Apocalypse: Become stronger by absorbing flames at the start; my name is the Flame Emperor.

In a secret room within the Wang Family Compound, far away in the Forbidden City.

Wang Yiling and a group of people were conducting research, and the entire secret room was filled with various kinds of energy light.

At that moment, her pocket started to vibrate.

Upon taking it out, he saw that it was the mother ring of the communication bracelet that he had given to A Dong, and a smile immediately appeared on his face.

"magician……"

Wang Yiling quickly walked out of the secret room.

He checked the message from the magician: "Wang the Madman, what do you want?"

Upon seeing the message, a smile played on her lips, and she quickly replied, "Magician, I want to make a deal with you."

"Aren't you afraid that the person in the temple will cause you trouble if they find out you're making a deal with me?"

"If you don't tell, and I don't tell, who else will know?" Wang Yiling said.

"hehe."

Lin Yu sneered inwardly.

The temple was still the same temple. Although it had integrated the six major families and established ten pillars, each of them still had their own ulterior motives.

"Tell me, what kind of deal do you want to make?"

"Let's not talk about that now. We'll discuss it again once you've survived the temple's clutches."

Lin Yu narrowed his eyes upon seeing Wang Yiling's reply.

interesting.

“Ding Di—”

The bracelet rang again.

Upon opening the message, it read: "Magician, my Wang family has no intention of being your enemy. We will not get involved in the Xie family's affairs. Although the cooperation isn't urgent right now, I can provide you with some intelligence for free."

"After all, I still really hope you can win."

Lin Yu: "What? Aren't you afraid that if I win, the temple's prestige will decline, and it won't be able to deter all the evolved beings in the world?"

Wang Yiling: "Then it has nothing to do with me. After all, this is that person's temple, not mine. If it were mine, do you think I'd still be here chatting with you?"

"So, do you want this temple to become yours?" Lin Yu said with a wicked smile, suddenly sending this message.

When Wang Yiling saw it, she was startled.

Then, she quickly replied, "Magician, you can't say such things carelessly. I have no great ambitions and would never dare to have such thoughts."

"Lacking ambition? Don't be ridiculous."

Lin Yu muttered something, then replied, "What information? Tell me."

"Your battle against the temple this time is not going well. Even if my royal family doesn't intervene, you'll still have to face at least six, or even eight, Super S-rank experts."

Lin Yu: "That's it?"

Wang Yiling stared at those two words for a moment, stunned.

Eight Super S-ranks—that's incredible power!

The magician, he seems indifferent?

She composed herself: "Besides these, there is another very special being who might also intervene."

"Who?" Lin Yu became somewhat interested.

Besides Blade and the Four Guardians, who else in Kyoto is truly unique?

"Mr. Long," Wang Yiling replied simply with four words.

Lin Yu, however, sensed Wang Yiling's apprehension and seriousness from this.

just.

Why did Mr. Long have no memory of this person in his previous life?

He asked directly, "Is he from the Long family? What's so special about him?"

Seeing Lin Yu take the initiative to ask, Wang Yiling's lips curled up slightly, indicating that she was interested.

"Mr. Long, the younger brother of the current head of the Long family, is the most unfathomable expert in Kyoto."

Upon hearing this assessment, Lin Yu frowned: "Stronger than Blade?"

Wang Yiling: "Much stronger!"

Lin Yu was silent for a moment, then asked, "What else do you know about this Mr. Long?"

"One of his talents is time manipulation! It's said he can freeze time for three seconds. You know, in battles between Super S-rank characters, a single second can decide life or death." Wang Yiling replied with deep apprehension.

"Has time stood still?"

Lin Yu began to think.

The talent for time manipulation is absolutely one of the most powerful talents. Even just grasping the basics is terrifying.

Just like Wang Yiling said, a lot can happen in a second during a battle between Super S.

For example, in his strongest third form, the Thunder Dragon Flame form, he can throw a hundred punches in a single second.

Therefore, this three-second freeze in time is truly incredible.

However, this is not absolute.

The power of time, especially the ability to change others and alter the timeline of the entire space, comes at a great cost and is not something that can be done easily.

For example, it's very simple to let a small plant rest for ten days; there's absolutely no burden involved.

However, it is very difficult to make someone stronger than yourself freeze for 3 seconds. Being able to freeze for a moment is already an extraordinary feat.

Therefore, those gifted with time can exert effortlessly on the weak.

It can also have a surprising effect when used on strong opponents of similar strength.

But to use it against someone much stronger than oneself is undoubtedly courting death.

Lin Yu quietly recalled the information about the Time Talent and how to break it.

"Using my second form, I can completely crush most of the Super S-ranks. Using my third form, I should be able to crush the strongest group as well."

Lin Yu pondered, lost in thought.

Talents are mutually reinforcing and mutually restraining, with some being stronger and others weaker.

But the most important thing is the user himself.

As long as one's own strength, physique, speed, magic, spirit, and other qualities are strong enough, all forms of restraint will no longer be considered restraint.

Take speed, for example. When a person's speed reaches its limit, exceeding the speed of light, and their physique is strong enough to withstand this speed, they can already disrupt time within a certain range.

This can be considered a disguised form of gaining the ability to control time.

"Dealing with this kind of time talent that is not deeply understood is not as difficult as I imagined."

Lin Yu had thought about it for a long time and had come up with a solution.

It's only the fourth month of the apocalypse. Even if Mr. Long awakened this time-related talent as soon as the apocalypse began, he wouldn't have a deep understanding of it now.

After all, the talent of time is too difficult to comprehend.

"Magician, are you still listening?" The bracelet kept beeping.

"I am here."

"Were you scared? But that person might not necessarily make a move," Wang Yiling said.

Lin Yu didn't respond to her; instead, he brought up something else.

That was the most important thing he did when he went north; destroying the Xie family was just a side effect.

"Crazy Wang, I want that phoenix stone from your house. Name your price?"

"As expected, that's your real target." Wang Yiling smiled.

In that case, it's much easier to manipulate the magician.

She replied casually, "You may not know, but the Phoenix Stone was already stolen by the Xie family twenty days ago."

"Alright, enough of that. I know the Phoenix Stone is in your hands. Name your terms."

Lin Yu's tone was very confident.

Something so important must be kept in the most central place in the Wang family; it's not something that others can just snatch away.

"..."

It's hard to fool smart people.

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