Chapter 617: Shattered and Fallen
Chapter 617 -467: Shattered and Fallen
“Hey, hey, hey, Miss! I told you, our organization operates on principles! Once we accept a mission, we have to finish it before we can take another.
Don’t think bribing us like this will work!”
Flora Bloom wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and regenerated the hand that Giselle, the flight attendant, had destroyed.
Her Life Force was being constantly drained, and the pain had become a dull numbness. Although the spiritual water still had an effect on her, her recovery speed was getting slower and slower.
She gave a bitter laugh. Despite her ghastly pallor, she was still so breathtakingly beautiful that the hearts of the two War God Level experts skipped a beat.
People are strange. They can’t help but feel a sense of curiosity, a desire to draw closer and investigate things that are new and beautiful.
In the year since giving birth to Polly, Flora Bloom’s beauty had shed its last traces of girlishness and blossomed into something more mature. Paired with her weakness and the vibrant, stimulating color of her blood, the sight was seared into the minds of the two men, unforgettable.
“I know those are your rules!” For some reason, she suddenly felt a surge of Life Force burst from the depths of her soul, supplementing her meager reserves. It wasn’t enough to heal her, but it at least gave her a moment’s respite and the impetus to recover.
‘Has my Eternal Life Contract with Lex been triggered?’
Lex had told her the contract would only activate to protect her when her life was in mortal danger. It seemed her current situation was truly grim.
The battle suit Faye had given her had been completely shattered by the duo’s second coordinated attack.
Meanwhile, Faye was frantically trying to think of a solution from within the space. After all, she was just a wisp of Divine Sense, but her two children’s lives were bound to the fate of this space!
If Flora Bloom died, the pocket dimension would shatter once again, and her two children would surely be discovered. At that point… the consequences would be something she absolutely could not bear!
That was why Faye was more anxious than anyone. Only if Flora Bloom lived could her children be safe. Of everything here, even if something were to happen to her junior brother, Lex Cross, Flora Bloom absolutely could not be allowed to perish!
“So you don’t accept bribes from your targets. Your organization seems to have a lot of integrity!”
The two masked men in black nodded. “But of course.” After speaking, they simultaneously intensified their attacks within the confined space.
One controlled time, causing both Flora Bloom’s superpower activation and her healing to become incredibly slow.
The other controlled space, restricting her movements and leaving her with nowhere to hide.
Flora Bloom could only watch as another wave of spatial annihilation was about to strike a vital point, even as she had yet to fully heal from the damage of the previous superpower attack.
Unavoidable. Inescapable.
She couldn’t retreat into her pocket dimension, and the War God Level energy she had borrowed from the Tree of Life was also about to disappear.
The last time she’d borrowed the Tree of Life’s power to attain War God Level strength, she’d been left utterly drained when the energy receded. That same weakness was now slowly creeping into her arms and legs.
“Faye, think of something, quick!”
“I’m trying!”
“If you don’t think of something soon, I’m going to die!”
“I—I’ve got it!”
Faye’s tone had suddenly become extremely tense, laced with a hint of uncertainty that Flora Bloom could easily detect.
But there was no time to hesitate. “Say it!”
“A sacrifice!”
‘A sacrifice…’ she thought. ‘That sounds awfully necromantic!’
“Hurry up! Get to the point!” As another spatial tear ripped through her arm, Flora Bloom endured the searing pain. The effects of the spiritual water could no longer keep up with the damage.
“My junior brother formed an Eternal Life Contract with you. As long as he is alive, a sliver of life will always remain in you.
But if this goes on, you’ll drain him to death along with you! Sacrifice all of your superpower energy to the Tree of Life. It’s the only way to survive!”
“And the consequences?” Her body was being torn to shreds by the spatial attacks, and Flora Bloom was now communicating with Faye on a purely subconscious level.
Her body was already paralyzed.
“Originally, you, the Divine-level space, and the Tree of Life existed as three equal parties, with you as the master. Once you perform the sacrifice, the Tree of Life will temporarily take the dominant position.
However, if you fail to recover, the Tree of Life will replace you and become the master of the space permanently!”
“How do I do it?”
“Are you sure? Once you make the sacrifice, you’ll be powerless—no different from a normal person!”
“Yes.”
Following Faye’s instructions, Flora Bloom connected her Divine Sense to the Tree of Life. Then, from the vortex within her sea of consciousness, she began to pull the Crystal Stones from their seven orbits one by one: the deep blue Water Element Crystal Stone, the red Fire Element Crystal Stone, the golden Metal-Element Crystal Stone, the transparent Spiritual Ability Crystal Stone, and the green Plant-Element Crystal Stone.