A mountain bird carried a flower to a branch, its wings trembling lightly as it tucked the blossom above its nest. Bright flowers could always please the female bird, easing the exhaustion of nurturing her young all day and letting her entwine necks with the male bird in tenderness.
The weather was clear and sunny today, a rare perfect day. The jungle creatures along the borderlands of the Boundary Abyss had remained untouched because they were far from civilization. Life thrived there, everything growing wild for ages. Perhaps, after tens of millions of years, a unique civilization would emerge here as well.
Star Abyss was this fair, granting every living creature the chance to transform into civilization.
Rumble—! The next moment, savage silver and crimson radiance descended from the sky. Torrential heat surged like a flood, completely engulfing and destroying the entire valley.
Now, that chance was gone.
Bang! The Blaze-haired Girl's bare feet stamped onto the earth, instantly driving the continent downward. Mountain ranges collapsed in rapid succession, while the dust of nuclear explosions still echoed tens of thousands of miles away. The blast was so tremendous that it nearly tore apart even the sturdy space of the Boundary Abyss.
Before the Blaze-haired Girl incarnated by Li Aoz could steady herself, a sharp blade descended in an instant, slicing through dimensions and time to strike her forehead before her toes even touched the ground.
Clang! Blade struck flesh with the sound of metal crashing against metal. At the point where Apostle Arthur's sword cut down, layers of metallic armor materialized from thin air and blocked the attack.
But had it truly been blocked?
Crack! Crack-crack-crack!
Scorching streams of flame blossomed in a dazzling dance, treating all armor as if it were nothing and advancing without obstruction as they destroyed