With the rage-filled dragon motif rapidly surfacing, Qin Chuan looked towards the statue with a solemn expression.
Under the Time Stop, he would have to face the arrival of an ominous source.
To prevent this, Qin Chuan's Time Stop could no longer be used for the time being.
Perhaps even Deliclay, who had crushed the core, hadn't expected that his original measure to prevent Qin Chuan and Lin Yue from leaving the instance would inadvertently counter Qin Chuan's strongest trump card.
A streak of purple lightning flashed by, and Lin Yue's figure instantly appeared beside Qin Chuan.
Around her original position, ranks of Mythical Tier powerhouses were covered in wandering arcs of electricity, convulsing as they dropped like dumplings.
Exchanging a mere glance with Qin Chuan, Lin Yue felt a sinking feeling in her heart.
Even though she did not know the reason, it seemed that Qin Chuan's special ability to instantly kill formidable opponents could no longer be used.
"What astonishing power," the statue calmly began, "If I hadn't descended, you might have actually succeeded."
"However, it's not too late to rectify." The statue paused, "Before I kill you two, it's necessary for you to know my name."
All of a sudden, gray-brown flames erupted from around the statue, the blazing firelight surging in all directions, instantly enveloping heaven and earth in a sea of fire.
The rolling heatwave twisted space itself, and amidst the terrifying high temperatures that made one's heart flutter, a desperate and deadly silent power rapidly spread.
Stepping out of the sea of fire, the statue's form had undergone a complete change.
He seemed to have become a being of flesh and blood, his black hair flying wildly and a long gray-brown robe enveloping him, with wings composed of Gray Flame sprouting behind him.
Like a Demon God descending, filled with a terrifying oppression.
"Ember Demon God·Palus!"
As the voice fell, Palus' figure vanished from the spot as if in an instant, appearing in front of Qin Chuan, raising a hand filled with converging Gray Flame before smashing it down towards Qin Chuan in an instant.
In a brief moment, Qin Chuan was struck, his figure flying backward, swallowed by the sea of fire.
Palus took another step and disappeared from the spot once again, appearing in front of Lin Yue, an energy cannon wrapped in Gray Flame grazing past Lin Yue, prompting a slight raise of his eyebrow.
"An interesting Player Talent."
Lin Yue, barely escaping being hit in the surprise attack, abruptly changed color and teleported away without hesitation, putting distance between herself and Palus.
The entire world turned pitch-black in an instant, and a shadow appeared behind Palus like a phantom, a finger imbued with a heart-stopping destructive force pointed at Palus in an instant.
In the darkness, Palus easily grabbed Qin Chuan's hand, who was in the Night Hunt state, and watched as he turned into a puff of Black Flame and disappeared, Palus shaking his head slightly.
The towering sea of fire instantly twisted space, tearing the dark Domain apart like a ferocious Demon Beast.
Looking at Qin Chuan and Lin Yue reemerging from the sea of fire, Palus leisurely withdrew his hand, flexing his wrist, "All your attacks are meaningless in front of me."
"Because I am of the Mythical Rank, Second Realm."
"Even if the power you have temporarily attained through special means allows you to touch this tier, you are still fundamentally different from me."
"Mythical Rank... Second Realm?" Qin Chuan's brow furrowed tightly.
It was the first time he had heard of this Rank, but he could already roughly deduce.
It should be the next Rank after the Mythical Rank in his awareness.
The normal Mythical Rank was the First Realm.
"That's right." Palus, having fully unleashed his power, looked leisurely at the two, his eyes conveying a cat playing with a mouse, "Mythical Rank Second Realm is the target condition for achieving the First Rank, only after reaching the Second Rank of Heavenly Dome Rank can one be promoted."
"Compared to the Dream World, each new Rank one steps into in the Heavenly Dome Rank grants new permissions and power."
"The permission of the First Rank, you must have seen it."
"Are you referring to... the ability to precisely control and adjust one's own power limit?" Lin Yue suddenly spoke up.
"Exactly." Palus smiled slightly, "That's just the most basic permission. One can obtain it by ascending to the First Rank, even if they are not of the Mythical Rank."
"But the Second Rank is different from the First Rank." Palus spoke softly, "In the Second Rank of the Heavenly Dome Rank, all beings are of the Mythical Rank Second Realm."
"The permission corresponding to the Second Rank is enough to bring about an earth-shattering change in strength." As he spoke, Palus slowly raised his hand, "The time for answering questions ends here."
In an instant, the roaring sea of fire fell silent, with only a gray flame the size of a head rising in Palus' palm.
Qin Chuan and Lin Yue's expressions became extremely grave.
In this flame, they felt a power far surpassing that of the previous sea of fire.
"I have already used the Third Talent," Lin Yue murmured in a voice only she and Qin Chuan could hear, "Why hasn't it taken effect?"
Qin Chuan clenched Lin Yue's hand, his mind racing for a plan.
This so-called Mythical Rank Second Realm indeed exceeded his expectations.
With strength close to theirs, why...
Suddenly, a faint purple power streaked across the sky like a cannon, tearing through the void and bombing Palus from afar.
Palus' brow rose, raising his other hand to fiercely grab the unknown source of the attack, and then casually crushed it.
"The power of the Moon Spirit?"
Palus hummed lowly, his gaze shifting to the direction the attack came from, "Purple Moon Priest?"