Chapter 645: The Ambition of the Star Spirits and the Repair of the Labyrinth

In the Starlight Association, the Supreme Spire.

Inside the room named 'Chamber of the Starry Dome' at the very top of the spire.

Countless stars like the Milky Way and the starry sky, as if within reach, spread throughout the pitch-black room.

The transparent canopy was not the sky, but a distorted vision of the Star Realm, as if directly connected to it; occasionally, the shadow of a massive Star Realm Whale swept by, emitting a silent roar.

The ground was paved with shattered meteorites, each fragment recording an ancient star prophecy; these were genuine relics.

Unlike the effect of 'Enhanced Star-Gazing Art' passed down by word of mouth among ordinary Star Spirits.

The magnificent room, built at a total cost of thirty million Jin Along, actually served no purpose whatsoever.

It could be said to be purely a decorative creation.

Click—

Six floating star-lamps emitted a dim glow, hovering behind six Homecoming Prophets wrapped in white robes.

The white robes were tightly sealed; not a sliver of skin was revealed by anyone.

They sat around a massive floating circular stone platform.

The surface of the stone platform, worth five million, was inlaid with countless shimmering stardust, forming a dynamic image in mid-air.

Upon it was the image of the trial participants within the 【Pale Corridor】.

Each trial participant had their own exclusive magical perspective.

"Garzak, who do you favor?"

One of the ladies asked; deep red hair tips could be seen leaping up and curling out from beneath the white hood.

"It is not about who I favor; only those who endure the tempering of the Starfire can prove they are worthy of better use by the Starlight Association."

The man named Garzak spoke in a low voice.

Another person chimed in: "I think Medlin is good; she comes from a prominent family, yet as a Star Spirit, she possesses considerable talent in craftsmanship. The magical puppet in her hand is quite impressive."

"I, Wickes, agree. I have an impression of Medlin's magical puppet; if luck favors her in finding suitable materials, it might even advance further, able to progress alongside her master's footsteps."

The image on the stone platform switched to Medlin.

The girl in the 【Pale Corridor】 still had exaggeratedly prominent breasts; with such a large scale, they should have bounced with gravity and her steps.

But this seemed to lack natural fleshy elasticity, with not a single ripple.

Medlin haughtily raised her head; the hand of the magical puppet before her released a beam of moonlight, instantly piercing through a gargoyle vanguard of one of the trial participants.

Someone suddenly let out a cold snort.

"Hmph, Medlin's family supports you, Orion; you need not be so blatantly sycophantic."

"Motas, you are slandering with a bloody mouth!"

Orion, who had just supported Wickes, became emotionally agitated, showing quite a bit of guilt as if struck in a sore spot.

"Whether it is slander or not, everyone will form their own conclusion; it is not for me to decide here."

"You!"

"Ahem, ahem."

A crisp, aged coughing sound interrupted the two's conversation.

The quarrel ceased abruptly.

Everyone turned to look at the first Homecoming Prophet, Elris, whose fingers were interlaced.

Elris spoke slowly, full of old age:

"This trial is different from the past; besides filling the vacancy for the Minister of the Security Department as soon as possible, it will also serve as a candidate for the position of 【Skybreaker】, involving our future star-gazing to find our homeland; please set aside personal emotions and private interests."

"My apologies." "My apologies."

Halia, the only woman in the meeting, spoke again to ease the tense atmosphere among the members:

"Truly unexpected that the Magic Goddess's Magic Web Canopy possesses such power; it even directly shrouds the starry sky, rendering our Star-Gazing Art ineffective to a great extent."

Garzak's voice was low: "The Magic Goddess... after all, is a deity of this world, not ours..."

"The Magic Goddess is not the deity of us Star Spirits; her identity before becoming a god indicates she would only be the deity of humans."

"Perhaps she might even make a cameo appearance as a mage, hehe."

"Exactly, which is why we need a 【Skybreaker】 to carve out a hole in the Magic Web Canopy... everything we do is to find the path home."

"Perhaps in the distant starry sky lies our Star Spirit deity, or perhaps an opportunity to become a god..."

Speaking to this point.

Everyone's breathing grew a bit heavier.

Buzzzz—

The image on the stone platform suddenly showed obvious fluctuations, causing the picture to distort significantly.

"The labyrinth's magical fluctuations are affecting the image."

Garzak checked briefly and immediately drew a conclusion.

Wickes found an outlet for his frustration and frowned: "Motas, you were the one responsible for the labyrinth maintenance work, right?"

"One of the effects caused by the Magic Goddess's Magic Web Canopy; it is difficult to completely eliminate, but it has stabilized for now."

Motas, however, was too lazy to argue with him.

"Will it affect the trial participants inside? Causing changes in the labyrinth?"

"Unlikely; this is merely a labyrinth with a ruined relic."

Pfft—

The image reappeared, but no longer focused on Medlin.

Instead, a colossal blue dragon, towering like a mountain, roared at the sky, occupying most of the screen.

"Oh, Flint's son, Bualo; he has controlled an adult blue dragon and is also one of the strong contenders for occupying the token."

Halia smiled and introduced.

"He is a fine young man, if only he were not so infatuated with Medlin."

Wickes said with a laugh.

"Who is his opponent?"

"Hmm, Hailey, Hailey Strauss."

"Who is this? I have never heard of her."

"The captain of the Second Squad of the Security Department, a high-level Seventh Rank. Her father, after years of using Star-Gazing Art to spy on the Outer Realm, retired and now suffers from an incurable Corrupted Soul Disease."

"The offspring of a great figure who sacrificed for the future of the Star Spirit People. Hmm, why is there a human as well?"

"That seems to be Hailey's vanguard."

"A human?"

Wickes was slightly stunned.

The talent of humans is indeed not bad.

But as vanguards, they lack too many innate, powerful spiritual arts, and their versatile thinking poses a significant challenge to enslavement spells.

Generally, unless there is no other choice, almost no Star Spirit People would choose a human as a vanguard.

"The rank is not bad, Eighth Rank."

"Perhaps a vanguard of an assisting nature?"

Instances of signing cooperation contracts and inviting powerful figures to help have appeared in trials; it is not prohibited.

The Star Spirit People consider connections to be part of strength.

"But an Eighth Rank human has no chance against an equally Eighth Rank adult Blue Dragon."

The current Human Era highlights strong manufacturing capability and large numbers.

In terms of individual strength at the same rank, humans are not outstanding.

Of course, this is speaking as vanguards.

Mages are hard to judge, after all, there are specialized mages like Domain Mages and Legendary Mages.

"ROAR!!!"

The giant Blue Dragon in the scene suddenly erupted in a painful roar.

Vast clouds of ice mist and frost spread from the dragon's claws across its body.

"Oh? It actually suppressed it."

"The Blue Dragon's frost resistance is not strong; it can indeed exert a temporary suppression effect, but Buwalo, as a mage, would not stand idly by."

"Hehe... I hope this human can withstand the Blue Dragon's lightning breath... What?!"

The speaker suddenly lost composure, their voice filled with utter shock.

Everyone else observing the scenes of other trial participants turned to look.

In the scene, the relatively 'petite' human hovered in mid-air, still holding the pose of a punch.

And the dragon's head, larger than the human, was twisted backward.

Its ferocious and rugged jaw burst open with a massive, jarring rupture wound; dragon blood and dragon teeth flew through the air, exposing the shattered and exploded jawbone.

(End of Chapter)