Gaia immediately realized she had been tricked when she saw everyone retreat.
But so what? Merely playing with illusions could not stop her!
Gaia did not pursue them. Instead, she continued letting Best Metal wrap around her as her body began to float!
In this universe, Gaia could not fly to begin with.
But with Best Metal, she could fly. The only issue was that her own mass was so great that Best Metal lifted her particularly slowly.
Once her black armor covered her body and she flew off Earth, humanity's home—the place they relied on to survive—would be gone.
"Prepare the orbital weapon!" Catherine quickly contacted the Space Group.
Then she and Qi Yi charged back without hesitation. Qi Yi blocked Gaia above the clouds and shouted, "Look at me!"
Gaia looked at her involuntarily, then discovered that she could not completely wrap herself in Best Metal. She always had to leave one eye exposed.
"Huh..." Gaia stared at Qi Yi and soon noticed the clouds above turning red. A dense projectile came plummeting down at high speed.
Boom!
The accelerated projectile struck Gaia's eye socket like a meteor impact.
Of course, Gaia was completely unharmed, but the forceful blow still slowed her ascent.
By then, Mo Qiong, who had previously been blasted into powder, had recovered. He took the opportunity to step onto Gaia's black armor and unleash his Mental Power with all his might, attempting to seize control.
"Hm?" Gaia immediately noticed the tiny figure.
"Ridiculous. How could a human's fragile mind possibly..."
Just as Gaia reached the clouds, she suddenly flipped upside down and plunged straight down!
"What!"
Best Metal was a Contained Object with an extremely ancient history. These black-metal objects might even have been among the first Contained Objects. The Gods had begun researching