In the Infinite Void, the entrance to the Golden Trade Route suddenly opened, and the sleek, spindle-shaped Exploration Pioneer flew out.
Then, using a lock on Plane Gravity, Locke spotted a world not far ahead in the void.
The void was boundlessly empty. Without locking onto Plane Gravity beforehand, anyone relying on short-range search magic could easily lose their sense of direction in the Infinite Void.
Locke recorded the direction of the Golden Trade Route's exit relative to the Plane Gravity lock, then steered the Exploration Pioneer toward the Three-Cave World.
At that moment, a massive meteorite crossed the Exploration Pioneer's path. The vessel's Eighteenfold Enchanted Wizard Array activated instantly and smashed it apart.
Only after breaking through the meteorite did Locke discover an entire field ahead, with countless more rocks blocking the way.
And beyond that field was an enormous Void Behemoth.
It was a gigantic octopus. Its tentacles were immense, and every sucker on them seemed as large as the Golden Crown Mountain District.
Locke and the dozen or so wizards aboard stared, stunned.
None of them had expected to leave the Golden Trade Route only to run into a meteorite field—and a Void Behemoth.
"There are readings from many Void Formless-Energy Vortexes ahead."
Locke glanced at the Illusion Screen above the Exploration Pioneer's control wand. A detection array within the Eighteenfold Enchanted Wizard Array had found not only numerous meteorite craters ahead, but also many Void Formless-Energy Vortexes.
Old Henry, the pirate, said, "In our experience, Void Behemoths rarely destroy a plane outright and eat its Plane Heart. This one probably happened upon a plane that was about to collapse on its own. As it neared destruction, another Plane Heart would form."
"Then it would have a feast. They say Void Behemoths sometimes take Plane Hearts to