Law of Space and Time

Chapter 70: Rise of a New Moon

He spread his arms and hands wide open, and all of the magic power in his entire body rapidly surged toward his palms. In addition to that, Lana could sense that the elemental matter in the surrounding area was also converging toward his palms at an alarming speed.

A look of concern intermingled with fear appeared on her face as she looked at his deathly pale face. In addition to his ashen complexion, sweat was pouring profusely down his forehead, and his entire body was spasming uncontrollably. What terrified her the most was the look in his eyes, which was constantly switching back and forth between unbridled fury and arrogance, and cold indifference and apathy. This made her feel as if this were a complete stranger standing before her, and she was at a complete loss for what to do. If it weren't for that familiar face of his, she would begin to wonder whether this person was Erwin at all.

In the blink of an eye, two new moons emerged above his palms, and all of the chaotic emotions in his heart instantly subsided. His face became completely expressionless as he looked at everything around him with emotionless eyes. In his current state, neither his father nor the two women who meant so much to him had any bearing on his heart. In his eyes, they were no different from the flying dragons in the sky, or the dirt down below. In the face of the boundless entities that were space and time, everything else was completely insignificant.

There was nothing but blank apathy in his eyes as he swept his hands through the air, sending the two new moons flying through the air.

There were many figures who were far more powerful and of far loftier status than Erwin on this battlefield, but in this instant, all of them were staring at the pair of new moons with flabbergasted expressions. They could all sense that this was definitely no ordinary spell. Magicians and martial artists of their caliber were all extremely sensitive toward life-threatening danger, and they could all vaguely sense that the pair of new moons were rapidly slicing through space and time, destroying everything in their wake.

What kind of spell is this? Looks like I may have underestimated him, Aiden thought to himself in an alarmed manner as he dodged to the side to avoid the trajectory of the oncoming new moon. However, he immediately found himself being sucked in toward a black rift that had appeared behind the new moon. He turned around to look at the boundless abyss within the black rift with an alarmed and horrified expression, following which he discovered that he was unable to turn his own head back forward. He could feel his own body slowly inching uncontrollably toward the depths of the black rift, and he could feel the pure darkness inside beckoning to him. The warped light around the edges of the black rift was like writhing fangs that were welcoming its prey, giving the rift an even more harrowing appearance.

In the blink of an eye, all of the flying swords that were pursuing Onean were drawn into the abyss. Onean turned around to glance at the black rift behind her, and a wary look appeared in her eyes. She had heard Erwin mention in passing that these new moons were capable of severing space and time. Furthermore, the memory of those same rifts devouring the dozens of Skycourt Kingdom mercenaries that night was still clear in her mind. Even though she was extremely concerned about her father's injuries, in the face of such a dangerous spell, she still forced herself to calm down and immediately began to fly away from the rift. However, the suction force emanating from the dark rift was extremely potent, and even though she was already situated quite far away from it, she was still unable to get away. From her perspective, it felt as if there were some type of insurmountable force that was dragging her down and refusing to let her go.

Gilgen was still basking in the ecstasy of slaying King Cameron when he felt one of the new moons flying toward him from behind, and he immediately pulled Zhu Yan out of Cameron's body, then slashed his sword through the air, unleashing two bursts of sword intent toward the depths of the dark rift. However, after sinking into the darkness, the sword intent that he had unleashed instantly vanished without a trace. At the same time, he could feel his Zhu Yan sword inching uncontrollably toward the abyss. He immediately tighten his grip around the hilt of his sword, only to find that his arm also began to drift toward the rift. By the time he realized that retreat was the best option, it was already too late, and his entire body had become immobilized.

After being dealt such a grievous blow, Cameron's aura was in complete disarray, and his vision was beginning to blur. Through his glazed-over eyes, he turned around to look at Erwin, and the expression on Erwin's face was one that was very familiar to him. A string of past memories then began to surface in his mind, and a thought suddenly occurred to him. In fact, this thought had already occurred to him during the first day of the Pillow Sword Tournament, where he had witnessed Erwin using his light shield, and that thought had been ruminating in his heart ever since then. A complex look appeared in his eyes as he continued to stare at Erwin, and he was terrified that the tragedy of the past was going to repeat itself. He then withdrew his gaze to look at the blood he had just coughed up, which was hovering in front of him in droplets as they drifted toward the bottomless rift, and he began to ask himself whether he regretted doing what he had done all those years ago.

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Meanwhile, the other new moon was flying directly toward Prince Lazaar.

Lazaar immediately forced back Friar with his sword upon seeing this, then attempted to flee into the distance, but the black rift refused to let him go. Lazaar currently had his back facing the rift, and to his astonishment, his sword was trembling uncontrollably as its tip slowly began to turn toward the inky-black rift behind him. At the same time, his body was already fully taut and straightened, and it was also moving toward the abyss.

As it turned out, in the instant that he felt the suction force from the dark rift, he immediately applied a series of martial techniques upon himself in order to increase his own speed. However, not only did that not help him escape, it was only accelerating his descent toward the abyss.

Count Friar was naturally quite familiar with this type of magic, and he immediately undid all of the martial techniques that he had applied onto himself. He knew that the more elemental matter he had in his own body, the faster he would be drawn toward the abyss. Each time and space magician had their own techniques, but fundamentally, all of them were the same in nature. This was the first time that Count Friar had seen Erwin unleash his new moons, but having witnessed the spells from Erwin's mother on so many past occasions, even though he still didn't know how time and space magic worked, he understood some of its properties.

He looked down at the rhomboid necklace that he was always wearing. The pendant had already drifted out of his breastplate, and it was dancing joyfully in mid-air, as if it could sense the presence of someone extremely close and intimate to it. He then cast his gaze toward Erwin from afar, and he felt like he could already see a younger version of Erwin's mother in him, an observation that filled him with joy, but also concern.

Meanwhile, there were still several reckless wyverns who wanted to avenge their fallen brethren by striking down Friar and Cameron. They flapped their wings vigorously and flew toward the two perpetrators, but as soon as they approached the bottomless black rifts, their bodies were rapidly devoured by the pair of abysses. Even though they flapped their wings desperately and howled with all their might in a panicked frenzy, trying to get away, they were completely powerless to resist. Soon, their anguished howls drew to an abrupt halt, and they disappeared into the darkness, just like that.

The most terrifying thing about time and space magic was that it transcended beyond all martial techniques and spells, making it capable of overcoming even the most powerful martial artists and magicians in this world, let alone these magic beasts from the mountain ranges.

However, just as Erwin had noticed during the battle that had taken place in Xeto that night, as soon as he unleashed this spell, all of his emotions would instantly disappear without a trace. Thus, even though he could see Onean and even his own father being gradually devoured by the abyss, he displayed no reaction whatsoever. Instead, he was still constantly injecting more magic power into the spell.

Lana cast her gaze toward Erwin, and once again, she was struck by the feeling that she was looking at a stranger.

How could he disregard the safety of his own father like this? Is he planning to kill Cameron and that silver-haired vixen as well? When did he become so heartless and demented? Lana thought to herself with a stunned expression, then picked up the Shaved Purple Gem staff that was hovering beside Erwin before gently knocking it on his head a few times. She had thought that Erwin would lash out in retaliation, perhaps even unleashing a barrage of instant-release spells at her, and she had even prepared an instant-release magic shield to defend herself with. However, Erwin displayed no reaction at all to her prodding, and it was as if he had become an unresponsive puppet.

Unbeknownst to her, Erwin's body had been entirely consumed by the urge to complete the single objective in his mind, which was to kill everyone in front of him. To put it more accurately, it was to kill all of the living beings before him. In this situation, Lana should've been very thankful that she was standing behind Erwin, thereby positioning her in a blind spot as far as his field of view was concerned. Otherwise, she would've also become one of the targets for him to hunt down.

Lana's brows were tightly furrowed as she looked at the expressionless Erwin, and she knew that if she didn't interrupt his spell, her father and her brother were going to be killed. Thus, she immediately raised a palm before unleashing an instant-release spell toward the defenseless Erwin. She had the presence of mind to remember that Erwin was wearing a piece of equipment that was capable of conjuring up a mirage to protect him, so she didn't put too much magic power into this first spell.

Just as she anticipated, her instant-release spell triggered the innate mirage spell of the necklace that Erwin was wearing. However, right as she raised her staff and was about to attack Erwin a second time, a snake projection suddenly shot forth from the southern city wall of Illingburn Fort at an alarming speed.

Lana was very startled to see this, and she cast an astonished gaze toward the oncoming snake projection. Never did she think that Mistress Faye would suddenly attack at a time like this. She had thought that Mistress Faye had already exhausted all of her magic power, but evidently, that was clearly not the case.

The fierce snake projection was even faster than the ones unleashed by the Shadowgleam Snake Array, and Lana fired off a few spells at it in rapid succession, but was unable to intercept it.

Lana was naturally well aware of the power of her teacher's spells, and she knew that if Erwin were to be struck by this spell in his defenseless state, there was no way that he would survive. Thus, she immediately jumped in front of him without any hesitation, choosing to shield him with her own body.

Right at this moment, another figure sprang forth out of nowhere, positioning themselves in front of both Lana and Erwin.