Mountain Peak and Gorge

"Look, that thing is down there!"

Before dawn, the force assembled to subjugate the Feathered Serpent had already reached the mountaintop.

Below the mountain peak where they stood, the Feathered Serpent's body coiled across the dim valley floor, nearly filling the entire space.

But the situation before them differed from what Linsey had expected before coming here.

From the valley below their peak came a foul stench that soared into the sky, enough to knock someone unconscious at once.

Sinister Source Material power permeated the valley floor.

It did not come from the Feathered Serpent. Rather, powerful Life Force had evolved into a Sea of Flesh, soaking the lower half of the Feathered Serpent's body within it.

The life aura of this evil god was rapidly growing stronger.

Although the Mythic Arrow suppressed its divine aspect, its original nature as a magical beast was rapidly strengthening under the corrosion and assimilation of this Life Force. It already gave the impression of being the strongest possible existence below the Seventh Stage!

The people atop the mountain peak exchanged looks.

"What is that?"

"It doesn't look like a magical beast's innate ability. It looks more like a technique used by humans."

"Could magical beasts... learn techniques too?"

At the center of the discussion, aside from the subtly expressioned Linsey, was another man whose face changed again and again.

Tao Feng, the leader of the World Beyond team.

Tao Feng, who had always been calm and steady, showed immense wariness toward the Sea of Flesh below. Yet beneath that caution, an undisguisable interest also flashed in his eyes.

"Interesting."

"Such powerful Life Force, yet it does not belong to a Life Scholar..."

In the present-day world,

the Divine Court and the Seven Stars Federation had once divided the entire universe between them.

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