At this moment, more than a thousand players frozen by the Hourglass of Time were all online, each in their positions.
A global audience, either gathered around their TVs, or logged on to live streaming sites via optical brains, or congregated in forums' live threads, waited with bated breath.
Reporters and guests from major media outlets sat in broadcast rooms, solemnly analyzing the future situation.
Outside The Second World, incarnations of the Four Great Demon Kings held four corners, pouring out Refining Power, locking down The Second World in advance.
The Moon Clan's Shuang Sha shone brightly, spinning rapidly around The Second World, leaving behind lines of leylines to reinforce the Lunar Prison.
Over a dozen Void Gods of the Barbarian God Cult gathered into a formation, fixing their gaze on the dimming Time Barrier.
Experts from various powers hid in even more distant shadows, eager to charge in when ready.
