He stopped directly beneath Qin Lau's towering head.
"I didn't come here because I thought I was stronger than you. No... you are far more powerful than I am."
He looked up with a calm gaze.
"I came because I know I can dominate you."
Victor lifted his hand and time resumed.
Qin Lau wings flared violently as he recoiled. The reality he controlled slipped through his grasp for the first time in centuries.
"This is your domain," Victor continued evenly. "But within mine—"
He smiled.
"—you don't get to decide how this ends."
The Corrupt Triangle trembled from uncertainty as Qin Lau hovered in the air with his wings half-spread and eyes locked onto Victor with a gaze no longer purely arrogant.
Something else had entered it now...
Caution.
It suddenly came to a realisation upon recognising the aura that was seeping out of Victor.
"You possess…" Qin Lau's voice dropped several octaves, "…the Void Emperor Bloodline."
Victor did not respond.
