"That human Authority Holder..."
Shen Yi repeated the words silently.
This was already the second time Hilat had made it clear that she was helping Winnie mainly out of consideration for that lord.
Was this human Authority Holder's influence really that exaggerated in Beyond the World? Even an Authority Holder like Hilat, with such an odd personality and such special abilities, was willing to spend so much effort for his sake.
To the side, Xilos couldn't help curling his lip, growing even more curious about that human Authority Holder whose name he had heard but whose person he had never seen.
What kind of person could be so powerful that Alvin and Lilith spoke of him with reverence, and that someone like Soul Weaver Hilat would treat helping someone like Shen Yi, whom he favored, as an opportunity to repay a favor—even saying thank you for the chance to help?
Yet just as Xilos's thoughts drifted, and Shen Yi and Alvin both lowered their guard slightly because the treatment was nearing success—
Without the slightest warning, two vast, immense pressures descended upon the void outside the Forgotten Corridor like two meteorites smashing into a calm lake. They carried utterly different qualities, yet both made the soul tremble!
One pressure was holy and pure, as if it could cleanse all filth and chaos in the world, bearing a supreme sense of order.
Its mere existence made the drifting Rule Fragments in the surrounding void withdraw and extinguish one after another, as though they did not dare profane its radiance.
The other pressure seemed even more ancient and profound, like the boundless starry sky itself had descended, carrying cold vastness and eternal desolation. Wherever it passed, even the stability of space seemed affected; light warped faintly, and the sense of distance became