I'm not just human!

"No matter what, this is a good thing!"

"Yes! Xia Fa has another chance to try!"

"But no matter what, he's just an ordinary person without the ability of secret contracts. How is he supposed to deal with that monster? Why did you hit me?"

"Go to hell, don't say anything discouraging, even if Xia Fa can't hear you."

"Yes, all we need to do is support him!"

The pirates were excited and began to speak up, each expressing their own opinions.

After a moment of contemplation, Prince Justinian looked at Avalon:

"Could it be... that hitting that old tree is the way to trigger the time loop reset?"

The Time Loop Ghost Realm gets its name from the fact that time within it can be reset and can loop countless times.

Generally speaking, there is only one way to reset: when the person chosen to solve the time loop puzzle dies, the next person appears and begins the solution.

However, in some time-looping ghost realms, there are other methods to reset the time loop, but they are generally difficult to find.

This time, in particular, the villagers were all carrying dangerous weapons, and the ancestral worship ceremony was about to begin.

The two pirates didn't dare to act rashly before. Even Xia Fa only stumbled upon this method by chance after the ice sculpture giant lizard appeared and the village was in chaos.

Unexpectedly, Avalon shook his head:

"No, it's not that old elephant tree. It's obviously the fallen leaves under the old elephant tree. If you crush one of them, you can reset the time loop in the ghost realm."

Prince Justinian was initially somewhat unconvinced, frowning slightly, but then suddenly realized:

"Hiss...it seems that's true."

If hitting the old elephant tree could trigger a time loop, then there would be no chance of the ice sculpture giant lizard breathing a second time.

Because the time loop resets instantly, without wasting even a second.

Clearly, it was when Xia Fa stood up from the fallen leaves that, while swaying, accidentally stepped on a leaf, thus triggering the time loop.

Just as he stepped on that fallen leaf, the icy breath was about to strike him; it was a close call.

"I just don't know if Xia Fa can figure out the key, but he seems pretty smart."

Avalon sighed softly and continued to gaze intently at the village within the vortex.

Prince Justinian was slightly surprised that Shaphat had received such a compliment from Avalon as "quite intelligent," which was quite unexpected for him.

After all, only truly intelligent people can catch the eye of a genius like Avalon with such high intelligence.

It's worth noting that the Royal Sinnaree Mechanical Academy, which gathered almost all the geniuses of the Augu Kingdom, was once described by Avalon as having "stupid people from students to professors."

In comparison, Avalon's evaluation of Shafa is actually quite good.

Villagers carrying farm tools once again poured out of the houses in the village.

It was the same dark-faced, bearded man who shouted again, and everyone surrounded Xia Fa once more.

The old village chief stepped out from among the villagers, smiling kindly at Xia Fa with a gentle and benevolent gaze:

"Where are you from, young man?"

Xia Fa gave the same answer as before, and followed the village chief and villagers to the ancestral altar.

This time, however, he did not try to conceal his next move by deliberately engaging in conversation with the villagers, as he had done before.

He had his head down, his brows furrowed, as if he were deep in thought.

The villagers had originally wanted to talk to Shafa, or rather, to catch up with Mike, but seeing Shafa's serious expression, they all wisely avoided him.

Xia Fa remained at the very back of the group until the villagers and the village chief stopped outside the dark, deep pit.

Suddenly, Xia Fa raised his head and accelerated sharply once again.

This time, however, he didn't rush towards the burly, dark-faced man with a thick beard, but instead rushed towards the bald man with a sinister expression.

boom!

With a full push, the bald man, who was thin and frail, couldn't withstand the force of Xia Fa's push, who was 1.9 meters tall. He was sent flying backward and crashed into the deep pit in a parabolic arc.

"What the hell are you doing?!"

An angry roar rang out from the burly man with a dark face and a thick beard.

Seeing his cronies being pushed down to worship their ancestors by Little Mike, he was consumed by rage, like a mad bull, about to charge at Xia Fa.

"Rossehu! This is the time for ancestral worship!"

The old village chief gave a low shout, his tone carrying an air of authority for the first time.

The burly, dark-faced man with a thick beard was taken aback at first, his massive body seemingly frozen in place. Then, his anger gradually subsided.

His gaze, sharp as a dagger, pierced Xia Fa with intense resentment before he turned and knelt down with the villagers before the deep pit.

The sounds of prayer and chanting rose up once again.

"Great ancestors!"

"Please accept the offerings from your descendants!"

"Give us your sacred objects, and let us gain freedom and happiness!"

Xia Fa shook his head, giving the dark-faced, bearded man who was kneeling down with his back to him a pitiful and disdainful look.

You know, in the last time loop, when he pushed Rossehu down, his bald, hook-nosed brother didn't avenge him like this, and didn't even say a word.

Without much thought, Xia Fa quietly retreated to the back of the crowd. Then, while everyone was sincerely praying, he turned around and immediately ran towards the old elephant tree.

Just as he had run less than half the distance,

A monstrous howl, like that of a broken violin, erupted from the deep pit, followed by a surge of intense heat that engulfed the entire village.

For some unknown reason, this time, the monster that appeared in the deep pit... actually turned into that giant fire python again!

boom!!!!!

The scorching breath of fire spewed from the gaping maw of the giant fire serpent, forming a wall of fire not far from the altar, instantly sealing off all the villagers' escape routes.

Immediately afterwards, the giant fire python opened its mouth and inhaled, and countless villagers were lifted off the ground, as if swept by a gale, and involuntarily flew towards its giant mouth.

Xia Fa happened to be outside the wall of fire. The giant fire python was clearly planning to eat more villagers first before dealing with him, the one who had escaped.

At the critical moment, Xia Fa glanced at the giant fire python from afar through the wall of fire.

Like the ice sculpture giant lizard, the fire python's lower body was also located in the deep pit, seemingly unable to move.

This giant fire python had no claws, so it could only use its suction to pull up the villagers, but even so, the villagers, being ordinary people, were completely unable to resist it.

Without thinking twice, Xia Fa continued running wildly toward the old tree.

The next moment, the screams abruptly ceased, and the flames vanished.

The scorching heat distorted the air, and amidst the swirling ashes and burning flames, the crimson eyes of the giant fire serpent gazed at Xiafa in the distance.

It had just opened its massive jaws, preparing to unleash a fiery breath upon Xiafa.

Almost the next second, Xia Fa stepped on the fallen leaves under the old elephant tree.

Time seemed to freeze for a moment, and then the burning houses, the swirling ashes, the ferocious fire python... everything vanished.

The village has returned to its original state, with smoke rising from every household, quiet and peaceful.

It was as if the disaster that had just occurred had never happened.

"Shafa has indeed discovered the key to resetting time!"

Avalon's eyes brightened, but his face still held a deep look of contemplation.

"However, a way to break this time loop still doesn't seem to have been found..."

The other pirates, however, were extremely nervous, watching the village in the whirlpool and observing Xia Fa's every move. When they saw that time had been reset again, they all breathed a sigh of relief, but immediately became tense again.

After all, the monster was about to reappear as the villagers held their ancestral worship ceremony.

Whether it's the Flame Serpent or the Ice Sculpture Giant Lizard, if Xia Fa is careless and gets hit by their breath, all his efforts will be in vain.

Xia Fa's figure reappeared on the yellow earth at the entrance of the village.

But this time, things are quite different.

A faint smile appeared on his face, no longer the furrowed brow in deep thought.

He seemed to have found a way to break the time loop and was full of confidence.

Avalon naturally noticed Shafa's subtle expression. For the first time in a century, this angelic overlord, the greatest genius of the Augu Palace, showed a look of surprise:

"Xia Fa has already found a way to crack it? How did he find it?"

Even Avalon was so surprised, so Prince Justinian and the others were completely baffled.

But everyone was genuinely curious, wanting to know if Xia Fa had really found a way to break the time loop.

You know, if Xia Fa really breaks this time loop, he can not only save everyone, but also save those traveling whales who are exhausted by the time loop!

So, once everyone is free from this time-looping eerie realm, they will be able to capture these eleven traveling whales!

Xia Fa made the greatest contribution, so he naturally got the lion's share, and the others also got a share. It was a win-win situation for everyone!

The key lies in whether Xia Fa can break this time loop.

At this moment, Dagney crossed her arms, her sky-blue eyes also looking expectantly at Xiafa's figure in the vortex.

In the village, the villagers once again emerged from their thatched huts, carrying pitchforks and other farm tools.

The same burly man with a dark face and a thick beard shouted again, and the villagers surrounded Xia Fa once more.

The old village chief stepped forward from the crowd, looked at Xia Fa with a kind expression on his face.

"Where are you from, young man?"

Xia Fa used the same trick again, fooling everyone, and for the third time followed the villagers to the deep pit.

This time, Xia Fa was different. Standing at 1.9 meters tall, with the physique of a cheetah that no one in the village would dare to mess with under normal circumstances, he put his arms around the shoulders of the dark-faced, bearded man and the bald, hook-nosed man, and started exchanging pleasantries.

"Brother Roseju, do you remember me? Haha, you even took me pheasant hunting when we were kids..."

The two men were the type to bully the weak and fear the strong. Seeing that Xia Fa was so tall and strong, and that he had come from a big city, they immediately started chatting with him enthusiastically.

As they talked, Xia Fa put his arm around the two of them and walked almost at the front, until they reached the edge of the dark pit.