RE: LORD OF TIME

William picked up the skill book from the ground, and its details immediately appeared on his status window.

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---) Flash Step (Rank One): Allows the user to instantly accelerate in a straight line for a very short distance, creating the illusion that they vanished and reappeared elsewhere. Can be used once every thirty seconds.

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The instant William saw the details of the skill, his eyes contracted to the size of needles, and his breathing became heavy.

"This..." A look of shock appeared on his face. But the shock was soon replaced by wild joy.

"I never thought I would get this skill from an unranked creature..." He muttered under his breath, trying his best to remain calm.

From its description, the Flash Step skill seemed quite ordinary, and it looked as if it wasn’t worth William getting so excited about.

And it was indeed true that Flash Step was merely a burst movement skill.

Other than allowing the user to burst forward with terrifying speed in a straight line, it didn’t seem like there was anything particularly special about it.

But despite all of this, Flash Step was one of the most valuable and rarest Rank One Skills.

Even in the academy’s Resource Department, one wouldn’t be able to find this skill because no one was willing to give it away.

The reason for this was simple.

Once this skill evolved to Rank Two, it became something truly terrifying.

Suppressing his excitement, William immediately used the skill book in his hand.

(You have learned Rank One Skill—Flash Step)

William looked at his status window and saw that, other than Eyes of Insight and Time Acceleration, Flash Step had also appeared in his skill section.

But he wasn’t done yet.

From his storage ring, he took out the Skill Evolution Stone that Professor Norman had given him when he met him in the arena stands.

"Good thing I didn’t use it on Eyes of Insight, or I would have had to trick that guy into giving me another stone..."

William muttered with a chuckle and infused his Aether Energy into the Skill Evolution Stone in his hand.

As the Aether Energy poured into the stone, it melted into a liquid and seeped into his hand.

At the same time, several notifications flashed before his eyes.

(You have used a Rank One Skill Evolution Stone)

(Please select the skill you want to evolve...)

The names of Eyes of Insight and Flash Step appeared before him.

Time Acceleration wasn’t included on the list because it was a growth-type skill and would continue to become stronger without needing to evolve.

Without hesitation, William chose Flash Step.

(Flash Step (Rank One) is evolving into a Rank Two Skill...)

(Evolution Successful)

(Congratulations, you have received Rank Two Skill—Blink)

William looked at the notifications before him, and his lips gradually curled upward.

He focused his eyes on the new skill, and its details appeared before him.

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---) Blink (Rank Two): Allows the user to instantly teleport anywhere within a five-meter radius around them. Can be used once every thirty seconds.

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"Finally got this skill..." William grinned, a look of joy appearing on his face as he remembered a certain individual who would appear amid an army of enemies like a ghost and cause chaos.

Blink was currently only a Rank Two Skill, so it had many limitations.

The distance he could teleport wasn’t large, and it even had a cooldown time.

But for a Rank Two Skill, it was one of the strongest.

More importantly, William knew that as he continued to evolve this skill in the future, it would only become more terrifying.

Looking around, William thought for a moment before his body suddenly disappeared from its original position.

The next instant, he reappeared five meters to his left.

"Around ten percent of my current Aether Energy..." William sensed how much energy Blink had consumed and nodded as it wasn’t much.

Moreover, he wasn’t far from breaking through to the Star Commander level.

Once he broke through, his Aether Energy would turn into liquid, and its intensity would soar to a much higher level, allowing him to use skills while consuming a much smaller amount of energy.

William looked at the dead lion-like monster lying at the side and sighed emotionally.

"This lion brother was really a good person. He came to deliver such a good gift at the cost of his life..."

He muttered before using Vermilion Flame to turn the lion’s body into ashes so that this good monster wouldn’t be eaten by someone else.

The magic circle William had destroyed earlier had the ability to swallow the blood and flesh of living creatures.

That was why all the dried bodies inside the area hadn’t been eaten by other monsters.

The instant a living creature entered the range of the magic circle, its flesh and blood would be devoured by it.

However, it was effective only against creatures at the Star Warrior level and below.

Although William was also at the Star Warrior level, his actual strength far surpassed that realm, making the magic circle useless against him.

That was why he had been able to destroy it so easily.

"With just the addition of the Blink Skill, this trip was really worth it..." William said before leaving the Astral Rift.

As he came out, he saw Simon standing guard outside the small room and fell into deep thought.

’Previously, I was thinking about letting this Astral Rift remain here after killing those bandits and using this place as one of the bases for my faction. But if I let this Astral Rift remain here, the people from the Blood God Cult will definitely try something.’

The task Simon had come here to complete had been given to him by the Cult Master of the Blood God Cult.

William wasn’t sure what was so special about this Astral Rift that they needed to conduct the ritual here, but he was certain that the Blood God Cult wouldn’t give up on this rift easily.

In the original timeline, the rift had been taken away by the academy, so they hadn’t been able to do anything.

But if he were to keep this rift for himself...

William looked at Simon, who entered the room after seeing him return, and his eyes narrowed.

’Let’s try it first. If it doesn’t work, I will simply go with the second option.’

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