Chapter： 207 The River of Time
The clock deep within his eyes moved slightly.
At the same time, the massive wheel of time suddenly turned counterclockwise.
Immediately, under Brian's astonished gaze, the deathly spear began to move, retreating.
"Just like the method used to heal me before, time is reversing."
Brian thought to himself, while keeping his eyes fixed on the runes on the wheel of time, memorizing them, thinking they might be useful in the future.
Currently, his use of the power of time was still instinctual, with little understanding, but it was clear that future Brian could wield the power of time with his will, capable of many incredible feats.
Simultaneously, the Spear of Annihilation seemed to hit a rewind button, disappearing from its spot, returning to Harrison's front, and then dispersing from its solid form into a mass of deathly aura.
Surging magic and vitality re-entered Harrison's body, making him rapidly younger, his physical and mental state returning to what it was before he used the spell.
"What did you do?"
Harrison looked down at his now youthful hands, momentarily bewildered.
He couldn't believe the other would be so kind as to heal him.
Future Brian remained silent.
The wheel of time enveloped Harrison, continuing to rotate counterclockwise.
He began to char, flames emerging from his body, which then dissipated as time reversed... Finally, life essence, like a blood-red glow, was drawn out of his body, his soul leaving through his burning eye sockets...
Harrison's aura rapidly weakened, his skin withering, turning into a skeletal lich.
"My body! My flesh! My soul!"
"No, don't leave me!"
Harrison wailed, frantically touching his body, as if trying to hold onto the departing life essence and soul.
Then, time accelerated forward again, Harrison began to grow stronger, but soon, his strength and youthful body left him again as time reversed... This cycle repeated, with increasing frequency.
In front of future Brian, the wheel of time alternated between clockwise and counterclockwise rotations, while he quietly watched the completely dominated legendary lich below.
Eventually, the power of time condensed into an invisible square cage, filled with clock shadows, enveloping Harrison, continuously cycling through the process of absorbing and extracting his power... Trapped in a short time loop, Harrison experienced countless cycles in a brief period, his spirit quickly dimming, his will gradually collapsing.
In Brian's perception, only a few seconds of real time had passed.
Harrison's expression became insanely wild, as if he had lost his mind, clutching his head and babbling incoherently, until suddenly, with a "boom," his body shattered into a storm of deathly aura.
"This... couldn't withstand the torment, his spirit collapsed, and his phylactery shattered?"
Brian was slightly stunned.
A lich's body is a creation of magic, their essence stored in a phylactery. As long as the phylactery remains intact, a lich can continuously resurrect.
To kill a lich, one must find their phylactery, otherwise, they will soon return, but finding a phylactery is extremely difficult, as liches hide them very securely, given their life depends on it.
Future Brian trapped Harrison in an endless loop, spending an unknown amount of time in the cycle, causing his spirit to collapse and self-destruct his hidden phylactery.
The blood-red life essence was absorbed by future Brian, continuously emitting blood light, becoming more refined, and eventually turning into a ruby-like life gem.
"I have purified it of impurities and filth; the pure life force can help you grow stronger."
Future Brian looked at Brian, speaking gently.
The life gem, filled with surging vitality, flew into Brian's hand.
Then, the pitch-black domain of the dead began to dissipate.
The dense deathly aura remained, showing no sign of dispersing, while the faint, dim light of stars and the moon reappeared on Earth.
The ground was still covered with white bones.
The corpses of hundreds of thousands of people, drained of life essence and souls, lay like dried skeletons, covering the vast plains of Baki, exuding a deathly, tomb-like atmosphere, with faint whispers and wails of the dead in the air.
"Great Dragon of Time, can you reverse time again to save those innocent people who died at the hands of the evil lich..."
A high-ranking spellcaster hesitated, then nervously looked up and asked.
Future Brian lowered his eyes, his voice indifferent, "I can."
The high-ranking spellcaster's face lit up with joy, but future Brian paused and continued, "But why should I waste my power to save people who have nothing to do with me?"
"I'm sure you can't afford the price."
The high-ranking spellcaster was momentarily stunned, then lowered his head in disappointment.
Future Brian turned his head, glanced at Brian, a faint smile appearing on his face, then without saying a word, his figure gradually became illusory, disappearing in the ripples of the River of Time.
