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Chapter 84: Unexpected Incident
Chapter 84: Unexpected Incident
Elizabeth was taken aback by the familiar voice!
Wasn't that Cecilia's voice?!
Cecilia was supposed to be recovering from her severe injuries. How could she...
Wait, how did she manage to send a message to me?
Elizabeth was momentarily stunned, unsure if she had heard correctly.
Sydney and the others quickly noticed Elizabeth's sudden lapse in concentration.
Although they didn't know why Elizabeth had become distracted, they seized the opportunity and activated their fully cooled burst skills. Several powerful spells were cast in quick succession, targeting the weakest point in Elizabeth's shield.
Elizabeth, hit by such a fierce attack, quickly snapped back to reality.
She drank a bottle of the divine Spirit Realm Potion, which significantly boosted her strength. She then cast several divine defensive spells to create layers of barriers, barely managing to withstand the assault.
However, she was still preoccupied with Cecilia's message and eagerly awaited further communication.
Soon, Elizabeth detected a thread of mental energy that had passed through a spatial rift. This mental energy did not hide its origins; it was indeed from Cecilia.
Elizabeth quickly connected her mental energy with Cecilia's.
As soon as the connection was established, she asked, "Cecilia, how did you manage to send your mental energy through a spatial rift? And how did you break through my mental barriers?"
As the only divine-level psychic on Skyrealm, Elizabeth knew that even her mental energy couldn't pass through a spatial rift. How did Cecilia, a psychic warrior, manage it?
Psychic warriors were supposed to be brawn over brains, weren't they?
However, Cecilia only chuckled and didn't plan on answering her question.
She said, "You don't need to know that. Elizabeth, I can see that you are in grave danger. The Azure Star people have already decided to kill you. Do you want to escape back to Skyrealm?"
"You have a way?" Elizabeth was surprised. "The spatial rift contracts and oscillates for three hours after a divine-level being passes through it. This is a rule set by the Singerian civilization. What ability do you and I have to break this rule?"
"Rules are dead, but people are alive," Cecilia replied calmly. "Breaking the rule is actually quite simple, but you need to agree to one condition first."
"What condition?" Elizabeth asked cautiously.
"The condition is..." Cecilia whispered in her ear.
...
The battle at the Kosia Springs continued.
But just a few minutes later, as Sydney and the others were preparing to launch another round of burst skills, they saw Elizabeth suddenly abandon her defensive shield and quickly fly toward the spatial rift in the back.
Sydney and the others, along with the high-ranking Skyrealm officials, were all taken aback.
What was Elizabeth doing?
Where was she going in this tiny area?
However, they soon found out what Elizabeth was up to.
As she approached the spatial rift, Elizabeth waved her hand, canceling her mental barriers.
The spatial rift behind the barriers was still violently oscillating and contracting.
But she didn't even glance at it; she dove straight into the rift and vanished without a trace.
Seeing this, Sydney and the others, as well as the high-ranking Skyrealm officials, were stunned! Even Yang Jenson and his trident were frozen in mid-air.
What was going on?!
According to the rules, Elizabeth shouldn't be able to pass through the spatial rift for three hours. It had only been a little over an hour. How did she manage to return?
Was there a significant change in the rules, or did Elizabeth discover a method that bypassed the rules?
Not only were Sydney and the others stunned, but the Skyrealm High Council, including Manina and the other divine-level beings, were also dumbfounded.
"Sir Elizabeth... she actually... she actually came back through the rift?" Chairman Lankert Kusman said with difficulty.
Kusman felt like his brain was a jumbled mess, and he couldn't speak as clearly as usual.
Manina was also completely stunned. He hadn't even considered this possibility!
Breaking the rules set by the Singerian civilization... could the Skyrealm inhabitants, who were like ants, really do that?
Ten months ago, the peak divine-level warrior Planton had already tested the spatial rift.
At the time, Planton attempted to use his own power to force his way through the oscillating and contracting spatial rift.
But even he, after numerous attempts, had to admit defeat and inform others that this rule could not be broken.
Even Plaunt, the mighty God-tier being, couldn't accomplish it. How did Elysebeth, a mid-tier God, manage to do it?
The Skru God-tier beings were completely stunned.
After about twenty seconds, Steem, who was most familiar with Elysebeth, was the first to regain his composure.
He said in the top-floor meeting room, "Everyone, Elysebeth must have arrived in the spatial rift zone after crossing the rift. Why don't we go directly and ask her how she did it?"
"Great idea!" Manina also snapped out of his daze. "I'm currently in Yangquan City, but Otas and Lei are already in the spatial rift zone. Could you two check on her first, and the rest of us will join you shortly!"
"Sure thing," Otas replied.
...
Half an hour later, all the Skru God-tier beings and Emperor Manina, except for Plaunt and Manina III, gathered in the spatial rift zone above Sun City.
There, they met Elysebeth.
However, her condition was far from good... no, it could be described as extremely dire.
Elysebeth had lost consciousness after crossing the spatial rift, her body slamming hard into the roof of the Skru expeditionary force's base.
By the time Otas arrived, Elysebeth was already covered in blood, her top-tier golden-yellow robe torn to shreds, lying on the roof as if a single breath away from death.
When Manina arrived, Otas and Lei had already been treating her for half an hour.
But even now, Elysebeth still looked critically injured, with no signs of improvement.
Once Manina and all the God-tier beings arrived, Otas gave them a detailed account of the treatment over the past half hour. He concluded:
"Elysebeth's condition is very grim. Although she managed to survive the spatial rift, both her mental and physical states are severely damaged. I estimate it will take over a year of rest and recuperation for her to recover her strength."
"A year..." Hearing this, the high-ranking Skru beings fell silent.
A year would be nothing in normal times, but now it was far too long. The great war would begin in two months, and with such severe injuries, Elysebeth would be unable to participate.
Manina's expression darkened even more. To put it bluntly, Elysebeth's current state was barely better than death.
But he dared not say this in front of the God-tier beings. Instead, he said:
"Regardless, the fact that Lady Elysebeth is still alive is the best outcome. None of us can accept her falling on Blue Star, can we?"
He looked at the equally grim-faced Steem: "Lord Steem, could you please take Lady Elysebeth back and take good care of her? We sincerely hope for her swift recovery!"
"Of course, I'll bring Elysebeth back and ensure she's well cared for," Steem replied. "Once she regains consciousness, we'll ask her how she managed to force her way through the spatial rift. This information is crucial for all of us."
Even a powerful being like Plaunt couldn't cross the spatial rift, yet Elysebeth had managed it! If they could learn her method, even if it meant severe injuries, it would be worth it. They placed great importance on this.
...
Saying this, Steem used his psychic energy to envelop Elysebeth's body and took her back to the Runkte Alliance.
However, Manina and the other God-tier beings didn't notice that, just as Elysebeth was being carried away, a slight smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.
In truth, Elysebeth's critical condition was entirely feigned, a performance she had orchestrated with Cecilia. If she wanted to regain consciousness, she could do so at any moment.
The reason for the ruse was that after listening to Cecilia's half-hour description on Blue Star, she had decided to join Cecilia's side.
To serve that great being and summon a vast army of dark energy to destroy both the Skru and Blue Star planets was an honor beyond measure for her!
...
...
The scene returned to Blue Star.
After Elysebeth disappeared into the spatial rift, the area fell into a long period of silence.
Su Yu and the other Blue Star cultivators were slow to recover, and the high-ranking Skru beings were completely disbelief, hovering in the sky without any movement for a long time.
But after about ten seconds, a Skru seventh-tier strong suddenly took action.
Now that Elysebeth had left, the mental barrier surrounding the spatial rift was gone. Wasn't this the perfect opportunity to escape?
The seventh-rank Skrull wasn't restricted from passing through the spring.
If he could slip through the spatial rift before the Blue Star humans reacted, wouldn't he be able to escape Ascension?
With this thought, the seventh-rank Skrull burst forth at his top speed, flying toward the spatial rift like a bolt of lightning.
He was only about 12-13 kilometers away from the spatial rift. At full speed, he could cover that distance in two or three seconds!
The sudden burst of speed from the seventh-rank Skrull immediately alarmed the other high-ranking Skrulls nearby.
The other high-ranking Skrulls snapped out of their daze.
Right! Why wait any longer to escape?
One by one, they burst forth at their maximum flying speeds, some even using their last-ditch survival items, hoping to take this opportunity to flee.
However, they clearly underestimated Su Yu's reaction speed.
Su Yu was a genuine god-tier spatial mage. In the face of his "Blink" ability, how useful could their flying speed be?
Seeing the Skrulls trying to escape, Su Yu immediately used the "Blink" spell to cover the 13 kilometers and block the spatial rift.
Bang!
The leading seventh-rank Skrull couldn't slow down in time and crashed head-on into Su Yu's protective spell, the "Spatial Shield."
Being only seventh-rank, he couldn't inflict much damage on the "Spatial Shield." Instead, he was sent flying back several kilometers.
"So, you all want to escape?" Su Yu activated the "Dimensional Shift" skill, temporarily moving the spatial rift to a different plane, then turned to the Skrulls with a radiant smile.
Want to escape? Not a chance!
After losing a "big fish," Su Yu wasn't about to let these sixth and seventh-rank "shrimps" slip away. They would be served up as the main course!
One after another, the high-ranking Skrulls crashed into Su Yu's "Spatial Shield" and were flung back. After all, at such close range, they couldn't slow down in time.
However, some sixth-rank Skrull strongmen managed to stop abruptly, then stared ahead in confusion.
Where did the spatial rift go? How could such a large rift just vanish?
The spatial rift being moved to another plane by Su Yu wouldn't last long, only 1-2 minutes at most, and it would consume a lot of mana.
But the high-ranking Skrulls didn't know that.
From their perspective, the spatial rift had disappeared as if it had been washed away by dish soap, leaving no trace.
Forget about escaping with Su Yu blocking them; even if they could escape, where would they go?
The high-ranking Skrulls stood frozen in place, speechless.
Tina, Aijie, Chenxing, and the venerable Yang Jian quickly surrounded them.
They formed a pentagon around the Skrulls, working in tandem with Su Yu.
Su Yu continued to address the Skrulls, speaking in Skrull: "I give you 10 seconds to decide whether to surrender. After 10 seconds, those who wish to surrender should raise their hands and descend to the ground;
Those who refuse to surrender will be killed without mercy! 10, 9, 8..."
As Su Yu counted down, the high-ranking Skrulls didn't hesitate much. One by one, they raised their hands and descended, indicating their willingness to surrender.
Although they had 4 seventh-rank and 59 sixth-rank members, they were no match for Blue Star's 3 god-tier and 2 seventh-rank.
Rather than die pointlessly, surrendering was the better choice.
After the 10-second countdown, all the high-ranking Skrulls had surrendered, with no one left standing.
Su Yu and the others stepped forward to seal the high-ranks' spiritual energy. The Skrulls didn't offer any significant resistance.
With this, Su Yu and the others let out a collective sigh of relief.
It seemed the matter was temporarily resolved.
However, the venerable Yang Jian was still troubled by Elizabeth's escape through the spatial rift.
He asked Su Yu, "Little friend Su Yu, why was Elizabeth able to escape through the spatial rift? She arrived at the Kosiasko Spring Eye less than 3 hours ago. According to the rules set by the Songweaver Civilization, she shouldn't have been able to escape, right?"
"Senior Yang Jian, I'm not sure about that either," Su Yu shook his head. "After this is over, I'll personally ask Donna what happened. If the Skrulls have truly violated the rules, we can report them through Donna, and the Hymns will surely give us justice."
(End of Chapter)
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