"Seven hundred million sunsets returned, seventy million days to regain consciousness, seventy thousand days to lift the seal. Then seven days to condense the Seven Bodies!"
Sand and wind filled the sky, tornadoes drifted about, and at the indistinct center of the grit stood a towering figure with his great hand spread wide, absorbing the Natural Particle Energy between heaven and earth. The radiation tides of the firmament and the Earth Vein Energy from deep underground all converged into his flesh.
The storm grew ever fiercer, and his aura likewise became increasingly powerful, reaching an earth-shaking, unprecedented extent.
Then it began to draw inward. It could no longer be sensed, becoming ever more ordinary, like a common Wizard Apprentice, even a mortal.
"Finally, I am about to return. I have already sensed the transmission of power, as well as the veins hidden deep within reality and amid the gaps of illusion. The rhythm and flavor of that rule are so mesmerizing, so lingering."
"Ke ke ke, though it is not my rule or my power, with it as a springboard to receive the return of my rule, it is merely a matter of time."
Memories surfaced in Andersen's eyes. "Old friend, after so many years apart, your power can still be used by me. You should feel very gratified, shouldn't you?"
As for whether it had been a follow-up arranged by the other party, and one of the conditions for their revival and return.
He could no longer concern himself with so much now.
The arrangement back then had been completed by several of them together.
The situation had been urgent. Since he had used it, then he had used it.
If he could successfully return, it would also be of immense help to the return of the others.
"Interesting