Heiress Unmasked: Shaking the World With Geomancy novel Chapter 1399

Seeing the fire lightning in the sky about to strike, Lexie instinctively activated the contract, her voice sharp. "Heston! Retreat now!"

Heston seemed to hear the command and immediately vanished in a flash of movement. The thick flames intertwined with the purple lightning, roaring down from the sky.

Nash looked up, but before he could react, he was instantly engulfed in the heart of the fire and lightning. The sound, like a cataclysmic thunderclap, shook the entire mountain.

Down the mountain, the villagers of Floriana Village were startled by the sudden thunderstorm from the sky. They jumped in fright and rushed back to their homes, shutting windows and cutting off power.

Only Montaro heard the noise and suddenly began shouting, running toward the direction of the back mountain. The surrounding villagers tried to stop him but couldn't.

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The fire lightning, imbued with the power of the phoenix, struck down on Antique Village.

The villagers felt the energy of the fire lightning as if their soul bodies were being lustrated. Their originally fragile half-spirits subtly began to undergo a process of tempering, becoming more solid and powerful.

Emeralda and Harlan, being the closest, felt the effect most intensely. Suddenly, her body began to radiate faint mystic light, and she unexpectedly transformed back into her true form, beyond her control.

It seemed as if she wanted to absorb the spiritual power within the fire lightning with her true form. Before the fire lightning dispersed, Shannon could see the mystic light surrounding Emeralda's body, rippling outward in concentric circles, resembling the vortex patterns of her original form.

Shannon looked at the runes flowing within the vortex patterns, and for a moment, she seemed to have thought of a possibility—one that might open a portal to the alternate world.

Just as she was about to contemplate further, she suddenly heard Benjamin's voice from behind her. "Now's the time. Try to open the portal to the alternate world."

His voice was calm yet carried an undercurrent of sharp intensity, one that made it hard for her to discern whether it was a command or a suggestion.

Instinctively, Shannon moved in response to his voice. She, too, had wanted to attest if her guess was correct.

She raised her hand, no longer paying attention to the figure of Nash, who was engulfed in the heart of the fire lightning. Her fingers once again gathered spiritual energy.

With the void as a canvas, she swiftly drew a talisman. The whirlpool represented water, and water was the source of all things. Like Emeralda herself, it was an eternal cycle, flowing endlessly.

"With all laws reduced to water… With the talisman as my seal, with energy as my guide. By the decree of pardon, waters flow to all!"

With the decree spoken, the talisman transformed into a water dragon, coiling around Emeralda. Soon, the swirling mystic light around her merged with the dragon.