Endless Ocean: Escape Starting from a Canoe

Chapter 202 Temple of Time vs. Invincible God of War!

Since acquiring the Titan Descent skill, Shi Ming has used it 14 times. In addition to fighting enemies, he would occasionally use it when he was sure there were no enemies around, in order to familiarize himself with the corresponding skill. However, he has never been able to draw that "grand prize" with a probability of only 2%, the most powerful "Temple of Time".

This time, combining it with the "Code of Nations" might yield good results.

The Titan bloodline was quickly awakened, and a virtual clock appeared behind Shi Ming. The ancient hands only turned once before stopping at the first position.

boom!
The power of the Titans has arrived!

This time, the virtual clock did not disappear; instead, it continued to expand, eventually emitting strange fluctuations in the void and transforming into a transparent phantom temple. The phantom temple covered an area of ​​nearly 1.3 nautical miles, and at the very top of the temple, an even larger ancient clock still hung there, ticking away.

Temple of Time!

Under the rules of the Code of International Law, there's a real safety net!
These games of chance should be rectified by law!
And the effect of this skill is—

[Within the area covered by the Temple of Time, time will pause for 1 second every 12 seconds! During the time pause, all creatures and objects within the area will be frozen in place, except for the caster of the skill, who can move freely! The Temple of Time will last for 50 minutes.]

In the Temple of Time state, the Titan runes covering Shi Ming's entire body transformed into pale golden quicksand runes.

Shi Ming's pupils split into three, each separate and overlapping, making his eyes look like a three-pupil clock with three dials.

Within each pupil, a pointer is spinning, symbolizing the hour, minute, and second.

……

A good warrior will not give the enemy any opportunity to take advantage of him. Moreover, Shi Ming killed the person that Quilt was protecting without giving him any face, which has completely enraged the gladiator!
Quilter launched the first attack.

Instead of confronting this new Titan form directly, Shi Ming skillfully dodged it.

Quilt's upper body, his strong arms covered with scars, each scar seemingly swirling with flames. With the slightest force, the scars seemed to crack open, and the magma inside seemed about to burst forth, giving him a violent air, as if he would tear his prey to shreds as soon as he caught it.

In his Time Temple state, Shi Ming's strength and speed were relatively balanced. The boost to his body from Titan's Descent was neither as strong as the Myriad Calamities Thunder Body nor as weak as the Wheel of Fate.

But a head-on confrontation is not the best option.

Especially when facing such an aggressive player.

Shi Ming's attack was very conservative, which was the wisest choice. Mechanism was more important than brute force. He accumulated power in the first twelve seconds and only needed to wait for the thirteenth second of each pause to deal effective damage.

The Titan's Descent state lasts for 50 minutes, or 3000 seconds.

This is enough for him to accumulate an advantage and lay the foundation for victory every time the 13th second arrives!

An invincible war god?

No one is invincible!
Although Quilt's aura was violent, he was not a simple-minded person who only relied on brute force. To remain undefeated, strength and skills were only one aspect; a clear mind was also indispensable. Although he had no impression of Shi Ming, there was no doubt that the young man in front of him belonged to the same S-class Awakener as him!
Excellent! Evenly matched, let's fight!

Quilt grew increasingly excited.

The invincible warrior has a significant boost to his physical strength, and Quilt himself is extremely proficient in fighting techniques. He practiced classical Roman fighting techniques from a young age, and in his youth he also traveled to different countries such as Russia, Thailand, India and other countries to learn different techniques such as martial arts, Muay Thai, Jiu-Jitsu and Sumo, combining the strengths of many schools.

He once fought against Mr. Lei of the Twelve Stars and was never defeated.

But the Temple of Time truly deserves its title as the grand prize! It is an extremely rare skill that can control time, with a simple and direct effect. If it could be permanently available without needing to draw prizes, it would definitely rank in the top 10!
Therefore, Quilt felt very frustrated in this battle.

He often felt that he was inexplicably struck by strange attacks!

Or perhaps, his powerful, charged attack was about to strike the boy in front of him, but it was miraculously dodged with an unbelievable ability! In the blink of an eye, within just three minutes of fighting, he had been hit head-on by Shi Ming six or seven times!
People in a time-stopped world are unaware that time has been paused.

However, clever people can gradually guess the essence of this skill from the temple's phantom and the rotation of the twelve pointers. But even if they guess it, as long as they don't leave the temple area, or have a risk avoidance skill like "Mr. Thunder" that makes them untargetable by turning into lightning, they still cannot avoid its effects.

His mind was entirely on his opponent, and he didn't even notice the clock high in the sky!
Combat intelligence, yes, but not much!

Bang!
Quilt grew increasingly frustrated as the fight progressed, and with a roar, flames erupted from the wounds on his body! This made the gladiator look like a war god whose body was covered in magma, crawling out of scalding lava.

A new wound appeared on a part of the body covered by the armor.

Shi Ming's eyes twitched.

A new reminder from the Eye of the Mortal World appeared in the three pupils.

【It's here! It's here!】

The Eye of the Mortal World was extremely surprised!

[Shi Ming's tactics are astonishing. Facing a power-type opponent, he combined the Codex of Nations and Titan's Descent, gaining the simplest and most brutal skill: Temple of Time! In principle, with the help of the Temple of Time, victory is only a matter of time!] [But Quilt realized something was wrong!]

He fully unleashed his skill, "Invincible War God," tearing another gash in his body, determined to seize victory swiftly with overwhelming power!

This time, the Eye of the Mortal Realm fully revealed the power of the invincible war god. Shi Ming instantly learned the information during the break in the battle and immediately understood why Quilt had never been defeated!
Ranked 50th among S-class skills!
A "magma giant" from the deep sea.

Under normal circumstances, the Invincible War God can grant Awakened beings a significant numerical boost. When an Awakened being with the skill "Invincible War God" is about to be defeated, they can also actively tear a wound on their body that will never heal, and with the help of the power of the magma giant, restore half of their stamina and temporarily increase their base strength by 10% for one hour!
Of course, that's not all.

If that were all, the Undefeated God of War wouldn't even rank 50th, and it would be impossible for him to be ranked before the Titans descended.

The key point is that the buff can be stacked infinitely! When Quelt is about to lose again, he can tear another wound, and when he loses again, he can tear another wound, and when he loses again, he can tear another wound.

but!

The wounds inflicted will never heal, and when the number of wounds on the body reaches 108, the magma giant will revive and completely tear apart the body to resurrect itself using its flesh and blood, continuing the legend of invincibility in another form.

This is the secret to never being defeated.

You can choose to win forever, but you must also bear the cost of victory.

The price is losing oneself and becoming a new magma giant.

……

……

……

Quilt's upper body was clearly scarred, with nearly ten old scars on his bare arms!

This does not include the scars hidden beneath his armor and the wounds on his lower body and legs.

Shi Ming conservatively estimated that there were at least fifty or sixty.

Even so, Shi Ming, who was temporarily in the upper hand, was still feeling a bit of a headache.

If this guy is incredibly stubborn and determined to win at all costs, then his exponential power surge would be terrifying. Just 25 stacks would allow him to reach ten times his current strength, and 32 stacks would allow him to reach twenty times his current strength.
If we stack it 49 times, we can reach the current 108-fold state!
If it really comes to that stage, a strategic retreat will probably be necessary, and the eyes of the mortal world will not witness the breaking of the invincible myth.

No, buddy.
The dead prince of the Wo Kingdom was just your nephew, not your father. There's no need for that, really no need.

They say nephews resemble their uncles, but you two don't look like you're related by blood. It seems like this is just a nephew who was adopted by someone else.

You can only use this skill 108 times in total, why risk your life!

A bloody tragedy sparked by a whale is unfolding in these waters!

This is not a zero-sum game!

[The result of this escalation is no winner. Based on their fighting styles, the Eye of the Mortals predicts the outcome: Spartacus will perish after using "Invincible War God" 47 times in a row, while Shi Ming, who narrowly escaped defeat, will face the returning magma giant? At that time, the Temple of Time will collapse, and Shi Ming's only remaining option will be Ice Annihilation?]

This is merely speculation; after all, the Eye of the Mortal Realm cannot predict the future, only analyze and infer.

Call ~
Quilte is already hooked.

He couldn't believe that a young man in his early twenties could be his equal.
He started increasing the stakes.

He tore open his third wound; he could fail, but he couldn't fail in front of a mere kid!

Thoughts raced through Shi Ming's mind.

Retreat? No! Perhaps this beast fighter can do me a big favor and fulfill a conjecture, becoming part of my next plan?
……

The thirteenth second has arrived again!

Instead of launching a fierce attack, Shi Ming took out the Formless Pure Ice from the system's inventory.

Next is,

Grand Summoning Spell?

The golden sun has gradually sunk into the sea, and this area will soon usher in true dusk!

(End of this chapter)