‘He’s accelerating the time of the world around him?’ Hou Yi exclaimed in astonishment. He had never seen anything like this before in his life. Even gods were hesitant to deal with the area of time because the winding spring of time corresponded with the fundamental principles of the universe. If one wanted to do something with time, one would have to find a large society willing to take on the huge number of laws of causality or find others who could share in the penalty that would come with breaking the natural laws.

How was Yeon-woo able to adjust time? Of course, Yeon-woo was not utilizing the larger spring of time that operated the universe. He was turning a smaller spring of time, one that affected him and his surroundings. However, that alone was absurd. Didn’t this mean that Yeon-woo possessed a greater amount of time than others? If Yeon-woo applied this to his attacks, no one would be able to withstand them. Hou Yi did not understand how Yeon-woo was doing this.

It did not appear to Hou Yi that Yeon-woo had acquired the divine domain corresponding to time or any special powers related to it. It also didn't seem like this was something that Yeon-woo had just discovered. 

Hou Yi could see Yeon-woo’s afterimages as he shot forward as a black-red beam of light. However, although the afterimages had Yeon-woo’s face, they had an entirely different aura. Although he had many questions, Hou Yi quickly moved his hands to stop Yeon-woo from escaping. It was impossible for him to catch up with Yeon-woo but not for his weapon.

The property of Hou Yi’s weapon,...