Su Ming's consciousness returned from that strange dimension.
Though the contract mark linking him to Earth's bloodline had faded from sight,
the feeling of being one with the planet, as though he had become an extension of it, lingered on.
His aura became more restrained and profound.
Like a mountain, like an ocean...
quiet, yet containing immeasurable power.
The first to notice this subtle change
was Purple Jewel, who was lying in his arms and playing with the corner of his clothes.
She suddenly raised her head, blinking her pure violet-gold eyes.
Curiously, she poked Su Ming's chest with a tiny finger.
Then she murmured in her childish voice:
"Daddy... became... warm... like the earth..."
Immediately afterward,
Wanda, who was beside him, seemed to sense something as well.
Instinctively, she turned away from the battlefield displayed in the hologram and looked toward Su Ming.
A trace of surprise and confusion flashed through her scarlet eyes.
Her delicate brows furrowed slightly.
She felt that the gentleman before her seemed somewhat different from before.
But she could not say exactly what had changed.
It was a deeper, heavier, more...
reassuring and awe-inspiring feeling.
As though as long as he sat here, Earth itself would remain as steady as a mountain.
Just as Wanda stared at Su Ming in a slight daze—
Su Ming's eyes suddenly shifted!
After becoming Earth Guardian, the convenience of that global perspective immediately revealed itself.
Without needing to deliberately extend his senses,
he naturally received distress signals and energy conflicts from an "anomaly" somewhere on the planet.
A clear image instantly appeared in his mind:
In a ruined alley in another city,
Vision, with yellow light glowing from his forehead, was struggling to evade attacks.
His body seemed extremely unstable.
And the ones pursuing him were two more