A price?" Vara echoed, sharp and mocking. She unsheathed her gravity-blade, the air around her warping into jagged shards. "You talk like a King, child, but you stand in a den of wolves. Let's see if your 'Null-Logic' can stop a blade that can sev
r space itself!"
She moved—not with speed, but with the displacement of a Rank 2 Weaver. In a microsecond, she was behind Fang Yuan, her blade aiming for the silver-alloy of his neck.
Yuan didn't turn. He didn't even raise a hand.
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Suddenly, the entire room groaned. The heavy Star-Core Reactor in the center cracked under a sudden, localized pressure. Vara's blade stopped an inch from Yuan's skin, frozen in mid-air. Her body, despite her Rank 2 power, was slammed into the floor by a force equivalent to the weight of a dying star.
"The problem with 'Weaving' space," Yuan whispered, his voice resonating through her very bones, "is that you assume the space belongs to you. To me, it is just a puppet's string."
The two other Overlords, including Elder Krow, tried to intervene, their Rank 3 auras erupting like solar flares. But Yuan's Binary Heart pulsed once—a deep, indigo vibration that cancelled out their mana-signatures instantly.
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"I am a Galactic Overlord of the 1st Star," Yuan said, finally turning to look at them. His eyes were no longer human; they were cold, burning pulsars. "But my logic is from a realm you cannot even name. Your Rank 3 is a flickering candle; mine is the void that swallows the sun."
With a flick of his finger, the pressure intensified. Vara screamed as her gravity-blade shattered into dust. Elder Krow fell to his knees, his own mana suffocating him.
"I don't want your gold, and I don't want your loyalty," Yuan said, walking toward the Broken Spindle of Fate. "I want your submission. From this moment, your lives, your fleet, and your souls belong to the Son of Prophecy. If you follow me, I will lead you to the throat of the Council. If you resist..."
He looked at Vara, who was gasping for air. "I will turn this station into your collective coffin."