A "sound" that only psychics could detect suddenly pierced Lady Now's eardrums..
It was a shrill howl full of sobs, like a solemn incantation compressed, twisted, torn apart, and then reassembled into a mental vortex that was crushing a soul.
And so, the instant the spatial knot of the entire microcosm began to wail, everyone's mind felt the terrifying impact of its impending collapse.
The gray mist surrounding the island churned violently beyond the spatial barrier, as though it had transformed from a lonely haze into angry thunderclouds. It seemed to have detected the suction within this tiny microcosm of the Lone Realm and was responding to it, ready to surge forth with savage faces and melt the little island into the void of the aether.
As for Lady Now, she felt as though her physical body had been thrown into a gravity well between galaxies. Every inch of her bones, every trace of her psychic energy, sent waves of pain through her.
She gritted her teeth and took a step back, her tearful, resentful gaze stabbing toward Yu Lian. Her expression seemed full of grievances against the world. Then she gave her skirt a sharp flick. As the hem fluttered, a shimmering optical ripple suddenly spread out, as though a fantastical curtain had been released from another dimension, instantly enveloping her whole body.
Wrapped in the iridescent barrier, Lady Now merged into the white marble tiles beneath her feet, becoming one with them.
Yu Lian wasn't sure whether she was currently crouching with her hands over her head, but her body and mind should have stabilized. At least she hadn't been stretched to the limit and sucked entirely into the black hole created by his psychic power.
As expected of the Time Lord of the World-Encircling Serpent—she had an