The boy at death's door laughed fearlessly.
As though answering his resolve, the waves of the surrounding World Sea vanished in an instant. As they swayed, reflecting pure light, snow-white spray fell like intertwined white snakes beyond this domain of self alone, splashing up banks of hazy mist.
That was the radiance of knowledge and the principles permeating the entire world.
Now, merely shaking its body allowed the Serpent of the Sixth Heaven to produce a mythical spectacle of overturning rivers and seas-a means of manifesting divine might by sacrificing nearly infinite worlds.
Even so, this so-called overturning of rivers and seas was merely a conclusion drawn from the perspective of creatures called humans.
To the Sea of Worlds itself, this monster's power might have qualified as troublesome, but it fell far short of threatening its existence.
The Serpent of the Sixth Heaven, whose innate position was the World Sea's strongest predator rather than its destroyer, understood this perfectly.
"Key of All Spirits!"
In theory, the continued existence of the restraints on its power proved that the level this ring-or rather, the reverse scale shed by the serpent-could interfere with remained within its control.
But at this point, the Serpent of the Sixth Heaven dared not be careless in the slightest.
The boy before it had already proven his potential through action.
When swimming against the current like this, any disturbance could become the opportunity to leap through the Dragon Gate.
"Don't think you'll succeed so easily!"
The Serpent of the Sixth Heaven roared, its form radiating boundless pressure as it abruptly twisted.
Its tail, as enormous as a collapsing mountain range, lashed out toward Roland, seeking to crush him to pieces.
Although it sought to vent its anger and displeasure, the Serpent of the Sixth Heaven, holding the advantage,