The star artifacts empowered by the Great Luotian had already drawn infinitely close to the Cosmic Heaven level. Any one of them could go toe-to-toe with the Starveil Nightmare, let alone all three of mine!
But Jialan still thought that I had merely relied on a fluke of overwhelming strength. At that moment, he stood in the center of the turtle-shell-like encirclement, looking down at me as he said, "Xia Ye, you've lost for sure! This time, you'll hand over not only the star technique rubbing, but also the halo and defensive star artifacts from earlier! Anything I take a fancy to must be mine!"
Apparently feeling that no one could spy on him within his own domain, Jialan vented his greed to the fullest!
The corner of my mouth curled into a cold smile. Although Jialan was standing there, the threads of fortune he gave off were few—at most, only a handful.
Yet the ultimate roots of those connecting threads were linked to the location of the Life Gate. This meant that the Jialan before me was merely a virtual decoy, not his true body at all.
Although my Magneto Aurora had been empowered and could be used immediately once fully charged, with no need for a cooldown, even its fastest firing rate could not make it fire continuously. So Jialan was definitely waiting for me to use it as well.
Just as I had expected, even though this was not his true body, after I fired several star-light attacks in succession, his false body still dodged them with ease. It could even mobilize the Nightmare Hands from the gates of the surrounding palace towers to launch counterattacks.
Anyone who didn't know better would have thought I was fighting Jialan himself inside the Starveil Nightmare. In reality, he was