Chapter 872 - Chapter 872. Carter's and Asadja's Communication.

Carter arrived at Azure Star Solar System's capital world and settled the army in a defensive formation. Once he was there, he used the infrastructure to connect with the higher-ups and have a short real-time communication. 

These people were dozens of light-years away, so it required considerable resources. Nevertheless, it was important. So the other side accepted Carter's request. 

"Elder Asadja, I would like to say that I will be brief. Nevertheless, I need to explain many matters in detail." 

Asadja, on the other side, was a human man with a light lilac skin tone and faintly visible red veins. Maintaining a pure human-looking aspect as Ascensions advanced became paradoxically more and more complicated, especially if those Ascension choices were powerful or unique.

Of course, there were powerful Ascensions where a human would recover a perfect human-looking body. As long as one continued the human ascension path, bouncing back and forth was not unheard of… at least for higher Ascension powerhouses. Nevertheless, for Second and Third Ascension powerhouses, some specialness was, on average, much more common. 

Asadja was a Level 300 powerhouse, and one of the few who had reached that Level in the Nexus. He was considered one of the high-ranking elders, despite his youthful appearance. 

Behind him, through the communication screen, Carter could see several military maps. Asadja was, after all, the grand commander in charge of the whole Abyssal Void Nexus army. A true top-tier influential individual and also a powerhouse who gained the title of a . Titles in each Ascension were given only to the gifted. One such individual could usually fight ten or more average individuals at their level without much effort.

It was the same for , and it was also the same for . 

Asadja glanced at Carter with deep, calm eyes. "Speak, Commander Carter. What is your current true situation?" 

Carter nodded and explained everything without holding anything back. Now was not the time to hold back for personal achievements. At the current pace, Carter might lose his neck after returning, regardless of his value. Losing 300 million soldiers, the members of the Corrupt Church, and the numerous starships and Second Ascension powerhouses was not as simple as a pinch for the Abyssal Void Nexus. 

Asadja's calm expression couldn't help but gain a faint frown as he listened, but he quickly eliminated all emotions and continued listening. 

'...What a massive miscalculation.' 

After listening to Carter's condensed report in length, speaking for one hour straight, Liu Shu's threat level in Asadja's heart shot up and settled right below Balaya. 

What shook him the most was that, when Carter spoke about the time they were out in the expedition, something entirely different was marked in Asadja's table. At first, he had thought that it was a mistake, but then he corrected himself. 

'If the mistake is a few months, it is possible. If the mistake amounts to several years, something was wrong.'

Following the pattern was not hard, and he soon discovered that the difference was almost exactly three times. Even then, that was speculation. What he could say with certainty was… 'the Heavenly Willow is able to manipulate time within her domain to a certain extent. Or… more than manipulate, she probably has a or