Chapter 694: 172. Golden Law
Elizabeth stared blankly at the Whale Folk before her; in the face of such a chasm of rank difference, her hands became stiff as iron. The Whale Folk before her seemed not to seek her opinion, more like merely informing her.
Because the next moment, the Godlin Sword in Elizabeth’s hand began to tremble violently, joyously leaving her palm and returning to the Whale Folk.
The Whale Folk gently grasped the weapon, which had fought alongside Elizabeth, a hint of nostalgia in their eyes.
And in the following moment, the sense of all-consuming silence that seemed to devour the world gradually faded in the ears of all present, sounds surged back into the ears of everyone there. At the same time, the aura of the Whale Folk before them was gradually rising.
All the Chaos Beings in the sky turned their mighty gazes toward this place. With no human features to read their expressions, it was impossible to discern their exact emotions, only that they had all fallen silent, as though bracing themselves, watching every move of the Whale Folk.
After a long time, the serious voice of the leading Chaos Being finally murmured,
“Destruction God Xu.”
“Mom!”
Jasmine’s expression slightly changed, and she hurried to Xu. Xu turned to look at her daughter by her side; Jasmine still had not entered the Mythical Rank, yet Xu’s expression showed nothing particular.
She simply reached out and gently stroked Jasmine’s slightly chubby face, then the radiance of the golden blade in her hand surged. Before Jasmine could reach out to touch Xu, Xu had slowly begun to rise into the air, facing the five Demigods standing tall in the sky.
“Mom.”
Jasmine felt an ominous premonition in her heart. Her outstretched hand hung in the air but could not retain her mother, who was flying towards the sky.
As Xu gradually ascended toward the sky in the direction of the sea, that atmosphere, which seemed to cover everything and make the world silent, also spread into the sky. Several differently formed Chaos Beings glanced at the direction of their tentacles, and with some sensation, looked at the incoming Xu.
“A Destruction God, a Whale Folk can possess such immense power alone; life truly is a miracle.”
The speaker was Scorpio; his appearance was actually far from that of a scorpion, but his bright compound eyes, appearing like a scorpion-shaped star in the dark, earned him that name.
“But we watch over this world day and night.”
“Your law is damaged now, and you cannot use it to fight us.”
“And you are well aware of your blessings and curses.”
“We know you well, yet you know nothing about us.”
The five Chaos Beings spoke in turn, creating a harmonious and hauntingly beautiful melody.
Things related to the soul are always connected to music; many civilizations in the universe believe that “melody is the voice of the soul,” and so it is.
Listening to their voices, Xu only slightly curled her lips, her demeanor still indifferent,
“My blessings and curses have never been a secret in the Mythical War; all my enemies and friends are aware of this, yet none have ever been my match.”
“Buzz, buzz, buzz.”
The sound of chaos power activating erupted simultaneously, yet bizarrely grew quieter in the air as the Chaos Beings understood this was a sign of Xu’s curse spreading.
Xu’s curse functions simply; she can create a layer of transparent medium that protects herself. Essentially, the essence of this blessing is “protection,” a barrier through which no sound or any form of energy, except for her, can easily penetrate.
Xu’s blessings need not be elaborated upon; it’s a blessing known as “Boundless Vitality.” This blessing bestows upon her a recovery ability and stamina surpassing all Whale Folk, allowing Xu to turn crises into safety rapidly as long as she does not suffer a fatal injury, and she does not feel fatigue in battle.
The blessings and curses of the Whale Folk actually originate from their personality traits. For example, Gouwen is dedicated to helping the world and has a compassionate heart; his blessings are highly related to this aspect.
But even as Gouwen, Xu’s husband, he often wondered why all the curses and blessings received by his hot-tempered Whale Folk wife were focused solely on self-protection.
Perhaps Xu also finds it puzzling, but since blessings and curses are destined by heaven, she has not discarded them; instead, she has utilized them to an extraordinary degree.
“Come!”
The voice of the Chaos Beings, though barely audible, carried a strong sense of vengeance.
Their plan had already failed; they had weirdly penetrated the crevices and entered reality. Their very existence brimmed with authority; staying here for too long would make the world’s laws collapse, but nonetheless, they were unwilling to return to the Spirit Realm and be tormented by the Crimson Mist.
Any persuasion at this moment seemed utterly futile; Xu understood this as well; only war remained.
The Chaos Beings began to amass their strength, yet the sky remained eerily silent, entirely the effect of Xu’s curse. At that moment, they were all encased in the medium created by Xu.
This was not their stupidity; they simply could not fight away from Xu’s medium, because its range was simply too vast.
What originally served to protect herself had grown over the years to become broader than the ocean, which is why Mythical Beings often got caught and thrashed when messing around in the ocean.
Conversely, since this medium enveloped Xu at its center, the power she used would be transmitted outward without consumption and exponentially. The moment she attacked, that terrifying power would cover all directions, thus, after each battle Xu fought, the surrounding scenes would often be devastated due to the power conducted by the medium.
Hence, the title “Destruction God” was born.
Xu held her sword before her, and the flames of the golden long sword erupted suddenly, about to turn into a sea of flames that would engulf the world and illuminate her face brilliantly.
If the flames of the golden long sword in Elizabeth’s hand were akin to a match, then those erupting from Xu’s hands were the radiance of the sun.
The five Chaos Beings in the sky—Scorpio, Pisces, Cancer, Libra, and Taurus—confronted a looming golden light that threatened to engulf everything. They braced themselves, and as their powers roared, they still could not avoid being overwhelmed by Xu’s sword light.
“Buzz!!”
In just a moment, what Scorpio did not know could be called his “head” was instantly severed. The other Chaos Beings were alarmed and hurried to dodge, but behind them, the terrifying power carrying the medium burst through space and spread in all directions.
“Rumble!!”
All the clouds in the sky began to tremble, and even the ocean shook.
Scorpio’s body disintegrated in mid-air, whereas Xu merely pulled lightly, and the medium gathered the retreating Scorpio closer. As he let out a painful moan, Xu coldly snorted and delivered another punch.
“Bang!”
Scorpio’s distorted body exploded as fragments scattered. Yet, those dispersed fragments were still within the medium, repeatedly pounded by the spreading forces, bursting apart like fireworks.
“Looks like you Chaos Beings know of all the worldly conflicts but have never personally acted.”
But in the next moment, Scorpio’s disassembled body began to swell continuously, transforming into innumerable intangible “domains,” from which an unending array of terrifying beams descended. The power of these beams was so strong that even Xu’s medium could not obstruct them.
Xu had no choice but to raise her sword and slash out, and flames instantly consumed Scorpio and his light.
However, there were more enemies than just Scorpio. As the medium stirred slightly behind Xu, she swiftly turned and slashed at the oncoming Taurus.
“Clang!!”
Taurus’s body was wrapped in some extremely hard crystal, and Xu’s strike surprisingly bounced back due to Taurus’s resilience.
“Destruction God, your power is indeed terrifying. However, facing many with few, you will undoubtedly be defeated.”
Xu’s expression changed slightly, and she dodged the beam shot by Scorpio from behind. The beam hit a strand of her fluttering blue hair, instantly reducing it to ashes, and that destruction continued to spread toward her head.
“Ha.”
Xu snickered, abruptly lifting her hand to cut off that strand of hair and kicking Taurus’s solid body. Taurus was immediately turned into a beam of light and fiercely smashed into the newly reconstructed Scorpio, shattering him into pieces.
As the Chaos Beings sought to advance, Xu emitted a booming sound from her body, accelerating to the utmost, and with a serious expression, raised her hand for another strike powerful enough to engulf the entire sky.
“Buzz, buzz, buzz!”
“Ah, ah, ah!!”
That sword light, akin to a tsunami devouring heaven and earth, left all the Chaos Beings with no chance to evade. They screamed and were swallowed by the sharp power, scattering in a panic. Only two distinguished figures remained unmoved amidst the golden sword light—Libra and Pisces.
Xu narrowed her eyes, particularly focusing on those two who were quiet yet gazing back at her.
She unconsciously wanted to raise her sword and activate the law to strike them down first, but as the golden light shone through her whole body like silken threads, a sharp pain coursed through her heart, causing her breath to hitch slightly.
Xu quickly ceased this maneuver, though her expression turned slightly grim.
Sure enough, the law…
She let out an almost inaudible sigh, once more horizontally positioning her sword before her, facing the returning forces of the Chaos Beings with an invincible aura.
The battle in the sky was truly terrifying; when that golden light illuminated, everyone felt as if the sun had erupted right before their eyes. In the unbearable glare, mortals shielded their eyes and cried out in agony, heads bowed.
Even a being of Mythical Rank like Raphael could only see a misty white blur; no sounds were present, just the overwhelming force of destruction radiating throughout the space.
The rules above continually collapsed, and within this reality, the so-called “secondary derivative creations of authority” appeared wretchedly weak before the terrifying destructive power.
The entire Saint Nali trembled; countless buildings collapsed under the remotely transmitted force, and a golden figure suddenly fell from the sky, rapidly traversing through the city of Saint Nali with the might of the Nineteen Rank, surveying any Nadiri at risk of disaster.
That hollow figure descended like an angel, humans unable to recognize her true form, perhaps believing it was the blessing of the Mother Goddess.
But the Mother Goddess was dead; that figure indeed was an angel, but one sent down by their Empress.
All the people noticed the situation at the Golden Palace, calling out and heading toward it.
Just then, Jasmine suddenly heard a vague voice in her ear, as if it came from a distance,
“Jasmine, little Xianghun.”
Jasmine’s rank was too low to see the battle between her mother and the several Chaos Beings above, yet she still stubbornly looked up, feeling her eyes redden and instinctively shedding tears.
At the moment she heard that voice, Jasmine was momentarily stunned, exclaiming in disbelief,
“Dad?!”
Indeed, although she hadn’t seen her biological father since she was a few years old, she often heard a very familiar voice calling for her, soothing her to sleep as a child.
Mom seemed to talk with Dad often; according to her mom, Jasmine’s name and nickname were given by her father.
The so-called nickname of the Whale Folk is a name given to children when they are very small, and once the child turns one, as the curse within begins to grow, the Whale Folk pass this name to their accompanying sea beasts; in fact, the sea beasts and the corresponding Whale Folk bear the same name.
Though Jasmine no longer needed to help bear the curse as the “Xianghun” of her accompanying sea beast, that warmth made Jasmine almost instantly recognize the voice now conversing with her.
Gouwen, her father.
“Ah, it’s me; I didn’t expect little Jasmine to recognize me so quickly.”
The vague voice chuckled helplessly. Gouwen’s voice was warm and always gave people a sense of comfort, calming Jasmine’s anxious heart.
But soon after, Gouwen’s tone became slightly serious,
“Jasmine, only you and Mom can hear my voice. I am using the power of Ramastia to talk to you, so I need your and others’ help. Mom is injured; that wound is not on her body but is due to her [law] being damaged.”
“Law.”
“Yes, I have been watching the situation here all along; Mom has too. Fisher has already done his utmost to stop the Outer Gods’ schemes in the crevice; he has reached his limit. Now several Chaos Beings seeking revenge have entered reality, and your mother has no choice but to come out to stop them. But even if she uses the law, the battle situation is dire, not to mention her law is currently damaged.”
“What should I do?”
Jasmine’s face turned pale with anxiety; even her lips pressed tightly together. Her nervousness caught Raphael’s attention, and she immediately asked with concern,
“What’s wrong, Jasmine?”
As Gouwen smiled slightly and reassured Jasmine, he said,
“Stay calm, little Xianghun; even if hope is slim, there is still a chance. I am now in the Sea of Souls, clearing obstacles for the upcoming plan in the Chaos Beings’ den, but everything in reality must rely on you.
“First, the current situation of Fisher is grim; he just fought a fierce battle and is severely injured, close to death. One of you must cross the battlefield above and enter the crevice to save him and awaken him. Only he can control the crevice and must drag the Chaos Beings into the crevice; otherwise, it will all go to ruin! Fisher cannot hold on for much longer!”
Jasmine’s complexion turned even paler as she murmured,
“Fisher?”
“Fisher, what happened to Fisher?”
Immediately, both Raphael and Valentina turned their attention to Jasmine. She hurriedly looked up at them, her words tumbling out,
“Dad, my dad contacted me from the Spirit Realm; he said Mom above is injured and can’t hold on for long, and now Fisher is also on the brink of death in the crevice. We need someone to enter the crevice to save him!”
“Then what are we waiting for? Move!”
Raphael frowned, and Valentina immediately took to the air. Jasmine nodded, forcing herself to calm down and prepare to follow, but at that moment, Gouwen’s voice rang out again,
“Jasmine, you cannot go; you must stay here.”
“Why? I can heal Fisher; even though my rank is low, my blessing can heal him, and I won’t hold us back!”
“Jasmine, listen to me, this is not about your rank. He is tainted by the power of the Outer Gods; even if you go, it would be futile. First, I have already prepared the medicine to save Fisher; it is with your accompanying sea beast by the sea. Just have them retrieve it. Secondly, this is only the first step; for the second step, I need you to complete something on the ground. Just stay here, alright?”
“But I…”
Gouwen’s words took on a hint of urgency at this moment, causing Jasmine’s momentum to halt again,
“Listen, Jasmine, no matter what, even if they fail, you absolutely cannot approach the crevice. That would only make things worse, irreversibly so, do you understand?”
“…”
Jasmine’s eyes turned red; she simply felt a bit wronged.
Her father might just be worried about her safety because her power wasn’t strong enough, or because she hadn’t entered the Mythical Rank yet, which made her going risky.
But how could that calm her?
Teacher Fisher was still in the crevice, and her mother was fighting fiercely above against the Chaos Beings, yet she…
“…Fine, I… will stay here.”
Raphael and Valentina exchanged glances at Jasmine’s hesitation, they understood it was her father who wouldn’t let her go, perhaps having other arrangements, perhaps worrying for her safety. But Valentina proactively stepped up and said,
“It’s alright, Jasmine Priestess; just tell us what to do, and leave it to us.”
“Mm.”
Jasmine nodded slightly, only able to inform them of the goal, and Valentina, Raphael, and Captain Alagina all approached, listening attentively to every word from Jasmine, fearful of making any mistakes.
Behind them, Elizabeth’s golden eyes slightly lifted, staring in their direction.
Once Raphael and Valentina set off, they realized how challenging the goal to achieve really was.
The battle above was simply too exaggerated; even tens of thousands of meters away on the ground felt frightening. This was a result of Xu deliberately controlling the combat area in the high sky.
According to Jasmine, Xu could not use the law, and was already struggling fiercely; without using the law, she could lose at any moment. They needed to act quickly.
“Who should go to get the medicine?”
Valentina suddenly felt a bit frustrated. If only she had her mother’s magical talent to understand dream magic, she could directly enter the crevice, avoiding the need for physical means of ascent. However, unbeknownst to her, the medicine Gouwen prepared was actually a special substance created using his blessing. Dream magic could only affect the soul and body, but this could not be taken up.
At this point, they had no choice but to rely on physical means to deliver the medicine.
Captain Alagina’s mechanism glowed brightly as she spoke,
“I’ll go. Although all my mechanisms have crashed, I have already linked all the Nali mechanisms. I’ll go get it. However, mechanisms have maximum flying heights. According to my mechanism’s calculations, the entry point to the crevice is around ten thousand meters up; Nali’s mechanisms can only reach six thousand meters at most, so the rest will depend on you.”
Raphael was a Mythical Being. Although it seemed like she had been flying around, in reality, she utilized tremendous strength to jump from the ground and glide through the air using steam; the Dragon Folk had no flying capability, even in Mythical Rank.
Valentina spread her wings and quickly said,
“It’s alright, I’ll wait in the air with the Dragon Queen while you retrieve the medicine. I’ll do my best to take her upward, and if anything happens midway, Dragon Queen, step on me and keep going up, try to see if you can reach the current entrance to the crevice.”
Captain Alagina was still calculating how high they needed to go with her mechanism, while the hot-tempered Raphael had already stowed away her lance, pulling Valentina to prepare for departure.
“Alright, stop calculating. Even if we figure it out, there won’t be any clue up there. Let’s not waste any more time, let’s go.”
“Hmm.”
Valentina nodded and spread her wings, while Raphael resolutely began to take off her armor to lighten her load, revealing the fabric battle attire underneath. As she tied up her long red hair, she approached Valentina from behind and said softly,
“Excuse me, Miss Phoenix.”
“It’s fine, just call me Valentina. Quickly get on, Raphael!”
“Okay.”
Valentina carried Raphael on her back, and in an instant, her huge wings suddenly spread out, taking to the sky with countless frost. Captain Alagina said nothing more, but quickly maneuvered the mechanism connected to the seaside, flying towards the water’s surface.
“Woof!!”
On the restless sea surface, a gigantic sea creature, as massive as a mountain, had already been waiting there for a long time. On its back, a small box was placed in a prominent position. Alagina quickly manipulated the mechanical arm of the mechanism to grab the wooden box and began to ascend, chasing after Valentina and Raphael above.
“This isn’t good; we should take a detour to avoid being discovered.”
The higher they flew, the more Valentina felt herself sweating. They had only ascended a few hundred meters, yet the terrifying pressure above became increasingly chilling, making her wings feel stiff, as if she could no longer fly.
But Raphael frowned and shook her head, speaking softly,
“It’s useless; with their rank, no matter how stealthy we are, we will be discovered. To them, we are just running right under their noses.”
“What should we do?”
“Let’s think.” Raphael pondered for a moment, then suddenly smiled, looking down at Valentina and saying, “We’ll fly past them at maximum speed. Jasmine’s mother can communicate with her father and will help draw their attention.”
“Huh? That’s too…”
This was the first time Valentina felt the fiery enthusiasm of the dragon from behind her. Raphael simply smiled, patting her wings.
“We need to hurry; every second we waste increases the trouble for Jasmine’s mother and Fisher. Fisher is in critical condition, and that villain above won’t tell us how perilous the battle is, fearing we would take on the burden. Should we not take risks now and wait to regret it for a lifetime?”
Listening to Raphael’s words, Valentina’s expression hardened.
Right, they had only this one chance. What else was there to wait for?
“Okay, I’ll do my best to get you to the right distance, Raphael.”
“Mm, wait for the mechanism from the Sardinian.”
At this moment, Raphael and Valentina paused in mid-air, slowly climbing while waiting for Alagina’s mechanism to arrive, conserving their strength for the impending burst.
Perhaps there would be some conflict before and after, but at this moment, their hearts had only one target above.
“Buzz buzz buzz”
The roar of the mechanism’s engine soon came, like a starting gun. Raphael’s eyes sharpened as she turned back to grab the wooden box that was sent up while shouting,
“Valentina, it’s now or never!”
“Okay!”
“Boom!”
Valentina’s wings suddenly exerted force, and the two of them produced a violent roar around them. Above was scorching steam, while below were thick wings carrying streaks of frost, shooting through the sky like a bullet, quickly crossing into the battlefield where Xu and the Chaos Race were engaged.
The distant Chaos Race momentarily paused, the Bull and Crab turned their heads simultaneously, using their extremely bright compound eyes to look into the distance, at the two figures, Raphael and Valentina, that were almost invisible to the naked eye of ordinary people.
As Raphael, who had already entered the mythical rank and knew the capabilities of perception, had said, to this group of demigods, no matter how far the distance, they appeared as if they were brazenly passing under their noses.
The Bull, seeing just two low-ranked living beings, quickly turned to re-engage with Xu, but the nearby Crab suddenly shouted to stop him,
“Those two women are related to Fisher.”
The Bull turned back quickly, contemplating for a moment, dodging a sword beam from Xu, and looked at her, saying,
“They’re going to the crevice.”
“Stop them.”
The Bull glanced at the still struggling Libra and Pisces in the foreground; at this moment, Pisces had already revealed his trump card, awakening his law, while Libra also decided to go all out. With them there, what did it matter if the Ocean Emperor were involved?
“.”
Thus, the Bull quickly turned back, approaching Raphael and Valentina at an unimaginable speed.
Yet, the demigods had not yet detected them from afar, but in the battlefield, Pisces and Libra, who were confronting the law, quickly sensed it.
Her gaze shifted slightly, and she took a breath, reversing her sword,
“Destruction God, useless authority—you are beyond saving.”
Libra’s law was related to “exchange”; what was referred to as law was essentially the embryonic form of authority. As Heow said, this thing was a product unique to the confines, nonexistent in the universe.
As long as Libra’s law activated, she could earn equivalent “returns” through “contribution,” which meant that Xu’s offense was essentially returning to herself, and this type of offense ignored her medium, putting immense pressure on her.
And now, not only had Pisces also activated his law, but those two children had intruded into the battlefield as well.
Xu took a slight breath, looking up at the heavens stained crimson above, and suddenly smiled nostalgically. She whispered,
“You guy. Don’t go to the Spirit Realm; just stay by my side.”
“I’m really not used to being without you to heal.”
“However, with your personality, no matter how it ends for me, you will help me settle the score, right?”
The next moment, countless sharp golden lines began to emerge all over her body, spreading from her form until even her body, armor, and sword displayed threads of golden light.
“Wife!”
In the Spirit Realm, an anxious ethereal voice came through, but Xu’s gaze had already radiated a terrifying light, more fearsome than that of Pisces and Libra before her.
That countless golden light spread within her body but was still unsatisfied, bursting forth from her armor at her chest, forming an irregular chaotic gold light in the air.
At the moment that the golden terrifying light appeared, the entire blue ocean instantly transformed into dazzling gold, as if even the blue was bowing and kneeling in the presence of this being.
That golden light tore through the sky, countering the laws of Pisces and Libra, instantly increasing their pressure, and they could only fight back with difficulty.
Yet, as more and more golden threads burst forth from Xu’s body, cracks like shattered glass appeared on her form. Upon closer inspection, these were not wounds on her body but scars of law within her.
With the radiance of law illuminating, the reawakened power grew ever more magnificent while also worsening the pre-existing scars.
“Creak creak creak!!”
“Just weak golden light.”
Pisces and Libra struggled to stabilize themselves amidst the golden waves, with Libra mocking; yet those words bore a hint of hollow bravado,
“In the past, your clash against three demigods caused damage to your law. Now facing us, you are doomed.”
“Indeed, now you may finally taste the aura of the Heavenly Lock and Fei that I once severed. If it weren’t for the chaos on Peach, she would have perished countless times already. All along, I’ve been facing many foes; do you think you are special?”
Xu mocked coldly, reaching out to grasp the golden light before her, and the power of the law expanded once more, causing her gaze to shroud in light like the sun.
This was Xu’s law, Golden Law.
The so-called gold is eternity.
It was merely displayed back then but left an irreparable wound on Fei; the wings of the Heavenly Lock shattered layer upon layer before this eternal gold, fleeing in disgrace.
Even the undead Duke of Peach trembled beneath the light of this gold, nowhere to hide.
Xu took a deep breath, her gaze slightly raised yet still fixated on the ascending dragon and phoenix far away, smirking coldly, her law showing no signs of weakness as she boldly raised her shining light, slashing with the golden radiance toward all enemies before her.
“Buzz!!”
The earth-shattering roar was about to erupt, while Raphael and Valentina finally realized a demigod was approaching them.
Valentina gritted her teeth, looking at the rapidly approaching Bull, cold sweat pouring down her, and urgently asked,
“Raphael, how far do you need to jump to get into the crevice?!”
“Still… still a bit more distance.”
Raphael furrowed her brow tight. She had a rough sense, but did not know how far precisely, just felt it wasn’t close enough yet.
“No time left; when you’re ready, tell me! Then I’ll attract that guy; you…”
“Are you crazy? You are hardly at mythological rank; a single glance and you will die!”
But Valentina looked up at her, shouting out loud,
“Even if it’s just for another second! As long as you can reach the crevice to deliver the medicine, it’s all worth it! Do you want to watch Fisher die?!”
“.”
These words halted Raphael. She could not bear to see Valentina’s eyes, which were starting to well up with tears below.
This phoenix beneath her was still young; Raphael could feel it from their earlier interactions, just on the brink of adulthood. But now…
“Buzz buzz buzz!”
The golden sword light suddenly unfurled, with a blade of law cutting through all the chaos below in a manner as if to inscribe onto this world itself.
The chaos beings naturally knew that both the Heavenly Lock and Fei had fallen to this move in the past. Though they also held the rank of demigods, compared to those three divine progenies, there was still a significant gap. A hit from this was likely a certain death or injury.
“Bull!! Grab them!!”
All the Crabs ahead suddenly erupted with emotion, and the Bull’s twisted form instantly froze with crystalline focus, launching like a cannonball towards Valentina. The speeds of the two were simply incomparable, but Xu’s law blade was even faster, already striking the Bull’s back.
“Aahh!”
He cried out in pain, and all the surrounding chaos beings also began to wail in agony, while the golden light passed cleanly through Raphael and Valentina without harm; it was just too brilliant, and the sight was entirely swallowed by a blinding white light.
But Valentina did not stop for a second, using all her strength to fly upwards.
Fly! Fly!
Valentina, hurry and fly!!
Raphael could not assess how far they were from the crevice, relying solely on the sensed speed and time to estimate there were a few seconds left.
“Ugh!!”
Just at that moment, the many tendrils of the injured Bull had already tightly grasped Valentina’s wings. The force was exceedingly feeble, yielding to this rank of demigod in a rather awkward way, because it was easy to imagine that even the shockwave from Xu’s sword nearly cost him his life.
“Come… back.”
The Bull’s weak voice came like a demon, Valentina’s face turned pale, but disregarding everything happening behind her, she screamed at Raphael desperately,
“Raphael!!”
Raphael realized that if she didn’t jump now, there would be no chance left.
She gritted her teeth, her dragon scales igniting as if on fire, bursting forth steam of terror. She embraced the wooden box containing the medicine, then suddenly leaped upward, rushing towards the sky.
“Trying to escape.”
Valentina and Raphael could not see their surroundings, but the Bull could very well. He looked up and saw Raphael shooting upwards, then threw aside Valentina, trying to follow after. But Valentina quickly thrust her sword at him, hoping to delay.
However, the crystal shell that Xu had cleaved through so effortlessly caused her sword to shatter the instant it touched, and a burst of blood mist erupted from her palm, leading her to scream in pain as she uncontrollably began to plummet.
“Puff!”
“Rapha… el!”
Valentina reached upward with her bloodied hands but could not stop the Bull from closing in on Raphael. Her breath hitched as she helplessly watched herself fall into a view of blinding golden light.
But what about Raphael?
She leapt, piercing through the encompassing golden light and straining with all her might to continue ascending.
Finally, in her sudden charge, as the distance from below grew greater, the glimmering golden light around her began to waver, permitting her to gradually see the scene above.
The crimson colors of the spirit realm became distinctly visible, indicating that she was nearing the crevice, yet she was still unsure how much closer she had gotten.
Until finally, when her sight cleared to gaze upwards, her green eyes narrowed slightly in shock.
For she was horrified to discover that the entrance of the crevice was still a hundred meters away, while she had already exhausted her strength in the hundreds of meters she had jumped upwards, now being pulled down by gravity.
“No, no, no, no!”
What was even more chilling was that the heavily injured Bull had already approached her, its countless tendrils reaching out to grab her.
“Snap!”
At the moment the tendril touched Raphael’s tail, despair washed over her.
Valentina had reached her limit, and Raphael had exhausted all her strength in an upward dash, but still not making it to deliver the medicine?
And now, the Bull had managed to catch her.
Everything was…
“Creak, creak, creak!!”
Yet just as the Bull had begun to entangle more tendrils around Raphael’s tail, pulling her down, a series of crisp sounds made both Raphael and the Bull abruptly freeze in place.
The Bull looked down, only to find that the lower half of its body had unknowingly turned to stone; the petrification was painfully permeating through its demigod form. Normally this would pose no threat, and the Bull would scoff at such methods, but now what was happening?
It was the moment it was wounded and drawing on its last strength to halt Raphael from reaching the crevice!
What on earth was—
That was—
Raphael was also slightly stunned, for she recognized the source of the power.
In the next instant, a shadow glowing with angelic light pierced through a white illuminating area that no one else could see, violently smashing through the Bull’s lower half, then forcefully grasping Raphael’s hand and soaring upwards.
Raphael’s green eyes widened in disbelief as she looked at the angelic shadow before her, exclaiming,
“Elizabeth, you…”
But the nearby angelic figure was silent, as if she were throwing away trash, shoving Raphael into the entrance of the crevice above with force.
Raphael was propelled by the immense strength into the crevice filled with ethereal bubbles, yet her gaze remained fixed on the expressionless, golden glowing figure of Pandora.
But that Pandora figure didn’t even bother to look at her, merely pausing a moment before turning her head, now facing the frantically approaching Bull.
“Rumble!!”
The clash of that power at the entrance of the crevice sent a tremendous shockwave, and Raphael regained her focus from the impact of the force, realizing that she still had more urgent matters to attend to.
She turned her head, holding the box of medicine, and called out loudly within the crevice,
“Fisher! Where are you?!”
“.Who?”
Raphael suddenly heard a reply from a female voice. Panting, she hurriedly looked in that direction and saw above the crevice, amidst a cluster of bubbles, a small elven girl covered in blood, looking down with a sour expression. Upon recognizing Raphael, her tense expression softened.
“It’s you.”
“Where’s Fisher? How is Fisher?!”
Raphael leaped up to the platform and saw Ashley’s silhouette; her golden hair was all knotted up, emanating golden light.
The Duke of Peach’s expression was very serious. He looked at Fisher, who was lying in Ashley’s arms, bloodied and tainted by a strange power, and said,
“Not very optimistic. We all lost consciousness earlier and don’t know how he defeated the three divine incarnations. When we woke up, he was still conscious, insisting he wanted to deal with the troubles below; after just a couple of steps, he collapsed. If it weren’t for this Trans keeping him alive, he would have likely died already.”
Raphael’s heart stopped, and she rushed to Ashley’s side, eagerly checking on Fisher’s condition. Turning back to the pale-faced Ashley, who seemed to be continuously altering Fisher’s fate, she gratefully said,
“Thank you. Thank you for saving him. Otherwise, I… my child… thank you.”
“I can’t hold on much longer; we need to find a way to dispel the chaos on him.”
Ashley gritted her teeth and said, while Raphael quickly took out the box of medicine and opened it, revealing a gooey black substance inside.
Below, it was also written in Dragon Court language, Nali language, and Northern region language,
“Oral administration.”
Raphael hurriedly cupped the substance in her hands, cautiously opening Fisher’s mouth to feed it to him.
“Gulp.”
As the medicine entered his stomach, Raphael anxiously watched his sleeping face.
“Is… is it having no effect?”
“Wait a bit longer; don’t rush, you little fish.”
Raphael shot a glance at the Duke of Peach beside her, only to see her small hands clutching tightly, her thumbs spinning incessantly, looking particularly anxious.
But in the next moment, Fisher’s throat stirred, and his black eyes suddenly flew open.
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【万分感谢支持！】
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