In the starry void behind him, the Imperial Sobek fleet's relentless barrage seemed to be delivering the final, fatal blow to the Lord of the Void. On the extraordinary battlefield before them, their most dangerous and deadly enemy had also come to a halt, apparently no longer capable of moving.
Victory seemed within reach.
But to the Starrealm Knights present, Yu Lian's carefree grin made him seem more like a monster from the Void than that colossal ghost.
The bodies of two elite knights served as a reminder.
Duchess Garibane's gaze swept over the fallen knights, deep grief flowing through her eyes.
"Impressive. Even with death staring him in the face, he can still laugh so freely. Why couldn't someone like that have belonged to the Empire?" she lamented.
He's laughing because death is staring him in the face... Yu Lian had just been about to answer, but the pressure on him suddenly intensified several times over. He could even hear his bones and organs warning him.
All right, Yu Lian was certain now: this wasn't just an illusion. She was using her mind to interfere with reality. Judging by that alone, Duchess Garibane's subtle control over the Domain of Conflict and her ability to shape the space within it had indeed reached the demigod level, perhaps even surpassing Duke Saduran.
Yu Lian tried to find a flaw in her mental defenses and counter with Silver Dragon Breath. But as he faced her psychic domain, what he saw wasn't a solid fortress. It was a vast, ever-changing sea.
In a purely mental confrontation, it would be hard to decide a winner... All right, he was actually at a disadvantage. Besides, if the two of them started spacing out, there was no telling whether Little Sha would come over and finish