Milan ascended, and everyone felt it.
They were overcome with grief, and Virgo burst into tears.
Even though her White Star Body had no tears at all, she still could not stop wailing.
There was no longer Big Sister Milan, nor human Milan. From then on, there was only Ascended Body Milan, seeker Milan.
But thanks to Milan, Mo Cang had saved Joshua.
Joshua's body absorbed the surrounding matter and slowly repaired itself.
"You should leave too. I'm enough to hold him back on my own," Mo Cang said solemnly.
Joshua shook his head. "Leave? If I wanted to leave, I could simply hide in the depths of the starry sky. I'd be free, and nothing would happen to me."
"But that would be meaningless."
"I was born to fight for the freedom of the Machine Intelligence civilization."
Mo Cang chuckled. "All right, then. Let's butcher Themis together."
"Summon Ran Star!" Joshua spread out one hand, and the force fields and energy seemed like dancing sprites.
He was calling over Ran Stars from the other planes of the Solar System.
"Themis, who doesn't know how to summon a Ran Star?"
"I'll show you who the strongest apostle is!"
Themis said calmly, "You. You are the strongest apostle. I'm not an apostle."
"..." Joshua froze.
Themis continued, "But since you want to compete with me in the power of an apostle, why not try this?"
As he spoke, he directly activated the Ascension Bridge of the Ran Star mecha, enveloping the cores of the other four High-level Apostles.
"Not good! Stop him!" Joshua realized what he was about to do.
Mo Cang did not understand, but they had good coordination. He immediately charged out at full strength, fearless of death.
However, Mischievous Ghost blocked his path and engaged him in fierce