Asteria sensed the Energy Fluctuation radiating from Lin Ye, her eyes filled with astonishment.
"This power... it's simply unbelievable."
"I can feel the Libra Mark within me resonating with your power as well."
Seraphina was equally shaken. "The Virgo Mark is the same."
"It's as if it's telling me that the real transformation has only just begun."
Just as everyone celebrated successfully obtaining the Marks, a thunderous roar suddenly came from outside the temple.
The entire Forbidden Starfield began to shake violently, and even the sturdy temple trembled.
The ancient statues upon the altar swayed one after another, emitting cracking sounds.
Even more frighteningly, the sealing barrier surrounding the temple, which had protected it for ten thousand years, began to crack.
The silvery-white membrane of light was covered in web-like fractures, its protective power rapidly fading.
"Impossible..." Astra's consciousness was utterly terrified.
"How could the Void Emperor break through the defenses I established?"
"These sealing barriers contain the power of the twelve zodiac signs. Even I would need several days to break them."
Lin Ye rushed to the temple's crystal window and looked outside.
The sight before him made him gasp.
An enormous black battleship, vast enough to blot out the sky, was slowly descending.
This battleship was larger than any aircraft he had ever seen, stretching at least fifty kilometers long.
Its entire hull was forged from pitch-black Void Metal, its surface engraved with complex runes.
Most shocking of all was the massive scorpion statue at its prow, over a kilometer tall.
The statue's eyes radiated a terrifying purple glow, moving as if they were alive.
Its enormous pincers and venomous tail were lifelike, its pressure blanketing the entire starfield.
This was the flagship of Scorpio, the Void Emperor—the Scorpio Ultimate Battleship.
Even more shocking was that hundreds of