The miniature black hole didn't emit the dimension-twisting, all-tearing gravitational waves. It was as if some supreme being had simply dotted the clear white sky with a bottomlessly dark speck.
But it still stirred the most primitive fear in every cell of a living being, making Maheśvara feel extremely uneasy.
Most of the particles that form life on Earth came from the explosion of stars countless light-years away, billions of years ago. We are all children of the stars.
And when faced with the graveyard of the universe, the nemesis of stars—a black hole—an unknown fear inevitably surfaces.
Maheśvara waited for two seconds. Seeing that the black hole remained inactive, it dived into the sea and turned to flee.
No matter who was on the other side, anyone who could control a black hole was definitely no ordinary person.
Maheśvara wasn't afraid of a miniature black hole, but it was afraid that after dealing with a small one, a much larger one would follow.
After Maheśvara fled, the black hole remained unchanged.
Because inside the black hole, Ryn was in a state of bewilderment.
"Wait, where did my big Elysia go? How did Elysia's aura disappear? Did I teleport to the wrong place?"
Ryn emerged from the black hole, looking at the boundless ocean before him.
He tried to sense Elysia's aura again, but felt nothing.
He then tried to sense Volibear's, and still felt nothing.
Expanding his senses to cover the entire globe, he still couldn't feel anything...
Alright, Ryn knew what was up.
If he hadn't slipped and ended up in the wrong world, or if Elysia hadn't fallen into some Bubble Universe...
Then that idiot Maheśvara must have made a move!
Other than it, no one had such powerful concealment abilities!
As expected, Ryn searched for Maheśvara's aura and found that he couldn't sense it either.
Elysia must have realized he was coming after her and asked Maheśvara to help her escape!
Honestly, he wasn't going to stop her from leaving, he was just here to drop off her luggage!
Why hide! It's not like I'm going to eat you!!
Ryn hovered above the sea and issued a command to the vast ocean and the creatures within.
"Myriad spirits, help me find Maheśvara's location."
The sea surface rippled without wind, with waves spreading out from under Ryn's feet.
The creatures in the sea also received Ryn's command, and the message was passed from one to ten, and from ten to a hundred, relaying his order to other creatures.
The ocean itself began to search. No matter how well Maheśvara could hide its aura, could it really vanish into thin air?
The waters found Maheśvara and quickly relayed the information to Ryn.
Then, the waters parted in unison, creating a path for Ryn to the seabed.
It might seem absurd, but apologies, Ryn's control over the Myriad Spirits... was just that absurd.
Originally, the Herrscher of Death's Authority was just to manipulate the genes within living organisms and reconstruct matter through Honkai energy.
But Ryn thought, if I can manipulate genes, then by rounding up, doesn't that mean I can also manipulate the sequence of matter composition within living organisms?
Doesn't that mean I can control all living things?
If I can control the constituent particles of living things, then why not just control the particles directly?
And if I'm controlling the constituent particles of things, then by rounding up, doesn't that mean I can control everything in the world?
Besides, this ability is called Creation, isn't it all about creating?
Anyway, the Sea of Quanta gave him high enough permissions. As big as Ryn's heart was, so was his Authority.
God Mei put it well—"Who cares if bio-current is a type of electricity! It has the word 'current' in it, so if I say I can control it, then I can control it."
Ryn loves to learn. Since God Mei taught him this principle, he had to listen, didn't he~
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Having dived into the depths of the sea, Maheśvara had yet to breathe a sigh of relief for its escape.
The ocean behind it silently parted, and tens of thousands of meters away, a figure was slowly walking towards it.
Maheśvara knew it had likely run into some powerhouse, but it couldn't figure out why. It had been hiding in the sea for tens of millions of years and hadn't had contact with anyone!
So, it was most likely looking for Elysia...
Maheśvara separated a portion of its flesh, enveloped Elysia, and transformed into a small manta ray, carrying Elysia swiftly away.
As for Maheśvara itself, it remained in place, waiting for the being who had parted the Pacific Ocean to approach.
Ryn saw the flesh that Maheśvara had separated and saw through to Elysia, who had been knocked unconscious with her vital signs suppressed to a minimum, and Volibear, who had been sleeping without receiving Elysia's command.
Right, still running even after seeing me. Am I really that scary?
Ryn looked at the seawater beside him. The water spontaneously froze into a sheet of ice, allowing Ryn to see his current appearance.
Apart from his hair, which had turned red for reasons Stigmata Kiana couldn't explain, there were no other changes! Still super handsome and charming!!
Ryn stopped above Maheśvara, looking down on it from a commanding position.
But then he thought that Maheśvara was sort of Elysia's adoptive mother, so looking at it like this was a bit rude.
So, before Maheśvara's terrified and speechless eyes, as its pupils quaked...!
Ryn reached out a hand and placed it on its body, then slowly lowered himself until he was face-to-face with Maheśvara.
"Herrscher... who... are you... What do you want..."
Maheśvara's voice trembled slightly. Why was a Herrscher here!
If it were an ordinary Herrscher, that would be one thing. Maheśvara didn't obey Herrschers, and they wouldn't go out of their way to provoke it. A Herrscher might not even be able to defeat Maheśvara in a fight...
But a Herrscher like Ryn, who had complete control over their Authority, was different. This was a complete Herrscher, an existence that could be called a pseudo-god.
Maheśvara was, after all, a Honkai Beast. Although it was stronger than an ordinary Herrscher, an ordinary Herrscher could still temporarily strip it of its Authority and limit its power.
And an existence like Ryn could directly control Maheśvara at will, modify its core, and change its form and abilities.
This was the suppression and dominance that Herrschers had ingrained in the genes of Honkai Beasts.
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