Everyone held their breath and focused, their eyes fixed firmly on Beiming Lieyang's hands.
A brilliant mass of Sun True Fire blazed fiercely, enveloping the peculiar creation. Its flames lit up everyone's faces, and the tension had almost taken tangible form.
As time trickled past, Beiming Lieyang slowly dispersed the Sun True Fire.
The flames faded, revealing the newly forged creation within.
It was purple all over and shaped like a shuttlecock, its surface as smooth as a mirror, without a single visible seam.
Everyone exchanged glances, their eyes full of curiosity and bewilderment. They had no idea what Beiming Lieyang had created after pouring so much effort into it.
Yet just then-
"Clang-clang-clang!"
The clear ring of clashing metal suddenly sounded.
The purple "shuttlecock" actually split open down the middle!
Five heavy metal shell segments folded neatly outward along their seams.
They transformed into two enormous winglike capes, fluttering noisily in the air.
At the center of those unfolded capes, a white-and-purple metal robot appeared, a red core embedded in his chest!
His faceplate resembled a purple bat with folded wings, his eyes scarlet.
He was none other than-
The second-ranking figure in the villains' faction among the Cosmic Star Gods.
Demon Star God, Arest.
He was also Void Star God Salong's most loyal warrior.
At the dawn of creation, while fighting Solar Star God Apollo for the Star of the Galaxy, Salong had been swallowed by a terrifying cosmic electromagnetic storm and swept into the distant Mysterious Ice Galaxy along with Apollo.
The two sides had exchanged devastating attacks in that frozen star region, ultimately causing the Star of the Galaxy's outer shell to explode and release an unimaginably terrifying power.
Apollo had been blasted into a deep slumber and sealed in mysterious ice.
Salong, meanwhile, had been