Chapter 375 - Temporal Law
The battle between the Darkmoon Tribe and the remaining undead demon army raged on, but the Darkmoon Tribe was not as desperate as they were before.
There were no more enemies with battle strength comparable to Greater Demons within the enemy's ranks. As such, they were all easy pickings for the 8 Battle Masters.
Even so, 8 Battle Masters were not enough to cover the entire battlefield.
Many warriors were still required to put in the efforts to fend off the enemy attacks and stop them from breaking into the city to slaughter their helpless children and elderlies.
Casualties were ensured.
With each brave soul laying down their lives to protect their home and family, the surviving warriors fought more fiercely.
While Leon was oblivious to everything outside, Duna's killing intent grew with each passing moment, so much so that even though Leon was not aware of it, his skin was still instinctively crawling with goosebumps.
Duna despised Leon for what he had done, even if it was part of a cooperation agreement between him and Lumi.
They had been trapped and treated like an inexhaustible power supply for hundreds of years. Although they had regained their movements, they have not truly regained their freedom.
Anyone that encroached on their freedom was deserving of death.
Duna raised her hand and prepared to drop the execution hammer upon him. However, just as she intended to do so, she paused with a frown.
Duna and Lumi were essentially one being.
Although Lumi was not aware of Duna's existence, Duna was fully aware of hers. Even Lumi's feelings were passed onto her and affected her own judgment.
'Why am I hesitating? Lumi, ah, Lumi, why are you so naïve? This person tried to enslave us. There is no proof that this person would keep his promise and set us free after.'
'If we had not awakened this godly power, I'm afraid that we will continue to be at his every beck and call. He is a detestable human encroached upon our freedom. He deserves death! Just let me end him!'
Duna was conflicted with her desires and fell into a dilemma between whether to kill or not kill. In a short while, she began to vaguely sense the disturbance in the laws surrounding Leon and gave herself an excuse not to kill.
"Trying to comprehend the Destruction Law? Interesting, I will watch you struggle and let you live a little longer."
She quietly muttered.
Duna lowered her hand and found her spot on the ground some distance away, where she can squat down and observe Leon attentively.
Some further distance away from her, a few tribesmen supporting the battle from the backline sweated when they witnessed everything.
Did the banshee just try to kill her master?
They looked at each other and saw the doubts in each other's eyes before laughing nervously. Hahaha... Nah, probably just their imagination.
…
Inside the sea of consciousness, Leon resumed replaying the memory in his mind. He knew it was not a good time to be meditating, given the current circumstances, but it was a rare chance to deepen his understanding of the Nihility Law.
Also, the evil persona of Lumi did not like him. If she wanted to kill him, can he escape?
If she did not awaken, no one would have ever known there was a Divinity fragment deep inside her. But why was her awakening so much more powerful than anyone else? What was the prerequisite to draw out this hidden power?
Is it because she already lost her physical body and only exists as a spirit, so there is not much left to be hidden when she is awakened? Or perhaps the few hundred years of suffering that brought her close to this point?
What about himself? As a reincarnated being, did he also have a Divinity fragment within himself? How can he awaken it?
These were questions that he can only ponder later.
The universal laws were intangible and mystical. The higher their level, the more profound and difficult to comprehend.
These were known facts.
The best way to comprehend them is to be in the same place where the source of their presence is strong. It is not easy to understand through memories alone.
Memories were just memories. All the precise feelings of that moment in time become vague and indecipherable the longer they are left as memories.
Therefore, Leon wasted no time to revisit the scene countless times in his mind. He needed to keep the memory fresh in mind.
Comprehending the Destruction Law was already a near-impossible task. One can only imagine how much greater the difficulty if it is done with a vague memory.
However, since his focus is no longer on the Destruction Law but the Temporal Law within it, the difficulty should be lowered by at least two levels.
What is the Temporal Law? Or in other words, what is time?
Time is the indefinite continued progress of existence and events from the past, through the present, and into the future.
It is elusive and can be said to exist on a higher dimension of reality. It cannot be seen, felt, nor tasted, but its passage can be measured.
Everything in existence had time. It can be a short time, or it can be an indefinitely long time.
Regardless of how much time everything has, they will crumble, wither, or decay from existence once time expires.
Leon replayed the memory in slower motion as his concentration peaked.
The disintegration of the Bone Kings, the breaking down of its physical components, and the scattering of its being.
Leon focused solely on observing the aspect of time and ruled out the other law factors in play in the destruction of the Bone Kings.
What was left is the acceleration of time.
The ancient bones of the Bone King were something that existed for more than 10-thousand years and may very well continue to exist for 100-thousands more years. However, give it 1-million, 10-million, or even 100-million years, and the answer becomes indefinite.
Even the toughest of steel can be eroded by time, let alone something that comes from living beings with clear expiry dates.
Leon does not know much time had to be accelerated in an instance to produce such a result on its own, but it was clear that it was not something mortals can hope to achieve.
This was the Realm of Divinities.
Even so, Leon did not hope to accelerate time in the millions of years. Just being able to accelerate time by the minutes or even seconds would do.
If he cannot even accelerate the time of others, he could at least accelerate the time of himself. But if that is not even possible, there were still other aspects of time that can be studied and applied.
Acceleration was not the only aspect of time.
If time can be accelerated, then it can also be decelerated.
But that is also not all that can be done with time. There were endless possibilities for applications. The only limitation is one's own imagination.
Duna quietly watched Leon's futile attempt at comprehending the Destruction Law with ridicule, but her expression stiffened when she sensed fluctuations in the flow of time surrounding him.
"Oh?"
Her surprise soon turns to amazement.
For Leon to distort the flow of time around him after such a short period of meditation, his perception and comprehensive talents could be said to be quite terrifying.
What might have easily taken other people tens of years before they gain a rudimentary level of understanding into the Temporal Laws, Leon had achieved it in one short session.
"Is this luck, or something else…?"
Duna pondered.
She suddenly found Leon to be quite mysterious and became curious. Come to think of it, neither she nor Lumi knew much about this person.
"Hm?"
Duna suddenly felt a tug on her arm. A little boy had unknowingly approached her as he carefully addressed, "Big… Big Sister Spirit."
"What do you want, little runt?"
Duna asked.
"Can… Can you help us?"
The boy pointed over the wall to where the sounds of the ongoing battle were happening with fear and anxiety, but more importantly, worry. The large casualties from the first battle made him fear for his father's safety.
Duna wanted to refuse, but she suddenly found out that she was actually not good at dealing with children.
She could only furrow her brows and say, "I don't do things for free."
The boy bit his lips and rummaged through his small pockets for something before taking out a pea-sized Dark Crystal and showing it to her with tears that threatened to flow.
"Will… Will this be enough?"
The boy asked.
"…"
"Is that a… no?"
"It is enough."
Duna accepted with a sigh.
The Dark Crystal was a little bit useful, but she must be crazy for selling her service so cheap.