"Twelve-digit level-"
"Heavens!"
"What-what kind of monster is this?!"
"An ancient monster-this is one of those legendary ancient monsters!"
Under the beautiful woman's oppressive aura, both groups of cultivators trembled, unable even to muster the thought of resisting.
"A pack of ants."
The beautiful woman gave a cold, contemptuous scoff.
Yet just as she was about to casually wipe out these "ants"-
Hum!
The very center of the vast void suddenly warped violently.
Then, without warning, a striking red-and-white mech roughly a hundred meters tall appeared.
It was none other than Zhang Sanxian, piloting the Machine God's Seed.
Through the cockpit's panoramic superluminal-cone view, he surveyed the surrounding stars and murmured, "The Sparkly Project Team's random portal-who knows what godforsaken corner it's dumped me in?
"Hmm... feels like quite a bit of time has passed outside the secret realm, too. A hundred years? A thousand?"
At that same moment, the beautiful woman who had emerged from the black hole stared fixedly at Zhang Sanxian. For the first time, clear emotion stirred in her lifeless eyes: startled uncertainty and excitement.
"You-"
She glared at the mech and shouted across the distance, "You carry Tianyuan's aura! Have you seen him? Where has he hidden himself? Tell me, now!"
"Interesting."
Zhang Sanxian turned his gaze toward her in surprise. "What, are you his wife?"
The beautiful woman froze at his words, then replied coldly, "I'm his husband!"
Zhang Sanxian: "??!"
He stared for a moment before understanding dawned. "Oh, a role-reversed relationship. Sure, sure. You really can't tell by looking. That old geezer Tianyuan had some pretty wild tastes."
Then Zhang Sanxian changed the subject. "Still, the marks of the years run so deep on you, and you know that old geezer Tianyuan. Don't tell me-you've got one of those Privilege Dog Talismans