"Qiong."
Tiandao murmured the name again, with both disdain and a trace of anger at the Star Beast Royal Court's actions.
After all, he knew all too well what kind of thing the existence calling itself "Qiong" truly was.
Among all the beings Tiandao had encountered so far, it was the only legendary creature.
Tiandao even suspected that this thing might have a chance to reach "mythic."
Because it possessed an almost bug-like ability of "assimilation," capable of turning all matter into the most fundamental Attributeless Star Energy, then absorbing it as nourishment for itself.
And that was the essence of Chen Kong's Mark of the Void.
Or rather, the weakened version of the Mark of the Void.
Once this thing was completely awakened, not only would Chen Kong be utterly devoured, but the entire New Federation might be plunged into a place beyond redemption.
The Star Beast Royal Court actually intended to awaken Qiong on its own initiative, using Chen Kong's Star Core as a bargaining chip. The scale of its ambition needed no further explanation.
Not far away, Xu Xiao, who had been imprisoned here and forcibly "researched" for a long time, finally came back to her senses.
Seeing the grave look on Tiandao's face, she said weakly, "Lord Tiandao, I heard them say before that once Lord Qiong woke up, he would help them overthrow the Star Envoy Association, destroy the New Federation, and make the Star Beasts the rulers of this planet."
"And the drug they injected into me was refined from fragments of Lord Qiong's Star Power. The purpose was to make my Star Source become like Lord Chen Kong's, so I could become nourishment after Lord Qiong awakened."
As soon as she finished speaking, Xu Xiao broke into a violent coughing fit. A thread