"How is this possible?!" As he watched the Crimson Hot Flame Star, like a blazing star, gradually shatter beneath the impact of the Rule Drill before Demon Ancestor Kai Huang, Only-I Venerable spoke in disbelief.
Both were Level-8 Peak powerhouses, yet Only-I Venerable believed that not only would he be utterly unable to withstand that move, he would also suffer grievous injuries! How could he be like Demon Ancestor Kai Huang, who could even shatter such a terrifying strike combining one Half-Level-9 and three Level-8 Peaks?
First Flame Emperor, too, watched the scene unfolding before him with an extremely grim expression.
Galaxy Star Safina had long since fled far away. With her defenses and vitality far too frail, she had no interest in approaching such a grand, exaggeratedly fierce battle.
If Only-I Venerable might be severely injured in a collision of such outrageous power, then if Galaxy Star Safina had taken Demon Ancestor Kai Huang's place, this woman whose Eternal Soul had never been particularly abundant since the end of the Source Energy Civilization war would likely have died outright!
Star Radiance Envoy Oren was probably the first powerhouse to grasp the situation before them.
He said in a deep voice, "This fellow has nearly completed his transition into the Half-Level-9 Realm. I never expected it to happen so quickly."
Oren's words caused the expressions of the Demon Subjugation Alliance powerhouses present to change.
Although Level-8 Peak and Half-Nine were separated by only half a level—one might even call it less than half a level—the difference in power between them was as vast as heaven and abyss.
That was how the Star Realm's power system worked. The higher one climbed, the harder it became to advance.
The pyramid-like structure of power dictated that only a tiny handful could stand at