The Heaven Ascending Ranking opened—bang!
A colossal Blood Qi Dragon opened its maw and devoured the blood qi like a Taotie.
The valley around the safe city was strewn with the corpses of countless strange beasts, piled one upon another. Their blood had soaked the ground, and the air was thick with blood qi. Now it swirled into a vortex and was devoured by the Blood Qi Dragon.
The energy of heaven and earth trembled. Stars rose around Fang Mo, each one flashing with immense power, as though blazing suns were releasing their searing energy.
The stars formed a complex web, reflecting one another like the stars of the heavens, their light dazzling.
Anyone watching would have noticed that there were only three hundred and fifty-nine stars—one short of the full three hundred and sixty. The tremendous energy was gathering through all the stars toward a single point.
At that point, energy flickered, devouring everything like a black hole.
The Blood Qi Dragon devoured the immense blood qi, refined it, and fed it to the Hegemon Body Battle Marks. As it absorbed more energy, the Battle Marks began to take shape, bit by bit.
Suddenly, heaven and earth shook, and the stars of the heavens all burst into brilliant light.
The final Battle Mark finally condensed. In an instant, all the stars of the heavens lit up, and a mighty force of star power seemed to descend from the void, settling upon the formation of the stars.
All the stars devoured the star power of the heavens like mad, rapidly advancing as their energy levels soared.
Star power poured into the stars, was refined, then flowed into his body. His body itself became imbued with star power and rapidly grew stronger, while the Blood Qi Dragon let out a roar