The battle erupted without warning within this narrow interstellar passage.
With conspicuous spacetime fluctuation zones on both sides, those interstellar vessels had nowhere to evade when Saine and the others closed in.
Appearing under the banner of star pirates, Saine's few battered ships flew the "Dragon Horn Flag."
This was a flag Tourmaline had designed, its material taken from her dragon horns.
Such a flag had never appeared near the Vimi Starfield before.
In fact, even the Alebi Star Pirate Gang, whose core was made up of this band of star pirates, was likely unknown to the God of Evening Drool and the God of Evil Tide.
Whenever Alebi saw them, he was too busy taking a detour. Why would he ever deliver himself to their doorstep?
Saine and Tourmaline appeared at the very front of this interstellar merchant convoy, while the Eight-Winged Angel Fumila blocked their retreat.
Having assumed her full Dragon Turtle form, Tourmaline's enormous body was exceptionally conspicuous within this cramped interstellar passage.
The fact that the God of Evening Drool and the others had failed to detect Tourmaline beforehand also highlighted just how astonishing her ability to conceal her presence was.
The first attack came from Saine.
Though Saine's current state remained at Level 4, his foundation was still there.
The magical spices prepared in advance, along with the magic array patterns laid out around him, allowed Saine's Element Power to be unleashed to its utmost limit.
Thus, when he chanted and released the large-scale spell Falling Fire Celestial Star, the God of Evening Drool, sensing the violent turbulence of elemental energy in the surrounding space, could not help crying out, "A Level-5 god!"
Saine was indeed currently at Level 4, but that did not mean he could not cast Level-5 magic.
Mighty Flame Elements swept