"Three, two, one!"
As Yukong subconsciously clenched her sweat-soaked hands, the ten numbers were slowly called out, echoing through the communication channel at the highest level of the Xianzhou.
When the final "one" fell, nearly all attacks from Yuque and Fanghu paused, poised and ready to strike.
The Abundant People guarding Jidu Mirage assumed the Xianzhou was preparing to fight desperately, so they pushed their engines to maximum power, striving to advance as far as possible during this opening. Even Jidu Mirage accelerated once more, crashing toward Xianzhou Fanghu.
However, in the very next moment, endless radiance suddenly erupted before Xianzhou Fanghu, brighter than the tampered star and more dazzling than the fireworks of a Beast of Burden's self-destruction—
The Star God?
The Beast of Burdens advancing at full speed seemed to collide with an invisible barrier and exploded with a roar. Even the living planet Jidu Mirage came to an abrupt halt, unable to advance another inch.
At that moment, everyone in this starry sky—whether pilots speeding through the sea of stars or the trembling people of gold in the Lands Between—seemed to receive some sort of summons. Aside from the few locked in life-or-death struggles with their enemies, everyone instinctively looked toward that endless radiance.
Within that brilliant yet non-blinding light, like the first ray born at the dawn of the universe, a majestic and sacred phantom quietly emerged.
Though everyone clearly understood that it was merely a phantom, its incomparably intense presence made it impossible for anyone who saw it to look away.
Beneath that radiance, the Beast of Burdens from the Abundant People Allied Forces that seemed to have struck an invisible wall and burst into fireworks amid the stars were as insignificant as a spark from an erupting volcano.
Beyond the indescribable shock that everyone