A shocking explosion suddenly erupted across this starry expanse.
Dazzling radiance instantly devoured tens of thousands of miles of surrounding starry sky, and even the shattered time-space barriers were crushed into nothingness by its might.
As such a heaven-defying explosion unfolded, the many powerful beings present could not help but feel a strange sense of reflection and longing.
It was as though they had recalled the Chaos Primordial at the birth of the Multiverse, and as though they were pondering what ultimate spectacle might bloom once power reached its pinnacle.
Yet discussing the limits of power was still far too early at this moment.
Even a Rule attack as exaggerated as the Flower of Death unleashed by the Dark Nether Death God would have been impossible for the Sword Demon to withstand alone—a full-force strike from a Level-13 Being.
Not to mention that he had yet to complete his critical transformation; even if he had successfully broken through to the Level-12 Early-Stage Life Realm, the Sword Demon was not the defensive type. Coupled with his current weakness during transformation, he had been utterly incapable of blocking such a lethal attack.
Fortunately, Saine had arrived in time and successfully pulled the Sword Demon back from the brink of death.
The Mountain Rule Shield raised by Saine had relied on the terrifying defense of his post-fusion form to forcibly withstand the Flower of Death released by the Dark Nether Death God.
By the time that Flower of Death had expended most of its Source Power, it had only caused widespread cracks to appear across the Mountain Rule Phantom condensed by Saine. It remained far from completely shattering.
However, more eye-catching than Saine's feat of withstanding the Dark Nether Death God's attack after fusing with many high-level beings of the Mechanical Civilization was