The dark-gold energy, a condensed essence of a peak Purple Knight-level entity, slammed into those six remaining chains with terrific, final momentum. It was not an attack, but a key, a burst of pure, unrefined power that was instantly absorbed by the hungry brown star.
The star reacted. It flared to life, shining with a dazzling, earthy brown light so intense it seemed to pulse with a heartbeat of its own. It was as if the star was roaring, celebrating, straining against its bindings after eons of silence.
SNAP!
The first chain shattered.
SNAP! SNAP! SNAP! SNAP! SNAP!
Five more in rapid, deafening succession.
Six times total. And then, silence.
The brown star was free.
It blazed with glorious, steady light, bathing a section of the inner universe in a warm, brown radiance. A profound, heavy pressure filled the space—the gentle, inexorable pull of gravity, the unyielding solidity of the earth. It was the Law of Earth.
