudden change occurred.

Seeing Qing Shi’s hand about to seize the Time Dust, the Void he was in suddenly warped, and an invisible giant hand emerged from the Nihility, snatching the cluster of Time Dust just before him!

Qing Shi’s expression changed dramatically, and almost without hesitation, he intoned a long chant, his right hand releasing a ripple of Seven-Colored Time, suddenly increasing in speed, attempting to intercept the Time Dust ahead of the Void Giant Hand.

Squelch.

But his hand, wrapped in the Power of Time, thrust into a mass of quagmire!

Even as Time coursed around it, making his speed incredibly fast, several times faster than before, the moment the Void Giant Hand appeared, this part of the Void was already where Chen Mu’s presence lay!

Though visually, it seemed as though a Void Giant Hand had seized the cluster of Time Dust, in reality, the whole Void that housed the Time Dust had been ‘swallowed’ into Chen Mu’s body!

Merging with the Void!

This was not merely a personal merging into the Void, but rather this part of the Void became a part of himself!

Since at the instant the Void Giant Hand appeared, the Void had already been fused by Chen Mu, meaning no matter how quickly Qing Shi advanced on the scale of Time, it was impossible for him to surpass Chen Mu, unless his comprehension of Time reached a terrifying level, fast enough to transcend Time itself, leap over the present, and reach the past to seize the advantage once more from Chen Mu!

But evidently, such an ability was not within the grasp of a being yet to achieve godhood. Even Entering Dao with Time Dao was far from such power.

Buzz!

As his hand plunged into the quagmire, trapped in the Void, Qing Shi immediately sensed trouble; feeling the overwhelming surge of Void Force from the front, he turned his hand without hesitation, drawing out…

A lamp!

A Time Eternal Lamp!

Within the lamp burned a Seven-Colored candle flame, which suddenly released a brilliant Power of Time, making the whole world seem to slow, while his movements became slightly faster, his trapped right hand suddenly pulled out; simultaneously, he rapidly stepped back, landing at Jin Gu’s side, standing shoulder to shoulder with him, with a hard expression as he glanced at Chen Mu’s figure on the Heavens Vault, confronting Jin Gu from afar.

Around this time, he saw Chen Mu’s figure above the Heavens Vault gradually dissipating, melting away like an illusory dream.

As the figure on the Heavens Vault continued to dissolve, the Void Giant Hand, which had caught the Time Dust, gradually solidified into flesh and blood in the center of this disparate land, finally coagulating into Chen Mu’s form from the Void.

With a bit of satisfaction, Chen Mu glanced at the Time Dust in his hand, then shifted his gaze to Jin Gu and Qing Shi, focusing on the Divine Weapons each held.

Void Scissors!

Time Lamp!

The aura emanating from these Void Scissors was incredibly familiar, identical to the Broken Sword he possessed, belonging to the same tier of Void Dao Divine Weapons, except his was incomplete, while this one was whole.

As for the Time Lamp, it too seemed somewhat familiar; more precisely, the candle flame burning atop the lamp stand!

This flame and the Fire of Time he possessed were strikingly similar, both containing various Time Mysterious, the only difference being, the flame atop the lamp stand was more vigorous, whereas his flickered, teetering on the verge of extinction.

“Interesting, it seems that the Fire of Time is, in essence, also an incomplete Divine Weapon?”

“No, perhaps it is a Divine Weapon; it is not incomplete per se, but rather… lacks a lamp stand, and having been without one for so long, it has expended too much power, becoming dim and waning.”

“Perhaps, in its prime, it burned more fiercely than this one atop the lamp stand.”

Squinting slightly, Chen Mu’s mind was flooded with thoughts.

His familiarity with the Time Dao was no less profound than the Void Dao, for his mastery of the Time Dao was also at the Entering Dao level!

He could now even discern that the candle flame on Qing Shi’s lamp stand, though seemingly more intense, was internally less intricate with Time Mysterious than the one he held!

This meant that the Time Fire he owned had a higher level, but its power had depleted too much, and it lacked a ‘lamp stand’ to bear it, thus being unable to unleash its expected might.