Chapter 729 - 699: Changing the Tide of Battle (Part 1)

Lin Xinghai had no reason to hide anything, so he answered directly, "Under normal circumstances, I can maintain my Superpower for about an hour."

"An hour?" Zuo Wenyao and Chen Yushi exchanged a glance, both suspecting they had misheard.

After all, based on the principle that more powerful Superpowers consume more energy, this was completely illogical.

So they subconsciously assumed they had misheard or misunderstood. Then a look of realization dawned on Chen Yushi’s face. "Ah, I get it. The hour you mentioned must refer to an hour within the current Time Acceleration State, right?"

"Converted to real-world time, that’s six minutes. It’s a bit short, but it’s more than enough."

Zuo Wenyao nodded as well. "Yes, that makes sense. You just need to use your Acceleration Superpower on us at a critical moment to catch the enemy off guard. The fight should be over in ten to twenty seconds. That way, your Superpower reserves should last a very long time."

Watching the two of them discuss back and forth how to help him conserve his Superpower, Lin Xinghai was a bit stunned. He finally stammered, "The hour I mentioned is one real-world hour. Converted to the Time Acceleration State, that’s ten hours."

The two, who had been in a heated discussion, fell silent instantly. They looked at each other, then back at each other again, before finally turning their gazes in unison to Lin Xinghai.

"Why is that? It defies all logic!" Chen Yushi said, his expression pained.

He realized this wasn’t the first time. Just when he made a confident guess, the kid would pull some stunt that broke all the rules, making his cheeks burn with embarrassment.

’He was a powerhouse of the Divine Demon Realm, for crying out loud! He had a reputation to maintain, you know?’

In response to the question, Lin Xinghai simply shrugged. "Don’t ask me. I don’t know either. Maybe the Time Ability is just that special."

Chen Yushi instantly shut up. There was no way to refute this. After all, in the entire world, only Lin Xinghai had mastered a Time Ability.

Lin Xinghai paused for a moment before continuing, "Also, my Time Acceleration Ability isn’t something I can use completely at will. Normally, the effective range is within ten meters of my body, and I can only cover two people."

Hearing this, the two of them frowned, though they both sighed inwardly, ’Of course there’s a catch.’

"So you’d have to stay right next to us while we fight? That would put you in incredible danger."

"And since the area your Superpower covers is based on volume, it means we can’t activate our Divine Demon Body. If that’s the case, our combat effectiveness would be reduced to a third, at best." Chen Yushi quickly ran the calculations.

But regardless, Lin Xinghai’s Superpower was simply too heaven-defying. Even with all these restrictions, their combat power would still be massively boosted under the effects of Time Acceleration.

However, Zuo Wenyao’s expression shifted. "You just said that’s what you can do ’normally.’ Does that mean there’s a way to get an even better effect?"

"Yes," Lin Xinghai nodded. "The most practical way is to use a Superpower Amplifier. For instance, the Battle Armor I’m wearing can amplify my Superpower five times."

"In other words, while wearing the Battle Armor, I can apply Time Acceleration to ten people at once, and the range expands to fifty meters."

"Of course, even with that, it wouldn’t be enough to completely envelop you given the size of your Divine Demon Body forms. However, I can increase the energy consumption of my Superpower to expand the area of effect."

"If I double the energy drain, with the Battle Armor’s amplification, I can cover the volume of twenty people simultaneously. That should be enough to allow one of you to fight in your Divine Demon Body form."

Lin Xinghai explained his idea.

Now, Zuo Wenyao and Chen Yushi no longer had any doubts.

"Then there’s no problem at all. It might cut your Superpower’s duration in half, but thirty minutes is more than enough. When I go all out, I can kill a Fourth Level Mutated Zombie in ten seconds," Chen Yushi said, full of confidence.

"I mean ten real-world seconds, of course," he quickly added.

In the Time Acceleration State, that would be one minute and forty seconds. Such a long time would be enough for him to perform his famous signature technique, the Bloodthirsty Thirteen Sabers, from beginning to end.

He was confident that no Fourth Level Mutated Zombie could withstand all thirteen of his sabers and still live.

Zuo Wenyao couldn’t help but shoot him a sidelong glance. "Listen to you, Mr. Big Shot. You can only pull off that Bloodthirsty Thirteen Sabers of yours because my student is accelerating you. Otherwise, a Saber Skill that needs that much Charging Power would just make you a sitting duck."

"I’m different. My Blazing Fist can be unleashed at any time, and it’s fast. I can finish an opponent in three seconds."

"Heh, finish an opponent in three seconds? You must be fighting a Spitter! I could kill one of those with a single swing," Chen Yushi immediately shot back.

This scene left Lin Xinghai, who was watching from the side, a bit dumbfounded. "Um, aren’t you guys in a hurry to get to the rescue?"

"Under your Time Acceleration State, we’re not in such a hurry anymore. But of course, we shouldn’t waste your Superpower. Turn it off for now. We’ll head over right away," Zuo Wenyao said.

"If we’re in a hurry, it’s better to travel with the Superpower active. I’ll recover my energy during the fights along the way, so there’s no need to be too conservative," Lin Xinghai said, pulling a Mutated Zombie Elemental Crystal from his pocket and showing it to them.

When they saw this, they didn’t object further. It was clear Lin Xinghai had things under control.

They delayed no longer. Under the cover of Lin Xinghai’s Superpower, they sped towards the rescue location.

Of course, under Time Acceleration, even the slower of the two, Chen Yushi, could reach a Speed of over 200,000. In this situation, Lin Xinghai’s 60,000 Speed was nowhere near enough, so Zuo Wenyao had to carry him.

To be precise, Lin Xinghai jumped onto Zuo Wenyao’s back and had him run.

Lin Xinghai had no objection to this. This way, he could concentrate more on doing other things.

BANG! BANG!

With two sharp cracks from a gun, a Hunter that was creeping through an alley was instantly killed.

Another, a Second Level Death Claw that was assaulting a military squad, had its head suddenly erupt in a burst of fiery light. In the blink of an eye, it fell to the ground, dead.

Neither Zuo Wenyao nor Chen Yushi paid much mind to this. After all, Lin Xinghai was only killing First and Second Level Mutated Zombies, which were beneath their notice.

But that way of thinking was about to change completely.