Even though Xiao had no eyes, Tianming felt like he was being stared at. The smooth, jade-faced man claimed to be a specter, so the faceless specters must be some kind of divergent branch of their race, and a pretty small one at that. The Skyway Tristar appeared to be a deific-class nova source world—did that mean that the faceless specters reigned supreme on that powerful world?

Xiao had given him two choices: kill himself or be killed by him. Tianming wasn't in a rush to decide, however. He smiled and kept his questions going. "Before I answer that, I want to ask another question. Are faceless specters strong?...