A golden streak of light tore through the gloom over the Eastern Border like the first ray of dawn, instantly scattering the black star mist raging across the sky.
Tiandao landed steadily upon the battered battlefield, golden star energy flowing endlessly around him.
The high-speed rush of star energy during his rescue had not consumed much of his origin power, yet it had let him clearly sense the brutality of the battlefield below.
The ground beneath his feet had long been soaked through with black corrosive star fluid, crisscrossed by ravines of varying depths. Broken star energy weapons and shattered armor fragments lay everywhere. The air reeked of Star Beast rot mixed with the faint bloody smell of the Star Envoys. The occasional weak groan pierced the battlefield's deathly silence.
"Roar!"
A savage howl rang through the heavens. Several early Calamity-class modified Star Beasts had sensed the legendary pressure emanating from Tiandao.
Yet rather than retreating, they were driven by their beastly instincts. Waving their sharp claws and fangs, they pounced at him in a frenzy.
These modified Star Beasts were covered from head to toe in pitch-black scales. Thick black saliva seeped from the gaps between those scales, dripping onto the ground and instantly corroding tiny black pits into it. The corrosive star energy radiating from them was several times more violent than that of ordinary Star Beasts. Clearly, they had undergone preliminary modification by the Star Beast Royal Court.
Tiandao's gaze was indifferent. Without a single unnecessary movement, a thought stirred in his mind, and the golden star energy around him erupted. A massive phantom slowly condensed behind him.
It was the Vector Star Lord—a giant azure-gold star-armored figure resembling Susanoo, formed from condensed azure star lines intertwined with golden star energy. Its armor was heavy and razor-sharp,