Then I Won't Hold Back!

As both sides unleashed their Aether True Forms, the battle began.

An Aether True Form was a brand-new form produced by the fusion of an Ascender's Soul Light Body and their very life itself. And because of the shared "Apex Seat inheritance" within the Ten King Bloods, every Fifth Energy Level among the Ten King Bloods ultimately possessed certain plant-like traits, similar to the "World Tree."

Campani's Aether True Form, the "Dust-Mist World Tree," was precisely such a power. At this moment, the roots of a colossal tree formed from pure subspace power surged forth like a tsunami. Were an ordinary person swept up by that seemingly illusory tide, they would instantly become a cloud of blood mist—their body torn apart and devoured piece by piece by subspace fissures as fine as dust, completely broken down in the end, soul and flesh alike becoming nourishment for the World Tree.

This was the power of a "State Domain." The Blood of the State Domain could grant extraordinarily powerful control over subspace. Some State Domains could turn their domain into a "Silent Country" that absorbed all external energy and brought every phenomenon of motion to a halt; others could invert their domain, manifesting the inner demons in one's heart to turn against their original master—the "Reflected Country."

Yet the "Michen Country" was even simpler, more direct, and somewhat more terrifying: amid those shattered subspace fissures, the radiance of nuclear fission suddenly ignited. At once, tiny suns lit up in the shadows, and terrifying radiation, carrying subspace blades capable of slicing even atomic nuclei apart, came rushing head-on!

It was dust, yet also a blazing sun. Michen was the light that shone amid the faintest haze and mist!

But Yafda remained utterly unafraid. He gripped his scepter tightly. At its tip, a gemstone