The bottom of the Time Lake trembled.
Inconceivably powerful and ancient forces surged through its depths, warping the flow of time itself. Currents spiraled inward, forming vortices of compressed causality as Cain refined and absorbed what he had gained.
The process lasted long.
Very long.
When it finally ended, silence returned to the lake.
But only for a heartbeat.
The next second, the figure of the Scarlet King appeared above the waters.
A wide, radiant smile spread across his face.
He could feel it.
His speed had taken another massive step forward.
Cain vanished—
And reappeared kilometers away.
Then vanished again.
He flashed from one direction to another with such velocity that the movement surpassed the conventional limits of the Alpha Omega Overgod Realm. Space did not merely bend around him—it lagged behind.
"Apollo's Burst!"
Golden flames erupted around his body as he invoked the technique.
His speed climbed even higher.
