Chapter 123 The Terrible Future
Diablo is confident that he can change his fate.
Because his stand ability as the Crimson King is, in a sense, a divine power to change fate.
[Epitaph] Being able to see the scene ten seconds into the future actually reveals Diablo's fate in the next ten seconds.
As long as Diablo sees that the fate of the next ten seconds is unfavorable to him, he can directly use [Time Deletion] to delete this unfavorable future, thereby changing the fate that has already been written.
Every time you use [Epitaph] and [Time Cut], you are actually changing your destiny.
Diablo believes that he will not be bound by the so-called fate, and it was so in the past and it is still so now:
"The Crimson King—"
"epitaph!"
Because conversation and thinking take almost no time in this world, Diablo actually did not give Li Qing any chance to breathe.
The moment Lee Sin was stepped on by the Crimson King, the scene of the next ten seconds appeared in front of Diablo's eyes.
First second:
The Crimson King raised his arms high, pointed his fingers like a knife, gathered all his strength, and struck straight at Li Qing's head.
The red and white arm turned into a flash of lightning, a gust of wind, and also a cold and sharp blade in the air.
Facing this "Crimson King Guillotine", Li Qing suddenly slapped the ground with his palm: "Thunder Breaks!"
A visible white shock wave burst out from the ground and spread outward like ripples on the water.
However, although it is called a shock wave, it is actually more like a soft white light.
This light did not cause any damage to the surrounding objects, but it caused the bodies of the Crimson King and Diablo to tremble slightly when it penetrated their bodies.
The damage caused by the shock was not high, but what was really surprising was what happened next:
After his body was hit by the shock wave, a white light suddenly flashed around Li Qing again.
Second second:
And at the moment when this light came on, the speed of the Crimson King actually slowed down.
It seemed to be because of some kind of "stand-in ability" of Li Qing. It was like a video character with 0.5 times slow motion turned on, and the movements and eyes were slowed down by half.
The Crimson King fell into a "slow motion" state for 1 second, and the high-speed hand knife that was originally too fast to be seen clearly became slow and easy to dodge.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Li Qing suddenly dodged to the side.
Because his palm was still nailed to the ground by the steel bars and his arm was still being stepped on by the Crimson King, Li Qing's desperate dodge was actually just a slight turn of his head to the side.
The vital parts of his head were barely saved, but his right arm and shoulder were still exposed to the attack of the Crimson King.
Although the speed of the Crimson King slowed down due to Lee Sin's "stand ability", somehow, the power of the hand knife was not reduced in the slightest due to the slower speed.
Just like a hot knife cutting butter, the Crimson King's palm split Li Qing's shoulder without any hindrance.
Third second:
Something unexpected happened.
After Li Qing's shoulder was chopped open by his hand knife, a stream of hot blood spurted out from the wound.
It is normal for ordinary people to bleed when they are injured.
However, it was very unexpected for Li Qing, who could heal his injuries instantly and keep his body intact forever in digitized mode.
It was only then that Diablo noticed from the screen that the health bar above Lee Sin's head had disappeared.
Yes…
He disabled the digitization mode himself.
Fourth second:
Li Qing removed his digitization and used his physical body to withstand the Crimson King's hand knife.
The knife chopped off the right half of his shoulder without any hindrance, removing his entire right arm and right shoulder.
Scarlet blood gushed out and the white bones were exposed. Just by looking at the picture, you can tell what kind of pain Li Qing must be feeling at this moment.
But that's what he wanted.
Like a lizard cutting off its tail to survive, he used the Crimson King's hand knife to cut off his right arm that was nailed to the ground by steel bars.
Before the Crimson King could out of the pool of blood, Li Qing had already abandoned his severed right arm and rolled to the side flexibly.
Fifth second:
The Crimson King hurriedly adjusted his body and pounced on Li Qing who had escaped not far away.
At the same time, Diablo, as the original body, couldn't help but relax a little.
Because Li Qing's right arm, the only arm that could release the Heavenly Sound Wave, had been completely removed. Even if he escaped a few meters away in this decisive way, he would not be able to change the overall situation.
Sixth second:
The Crimson King quickly caught up with Lee Sin.
Li Qing was covered in blood and had nowhere to escape, so he had to grit his teeth, turn around and face the attack.
At this time, he turned on digitization again.
The physical injuries were reflected in the digitized body's health. When the blood bar appeared above Li Qing's head again, the health value displayed on it was less than 50%.
The joy of victory appeared on Diablo's face, and the Crimson King pounced forward like a tiger descending from the mountain.
Seventh second:
Without Diablo noticing, without any warning...
A huge hole suddenly appeared in the Crimson King's chest.
Unfortunately, the big hole was opened in the vital heart. When the injury was restored to Diablo's body at the same time, Diablo's chest immediately spurted out large amounts of bright red arterial blood like a high-pressure water gun with the valve opened.
8th second:
He fell to the cold ground, suffocating as the blood surged up his throat.
His consciousness became blurred in pain, and the Crimson King disappeared into thin air.
At this moment, Diablo could even clearly see the shocked, confused and terrified expression on his face eight seconds later.
Li Qing was very cautious, and even after successfully knocking down Diablo, he refused to stay here for even a second longer.
He didn't even bother to check Diablo's injuries, and immediately turned around and blasted , as if he was going to fly directly into the sky.
Second 9:
There is no ninth second or tenth second.
Diablo's life has come to an end, not even a second longer.
…
"this?!"
Diablo suddenly woke up from the vision of the future.
The death that fate gave him was too bizarre and too sudden. The unexpected scene made his breathing heavy and cold sweat seeped out of his forehead. He subconsciously covered his chest and searched for his still beating heart.
"Even the Crimson King's tough body was powerless to stop him. That bald guy actually..."
"You still have this kind of attack method hidden?"
Recalling what he had just seen, Diablo suddenly realized:
The Crimson King has a body that matches his strength, and can even deflect bullets with his body if he punches with all his strength.
But in the face of Li Qing's extremely treacherous attack, its body was easily pierced like a fragile and thin paper.
Not only that…
Diablo couldn't help but recall the white light released by Li Qing in the first second.
As long as they are affected by the light, whether it is the original body or the substitute, they will enter a terrible "slow motion" state.
"How much ability does this guy have?"
"In less than half a day, has he grown to this point?"
Diablo felt a strong sense of fear in his heart.
then…
Without any hesitation, Diablo ordered the Crimson King to raise his arm high and chop with all his strength as shown in the future scene.
Yes, even after seeing such a cruel future, he did not change his established attack strategy.
Because Diablo has understood through years of practice:
Maybe there are ghosts and gods at work, and no matter how hard he tries, the future will be like what he sees in the epitaph.
For example…
Even if Diablo doesn't attack with his hand knife, Li Qing can take out his dagger and cut off his arm to survive.
Or, even if he had King Crimson switch his target to attack Lee Sin's left arm, he might end up hitting Lee Sin's right arm for a funny reason like "his foot slipped".
Li Qing will still escape and he will still die.
No matter how Diablo changes his actions after seeing the future, his predetermined fate will happen to him exactly as he saw the future with [Epitaph].
Because destiny cannot be changed by mortal power.
The only thing that can change this future, this destiny, is the Crimson King's [Time Destruction] that overrides the rules.
"Yes, the fate predicted by the Rolling Stones was correct."
"I am indeed a 'dying man'. Fate has already shown me my death."
"But, so what?"
Diablo watched these familiar scenes with bated breath:
"Let the future go on as fate has written..."
"I will erase that fate along with time!"
