Bluffing and Running Away

Amid the stars, both sides of the standoff were watching the planet at the center, which was being ravaged by two forces of energy.

"Your actions are meaningless... This Titan belongs to us... He will carry out the will of the Void, and you... Dark Titan Sargeras, you and that pathetic Pantheon are doomed..."

The pitch-black Void surged violently before releasing a frenzied whisper.

"The Legion will burn everything. When the entire universe has been reduced to ashes in Fel Flame, that will be the end of you pathetic vermin who only dare hide within the Void..." Sargeras raised his head and stared directly into the endless Void on the other side.

"As for this corrupted kinsman, his death will only gather more hatred within me. You will pay for this..."

"It was you who personally killed your own kin. It was you who brought destruction upon your kin. It was you..."

Sargeras merely snorted coldly. His will was incomparably firm, utterly unmoved by the Void Lords' mad whispers.

He tightened his grip on the broken sword in his hand, "Gorribal, the Dark Boiling One." When intact, this Titan artifact had been called "Gorshalach, the Dark Repayment," and had brought endless glory to the Pantheon's order.

After Sargeras fell and broke with the Pantheon, the sword was shattered in that great war. One half remained with Sargeras, named "Gorribal, the Dark Boiling One," while the other was held by his former lieutenant Argus, named "Tishalach, the Flame Ripper."

And that conflict with his own kin...

Sargeras stopped thinking about it. He gripped his broken sword tightly and prepared to attack.

"You will pay..."

Before he could finish, a sudden change erupted.

The planet between them suddenly unleashed an incomparably violent torrent of energy. Void and Fel Energy intertwined, yet neither interfered nor clashed with the other. Instead, guided by an unmistakable golden divine power, they peacefully coexisted and swept toward both sides at once.

In that instant, there was no time to think. The Void Lords and Sargeras immediately erected their respective defenses. The former condensed an extremely dense shield of pitch-black Void energy, while the latter raised his broken sword, summoning a mirror-like wall of dark green Fel Flame before him.

Yet the anticipated violent attack never came. This torrent of energy, which looked incredibly badass and carried endless divine might, turned out to have little offensive power once it reached them. At most, it was a flashbang.

Hu Feng was very pleased with that little stunt. Seizing the opportunity, he desperately expended his scant divine power and controlled his planetary egg to warp away.

The Art of War said: if you can't win, run.

Well... never mind whether Sun Tzu had actually said that. In any case, Hu Feng escaped successfully.

He had no particular destination. He simply warped around randomly and irregularly, blinking wherever looked appealing. His entire escape was smooth and seamless, completed in one fluid motion. Damn, he was slick...

By the time both sides reacted, the space between them was completely empty. Not even a single hair remained.

That Titan embryo of Sarodar had actually survived the Void's corruption and Fel Energy's destruction, even undergoing some unknown mutation. Among all previous examples of Titan World Souls, this was unprecedented.

Logically, a Titan World Soul at such a stage of development should never possess self-awareness. They were normally asleep and completely incapable of resisting.

Sargeras remained silent for a long time before letting out a low laugh.

"It seems that my young kinsman was not corrupted by your Void. Instead, he has mastered the origins of both the Void and Fel Energy. You have personally created a natural enemy for yourselves. Hehehehe..."

With that, Sargeras lost any interest in continuing to waste time battling the Void Lords here. Tsunami-like Fel Flame rapidly engulfed the Dark Titan and the endless demon fleet behind him, and they vanished the next moment.

The Void Lords did not respond. They seemed to be consumed by boundless rage as the pitch-black Void energy churned violently.

After sending out one final mental search and trace, they still found no clues. The endless Void then began to slowly dissipate.

This stretch of stars returned to peace once more.

Elsewhere, Hu Feng was still controlling his egg... Ahem, controlling his planetary egg to warp around without any pattern. Before his divine power ran out, he intended to get as far away as possible.

Perhaps fate was always this wondrous, or perhaps it was simply the luck of being a protagonist... Anyway, Hu Feng suddenly sensed a strange mental call.

This mental call was unconscious, emitted by a fellow Titan World Soul.

From the inherited memories he had been born with, he learned that unhatched Titan World Souls could sense one another within a certain distance. This innate talent vanished completely after birth, much like how human infants were born knowing how to swim but forgot it entirely after some time.

Azeroth. That was her name.

Hu Feng was instantly invigorated. He controlled Planet Sarodar and warped toward the star system where Azeroth was located.

It was an exceptionally beautiful star system. Colorful nebulae radiated glass-like brilliance in the distance, bathing the entire system in hazy light and making it seem dreamlike beyond compare.

It was tranquil and peaceful, and its location was concealed. For countless years, no life had ever set foot in this secluded paradise. Judging from the arrangement of the planets, only Planet Azeroth possessed all the conditions necessary to nurture native life.

Azeroth had two satellites. By Earth's standards, that meant she had two moons, which were currently orbiting the beautiful blue planet.

Oceans covered the vast majority of the planet's surface, while its sole continent was circular in shape. As he sensed Azeroth's condition, Hu Feng could not help thinking of Earth. Aside from the different arrangement of the continents, everything was so similar.

As he guided his planetary egg slowly closer to Azeroth, Hu Feng could sense friendly and excited mental signals. The Titan World Soul at Azeroth's core had yet to awaken to self-awareness, but her unconscious mental fluctuations showed that she was a gentle, pure, and orderly Titan.

After moving to Azeroth's far side and using Planet Azeroth to block the light of the system's central star, Hu Feng decided that this face-to-face position would do nicely.

His own planet lacked the conditions to nurture life, so whether it received sunlight did not matter. Besides, his current priority was raising a little girl... Ahem, cultivating an ally.

Dark Titan Sargeras wanted to kill him, while the Void Lords wanted to corrupt him. He was currently no match for either of those great enemies, and fighting alone was not a wise strategy.

Therefore, he had to cultivate one or more dependable allies. Building an organization would be much safer.

Unfortunately, he had sensed only Azeroth among his Titan kin. So there was no helping it. Two it was, and that was still better than being a lone wolf.

Having settled in, Hu Feng decided to begin a long-term observation of conditions on Planet Azeroth. If life could emerge there, that would be ideal.

Titans possessed eternal lives. Time was what he lacked least, and also, ironically, what he lacked most.

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