A single thought spans eternity, the other shore within reach; through a hundred tribulations and a thousand lives, at last reaching the origin
The first attack came without warning.
The moment Logo and his two companions stepped into the outer reaches of the Destruction Tide, the gray currents beneath their feet exploded. Dozens of Destruction Beasts, each as large as an ordinary domain, burst out from the depths of the currents. Their bodies were a distorted black, their surfaces covered in countless mouthparts that constantly opened and closed, each emitting a soundless shriek.
Lancelot was the first to meet them.
His golden spear traced a brilliant arc through the void, its blade piercing the first Destruction Beast's core with unerring precision. The spear's radiance carried the collective resonance of the countless divine cultivators of the Pantheon Domain, and a torrent of silvery-white sacred light poured into the beast. Its body trembled wildly, twisted, and broke apart under the onslaught, dissolving as swiftly as ice beneath the blazing sun.
But at the same time, the other Destruction Beasts' attacks arrived.
Black tentacles and mouthparts surged toward Lancelot from every direction, coiling around him like countless ravenous vipers. Lancelot frowned slightly and darted through the void, leaving a silvery-white afterimage with every movement as he severed, shattered, and knocked the tentacles away one by one.
Gustavo's attack was even more brutal. His eight spider eyes lit up at once, and eight beams of pitch-black Abyss light shot from his pupils, wrapping precisely around eight Destruction Beasts like invisible chains.
The Abyss light contained the twin powers of devouring and sealing. The moment the ensnared Destruction Beasts touched it, they began to shrivel, contract, and shrink rapidly, as though every last trace of power within them had been drained away.
In just a few breaths, the eight Destruction Beasts had been reduced to eight fist-sized black beads. Gustavo's Origin Cards gathered them up with ease and