We made you practice martial arts, and you've mastered the Great Golden Body?

"Even though I had some idea of ​​what was going on, I was still amazed when I actually saw your attack. If it were in the previous era, I would definitely recommend you to my god."

Kronos looked at the slightly panting boy in front of him, his eyes flashing with a strange light, and these words were indeed his true feelings.

Even as a high-ranking deity, I was still amazed when I saw the boy's performance. He was a mere mortal who had such a profound understanding of the mysteries of heaven and earth.

It can actually kill ten thousand beasts with a single strike.

Throughout the era that Kronos experienced, the number of exceptional geniuses who could achieve such results within a normal year of cultivation would not exceed three digits.

Yes!

He wasn't some top-tier martial arts prodigy, because in Kronos's eyes, aside from ordinary people and the chosen ones favored by the rules of heaven and earth, the rest were all peerless geniuses.

What defines a peerless genius?

Only those who are absolutely unique in the world can be called peerless geniuses.

Moreover, Kronos was very clear that the boy in front of him did not possess any special physique at all; he didn't even have a battle physique, let alone a holy physique.

What's special about it is its ability to absorb divine matter without any negative impact.

As for Shen Bailian at this time?

After sensing his surroundings, he felt as if he were in an environment of minus 100 degrees Celsius, his whole body was ice cold, and even the trembling of his internal organs and the gushing blood stopped.

This is not an illusion.

Rather, it refers to what actually happened.

Even the gentle breeze that had just blown by was like a mosquito trapped in resin, completely defying the laws of physics and unable to move.

To be more precise, the breeze was still moving, but its movement seemed to have been slowed down a hundred or a thousand times.

This is one of Chronos's original talents, an ability that even one of his divine avatars can use—time freeze!
"Grass!"

"What bad luck! How could a divine favor of this rank appear here?! Did they drill a huge hole in the Zhou Tian Star Array...?" Although Shen Bailian's body was frozen in time, his thoughts seemed unaffected, running as smoothly as ever.

He guessed it was because the person behind him did it on purpose.

This situation was completely beyond Shen Bailian's imagination. Even though he had a basic understanding of the characteristics of the Zhou Tian Star Array, he still couldn't help but want to curse when he actually encountered it.

Because this is such a rip-off.

It's like a final boss in a level, someone who has overcome countless obstacles just to deal with a nobody like him who's only at the third level.

It's like using a cannon to kill a mosquito.

"The slight noise I noticed just now was probably caused by this guy unintentionally, but because he's too arrogant, he didn't take it to heart."

"However, luckily I was cautious enough... no, luckily I was careful enough." When Shen Bailian felt the foreign object that was spread throughout his limbs and bones and had completely merged with his blood, he felt a strange sense of peace.

In fact, when Shen Bailian first noticed the anomaly, he thought that the place was the entrance to another undiscovered cave world, and that it had a slight, imperceptible flaw due to the energy fluctuations of the Heavenly Medicine.

Therefore, without determining the energy level of the cave world, in order to be on the safe side and avoid being drawn into the spacetime rift and encountering unpredictable problems, he took a nano-bomb along with the high-grade nutritional supplement.

This was originally intended for death row inmates in the Great Xia Dynasty, and also for controlling relatively intelligent ferocious beasts.

However, after Shen Bailian discovered it, he immediately felt that it was inexplicably compatible with his divine skills, so after modification, he used it as a secret weapon.

A secret weapon for when one is under control and unable to commit suicide.

Shen Bailian never expected that this backup plan would actually come in handy today.

However, he did not rush to use this backup plan, firstly because of the time-freezing characteristic, which would likely slow down the detonation speed of the nanobombs, in addition to his own thinking.

At that time, if one is not careful and is discovered by this divine favor, one will truly become a prisoner.

Secondly, Shen Bailian wanted to take this opportunity to learn about the internal affairs of the Divine Favor; if he found out, great, but if not, there would be no loss.

The opponent is currently within the territory of the Great Xia Dynasty, within the range of the Zhou Tian Star Array, but has not yet made a move, which shows that the opponent must have a strong confidence that they can trap him.

Or perhaps, this divine favored one has learned some information about him through various means, which is why he is so unscrupulous.

Suddenly.

"Don't waste your energy. I know you have the ability to resurrect, but there must be limitations. You'll have to be forcibly resurrected after a certain period of time, and the range can't be too far from here."

"Right?"

Dang~!

The sound was like a resounding bell, and Shen Bailian felt his heart tremble violently.

How can it be?

Although Shen Bailian had some expectations, he still couldn't help but be shocked when he actually heard what the other party said.

How did that divine favored one know so much?
This was a situation Shen Bailian had never encountered before; it was a divine skill, one of his strongest trump cards.

But now that the color of his underwear has been figured out by the god behind him, what about his other divine skill, "Close to the Ends of the Earth"?

Has it been discovered?

If discovered, how should Shen Bailian retaliate?

“Looks like I was right.” The moment Kronos sensed the boy’s intense emotional fluctuations, the corners of his mouth turned up, and a hint of disdain flashed in his eyes. He continued, “You might be wondering how I found out.”

"To be honest, even without observing your past timeline, I could roughly guess the characteristics of this skill. I never expected that this skill would fall into your hands by chance."

Kronos glanced at Shen Bailian with considerable envy.

Even he couldn't help but marvel at the boy's incredible luck, to have acquired such extraordinary abilities at such a young age.

Even when the chief god Chronos was alive, he could not be resurrected unscathed with almost no cost.

As for the hundreds or thousands of points of divine matter?
For a deity, this is hardly a price to pay.

'It seems this guy was just bragging; he probably didn't discover my other divine skill, "Close Encounters."' Shen Bailian's emotions surged again, but in reality, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Shen Bailian's own past timeline has been completely gathered and aggregated under the active effect of the Shadow Follows skill, and it consumes 0.5 points of divine matter every day.

And now this guy claims he's observed his past timeline?
What are you daydreaming about?!

Furthermore, Shen Bailian is now certain that this guy is definitely trying to scare him. Apart from the passive resurrection effect that follows him like a shadow, his other special abilities have never been shown to the outside world, so they should not have been discovered yet.

However, since the other party wants to put on an act, let's just play along for now.

After all, the other party is so arrogant, they should be able to reveal something useful.

However, even now, Shen Bailian still hasn't figured out whether this guy went through all that trouble to pass through the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Grand Array just for this skill/trait that he has completely solidified.
"Lord North." The Golden Dragon Scale Fruit Tree, like an octopus moving in the ocean, trotted up behind Kronos and respectfully asked, "Do you want me to help you kill him?" Heavenly Medicine is born of nature and nurtured by rootless water.

Therefore, the naturally intelligent Golden Dragon Scale Fruit Tree, through the influence of waves of humans passing through this area, also learned the meaning of the term "pledge of allegiance."

At this point, it was clear that it had already regarded Shen Bailian as its pledge of allegiance.

"Wait, come closer, I need your help with something."

"Lord North, please speak." Upon hearing this, the Golden Dragon Scale Fruit Tree's soft branches trembled violently, and it hurriedly and shakily approached.

It was impossible to hide the joy that came from the bottom of their hearts.

Kronos turned around, looking at the approaching Golden Dragon Scale Fruit Tree, a barely perceptible glint of cold light flashing in his eyes, and said softly, "*%&%￥ (Command: Time Reversal)".

Swish!
The once excited Golden Dragon Scale Fruit Tree suddenly felt its mind being torn apart by an unparalleled force. Before it could struggle, its consciousness was plunged into complete darkness in an instant.

At the same time, the scattered golden light shimmering on the Golden Dragon Scale Fruit Tree also dimmed slightly.

'This guy really goes all out.' Shen Bailian saw all this through his divine eye. Although he didn't understand what had happened between the two, he was certain that the Golden Dragon Scale Fruit Tree must have reached an agreement with this divine favored one to act as bait.

Now, favored by that god, they've been discarded without any power to resist.

[Congratulations, your divine matter has been increased; divine matter +4]

【…】

[Congratulations, your divine matter has been increased; divine matter +3]

[Divine Matter: 2891]

'The divine matter is almost three thousand points, the speed is really too fast. Even if we can't get any useful information from this wave, it's still a huge profit.' Shen Bailian looked at the illusory panel in front of him and was secretly delighted.

Three thousand points of divine matter are enough to advance three skills that have already been upgraded once again!
Moreover, even now, his divine matter is still growing at an extremely rapid pace, without any sign of stopping or slowing down.

If all the divine substances in the bodies of all the ferocious beasts here were extracted.

[Congratulations! Your divine matter level has exceeded 3,000 points, unlocking a new feature!]

Suddenly, a message that Shen Bailian had never encountered before flashed across the panel, but before he could examine it closely, Kronos caused trouble again.

"Alright, the troublesome fellow has been dealt with. Now it's time to get down to business." With a mere wave of his hand, Chronos restored the flow of time around him to normal.

Then, to Shen Bailian's astonishment, Kronos threw the golden dragon scale fruit tree, whose consciousness had been completely erased, next to him.

It's like treating something that's dispensable.

"Everyone is a unique individual in this world, and so are those favored by high-ranking gods."

“I am different from other high-ranking divine favored ones. I have never liked to coerce others and prefer fair trade.” Kronos looked at Shen Bailian, who was on guard, and smiled warmly. “Since you have now accepted my gift, it means you have agreed to this deal.”

"???"

Shen Bailian stood on a small hill made up of ferocious beast corpses, glancing at the golden dragon scale fruit tree a few feet away from him, somewhat bewildered.

No.

He hadn't even touched the golden dragon scale fruit tree, nor had he said a word, yet he accepted the gift and agreed to the deal.

Forced buying and selling?

next moment.

Swish!
With a slight thought, Shen Bailian immediately and without hesitation put the dragon scale fruit tree into his storage ring. Since he was going to get it for free anyway, he might as well take it.

He then tried to move his body, but found that the space around him was like an invisible shackle, completely locking him in.

but.

[Congratulations, your divine matter has been increased; divine matter +1]

Shen Bailian understood; it was the effect of the divine substance. After the divine substance was absorbed, the restraints around him indeed weakened by less than one ten-thousandth.

"Now that the deal is done," Kronos said calmly, suppressing his restless heart as he felt the divine matter draining from his body. "Tell me, how did you acquire the ability to use divine matter to strengthen yourself and break through to the next life level?"

This is real!

Old Man Bai's prediction was correct!

Shen Bailian suddenly realized that all the detours were for this, and upon closer reflection, it did indeed make sense.

To date, he has encountered three divine favors, two of which were direct confrontations. The first divine favor he encountered in Sanqing Mountain was slowly worn down by absorbing the divine essence within the other party.

It's normal that the secret of being able to absorb divine matter can't be kept secret.

"not talking?"

"Trying to turn the tables with that pile of divine matter below you?" Kronos's expression suddenly turned icy cold, then he chuckled disdainfully, his finger slowly tracing a white-hot path in the air.

"*%……&* (Command: Exile to the Future)"

hum~
With a tremor, Shen Bailian felt his feet slip and he fell heavily onto the blood-covered soil, surrounded by a foul, fishy stench.

At the same time, the notification sounds that kept popping up on his panel also stopped.

The small hill formed by the remains of ferocious beasts vanished completely the instant the incandescent light burst forth.

Without a trace.

"I'll give you one last chance to complete the deal, or else," Kronos paused for a moment, then said coldly, "I will exile you, like the remains of those ferocious beasts, to the distant future."

"Exile me until my god returns, so that you may neither live nor die."

Shen Bailian remained silent.

"I know you can absorb divine matter, but you don't really think that I, as a god, have no means of countermeasures, do you?"

Shen Bailian's pupils contracted slightly. If that were the case, then when he faced those gods in the future, it would be difficult for him to use tricks as before; he would have no choice but to confront them head-on.

Things are not going well.

but……

Kronos saw that the boy seemed to have submitted, his face showing a submissive expression, and he opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something.

He quickly took two steps in one, moving closer.

"You want to know my secret?" (End of Chapter)