As the aura of the Divine Tree spread from Shinji, the dark clouds covering the sky churned and surged until they formed a gigantic vortex!
The center of the vortex was deep and pitch-black, as if it led straight into the vast cosmos.
Shinji stared up at the vortex, his expression turning grim.
For a moment, he even felt as though he had returned to T33—to that instant when he had locked eyes with the Breeding Overlord across the void.
Shinji worried silently, Could it really force its way through the spatial barrier?
If the Overlord truly had the power to forcibly break through spatial barriers, then how long a world under its gaze could hold out depended entirely on the Overlord's mood.
Even if doing so cost the Overlord something, it meant that the spatial barrier protecting a world it had set its sights on was far less reliable than anyone had imagined.
The vortex in the sky continued to grow.
Even the dazzling Magic Ring above the Knowledge Tower now seemed tiny beneath the vortex spanning the entire sky.
Inside the Knowledge Tower.
The Storm Archmage had only just recovered from the shock of that roar. But when he saw the terrifying vortex over the heavens, he froze again.
"H-How is this possible?!"
The composure he habitually carried as an Archmage vanished completely, replaced by the same bewilderment and panic seen on the faces of ordinary mages.
But he quickly realized that this was the greatest crisis Six Rings World had ever faced. He sent a magical message to notify the other five Archmages of the situation, while unleashing the full power of the Magic Ring at the cost of his mana.
The other five Archmages, including the Twilight Star Archmage, sensed the approaching disaster even without the