On the other side.
Aels the Golden Griffin was one of the first five Guardians born in the Bloodline Fusion Realm, and the most powerful lifeform in the entire realm.
After completing the mission Green had once assigned him—to explore the Dimensional Passage—Aels had turned and joined the Bloodline Legion, beginning the conquest of the Endless Void.
As the Guardian of the Bloodline Fusion Realm, Aels had lost three-tenths of his power now that he was far from the realm.
But the Bloodline Fusion Realm itself was a Half-Ninth-Level World. Even with three-tenths of his power gone, Aels, as its Guardian, still far surpassed the limits of an Eighth-Level Lifeform, possessing terrifying, formidable strength.
That was one of the benefits of being a World Guardian. The growth of one's power depended not only on one's own progress; the world could also nourish its Guardian, making them extraordinarily powerful in a short time.
With a golden bird's head and razor-sharp talons, Aels stood in the Endless Void and watched as the High-Grade World, on the verge of being occupied by the Abyssal Zerg, steadily transformed. He gave a slight nod.
His aura stirred faintly, wood splinters still clinging between his talons.
Beside him, the enormous corpse of a Treant floated silently through the void.
The Treant's corpse was hundreds of billions of meters long, a vivid demonstration of the advantage plant lifeforms had in the size of their True Bodies.
But this powerful Eighth-Level Lifeform no longer showed any sign of a soul or will. Energy still flowed through its body, but it had lost what mattered most.
Clearly, the dead Treant before him was the one who had fought Aels.
The High-Grade World Aels was watching had once glowed green, but that light was steadily fading, replaced by a