The shuttle in the second dimension

　A mystical light emanated from Lin Xuan's body. Simultaneously, countless fragments of time flew out of his body, swirling around him. At this moment, a figure emerged from behind Lin Xuan, right under the gaze of Luo Hao and the others. However, upon seeing the figure emerging from behind Lin Xuan, Luo Hao and the others' pupils subconsciously shrank. The reason for their loss of composure was that the figure had the exact same face and figure as Lin Xuan. If there was any difference, it was probably a slight difference in the aura emanating from the two, but the difference was so slight as to be negligible.

　The person who walked out from behind Lin Xuan was also Lin Xuan, but it was the Lin Xuan of the 'future'. Although it was the 'future', it wasn't really the Lin Xuan of the future. If he was really pulled into the past, it wouldn't have any effect. His future self couldn't easily interfere with his past self. If he did, it would mean changing history, and he would be attacked by the correction force. The higher the world level, the stronger the correction force. The correction force of the world like the God Slayer could easily kill him, whether he pulled his future self into his present self or his future self.

　Of course, there is a way to get help from your future self without being attacked by the correction force. That is to intercept a period of time in your future. During that intercepted period of time, there will be no such person as Lin Xuan in the world, and Lin Xuan will not experience this period of time. Only after the intercepted period of time has passed will Lin Xuan appear in the world again.

　Lin Xuan didn't want to use this method unless absolutely necessary. Firstly, it was very energy-consuming. If one didn't have extremely powerful spells, it wouldn't necessarily work. Secondly, he would disappear for a while, and what would happen in his absence was unknown. Therefore, if it wasn't absolutely necessary, Lin Xuan wouldn't choose this method.

　Lin Xuan was now using his power of time travel to carve out a 'future' version of himself from within his body. Although it wasn't his true future self, the strength of this 'future' version was practically identical to his current self, with little difference.

　Closer to home.

　At this time, standing among [Chiyou], the two Lin Xuan said in unison

　"Now, let's continue the fight where we left off." x2

Chapter 1: Battle with Luo Hao

　"Now, let's continue the fight where we left off." x2

　Two identical voices overlapped and resounded within the inherent barrier.

　The next moment, one of the Lin Xuans left [Chi You] and floated in the air. He did not care about the three brothers of the Monkey King, but looked at where Luo Hao was. At a not-so-close distance, their eyes met each other.

　Through the God Slayer's extraordinary vision, both Lin Xuan and Luo Hao saw the burning fighting spirit in each other's eyes, the kind of fighting spirit that was as hot as if it could melt steel.

　call--

　Thick cursed power slowly rose from the bodies of both parties, and the surrounding air was immediately disturbed by the two rising cursed powers, forming two howling gales that enveloped Lin Xuan and Luo Hao respectively.

　sizzle-

　Suddenly, a series of electric current sounds rang out from Lin Xuan's body, and at the same time, a series of small arcs of electricity danced on Lin Xuan's body. Lowering his head slightly, letting his hair drift freely, Lin Xuan looked at the dancing arcs on his body and spoke.

　"As expected, I still can't control the incredible speed gained by transforming into lightning. I hope I can control it better through this battle—"

　As soon as the words fell, Lin Xuan suddenly turned into a flash of lightning and disappeared from the spot. Almost at the same time as he disappeared, his figure appeared in front of Luo Hao.

　This time, Lin Xuan did not activate the [Unyielding Lord of Soldiers], but instead used the power of [Deep Crimson of the Double Horns].

　As he threw his punches, deep red ripples spread out, and the air began to tremble, as if it could not bear the force and let out a mournful cry.

　As the target of this force, Luo Hao could be said to have borne the brunt of it. However, facing the terrifying force released through vibration, Luo Hao's face was not at all panicked, but instead revealed a joyful smile.

　"Shock? What an interesting power. Even a godslayer would suffer serious injuries if hit..." While commenting on Lin Xuan's power, Luo Hao used his lightness skills to move across the air and avoid Lin Xuan's attack.

　"In that case, I'll show you one of my special skills."

　As she spoke, a hint of the sun peeking out from between the clouds, a silver moon blooming brightly in the night, emerged from Luo Hao's beauty, which was comparable to her martial arts.

　If there was no battle now, Lin Xuan might have taken the time to appreciate Luo Hao's beauty, but now, he didn't have the time for that.

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　"The Twelve Divine Palms of the Flying Phoenix, this set of palm techniques is my most proud martial art. As a martial art that is the most precious treasure in the martial arts world, feel it with your heart." As Luo Hao's words fell, her slender jade hand suddenly slapped towards Lin Xuan.

　This palm strike gave Lin Xuan a strange feeling, embodying the powerful and resilient Yang and the extremely gentle Yin, embodying the principles of the harmony of hardness and softness, and the mutual restraint of Yin and Yang. The momentum contained in Luo Hao's palm strike actually made Lin Xuan feel locked in, unable to dodge it, as if this palm strike was meant to strike his chest.

　Faced with such a mysterious palm, Lin Xuan's mouth slowly opened, revealing his clean white teeth.

　"interesting--"

　Facing Luo Hao's palm strike, Lin Xuan made no attempt to dodge. He unleashed a similar blow, striking Luo Hao's abdomen without concealment. This strike employed no particular technique, but was simply a natural strike. However, a deep crimson light shone from his palm. The power of the curse contained within it, if nothing else, frightened Luo Hao.

　The cursed power is even stronger than the last attack. It seems that he wants to trade injuries with me. Thinking in his heart, Luo Hao glanced at the other Lin Xuan who was facing off with the Monkey King, and immediately made a decision.

　If she had no worries, Luo Hao believed that she might not be afraid to exchange injuries with Lin Xuan. She had the confidence and the strength to seriously injure Lin Xuan in the exchange, or even to make him lose his combat power. But the current situation did not allow her to do so.

　Not to mention that the Monkey King and his three fellow disciples were standing beside her, just Lin Xuan, who was still confronting those three fellow disciples, made it impossible for her to make such a choice.

　Therefore, when Lin Xuan's palm was about to hit her, her palm instantly changed its trajectory and hit Lin Xuan's outstretched arm. According to this trend, Luo Hao would definitely hit Lin Xuan's arm before Lin Xuan's palm hit her. And under such a palm, Lin Xuan's arm would definitely not be able to withstand it. Although it would not be directly broken, it would definitely be injured, and the trajectory of his palm would also be deviated.

　"You really don't want to suffer a loss." With a slight grin, Lin Xuan also changed the trajectory of his attack like Luo Hao, retracted his palm, and quickly met Luo Hao's palm.

　Facing Lin Xuan's palm, Luo Hao did not retreat.

　When Luo Hao's palm and Lin Xuan's palm faced each other, two completely different forces encountered each other, both trying to disintegrate each other. The collision of the two forces caused a wave of wind to suddenly spread out from the place where the two palms touched, directly lifting up the rubble and ruins on the ground around the two people and blowing them away.

　After Lin Xuan and Luo Hao faced off against each other with this palm strike, they each leaped back several meters to increase the distance between them.

　Glancing at her slightly trembling palm, Lin Xuan frowned slightly. She felt a masculine and a feminine force within her palm. One hard, one soft, two incompatible forces colliding, destroying her palm. Luo Hao wasn't much better off than Lin Xuan; in fact, her hand was shaking even more violently.

　The crimson light flowing through Lin Xuan's hand was the power of [Double Horned Deep Crimson]. Although it was partially offset by Luo Hao's [Flying Phoenix Twelve Divine Palms], some of it still reached Luo Hao's hand, causing a terrifying vibration that nearly tore it apart. Fortunately, she used a special technique to suppress it, otherwise her palm would have been more than just injured. However, through this palm, she also gained a general understanding of the power Lin Xuan wielded.

　After moving their palms slightly, Lin Xuan and Luo Hao looked at each other again. Both of them saw the stronger fighting spirit in each other's eyes. Then, both of them raised the corners of their mouths in tacit understanding and shouted.

　"Come again!!" x2

Chapter 2: Battle with Luo Hao

　Boom——Boom——

　Roaring sounds echoed from the place where Lin Xuan and Luo Hao were fighting, and even the ground began to tremble slightly due to the battle between the two.

　"It's so intense~~~~ It makes me feel itchy~~~"

　Standing among Chi You, Lin Xuan glanced at the battle between his other self and Luo Hao, and muttered softly, but he retracted his gaze after just one glance, and focused all his attention on his fellow disciples in front of him - the Three Gods.

　"The battle over there has already started, let's start here too, otherwise, I will feel unbalanced." Lin Xuan said with a slight grin.

　The Great Sage Equaling Heaven didn't answer Lin Xuan immediately, but instead looked him up and down. When the second Lin Xuan appeared, his first thought was that it was a clone. However, the Great Sage Equaling Heaven also had clones, and he knew the difference in strength between his clones and his original self. However, the strength he sensed from the two Lin Xuans was identical. When he used his Fiery Eyes to see what was going on between the two Lin Xuans, he discovered that both were real, which intrigued him greatly.

　"No wonder you dared to speak so arrogantly, declaring war on both me and that God Slayer. Now it seems you do have the wherewithal. However, I'm afraid you never imagined that I, Sun, could draw upon the destructive power of heaven and earth and the stars to enhance my own strength and summon my brothers to aid me in this battle."

　"Well, I know a little bit about it. After all, I can't release you without knowing anything about you." Lin Xuan shrugged and said with a pout.

　"Oh~~~~It seems that you know a lot about me~~~~" The Monkey King raised his eyebrows and smiled. At this time, he had returned to his original size. However, the curse power wrapped around his body was not reduced at all, but made people feel even more terrifying.

　"It's okay." Shaking his head, Lin Xuan chuckled.

　Suddenly, the [Chi You] that wrapped around him shook violently, and the materialized dark red mana seemed to have returned to its original form without any shape. Finally, the entire [Chi You] turned into a huge dark red mana, and finally dissipated with the wind, leaving only Lin Xuan floating in the air.

　Looking at Lin Xuan, who was now covered in a thin layer of dark red mana, the Monkey King grinned slightly and said to his two junior brothers beside him, "Brothers, please don't attack me yet. I'll play with him first."

　"I understand, Big Brother," Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing responded at the same time.

　Looking at the Monkey King standing opposite him, Lin Xuan narrowed his eyes slightly and said nothing more. The next moment, two rays of light, one golden and one red, collided fiercely.

　-

　Feeling the two terrifying curse powers suddenly colliding behind him, Lin Xuan had no idea what was happening. It was simply that the other self and the Monkey King had officially started fighting.

　This battle will probably not be easier than the previous one. After all, the destructive power that the Monkey King obtained from the heaven, earth and stars has increased his strength to a higher level.

　However, Lin Xuan didn't have the time to care about the battle between his other self and the Monkey King. Right now, the battle with Luo Hao alone was enough to keep him busy.

　In reality, fighting Luo Hao was an opportunity for Lin Xuan to grow in strength. Although Luo Hao's incredible martial arts had caused Lin Xuan a lot of trouble, it also gave him a new understanding of some of the techniques he hadn't grasped yet, allowing him to use them more skillfully and even make them his own.

　Therefore, Lin Xuan now hardly uses powers such as [Roar of Heaven] and [Eternal Sun], just to be able to have such a duel with Luo Hao and grow his strength.

　Of course, this choice also put him at a disadvantage, and he was suppressed by Luo Hao most of the time. However, Lin Xuan didn't care, and instead enjoyed it. Luo Hao seemed to have noticed Lin Xuan's intention, but she didn't say anything, only speeding up the pace of her attacks.

　Luo Hao's unique skill, the Twelve Flying Phoenix Palms, consists of twelve moves: Phoenix Cub Arrives, Phoenix Eyes Pierce Curtains, Phoenix Claws Rid the Heart, Flying Phoenix Falls, Red Phoenix Facing the Sun, Golden Phoenix Spreads Wings, Continuous Winds, Male Phoenix Thousand Jin, Phoenix Wings Celestial Phenomenon, Phoenix Dragon Yin and Yang, Phoenix Flying Together, and Great Phoenix Without Heaven. Each move, when unleashed, combines both strength and softness, embodying the principle of the mutual restraint of yin and yang.

　At this moment, the Twelve Palms were constantly being used by Luo Hao. Luo Hao was worthy of the title of the Supreme Master of the Martial World. The connection between each move of the Twelve Flying Phoenix Palms was simply seamless, leaving Lin Xuan with no room to maneuver and disrupt Luo Hao's rhythm.

　Moreover, there are two Vajra Warriors behind Luo Hao. The two Vajra Warriors are quietly guarding behind Luo Hao at this time. Luo Hao doesn't seem to want to control them to deal with Lin Xuan. Perhaps it is because controlling them will distract him and make it easy for him to make a mistake.

　Perhaps there were other purposes as well. At the very least, with those two massive Vajra Warriors standing there, Lin Xuan couldn't possibly be completely unprepared for them and fully engaged in a battle with Luo Hao. The unknown was terrifying; after all, who knew when those two Vajra Warriors would strike? If they struck while Luo Hao was vulnerable, it would be too late to defend himself.

　Using the power of [Double Horned Deep Crimson], every punch and palm strike by Lin Xuan could make the air tremble. And the wind from every palm strike by Luo Hao further disturbed the surrounding air, causing the airflow around Lin Xuan and Luo Hao to become extremely turbulent.

　As time went on, Lin Xuan gained a deeper understanding of the use of some techniques. The situation that was originally completely suppressed by Luo Hao gradually improved, but just when Lin Xuan was about to turn the situation around.

　Suddenly, another surge of mana erupted from Luo Hao's body, and her strength increased to a new level. At the same time, the rhythm of her attacks also increased sharply, catching Lin Xuan, who had originally adapted to the rhythm, off guard. For a moment, his movements showed flaws. At this moment, the two Vajra Warriors who had been quietly waiting behind Luo Hao suddenly moved.

　Four huge arms drew in elusive trajectories and attacked Lin Xuan.

Chapter 43 Luo Hao's Exit

　Facing the four huge arms that were coming at him in an elusive trajectory and Luo Hao's palms that were aimed at his vital parts, Lin Xuan's face showed a bit of panic, as if he was terrified of Luo Hao's next attack.

　However, just as Luo Hao's palms and the four huge palms of the two Vajra Warriors were about to fall on Lin Xuan, the original panic on his face disappeared without a trace, and was replaced by a smile of plan.

　Seeing Lin Xuan's sudden change in expression, Luo Hao's eyebrows furrowed. She realized that she might have fallen into Lin Xuan's trap. But even so, she didn't show any panic. Instead, she continued to pat Lin Xuan, as if she didn't care what Lin Xuan was planning.

　Just when Luo Hao's palms and the four huge palms of the two Vajra Warriors were only a hair's breadth away from Lin Xuan, a strange force was suddenly released from Lin Xuan's body, filling the space within a spherical area with a radius of 50 meters with him as the center, as if forming a domain.

　As 13 released his strange power, everything within the spherical domain, save for Lin Xuan, lost its original color, like an overexposed negative film. Simultaneously, everything within the spherical domain, save for Lin Xuan, seemed frozen in time, eerily still.

　What caused all this was Lin Xuan's power - [Master of Time]. With this power, Lin Xuan could control time to a certain extent. As long as his strength was sufficient, it was not impossible to even reverse, accelerate or stop the time of the entire world.

　And now, he was pausing time in the spherical field he held up.

　As for why Lin Xuan only used this move now, the more powerful the existence in the area where he paused time, the greater the burden he would have to bear and the shorter the pause time would be. After all, the pause time consumed more than just spell power.

　In fact, Lin Xuan really didn't like using this power on the God Slayer. The reason was that the God Slayer had an abnormal resistance to cursed energy. That abnormal resistance to cursed energy weakened the effect of Lin Xuan's use of this power. And as Luo Hao was the strongest among the God Slayers, Lin Xuan had to bear a heavy burden in order to stop her time.

　Moreover, with his abnormal resistance to cursed energy and his own outstanding strength, it was not impossible for Luo Hao to break free from Lin Xuan's suspension of time. Moreover, Lin Xuan had already used [Time Controller] twice before, and both times were quite burdensome. Now, even if he could pause Luo Hao's time, it would not last long, and there was a high possibility that Luo Hao would break free in an instant. So, Lin Xuan waited, waiting for her to take the initiative to deliver herself to him. At that time, even if he could break free in time, it would be too late.

　In the spherical field, Lin Xuan took mysterious steps, avoided the several attacks that were about to fall on him, and smashed his right arm, which was wrapped in dark red magic power, towards Luo Hao's heart.

　However, Luo Hao was worthy of being Luo Hao. Not long after time was frozen, he broke free from the stop of his time by the [Controller of Time]. However, it was too late.

　boom--

　With a slight sound, Lin Xuan's right arm, which was wrapped in dark red curse power, hit Luo Hao's heart heavily.

　"--Wow!!"

　This was the first time Lin Xuan heard Luo Hao moan. Following this moan, Luo Hao's graceful body arched up, but at this moment, Luo Hao's strong curse power fell on Lin Xuan.

　Luo Hao's timing was perfect, making it impossible for Lin Xuan to dodge, or rather, he couldn't dodge, and could only endure the two palm strikes. After these two palm strikes, Luo Hao seemed to be unable to bear it and lost consciousness. He fell forward powerlessly and finally fell into Lin Xuan's arms.

　Luo Hao's body was very soft. It was hard to imagine that Luo Hao, who had terrifying power, could be so soft. This was the first thought that came to his mind when Luo Hao fell into his arms. However, at this time, he did not have the leisure to think about Luo Hao who fell into his arms.