"The match begins."
Amid eager anticipation, an impartial mechanical voice rang out through the virtual space.
The next moment, Kashiute casually waved his hand.
An immense stellar pressure surged from his body, bearing down on Luo Yu.
After all, this was a match between someone in the Universe's top thousand and a rookie who had yet to finish his placement matches.
Taking it seriously at all would count as a loss.
So Kashiute intended to defeat Luo Yu with his pressure alone.
"As expected of Kashiute! His presence alone can create such an impressive spectacle."
Monica clapped in delight as she watched the live feed in the Arena.
The other spectators marveled as well.
"It looks like the gap between lesser subgods can be enormous, too."
"This Star Sea Divine Dragon could probably challenge a middle subgod. He really has a bright future."
"He's a genius of the Astral Constellation Race, after all. With a major race of the Universe backing him, the resources he consumes every day are nothing we can compare to."
"That kid across from him is completely stunned."
"Just his bad luck. He picked a random opponent and ran into one of the strongest."
The spectators cast sympathetic looks at Luo Yu.
Meanwhile.
Facing the raging Star Sea winds sweeping toward him, Luo Yu knew he could not afford to be careless.
He activated six paths mode right away.
The Truth-Seeking Orbs circling him formed a bubble-shaped shield around his body.
Only then did he completely block Kashiute's pressure.
After all, Truth-Seeking Orbs at Greater Mastery were an overwhelming advantage among lesser subgods.
The stellar pressure battered Luo Yu without stirring so much as a ripple.
The opponent Kashiute had expected to finish in a single breath had suddenly changed, even bringing out Truth-Seeking Orbs.
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