Like mountains toppling, like the sun and moon hanging upside down, like seawater instantly drying up and evaporating, then condensing into rain that poured down.
An immense pressure surged like the tide, wave after wave, instantly engulfing everything.
Lillian felt like a tiny boat amid raging waves, her life and death beyond her control.
He had not looked at her, but his arrival alone made Lillian tremble all over.
Yet when she forced herself to open her eyes despite her terror, the sea remained utterly calm.
No surging currents, no steaming sea, nothing happened.
But she knew that the Primordial Blood before her was no longer that mindless being. Another great soul now occupied that immense mass of flesh!
The instant he descended, an immense Mental Shock spread outward. Though the seawater around her was calm, she felt as though she stood in a gale.
Lillian gritted her teeth and endured it, but her heart lurched when she caught sight of Victoria swaying beside her out of the corner of her eye.
This was bad!
Only then did she remember that Victoria's mind was already terribly fragile, like a thin cord suspending an immense weight, unable to withstand the slightest disturbance.
If she suffered another tremendous shock, she might very well fall straight into irreversible permanent madness.
No, not yet. She needed Victoria as an ally!
Gritting her teeth, she made her decision instantly.
Lillian's thoughts raced as she stepped forward, yet another body remained where she had stood.
As she moved forward, a fissure appeared along the bridge of her nose, then rapidly extended downward like a zipper being pulled open.
As she took that step, she stepped out of her original skin as though walking out of her clothes.
Without stopping, Lillian rushed toward Victoria, reaching back to