Chapter 59: Conclusion, Which Is Actually a Beginning – Section 2

The collision of time rules and space rules!
Absolute stillness!!
Silence, such profound silence…
Although the surroundings remained unchanged, Hei Fa felt that everything had changed. No wind, no sound, and no dust in the air. From his perspective, he could even see the molecules that make up matter having stopped moving. On the distant ground, a clump of dust raised by their earlier battle hung motionless in the air, like a solid pillar of smoke. In the sky, the swirling dark clouds had also frozen, resembling pieces of black cotton.
No one had ever experienced such a thing. Perhaps, in everyday life, people had long become accustomed to moving things. So when faced with such absolute stillness, Hei Fa felt uneasy all over. Everything he saw, touched, or sensed made him feel as if he were inside a painting.
A false painting.
This feeling reminded him of a story he had heard before. In an ancient castle, there was a magnificent painting. Anyone who could obtain it could enter its world and get whatever they desired—money, beauties, supreme power. As long as they wrote it down before entering, it would belong to them once inside.
And wasn’t this exactly how he felt now? At this moment, he was the only one who could move in this world. The sense of having everything under control made Hei Fa tremble from within.
But it wasn’t excitement—it was fear.
The power of time is truly terrifying…
As expected, it truly belongs to the laws of the universe. Even though he was prepared, upon encountering this rule, Hei Fa still couldn’t help but revere its power. This was no longer a matter of calmness or not—it was a human’s awe before the forces of nature.
Reality within illusion, illusion within reality…
“Snap!”
Hei Fa’s toes touched the ground. He finally descended from the sky. At this moment, his clone stood less than ten meters in front of him. Yet it could no longer pose any threat to Hei Fa. Without the passage of time, even if it possessed the power to control space, it would become like wood or clay, at Hei Fa’s mercy.
Of course, this wasn’t absolute. First, Hei Fa had to break through its protective barrier.

“Ssssh… ssssh…” The footsteps of the black-haired man made a faint friction sound as they touched the ground. Hearing this sound, he couldn’t help but feel puzzled. Weren’t time and movement supposed to have stopped? Why could he still make noise? Clearly, he couldn’t figure out the mystery behind this. He could only attribute it to himself. In this utterly still space, it seemed only his own actions were unaffected—except for that gelatinous sense of restraint.

Soon, his palm reached out toward the clone. As he had imagined, the seemingly real clone was actually untouchable. His fingers, though right in front of it, seemed blocked by an invisible membrane, preventing him from touching it. The harder he tried, the tougher the membrane became. It was truly bizarre.

This must be his spatial isolation layer. The black-haired man believed that this seemingly thin membrane actually had an immeasurable thickness, as it was essentially another space. Theoretically, any space is infinite—just like the universe, which is also a vast space containing countless smaller spaces. Such a membrane naturally couldn’t be broken through by force. In fact, even if Ya Zi used all his strength to attack, it would be ineffective. Human strength is ultimately limited, while space is infinite. Unless the black-haired man possessed the power to destroy the universe, he could do nothing to the clone before him.

But he didn’t rely solely on brute force. At this moment, in a sense, he truly possessed divine power. Spreading his fingers, he pressed his right hand firmly against the isolation layer. Then, with a sudden low growl, there was a “buzz,” and all the plates on his right arm stood up at once, revealing dense clusters of bright spots—crystalline, like countless glowing sapphires. Those were Ya Zi’s energy sensing points, the very source through which he could control the surrounding energy. Each sensing point could receive and analyze information from the surrounding energy fields at any time. Thus, they were extremely important to the black-haired man. Unless absolutely necessary, he would never expose these sensing points to others.

But now, he had no choice. His next move would determine his life.

Spatial isolation layer. Or another universe. It indeed cannot be destroyed, but that doesn’t mean it won’t self-destruct. And the simplest factor determining whether a universe will perish is time… Nothing can last forever!
“Yazi! Accelerate time!!”
“Buzz!!!”
With Black Hair’s sharp command, a loud buzzing sound erupted. All the sensing points on his right arm emitted dazzling blue light—so intense that it resembled the sun, though blue in color. Yazi’s mask also appeared especially terrifying under such intense blue light.
For a moment, the entire world was so silent that even the drop of a needle could be heard. Only Black Hair, inside his helmet, could sense the extreme tension, with Yazi’s voice being the source of it.
“Acceleration begins. Energy replenishment starting…”
“Acceleration level: 600%. Energy replenishment rate: 0.000001%…”
“Continue replenishing…” A cold glint flashed in Black Hair’s eyes as he poured more mental energy into the process. With a slight dizziness, he saw the light around his right arm begin to distort—countless blue lights, like floating catkins.
In his mind, Yazi’s voice remained emotionless.
“Acceleration continues. Level: 1800%. Energy replenishment rate: 0.000015%…”
“Keep going! Don’t stop. It’s not enough!” Black Hair gritted his teeth again and placed his left hand on it as well. Like his right arm, the armor on his left arm also opened up, revealing numerous blue sensing points beneath. Instantly, the blue light in front of Yazi doubled, and the distortion became even more severe.
“Acceleration continues. Level: 97654%. Energy replenishment rate: 0.007654%… Black Hair… Our energy is running out… This isolation layer decays so slowly…” Yazi’s voice remained loud and merciless, but its meaning was enough to worry Black Hair.
Energy running out? What a joke. Could even Yazi, who could control all energy, say such a thing? An acceleration of just over 900 times wasn’t enough to cause a space to decay.
“No!” Black Hair replied coldly. Sweat finally appeared on his forehead. Up to now, every second of the acceleration process had cost him mental energy. The consumption was terrifying. In fact, if Black Hair couldn’t weaken the isolation layer in a short time, he might die from exhaustion before the clone could revive!!
“Increase the output further!”

“Understood!” was Ya Zi’s brief reply. With that sound, not just his arms this time, but all the plates on his body stood up simultaneously. In an instant, Hei Fa almost turned into a “light being” composed entirely of blue sensing dots.

With such a drastic change, Hei Fa felt his mental perception layer expand exponentially—more than ten million times in just a moment. As it expanded at such a rapid pace, every single point within hundreds of meters around him became visible.

Ya Zi—ultimate energy transformation, full-field assimilation!!

Boom!!

In an instant, Hei Fa felt as if a thunderclap had erupted right beside him. Blood slowly seeped from his ears, only to dry up under the constantly operating adjustment devices beneath Ya Zi’s faceplate. His mind was in a daze, yet the energy he could control grew like a tsunami. Immediately, blue light radiated from Ya Zi’s entire body. His hands trembled violently as he gradually pushed aside the isolation layer surrounding the clone.

One inch, two inches.

Though the progress of his hands was barely visible to the naked eye, Ya Zi’s loud voice made Hei Fa aware of just how much progress they had made.

“Isolation layer degradation… 21%”

“35%… 47%… 62%… 88%…”

“99%!!”

At this point, Hei Fa could no longer see anything. Excessive mental energy consumption had left him in a near-comatose state. For an ordinary person, such mental strain would have turned them into fools. But Hei Fa showed no signs of this—his will was as strong as steel, allowing him to hold on without collapsing.

What terrifying willpower. If anyone had seen Hei Fa beneath Ya Zi’s armor at this moment, they would be stunned. In such a short time, his appearance seemed decades older. Droplets of sweat formed small streams.

Just as he was on the verge of losing consciousness, he finally heard a voice as sweet as music.

“100!! Degradation complete!!”

Hei Fa felt his hands become lighter as they instantly pierced through that seemingly insurmountable isolation layer, hitting the clone’s body head-on.

With a loud “Bang!”, a section of the clone’s golden armor collapsed, and blood sprayed from its orifices.

For the first time since the battle began, Hei Fa had managed to injure the clone!!!

At the same time, the clone also suddenly opened its eyes…