It took a full fifty years for Reilo, with Quanzu by his side, to completely heal the injuries his Star Body True Body had sustained from twice clashing head-on with the Heavenly Flame.
Those two head-on clashes with the Heavenly Flame had also given him an experience unlike any he had ever had before.
Over the past fifty years,
Middle Earth had first endured the Ice Age that the Wasteland had once experienced, followed by ecological mutations caused by radiation pollution. It had descended into chaos, and the development that had only just begun to show signs of improvement over the past two hundred years had once again ground to a halt.
There was no way around it.
The good news was that the Academic World had produced two more academic grandmasters. One was Nether Touch Nikola, a disciple of the Frost Sorcerer; the other was Star Arrow Power Lucy, who had left the holy city of Ancient Aurora.
"Thank you for your nourishment all these years. Otherwise, I'm afraid it would have taken me a while longer to fully recover."
In response to Reilo's sincere thanks, Quanzu, who had now gathered three of his incarnations, transformed into a giant face. It gazed wistfully toward the sky.
"The world's Law Aura is growing thinner and thinner. I can sense that the world is nearing its end, drawing closer and closer to that critical threshold. Many guardians are dying silently, without anyone noticing. Alas."
Reilo's expression turned grave.
He had heard the same thing from the guardian of Star Source Holy Mountain before defeating Mother Bean.
The world was heading toward its death, and some of the guardians on its fringes were being abandoned by it, dying after losing their purpose.
Could even Quanzu sense the danger now?
After a moment