"Monster?"
Hearing that, Tiandao smiled, golden glimmers of Immortal Attribute Star Energy dancing softly in his pupils.
He raised a hand and brushed the shattered stone from his shoulder, speaking the most inhuman words in the most casual tone.
"I'm not some monster. I'm just an ordinary person with 'a bit of talent.'"
There were many geniuses in the New Federation.
Leaving everything else aside, Caroline, Yagami Rin, Chen Kong, Liu Ma, and the other lower-ranking Starborn could all be considered geniuses beyond dispute.
The Raccoon Administrator had seen many geniuses, including top-tier figures like Enit.
Yet among all the geniuses it had met, Tiandao stood at the very peak.
It even felt that someone like Enit would not have been able to accomplish what Tiandao had at his age.
Monster—this was its most objective assessment of Tiandao.
And at the thought of Enit, the flames in the Raccoon Administrator's purple eye sockets suddenly froze, while its body formed of Black Mist became transparent for an instant.
"Ordinary person?"
Shadow Nightmare's voice carried a heavy echo, its Black Mist body trembling slightly.
"Enit said something similar back then too."
As the words fell, vast amounts of violent Black Mist and black lightning erupted from its body.
Then countless twisted human faces emerged from the Black Mist, screaming and wailing.
They were the fear of the countless humans it had devoured when it ruled the Black Mist Fallen Zone.
And as one of the few Calamity-class Star Beasts that understood the concept of "sustainable development," it had forcibly protected everyone in the Black Mist region back then.
All so they could generate an endless stream of fear energy for it.
Though its motives were far from pure, in terms of the outcome, it truly was one of the few Calamity-class Star