To quickly catch the escaping couple and recover the stolen Fire Seed, the people from the Burning Heaven Temple opted for light and fast travel.
Ten cone-shaped ships, pointed and flatter but seven to eight times larger than a capsule ship, launched from the warship, their tails ejecting pale red streams of light as they submerged into the deep, azure waters of the Eternal Flow Sea.
However, to their surprise, just a few hours into the pursuit, Reynolds noticed that the two fleeing signal sources had stopped.
Half an hour later, a vast blood-black cloud platform made up of ship wreckage, unknown rocks, and lifeform bones appeared nearby.
In the center of the cloud platform, a capsule ship of dark material was quietly docked.
"Must have run out of energy," the blond man chuckled mockingly, leaning casually against the window, looking down. "These idiots probably rushed so much they didn't even check the hull's energy."