"Roaaarrrr—!!"
Just as Welt was about to strike Yukong, a hand reached out from the void and fiercely grabbed his wrist!
The massive momentum was also reduced along with it.
Yukong's hair was blown about by the fierce aura. In the storm, she stared fixedly at the orb in Welt's hand, watching helplessly as it grew smaller and smaller.
Until it finally dissipated into the air.
Only then did the entire Palace of Astrum return to calm.
The staff kneeling around them, as well as the heavily injured Cloud Knights, felt as if they had snatched their lives back from the gates of hell.
They gulped down fresh air, experiencing the feeling of surviving death.
"What are you doing here? Didn't I say to let me handle it freely?!"
Welt seemed somewhat displeased and shook off the suddenly appearing hand.
Then, a fawning laugh was heard.
The white light circle at the end of the hand continuously enlarged, and from within it walked out two complete figures.
It was clearly Zeig and the Ground Tiger Hero.
"Leader, I think these people don't deserve to die!"
Zeig frowned slightly as he looked at the Cloud Knights on the ground and kept sighing:
"Sigh, although they're unreasonable, good for nothing, extremely stubborn about weird things, and even wary and guarded toward people who saved their comrades, speaking maliciously!"
"But!"
Zeig's pause.
Made everyone present's hearts tighten.
The next words from this black-haired man would decide their life or death.
"But, we are the Astral Express! Saving planets and doing one good deed a day is our mission!"
"Hmph, that's true, but that doesn't mean I, Welt Yang, will swallow my anger and suffer grievances from these people because of it!"
Welt stared coldly at Yukong on the ground and said in a deep voice:
"If we swallow our anger, I'm afraid these people will feel justified in ordering us around afterward! Using clearing suspicion as an excuse to make us work like oxen and horses!"
"What, is that true?!"
Zeig looked around at everyone in shock, covering his face as he trembled and said:
"No way?!"
"Hmph! Young people just lack experience!" Welt scolded.
"You… you would really do that?"
Zeig bent down and looked at Yukong with great pity:
"Actually, you wanted to invite us to the Palace of Astrum for a meal, right? As thanks for us saving so many Cloud Knights, correct?"
"Cough." Yukong coughed with difficulty and spoke shakily:
"Yes."
"Ehh~ See!"
Zeig quickly stood up, hooked his arm around Welt's shoulder, and said in a coquettish voice:
"Leader, see? It was just a misunderstanding~"
"Hmph! If that's really the case, then restore everything here to its original state!"
Upon hearing this, a bitter smile appeared at the corner of Yukong's mouth.
Restore to original state?
She looked around.
The vast Palace of Astrum had already been destroyed by Welt into nothing but broken walls and rubble. Countless precision instruments were completely ruined.
The shattered door frame, scattered wood fragments.
And the Cloud Knights lying all over the ground, their life or death unknown.
With such a tragic scene, how could it…
"Hm?"
Under Yukong's doubtful cry, a huge and complex emerald green array appeared above the entire Palace of Astrum.
"What is this?"
In the next moment.
Emerald green light spots descended like sweet rain, falling into everyone's bodies.
The fallen Cloud Knights miraculously woke up, and their injuries were visibly recovering and healing at a speed visible to the naked eye!
"This is… Abundance?!" A nearby maid covered her small mouth in surprise.
"No, it's not."
Yukong slowly propped up her body, watching helplessly as the scratches on her arms and face slowly disappeared.
"A recovery ability with no side effects… without even any chanting time… and it can be used on a large group of people…"
Yukong looked with uncertainty at the man in the center of the hall holding a white spear and pointing one finger at the sky. Her voice trembled as she said:
"The Astral Express actually has such a person!"
But soon after, she regained her cold expression.
So what if he healed the injured Cloud Knights? This vast Palace of Astrum was still…
"Lady Yukong, look quickly!"
"Huh?"
In the next moment, Yukong was slapped in the face.
The rubble throughout the entire Palace of Astrum slowly floated up and gradually returned to its original positions.
The large hole in the main wall above the hall also slowly restored itself.
This miraculous sight left everyone stunned.
Not only could he heal people's injuries, he could even restore inanimate objects to their original state!
This person… why was he so powerful?!
"If it's like this, then… the price this man's body has to pay should be considerable, right?" Yukong pondered.
Any ability of this level must come with enormous drawbacks. Just the energy consumption alone was not something ordinary people could bear.
This man holding the spear would probably collapse in the next moment.
"Thud—!!"
Sure enough!
Just as Yukong had guessed, after Zeig restored the final Palace of Astrum gate, his whole body collapsed to the ground.
"Someone, go and…"
Yukong had just raised her hand, wanting to call for people to bring a stretcher, but unexpectedly Zeig did a carp flip and jumped back up.
He landed steadily, hugged his arms, bent over trembling as he looked around, and asked pitifully:
"Heavens, the ground is so cold! Is the Palace of Astrum so poor that it won't even turn on the air conditioning?"
"Hmph, they're exactly this kind of bunch!"
"…"
March 7th had been standing silently to the side the whole time, arms crossed, eyes narrowed, watching straight as Zeig suddenly mocked Yukong a few times.
He clearly could have stopped Uncle Yang when he was smashing the Palace of Astrum's gate, but instead watched from behind and even shouldered the camera to record.
Recording Uncle Yang beating up Cloud Knights, recording Uncle Yang using the Cloud Knights' bodies to smash the gate, and recording Uncle Yang using a pseudo black hole to smash Yukong, the head of the Sky-Faring Commission!
What bad taste! It was definitely all going to be shown to Uncle Yang later!
Seeing that Zeig had already restored the Palace of Astrum to its original state, March 7th finally dared to negotiate with Yukong:
"Now…"
"Step aside, I'll handle it!"
"?"
March 7th was pulled aside by Zeig. He smiled at Yukong himself:
"Respected Lady Yukong, now… can we sit down and have a proper talk?"
"I…"
Yukong still wanted to say something, but upon meeting Welt's sharp gaze, the tragic scene from earlier resurfaced in her mind.
"…"
"Of course."
"No need, I'll talk with everyone!"
Suddenly, from behind Yukong came a man's voice.
Everyone looked toward the sound. A blue projection was standing there smiling.
"Yukong, oh Yukong… shouldn't you quickly thank the guests for sparing your life~!"
"…"
Clearly, this man had seen the entire scene just now.
March 7th immediately frowned.
If Zeig hadn't stepped in earlier, this man would have made a move, right?
Good grief, there was actually still one hidden!
Obeying the projection's command, Yukong couldn't help pursing her lips.