In the deathly still void, there was no sound.
Ying Feng stood at the prow of an Immortal Shuttle, his magic power stagnating throughout his body. A bone-piercing chill welled up from the depths of his essence-the feeling of being watched by a natural predator.
Ahead of him, the enormous Star Beast he had mistaken for a planet fixed him with two dark eyes, each over a hundred li in diameter.
Just moments ago, he had watched this colossal beast swallow an entire Small World whose essence had run dry.
To think that this region, marked on the star chart as the Withered Star Domain, harbored a monster so far beyond all expectations.
"Gurgle..."
A dull rumbling came from the Star Beast's belly. It seemed to be digesting its recent "snack," though the process did not appear particularly fast.
Its two eyes stared unblinkingly at Ying Feng. There was no killing intent, no anger, only the pure indifference with which one regarded food.
The next instant, a terrifying will, like the heavens collapsing, swept across the distant void toward Ying Feng like an invisible storm!
Hum!
Caught off guard, Ying Feng let out a muffled grunt, his entire body feeling top-heavy and unsteady.
The Star Beast's storm of will alone, resembling an attack on the soul, had caught him unprepared and dealt him a painful setback.
Leave?
He crushed that thought the moment it arose.
His original self had finally found a Star Domain suitable for merging with the Dao. Even if he avoided the beast and left today, his original self would have to face it sooner or later when he came here to find a realm for that merger.
This Star Beast clearly considered the entire Star Domain its territory.
By then, his original self would only be