376 Second Level, Stagnation (2/2)

Duna's coverage was not small.

Many supporting Great Warriors and Warriors in the area also took the opportunity to meditate for their breakthrough after suppressing their cultivation for so long.

Duna noticed this, but she did not say anything.

She continued to wave her lily-white hands, sending out a smaller scale aura of destruction and disintegrated the enemy in its wake.

The strain on her body soon hit a concerning level as cracks began to form on the surface of her hand like the slow shattering of glasses.

'This job is proving itself more tedious than I have imagined. Our body will not last much longer. It is already beginning to experience the backlash of the Destruction Law.'

After seeing this, she became more passive in her attacks, only striking the enemy when they drew too close to the humans and kept them out of harm's way.

Power does not come without a price, and even more so, it cannot be used indiscriminately without consequences.

'However...'

Duna frowned.

She had given her word to help. She was not someone who goes back on her word, and even more so, abhor the people that do.

In the end, she should not have been soft-hearted when she accepted the task, or were those Lumi's feelings affecting her decision?

No!

Duna shook her head of those thoughts.

It is wrong to blame her sister for that. She was the one in control. She was the one who made a choice. It was her decision, and hers alone. She was also a person.

More cracks formed and spread to her arms.

At this point, Duna no longer dared to use the almighty Destruction Law. It was too powerful, and the backlash was too much. She was destroying their body.

Duna narrowed her eyes and changed tactics.

Temporal Law, Second Level – Stagnation!

An elusive aura swept across the battlefield before a transparent dome-like barrier rapidly expanded and covered the region, painting the inside with a monochromatic feeling as the incoming Behemoth-class Bone Demons became immobile.

No, it was not complete immobility. They just moved perceivably slow! This was the effect of decelerating time!

Everyone within the temporal domain has their time decelerated. As such, not only were the enemy decelerated, even the humans were also decelerated!

The temporal domain did not differentiate between friend and foe. All within its area of effect was affected by decelerated time! Only Duna, herself was immune to the effects of Stagnation!

”What kind of power is this?!”

”Is this the power of time? Time has been stopped!”

”No, time hasn't been stopped! It has been decelerated! Look, they are moving slowly, but surely!”

The warriors exclaimed in shock.

Everything inside the temporal domain moved incredibly slowly to the world outside, but to the affected people inside, time was moving normally.

That was the scary aspect of Stagnation. The people inside the temporal domain did not even know their time had been decelerated!

”This is our chance! If the Behemoth-class Bone Demons are moving this slowly, we can kill them!”

”No, wait! If you rush in, you might also be—”

A warrior with a brighter mind tried to warn, but it was too late. The foolish warriors rushed into the temporal domain and got themselves affected by decelerated time.

”These idiots…”

The brighter warriors sighed.

The warriors were foolish, but they cannot be blamed. They could not think of anything else after seeing the prospects of killing Behemoth-class Bone Demons.

It was the dream of every Warrior to enter the Great Warrior realm. If there was a chance to do it without risk, why not?

It was nice to dream and all, but unfortunately, reality was much different from what they had imagined.

Of course, the decelerated warriors still had no idea. They are still thinking they can kill the 'slow' Behemoth-class Bone Demons inside.

Creak…

At the center of the temporal domain, the cracks of Duna's arms spread all the way to her upper body and made her heart chilled.

She did not expect that the Temporal Law would also put some strain on her body and almost killed both her and Lumi as a result of casting such a vast temporal domain.

'It seems I can only use the Darkness Laws!'

Duna paled slightly.