Chapter 139 Something Blew Up?!

A rumble louder than thunder and more terrifying than a mountain collapsing echoed between the two worlds. This rumble vibrated repeatedly between the two inverted lands, even dispersing the sea of fire and smoke surrounding Xilandis, penetrating the tranquility brought by the "Wall of Silence" and alarming Lucrezia and her party who were taking a short rest.

Shirley practically jumped up from the ground instantly, subconsciously looking up at the direction the rumble came from, and exclaiming, "What the heck blew up?! What was that?!"

"Look up there!" Nina ran to the edge of the protective barrier, pointing in a direction while trying to look at the upside-down desert continent in the sky. "There's a big explosion there!"

Shirley looked in the direction Nina was pointing, her eyes widening little by little.

On that upside-down continent, she saw a raging storm. The vaguely visible storm clouds swept across the land like a moving wall. Within the storm, large-scale flashes of light could be seen. Each time a flash erupted, the storm itself seemed to be briefly dispersed, and a terrifying rumble echoed between the two worlds—then the storm would reshape, once again converging towards a bright flame.

And in these repeated bombardments and explosions, matter from the "other world" had been scattered between the two worlds. Countless dust particles were now floating above Xilandis, flowing chaotically in the gap between the two worlds as if weightless, forming rivers of quicksand floating in the sky, and clouds of dust of all sizes.

The slow collision process between the two worlds had stopped at some unknown time, as if some external force had forcibly "stuck" the process. Only the continuous rumbling remained between heaven and earth, and the matter constantly being thrown out between the two lands formed an increasingly large "cloud."

"We can't stay here any longer," Morris said suddenly. "Something might have happened to Vanna—she hasn't been reachable since just now."

"Then are we going over there?" Shirley raised her hand and pointed to the other world above her head. "I don't mind, but how do we get there? The paper boat Lucrezia folded earlier turned to ashes when we were 'landing'..."

Before she finished speaking, Lucrezia had already pulled out a piece of white paper from who knows where and waved it in front of everyone. "I still have paper here. I'll fold another one."

Shirley stared blankly at the white paper the witch produced, her expression a little subtle. "Still... still folding with paper? Isn't there a sturdier way?"

Lucrezia thought for a moment, then took out another piece of paper from her bosom.

"I'll fold two together."

Shirley obviously still thought this was a little unreliable, but she couldn't beat anyone, so she cleverly and cautiously reserved her opinion—and under the careful attention of her and Ah-Gou, Lucrezia had already thrown a new paper boat outside the barrier.

The paper boat quickly grew larger and stretched in mid-air, transforming into a white boat in the blink of an eye, floating outside the translucent barrier like a light cloud.

Nina watched this scene dumbfounded, finally unable to help but exclaim, "Amazing! How did you do that?! Can I learn it?"

"It's a witch's trick. I suggest you don't be too interested," Lucrezia glanced at Nina, who looked envious, waved her hand, and walked towards the barrier. "At your stage, it's more useful to learn math and science first..."

Nina pursed her lips with a subtle expression, then raised her head and looked at the unrecognizable world outside the barrier.

She took a light breath, then looked back at the small tree that supported the final Wall of Silence.

Two seconds later, she and Shirley waved goodbye to the small tree in unison, whispering.

A moment later, the paper boat silently rose into the sky, carrying the group away from the scorched earth, flying towards the other world suspended at the end of the sky.

Shirley lay on the edge of the small boat, peering down at the forest gradually covered by darkness and smoke, watching the small conical light screen gradually disappear into the thick smoke, and finally disappear after a few flashes. After a long time, she couldn't help but mutter softly, "Will we ever see that tree again?"

"No, everything here will eventually dissipate—and this is the best result for the real world," Lucrezia's voice came from the side, with a kind of almost inhumane calmness and rationality. "This is just a part of the elves' memories. Everything here died in the extremely distant past. Xilandis, Hirin, Sasroka... They died a long, long time ago."

"...I know, I know," Shirley waved her hand irritably, her tone complaining, "You don't have to say it so bluntly. I'm just feeling a little sentimental..."

Lucrezia ignored Shirley's subsequent muttering. She was just seriously controlling the small paper boat, and quickly shifted her attention from the forest below to the distant World Tree.

Although the slow collision between the two worlds had temporarily stopped, the collapse of Xilandis was still continuing—the huge canopy that once covered the sky had now been completely burned through by the sea of fire flowing in the sky, turning into a terrifying wreckage intertwined in the flames. The remaining fire was still flowing on the mountain-like winding branches, and some of the flames had even spread to the "other world."

But those flames that spread over seemed to be blocked by something, and could only float above the desert, unable to truly touch that world.

Thunderous sounds came from the direction of Xilandis, and the great collapse of the World Tree gradually reached its peak.

The canopy destroyed by the flames began to break apart piece by piece, smashing towards the earth like a giant city falling from the clouds. Mountains were torn apart in the collapse of the World Tree, and ravines and canyons were gradually filled and covered by the ashes of the giant tree. Smoke covered the sky, and Xilandis was gradually turning into the appearance that Nina and Morris had first seen.

The small boat gradually approached the critical point between the two worlds.

"Everyone be careful, there may be a gravity reversal later," Morris reminded. "Don't panic, hold on to the gunwale."

Nina and Shirley reacted immediately, and very obediently grabbed the edge of the paper boat. Ah-Gou also tightly grasped the raised structure formed by the creases inside the paper boat with his claws.

Lucrezia, while preparing to meet the gravity reversal, carefully controlled the paper boat to continue rising.

However, just as she had prepared everything, a huge sense of crisis suddenly surged from the bottom of her heart!

An attack!

As soon as this thought surfaced in her mind, Lucrezia suddenly controlled the small boat to flash aside—but this response was ultimately a step too slow. The next second, a brilliance that suddenly appeared in the air suddenly flashed past. Although it only grazed a little, the edge of the paper boat was instantly torn apart and ignited by the brilliance!

And in the next instant, endless brilliance appeared before everyone's eyes.

It was an interwoven light, a barrier hidden in the gap between the two worlds. When uninvited guests tried to approach the desert world, this hidden barrier revealed itself—those interwoven lights were bright and pure, as brilliant as sunshine, but also carried a blazing malice and a terrifying aura of some kind of crazy distortion.

This magnificent light curtain surged in the sky, and the flames rising from the edge of the light curtain were like a torrential rain falling from the sky, overwhelmingly showering the crumbling little paper boat!

In the "rain" woven from flames and strong light, Shirley and Ah-Gou spoke in unison, "What the heck is this?!"

"...It's the power of the Creeping Sunwheel!" Lucrezia had already distinguished the familiar and blasphemous aura from the floating light curtain. While hurriedly controlling the small boat to lower its altitude, she said quickly, "I knew it... the Sunspawn got in here. That thing has sealed off the sky!"

Before she finished speaking, a dazzling flash of light suddenly flashed before everyone's eyes.

This flash almost tore the entire paper boat apart.

The fragmented paper boat lost control and began to sway and fall towards the earth.

Shirley instantly hugged Ah-Gou's neck, shouting at the top of her lungs, "I can't fly!"

Her exclamation echoed in the sky, but at this moment, a strange sound of a giant object tearing apart and rumbling suddenly came from the distance, interrupting her voice.

That strange sound even seemed to silence the entire world.

In the swaying and falling paper boat, Lucrezia widened her eyes in surprise and looked in the direction the strange sound came from.

It was the trunk of Xilandis.

A certain position at the bottom of the trunk was emitting a tearing rumble.

The earth was trembling, and cracks that were visible to the naked eye even at this distance appeared on the surface of the trunk, which resembled a giant mountain—the next second, the cracks suddenly widened, and raging, eerie green flames burst out from them!

In the rapidly expanding spiritual flames, a huge shadow emerged from the trunk of Xilandis—first the majestic bow, then the raised masts and translucent spiritual sails, followed by the wide deck, neatly arranged gun ports, and towering stern...

It was the Forsaken, which had been completely transformed into a spiritual form. Now it had torn through the wreckage of Xilandis and entered this world from near the roots of the World Tree.

Then, it began to rise all the way, flying over the scorched earth, flying over the forest where the remaining fire had not yet died out, sailing in this unrecognizable, fragmented world, and sailing all the way to a higher place.

The ghost ship sailed in the sky under the twilight of the apocalypse.

The illusory spiritual flames were like foam and wakes rippling on the sea, rippling and spreading behind the stern, covering and dyeing the sea of fire spreading around Xilandis layer by layer, as if to gradually ignite the entire world again.

(End of chapter)