After calling out "Mother Empress, Sister," Bai stood there stunned until Yang Ying approached her and said, "Baibai, you must know by now, you must already know everything. Whether you stay in the Solar System or return to the Empire to be a princess—have you decided what to do?" "I, I," Baibai looked at Yang Ying, flustered and uneasy, her eyes filled with conflict, as if an intense struggle was raging within her. Finally, she clutched her head, her face drawn with worry.

"I don't know. My mind is such a mess, Brother Yang Ying. Can you just let me be alone for a while?" "I can give you time, but others won't," Yang Ying sensed several powerful presences rapidly approaching.

He gently lifted Bai's face with his hand and said with great seriousness, "You must decide now. Don't try to weigh things up; just tell me your most direct feeling. Do you want to go back and reunite with your Mother Empress and sister?" "I...

I want to!" Bai nearly shouted the words out. "Good," Yang Ying nodded. "I understand." At that moment, the starlight outside the manor city suddenly twisted.

A massive vortex, kilometers in diameter, materialized out of thin air. From the center of the vortex, a colossal hand reached out, vast as a small mountain, pressing down upon the manor city. Space vibrated around this gigantic hand.

Every ripple generated held destructive power, yet these ripples gathered around the hand, forming something that looked incredibly smooth, like a gauntlet. "It's him, Sandwor!" Landon's face turned pale. As an Imperial noble born and raised hearing tales of Sandwor's martial glory from her elders, Landon knew the terror Sandwor represented.

If it were just her and Baibai, escaping this giant hand was impossible; it was more terrifying than the Five Finger Mountain of the Buddha. Zzzla— At that moment, Yang Ying raised his right hand. A dazzling silver lightning burst from his palm, transforming into a lightning javelin, which he flung out with a sweep of his arm.

The lightning javelin appeared minuscule before the giant hand, like an embroidery needle. However, the power contained within the javelin was the genuine peak power of the Silver Ear System—the power of the Fourth Level Limit. BOOM!!!!!!

With a thunderous explosion, the lightning spear pierced through the spatial wrinkles enveloping the giant hand as if breaking through rotten wood, shattering the huge hand. The surging thunderous energy exploded outward, even destroying the wormhole vortex, blasting the giant Sandwor, who had only just partially revealed himself, back out. "This, this..." Landon watched, dumbfounded.

Although she had long presumed Yang Ying and Dao Feng were no ordinary Fourth Level beings and possessed unfathomable strength, she had never imagined Yang Ying could repel the Sandwor, whose name had echoed through the Empire for tens of thousands of years, with a single strike. In just an instant, the massive vortex wormhole reformed further away. Sandwor, the Regent King, now fully corporeal, emerged.

A hole had been pierced through his right palm, going straight through to the back of his hand. Golden blood seeped from the two wounds, yet Sandwor seemed unconcerned. His gaze was locked tightly onto Yang Ying, who had just inflicted the injury.

"It's been a long time since anyone managed to injure me. You actually did it. Who are you?" Sandwor's voice contained an aura of absolute supremacy, an will so substantial that merely hearing it involuntarily affected listeners.

Those below the Third Level couldn't resist it, and even Fourth Level beings, if their wills weren't firm enough, would be affected, hindering their ability to exert full power. As he spoke, Yang Ying was simultaneously observing the Imperial Regent, whom he had only heard of but never seen, using his High-Level Spiritual Sense Eye. He confirmed that Sandwor possessed the rumored ability to consecutively slay multiple Fourth Level existences.

Sandwor was clearly a Fourth Level Limit entity, not at all weaker than Yang Ying. In fact, his mastery of power and accumulation of experience seemed far superior. If Yang Ying hadn't been prepared—calculating against the unexpected—it might not have been so easy to wound him with the lightning javelin.

"Why won't you answer my question?" Sandwor frowned when he saw Yang Ying merely observing him. The Empress Dowager and the Empress were not as swift as he, but they were not far behind. If too much time was wasted here, by the time the mother and daughter met, taking the little princess away would become significantly harder.

"Very well. I don't have much time, nor do I wish to engage in pointless conflict with you." Sandwor waved his hand, and a ball of white light enveloped his hand, instantly healing the wounds on his palm and the back of his hand. He raised his head and addressed Yang Ying with an arrogant bearing.

"My name is Sandwor, Regent King of the True Human Empire. I have come for the child beside you." Sandwor pointed at Baibai and continued, "She is the princess who went missing from the Empire many years ago. If you hand that child over to my protection, I will overlook your earlier offense.

Not only that, but I can grant you a lofty status within the Empire. How about it? What is your answer, Limit Expert among the Sub-humans?" After being injured by Yang Ying, Sandwor had instead developed an idea to recruit him.

He knew every Fourth Level existence in the True Human Empire. In his view, a Fourth Level expert like Yang Ying, appearing out of nowhere in a remote corner of the galaxy like Earth, must have ascended from the ranks of the Sub-humans. Recruiting such a master into his ranks would undoubtedly greatly assist his future plans.

Sandwor's voice carried a peculiar, seductive quality, making listeners feel that everything he said was the undeniable truth. Landon was affected; she looked at Yang Ying with fearful eyes, worrying that Yang Ying might heed Sandwor's suggestion and switch allegiance. Both Yang Ying and Sandwor possessed immense power; if their strengths were combined, perhaps no other force in the entire galaxy could stand against them.

Baibai was also terrified. She immediately grabbed Yang Ying's hand; her small hand was icy cold. Yang Ying patted her little hand, naturally generating an atmosphere of tranquility and peace with his spiritual energy, calming her down.

"Tell me your answer!" Sandwor felt the Empress and Dowager approaching, and time was growing short. He asked impatiently. "Hand over this...

child," Yang Ying turned to Sandwor and said, "I cannot do that." "Then I will kill you and take the child!" Sandwor roared. "This..." A flash of electric light crossed Yang Ying's eyes. "You cannot do that!!!" Sandwor was furious.

He shook his shoulders, and his height rapidly soared, instantly becoming a giant fifteen hundred meters tall. Yang Ying showed no weakness; his body transformed into a streak of electric light and flew out of the manor city, also becoming a fifteen-hundred-meter-tall giant. Sandwor brought his palm down in a slash, sending a two-kilometer-long spatial wave blade toward Yang Ying.

The starlight passing through the spatial wave blade became distorted—a phenomenon caused by the twisting of space itself. The spatial wave blade's effect was less pronounced in the vacuum of space, but if it struck a planet, it would cleave even a mountain range in two! Yang Ying raised his hand, and a two-kilometer-long lightning javelin materialized in his palm.

He swung and hurled it toward the spatial wave blade. The two powerful spells collided in the center. There was no significant sound or light effect; both annihilated each other silently, leaving behind only a massive, pitch-black sphere at the spot.

However, it would be a mistake to judge the power of the spells by this minimal visible output. Even in the vacuum of space, there are molecules present per cubic meter. But if someone were to immediately measure that area after the black sphere vanished, they would find that not even half a neutron could be located there.

Landon gently held Baibai close. Their faces were deathly pale. Anyone who hadn't reached this level, watching a battle at this magnitude, would feel their hair stand on end, chilled to the bone.

Seeing the spatial wave blade fail, Sandwor raised both hands to his chest, and a deep blue sphere instantly brewed. He held the sphere behind his head with his right hand and threw it forcefully toward Yang Ying. Through the vision of the High-Level Spiritual Sense Eye, Yang Ying clearly perceived the boundless energy contained within the sphere—enough to crush a mountain or boil a lake dry.

What surprised him slightly was that the deep blue sphere instantly appeared before him the moment it left Sandwor's hand, indicating that this sphere possessed spatial leaping properties. Sandwor was a being who had grasped the power of space to its absolute limit. He could arbitrarily distort rules such as spatial distance, severance, and continuity.

"Well met," Yang Ying raised a hand and pointed. An ice-blue barrier, looking like solid ice, instantly appeared, sealing the deep blue sphere inside. "Stasis Field!" "The opponent's understanding of space is also quite advanced, and this spell even incorporates the rules of time," Sandwor thought, then shouted aloud, "Explode!" Boom!

Within the Stasis Field barrier, the deep blue sphere violently detonated. Normally, the Stasis Field is an excellent spatio-temporal spell, capable of completely freezing all activity within the barrier. But space and time are always intertwined; Sandwor's spatial power allowed him to remotely control the deep blue sphere inside the Stasis Field barrier.

The sphere, imbued with potent spatial energy, exploded, causing hairline cracks to appear on the barrier wall of the Stasis Field. However, this gave Yang Ying sufficient time to leave his original position. By the time the barrier collapsed, Yang Ying was long outside the sphere's attack range.

At this moment, a wormhole vortex appeared not far from them, and two figures stepped out. Both were tall and possessed an air of noble refinement, giving off a detached, otherworldly aura. Even with looks of anxiety on their faces, not a single movement betrayed any flaw in their bearing.

The Imperial Empress and the Empress Dowager had finally arrived in the Solar System. Diamond has been sleeping little and waking early these past two days, getting too little rest, so I'm quite tired today. Only one chapter today; I'll make up for it tomorrow.