Chapter 445: Seito's Arrival, Attention from the Merged Universe?
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"When is Seito getting here?"
Hestia turned to Maple and the others, her expression full of nervousness.
"He'll be here any second!" Maple replied with a confident smile.
Hearing that, Hestia let out a long sigh of relief.
Although Sora was outmatched against those two Main Gods, holding them off for a short period was no problem at all. Now all they had to do was await Seito's return.
With Maple's confirmation, every God-King and lower god present relaxed, just like Hestia.
The Merged Universe... Somewhere in Deep Space.
Two young girls opened their eyes, looking toward the direction of the God-King Star Sector with slight curiosity.
One of them, a white-haired little girl, let out a soft, sweet voice: "Gaia, that seems to be a newly ascended Main God."
"Mhm," replied the black-haired girl sitting beside her.
The white-haired girl continued: "That new Main God is the Game Main God. But how did he manage to offend both the Main God of Light and the Main God of Darkness at the same time?"
She was genuinely curious. Sora was merely a newly ascended Main God. How did he manage to anger two established Main Gods at once? That was pretty interesting.
"Alaya, I'm guessing he might have a rare treasure on him, like a Primordial Placenta or extra Creation Energy," the black-haired girl reasoned after a moment's thought.
"Makes sense," the white-haired girl nodded in agreement.
The two young girls watched for just a short moment before retracting their vision. A brawl between early-stage Main Gods wasn't particularly worth watching. After all, neither of them was at the peak of the Main God Realm. Now, if peak-stage Main Gods were fighting, that would be worth a closer look.
Elsewhere... A Divine Realm.
An immensely majestic llama-like entity opened its eyes, looking far across the cosmos. The place it glanced at was also the God-King Star Sector. But after a single glance, it turned its eyes away.
Across four other distinct locations in the universe, powerful gazes swept toward the sector. These belonged to absolute powerhouses at the peak of the Main God Realm. Yet, after taking a single quick look, every single one of them retracted their vision. It simply wasn't interesting enough to warrant their attention.
On the other hand, the Main Gods at the Early, Mid, and Late stages were more than happy to spectate the chaos unfolding in the God-King Star Sector.
However... as these Main Gods watched, every single one of them froze in shock.
"Huh? The space around that entire star sector was just completely locked down?!"
"Fascinating. Even their energy signatures have been thoroughly masked."
"I can't calculate or trace the location of that star sector anymore. What is going on?"
"Interesting! Truly interesting!"
"Tell me about it~ To think something so strange could happen. To mask energy signatures so completely, it must be a top-tier treasure!"
"Heh, I still feel like one of those peak-stage Main Gods is fishing for prey!"
The spectating Main Gods chimed in one after another. Just as they were enjoying the show, the entire God-King Star Sector had abruptly vanished from their perception. It went without saying that someone had deliberately concealed the star sector.
While a few assumed an Origin Artifact was involved, the vast majority believed a peak Main God was setting a trap. As a result, the observing Main Gods stayed put, choosing not to meddle. At worst, they were just missing out on a good show.
Back in the God-King Star Sector...
"Pfft!"
Sora was sent flying once more, spitting out another mouthful of divine blood across space.
Zip, zip~~!
The Main God of Light and the Main God of Darkness flew down right in front of him simultaneously.
"You have no way out now. Hand over the Creation Energy peacefully, and the two of us might just spare your life," the Main God of Light said with a warm, gentle smile.
Sora froze for a fraction of a second before a strange, subtle smirk spread across his face.
"Heh, do you two really think you've won?"
"What do you mean?" The Main God of Darkness frowned, an unsettling premonition creeping into his heart.
The Main God of Light was equally puzzled.
Zip~!
Sora leaped backward, placing thousands of miles between them, and grinned: "Why don't you two try feeling the surrounding space?"
Hearing those words, both Main Gods froze. They immediately channeled their divine power to scan the spatial fabric around them.
The next second, their eyes widened in utter disbelief!
"Sp... Spatial lockdown?!" the Main God of Light gasped, unable to believe his own perception.
How could this be?!
They were two full-fledged Main Gods, yet neither had noticed when or how the surrounding space had been sealed off!
Swish~~!
Countless golden specks of light began gathering right beside Sora, putting both invading Main Gods on high alert.
Under their watchful eyes, the golden light condensed into the figure of a young man with snowy white hair.
"Sora, looks like things weren't going too smoothly on your end," Seito smiled lightly.
"Smooth enough," Sora grinned back.
"You're here now, so this game is officially checkmate."
"Fair point," Seito replied easily.
"Which Main God are you?!" The Main God of Darkness glared at Seito, frantically racking his mind for any records of known Main Gods across the universe. Yet, there was zero memory of anyone looking like Seito!
"Stop trying, he's a newly ascended Main God—and an extremely dangerous one at that!" The Main God of Light warned sharply, his guard raised to the absolute maximum as he locked eyes on Seito.
"What do you mean?" The Main God of Darkness paused, confused.
"Can't you feel the power radiating from him? That's the power of Time and Space! This guy is the Space-Time Main God!!" the Main God of Light shouted in dead seriousness.
The moment Seito appeared, the Main God of Light had realized he was a newly ascended deity. But that was precisely why he was terrified. The Divine Core inside Seito radiated absolute authority over Time and Space! On top of that, he couldn't perceive Seito's power rank at all!
That meant Seito's actual strength far surpassed the Early-Stage Main God Realm!
Hearing this, the Main God of Darkness quickly scanned Seito's energy aura, and his face turned ghastly pale. He and the Main God of Light had kicked a massive iron wall this time!
"Alright, let's skip the small talk."
"Space-Time Cube!"
Zip~!
As Seito spoke, a shimmering purple and green crystal cube materialized, hovering steadily around his body.
Staring at the floating cube, both the Main God of Light and the Main God of Darkness stood frozen in absolute shock.
"That's... an Origin Treasure?!!"
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