Chapter 279 - 279 Escape, Hot Pursuit

279 Escape, Hot Pursuit

Great Lord Yonder’s expression was condescending and indifferent, as though such a terrifying sight beheld by him did not faze him. He merely gave a casual glance at the innocent-looking young woman, then a faint ripple of indiscernible light across his eyes, and then disappeared.

At the same time, the innocent-looking young woman, who was accumulating her power, completely vanished from his line of sight, followed by his figure following suit.

Both of them seemed to have completely disappeared from the surface of the world. Not even a shadow or a trace of them remained. Meanwhile, the whole surrounding area instantly became silent as if their confrontation never happened and everything that transpired was merely an illusion.

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Elsewhere, the innocent-looking young woman silently appeared at a mysterious location.

When she appeared she was still in the posture of accumulating her power, ready to strike her enemy, but she noticed that something was wrong. She couldn’t see the human in front of her just a second ago. She also noticed that at some point the surrounding environment turned into a strange location as if she had been trapped in a power domain constructed by someone.

‘Impossible! Only apostles possess such abilities! Is that human an apostle in disguise?!’

She was inwardly shocked and became slightly alert and cautious of her surroundings.

However, on second thought, she shook her head and inwardly muttered: ‘No, he doesn’t appear to be one. I didn’t sense any divine authority of the gods on him. From his aura, he was most definitely an exalted powerhouse without divine authority… Yet he still possessed the means to use an absolute domain of power… Is it a magic spell?’

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The innocent young woman was full of doubt, and she was having inner turmoil, wondering what kind of being she was dealing with this time. But no matter how hard she thought about it, she couldn’t come up with a logical conclusion with her current wisdom.

At this time, she suddenly noticed something very odd about her behavior.

‘What’s going on?’

She just noticed that for some reason she couldn’t speak with her mouth and could only form thoughts in her mind.

She had been subconsciously using her thoughts to speak her mind. Although it was only natural to use the mind when thinking about some things, sometimes one would inadvertently say some things out loud to solidify or conclude one’s thoughts.

Just now, she clearly wanted to refute the possibility of the middle-aged man being an apostle of one of the gods with her mouth, but she had used her mind to utter these conclusive words instead.

This startled her greatly, as it felt so natural, and if not for her keen senses, she wouldn’t have noticed that anything was wrong with her actions.

‘What kind of sorcery is this?’

She wondered with an uneasy feeling welling up within her, but she still maintained her aloof expression as she waited for the appearance of the human. She believed that he might be the one behind this strange phenomenon.

At this exact moment, Great Lord Yonder silently appeared and hovered in what appeared to be a constructed gloomy sky, glancing below at the confused innocent-looking young woman with an amused expression. She couldn’t hide her anxiety in front of him.

Great Lord Yonder coldly spoke in a meaningful tone: “What’s wrong? You can’t speak, can you? However, don’t worry, this is just the beginning. Your act of brazenly walking into my territory shall not go unpunished. I would let you understand your wrongdoings by letting you experience many pleasures that the fleshly body of mortals could endure before inevitably succumbing to death.”

Right after his proclamation, he glanced at the innocent-looking young woman and opened his mouth many times at a quick pace, seemingly to say something or chant a spell, but each time he opened and closed his mouth, no sound came out. It looked as though he couldn’t find the right words to use in the follow-up speech, and in the end, he could only hesitate to speak his mind.

“...”

The innocent-looking young woman sensed that something was strange when she couldn’t hear the middle-aged man’s voice. With her extraordinary senses, there was no way she couldn’t hear anything from the other party.

Aside from that, she could tell that the human wasn’t chanting a spell, as there wasn’t any resonance with the surrounding mana. Her thoughts turned, and she recalled that she was already in the human’s domain, so her conjecture might be void.

With that in mind, she cautiously looked around trying to find where the attack would come from. After looking around briefly, she failed to find anything unusual, but she still kept her vigilance.

At this point, she heard a series of commanding voices resounding near and far in her ears.

“Don’t move. You can’t move. Don’t walk. You can’t walk. Don’t resist. You can’t resist. Suffer. You can only suffer endless pain without resistance.”

These words sounded like they had been softly spoken by Great Lord Yonder, even though his mouth didn’t move. The words sounded eerily mystifying, almost as if they had been the silent words spoken under the breath of Great Lord Yonder a few moments ago, and only now had they reverberated throughout the whole space.

These words carried mystic and unfathomable power fluctuations that covered everything in his line of sight, including the innocent-looking young woman.

Instantly, invisible ripples could be felt and the innocent-looking young woman could feel that she suddenly could not move her body. No matter how much power she circulated, she couldn’t move her body from her position.

She had lost complete control of her body!

She also felt that she had become susceptible to a mysterious power that made her feel the urge to give up struggling and surrender herself. This was an extremely terrifying and enigmatic command-type power that was intended to corrode her consciousness and control her entire being.

Sensing these changes in her, she immediately reacted and mobilized her unyielding mental power that contained her will to resist this mysterious power, barely keeping her sanity intact.

‘You disgusting bastard! What the hell did you do to me?!’

She belatedly realized the gravity of her situation and resentfully roared with madness, her face fiercely twisted with fury and exasperation. However, she couldn’t transmit her voice out, no matter how much she screamed inwardly, which irritated her further.

At this rate, she would have no choice but to give up her current body to forcefully break through this strange domain set up by that hateful human with her unique power.

With that in mind, she acted right away and suddenly her body released a powerful force, and then a huge explosion occurred within a split-second with her at the center.

BOOM!

Great Lord Yonder’s eyes twitched slightly when he noticed what had happened. Even though he could sense that she was accumulating power within her body, he didn’t bother to react to her. Since it was impossible to escape this location without his authorization.

With that being the case, he leisurely waved his hands to subdue the explosion before continuing. He silently decided to increase the discipline and punishment for her futile escape attempt.

However, once the explosion was cleared, he saw a shocking scene in front of him. He discovered that the audacious woman, whom he had totally restrained, had somehow managed to escape his domain, and in her wake was an oval-shaped rift that was left in his domain’s boundary and the residue of her blood that splattered on the ground.

“How is that possible?! There is someone who can escape my Mystic Domain in this world?!”

For the first time since he arrived in this world, he was shocked by something. His perception of this world, which was only shallow from his point of view, had been shattered by that woman.

Although his Mystic Domain wasn’t complete with just his current power accumulation, as it wasn’t even one-thousandth of the original domain, it still had enough power to trap any mortal. Yet, this unknown apparition with barely qualifying power managed to find a way to break through his Mystic Domain.

What kind of trick did it use? What if it retaliates against him in the future? It was not his style to let the enemy come and go as they please! Not to mention that this enemy could somehow bypass his magic formation and escape his senses!

Thinking of this possibility, he immensely regretted his rash and careless decision moments ago due to his anger. If he knew beforehand that she had such an ability to escape domains alongside her ability to mask her presence, he would have immediately killed her. He wouldn’t have bothered to consider torturing her.

The current outcome was a blunder on his part, which also stemmed from his shallow understanding of this seemingly low-level world.

“Damn it! You obnoxious evil creature! Don’t think you can escape so easily once you’re in my territory!”

Great Lord Yonder shouted in exasperation for the first time in a long time. He immediately undid the domain. Then, he mobilized his overwhelming senses to find and trace the location of the innocent-looking young woman.

Shortly after, he found her traces. She was still in the vicinity of the kingdom, meaning he still had a chance to fix this fiasco.

Thus, once he discovered the approximate location, he disappeared from his position without wasting any time. He teleported in hot pursuit of the innocent-looking young woman, who seemed to move furtively from one location to another to avoid his precise detection.