Some of the matter within the cosmic sandstorm formed from countless celestial fragments began moving against the current!
Only a few seconds passed.
The entire sandstorm began growing extremely unstable, its fragments spinning in place!
Little by little.
As some of the matter began flowing backward, the entire sandstorm's rotation gradually slowed from the speed of light!
Light speed.
Sublight speed.
Seventy times the speed of sound.
Twenty times the speed of sound.
Ten times the speed of sound...
Finally, when the sandstorm's rotation had slowed to nearly the lowest end of the sonic range.
There came a...
"Boom!"
A violent noise, like a balloon bursting in an enclosed space.
A vast stretch of empty space among the stars
Was obscured by this cloud of dusty-yellow celestial debris!
A region almost the size of the entire solar system.
All of it was filled with fine dust, like a desert scattered across space.
The entire starry sky turned dusty yellow in the blink of an eye!
The Mysterious Lord furrowed his mountain-like purple brows, his eyes radiating a soul-seizing purple light.
He stared intently at the dusty-yellow expanse before him!
The next second!
"Crack!"
An enormous, dusky-yellow tentacle, its diameter alone matching that of the Moon, smashed through the barrier of space!
It lashed toward the Mysterious Lord's chest with the speed of thunder that left no time to cover one's ears!
The Mysterious Lord reacted extremely quickly as well.
Almost instinctively, he drew one arm against his chest, blocking that crushing blow with his hard forearm!
But it was only a single strike.
It would not accomplish much!
Because... the Lord of the Deep Sea Starry Sky, Hastur, had dozens of enormous tentacles on his body!
"Crack!"
A single, synchronized sound, seemingly trailing countless echoes, reached every corner of the