At this moment, Saine had no idea that someone had already "set their sights" on him.
In fact, from the very first clashes with the Evil Tide Civilization, Saine had considered that he and Zi You would meet again on the Civilization Battlefield someday.
No matter what kind of friendship and special feelings they had developed in Despair World, standing on the side of their respective civilizations made it difficult for either of them to compromise with the other.
Saine's primary research directions lately had been quite varied. There were Gomora's mechanical modification experiments, and after a period of intensive research, Saine had finally become able to fuse the Emperor Flame he had obtained from the Endless Fire Territory Battlefield.
The key to fusing the Emperor Flame was the Void Devouring Flame that Saine, Benjamin, and the others had acquired in the Void Star Region.
The Void Devouring Flame itself possessed the trait of fusing Ten Thousand Flames. Coupled with the arcana of the Emperor-Level Cultivation Method Saine had mastered, as well as the Flames of Ash arcana he had studied, Saine finally broke through the limitations of his previous experiments after a long period of research.
Besides those two experimental research projects, Saine had also come up with new ideas for the mechanical fusion experiments involving the Thunder God Fortress Group.
The inspiration came from the monsters that could be seen everywhere on the Netherworld Empire Battlefield.
It turned out that the only ones capable of fusion symbiosis were not merely those King of Monsters at the Dominator level.
Even level-four and level-five monsters, and even monsters below level four, commonly underwent fusion symbiosis.
Indeed, the weaker the monsters were, the sooner they learned to huddle together for warmth in order to adapt to their harsh surroundings.
Saine's inspiration