There was a small crack in the platform. Clearly, the Sword in the Star had once been embedded there, but Wayfinder later pulled it free, allowing the Enigma Force within to escape. Naturally, the sword had become useless and was discarded here like trash.
It looked like a sword, but in essence, it was more like a snail shell? Or a cage resembling the Totality?
None of that mattered. What mattered was that some energy still clung to the broken sword, power from the same source as the Uni-Force. Su Ming could sense it clearly. The nature of this energy was like a unique body odor, something that was basically impossible to mistake.
For instance, although they were all Cosmic Energy, Galactus's energy differed from Eternity's, from Infinity's, and from that of all the other Concept Entities. That seemed to be a distinctive mark as well.
Though Galactus was usually short on energy.
In any case, Daughter of the Warlock began casting. The deep crimson light around her spread along the spell array on the ground toward the broken sword. Soon, as if invisible hands were at work, the severed blade slowly fused back together, without even the slightest seam remaining.
Then the stone platform beneath the spell array changed, becoming a constantly rotating red vortex. The Sword in the Star floated above it as wisps of blue energy were slowly drawn out, though no one knew where they were being sent.
But the work was clearly not easy. It had only just begun, yet Laura was already drenched in sweat. The hair on her forehead clung to her snow-white skin, giving her a fragile, rain-battered beauty.
Still, she continued chanting and refused to give up. She even increased the spell array's suction, making it look even more like a