Chapter 466: New Boss?
Looking up at the broken sky and into the void, Derek stared at the beast. The way it had shattered the sky and caused shards to fly at a nearly unperceivable pace automatically told him that the beast they were dealing with was one with intelligence. None that he faced, other than the ones that had this intelligence, had the ability and power to cause the sky to fracture and break out of the void in such a manner.
Yet somehow, it looked different from any of the other Void Beasts he’d seen since coming to his current system. Mostly, that was due to its size, or lack of, that is. Its body was almost identical in size to Derek’s own body after he had gone through his evolution—the perfect body for him. And, from what he was able to tell from the distance, it was actually very close in height to him.
But, after staring at it for a few moments, it finally clicked. It has a sort of void aura that none of the other ones I’ve me have, not only that, but its coloring is much closer to the void element. All the Void Beasts he’d fought so far had been very dark gray with various shades of void purple. However, with the beast in front of him, it no longer had that dark gray coloring—its entire body was the same color as his own void energy.
“Hold on,” Derek said to Alanah as she prepared to launch herself up into the sky to battle the creature. “Wait for a second before you attack.”
“What?” she half snapped back—her siren form causing her personality to become on edge and icier than before. “Why?”
“It’s different, don’t you see?” Derek replied. “Just look at it.” He pointed at the beast above them. “Look at the coloring, the size… feel the aura.”
“Fine…” Alanah muttered, then closed her eyes for a moment before releasing her own terrifying aura—causing her own to clash with the beast’s for a moment. “Hmm…” she opened her eyes and turned her head to look at Derek after withdrawing her aura. “Its aura feels very similar to your own. Not as… intense, and not as controlled, but very similar.”
“Exactly,” Derek said. “And have you noticed?”
“What?”