The light was so profound, so dazzling, so sacred. Though it was a gentle blue-green, though it held the vibrant, hopeful light of life, it was still so awe-inspiring and deadly that it seemed as if the God of War Sull himself had appeared.
I swear by the Spirit of the Universe, all of the above was, of course, what the Starrealm Knights genuinely imagined when they witnessed that beam of light.
In short, when everyone saw that divine light descend, not knowing whether it was friend or foe, their morale inexplicably soared.
With an entrance that impressive, it couldn't possibly be an enemy, right?
So, when the light faded and the figure within was revealed to be that Demon Dragon whose name could not even be spoken, the knights' feelings were complicated.
Ah, no. He wasn't the Demon Dragon anymore, of course. He was now their most reliable ally.
At that moment, Yu Lian paid no attention to the Empire's inner turmoil. He didn't even have time to greet his old friend Jia Feier. Instead, he continued accelerating with the help of the crystal formed from psionic energy and charged straight toward the distant gray barrier.
He had plenty of faith in the Starrealm Knights' intelligence. Even without any communication, they would understand what they needed to do.
And now, the covering over his body was no longer the relatively crude blue-green crystal clusters from before. It was a full-body suit of armor that seemed fused with his flesh and blood! Its surface was still a deep blue-green and translucent white jade, with vast, galaxy-like halos flowing over it.
As for what he was standing on, it certainly wasn't a giant dragon. It was a wisp of blue-green light, like holy fire that purified evil and annihilated demons. Yet