Elsewhere, beyond endless space and time.
This was a land of eternal darkness, not a void.
Here, there was no up or down, no direction, no past or future. Only black mist flowed slowly and silently, as though it could swallow all light and sound.
At the center of this space, a towering figure seemed to have become one with the darkness.
He wore ancient armor flowing with dark-blue watery light. The majesty radiating from him made even the surrounding universe laws tremble faintly. He was Lord Youmo, a great being of the Demon Race, famed alongside the Lord of Sky Wolf as the race's "Twin Titans."
He sat quietly on a lotus pedestal formed from black mist, his consciousness roaming the depths of the Law Ocean as he worked out a secret technique.
Suddenly-hum!
An almost imperceptible fluctuation, linked to his soul, sent a ripple through the absolute darkness like a pebble dropped into a still lake.
Lord Youmo's seemingly timeless brow furrowed almost imperceptibly.
He had bestowed this token only a few years ago upon his new disciple, a promising and rather fortunate youngster-Blood Shark King.
How had he already stumbled into certain death after just a few years?
"The Outer Domain Battlefield, the Seventh Battlefield, the Twin Vortex Domain!" The instant the token shattered, its coordinates naturally surfaced in his mind.
Useless! To actually run into danger on the Outer Domain Battlefield! A flicker of displeasure crossed Lord Youmo's mind.
It was not concern for his disciple's survival. At his level, as long as the disciple had not fallen under Soul Control, resurrecting a King Rank might come at a considerable cost, but it was hardly unacceptable.
Rather, he disliked such an overreaction-resorting so readily to a final lifesaving measure betrayed a distinct lack of composure.
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