She had deliberately emphasized "in most cases," but that very precision also caught Xilos's attention.
Xilos immediately pressed her.
"You just said 'in most cases'?"
"What does that mean? Are there exceptions?"
Winnie's brows drew together slightly at that, as if she were hesitating.
She had just been about to explain in detail what this "exception" referred to when a strange aura appeared.
A vast, ancient, and overpowering aura beyond words seemed to ignore all distance and the barriers of every rule in the void beyond the world, abruptly crossing endless deep space to descend with absolute precision upon the core region of the Forgotten Corridor, right around Shen Yi and the others.
The instant that aura appeared, the entire Star Array formed from 128 Soul Rule planets let out a low hum, as though plucked by some tremendous force.
Inside the transparent planets, the Soul Rule veins that had originally been flowing steadily blazed with light, yet began to fluctuate violently like the surface of a lake struck by a boulder.
Hilat's pale phantom jolted hard. The gray-white halo instinctively contracted and condensed, giving off rule fluctuations on high alert.
Alvin's massive body instantly entered a combat stance, his compound visual organs locking onto the source of the aura.
Again?!
Had Mia, Miao Xing, and the others returned, or was it something even worse?
Shen Yi's heart also sank sharply.
The way this aura descended was far too domineering, far too direct, without the slightest attempt to conceal itself, carrying a majesty that stood above ordinary rules.
Moreover, its timing was remarkably precise—right when Winnie was about to speak.
But immediately after that, something even more shocking happened to everyone.
At the very same moment that vast aura descended, inside Shen Yi, the golden Dragon Pattern mark that had