Chapter 308: A Palm Comparable to the Great Void Calamity!

This scene was truly a bit hard to bear.

Miss Ciri was the same; although she couldn't say what was wrong...

However, she just felt that there was definitely something wrong somewhere. It was a sense of discord deeply rooted in the depths of her soul, foreshadowing that everything around her was not entirely harmonious.

The art style was so bizarre, it was simply indescribable in words; in short, it was beyond description.

But putting aside the art style, returning to reality—

Geralt's move this time was extremely timely.

Accompanying the appearance of that trembling-inducing aura, the high altitude also staged scene after scene of jaw-dropping anomalies.

As if the Immortal Realm traversed the sky, gates suddenly opening, above the heavenly palace, golden light surged like a tide, eight hundred li of purple mist gently rolled, as if celestial phenomena and earthly qi intertwined.

Almost in the next moment, the void seemed to ripple with layers of ripples and waves.

The light of mysterious runes began to dance, weaving Dao patterns—

They rapidly outlined contours, intertwining into a massive Domain Gate!

This scene was extremely shocking!

It was as if something was about to step out from within, cross the void and arrive, giving one an inexplicable sense of shock and impending doom!

However, it was precisely at such a critical time point that the two brilliant sword lights soaring into the sky had already completed their differentiation, transforming from twin swords into a thousand swords, ten thousand swords.

They seemed like a vast school of fish swimming upstream; the sword formation rapidly took shape, then charged back and forth in the high altitude, sword light vibrating Yuan Qi, sword qi slicing the void.

Like a bolt of silk, like a long river, like a flying waterfall, intertwining myriad times, vertical and horizontal alliances, countless sword shadows hacked and killed back and forth at extreme speed!

This massive sword formation happened to envelop the newly formed Domain Gate within it.

Accompanied by the sound of metal and jade, the entire Domain Gate was pierced countless times in an instant!

The power of Ten Thousand Swords Forming a Formation was so powerful, as if even Heaven and Earth would tremble for it; with the vibration of Yuan Qi, the mysterious Dao patterns were also destroyed into a mess, countless runes collapsing and dispersing!

Dancing light rendered the cloud layer and sky a piece of pure brightness.

Ciri felt dizzy and dazed; at this moment, between Heaven and Earth, it seemed only that breathtakingly massive sword formation remained, and those constantly dancing rune lights.

However...

Her wrist suddenly tightened.

She felt a howling wind sound by her ear; the scenery in her vision also, in an instant, was stretched into distortion and deformation, to the extent of completely losing fidelity!

"Go—"

That familiar voice, carrying unconcealed urgency and panic, only belatedly reached her ears.

It took about half a breath's time for Miss Ciri to finally understand that she was being carried by Geralt, soaring into the sky, flying up into the air!

This speed was extremely fast, whether it was the start or the acceleration, to the extent that she could no longer speculate.

Perhaps it was just an instant in subjective time perception, and she had already thrown the city far below behind the earth, behind the horizon.

—Is this fleeing for one's life?

—Could it be that even this is not safe enough?

She subconsciously thought this, her mind instinctively flashing a somewhat horrifying thought.

After all, Miss Ciri was not someone with slow reactions. The moment that strange, overbearing aura suddenly descended, when anomalies arose in the sky, when that mysterious, vast Domain Gate outlined the void—

She already had a vague association, especially after perceiving Geralt's tension and anxiety, she understood more or less.

That was definitely some threat descending...

Even just a hair's breadth away from descending...

And Geralt wasn't being paranoid; it was because he foresaw this that he chose to act timely and decisively, just happening to destroy that rune light gate branded into shape in the void...

But even so, it seems it still wasn't safe enough?

Causing Geralt to have to urgently carry her and physically evacuate while destroying the gate?!

Such thoughts only sprouted in an instant, and were only what she instinctively associated; and similarly, in the very next moment—

She got the answer.

It was a light hum, seemingly carrying faint anger.

It was so clear; clearly the sound wasn't loud, yet it seemed to abruptly ring in everyone's consciousness, carrying undeniable power, heavily striking the depths of every single person's soul!

In an instant!

Like a gale sweeping over dead branches, the few AST members flying in the sky suddenly froze in motion, then toppled headfirst to the ground, as if knocked down by an invisible giant wave.

Their bodies drew arcs in the air, finally falling powerlessly, colliding with the earth with dull thuds.

And at fifteen thousand meters altitude, inside the Air Battleship "Fraxinus" which had just nearly been caught in the attack, it was also a mess at this moment.

Accompanied by a clattering sound, who knows how many crew members directly fell down in neat rows, their bodies as if pushed down by an invisible giant hand!

Immediately after, they screamed crazily!

And during the screaming process, instinctively using hands and feet, almost crawling and rolling in continuous retreat, as if to escape some suddenly arriving extreme horror.

For a time, the entire Air Battleship's interior, various instruments emitted piercing alarm sounds, intertwining with the crew's exclamations, composing a chaotic and terrifying picture.

"This..."

The Commander girl draped in a deep red military uniform, at this moment, couldn't even care about the crew's situation.

Because even she herself, at this time, almost suffocated; the moment she heard that light hum, her consciousness had already gone blank, as if even breathing had become difficult.

Spiritual Pressure!

Extreme Spiritual Pressure!

But how is this possible? Me... me... Damn it!

The Commander girl gritted her teeth tightly, desperately resisting that horrifying pressure and indescribable fear rising directly from the depths of her soul, eyes simultaneously staring dead at the bridge's large screen—

Because hovering above fifteen thousand meters altitude...

The Air Battleship "Fraxinus" was relatively closer to that Domain Gate...

So he could see even more clearly.

Shen Hou that shattered rune light gate, a figure seemed to flash past, yet failed to step out.

Because that figure merely flashed by, yet already made the surrounding void tremble in unison; the shattered rune light instantly surged, and more Dao patterns were annihilated in the intense light.

Watching as the light gate was about to completely collapse, seizing its final remaining moment——

"Thought hiding in this Lower Realm Earth... would let you escape!"

A low, furious shout rang out, a palm struck out!

The Domain Gate suddenly exploded completely; pure light scattered like snowflakes, brilliant and fleeting.

Right within this expanse of radiance, that palm of endless creation and destruction still struck out from within!

Its momentum was like heaven collapsing and earth splitting, impossible to describe even one ten-thousandth of it in words!

Almost in the blink of an eye, heaven and earth fell into boundless darkness; that sky-covering, sun-blocking palm pressed down, as if to smash the earth below completely, making all things tremble!

Carrying world-destroying power, toward that sword light fleeing to the distant horizon——it slammed down with a boom!

Momentum like heaven collapsing, indescribable!

At this critical moment, time seemed to suddenly freeze, sinking into a long and desperate dead silence.

——No suspense whatsoever.

——Nor any power that could arrive in time to stop it.

In a flash, time finally continued to flow, the second hand kept moving forward!

The void rumbled, immediately followed by a massive trembling sound like stars exploding, deafening, making one's heart palpitate.

It seemed even the continental shelf trembled under this strike; a boundless high-pressure air wall shattered the earth, surging outward in all directions, raising a destructive hurricane that swept everything into it!

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"Ugh..."

Shido Itsuka opened his eyes in a daze, feeling a wave of intense dizziness assault him.

Nauseous enough to vomit, yet his body couldn't move at all; he could only endure, taking slow deep breaths, again and again...

These severe discomfort symptoms seemed to have eased somewhat; only then did he slowly let out a breath, and had time to process the information his vision received.

Seemed to be a blue sky...

Gale winds howled, clouds continuously receding in his field of vision...

He struggled to sit up; because even slight movement brought intense dizziness and discomfort to his brain, he couldn't help but grimace, sucking in a slight breath of cold air.

What happened...

Why am I lying outside...

This young man subconsciously thought this, even suspecting if he was sleepwalking; otherwise why would he be lying outside, and have fallen asleep just like that.

Fortunately though, his brain hadn't completely malfunctioned; he soon perceived something was wrong.

Shido Itsuka looked around haphazardly, discovering he was lying on a ruined, pitted ground; the surrounding terrain was tragic, as if bombarded by countless missiles.

This was clearly a completely destroyed district, forming a stark contrast with the distant city skyline, simply like a huge chunk had been gouged out of the urban area!

Right! Spacequake... then the mysterious woman appeared, and fought with soldiers wearing strange mechanical equipment...

Then a white-haired man entered, strange light and shadow appeared in the sky...

Then... then...

Shido Itsuka pressed hard on his forehead; because he forcibly recalled events before his blackout, he again felt severe dizziness and discomfort.

Then what happened... why did I suddenly faint here?

He could hardly recall; his memory held only chaotic light and shadow, thunder that tore the sky, too chaotic to be linked by logic.

It seemed in that very last instant, what occurred completely exceeded an ordinary human's neural reaction and information tolerance limit; he couldn't figure out what exactly happened in that split-second flash of lightning and flint.

Then he was shocked unconscious.

"Mmph, cough cough..."

Enduring the discomfort, he slowly struggled from a sitting posture to a standing posture, bit by bit rising from the ground.

Facing that howling gale, he stabilized his figure with difficulty.

"This is..."

Only now could his gaze reach the distance; on that previous battlefield, several people still lay scattered about, precisely those soldiers wearing strange mechanical equipment.

Seems there's even an acquaintance among them?

Because the distance was a bit far, Shido Itsuka wasn't too sure; he subconsciously moved his steps wanting to walk over.

But right at this moment...

"Mr. Shido, it's really great you're still here... Please come with me, I need to take you away."

A voice came from behind, carrying fatigue and some indescribable emotions.

"Who are you——?!"

Shido Itsuka got a fright, turned around and saw an unfamiliar handsome man with long hair, a face full of weariness, standing behind him.

"I am Kannazuki Kyōhei, the one ordered to recover you... As for the specific situation, please ask the Commander after you see her."

The handsome man sighed.

"What recover? What Commander... I don't know what you're talking about..."

Although Shido Itsuka's head was groggy, he still grew vigilant; in his view today's events were already suspicious enough.

"What exactly happened? If you don't explain to me, there's no way I'm following you..."

"..."

"..."

An indescribable silence, only the shrill howling of the wind.

"Something troublesome has happened..."

Kannazuki Kyōhei spoke with some difficulty, his voice nearly inaudible in the fierce wind:

"You know the South Kanto Great Space Disaster, right? From southern Tokyo to northern Kanagawa Prefecture, everything was erased..."

"You could say a Spacequake of this level has occurred again, and on an even larger scale..."

"Although it still doesn't match the Eurasian Great Spatial Disaster, it's already not far off."

(Chapter End)