529: The ability to control and stop time!

Su Lie looked at the Time Talent panel, his eyes shining with fervent light.

When he saw the rules in the 'Notes' section, he couldn't help but secretly rejoice, "Fortunately, my attribute growth value is as high as 600,000! Otherwise, it would really be a loss!"

"Note: When this Talent is awakened, each time the Time attribute is upgraded by automatically adding attribute points, or by using free attribute points to increase attribute points, it is required that 100,000 attribute points (which is 1 point of Time attribute) must be added each time.

Otherwise, any insufficient attribute points will not be accumulated or stacked and will be automatically lost."

"Note: This Talent is the sole consumption attribute for Time-based Skills and Talents.

Other powers cannot replace the Time attribute, unless that power possesses the rules of time."

"Note: You can only perceive time through Time Flow Awakening; you cannot influence time in any way through this Talent."

"Note: When your Time Authority is higher than the target's Time Authority, any Time-based Skills or Talent powers released by the target against you can be detected by you and can be nullified using corresponding Skills or Talents."

"If your Time Authority is only basic Time Authority and you do not possess Interfering Time Authority, you will be unable to affect the enemy's attacks in any way."

"If your Time Authority is lower than the target's Time Authority, you can consume the target's Time attribute value to deplete their power.

When the target has no Time attribute value, even if your Time Authority is very low, you can still affect the target."

"The prerequisite is that you possess a sufficient amount of the Time attribute."

"So that's how it is!"

After Su Lie read the 'Notes,' his understanding of the application of Time Authority and the Time attribute reached a new level.

Just then, he saw that a Time attribute had been added to his personal panel.

However, the value of the Time attribute was 0.

This was different from other attributes, which had an initial value upon awakening.

Additionally, under Su Lie's gaze, he discovered that his attribute growth value per level had increased from 600,000 to 610,000.

His free attribute point growth value per level had increased from 256,000 to 266,000.

Suddenly, Su Lie slapped his forehead, "Damn it! This Time attribute is good, but it seriously delays my speed in awakening Talents through leveling up!"

Su Lie only then realized a very serious problem.

It wasn't that more attributes meant stronger power.

Take the Time attribute, for example.

Although it was very strong, the cost of its growth was 10 times that of other attributes.

This made Su Lie laugh and cry, "However! It's better to have it than not! Anyway, I have the Divine Thief Talent and the dragon flame's Fire Refining Critical Strike effect!

I can even obtain Talents by refining a large number of bloodline expansion potions, so I don't have to worry about this!"

After he figured it out, another awakening prompt appeared in his vision.

"Buzz!"

"Congratulations on successfully awakening the Red God-level Quality Rule Talent: Dominate Time!"

"Dominate Time: Red God-level Quality, Rule Talent;

Through this Talent, you will awaken the attributes of Time Affinity and Time Control.

The attribute increase for Time Affinity and Time Control is 100,000 times that of ordinary attributes, which means... (The gain rules for Time Affinity and Time Control attributes are the same as the gain rules for the Time attribute)

Gain: When you use Time-based Skills and Talent powers, you will receive a 1000x temporary data gain for Time Affinity and Time Control.

Gain: Every 100 points of Time Control will provide a 1x temporary data gain for your Skills, Talents, or Divine Abilities (only effective when used).

Note: Time Affinity allows you to perceive time anomalies more quickly, swiftly locate enemy powers, and crush, control, or counter-utilize them through Skills and Talents.

Note: Time Control allows you to possess faster speed, stronger damage, wider range, and more control over time when manipulating the power of time.

Note: The two gains of the Dominate Time Talent will only have corresponding gain effects when you use Time-based Skills or Talents.

Note: When facing opponents with the same power, Time Affinity and Time Control are two extremely crucial judgment attributes; they can allow you to turn defeat into victory at critical moments."

"Holy crap!"

Su Lie's eyelids twitched after reading, "Two more Time-based attributes!"

He suddenly felt a pang of heartache.

These two attributes were different from the Thunder Affinity and Thunder Control Talents.

The two Thunder attributes naturally came with a thousand-fold gain effect, where adding 1 point was equivalent to 2,000 points.

However, for these two Time-based attributes, 100,000 points had to be added to gain 1 attribute point.

And they couldn't be stacked.

If the attribute points added in this level were less than 100,000, then if the attribute growth value couldn't be increased in the next level, no attribute points would still be gained.

This was simply... outrageous!

Su Lie looked at the newly appeared attributes, then glanced at his free attribute points.

He now had a total of 1,646,000 free attribute points.

"I can add a total of 16 points to these three attributes!"

Su Lie murmured, stroking his chin, "In that case, 6 points for the Time attribute! And 5 points each for Time Affinity and Time Control!"

Buzz!

Once he decided, he immediately allocated the points.

When adding points to the Time attribute, Su Lie didn't notice anything particular.

But when he added points to the Time Affinity attribute, he suddenly found that he seemed to be able to actively enter the perspective of time flow, seeing the flowing water around him.

This current contained tiny streams and some visible whirlpools.

Splash!

Suddenly, Su Lie saw a golden fish in a whirlpool.

This startled Su Lie, "Holy crap! There's life in the River of Time?"

Immediately, he was about to use his Identification Talent on the fish.

But the golden fish disappeared into the River of Time in an instant, and even the whirlpool vanished without a trace.

Su Lie turned his head to look, and around him, the water still flowed slowly, with nothing else visible.

He tried to bend down and scoop up water from the River of Time.

But for him, the water was like ethereal qi, visible but impossible to grasp.

When he tried to dive into the river, he found that no matter what he did, he couldn't submerge himself.

He would always remain on the surface of the water.

"Is it because I lack control?"

Su Lie quickly withdrew from this state.

He added the remaining 500,000 free attribute points to Time Control.

At this point, Su Lie re-entered the River of Time.

This time, when he reached out to touch the River of Time, he could clearly perceive the temperature and flow rate of the river, and even scoop up a handful of water beside him.

But he still couldn't dive.

And at this moment, a prompt appeared before him.

"-1 year Lifespan!"

"Holy crap!"

Su Lie quickly put the scooped water back into the River of Time, but it didn't add back his lost Lifespan: "What's going on?"

He tentatively scooped up some water beside him again.

This time, the prompt appeared again.

Su Lie lost another year of Lifespan.

However, upon closer observation, Su Lie was horrified to discover that the reason he lost Lifespan was because he scooped up the water beside him.

This caused a reduction in the water of time in his immediate vicinity, leading to the surrounding water flow accelerating towards the missing area.

That's why he lost 1 year of Lifespan.

"So that's it! It was because I scooped up the water, causing the surrounding calm river to suddenly accelerate and rush towards this area where a handful of water was missing! This is just the phenomenon!

The real reason is that time was accelerated by me..."

Su Lie drew some conclusions and principles.

He couldn't help but ponder, "In this state, how can I trick and kill opponents?"

He tried again.

And so, after losing 100 years of Lifespan consecutively, Su Lie finally found a way to trick people out of their Lifespan using this method.

After Su Lie exited this state, he finally looked at the Time attributes on his panel.

"Time: 6; Time Affinity: 5; Time Control: 5"

After this point allocation, Su Lie also understood the usage, judgment, and viewing of Time power.

He even tested out a treacherous path.

This made his Lifespan become 2,600,401 years.

His free attribute points decreased to 46,000.

And at this moment, "Buzz!"

"Congratulations on successfully awakening the Red God-level Quality Rule Skill: Time Stop!"

"Time Stop: Red God-level Quality; Rule Skill;

Consumes 1 point of Time attribute to make the area within 100 meters centered on you enter a Time Stop state.

Within this range, except for you and any life forms possessing Time Talents or Skills that are not controlled by the Time Stop rules, all other life forms and the environment will be bound by the Time Stop rules for 10 seconds.

Skill Cooldown: 30 minutes;

Rule Stacking: For every 10 additional attribute points in the Time Affinity Talent, the Skill cooldown is reduced by 1 minute; for every 10 additional attribute points in the Time Control Talent, the Time Stop range is increased by an additional 10 meters, and the Time Stop duration is increased by 1 second.

Note: If the Time Authority of a life form within the Time Stop range is lower than yours, or if they do not have corresponding Skills or Immunity Talents to counter the Time Stop Skill, then the target will temporarily enter a Time Stop state.

The target's Time Stop duration is 5 seconds.

If the target's Time Affinity Talent and Time Control Talent values are both above 100 points, then for every additional 100 points in Time Affinity Talent and Time Control Talent, the target will reduce their Time Stop state by 1 second.

Note: This Skill is ineffective against beings with the All-System Immunity Talent.

Note: This Skill has a wide range of applications; please explore them yourself."

Su Lie looked at the newly awakened Time Stop Skill, and he laughed excitedly, "Haha! This is great! It's wonderful!"

Then, he directly activated the Time Stop Skill.

Buzz!

After he consumed 1 point of Time attribute, everything within a 100-meter radius centered on him fell into a Time Stop state.

This included not only the wind, but also air currents and the activities of surrounding life.

"In this state, I can't breathe any air!"

Su Lie's clearest sensation was suffocation.

Fortunately, he could hold his breath for a sufficiently long time.

Moreover, he also had the All-System Immunity Talent.

Even if he didn't breathe, he didn't have to worry about suffocating himself.

At this moment, Su Lie re-entered the River of Time.

He saw that the river surface within a hundred-meter radius around him was frozen, and the flowing water became like a mirror.

The surrounding River of Time still flowed slowly.

At this time, even without any numerical or countdown reminders, Su Lie could still clearly perceive the Time Stop Skill's duration constantly decreasing.

"That's not right! Wasn't the Time Stop duration 10 seconds? How did it become over 100 seconds?"

Suddenly, Su Lie discovered a problem.

He quickly realized that this was related to the Dominate Time Talent.

When he used the Time Stop Skill, his Time Affinity and Time Control attributes received a 1000x data gain from the Dominate Time Talent.

This temporarily increased the attribute values of the two attributes to 5,000 points.

Coupled with the special gain effect of the Time Stop Skill, for every 10 additional attribute points in the Time Affinity attribute, the Skill cooldown was reduced by 1 minute.

For every 10 additional attribute points in the Time Control attribute, the Time Stop range was increased by an additional 10 meters, and the Time Stop duration was increased by 1 second.

With such gains, when Su Lie used Time Stop, he already possessed the ability to use the Time Stop Skill with zero cooldown, and the Time Stop duration was temporarily increased to 110 seconds.

He gained a profound understanding of the changes in the Time Stop Skill, which made the corners of his mouth curl up: "Having Talent gains is really satisfying!"

Before long, the frozen river surface returned to normal in the blink of an eye.

The previous changes seemed to have never occurred.

However, the river surface in the frozen area had truly and genuinely reduced by 110 seconds of time.

For those in the Time Stop state, they couldn't detect any changes at all.

Seeing this, Su Lie had an idea: "Can this Skill be used for Treasure Refining?"

Thinking of this, he looked at the Purple Gold Eight Treasures Furnace in front of him.

Buzz!

Su Lie used the Time Stop Skill again.

Everything around him became unusually quiet.

Even the dust in the air was frozen in place.

Su Lie moved towards the Purple Gold Eight Treasures Furnace, and when he reached out to touch it, the lid of the Purple Gold Eight Treasures Furnace opened.

Su Lie's eyes lit up, and just as he was about to put materials inside, he suddenly stopped: "The furnace's Eternal Flame is completely still, like a sculpture! In this state, Treasure Refining is definitely impossible!"

He still summoned the treasure refining blueprint of the Purple Gold Eight Treasures Furnace and, after selecting it, he activated the Purple Gold Eight Treasures Furnace.

"Buzz!"

"The Purple Gold Eight Treasures Furnace is currently in a Time Stop state.

Please deactivate the Time Stop rules to continue Treasure Refining! Otherwise, you can only proceed after Time Stop ends!"

"What a pity!"

Su Lie sighed.

This time's Time Stop effect wasn't without any gains for Su Lie.

He found that in this state, he could still touch objects and even change them.

He just couldn't make the Purple Gold Eight Treasures Furnace refine pills.

"If that's the case, what would happen to life forms in a Time Stop state?"

Thinking this, Su Lie came up with some answers: "Would they become like puppets?"

To gain more precise experience and Skill knowledge, he still called Su Liya up to the 9th floor of the Great Joy Tower.

Because some things were not convenient to test in the refining room.

And so, Su Lie spent a full hour to complete the final test.

He looked at the completely consumed Time Value and couldn't help but sigh, "It's a pity that Mysterious Yellow Energy cannot replace Time Value, otherwise I could really achieve continuous 24-hour Time Stop!"

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