Astria felt the energy radiating from Lin Ye, her eyes filled with wonder.
"This power... it's simply unbelievable."
"I can feel the Libra Mark inside me resonating with your power, too."
Seraphina was equally awestruck. "The Virgo mark is doing the same."
"It's as though it's telling me that the real changes have only just begun."
Just as everyone celebrated 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 on the altar swayed, cracking and snapping.
More terrifying still, cracks began to appear in the sealing barriers around the temple, which had protected it for ten thousand years.
Web-like fractures covered the silvery membrane of light, and its protective power was rapidly fading.
"Impossible..." Astra's will sounded utterly horrified.
"How could the Void Emperor break through the defenses I put in place?"
"These sealing barriers combine the power of all twelve constellations. 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 suck in a sharp breath.
A black battleship so immense that it blotted out the sky was slowly descending.
It was larger than any craft he had ever seen, at least fifty kilometers long.
Its entire hull was made of pitch-black void metal, its surface engraved with intricate runes.
Most staggering of all was the enormous scorpion statue at its bow, over a kilometer tall.
The statue's eyes shone with a terrifying purple light, swiveling as though it were alive.
Its massive pincers and venomous tail looked lifelike, and its oppressive aura engulfed the entire starfield.
This was the Scorpio Ultimate Battleship, the flagship of the Void Emperor, Scopio.
Even more shocking,