The silence that followed Orion's defeat did not fade quickly.
Even after the transfer light carried him back to his pillar and the healing laws of the Eternal Hourglass began stabilizing his body, many spectators across the Divine Realm continued staring at the screen without a word.
Orion Starfall had lost, yet his loss carried more weight than many victories. He had forced Revona to reveal the Void Origin Realm, pushed her into using Return to Nothing, and burned through every last trace of his strength with his self-created technique, Starfall Extinction.
In the end he had fainted before he could break through that final layer of nothingness, but no one could claim that the strongest genius of the Nine Star Court had been weak.
