Shen Yi's consciousness faced the thought that had crossed the endless void to reach him. The spacetime around him seemed frozen by the immense power within the pale streak of electricity. Even Alvin, Lilith, and the other Authority Holders in the distance had become motionless silhouettes. Only he and that thought remained free to communicate in this isolated realm of the mind.
"You arranged for Liushuo to do all this, even spending your power to force open a barrier between the depths of the Void Domain and this world across such a vast distance, just to say a few words to me?"
Shen Yi sent his reply calmly.
"What could be so important?"
He could clearly sense the power sustaining the pale streak of electricity and this frozen spacetime. It was still vast beyond measure, but it had weakened considerably since the imposing gaze he had felt before the Stele of Authority Holders—a gaze that had seemed capable of suppressing the ages.
Back then, that legendary being had cast a glance across the distance through the countless imprints and rules gathered within the Stele of Authority Holders. Overwhelming as it was, it had seemed more like the manifestation of a preset mechanism or lingering will, with a relatively controllable cost.
Now, the other party had clearly located him deliberately. Sparing no expense, he had driven his own power across the vast distance and layers of barriers between the Void Domain and the Boundary Zone, delivering a streak of electricity imbued with his will and power straight to Shen Yi.
That expenditure was fundamentally different from the power triggered passively before.
The power might still be on an astonishing level, but there was plainly much less of it now. Shen Yi could sense exhaustion in it, as though it were running