"Starlight is falling—it's a Star Lord!"
This starlight was exceedingly wondrous. It seemed to be spilling in through the cracks in the Ironclad Warship, but a closer look made it clear that it was not simply falling through those gaps. It was passing directly through the iron armor!
The Ironclad Warship's thick armor, aside from its outer layer being scorched and slowly melted by Thoughtfire, remained airtight. Only Jadebreaker's Sword Qi could tear it apart, yet this starlight had not damaged the armor's structure at all—it had simply shone straight through!
The moment Zhang Qin saw those specks of starlight, his expression turned extremely grim. He had naturally never seen a Star Lord with his own eyes, but the Diplomat School's inherited tomes encompassed everything under heaven and contained no small number of accounts concerning Divine Path Star Lords, all to facilitate their future maneuvering among the powers.
At this moment, that knowledge had finally proven useful!
"This Star Lord..." Instinctively, Zhang Qin wanted to warn Qiu Yan how terrifying a Star Lord's might was. Even though the Divine Path was suppressed within Scholar Forest, if a Star Lord could infiltrate this place, he naturally had a way to wield some portion of his power. And even one-tenth of that power would be a disaster for Human Souls like them!
Yet before he could finish, Qiu Yan's insubstantial projection had already vanished. Then thunder boomed outside the Ironclad Warship, followed by howling winds. A few breaths later, the starlight streaming in from every direction had begun to dim, as though it might go out at any moment.
Not long afterward, a thunderous crash rang out. A figure wrapped from head to toe in starlight rolled through one of the cracks and smashed straight into the cabin, making everyone present's hearts