After time stopped.
The bony serpent tail still swung unknowingly several times, but the ripples in space it stirred seemed to be smeared with glue, solidifying behind it.
It wasn't until then that the half-broken eyeball realized what had happened. Boundless blood-red color instantly seeped from its angry eyes, turning into a red cloud, and the slender pupil constricted as if a pitch-black crack had split open on the red cloud.
"Who is it?!!"
It roared furiously as if urging the 'Heavenly Earthly Mill' to continue its operation.
Thunderclaps exploded in the deathly silent world, and with time frozen, the sound was endless. Yet, 'Xuan Huang' and 'Tai Yi', those entities not yet fully transcended, did not hear the Sea Demon King's urging—or perhaps they did, but were unwilling to obey the Sea Demon King's orders, choosing not to contend with the concept of time stop and naturally 'paused'.
Just like that.
Time paused for a second.
Or maybe three seconds, or even five seconds.
