Legend of the Embroiderer

Chapter 452 Lost in Time

The spacetime rift is like a giant beast with its jaws wide open, its throat seemingly containing an endless abyss of darkness, sending chills down one's spine.

Within this terrifying rift, howling winds swept through, and fragments of stars streaked about like meteors, mingling with the storm to create an apocalyptic scene.

The guardian, clad in tattered armor, stood precariously at the edge of the crevice, his armor riddled with holes and emitting sharp shrieks under the strain.

Each crack oozed with a ghostly blue energy, which seemed to be the last vestige of life in the armor, teetering on the brink of collapse before this violent power, as if it would be torn apart at any moment.

The Time Watcher, holding the Star Staff, stands beside the Guardian.

Her staff, which had been shining brightly, was now dull and lifeless.

The ancient runes wrapped around the staff flickered in and out of focus amidst the turbulent currents, as if they had lost their connection to time.

The Time Watcher swung his staff with all his might, trying to carve a safe passage through this chaotic spacetime.

Each time she condensed a time barrier, it was instantly torn into countless tiny fragments, scattering in the void like dust.

"This absolutely can't go on!" the fusion entity screamed hoarsely, but her voice vanished without a trace, as if swallowed by the turbulent flow of time and space.

She looked down at Xiaoying in her arms and saw that Xiaoying was burning hot all over, as if she were being scorched by an invisible flame.

Unconsciously, Xiaoying gripped the fused body's clothes tightly, her fingernails digging deep into her skin, leaving bloody marks.

Despite the pain, the fused being gritted its teeth and poured the twin power within its body into the star-eyed mark.

In an instant, golden and dark purple light intertwined and swirled around her, forming a huge vortex that fiercely clashed with the power of the spacetime turbulence.

However, at this critical moment, a piercing metallic scraping sound suddenly came from deep within the crack.

The sound was like the roar of a demon from hell, sending chills down one's spine.

Immediately afterwards, countless dark purple chains, like venomous snakes bursting from the ground, spewed out from the crack.

The chains were covered with sharp spikes and shimmered with eerie runes, like demons crawling out of the abyss of hell, baring their fangs and claws as they lunged at the crowd.

The guardian swung his sword at the chains, the blue sword light colliding with the dark purple, unleashing a deafening roar.

The chains were not severed; instead, they wound their way up the sword blade, corroding it and producing wisps of blue smoke.

Seeing this, the Time Watcher mobilized its last bit of power and set up a time-binding barrier around everyone.

As soon as the barrier took shape, the chains crashed into it, making a "crackling" sound. Ripples spread across the surface of the barrier, as if it were about to shatter at any moment.

At the critical moment, Xiaoying suddenly opened her eyes, which flashed with golden light.

She raised her hand and waved it lightly, unleashing a beam of light imbued with ancient power. Wherever the beam struck, the chains crumbled. But this power seemed to have exhausted her body as well. After the light faded, Xiaoying fell into a coma again, her breath growing even weaker.

The fused entity hugged her tightly, a resolute glint in its eyes:

"No matter what lies ahead, we must find a way to heal Xiaoying and restore the laws of spacetime!"

The group continued their arduous journey through the spatial rift, and after an unknown amount of time, a dark area suddenly appeared ahead.

The darkness was as thick as ink, seemingly capable of swallowing all light. The Watcher of Time's expression changed drastically:

"Be careful! This is the core area of ​​a spacetime rift. Any matter that enters will be broken down into elementary particles!"

Before the words were finished, a series of sinister laughs came from the darkness, and countless black figures emerged from it.

They were clad in black robes, their faces hidden in shadow, and they held weapons that emitted a ghostly light, the light on the weapons pulsating as if they were alive.

"Hand over the clues to the Chaos Infant!" The leader of the black-robed figures spoke in a cold, emotionless voice.

He raised his hand and waved it, and the black-robed man's weapon simultaneously fired beams of light, which intertwined in the air to form a net that enveloped everyone.

The merged entity, the guardian, and the time watchman immediately dispersed, each unleashing their power to defend against the attack.

The collision between the three-colored light blades of the fused entity and the beam of light caused the energy aftershocks to distort and deform the surrounding space.

The Guardian's blue energy shield shrank continuously under the attack, emitting a "sizzling" sound; the Time Watcher manipulated the Time Compass, attempting to change the trajectory of the beam.

During the fierce battle, the fusion suddenly discovered that the black-robed man's attack rhythm was exactly the same as that of the mysterious person they had encountered before.

A thought struck her, and she shouted, "They're in cahoots! Attack the glowing cores on their weapons!"

The three worked in perfect unison, launching their strongest attacks simultaneously. The fused entity's light blade, the Guardian's energy wave, and the Time Watcher's time-binding beam all struck the black-robed man's weapon at the same time.

The core of the ghostly light emitted a piercing scream, the weapons of the black-robed men exploded, and their figures vanished in the blast.

However, before everyone could breathe a sigh of relief, the Time Watcher suddenly raised his staff and pointed it at the fused entity. The Star Staff emitted an eerie purple light, identical to the glow of the black-robed man's weapon.

"I'm sorry, but we are determined to obtain the power of the Chaos Infant." The Time Watcher's voice turned cold, completely different from before.

It turned out that she had long been corrupted by the forces of darkness and had been lurking among them all along. The guardians and the merged entity stared at her in shock, their eyes filled with disbelief.

At this tense standoff, the spacetime rift suddenly trembled violently, and a powerful suction force came from it.

The space beneath their feet began to collapse, and they all fell deeper into the crack.

During the fall, the fusion entity saw an ancient ruin in the distance, radiating a mysterious light. Countless glowing runes surrounded the ruin, their flashing light seemingly telling ancient secrets.

While Xiaoying was unconscious, her body glowed again, and the light resonated with the light of the ruins, as if guiding something.

But before they could get close, the Time Watcher flew towards the ruins first, her figure quickly disappearing into the light.

The fusion entity, the guardian, and the unconscious Xiaoying continued to fall, and the surrounding spacetime became increasingly distorted.

Suddenly, their bodies passed through an invisible barrier, and the scene before them instantly changed.

The place was desolate, with the ground littered with broken remnants of the Key of Time, and countless enormous gears floating in the sky, turning slowly and making a "click-clack" sound.

In the distance, a gigantic figure stood with its back to them, surrounded by countless chains, each engraved with ancient characters.

The figure seemed to sense their arrival, slowly turning around, and a powerful pressure swept over them.

The fusion group felt a chill run down their spines; they knew that an even greater crisis awaited them ahead…