Although the pause in time wasn't very long, given Zhou Tian's attack speed, even if the attack paused for just a moment, if Zhou Tian wished, it would have been enough to strike the blood monkey at that moment.
In fact, Zhou Tian was well aware that his time ability alone couldn't easily pin down the blood monkey. Since he used his rule ability, he had that idea in mind. Now that Zhou Tian had already utilized his time ability, when he stabbed the blood monkey with a sword, the monkey, affected by Zhou Tian's time ability, naturally couldn't dodge Zhou Tian's attack as easily as before.
Thus, although the blood monkey's strength was still as strong as before, no matter how strong it was, being unable to dodge immediately at that time, it allowed Zhou Tian's Divine Sword to strike it. Though the blood monkey avoided a critical injury at the last moment, Zhou Tian's sword still carved a rather long cut across the monkey's face.
