Even as it burned, a cry of alarm rang out from within Black Wind Great Venerable's will, shrill as a scream!
For someone at his realm, that was no easy thing. Existences at this level would maintain restraint even when confronting one another, never driving the other into a dead end. Otherwise, if it truly became a fight to the death, the destructive power would be too great, and the harm done to both sides impossible to estimate.
For that very reason, even when fighting others at the Heaven Lord level, at the Second Layer of the Sixth Realm, Black Wind would not truly suffer much damage unless he encountered something worth risking life and death over—
His previous clash with Three Talents Fire had in fact fit that situation, except the other party had achieved his goal without even using his full strength. By comparison, the battle between the giant axe and Candle Dragon had been far more intense.
Yet the situation before him had clearly exceeded Black Wind Great Venerable's expectations. After the smoke-condensed claw began to burn, it abruptly swelled and transformed into wisps of green smoke, drifting through this starfield before being drawn by countless threads and gathering upon the star.
There, it settled across the star's surface, much like the Great Qi spread over a continent's surface.
Above the star, Qiu Yan's Divine Spirit Body held the Stellar Canon. He opened it, then inhaled sharply, swallowing the book's countless insights in one gulp as though they were tiny shooting stars!
"What? What scheme does this Star Lord have now?"
After calming the disturbance in his consciousness caused by the sudden shattering of the smoky claw, doubt passed through Black Wind Great Venerable's true will. Yet he did not stop. One black figure after another emerged