The void shook with fury.
All around them, thirty-three suns ignited at once—each one blazing with the might of a Half-Step Alpha-Omega Overgod's strike. The light was blinding, searing even to divine eyes.
Alita and Elder Oni froze for an instant, their hearts pounding. Fear crept into even their disciplined souls. The heat pressing against them was unbearable, the energy so thick it distorted space itself.
Why had the meteors suddenly transformed into suns? What force had awakened this fury within the void?
There was no time to wonder. If they hesitated, they would be reduced to ash.
But before either of them could act, Cain stepped forward.
His entire body erupted in a golden light that filled the void like a sunrise blooming across eternity. The seventh petal of the lotus on his forehead opened fully, its brilliance radiant enough to cast golden reflections across the drifting suns.
