249: Chapter 249 A Divine Strike, The Kingdom of the Extraordinary!

This blood-colored divine shadow seemed to have gathered the ultimate power Lu Xiaoyun was capable of reaching from some fragment of spacetime in the past!

It did not hesitate, its cold divine eyes sweeping over the pitch-black shackles formation suppressing Lu Xiaoyun, before finally fixing on the ashen-faced Esther Vera.

Swish!

Swish!

The dual Divine Artifacts, [Fate Blade] and [Calamity Blade], which had been suppressed all along, seemed to have received a supreme summons. They emitted a Soul-tearing metallic ring, instantly breaking free from the dark chains, and transformed into two streams of light—one red, one black—tearing through spacetime as they fell into the hands of the blood-colored divine shadow!

The divine shadow held the twin blades. Without any fancy opening stance, it simply slashed crosswise at Esther Vera and the reversal formation she controlled!

Clang!

There was no deafening explosion, only a crisp sound, as if the strings of fate had been severed and the calamity of all things had descended!

One was a dreamy, hazy blood-colored thread, silent and soundless; wherever it passed, the "existence" of space itself was severed, and the "fate trajectory" linking the formation's energy hub was forcibly cut!

The other was a pitch-black crack that devoured everything, carrying the aura of destruction that ends all things, directly reducing everything in its path—whether it was the substantial energy barrier, twisted runes, or powerful Divine Power chains—to nothingness!

A Divine Strike!

This was a lethal blow that truly contained a trace of Divine Power!

Crack...

Boom!!!

The reversal absolute formation, meticulously arranged by Esther Vera and capable of trapping and killing a Tier 10, was struck by the cross-slash of the twin blades. Like glass shattered by a hammer, it was instantly covered in countless cracks.

Then, amidst a sound of crumbling, it exploded violently, turning into black powder that scattered across the sky!

That was not all.

After the formation was forcibly broken, the attack did not cease; it slashed directly toward President Esther Vera. Unable to dodge, she was struck directly by the divine shadow's attack.

"Urgh ah—!"

Esther Vera let out a painful groan, the surging Divine Might around her instantly thrown into disorder.

She felt as if she had been struck by a heavy blow, staggering violently backward. For the first time, an expression of unbelievable horror and a trace of... paleness appeared on her beautiful face!

After delivering this earth-shattering blow, the blood-colored divine shadow's figure quickly became blurry and transparent. Finally, along with the phantom of the ancient divine coffin, it dissipated into the air, as if it had never appeared.

At the center of the formation, the moment the divine shadow dissipated, the powerful aura around Lu Xiaoyun receded like a tide. The color drained from her face, her eyes closed, and her delicate body collapsed softly, her fate unknown!

"Xiao Yun!"

Lu Chen's heart constricted. His figure turned into a bolt of lightning, and he caught her in his arms just before Lu Xiaoyun hit the ground. She felt icy cold to the touch, and her aura was so weak it was almost imperceptible.

Even after Lu Chen released the effect of the [Life Divine Spring] Forbidden Spell, it could not restore her.

"Lu Chen! Take your sister and leave! Go to the Otherworlder Kingdom territory! Hurry!"

Shen Xiyun endured her severe injuries and screamed with her final ounce of strength, simultaneously sending the coordinates of the Otherworlder Kingdom territory to Lu Chen.

"I can only... help you this far..."

Lu Chen looked up, glanced at Esther Vera, who was pale and coughing up blood but not yet dead, and then looked at his unconscious sister in his arms. He did not hesitate!

"Go!"

He hoisted Lu Xiaoyun onto his back. The space power around him fluctuated violently, and he activated [Legendary Teleportation] without hesitation!

"Want to leave? Stay right there!"

Esther Vera forcibly suppressed the surging Qi and blood in her body and the wounds left by that divine strike. The anger and greed in her eyes were almost palpable!

She absolutely could not let this perfect vessel escape!

No one could stop her plan to achieve godhood!

She held her ancient staff high, and the terrifying Tier 10 semi-Divine Power gathered once more. The surrounding space instantly became viscous like glue; a massive confinement Forbidden Spell was about to form!

"Your opponent is me!"

Shen Xiyun shouted, a trace of determination flashing in her eyes. The space power within her, which had been withered, burned desperately once more, transforming into countless brilliant space blades that charged fiercely toward Esther Vera like moths to a flame!

"You're courting death!"

Esther Vera was furious and forced to divide her attention to deal with Shen Xiyun's desperate interference. The confinement Forbidden Spell that was about to form stalled for a moment.

It was this momentary gap!

"Whoosh!"

Lu Chen's figure had already turned into a barely perceptible stream of light. Relying on the no-cooldown property of [Legendary Teleportation], he instantly rushed out from the peak of the White Tower and fled frantically toward the area outside the New God Society territory!

"Trash! A bunch of trash! Go and stop him!"

Seeing this, Esther Vera trembled with rage and roared at the shell-shocked Elders.

Several Tier 9 Elders jolted to their senses and scrambled to deploy various methods to intercept him.

But Lu Chen, with his heart set on his sister's safety, had no intention of fighting!

The [Eye of the Ringed Heavens] had already discerned all interception routes. Like a slippery fish, he wove through the gaps in the numerous attacks, his speed soaring to the limit!

He dared not stop for even a second, much less look back!

Because he could clearly feel a bone-chilling, persistent, and terrifying Divine Thought locked onto him—it was none other than Esther Vera, who had suppressed Shen Xiyun's entanglement!

Once she caught up to them, neither he nor his sister would survive!

It was a perilous chase, with danger at every turn!

Relying on his superb speed and extreme anticipation of danger, Lu Chen narrowly avoided the long-range bombardments from behind and the encirclement of the New God Society experts several times.

Finally, at the edge of his vision, the silhouette of a massive, uniquely styled building complex shrouded in a faint, archaic atmosphere appeared before him—the Otherworlder Kingdom territory!

Behind him, that suffocating Tier 10 semi-Divine Might had also closed in!

Esther Vera clearly disregarded her status and injuries; after suppressing Shen Xiyun, she had come to pursue them herself!

With undisguised killing intent and greed on her face, she cast a Forbidden Spell from a great distance. A giant hand that blotted out the sky reached out and clawed fiercely toward the Lu Chen siblings, determined to stop them both for good!

Lu Chen's pupils constricted. Feeling the terrifying power that threatened to crush space itself, his heart sank to the bottom.

Even if he could use the resurrection ring to survive this Forbidden Spell cast by a demigod, Xiao Yun could not. Xiao Yun must absolutely not fall into the opponent's hands!

Just at this critical moment—

"Hmph!"

A majestic, haughty hmph, like a clap of spring thunder, suddenly exploded from the depths of the Otherworlder Kingdom territory. The voice was not loud, and even sounded a bit delicate, yet it carried an unquestionable dominance that instantly spread in all directions.

Following this cold hmph, the giant hand Forbidden Spell that was about to seize the Lu Chen siblings slammed into an invisible barrier, as if it had struck the wall of the world itself. It shuddered violently and shattered inch by inch, dissolving into the purest specks of energy that dissipated into the air.

Esther Vera's forward momentum stalled abruptly, forcing her to stop outside the border of the Otherworlder Kingdom territory, her expression becoming incredibly ugly.

Immediately after, that majestic, delicate voice sounded once more, clearly reaching her ears:

"Sister Vera, you've crossed the line, haven't you?"