The Destruction Supreme's gaze crossed over Locke once more and fell upon Saine.
It was not a gaze in the ordinary sense.
It held no emotion.
Nor did it possess true thought.
Yet when those jet-black Eyes of Destruction locked onto the area where the Mechanical God Rule True Body stood, Saine immediately felt an immensely heavy pressure.
The Mechanical God's outer-layer alarms instantly reached maximum.
Within the Sky Net Central Hub, the dark golden Rule Shadow representing the Destruction Supreme suddenly extended dozens of sharp, curved lines, all pointing directly at Saine's position.
Saine had previously used the Node Chain to sever part of the feedback between the star sector housing the Crystal Tide Wrath Beast and the Destruction Supreme, and he had truly affected that terrifying existence.
The Destruction Supreme possessed no intelligence.
Yet the instincts of Destruction Time-Space had identified a new threat.
Aside from Locke, who was confronting it head-on, Saine had become one of the targets it most needed to erase.
The first wave of attacks came with astonishing speed.
A colossal palm condensed from the Dark Golden Destruction Crystal Tide descended upon the Mechanical God across vast stretches of battlefield.
Before the giant palm truly fell, the space around the Mechanical God had already begun shattering layer by layer.
Many Mechanical Reconnaissance Units did not even have time to withdraw before they were crushed into fragments beneath that rule pressure.
The outer walls of several War Fortresses that had just completed deployment caved in simultaneously.
Saine did not panic.
Behind the Mechanical God, the outer shell of the Castle Gear contributed by Thomas unfolded at once, while the Mountain Giant King's Earth Element Golden Wall Module rose in layer after layer.
But Saine knew perfectly well that those defenses alone could not withstand an