Unnamed Island Outside Deep Blue Capital
In the night, on the beach of the unnamed island, a pale violet Subspace rift suddenly appeared out of thin air with a piercing screech.
The two brothers, Shuang Yuan and Shuang Hang, tumbled out of it in a miserable state, hitting the warm sand with a thud.
Among them, Shuang Hang, the younger brother who had maintained the Fusion Domain and connected his mind to the Frost God Phantom, had completely passed out.
He had landed face-first, his entire body buried in the sand without moving. Only the faint rise and fall of his chest proved that he was still alive.
Although Shuang Yuan, the older brother, was in somewhat better condition, he was seriously injured as well.
Several ice crystals along the edge of his mask had shattered, and blood still stained the corner of his exposed mouth.
Before either of them could move, a lazy voice drifted over from beneath the shade of a coconut tree.
"I told you long ago that Tiandao was far more complicated than you imagined. There was no need for you to make an extra move and try this so-called deal and test."
Shuang Yuan endured the twisting agony in his head and looked toward the voice.
There, a lanky man standing two and a half meters tall leaned against a thick coconut tree, leisurely reading a comic book.
His ramen-like curls sat in a messy heap atop his head. His legs rested on another fallen coconut tree. One hand held the comic, while the other kept reaching into a bag of tomato-flavored chips on his lap, munching away with a crunch, crunch, crunch.
Noticing Shuang Yuan looking at him, Jeremiah briefly lowered the comic and narrowed his eyes. "A deal and a test? So, how