Far beyond Blue Star, in a hidden space that defied all known laws of physics, a strange sculpture—somewhere between lifeless and alive—stood motionless.
Without warning, two long crimson slits split open across its moon-pale face.
They looked like eyes, yet more like two wounds freshly carved by a blade. Dark red light flickered within them, radiating an aura like the faint glow of ghostly flames.
"Crack~ crack~"
A grating scrape seeped through the deathly silence.
The sculpture's neck abruptly stretched, then twisted.
It cast a cold glance in a certain far-off direction.
"A native genius of Blue Star?"
Beneath that glance, its crimson slits began to tremble violently. A few drops of murky liquid seeped from them and fell into the void, corroding several black spots that appeared and vanished without end.
"He actually reached the pinnacle realm again and again?!"
"Could he be the child of fortune chosen by Blue Star's will?"
The sculpture's thoughts held no emotion, only cold calculation.
The universe was vast, and all manner of strange things existed within it.
Some great stars, sensing the threat of extinction, would give rise to so-called children of fortune. They would pour the resources of an entire planet into helping them grow strong enough to protect their home world.
"Since I have encountered him, I must kill him as soon as possible."
Its icy will became an invisible ripple. It crossed an immeasurable distance through space and time, arriving in an instant above the battlefield in Jiang City.
That gaze landed precisely on the Black-Scaled Giant Snake, now on the brink of death.
Deep within the snake's body, Keiko's consciousness, on the verge of collapse, suddenly sensed this boundless power.
Rather than feel fear, she fell into a state of utter fervor and madness!
"My Lord! It is