CHAPTER 116: TRIAL OF THE HEART COMPLETED! FINDING ONE’S TRUE SELF THROUGH COUNTLESS YEARS

But, this time instead of looking so young, the Kranos before him was a middle-aged man. Kranos could feel a dreadful aura coming from the man. The man stared at Kranos for a moment, and without a word, he silently moved. His figure cracked apart space, and even the skies darkened slightly. The next moment, his palm headed towards Kranos’ skull.

Kranos was quite calm and immediately paused the man’s movements. But he didn’t expect that the man’s movement wouldn’t be restricted; the man’s palm instantly slapped at Kranos’ skull, smashing him into bloodmist. Before Kranos could react, he was destroyed!

Time seemed still for a moment, but the next instant everything began to move backwards. Time was rewinding. Soon, the world returned to the moment before Kranos had died. As soon as he killed the young ’Kranos,’ he turned to the direction where the man had approached.

This time he could react in time, and since he had a rough estimate of the man’s strength, he knew how to defeat him.

Just like before, the man’s palm slapped towards him; however, Kranos used his newly mastered Time Movement Technique and appeared in another location, like he had always been there.

The man looked stunned. But since he had lost his chance at a sneak attack, he could no longer defeat Kranos. Just as he wanted to turn around, he realized that time had paused! He couldn’t move anymore.

He tried to move his body, but it was all to no avail. The man began to age rapidly, but this time he was aging... in reverse?

Kranos stared at the man curiously while trying out a new skill he had also thought of. In the blink of an eye, the man’s cultivation receded rapidly, and he became a mortal.

Kranos’ eyes widened in shock as he stared at this; he was shocked to discover that he was so powerful that he could make one return to the moment they began cultivating! Such strength was truly terrifying!

After that, Kranos continued to rewind the man’s time, and soon he returned to a child. Time continued to flow in reverse, and soon the man turned to dust! Kranos was slightly terrified of his powers as he stared at his outstretched hands.

Taking a deep breath, Kranos began to walk towards the mountain. However, if one looked closely, they would notice something extremely strange: despite the fact that Kranos was moving, his hair and robes weren’t fluttering!

In order not to endanger himself, Kranos had paused time... everywhere! This was the power of time, the power of absolute control! Since time was paused, Kranos no longer encountered any enemies.

Even though he could sense them through a peculiar new ability he came up with called... Time Sense, they couldn’t approach him.

Time Sense was an ability that used the flow of time to detect everything in the surroundings that possessed life. Coming up with this ability, Kranos realized that since every living thing had life in them, they definitely needed time to exist.

After pondering on the details more, Kranos created this unique ability.

Aside from that, since time was paused, the will of the world could no longer stop him, and Kranos had climbed onto the mountain! Reaching the top of the mountain, Kranos saw that there was nothing in sight.

From below, if one looked at the mountain, they would only feel that it was a normal mountain with vegetations, insects, and so on.

However, standing atop the mountain, Kranos noticed the land that stretched endlessly. The world was so vast that he couldn’t comprehend how much time it would take him to traverse the mountain.

Since he had seen what was atop the mountain and that it couldn’t help him escape this world, Kranos decided to head down the mountain and search for other means of leaving the unique world he found himself in.

Just as he made that decision and turned back, he realized that... behind him was a vast stretch of endless plains! The whole terrain had changed! Kranos’ eyes widened in surprise. At this moment, he realized... he was trapped!

Trapped by the decision he made!

Many thoughts immediately sprang into his mind. He muttered inwardly, Since the decision I made trapped me in an endless world, I have no regrets... I will follow through with my decision until the end... Despite this, Kranos’ heart was still firm. Deciding not to head back anymore, he began moving forward with a sword in hand...

Walking with no direction was quite tiring, and Kranos had paused time around him, causing no creatures to disturb him. Because of this, Kranos quickly felt a sense of solitude.

However, with Rapid Thought active and Kranos having a strong mentality, he quickly overcame this phase and continued on.

Time passed drastically while Kranos walked.

One year... Ten years... Hundred years... Ten thousand years...

In the blink of an eye, more than a million years had passed since Kranos embarked on this path. Kranos still remained the same and hadn’t aged despite the passage of time, and if one looked closely at his facial expression, they would notice that they contained unprecedented calmness!

During the seemingly endless time, Kranos had grown bored and tired... he had almost lost his mind countless times, after all, it was extremely difficult for one to survive for so long and not become crazy, but he still held on.

Besides, Rapid Thought was active, always causing Kranos to simulate countless things. His comprehension had even reached a terrifying state of being able to picture scenes out of his imagination.

Aside from doing that, Kranos unpaused time sometimes, letting countless creatures swarm at him, just so he could feel the thrill of battle, the thrill of rebirth, the thrill of controlling time!

Due to all this, Kranos hadn’t lost his way and mind. Instead, he had grown accustomed to the calmness and solitude.

Just as Kranos continued to wander aimlessly with a sword in hand, his silver hair resting gently on his shoulders, he saw a flash of light in the distance. Kranos was stunned for a moment but immediately chased after the light... he knew that his time to escape this world had finally come!

Kranos’ speed was extremely fast as he was constantly shrinking the time he would take to reach the flash of light. This was also another technique he had been using during his stay in this unique space.

If he would traverse a meter in 1 second, Kranos would shrink the time he would take to one-tenth of the time, causing his speed to be ever so fast!

What Kranos didn’t know was that in the blink of an eye, more than one Chaos Cycle had passed! It was only after this time passed that Kranos finally reached the bright flash of light. His thoughts moved and his memories of the real world quickly returned to him.

Kranos was immediately horrified! If he didn’t have the time ability, wouldn’t he have lost himself in the trial? At the same time, Kranos also realized what the Trial of the Heart was about.

It was mostly about discovering himself. If he hadn’t chosen to follow his path to the end, he would have definitely failed the trial.

Kranos’ expression turned melancholic as he absorbed the memories of more than one Chaos Cycle of experience. There was also a drastic change in his temperament; after all, having survived for so long came with so many effects.

Kranos also felt it was a pity, seeing how his other self had been so domineering with the time ability, Kranos felt he was truly disappointed how strong time truly was.

Kranos didn’t let these things bother him. When his strength reached a certain level, he would definitely wield such absolute power, a power where he didn’t have to fear anything! Images of his family also appeared in his mind; he knew that this was also another path of the trial.

If he didn’t let go of his emotional attachments to his past life and continued to stay with them, he would have never passed the trial either! With that, Kranos sighed. From this moment on, he had truly let go of his past life; before, he still had some sentiments for them.

Kranos also understood that he had subtly influenced himself in the other world to spend some time with them before letting them go.

Recalling the final moments before he departed, Kranos felt it was strange. His son was strange... why had he heard those words somewhere? Is my son far from ordinary?

A lot of thoughts passed through Kranos’ mind. At this moment, he heard a slight groan; he turned to the side and realized that the others had woken up as well.