Chapter 69 - Choice (1/2)

Hao Xuan's last fight although took a while to describe, but in reality, it all happened in less than 3 seconds.

From the Mad Saint's point of view, Hao Xuan closed his eyes and mumbled something. When he opened them they were completely white. A lightning bolt struck him but didn't make a sound. He looked at the three attacking beasts and all of a sudden separated into four, with three of them attacking the demonic beasts and one still standing in the original position.

His attacks were so unexpected and fast that the beasts had absolutely no chance to defend. Three Hao Xuan's flashed like a blur and when their attacks connected, the beasts basically 'vanished' within the orbs of light.

*tip*tip*tip*tip*

It started raining and got heavy within a few seconds. Hao Xuan's unconscious broken body was laying on the ground and all the blood and mud was being washed clean off. It was almost like the rain wanted to wash away everything.

The Mad Saints were still sitting in the tree's canopy, staring at Hao Xuan with nothing to say.

Kuo, Maddy, and Hash were in front of everyone else still powering up a shield that wasn't needed anymore.

”Well fuck me sideways and call me sally, that was unexpected,” a voice woke everyone up from their daze. It was Mason.

*cough*cough*

Kuo coughed and cleared his throat. He seemed to have chocked on his own saliva. ”L-Lets get down,” he stammered, still in a slight daze.

The reason these three experienced Spirit Realm cultivators were at a loss for words and confused was because they clearly felt the changes that happened at the very end. Those three 'clones' of Hao Xuan weren't actually clones.

It wasn't unheard of to be able to clone yourself. There were several different ways but one common theme was that no matter what, the clones cannot have more power than the original body, only less. Whereas what Hao Xuan did was something entirely different. All of his clones were just as strong as his main body.

Also, cloning could not be done instantaneously like that. Not to mention the changes in the atmosphere.

”T-Time. There were time dilations present....” Maddy whispered still looking at Hao Xuan as if looking at an alien. Hashirama and Kuo's expression changed even more. The surprise and utter shock could not be hidden even if they tried.

But it was a good thing everyone was engrossed in their own imaginations otherwise saying something like that would cause an uproar.

Time dilation's, in the cultivation world at least, meant something slightly different. What Maddy had implied was that those weren't Hao Xuan's clones, rather he himself attacking the three beasts in three completely different directions at the same time. It would mean he was manipulating time itself.

Time as many incorrectly believed, was not a straight line. It didn't just go in one direction. There were many strange places in the universe where time flowed differently than others. It was either slower or faster, or even completely absent. And Hao Xuan's technique had something to do with that.

If this got out then Kingdoms and even entire empires would go to war over it. Time-related techniques only existed in stories and legends.

”SHHH! Don't ever say that again. It was no such thing. This never happened!” Kuo said in an authoritative tone as if stating a fact.

”Eh? Y-Yes, of course!” Maddy and Hash both nodded in agreement. But they missed something, an eavesdropper. Jin Wang's eyes gleamed and he looked at Hao Xuan with a strange smile on his usually expressionless face. God knows what was going through his head.