Heiress Unmasked: Shaking the World With Geomancy novel Chapter 1577

Of course, that didn't mean Atlas would lose to Shannon, a young girl. His lips curled menacingly, and he slowly straightened his back. Once again, black smoke emanated from his body.

He asked her, "Say, has your father never crossed your mind when you attacked me? While you contemplate your ways of defeating me, your family, your friend, who's contracted to the Unmelting Bone… as well as your dean, who are all trying to destroy The Rift, are probably hanging by a thread now."

The Ghost Mist Organization had put so much effort into setting up The Rift, so naturally, it had to guard against these people destroying the array.

Therefore, all the core items hidden beneath the Seastone boundary marker, except for Shannon, were especially refined with the murderous aura of demon bones.

Anyone who tried to touch them would be met with the backfire of the demon bone's vicious supernatural power. The mystic masters of Seastone were destined to lose.

And just as Atlas had said, at that moment, in several spots of the boundary markers, especially where Lexie and Heston confronted another Ghost Mist Organization elder, their situation was nothing short of tragic.

Lexie lay on the ground in disarray, her face covered in strange black runes, though they were slowly fading away. With red-rimmed eyes, she watched Heston, who had been nearly cleaved into three pieces, and the tears she had been holding back finally fell.

If it weren't for protecting her, and if she hadn't been weak, Heston wouldn't have been hurt so severely. The Ghastly Corpse Contract and shared fate spell indicated that he would be strong as long as she was.

Clearly, she had held him back.

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After hearing about Lexie's situation from Atlas for the second time, Shannon admitted that she felt her heart shudder when he reminded her about the possibility that Adam had been abducted and that her fellow mystic masters were in danger.

Soon, though, she regained her full composure. When she looked at Atlas again, her gaze was full of determination.