Ebony's forceful descent at this critical juncture had been aimed at Destruction Demon God Locke from beginning to end. The chilling killing intent he released the instant he descended made that abundantly clear.
As this Dimensional Plane War continued to ferment, the storms stirred up across the myriad time-spaces by Destruction Demon God Locke and the Destruction Divine Kingdom under his command grew ever greater, while the pressure they brought upon hostile forces became increasingly crushing.
What frightened even Level-13 Strong Practitioners like Ebony was that, over the past several hundred thousand years, his strength had essentially remained stagnant. Yet Destruction Demon God Locke, his fated archenemy, had seemingly broken free of his shackles and grown at lightning speed, advancing by leaps and bounds until he had long since widened the gap between them beyond measure.
Several hundred thousand years ago, Destruction Demon God Locke, Super Saiyan Kakarot, and Despair Matriarch Ilena had needed to join forces merely to barely fight him to a standstill and maintain a precarious balance.
But today, several hundred thousand years later, both Locke and Kakarot had completed breakthroughs in their realms, and their strength had undergone a qualitative transformation.
Looking at the Dark Nether Death God's miserable state as he was suppressed without the slightest ability to fight back, Ebony understood perfectly—if he alone faced the combination of Locke and Kakarot, he would likely end up being pinned to the ground and ground into dust by that absurdly powerful master-and-servant pair.
It was precisely this deep dread and unease toward the future that made Ebony completely abandon any thought of watching from the sidelines. He resolved to descend personally upon this Light Universe Time-Space Battlefield and restrain Locke's momentum of rise with his own hands.
Of course, aside from wishing to suppress the growth