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Chapter 469: The Ups and Downs of the Overlord
The dazzling epic blade of time fiercely slashed through the head of the scholar demon king who was stopped in time! After the first slash, the second, third, fourth, and fifth slashes followed without mercy...

Wang Zhifan knew too well how powerful this enemy was, so he didn't dare to relax at all. He took the opportunity to overload his output, striking continuously with one blow after another, and each blow was extremely ruthless!

Finally, when he had chopped the Scholar Demon Lord in front of him into pieces of scattered flesh and could no longer recognize his original appearance, he stopped his violent attack.

"It may not be dead...if it has mastered the ability to reverse time and revive."

Even at this moment, standing next to the smelly and scattered meat scraps on the ground, Wang Zhifan still couldn't be sure that the other party was completely dead. After all, this demon lord had the ability to master the laws of time and space, so it was not impossible for him to be resurrected directly on the spot.

Considering that the opponent was too powerful and might be able to withstand his destructive sword intent and revive, Wang Zhifan had to be on guard and chose to continue to stay by the side and observe carefully.

He waited patiently for more than ten minutes, carefully observing the movements of all the smelly meat scraps on the ground. He thought that if the enemy had not escaped, he would continue to use backtracking to fight him and make sure to get rid of him in one go.

But he waited carefully for a few minutes and still didn't sense any unusual movement, as if this powerful enemy was really killed by him.

"How about we check the Demon Sealing List to confirm?"

After thinking about it, since the enemy had not reacted for such a long time, Wang Zhifan took out the Demon Sealing List to confirm.

The way he confirmed it was to check his merit points. If the points increased by at least one hundred compared to the last time he checked, it meant that the opponent was finished.

But when he glanced at the top of the Demon Sealing List, he found that his merit points were still more than 14,000 from last time, and his heart suddenly tightened!
"Oh no! This thing is really not dead!"

For a moment, Wang Zhifan felt under great pressure. He had finally seized the opportunity to attack fiercely by relying on the backtracking skill, but he did not expect the result to be a failure, and he did not understand why he failed.

He immediately focused his perception on the remaining meat scraps on the ground and confirmed it again and again, but still could not find anything abnormal.

In his opinion, the remains of the Scholar Demon Lord's body on the ground had no vitality at all, and had not shown any changes at all. It was a dead thing that could not be deader.

"It seems that I have been deceived by some means."

This is the fact, and Wang Zhifan can only accept it.

He sighed slightly, raised his left hand, activated the fire ability of the magic dragon ring, and began to burn the residue on the ground, preparing to leave after completing this final step.

But just as he was setting the fire, he suddenly discovered that the meat residue on the ground had changed!
The corpses and dregs of these scholar demons suddenly disappeared collectively! They disappeared without any fluctuations in the laws! It was as if they had disappeared into the void out of thin air!

"Backtrack!"

Wang Zhifan was not surprised but happy when he saw this. He immediately activated the Blade of Time in his hand and tried to pull back the target. He had been prepared for this response.

However, this time, something terrible happened!
He was very sure that he had successfully activated the Blade of Time's backtracking skill, but the target of the skill was not pulled back by him, and the Blade of Time failed in the power confrontation!
"How is this possible! Isn't it said that only extremely powerful beings can resist the ability of backtracking? If this guy could resist it, why didn't he use it earlier? Why did he have to wait for me to chop him into pieces before he used his strength?"

For a moment, Wang Zhifan was completely confused. He didn't understand what this powerful demon lord who controlled the power of time and space was doing. His behavior was not logical at all.

However, as things had turned out like this, he had no choice but to be careful to guard against the other party's revenge and respond accordingly.

With a bit of luck in mind, he then checked the map of the Demon Sealed List, trying to find the enemy's whereabouts.

If the location the other party just teleported to is not far away, he will most likely be able to discover him directly and then try to chase him.

However, such an ideal situation is obviously impossible. Wang Zhifan looked at the map and did not find any new Demon Lord anywhere in the surrounding area, so he had no choice but to give up.

"Xiaoyao Youlong, Emperor Tianhua and the others deserved to die. This demon lord is much stronger than the others of his kind. He will definitely have a hard time in the future."

With a bit of regret in his heart, Wang Zhifan quickly accepted the reality and planned to proceed with the next step.

He noticed that the two demon lord symbols in the nearby city on the map had disappeared, so he flew up and prepared to see what was going on.

Because the clone he had left there had long been taken back or destroyed, he had no choice but to hurry on.

After a while, under the moonlight, he arrived outside the tavern.

His powerful perception immediately let him know that the two servant demon lords who had been here before had died. In the tavern, there was only the golden lotus seeds with a decayed aura and an extra non-human, non-demon creature.

Without going in to take a closer look, he instantly guessed what was going on, and complained madly in his heart:
"This old man Fu Mo is such a rip-off! He said he would send his strongest clone to support me, but he actually came to support Jin Lianzi!"

It turned out that the extra non-human, non-demon existence in the tavern was the powerful support sent by the old man who subdues demons. Wang Zhifan had not seen it for a long time when he was fighting against the Scholar Demon Lord. It turned out that the old man who subdues demons used the support here.

Soon, Wang Zhifan appeared in the restaurant room.

Just as he guessed, there are only two people in this place now, and the old man who subdues demons is talking to Jin Lianzi through his clone.

Jin Lianzi was seen sitting on a wooden chair with a numb expression. His extremely aged body made him lose interest in everything. He listened expressionlessly to what the clone sent by the old man Fumo said. He did not even react when the old man Fumo took the Jade Folding Fan with Wandering Dragon in his hand.

"Master Jinlian, your current situation is not without a solution. With your contributions in this battle, when the war is over, go to the Buddha Realm and ask for help from the saint. The saint will surely turn back time and let you return to your youth..."

"Hehe... Do you think... I can still live till then?"

"Why not? Although treasures that increase life span are precious, they are not unavailable. Besides, the war is going smoothly now..."

As they were talking, they noticed Wang Zhifan's arrival and turned their attention to him. The clone controlled by the old man who subdues demons immediately gave Wang Zhifan an undisguised congratulations:

"Congratulations to Wu Zun for successfully killing the peerless enemy! You have made an indestructible contribution to the disaster realm!"

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When Wang Zhifan heard this, a question mark immediately appeared on his forehead. He frowned and tried to see if the old man was mocking him.

But the clone controlled by the old man Fu Mo seemed even more puzzled by his reaction and immediately replied:
"What's that look on your face, Wu Zun? Could it be that what I said is false?"

"How do you know that I killed the Demon Lord?"

Wang Zhifan was speechless when he heard the tone of the demon-suppressing old man. "Of course it's the Demon Sealing List! Your merit points just increased by a huge amount of 3,000! If it wasn't because you killed that extremely powerful demon lord, what else could it be?"

The clone controlled by the old man Fumo replied without hesitation.

“Is this true???”

Suddenly, it was Wang Zhifan's turn to be shocked.

He immediately summoned his Demon Sealing List to check the ranking, and found that his own merit points, which were at the top of the list, had unexpectedly increased from 14,000 not long ago to more than 17,000!

"What...what's going on?"

For a moment, Wang Zhifan felt the ups and downs of life. He had already accepted the failure of hunting the enemy, but he did not expect that fate played a big joke on him.

The first thing that is certain is that the Demon Sealing List would not make mistakes. It is impossible for a sudden statistical error to add 3,000 merit points to him. Since so many points were added, it must be that he made a contribution of the corresponding level.

Then he suspected that the Demon Lord was not dead. This was an intuition, an intuition that came from seeing the remains of the other party's body disappear out of thin air. This intuition was in serious conflict with the extra points given to him by the Demon Sealing List.

Wang Zhifan, who felt very confused, immediately suppressed his astonishment and explained the previous situation to the demon-suppressing old man in front of him, hoping that this high-end native with extremely rich life experience could answer some of his questions.

It turned out that he asked the right person. After listening to him, the Demon Subduing Elder thought for a moment and replied through his clone:

"Wu Zun, your intuition is correct, that Demon Zun must not be truly dead!

From what you said, I suspect that the Demon Lord is not an ordinary being in the demon world, but an important descendant of a certain demon king!
The reason why it disappeared out of thin air was a special method set up by the Demon Lord. Once the offspring fell into an extremely unfavorable situation, he would forcibly pull it back to the Demon Realm for resurrection!
As for why the Demon Sealing List granted merit points, has Wu Zun forgotten the meaning of the three words "Demon Sealing List"?
"Seal the demon, seal the demon. You don't have to kill the demon to get the credit for this list! Driving the demon out of the place is also a credit!"

"I see...thank you for your guidance, Senior Fumo!"

After some communication, Wang Zhifan suddenly felt enlightened. His understanding of the existence of the demon world was far less than that of the old man who subdues demons. After his explanation, he finally understood the overall situation.

At the same time, he also knew that the old man Fu Mo did not want to support him, but the clone he sent arrived a little late and the location he arrived at was also a little off.

His clone first discovered the golden lotus seeds held hostage by two demon lords, so he fought here first. After they dealt with the demon lords and wanted to support Wang Zhifan, they found that his merit points had skyrocketed. They guessed that he had successfully killed the demon, so he stayed here leisurely and chatted.

"It is a great blessing for the Disaster Realm to eliminate such a terrifying and powerful enemy! I will definitely advertise this matter to the world to boost the morale of the human race in the Disaster Realm!"

Finally, the three chatted for a few more minutes and then left.

The demon-subduing old man said that he would spread the good news of Wang Zhifan's destruction of the powerful enemy throughout the world through his clones, in order to boost the morale of the human race in the war.

Judging from Jin Lianzi's appearance, he will have to go into seclusion to recuperate and seek a chance to regain his youth. Otherwise, when his life span is over, even the method of resurrection will not be effective for him.

Wang Zhifan's situation was simple. He continued to kill demons in the surrounding areas according to his daily habit, and then teleported back to Tianyuan City to practice later.

It was indeed a happy thing for him to get rid of the strongest enemy he had ever faced, but he was not going to give himself a holiday.

Because the war between the Demon Realm and the Disaster Realm is still going on, the disappearance of a powerful enemy will not change anything immediately. He has to continue working hard to clear the copy as soon as possible.

But for the rest of the day, he had been thinking about a question that had puzzled him during the previous battle: Why was the time-stopping ability of the Scholar Demon Lord ineffective on him?
This is actually a very surprising thing. Wang Zhifan himself did not expect this to happen.

Before the battle, he was prepared to fight a war of attrition with the enemy, anticipating that he would be unable to cope with the time stop, but the result was completely beyond his expectations.

It can be inferred that there must be a reason for this phenomenon. It is impossible to say that the powerful force at the law level has no effect on him for no reason.

The specific reason obviously lies with him. It is some equipment or characteristics he possesses that helped him. Therefore, he analyzed the characteristics of his equipment one by one, trying to find the root of everything.

"First of all, none of the skills I possess have this potential, and they have almost nothing to do with the laws of time."

"The skills I practice don't have this effect either. No matter whether it's the Great Dream Sword Scripture, the Wind and Thunder Stepping Heaven Art, the Pure Yang True Skill, or the Infinite Golden Body Skill, they can't fight against the law of time."

"My legendary Perfector ability is of high nature, but it only makes me immortal. There is no property that indicates it can prevent time from stopping. Epic Supreme Blood also does not have this effect. Other things like Ice Source Force and Bio-Force Field have nothing to do with this aspect."

“As for equipment, there are a few pieces that are related to the Law, but the only one that can be considered professional is the inheritance of the Excellence-level necklace from Rogge.

This necklace has an 'unruly' feature that can reduce all control effects on my body by 90%, but it is only an excellent-level equipment. Is it really capable of supporting me in fighting against time stop?

Other equipment doesn’t have this function…”

After some research, Wang Zhifan ruled out most of the sources of power that supported him to resist time stop.

Finally, he turned his attention to something he had long neglected: the title.

“Titles don’t have levels like Excellent or Epic, and are independent of the equipment system, so it’s hard to judge their absolute strength.

The titles of Dragon Slayer and Brave Warrior are both related to increasing and reducing damage. The only title that has something to do with time stop should be the Overlord.

The Overlord title makes me immune to all negative states, and permanently increases my Constitution and Strength attributes by 10%.

This immunity to all negative states is too general...and no further detailed explanation is given in the panel.

Could it be that losing the ability to think and move due to time stopping is also a negative state?
So I am immune to this negative state, in a state where time is stopped but not acting like it is stopped?"

After thinking it over, Wang Zhifan believed that his ability to resist the Demon Lord's time-stopping ability should come from here.

He might not be truly immune to the power of the law of time stop, but the negative impact brought by the time stop was suppressed by the title of overlord, causing him to still be able to move freely during the time stop.

Of course, this situation must be related to the fact that the power level of the Demon Lord is not enough to crush him.

The information description of the Extraordinary Game repeatedly emphasized that unexpected situations would occur if the enemy was strong enough. If a truly extremely powerful being activated the time-stopping method, Wang Zhifan felt that he might not be able to escape the restrictions.

(End of this chapter)