"The space where the beast resides clearly has serious problems, and the sacrificial method it provided is suspicious too. Since it's inconvenient for me to explore, these Five Great Civilizations will make the perfect pawns!"
A strange light flickered in Green's eyes as he looked at the many lifeforms below, as if they were exquisite specimens.
He wasted no time. Following the link to his soul, Green issued a command to the Abyssal Moss.
Over the years, the Abyssal Moss had spread far and wide across the oceans and deserts, gaining a certain degree of influence. It was still some distance from achieving full control, but it could at least interfere with and manipulate things to a limited extent.
Below, the lifeforms stood together, keeping watch on their surroundings as they waited for the main force to arrive.
Meanwhile, Green's consciousness had already followed the Abyssal Moss's connection deep into the ocean below.
When Green's consciousness reached the Rune Ocean beneath him, he saw a sea of runes as vast and boundless as the ocean itself.
Within the deep-blue Rune Ocean, countless runes pulsed in sync with the sea's rhythm, rippling and giving off faint blue light and waves of weak energy.
But above this entire deep-blue Rune Ocean lay a thin green membrane.
Countless blue-green tendrils stretched down from the membrane. Many of the runes had been bound by these roots, marking the areas under the Abyssal Moss's control.
Watching this, Green manipulated the runes bound by the Abyssal Moss. Under its control, the deep-blue runes gave off violent blue pulses.
On the other side, the ochre runes that symbolized the earth also fell under Green's control, erupting in yellow ripples. The instant the two waves collided, threads of black lightning crackled between them.
At that very moment, in