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Chapter 1471 - 639: Pocket Watch Shattered, The Truth about Time_2

Chapter 1471: Chapter 639: Pocket Watch Shattered, The Truth about Time_2

The other two avatars were also stunned as they watched this scene.

They had fully inherited Mu You’s memories, so they clearly knew what the Time Pocket Watch meant to Mu You.

This was Mu You’s very first tool, and the one that had accompanied him through countless perils from beginning to end—the most important tool, bar none.

"It should be fixable, right?" The Watchman looked hesitantly at the Medicinal Plant Gatherer and Ling Long.

However, as soon as the words left his mouth, they seemed to carry a strange omen—just then, several consecutive "crack" noises sounded from Mu You’s hand.

The three avatars watched in alarm as more and more fissures spread rapidly across the Pocket Watch.

"Oh no, what do we do? Should we take the Pocket Watch off?" The Watchman promptly looked to the Medicinal Plant Gatherer, waiting for him to make the call.

The Medicinal Plant Gatherer furrowed his brows deeply but dared not act, as they had no idea what Mu You was going through on his end. If they removed the Pocket Watch and disrupted Mu You’s actions, things could become even worse.

Fortunately, their internal dilemma was short-lived.

In mere seconds, the cracks on the Pocket Watch had spread so densely that it resembled a Spider Web.

And in the next moment, accompanied by a crisp "bang."

The Pocket Watch shattered completely, like a crystal crashing to the ground. It fragmented into countless tiny shards, scattering, glimmering as they landed on the ground, before transforming one by one into streams of energy that disappeared into thin air.

"Ah..."

Everyone in the room was utterly dumbstruck.

The Time Pocket Watch—a tool on par with a Divine Artifact—had shattered before their very eyes, disappearing completely...

Vivian frowned as she observed the scene, refraining from bringing up the matter of leaving, since Mu You’s time-reversal ability had ground to a complete halt.

For the group, however, this was far from good news, as it marked the loss of Mu You’s final means of safeguarding himself.

"What on earth happened?" This was the question that lingered in everyone’s mind.

...

Within the Tower of Order.

The confrontation between Order and Chaos continued.

Mu You could guarantee that every move he made was executed to perfection, yet even so, he could not constrain Chaos’s wild, unbridled expansion.

This could only mean one thing: his understanding of the Laws was an entire tier lower than his opponent’s.

As the rounds progressed, the symbols representing Order on the board diminished steadily, reaching a ratio of one to nine.

Meanwhile, the Deviation Value within Mu You’s body broke through the 90% threshold, climbing to 92%...

Even at this point, Mu You showed no signs of giving up, continuing to fiercely resist the encroachment of Chaos.

Yet the more he resisted, the more he could distinctly feel the overwhelming helplessness of the Law of Order when faced with Chaos.

Adding to the pressure, his Deviation Value had now surged past the high-risk line of 90%. In this moment, even Mu You couldn’t help but begin to question internally: Could it be that the Divine Power of Order was innately suppressed by Chaos?

Unable to figure it out, all Mu You could do now was continually press the watch, rewinding time to buy himself precious moments.

So pressed for time was he that he hadn’t even realized how frequently he was using the time-reversal ability—his rewinding actions had reached an unprecedented frequency.

"Ha, how long do you plan to keep relying on that broken watch to resist in vain?"

When the Deviation Value hit 95%, the Chaotic Avatar suddenly sneered.

Its words, however, jolted Mu You—did the opponent know all along that he was using the Pocket Watch?

"A so-called heir of Order, actually resorting to external cheats to fend off Chaos—so this is the ’fairness’ you people talk about, huh? Truly ’impartial’ indeed..." The Shadow Man gazed down at Mu You, speaking with a mocking tone.

With those words, Mu You suddenly realized that each time he continued pressing the watch to rewind, his Deviation Value had begun to increase as well!

Although the Deviation Value rose imperceptibly with each rewind, given his tendency to rewind tens of thousands of times, every turn would cause the Deviation Value to visibly climb by one notch.

This meant, moving forward, he could no longer use the Pocket Watch without restraint...

Mu You furrowed his brows deeply; of course, the Time Pocket Watch was not an Order-based tool. The reason it, like the scales of Order, contributed to the rise in his Deviation Value was due to the opposing Avatar’s words, which had shaken his inner resolve.

In Mu You’s subconscious, he had always known that relying on the Pocket Watch was, in a way, a form of cheating. From the outset, this confrontation had never been a completely fair duel.

If he were on Chaos’s side, where actions need not adhere to strictures, it might be understandable.

But now, he represented ’Order,’ and yet even he was willingly engaging in unfair methods. Then how was he to uphold Order?

In battles of Divine Power, the most devastating defeat is not being vanquished by the enemy but succumbing to doubts in one’s own faith...

"No..."

Mu You quickly shook his head, forcing himself to regain composure.

This was clearly psychological warfare!

From explicitly pointing out the existence of the Pocket Watch, to leading him to glimpse the endgame dominated by Order, every move had been calculated to exert psychological pressure, aiming to break him emotionally.

But this only proved that the opponent wasn’t as invincible as he had imagined.

Otherwise, if the opponent truly had overwhelming strength, they could have directly crushed him at the start—why bother going to such lengths, resorting to prolonged verbal maneuvers to provoke self-doubt?

There must be something here he had overlooked...

If he could pinpoint that missing piece, perhaps he could crack the current deadlock!

Mu You exhaled deeply.

With the Pocket Watch now constrained and time no longer limitless, he had to uncover the opponent’s flaw before the Pocket Watch’s remaining uses were depleted...